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The San Francisco Giants and Manny Ramirez: Sigh
Okay. I’ll bite. Giants Offer Slugger Manny Ramirez 4-Year Deal No, they didn’t. The Giants already had an offensively gifted, defensively challenged left fielder with baggage. They had...
San Francisco Giants Depth Chart Speculation
Assuming that the Giants go with the usual twelve-man pitching staff, there will be thirteen open spots for position players on the 25-man roster. There are seven guaranteed spots going to Winn, Row...
Winter Meetings and the San Francisco Giants, Day IV
An aside: Ten years ago, hardly anyone cared about the Winter Meetings or the Rule 5 Draft. Today, if a beat writer forgets to put the word "unconfirmed" in big flashing text next to a Winter Meetings...
Winter Meetings and the San Francisco Giants, Day III
What’s left: Assorted goofs with a bat but no glove who would cost a lot of money. Assorted goofs with a bat but no glove who would cost a lot in trade. One goof with a bat and a glove who ...
Winter Meetings and the San Francisco Giants, Day II
A semi-fictional conversation: Agent for Unnamed Player: Brian! Good to see you. How is Yorvit Torrealba working out for you? Sabean: Uh, he hasn't been on our t... Agent: Super, just super. Say, I...
C.C. Sabathia, Part XVII
From the L.A. Times: The official said the Giants are interested in CC Sabathia, the ace pitcher who grew up in the Bay Area. The official would not confirm whether the Giants had offered a contract ...
Winter Meetings
Winter Meetings! Winter Meetings! Let’s see…the Giants are linked to Miguel Tejada, Hank Blalock, Ken Boyer, Tom O’Malley, and every other player who has played third base in the p...
The Winter Meetings, the San Francisco Giants, and Made-Up Rumors
The Winter Meetings start next week. They’re probably like a week-long seminar on tax law without any of the excitement, but I like to pretend that they’re much more interesting. Last year...
C.C. Sabathia to take a hometown discount?
Maybe, according to the New York Daily News. No editorial for this one. Just a poll. Thus endeth the rumor/transaction posts for today. There are three more below this one. SHOULD the Giants sign Pa...
Jorge Cantu for Jonathan Sanchez?
No. The rumors originated here. Really, I can see someone saying, "Wow! A 30-homer guy for a 5.00 ERA pitcher? Sweet!" And that person would then resume not thinking about baseball until April. If Ca...
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