As the Giants creep closer to signing Dave Roberts, Rich Aurilia, Mark Loretta, and possibly Dave Weathers I am already digging a bunker 30 feet beneath the earths surface. It’s not that I hate any of these players but 2007 is indeed going to be ugly. I know this as do most other fans of this team. The upcoming season… Read more →
The Cubs have signed Alfonso Soriano, who is considered the most desirable free agent on the market, to a 8 year 136 million dollar contract. Here is where I state the obvious. The Cubs just spent a lot of money on Alfonso Soriano. Soriano, who turns 31 before the 2007 season, will become the highest paid Cub in franchise history…. Read more →
So far the ‘Hot Stove’ has been rather mild for the Giants. Which isn’t too surprising since Brian Sabean apparently is very stealthy when wheeling and dealing. Kind of like the Predators’ invisibility cloak suit thing that it can turn on and off. Did I just make a Predator reference? I think I did. In other good news, the Yanks… Read more →
The AFL is drawing to a close and so, though it is not as timely as it would have been a few weeks ago I have decided to write the first in what I hope to be many posts of my delusional and ever increasing man-love for one, Kevin Frandsen. Totally Frandsonian: Frandsen has been nominated by his Scottsdale manager… Read more →
So, I was sitting in my corner, mumbling something semi incoherant about Soriano and Home/Away splits when a rather radical idea crossed my mind about the Giants and their new found and much heralded off season cache of doh-re-me, aka moolah. HOW ABOUT NOT SPENDING IT! This year is set to be a free agent nightmare as exemplified by Mark… Read more →
A few rumors floating around recently that the White Sox would like to acquire Omar Vizquel for Juan Uribe and probably a pitching prospect. Uribe has had some off season trouble being involved in a shooting. The White Sox heavily pursued Omar before he signed with the Giants during the 2004-2005 off season. The Sox are believed to have offered… Read more →
A few quick items of note from around Baseball news today Could the Red Sox have posted the top bid for highly coveted Japanese pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka? Buster Olney reports that the Red Sox may have won the top bid with a bid from 38MM-45MM. You read that right, 35 to 48 million! That is a gigantic sum of money… Read more →
The offseason is like that Hispanic soap opera that you’ll sometimes find yourself watching around lunch. You can’t understand half the stuff thats happening but its still grossly entertaining. It’s also the perfect time for half-brained crazy trade scenarios that everyone loves to cook up. Albert Pujols and Adam Wainwright for Brad Hennessey and a box of dreams? Sure thing!… Read more →
Just a quick blurb on Pat Burrell this morning, Philly.com is reporting that Burrell would agree to waive his no-trade clause to play in San Francisco. I just posted earlier this week that Burrell would be a great fit for the Giants and that a big stumbling block would be his no-trade clause, which seems to be less of a… Read more →
Everyone remembers the stretch during the mid-90′s of horrible first basemen that played for the Giants. The list went a little something like, Mark Carreon, Todd Benziger, and J.R. Phillips. Yeesh! Thats a hard list to read for even the most hardcore of Giants fans. Eventually J.T. Snow landed in San Fran and put together a really nice run but… Read more →