The Giants have few potential free agents who truly concern them. But they still have some weighty personnel issues to consider as they enter the offseason.

To amplify Habitat for Humanity’s important cause, MLB has utilized its largest national stages — the World Series and the All-Star Game — to highlight the need for affordable housing.

Heading into the World Series, most people believed the Detroit Tigers would defeat the San Francisco Giants. For the first time during this postseason, the Giants have an opportunity to sweep an opponent.

Players notice how a manager is handling situations, one of the lessons Tigers manager Jim Leyland says he has learned through the years.

Once Marco Scutaro punched a single off Phil Coke to drive in Ryan Theriot with two outs in the 10th inning on Sunday night, the Giants had what they needed to send the Tigers to a 4-3 loss in Game 4 to complete a World Series sweep.

Where this 108th World Series between the Giants and Tigers goes down in baseball history remains to be seen, but there is a clear answer on the best way to compare it to all previous Fall Classics since the first one in 1903.

The goal of MLB’s RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) initiative is to teach underserved youth all across the country two things: baseball and character. It did just that at its “Wanna Play?” event in Detroit on Saturday, hosted by baseball and softball players from Wayne State University.

Tigers righty Doug Fister was back on the field and working out on Saturday, two days after Gregor Blanco’s line drive ricocheted off his head during Game 2 of the World Series. Fister passed his latest round of tests on Friday and showed no signs of so much as a headache.

The Rockies have interviewed former White Sox and Mets manager Jerry Manuel and former Phillies bench coach Pete Mackanin for their vacant managerial job, a Major League source with knowledge of the situation said on Saturday.

Major League Baseball is considering protective headgear for Minor League pitchers beginning in
the 2013 season.

Tom Kotchman, a longtime Minor League manager and scout with the Angels, has stepped down from the organization, multiple sources confirmed on Saturday.

Backup catcher Hector Sanchez is the designated hitter and batting in the eighth slot in the Giants’ lineup for Saturday’s Game 3 of the World Series in Comerica Park.

With one of the other two living Triple Crown winners in attendance, Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera accepted a trophy Saturday to honor the American League Triple Crown he achieved this season.

Hall of Famer Frank Robinson participated in MLB’s “Wanna Play?” youth clinic on Saturday in Detroit.

Detroit native Jack White slipped onto the field at Comerica Park with relative anonymity on Saturday, but it didn’t take long before reporters noticed the slender musician standing there, taking in the sights and sounds of Tigers batting practice.

The Giants have been reaping all the benefits since July 27, when they acquired Marco Scutaro’s expiring contract and $1 million from the Rockies in exchange for infielder Charlie Culberson.

Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers and Buster Posey of the Giants each accepted the Hank Aaron Award as the outstanding offensive performer in their respective leagues — the first time in the presentation’s history that both winners were participating in the World Series.