I hope it's clear to Bochy and Sabean that the lunatic fringe's cry for a youth movement is not just based on our fondness for young people, but that (for the giants at least) there's a strong correlation between youth and talent/production. Sabean needs to clean house between now and the trading deadline. Before then, I'd like to see this liuneup:

2B Eugenio Velez (S) - work on bunting game and try every other game

RF Randy Winn (S) - job is to advance runner, put ball in play, avoid GIDP

LF Fred Lewis (L) - gives him chance to produce runs, get on before "big bats"

CF Aaron Rowand - whatever

1B John Bowker (L) - our big bopper

C   Benji Molina - might get most rbi opportunity in this hole, avoid "base-clogging"

3B Jose Castillo - our Feliz, without the D

SS Omar Vizquel (S) - whatever

After trade deadline, assuming Sabes can move Winn, Molina, Vizquel

2B Velez

LF Lewis

CF Rowand

1B Bowker

3B Any young blocked guy

RF Schierholtz

C   Steve Holm, any young blocked guy

SS Any young blocked guy

the whole point of this post is to make the case that schierholtz  needs to start after the trading deadline, but in the meantime, give us a lineup that's not embarrassing, makes some sense, and even mildly interesting.

You know your team is bad when one week into the season fans are talking about #1 pick in 2009. Here's to positive, looking-forward kinda thinking.

Let's start a campaign right now to have Steve Decker as manager by 2010 when most of the bad contracts, including Sabean's, is off the hook and we get a fresh new start, fresh new lineup, fresh new manager, GM, and hope for the future.

What say you!!!

Was thinking of waiting until sometime, er, next week, to post this, but why wait until someone beats me to it. 

The Giants are so bad...how bad are they?

When channeling their Warrior Spirit, they got Chris Washburn

Okay, I know others can do better...please show me how to laugh again.

Healthy Johnson Makes Giant Impotence Credeble.

Hey, not much to lose.  

It's never too early to campaign early for 2008. So my top candidate: Justin Smoak!!! Write letters or emails to your senators, congressmen, whomever to vote for Smoak in 2008. Let them know that where there's Smoak, there's usually a single, double, homerun, or sometimes a triple. How about that for the cover of the 2010 team guide?