Observation: Where are Sabean’s detractors when he speaks at FanFest? I never hear booing or challenging questions. Are they standing in line for Polish sausages when he talks?

much-improved Eugenio Velez

Sigh…

Haft’s answer to the first question is ridiculously uninformative.

Q: How can the Giants improve their offense?
A: The Giants must improve their offense

This one was my fave. I don’t mind any of these players really, but it was hard to get past the writer’s first sentence. And then the “Good job, Brian” and Haft’s pithy response took it to another level of LOL worthiness.

I think Sabean did a great job with his Spring Training invitees this year, and that might have been the biggest factor in us having a winning record. Juan Uribe, great player with a lot of pop, not to mention his presence in the clubhouse; Eli Whiteside, great game-caller with a little pop, too; Andres Torres, perfect late-inning defensive substitute with tons of speed; Justin Miller, great middle reliever but unfortunately got injured; and the same for Brandon Medders. Good job, Brian.
— P. Donati, Foster City, Calif.

Once in a great while, an e-mail like this one arrives.

Three suggestions in need of your feedback: 1. Would an offer of Jonathan Sanchez, Travis Ishikawa and Kevin Pucetas be enough to bring us Adrian Gonzalez? 2. Would an offer of Brian Wilson, Joe Martinez, Fred Lewis and Bowker be enough to bring us Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero? 3. General manager Brian Sabean was at his best when he had Ned Coletti as his assistant, so why not hire Kevin Towers in the same capacity, given his nose for talent and ability to trade?

Massive underpay, Massive (unnecessary) overpay

Why not trade Bumgarner for some banger stud?

This may be the dirtiest-sounding thing I’ve ever seen.

From the comments

We should actually build from within, Posey etc. but that would probably mean taking a step backwards in 2010.

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.

I’ve indeed supported Sabean more often than not. I believe he has performed admirably overall. Check the record. Some of his trades and free-agent signings haven’t helped the Giants much. This could be said about any GM who stays on the job as long as Sabean has.

Yeah, uh, I am checking the record, and it says the Giants are 382-427 in the last five years, that they haven’t made the playoffs since 2003, that they haven’t won a playoff game since 2002, and that they’ve had either the worst offense or close to the worst offense in the game for five years straight despite having Barry Bonds for the first three of those years.

Of course, it his last mailbag, a reader claimed that, aside from Joe Mauer, every single starting catcher in the majors had at least 350 minor league games as a catcher, which proves Buster Posey isn’t ready. Of course, that’s not true – there are at least five or six other guys with under 350 minor league games as a catcher, including some of the best in the game – but Haft apparently didn’t bother to check – he just agreed with the guy and said his points made perfect sense.

Chris Haft is either a shill, a dimwit, lazy as hell, or all three.

Grant send an email to Haft’s inbox refuting Sabean and Bochy’s “Better situational hitting” them with his most recent post ("Giants Organizational Philosophy). I have a feeling such an email would become one of Haft’s “I received several emails similar to yours.” Yeah, like all the emails he gets are from dimwits who have know idea what they are talking about. There have to be SOME intelligently written emails. But, because the inbox’s purpose is to make Sabean and Bochy not look like idiots, those logically negative emails don’t get a response.

Haft’s a parrot.