A Scary Sentence
16 May 2008This… from Henry Schulman’s report in the SF Chronicle frightens me.
General manager Brian Sabean, whose contract runs through 2009, is expected to survive the management change and could emerge with more authority if Neukom takes a less visible role than Magowan did.
… more authority? Yes, yes… let’s give more power to the guy who said:
“You’re seven games under .500. That’s where you don’t want to be, but I really feel good about the energy around the club and I feel good about some of our choices. We’ve now got a solution at first base. We’ve got a solution at third. We’ve gotten Omar (Vizquel) back. Freddie Lewis has come into his own and (Emmanuel) Burriss has been a real factor lately.
“I don’t think we’re going to lose as many games as we did last year. If anything, we’re going to be a second-half team.”
Does anyone know what the #1 characteristic of a good leader is? Self-Awareness. I’ll let you decide how “aware” Sabean is.
The most frustrating part of Sabean’s statement is that if he truly believes the Giants are contenders, there’s little chance any veterans will be traded… not that there’s much interest in Aurilia, Winn, or Durham anyway.
Ugh. I’m frustrated.