SAN FRANCISCO – If there’s one important lesson that Hayden Birdsong learned in his first MLB season, it’s the ability to move on. From day to day. From game to game. From pitch to pitch. The rookie ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Not two years ago Hayden Birdsong was just one of eight Giants prospects in a dorm room in the Dominican Republic. Just as bushy-haired and even more baby-faced back then, the five-day ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Stacey Birdsong ran the American Legion baseball program in Mattoon, Ill., for many years. There were cuts to make every season. There were parents with offended sensibilities to ...