John Shea continues to blame every problem the Giants have on Bonds, in this blowjob piece detailing how times have been tough for the Giants before:
…. The Giants’ youth movement is still a dream – too many leftover contracts from the Bonds days, not enough young, everyday players ready for the majors. But if the veterans don’t produce, the Giants may have no choice but to force the issue and go younger. “We’re open-minded,” Sabean said. “If a veteran wins out, so be it. If a veteran can’t hold his own and it’s better for the organization to move forward with the younger player who lacks experience, we’re prepared to do that.”
Of course, that is a lie, the leftover contracts are not from the Bonds’ era, but from the Sabean era, which, of course, hasn’t ended. But, why bother with the truth? Just make up whatever story you need in order to continue scapegoating Bonds.
Meanwhile, in the land of reality, the Giants have picked up Jose Castillo, basically, a younger version of Pedro Feliz, because, apparently, no one noticed that Kevin Frandsen’s complaints about his Achilles tendon were something to worry about. Seriously, is there a harsher indictment of the entire team than what’s gone on during this year’s Spring Training?
The pitchers were completely unprepared to begin the season, the players in the field were apparently unaware of the need to catch the ball when it is hit to them, the training staff failed to diagnose or prevent major injuries by Vizquel, Lowry, Durham, and now Frandsen, and the front office threw money at the one area on the team that was halfway decent, (outfield), while failing to address the huge, gaping holes at third and first base. So, we’re fielding a $90 million dollar team that is expected to put up a 650 runs scored, 800 runs allowed, 100-loss season because our starters can’t stay on the field, and when they do, they can’t hit, field, throw, run, pitch or catch.
Let’s keep something in mind, here. I’m not up in arms because the team isn’t going to contend, or because we’re in a down cycle. That happens to all teams at some point. I’m pissed off because there’s no reason this team should be this bad, should have this many problems, should be this far from a major league team.
The whole organization is failing, in every way imaginable, from their absurd marketing slogan, to this major league disaster. Now, we learn that even the trainers staff is unprepared, and poorly run. Great.
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Well it looks like the front office isn’t going to have to come up with any excuse as to why Frandsen wasn’t going to play this year.
Five years from now they’ll try to find a way to blame that Zito contract on Bonds too…
I hear the siren’s call… “Neifi….. Neifi….”.
In fairness to Shea, what is a Giants beat writer supposed to say? If he writes what he really sees, then every column would read
“The Giants are awful. The old guys are finished, the young guys can’t play, management is out to lunch, and this team is irrelevant until at least 2010.”
Can you imagine walking into the clubhouse every day to try to interview that players + coaches, after writing that stuff? If I was in Shea’s shoes I would probably lie a little too…
jim,
shea didnt have to add bonds to the mix….bonds has nothing to do with why the entire org is now shit
let us compare 2 gms….beane and sabean
to sabean, being a baseball gm is like playing checkers, you only have to think a couple of moves ahead and sometimes you dont have to think at all
to beane, being a baseball gm is like playing chess….always think at least 10-20 moves ahead
fans are currently screaming about beane, but in the matter of one short offseason, he replenished his orgs entire minor league system….which will pay dividends in the long run
our system is so weak, that an injury to one utility guy spells doom
and my god…we have the worst trainers in the entire league
but kfran should not have been forced to fight for a job….neither should ort
this team is going nowhere this season….do fans really want to watch a last place team with a bunch of overpriced vets?
they did last season….but bonds was still here
lets see how the crowds look come july
I’m done with the Giants as long as Sabean, Magowan, and Baer are there. They are the team of my childhood, and I’m old, but I have no use for these jokers.
And if Barry Bonds isn’t signed by anyone, I’m thinking MLB has no use for my time and money.
I was just thinking that the Giants should sign Bonds again. CJ, I’m with you though. It’s painful for me to admit, but I’m beginning to lose interest in the Giants. Watching the franchise go down in flames and management and ownership lick their chops at the money they’re making sickens me. These bozos are lost. Not only have they taken this current path by choice, but they’ve do so without alternatives and with so little depth that if someone gets hurt, there is nobody to replace him. I laugh because I’m just a big baseball fan and I (and many others) been writing here for YEARS that the franchise is not restocking itself to prepare for our exact situation right now. So, in one off-season we’re going to lose guys like Bonds and Feliz without any alternatives and then we’re going to be forced to keep guys like Durham because we don’t have any alternative and then we’re going to expect Vizquel to stay healthy because, well, because we don’t have any real alternatives for him either, etc. Oh wait, and then we sign Barry Zito to replace our Bonds hero-worship…and Zito’s just Jarrod Washburn, but more photogenic.
It’s baseball with our fingers crossed.
I’m leaning towards just switching the players on hte Fresno roster with those on the big club. We can keep Cain & Lincecum, and Merkin because he has a funny name.
The mediocrity we’re looking forward to is just so boring… I would so much rather have the 25 best potential upside guys and let them play, I don’t care if they’re 18 and in A ball. Make a list from Baseball America or somewhere, least then we can root for the little guy….I like Molina, but my god, he’s the cleanup hitter. It’s just not interesting, we all know how the season will play out already, and I’m just not looking forward to my greatest interest being whether Randy Winn will hit .300 or not. Frandsen going down has even pierced my well-cultivated state of denial. Let some dude a year out of high school steal 80 bases and get picked off 90 times…. at least it’ll be interesting. Let the guy pitch who’ll strike out 15 looking and walk 20 by throwing the ball into the dugout.
All SF needs to do is have the bus forget to pick up all the “veterans” at the hotel one day… it’s not so hard. Jesus, this team has less character than the 62 Mets.
Sadly, I supported the Randy Winn signing because I saw our future: Randy Winn, the Giants best hitter.
Here’s something that puzzles me. I feel the same way as everyone else who is expressing his opinion here: the team looks awful, they are boring, I’m losing interest, etc. Yet I have read that season ticket sales are not much behind what they were last year. How is that possible? I expected that with the chase for #756 behind us + a team that is so obviously pathetic that even casual fans would notice, that tickets sales would plunge.
There’s an article in the Chron about it.
Ultimately AT&T is another Wrigley Field. The Cubs never bothered to win games until recently and the Giants can do the same thing.
There were 8,000 hardcore fans from Candlestick and 5,000 more who would go several times a year. But the wine and cheese crowd didn’t. But now that’s who’s buying all the tickets. Two-thirds of the current crowds would cheer their hearts out to see an opposing player reach a milestone against the Giants.
There simply isn’t much incentive to get better. Sabean and Baer can continue to talk about needing to improve but they don’t have to. Casual fans buy tickets and cable tv pays the bills.
Ultimately San Francisco doesn’t really care.
I think the Giants should go after Matt Murton. According to baseball musings he’s been designated for assignment (I think) with the Cubs.
Career .800+OPS righthanded OF’er.
He’s cheap, young and has potential. He probably won’t be a superstar, but he could be a good solid player.
Of course one Cub fan has a slightly different opinion…
http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/025451.php
Prediction: The Giants have a HORRIBLE first few weeks and are embarrassingly bad, and they end up signing Bonds. How funny would that be? I don’t think it’s far fetched…
So if you had to guess, SF Giants in 2008: over or under 100 losses?
Hey, I thought of another way to make things more fun for Giants fans this season… instead of stringing up rubber chickens, we could string up a K for every time one of OUR players strikes out. I wonder how many times we’d go back and forth across the outfield wall over the course of a season. It’d be F-ing hilarious!
The only thing the Giants have going for them so far this year …. Eugenio Velez !!!
I really need someone to write an article how the pathetic Giants and their Tom Selick (with out the Mustache) look-alike coach – who did a rather shitty job with the Padres – are getting younger? I am totally and completely confused with Sabean’s comments on March 25th regarding how he “may open the door” for Velez. Really? WTF? What else could someone like Velez need to do to make the old and overpaid lineup? Play second base? Are you fucking kidding me now? Let’s do this instead …. play an old, OVERPAID, no rage second basemen like Durham … WTF? Watch ing Durham field is like watching David Eckstein trying to throw out a runner at first …. something my left handed sister could do better … so while we sit at home and watch the soon to be worst season in SF history … Sabean continues to gain weight and speak about his “veteran” presence in the clubhouse ….. maybe if we are lucky … Sabean could go out and get Gonzo and bring back Finley because I’m sure he thinks we could always use another outfielder …….. if Velez isn’t starting this year … I’m going to have to start watching the A’s and their gay-ass white shoes …. Thanks.
- pib OUT !!!
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