no hope in sight
13 July 2007The Giants… are screwed. Brian Sabean will be making the calls for my team for another two, or even three years. I have no faith in this man, who has now made at least as many bad moves as good ones. This man could not bring a World Series ring to San Francisco despite having the most feared and potent hitter in the game. For every Jeff Kent there has been an Edgardo Alfonzo, for every Jason Schmidt there’s been a Armando Benitez. He pulled the trigger on what may very well wind up being the worst trade in baseball history (Pierzynski for Liriano, Bonser, and Nathan) and the prize position player he’s developed is Pedro freakin’ Feliz. Not only that, Sabean has treated compensation draft picks as value-less commodities, perhaps his most blatant display of baseball mis-management. Listen folks, by no means is this a “fresh start” for Sabean, as so many analysts, writers, etc seem to think. The Giants have 18 million a year tied up in Barry Zito, who will not carry the Giants for the next seven years the way Bonds has. Sabean could make mistake after mistake and get away with it because hacks like Aurilia can hit 35 dingers batting in front of Bonds.
I’m upset, and I want to do something about it… any Giants fans out there who feel the same? Lets put our heads together and figure out what can be done, if for nothing else, to make ourselves feel better. Letters? E-mails? Petitions? I’m sad for my team’s present, and future.