Dear Diary,

I have many different thoughts bouncing around my head.  None of them warrant a diary (yes, diary.  You heard me SB Nation!) by themselves (with the possible exception of the first one).  So this diary is me having diarrhea of the brain.

-This year, the Giants have been very aggressive in regards to promoting prospects.  The thing is, it's been selective.  Nate, for instance, is still in AAA because of his option.  Meanwhile, Bowker and Burriss are up in the show when they could still use some time in the minors.  Then there's Sadler and Hinshaw.  Bocock was up and when he went back down, it was to AAA.  Denker was quickly promoted to AAA and Sandoval will likely skip AA.  The thing is, there seems to be a legitimate and sound reason for every move, excepting Bocock.  Yes, you can criticize management for creating the situation which has necessitated this (particularly Bocock and Burriss), but the treatment of the prospects has been fairly encouraging.  It points to a true focus on development from within.

-Speaking of prospects, I love John Bowker.  He looks good.  I wish he would take some more walks.  His strikeout to walk ratio is horrible.  But he looks like a hitter up there.  He's even battled through a slump.  He's up in my pantheon of favorite prospects with Denker, Schierholtz, Sandoval and Bond.

-Apparently Jason Giambi wears a gold thong as a slump breaker.  But that's not all.  He apparently has shared it with Johnny Damon and Derek Jeter.  Gah

-Why is nobody in the mainstream media talking about our boy Lincecum?  Is it just because the Giants are officially the last team in major league baseball.  Post-Bonds, horrible awesome, bad record.  They are very forgettable.  Aside from us, nobody cares about the Giants at all.  In most quarters, the Giants are a joke.  But why would that mean everybody in the mainstream media ignore such a phenomenal talent just because of the team he is on?

-F.P. Santangelo is an idiot and I wish he would stop being part of KNBR broadcasts. 

-Is it just me or is 70 million over 6 years very reasonable for Hanley Ramirez?

-New Jonathan again last night.  Stick around buddy.

-Petey's announcement makes me think about how much I hate the commissioner of baseball.  Gary Radnich was talking about how Bud was thinking about community service for the owners of the Giants and some others.  That guy....words fail me.  He continues to deflect blame everywhere except for himself.  It also seems obvious that the Giants are a target not just because of Barry Bonds but also because they built their own ballpark.  Bud hated this.  The owner's representative wanted publicly funded ballparks everywhere and with the privately funded phone park, there was precedent for another means for new ballparks. 

-Is it arrogant of me to think that some random thoughts of mine deserve their own diary?  Or does the fact that I think no one will care cancel that out?

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