Was he making a denial of a premonition of the truth?

On Omar

If by outplayed you mean, did worse than his previous 2 years by far, then I agree.

P.S.  That image practically broke my internets.

I've said this before but the man is so blinded by pride that he refuses to acknowledge even his most obvious blunders.  Perhaps, just perhaps, had he ever given and interview where he showed even the slightest amount of humility, cognisant Giant fans would give him a slightly longer leash.  It absolutely disgusts me how good he has become at finger-pointing and blame-deflecting.

Anyway, sorry for the rant...here's my quote:

"Well, we had some hot-outs."

--Sabean referring to some of the hard-hit line drives that resulted in outs in a game where the Giants were shut out by the Brewers' Wes Obermueller.  Circa 2004.

"Neifi is an accomplished Major League middle infielder who increases our pool of choices at second base while we wait for the free agent market to further define itself," said Sabean.

"Neifi is an accomplished Major League middle infielder who can hit for average, run well and play on either side of second base" said Sabean. "Like a lot of the players we've signed this winter, he'll provide Felipe (Alou) with a lot of versatility. Neifi has the advantage of being a switch hitter and can steal a base when called upon. He adds depth to our infield on any given day."

"You can never pass up an opportunity to add a young left-handed hitting catcher who has been an All-Star and owns post season experience," Sabean said. "A.J. is a young man who's just coming into his prime and we're excited about adding a quality left-handed bat to our lineup."

"LaTroy's acquisition certainly strengthens and deepens our bullpen, which obviously needs bolstering," said Sabean.

"The type of person or professional I am, I don't take any satisfaction in anybody's demise or inability to do his job," Sabean said. "I'll say one thing about Armando. He was strong enough to be a whipping boy.

And don't trade Cain either.

In other news : yes Feliz flails at pitches way off the plate, looking clueless in the process.  Yes no team can afford 4-5 under .310 OBPs in the lineup and expect to sniff .500.  And yes the following stats are cherry picked, and they don't tell the story, blah blah.  Yes we could and should do a lot better than Fleas.

That said [ducking] :

RBIs, SF Giants, 2004-2007
PedroFeliz    335
RayDurham    291
BarryBonds    254
OmarVizquel    154
RandyWinn    147
MoisesAlou    137
EdgardoAlfonzo    120
MarquisGrissom    105
J.T.Snow    100
MichaelTucker    95

Total Bases, SF Giants, 2004-2007
PedroFeliz    975
RayDurham    868
BarryBonds    723
RandyWinn    648
OmarVizquel    586
MoisesAlou    418
J.T.Snow    317
MichaelTucker    284
EdgardoAlfonzo    338
MikeMatheny    234

I don't care if it's apocryphal. I don't care if he didn't actually say it. He still meant it.

I love that BS sees himself as broad-minded, intellectually curious and sane. And the rest of us are knuckle-dragging, narrow-minded mouth-breathers for having the temerity to think and even go so far as speak aloud the notion that the Giants should've tried to sign Vladimir Guerrero.

The theme that stands out for me is BS's utter contempt for Giants fans. It's one thing to harbor this kind of contempt in secret. With BS, it's on display, paraded arrogantly and repeatedly.

The worst quote, though...the most idiotic and incomprehensible quote of all, doesn't actually come from BS. It comes from Peter Magowan, at the press conference announcing BS's 2-year contract extension: