Nothing to add, really, other than that "Loves you some Bumgarner?" is a wonderful use of the English language.

One Word: Noonan

I posted this in the diary section but I actually meant to post this here:

The Giants are toast, the sooner we all accept that the better.  I have been as optimistic as anyone else the past three seasons, but I believe that optimism has only set us farther back.  Consider me a full fledged doom and gloomer as of now.  And I it kills me to say this but the sooner we all become doom and gloomers the better.  

Think about it: every time the Giants put some sort of winning streak together, it causes all of Giants nation to start thinking ridiculous thoughts of World Titles.  Sure you don't need a perfect team to win the WS because magic does happen.  Really, no NL team other than the Mets SHOULD have won the WS last year but it happened because that's the postseason.  But can anyone here honestly say that if this team SOMEHOW made it to the postseason we would get anywhere near the pennant, let alone winning it all?  Division titles and Pennants are nice, but SF has NEVER won a World Series! I live in LA right now and fully understand the significance of this - any time a Dodger fan wants to argue baseball he only needs to pull that fact out and suddenly there is no arguement. The LA Dodgers have won the World Series.  The SF Giants have not.  Giving us flashes of hope to make the postseason is not good enough.  We need to buckle down and start a full fledged, multi-year campaign towards winning it all.  

And that is why I am a doom gloomer.  Because every time we put together something good it only serves to placate the masses and therefore put off the eventual fire sale that needs to occur.  Sabean refuses to hit rock bottom- and while hitting rock bottom isn't a necessary prescription towards improvement - at this point it might be the only thing that allows all of the Giants community to take a good hard look in the mirror.  Maybe then we will begin to question why the current management has been obsessed with skimming the surface of mediocrity.  Building teams capable of making temporary surges, only to revert right back to the mean.  It worked for three seasons as attendance held up.  But now the air is being let out, and I say, let it all out.  Sell sell sell, finish this miserable season (seasons) and please lets move on!  

So I pose this new outlook: Be a Doom and Gloomer in the name of optimism! Cheer for the Giant's demise if only to give us the valuable wake up call we desperately need.  It's been great having Barry, that's an understatement, but I am actually excited for the post-Barry era.  Barry gave us as good as chance as ever to win the WS, and we got the equivalent of a bad bounce in that.  Time to move on from that.  The new era in Giant's history is on our doorstep - the only question will we be a pitching dominant title contender or a pitching dominant also-ran?

Way to prove the Giants suck #41 - while at the Padres/Mariners game yesterday, not one person in my section remarked in the least when the big F appeared next to the SF/OAK 2-0 score, indicating a final score/giants loss. In years prior, this would normally elicit some taunting in my general direction or an overall '"yippee"-type comment from the Compadres Club idiots. Sad that I miss being heckled. But oh so indiciative of how bad we suck. We're not even on the radar anymore. People were watching the Rockies score and cheering against them and not the Gigantes. Disgusting.

The only problem with this proposal is that the D'Rays are actually loaded with pitching prospects.  Did you get a load of Andy Sonnanstine's performance yesterday?  Well, there's a lot more where that came from.  Add in David Price, who should be ready at least as fast as Tim Lincecum was, well, the D'Rays actually don't need to trade with anyone. They could be the powerhouse of the division as early as next year or 2009 at the latest.

I didn't know Eva Longoria could hit.

We don't need Scott Kazmir. Sure he's a lefty and a great pitcher. But we've got Noah who can be a fifth starter or play right field. The giants need hitting. Face it, they suck at it.  Anyway, good picks grant