maybe it’s just me, but the links aren’t working…

its clearly the way to go.

it made the season so much easier to watch. Now, I will be even more thankful when the Giants sign him to a long term deal and pay him whatever he wants.

still gold.

…that Kawa was, is, and will always be, wrong.

When I first looked at this post, without even seeing the “Thankful-for-no-Lincecum/Rios trade” elements of it, that’s immediately what I was thankful for, as a Giants fan.

I’d like for Timmeh to be thankful that we got him some offense in the form of Mark Teixeira in the offseason…but that’s just me.

If anyone asks me what I’m thankful for tomorrow, I’ll be sure to say this.

I am thankful for pie.

(try to hide the shocked expressions on your faces)

I’m thankful for Tim, for the other young guns in the system, for our fat catchers, for our beautiful ballpark, for Kruk Kuip Lon Jon and Flemm, for Renel, and for having two teams in our system close enough to make day trips to visit.

Non-baseball stuff: I’m thankful for the prednisone the vet gave us for my older cat, because it looks like the drug is helping him finally. He might have cancer, but we’re doing all we can to keep him from suffering. If I can have him happy and semi-healthy, that’s something I’ll never be able to replace. Thankful for my friends and for the pieces of family I still hang onto. I’m really thankful the Nyquil worked to get rid of my cold too.

And I’m thankful for you guys, I guess.

Thankful for this place where we can share everything Giants, and everything else.

Be well McCoven.

I’m thankful I’m not a fan of the Detroit Lions.

+1! Man I hate baseball offseason ;) already excited for next season :)

But, I’m thankful for my family back home caring for me and supporting me through my whole moving endeavor. I’m thankful for the few friends I’ve got here, brought in some food for me at work since I didn’t have a “thanksgiving dinner” prepared.

and I’m thankful the year is almost over and I can get back to life again.

I love three things about the whole Lincecum-for-Rios scenario:

1) Lincecum didn’t get traded.
2) Sabean HAD to listen to the fringe, and we were right. Big time.

And the thing I want to comment on:
3) We weren’t just homers blinding by “our guy.” We looked at him, saw how tiny he is. We saw how he pitched, didn’t really understand it, but knew it was something special. We read what he and his Dad said. We considered the negatives of what many of the scouts said: small, wacky delivery. But when we looked at those ridiculous numbers, we knew this guy was the real deal. We could see the potential. True Ace potential. And he has lived up to it.

I am thankful I get to see Lincecum pitch in a Giants uniform.

one comment links to another article that calls Cain the third starter. (Behind Zito, apparently?) And this was way before the joke started.

Just imagine the Blue Jays rotation with The Enchanter inserted into it….

We should do a “dumbest bay area sportswriter” list a la our community prospect list.

The issue to me was not that the trade didn’t exist but that the impression that the Giants were seriously considering it, which most people automatically assumed.

Obviously, there was an offer made by the Blue Jays, which they clearly leaked as the Giants as a organization policy don’t usually lead info. (Plus the Toronto GM is a bit squirrelly, see his Adam Dunn brouhaha for a good example). Furthermore, Sabean made it very clear over and over that he was not shopping Lincecum.

The way I see it, the Giants decided to use the Blue Jays leakage to let the rest of the teams in the majors know that an offer was made in order to see if the other teams could top the offer, which, if you read the article linked by Grant, they didn’t think much of:

“It all has to be weighed because of the pain, when you’re talking about the type of player you have to give up,” Sabean said. “That’s a loss that, in my mind, you won’t be able to cover yourself. You can make adjustments internally in the rotation, but talent-wise, you’re really taking a step back, present and future.”

So they milked it in the press until they “decided” that the trade wasn’t worth it.

I have no proof obviously, but consider this: Sabean could have traded to get someone similar to Rios in exchange for Cain all during the years that they were desperate for another impact hitter to pair with Bonds and did not yield to that temptation or opportunity. If he would not do it then, when it was more obvious to take a step back in order to get something for today, why would he do it during what he had already termed a transitional (i.e. rebuidling) year?