time for some new blood
12 July 2007A San Francisco Chronicle article by Henry Schulman suggests that the Giants ownership is in contract talks with Brian Sabean.
Schulman ends by saying,
The Giants are in the midst of their third consecutive losing season, and many fans have called for Sabean’s head. But many in baseball believe Sabean has gotten a bum rap because he has been forced by ownership to continue building teams around an aging Barry Bonds with older role players rather than spread payroll around and concentrate more on the farm system.
What irks me most is that Sabean (and probably the Giants ownership) have done it again. They’ve dedicated 126 million over seven years to one player, and not a very good one at that. For all you math geniuses, that’s 18 million a year, or a full 20% of a 90 million dollar payroll.. and oh yeah, he only plays every fifth game. Whoops.
If the ownership decides to bring back Sabean, all 100% of my frustration will move from the general manager to the ownership… and hopefully many, many fans will join me. Look out Magowan.
In much, much more fun news… Rickey Henderson missed his first day of work with the Mets. No word on whether he was playing cards or not.