Another win for Grant.

I have to point out that the joke with Ms. Toffler has nothing to do with anything we know about Randy Messenger. Rather, she has a whole bunch of reasons to hate Messenger, but still thinks the Giants came out ahead in the trade.

Carry on.

Nice to hear from the men and women on the street.

I think we should have traded him to Fresno for Pat Misch.

I know that's not how things actually work, btw.

Perfect.

I would have been happy with this trade if we received an actual Marlin, like the one from the Old Man and the Sea.  The fact that it's someone that can actually throw a baseball at a major league level just makes me happier.  mazing post, BTW, Grant

...our long national nightmare is over.

While I am disappointed that I won't be seeing Armondo is Dodger blue...Oh hell what difference does it make, he's gone  

This is my favorite part of the Onion.  Well done Grant, as usual.

Fern "The Tooth Fairy" Farkle
Celebrity Ultimate Fighter

What the fuck are we going to do with another piece of shit reliever like Randy Messenger? I gotta tell ya. Me and my pals are sick of Sabaen diving into our dumpsters and picking over the goodies and leaving guys like Piershitski, Blowmeatiz, Hindenberg, and Finley in their place. Get that camera out of my face. I oughta kick your ass, motherfucker!

"Well, beat the drum and hold the phone - the sun came out today!"

I'm sort of in E's camp. I'm happy Benitez was traded for a guy who's going to be 26 in August, but on the other hand, that shiny 2.66 ERA is a total abberation, as the guy washed out as a minor league starter and then had two pretty good seasons as a minor league reliever before getting whacked around in the bigs. He's probably a left-handed Hennessey, which means he probably will make the about the same present-day contribution to winning as Benitez would have. That's decent enough, given the state of things now, but couldn't we have gotten somebody a notch better than Messenger if we'd pulled the trigger before the season? Classic case of selling low; now that everyone knows what Benitez is this year, we can't leverage any optimism.

In any event, here's hoping Sabes doesn't move the Enchanter into the closer role, and if he moves Sanchez there that he makes it clear it's only for this season. Here's also hoping that Sabes doesn't use this as an excuse to trade someone useful for Proven Closer(tm) Chad Cordero.

Hilarious.  I am not disappointed that Benitez is gone, don't get me wrong.  However, I am not jubilant today.  This trade and the modest return we got only highlights what a horrible signing it was.  I am also concerned what Sabean does next.  He is on a long cold streak.  

I don't think the answers are out there for this season, and of course, he is probably on his way out.  This could end up being a scorched earth, lame duck orgy of desperation moves that we will regret.  I would rather see less movement of our value players until Sabean's future is determined.  But good trade anyway.

Not a good way for Messenger to start his Giant's career, however long that may be.  I mean, think about it...how would you feel knowing that you had just been traded for Armondo?  Talk about self esteem issues....

"Better to trade a player a year too early than a year too late" - The Anti-Sabean

The power of Sabean compels you!

The power of Sabean compels you!

And furthermore:

How is this trade different if Benitez blows that 12 inning save a little differently?  Say, no balks - just a 2-run walk-off to Delgado?  Or balks in the tying run, but gets Delgado out, and the Giants win it in 13? Lose it in 13?

And finally:

Now what am I going to do all summer?  I had like 383 hours of Benitez mocking penciled in.

E and Moggee both have it right, but let me add one last bit of Niefi Perez-quality angst to this dialogue: Sabean HAS gone cold, but let's not  forget Peter McG and his stingy-ass ways three-four years ago. We'd be in a VERY different place today if we'd signed Vlad or Delgado or even Mike Lowell and Overbay. But nooooooo!. . . .

So now there's no one out there really worth trading for -- not if the guy's just a rent-a-player or a roll of the dice (ie.Melky Cabbrera, Lastings M., Carlos Gomez, et al.

Enjoy the diversion of Mondo's passing, buit it aint over till it's over and it aint over till Sept. 30th.

Have a nice day.

this team (offense) is still made up of a bunch of part-time injury-prone (or inexperienced) players. As currently made up, it will never score runs consistently, i.e., score more than 3 runs per game on a regular basis. That simply won't cut it, if its going to be a division contender this year. We still need a bat. I'm willing to go with some cheap arms in the bullpen, but we NEED more offense.

This team is Sabean's team. He put it together. Getting rid of Mando helps in the clubhouse more than it does on the field. It doesn't make the team score more runs. The bullpen isn't better. Sabean has his work cut out for him to get this team on track. With the restrictions of the ownership, i.e., not permitting even one season of rebuilding/youth movement, I don't think he can get it done. Since ownership won't fire itself, Sabean is probably going down with this old ship.