Comments on: …. Bad news bears?

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:04:56 +0000

Ernie Banks.

By: Mark O'Connor

Mark O'Connor — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:15:56 +0000

How about Ted Williams and the Red Sox? I know, I know, it was back in the Ancient Age, but he’s really the only other player with impact and ability comparable to Bonds (minus glove and speed of course) whose team never got a ring.

By: marc

marc — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:13:10 +0000

interesting study….

It reminds of something that Bill James said (and I’m really paraphrasing) about how most owners are dumb as a post and really have no baseball knowledge. They are more impressed by a shiny “Alfonso Soriano” (not to pick on him in particular) than a 8 year old.

I wonder if after a certain point, owners get tired of their plaything, and make half-conscious decisions in that manner. All complaints about Sabean are justified, but I assume that any big signing has to be approved by Magowan. Certainly in the last few years, the Giants scored an A-plus in name recognition (see Michael Tucker, Brett Tomko, on and on) while falling short of judging realistic performance expectations.

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Baseball » …. Bad news bears? — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:51:04 +0000

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By: +mia

+mia — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:13:24 +0000

What I’ve been saying for going on 5 years now.

The San Francisco Giants…Your new San Francisco Forty Niners.

Magowan becomes the old Bob Lurie who became the old Horace Stoneham. Brian Sabean has become Tom Haller. John York has become Joe Thomas.

So Long San Francisco. It was a nice run. Nobody to root for now except the over under on Gay Pride day.