Thank You Renteria, I wish you the best.

by thirteen on Nov 5, 2010 7:08 AM PDT

The champion San Francisco Giants declined to exercise their $9.5 million option on World Series MVP Edgar Renteria on Thursday, instead paying him a $500,000 buyout.

No real surprise from me. Just sad that it had to happen so soon after the World Series.

My personal hope: he retires. A great ending with the WS winning HR to bookmark his career. In any case, I would like to thank Edgar Renteria for his clutch World Series performance and being on such a lovable 2010 Giants team that finally won it all for San Francisco.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Av1lJ_77hWHV9__pq2d_2gA5nYcB?slug=ap-giants-renteria

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Thank you, Edgar

For always being a classy professional, even when we were all on your case for being injured and sucking.

For being the first one into the scrum when there was that dustup with the Dodgers.

For your excellent defense in the hole during the World Series.

For hitting the most important home run in San Francisco Giants history.

"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10

by Kitspool on Nov 5, 2010 8:43 AM PDT reply actions

Rec'd

I have nothing but love for Renteria.

""I’d like to be a crossword clue one day. I want to be in The New York Times’s Sunday edition. Right now, the clue ‘Giants great’ is always Mel Ott. I want my clue to be down, not across. The down ones are usually harder. And when I’m the clue, I’ll fill it in — just that one — and frame it. " - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Nov 5, 2010 8:55 AM PDT reply actions

Thanks, Edgar

You’ve given SF and its fans something that we’ve never had before

I came, I saw, I told bad jokes and left.

by IanRogue on Nov 5, 2010 9:08 AM PDT reply actions

Money Down The Stretch

NERDS

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by jctGamer on Nov 5, 2010 9:16 AM PDT reply actions 3 recs

Thanks Edgar

Way to make us all eat our words. Two years of injuries, and three weeks of excellence. Nothing but love brother. Forever in Giants lore, Edgar Renteria, was a Good Giant.

San Francisco Giants 2010 World Series Champions
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for !Matt Downs .

by nvsfg on Nov 5, 2010 9:33 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs

I love your last line, but...

Shouldn’t these things always be present tense? Willie Mays IS a great Giant. Rod Beck IS a great Giant, even if he’s gone in the corporeal sense. That’s what the forever part means, IMHO.

by hairball on Nov 5, 2010 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions

/ makes notes, admits hairball is correct in the usage of present tense.

San Francisco Giants 2010 World Series Champions
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for !Matt Downs .

by nvsfg on Nov 5, 2010 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions

But isn't Beck presently a was?

by Leftyretro on Nov 6, 2010 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions

Unless he signs with another team

Then he’s not a present tense Giant unless he comes back in some capacity like Clark and Mayes

The thong is, it happened.

by Goofus on Nov 7, 2010 1:49 PM PST up reply actions

Also

he might be back next year. Baggs reported Sabez making noise about him wanting to come back in a reserve role.

by ranbo on Nov 5, 2010 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions

I just assumed that

when the Giants declined his option,

it would be unlikely that he would return to the Giants. I suppose it’s possible.

San Francisco Giants 2010 World Series Champions
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for !Matt Downs .

by nvsfg on Nov 5, 2010 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions

It's very possible...Renteria just wasn't worth anything close to the $10M his option would have paid

The thong is, it happened.

by Goofus on Nov 7, 2010 1:50 PM PST up reply actions

Not "us all".

Sabean delendus est!

Professional baseball analyst since 1980.
Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehn.—Goethe

by owlcroft on Nov 9, 2010 2:40 AM PST up reply actions

I sincerely apologize

For all of the times I called you “Edgar Diarrhenteria”.

I sit here, humbly eating crow. I couldn’t have been more wrong. And it feels wonderful.

Thanks, Edgar. So, so much.

by Sgt. Dingleberry on Nov 5, 2010 9:45 AM PDT reply actions

I wish him the best provided the best does not involve a multi-year contract with the Giants.

"Career potential: situational lefty." Situation: Ragnarok, bases loaded, Odin at the plate. You know who's getting the call.

-Adopted Giant: Dan Runzler

by Alex_Lewis on Nov 5, 2010 9:52 AM PDT reply actions

Sorry Edgar, that I adopted you in 2009 and gave you up for dead to adopt Buster Posey this year. Can you really blame me though? Thanks for the MVP performance in the Series, and our first world championship. I even hope you come back at minimum wage next year and help the Giants off the bench. And by minimum wage, I don’t mean baseball wise, I mean 7.00 per hour.

Buster Posey: Let's enjoy him before he goes to the Yankees.

by rxmeister on Nov 5, 2010 10:01 AM PDT reply actions

He just needed a better adopter, that was all

although Buster isn’t too bad himself.

/Win the inning
//Renteria - Still not a VD but I crush a lot
///Willism is Realism

by Scooter Ellis on Nov 6, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions

He might still be back.

Although clearly $10.5M is a little steep.

Brian Sabean: Greatest GM in the history of history
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by zenbitz on Nov 5, 2010 10:04 AM PDT reply actions

/cries

Thank you, Edgar. I will miss yelling BABY! in GDT’s when you did something wonderful.

/throws fist full of glitter in the air!

♥ 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants ♥
♥ McCoven ♥

by GiantsBabe on Nov 5, 2010 10:22 AM PDT reply actions

I feel terrible for even thinking this

but as much as we owe him for the amazingness of his World Series performance, I really don’t want him back, even in a reduced role. Maybe if he could play 2nd and 3rd as well, but I don’t like a bench player being limited to one position, unless they’re a huge defensive upgrade over the starter.

I'm still waiting for John Johnstone to come off the DL.

by yankeessuck8991 on Nov 5, 2010 10:29 AM PDT reply actions

Thank you, Rent.

I take back every bad thing I said about you in the regular season because of your homer in Game Five. You’ll always be one of my favorite Giants for that.

I'm still in the old thread.
"IT'S POSEY, YOU IDIOT." - Jon Miller
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Nov 5, 2010 10:41 AM PDT reply actions

Thank you, Rent.

Forever in Giants lore, and thank you for the suggestion to Cody on his swing mechanics before the Philly series.

The San Francisco Giants won the World Series.

by The Enchanter on Nov 5, 2010 11:13 AM PDT reply actions

the suggestion to Cody

was after his first AB against Oswalt.

by 24 Willie Mays Plaza on Nov 5, 2010 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions

THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES!!

"You don't pick the time, the time picks you." - Brian Sabean

by satyricrash on Nov 5, 2010 12:10 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs

never forget

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"Out, out, Fred Lewis!" - JCTillam Gamerspeare

by jponry on Nov 5, 2010 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions

What an awesome Rental!

2010 World Series Champions!
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller

by Johnny Disaster on Nov 5, 2010 12:36 PM PDT reply actions

Thank you for providing the biggest HR in San Francisco Giants history and capping the happiest month of my sports fandom.

48 years after his heart was broken by a Willie McCovey line out to Bobby Richardson, Charlie Brown finally has his championship.

by j14 on Nov 5, 2010 12:45 PM PDT reply actions

Definitely the most important HR in SF Giants History

GAR!!!

There's a First for Everything:
Edgar Renteria, The First World Series MVP in Giants History.

by Unitard on Nov 5, 2010 2:05 PM PDT reply actions

Thanks for everything, Edgar

Belted!

by AndYourBirdCanSing on Nov 5, 2010 3:09 PM PDT reply actions

Never forget you Edgar. Thank you so very much.

by Scottsdale on Nov 5, 2010 3:58 PM PDT reply actions

I take back every bad thing I ever said about you, Edgar. I was so wrong. You were there in the biggest way at the biggest possible time, and that’s all that matters. Worth every penny and then some.

I hope they put you on the Walk of Fame — I figure they can make an exemption to the usual rules in this case.

San Francisco Giants ***GLORY ACHIEVED 11/01/10***

by Skaldheim on Nov 5, 2010 6:07 PM PDT reply actions

Thank you Edgar. <3

Rooting for Jose Casilla to take his K- and GB-inducing skills to the majors and join his brother.

by dregarx on Nov 5, 2010 9:20 PM PDT reply actions

Thank you Edgar- you were a great Fresno Grizzlie ;)

My baseball photos.

by vhants on Nov 6, 2010 12:23 AM PDT reply actions

Their's magic in Edgar

I believe it was Marty Lurie on the post-game after the final game who talked about Renteria as a guy who might not contribute a lot during the regular season, but who you knew would do something, something special and important, if you could get him into the post-season.

I say it’s more than that. He’s a king-maker. A ring-bearer.

Consider his 3 World Series:
1997 Marlins – Edgar wins the Marlin’s 1st WS title with a walk-off hit.
2004 Cardinals – Edgar’s series-ending groundout gives Boston the title and ends the curse of the Bambino.
2010 Giants – Series winning HR gives SF Giants first WS title

Kryptonite? Particles?

by DogtownJ on Nov 6, 2010 9:14 AM PDT reply actions

Coach Edgar

By all accounts, he was one of the most respected clubhouse guys anywhere. The veterans and young guys alike all respected him as a leader and student of the game. His swing coaching of Ross certainly helped the Giants win according to Cody.

Sure sounds like Rent would be a great coach if he’s interested.

The thong is, it happened.

by Goofus on Nov 7, 2010 1:53 PM PST reply actions

or

Send him to Colombia Tierra Caliente to sign up everyone he can find. Send Omar to Venezuela, and the Giants will be rolling in shortstops till the end of time.

May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria takes over as Giants General Manager. The rest is history.

"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw

"Oh no, he wanted me to do that. It was intentional." - Tim Lincecum

by natteringnabob on Nov 7, 2010 4:32 PM PST up reply actions

I could see . . .

I actually see this happening for some reason. In his recent interview ( I translated in a previous post) he seems really passionate about being in touch with baseball one way or another. He’s also very passionate about helping the kids in his country.