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In Defense Of Sabean

As we all know at McCovey Chronicles, Brian Sabean's contract has been extended through 2010. This decision has left most Giants fans spinning in their graves, couches, barstools, or whatever the hell they're sitting on.

As we all know at McCovey Chronicles, Brian Sabean's contract has been extended through 2010. This decision has left most Giants fans spinning in their graves, couches, barstools, or whatever the hell they're sitting on.

I, on the other hand, feel that this is a step in the right direction for the Giants organization. Through most of his tenure, Sabean has kept the Giants competitive. From 97 until now, the Giants have won 3 division titles, and had 4 playoff berths, while remaining in contention up until the last games in 3 seasons. He even brought a NL west title to San Francisco.

The Giants are lousy now, but wont be lousy for long. All the SBC/AT&T/PacBell park bandwagon hoppers can eat shit. The Giants have a promising pitching staff, and are a free agent signing or two away from serious contention.

A lot of you kids don't understand that it isn't easy to get players to sign with any team. Between contract negotiations, relocating their families, and other issues, it is no small task. Considering all of the free agents in the past few years that have signed elsewhere it may seem as though Sabean has been scared to pull the trigger. At any rate, playing in AT&T park does not appeal to most right handed sluggers that are to be and have been on the market. If you know anything about playing baseball, you know that the ball doesn't carry well to left field at night, and you will never hit an opposite field home run unless you really get more than all of it. Furthermore, the Giants have been very sneaky in stating a "win now" mentality, while quietly rebuilding via the last three drafts behind our backs. They know they must appease fairweather fans and idiots alike, so they say they're pursuing a championship now, when they're really not.

After reviewing Sabean's trade portfolio, I've found that with the exception of the Joe Nathan, Boof Bonser, Francisco Liriano for Pierzynski debacle, he has a very solid track record. He brought in Jason Schmidt and was credited for masterminding the Kirk Reuter from Montreal deal. With the exception of the previously mentioned trade there is only one player currently playing in the Major Leagues. That player is Carlos Villanueva of the Milwaukee Brewers. Recently he shipped Armando Blownitez for Randy Messenger, who at one point last season, was being groomed to be a future closer by the Marlins.

True baseball people know that change is a process that takes time. So let's give this man a chance. This last off-season was pretty bad, but following this season Sabean will have some decent scratch to play around with. Alex Rodriguez will most likely opt-out of his contract and the Giants are in position to be big suitors in the A-Rod sweepstakes. As reported recently in a Sacramento Bee article, Rodriguez has said that he really liked the bay area and the fans, so maybe it's a slight hint that he has a shared interest in San Francisco. Also, Eric Byrnes and Jermaine Dye, two Bay Area natives will be on the market and would probably love to don the Giants black and orange.

Now I know there's a lot of people out there who hated the Giants last off-season as much as I did. But we all make mistakes. Sit tight kids. This mess will be over soon.

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