I Was Wrong!

...next year is basically going to be the same as this year, only with no Bonds, huh?

On the other hand, last year we heard he was about to sign Feliz to a 3 yr 22 million dollar contract and that turned out to be pure fantasy. I won't call him an idiot until he actually signs the both of them. And I won't even call him one then if he signs them after a long search for an upgrade and fails to find one. If he signs them both soon and doesn't even try to do better, I think it will be unanimous around here that he guy has to go.

Oh FFS...

I don't want either of them back. We really ought to be targeting the younger players who might be available: Lillibridge, Hu, Hall, LaRoche, Encarnacion, etc.

Why on to Plan B so soon? Thought we was going to kick some tires, do our due diligence and try some winter meeting trade madness.

I don't mind Vizquel so much because it's only a 1 year deal but if he brings back Feliz in any context, especially a multi-year deal, I'll have a really hard time stomaching it.

I join La Baron in her FFS on this.  I can accept Omar after a decent search, and even then I would need some time to convince myself it's really the best move. Never Feliz.  Assuming these two return with Durham at 2nd, does Frandsen go to first base or is he just out of the picture? Not that I think he's the second coming of Joe Morgan (player version), but I think he's worth giving regular playing time to if we're rebuilding. So is he just relegated to the bench again?

Feliz back without even a decent search for possibilities?  

FFFSSSSBBQ.

You're usually a pretty good sport with all sorts of this stuff, and obviously have a pretty thick skin, but I still wanted to pass this by you first because it's the only popular image we have that takes has a member of the blog as part of its humor. Anyway, I was planning on nominating the "rainmanA-Rodwhoopwhoop" image in the McCoven image awards because it is a popular image, but I wanted to see if you were cool with that first. I think the first rule of the awards is not to actively insult, offend, or call out a particular poster, so even though I believe the thing has gotten to the point where it's all in good fun, I just wanted to make sure you'd be cool with it.

Sorry for jumping into your diary for this, too. Not trying to hijack.

It can literally hamstring what you want to do for quite a while.

To me, this is the most significant tidbit I get from the article.  I hate when people say "literally" when what they are saying is anything but.

"Baron Davis is literally on fire." after he drains three straight baskets.  No.  No, he is NOT literally on fire.  If he were, we'd be screaming in horror as we ran to find the nearest 10# ABC portable fire extinguisher.

The Giants would be FIGURATIVELY hamstrung...financially speaking.  Sorry if you feel like I've wasted your time by tricking you into reading this relatively insignificant post, but it's a pet-peeve of mine.

I'm literally pissed.  There is urine on me.

Oh my God.

Some additional quotes from other sources:

http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071101&content_id=2290750&vkey=new s_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf

Giants general manager Brian Sabean reiterated his desire to re-sign shortstop Omar Vizquel, a potential free agent. But Sabean indicated that Vizquel, 40, wants more than a one-year contract.

"We're not prepared to do that," Sabean said.

Sabean added that talks with third baseman Pedro Feliz, who already has filed for free agency, have proceeded slowly because the seven-year veteran changed agents. The Giants have exclusive negotiating rights with Vizquel and Feliz through Nov. 12.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/01/SPHFT4PLH.DTL&type=sports

While Bonds said last week his Giants career might not be over and that, "There's still time. Things might change," Sabean had a one-word response to the possibility of the team changing its stance: "no."

Meantime, Sabean is trying to re-sign the Giants who occupied both of A-Rod's positions, Omar Vizquel, who at 40 remained a Gold Glove-caliber shortstop, and third baseman Pedro Feliz.

Negotiations have begun with Vizquel's agent, Adam Katz, who's seeking a two-year deal while the Giants prefer one year. Feliz, who has changed agents (Mike Arias to the Levinson brothers, Sam and Seth), seems more willing to let the free-agent process play out.

So if we offer Feliz and Vizquel arb and they both decline and then we sign them, do we still get those picks?