Giants not calling up Posey "anytime soon"
"Under those circumstances, we can't see how Posey would immediately fit in as regards to playing time," Sabean said. "We want an idea that he's going to get significant time. In this snapshot, it's not presenting itself yet."
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I have an idea. He can play catcher
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
of course YOU would
look at your username. I hope they wait until after everyone has changed positions so he can rotate in at C.
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on May 25, 2010 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
This is the second time today somebody has referred to my username to mock me. It’s a really weak argument
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
by Useful_Idiot on May 25, 2010 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions
In fact, it’s not even an argument
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
by Useful_Idiot on May 25, 2010 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions
You put idiot in your user name… did you think it would be useful?
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 25, 2010 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah just thought people would be smart and mature enough to actually say something meaningful. Guess not
Wayne Rooney, 1/27/10: Cometh The Hour, Cometh The Man
Green and Gold Till the Club is Sold- LUHG
by Useful_Idiot on May 25, 2010 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I was just kidding
as should have been fairly evident by the rest of my post. Maybe you should change it to something catchy like “take2giantstepsandgo”.
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on May 25, 2010 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Amazingly enough
I predict in mid-June these “circumstances” will suddenly allow him to be a “fit”.
I've got squirrels in my pants!
I’m predicting late July.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 25, 2010 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
This line. Only because of the half of ab/day month last year.
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on May 25, 2010 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Sorry, I thought it was earlier
Regardless, it’s the usual line of political b.s. we get from Sabes to cover up the real reasons.
I've got squirrels in my pants!
Well, I just don’t think they’ll call him up right when his eligibility becomes a non-issue. For one, that would be suspicious. For another, Bengie will be just about to start heating up again!
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 25, 2010 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions
they gottalight the fire before Bengie can heat up.use a white phosphorus grenade so Bengie can heat up
fixed
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For one, that would be suspicious.
But nobody really cares if it’s suspicious. It happens all the time. As long as you don’t just come out and say it, there’s not really an issue.
by Missing Barry on May 25, 2010 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Even accepting that, I still have my for two.
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 25, 2010 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Or for another. Whatever. Who needs to be consistent, anyway?
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 25, 2010 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Two ways to translate:
One- Its all about arbitration and service time now that we signed Bengie
Two- Even if I called him my manager won’t play him and my wagon is hitched to his so I am not going to make him, and by virtue me, look bad.
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on May 25, 2010 10:40 AM PDT reply actions
LOL POSEY.
In awe of his adopted dad: equipment manager Mike Murphy, who has been with the club since their move to San Francisco in 1958!
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
That picture actually creeps me out and makes me think of whoever posts it as a creepy stalker that wants to do inapprorpriate things to Posey….
by Missing Barry on May 25, 2010 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, the “Not Yours” is conspicuously placed.
Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!
by say hey nation on May 25, 2010 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
LOL, and aren’t we all stalkers, really?
In awe of his adopted dad: equipment manager Mike Murphy, who has been with the club since their move to San Francisco in 1958!
'The longer I do this the smarter I get' --Brian Sabean
Aesthetically, giving the subject that little noseroom connotes hidden secrets or danger…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 25, 2010 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
At least he is consistent
Bottom line is the same as it has been for the past month or so:
1) He is not ready
2) PCL pitching = batting practice
Adopted Nut: Paraparaumu, New Zealand native, Andy Skeels
Once again...
…what Sabean says he’s going to do is a poor predictor of what he will actually do.
Adoptive parent of Kevin Frandsen, now stopping gaps in...Anaheim?
He’s actually right. Don’t call up Posey until you’re going to play him every day, and that’s not going to happen when you have Bochy and that fat whining catcher. They should call Posey up when they’re ready to DFA or trade his ass. Hopefully that will be any day now.
Buster Posey: "still not ready." - idiot of a GM
by rxmeister on May 25, 2010 11:23 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
He’s actually right. Don’t call up Posey until you’re going to play him every day, and that’s not going to happen when you have Bochy and that fat whining catcher.
Sadly, this will not happen this year barring some incapacitating injury to Bengie Molina.
Even if Bengie were injured, no doubt Whiteside would be starting most games.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
by Cody_ransom on May 25, 2010 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
Some of what he said actually is right. Of course, I’m not sure it’s right for good reasons as opposed to sometimes the correct words stumble out of Sabean’s mouth. And it’s also surrounded by so much dumb. Ah, our very own GM.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 25, 2010 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Sabean's statement about high averages in the PCL is retarded.
Throw the averages out and just look at the ranking.
Here are the BA’s and ages.
PCL
John Lindsey, 33, .430
Jay Gibbons, 33, .386
Jason Bourgeois, 28, .349
Buster Posey, 23, .344
Jarrett Hoffpauir, 27, .339
Sabean is an idiot.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
by Cody_ransom on May 25, 2010 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, that was some of the dumb.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 25, 2010 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
That list...
…says to me “Posey is hitting as well as a bunch of career AAAA players.” I think that actually supports Sabean’s argument more than it hurts it.
Adoptive parent of Kevin Frandsen, now stopping gaps in...Anaheim?
Except Posey’s .293 MLE BA isn’t too shoddy.
by Missing Barry on May 25, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
His .791 OPS MLE would put him 3rd on the current team behind Torres and Huff.
Adopted Nut: Paraparaumu, New Zealand native, Andy Skeels
John Lindsey's .902 OPS MLE is even shinier.
Granted, Lindsey is 33 years old and plays first base.
But my point is, you look at that list and it’s not like Posey is standing out among a bunch of hitting prospects – he’s standing out amid a pack of has-beens and never-wases.
Side note: Lindsey is in his 16th season in the minors without so much as a cup of coffee. 1500 games in pro ball and not one of them for a major league team. That’s a whole lot of bus rides.
Adoptive parent of Kevin Frandsen, now stopping gaps in...Anaheim?
I don’t get the point you’re making, exactly. What’s he supposed to do, not stand out amid a pack of has-beens and never-wases? If we know how much to discount PCL stats….well, we just discount them that much. What bearing does the rest of the list have on what we should think of Posey?
by Missing Barry on May 25, 2010 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
It was in response to Cody_ransom’s comment about throwing out the averages and looking just at the ranking. My point is the ranking in itself isn’t very impressive because of who he’s ranked against.
Adoptive parent of Kevin Frandsen, now stopping gaps in...Anaheim?
It is when you factor in his age.
WHY IS BENGIE?!
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by Lars The Wanderer on May 25, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe for the future...
…in the sense that these guys are old enough that their skills have probably peaked, while Posey is still improving his.
I still don’t think being as good as a bunch of career minor leaguers, even the cream of the crop of career minor leaguers, is anything very impressive.
MLEs are a different matter and I think they make a good case that Posey’s bat is probably ready for the major leagues.
Adoptive parent of Kevin Frandsen, now stopping gaps in...Anaheim?
This is the point. The league leaders in hitting are all long-time minor leaguers, EXCEPT Posey. Basically, he’s hitting like he’s spent four years in AAA, but he’s only 23. I’m betting it took them awhile to be able to hit that well, but Posey did it quickly, which indicates he adjusts rapidly and is already talented beyond his age.
Goodbye, Steven Johnson, we hardly knew ye. Seriously, that was short.
Thank you.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
I mean, wow.
Are you Brian Sabean?
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
I think ranking is still valid because it shows how Posey is among the league leaders. Yes, PCL stats are inflated, but regardless, Posey is among the best hitters in the PCL. It’s the kind of thing that should say something to Sabean. Unfortunately, it doesn’t.
by Missing Barry on May 25, 2010 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
And none of those players are anywhere near his age
and have many more years of professional experience.
EliminateMe’s argument is essentially Sabeans.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
I’m not sure that age matters in this situation, though. If we’re talking about their ability to perform at the MLB level right now, it’s not clear to me that a given performance at a younger age makes you more likely to do better at the higher level. It very clearly means very, very good things for your future performance, I’m just not sure it means anything for how ready you are to perform right now.
by Missing Barry on May 25, 2010 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
More years of minor league expereince
should mean better performance, at least until skills decline. So Buster has 1+ years of experience as a pro and the guys he is competing with (without looking it up) have at least 5. You’re right age isn’t the point.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
I hope this is sarchasm.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
They should call Posey up when they’re ready to DFA or trade his ass. Hopefully that will be any day now.
I think you chose your words poorly.
by Missing Barry on May 25, 2010 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Pronoun confusion ftmfw
"I just struck out looking three times, but in any other ballpark those would have been home runs." - Aubrey Huff
by howtheyscored on May 25, 2010 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I still hope we see Posey in June or July.
Hopefully this is one of Sabean’s lies.
by AmorVincitOmnia on May 25, 2010 11:25 AM PDT reply actions
I have very serious doubts that Buster Posey will be the full time starting catcher at any point this season.
The Giants Way™"If anybody deserves credit for this year’s turnaround it’s these two people, Brian and Bruce," Neukom said. "The encouraging thing is we think we’re back to playing baseball the way it ought to be played."
Here's a thought
The Giants should sever ties with Fresno and the PCL. If they think it’s so useless a league for predicting how a highly touted prospect will perform in the majors, then move the AAA team somewhere else.
Giants Baseball: TORTURE
PCL is the only real option. They need it to be close to SF.
by Missing Barry on May 25, 2010 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
We DO have these awesome things called “planes” that can get you across the country in a couple hours!
Goodbye, Steven Johnson, we hardly knew ye. Seriously, that was short.
Ha, sounds like someone doesn’t do much flying…..
by Missing Barry on May 25, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait, are you insinuating that I don’t do much flying? Because I get on a plane about twice a month. Flying isn’t that much of a hassle if you know what you’re doing.
Goodbye, Steven Johnson, we hardly knew ye. Seriously, that was short.
Really? I find flying to be a huge hassle, and expensive. Especially when you start dealing with delays, missed connections, the amount of time it takes to go long distances…..I see lots of reasons avoiding flying is a reason worth keeping AAA close by. Especially since there are times when you’re counting on a guy from AAA to show up.
by Missing Barry on May 25, 2010 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Its right on the edge of the LA market, so it cuts into that. Fresno is about split between SF and LA. It would be more in the direction of LA if not for the Grizzlies.
I never knew Biscut as a dog, but I did know her as a table.
Ah, good strategic point I’ve never considered!
by Missing Barry on May 25, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Ryan Braun
hit .342/.418/.701 in 117 ABs in the PCL which translated to an MLE of .295/.359/.569. In1823 ML ABs, he has a line of .312/.369/.576.
The PCL is not worthless. You just have to calibrate the performance in that admitedly hitter friendly league. PCL performance can actually be used to predict ML success. You just have to think and have access to a computer and the internet and all
Adopted Nut: Paraparaumu, New Zealand native, Andy Skeels
When someone says something like this, the Giants front office just hears the parent babble of Charlie Brown cartoons.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 25, 2010 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
it would be even closer
if it were in Oakland.
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on May 25, 2010 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions
As to Posey being ready, Sabean said, “There are a lot of sides to it. He is catching, he is playing first base and he is swinging the bat in a (hitters’) league where it’s tough to evaluate a high average.”
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LOL US
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OK. Great. Posey is not coming up yet. Is that news?
That they expect DeRosa to be any better than what he has been is more annoying. He’ll come back, hit a little, and inside four weeks the wrist will be an issue again and he’ll go on the DL to stay for the season. It been written many times on this site before, but I’ll say it again: I’d rather have a healthy Bowker or Schierholtz getting ABs than waiting for DeRosa to breakdown again.
As I mentioned in one of the other threads
He’s in a bit of a slump at Triple-A right now, and given the pressure he’ll face as the perceived savior of the Giants’ offense when he does arrive, this might not be the best time for a promotion.
The money lies in the RBIs
-- Jeff Kent
Not sure what slump you’re referring to. He had a rough week but it was such a small sample size that after his 4 for 4 game he’s still batting .323 over the last 10 games.
You want to see a walk? Then go watch the mailman.
Won’t drive in enough runs out of the 8-hole.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 25, 2010 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Who expects him to be a savior of the offense?
I don’t know if Albert Pujols could save this offense.
I just want this team to get better, and you have the best hitter in the PCL in waiting in Fresno. Instead Sabean is convincing DeRosa he’s not hurt and benching the second best (okay maybe 3rd) hitter on the team.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
Sabean's being consistent, but the message may not
be what we want to hear. What he’s telling us is that:
1. Unless Huff and Molina are hurt or traded later, there will be no Posey this year.
2. As we knew already, Sabean has no use for PCL hitting results. Posey might as well be hitting on the moon.
Lastly, and I hate to bring this up again, but am I the only person who feels that Sabean is still not sold on Posey as a major league catcher, no matter what Steve Decker can do with him? More to the point, would Sabean trade Posey if he was offered a stud hitter at a position of need?
Responsible for the last great homegrown Giants team.
Oh and why did they draft him again (with the #5 pick overall) if they were going to be convinced after 1+ MiLB seasons that he could not catch at the major league level?
Adopted Nut: Paraparaumu, New Zealand native, Andy Skeels
An excellent question, but for some reason Sabes may not even give Posey a sniff of the major leagues this year. I now think it’s likely that both Posey and Bumgarner won’t see SF until 2011, unless the team falls totally out of contention and Sabean fire-sales a bunch of fannies to contenders in late July.
If they’re out of it at the deadline, Sabean could let other teams rent Huff, Molina, and Uribe, pehaps even Renteria. In that scenario, we’ll see the kids. But short of that, I’m starting to think that Sabes won’t let either of these guys up here this year, hence the talk about someone other than MadBum to replace Wellemeyer.
Responsible for the last great homegrown Giants team.
Madison is a different story though it isn’t fair to compare Bumgarner and Posey. Bumgarner had a really rough time with his decrease in velocity and lack of good secondary pitches and he needed to spend some time in AAA (and he should stay there for a bit longer). He didn’t start doing well again until his last few starts. Posey has done well since he started and could come up now though from what I heard he does have to work on his defense he’s not completely inept behind the plate. But what I’m trying to say is that they’re two different situations and Bumgarner should stay in the minors. Plus i’d like to see YEAH JOEY first.
01.19.2010
r.i.p. buster posey
Wave them home Tim Flannery, wave them home.
by sanfrankid on May 25, 2010 5:13 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Posey still has a grand total of 134 starts as a catcher in the minors… not having brought up a catcher of his age and with his experience is evidence of nothing.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 25, 2010 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually JD, it is evidence of something;
namely that Sabean doesn’t think he’s ready, for exactly the reason you state: inexperience.
Look, we wouldn’t be having these gyrations right about now if the offense Sabean built hadn’t tanked already due to damaged goods Sabean bought (DeRosa and Sanchez), bad investments (see DeRosa, Sanchez, Rowand, and Molina), a weak farm system, and Pablo’s girth and crashing back to earth. Optimally, Posey and MadBum would get all of 2010 to get experience at AAA and come up to join the big club next year.
But this team’s 1-4 starters are too good to waste like this, so Sabean’s mistakes are magnified.
Responsible for the last great homegrown Giants team.
I also think it is the problem with having a General Manager who is perceived to be on the “hot seat” and who has a relatively short contract. He is incentivized to do two things: 1) Win now and 2) Make smart financial decisions. This is why I don’t think the super-2 issue is relevant. Sabean will either be long gone or will have a long-term contract by the time that comes up. I strongly suspect he is keeping Posey down now because he does not think Posey will so much of upgrade over Molina that he can justify the $6MM mistake.
Adopted Nut: Paraparaumu, New Zealand native, Andy Skeels
Winning now and making smart financial decisions are very rarely done at the same time.
Goodbye, Steven Johnson, we hardly knew ye. Seriously, that was short.
That’s a different argument… you said ‘no matter what Steve Decker can do with him’. He is in fact inexperienced and it is not unreasonable to want to give Decker more than 7 weeks to work with the guy. Talk about premature matriculation…
If you do bring him up, are you expecting him to immediately contribute offensively? While he’s learning a demanding defensive position? And with the expectation that his contribution will come in a pennant race? All while spending less time in the minors learning the craft professionally than Johnny Fucking Bench? Even Matt Wieters (the every day catcher who was called up the fastest I am aware of) had 169 games started and was considered to be a more polished defender and a better power bat than Buster. And he was going to a team nobody expected to win.
I just don’t think it’s a good idea to risk your best prospect’s development to bring him up in so historically short of a time. Especially to save an offense that is more than one bat away from being good.
Having said all that, I do greatly fear Sabean will yet again undervalue young potential and overpay for aging mediocrity…
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 25, 2010 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
JD, he's not the sole answer
and it isn’t worth bringing him up early to put him in an impossible situation. My point is that Sabean appears to have 2011 etched in stone for him, regardless of any great strides he may make with Decker this year. In the long term, that’s OK. But it dooms us to another lost year of great pitching thanks to Sabean’s mistakes.
Responsible for the last great homegrown Giants team.
But it dooms us to another lost year of great pitching thanks to Sabean’s mistakes.
I agree, but don’t think making another mistake is the answer… If I’m the GM, starting last year at the latest, I’m in full-on youth movement mode and Posey is my starting catcher from some time in the second half of this year until he reaches free agency.
Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller
by Johnny Disaster on May 25, 2010 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Honestly, part of me thinks Sabean says things to justify his actions, then later begins to wholeheartedly believe the justifications because otherwise the cognitive dissonance hurts his head.
I feel prickishly demanding!
I couldn't be prouder of my recent adoptee - Tim Lincecum's dealer. He provides the secret fuel behind both Cy Youngs. Also, he taught Timmy the change-up.
by giantsfansince1981 on May 25, 2010 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
If Posey isn't a ML catcher,
what is Bengie? That fatso can’t even catch a fastball on the outside corner when he knows it’s coming.
Q: Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?
Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Long list of replacement level vets]—obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.
Which is pretty funny, because plenty of hitters can hit the outside fastball when they don’t know it’s coming and Todd Wellemeyer is pitching.
Goodbye, Steven Johnson, we hardly knew ye. Seriously, that was short.
and
when ace pitcher handler Molina is calling his usual wizardious game.
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
"117 elements, and still no Stanfurdium"- carp (paraphrased)
by natteringnabob on May 25, 2010 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions
FUCK!
shouldn’t Sabean, the Fucking GM, have SOME FUCKING SAY in who plays and who doesn’t? That asshole acts as if he has NO FUCKING INPUT into the situation! Seriously! What a fucking piece of shit! I mean this team can’t fucking hit worth a FUCKING SHIT and Posey CAN help in that department, NO? Fuck YES! If Bork won’t play Posey when he’s called up, then BORK NEEDS TO BE FUCKING FIRED!!!
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