Peterson: Sabean playing with fire

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Posted by nuschler on 2010-01-23 11:03:15

Peterson: Sabean playing with fire
By Gary Peterson
Oakland Tribune columnist
Posted: 01/22/2010 09:04:29 PM PST
Updated: 01/23/2010 04:29:53 AM PST

Best case scenario, Freddy Sanchez isn't out long enough to be missed. He's back in the lineup before taxes are due. His left shoulder feels like $12 million over two years. By the time the Giants take the field for Game 1 of the NLDS, his offseason medical misadventures are long forgotten (think Jeff Kent's wrist in 2002).

Worst case scenario, one or more of the variables in the best case scenario fails to materialize. The Giants are unable to forge their pleasantly surprising 2009 into a pleasantly confirming 2010. Sanchez becomes a magnet for fan dissatisfaction, the Armando Benitez of the 20-teens. If you want to go full doomsday, Tim Lincecum free-falls to third in the Cy Young balloting.

And the whole unfulfilling spectacle costs general manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy their jobs.

Thread:

Peterson: Sabean playing with fire - nuschler 2010-01-23 11:03:15 (359 views)
- btw... MLOLina - shikantaza 2010-01-24 17:31:27 (174 views)
  - Well, since he's a Giant again, - Hawk_941 2010-01-24 23:45:14 (177 views)
  - molina caught 12 shutouts last season1! - nuschler 2010-01-24 17:57:23 (119 views)
- I wonder if the team would have been better with no FSanchez or Molina - shikantaza 2010-01-23 11:11:22 (224 views)
  - i tend to agree - wiz 2010-01-24 15:54:49 (147 views)
    - "I don't know," he said. "It feels the same coming out, it's just not reading on the radar gun." - wiz 2010-01-24 16:13:23 (171 views)
      - This quote kind of flies in the face of what Krukow said on the broadcast - Hawk_941 2010-01-24 23:38:55 (140 views)
  - no I don't think so...Bumgarner is going to be fine - The Dude 2010-01-24 12:05:07 (164 views)
    - MadBum will be fine, but people act like Posey would have thrown to third - shikantaza 2010-01-24 12:34:48 (207 views)
      - catchers call their own games in the Majors... - The Dude 2010-01-24 15:15:58 (155 views)
        
        yes, I'm sure that Posey will keep demanding a fastball down the middle in an 0-2 count - shikantaza 2010-01-24 17:15:11 (154 views)
        
        no...wouldn't do that.....but he doesn't know the hitters as well as Molina does - The Dude 2010-01-24 18:37:11 (148 views)
        
        I'm sure there is benefit to having a catcher out there who knows the hitters. - shikantaza 2010-01-24 18:47:31 (148 views)
        
        here's a short list of teams and how they did with a rookie catcher: - nuschler 2010-01-24 19:44:36 (166 views)
        
        hmmm... doesn't seem to indicate some significant detriment - shikantaza 2010-01-25 10:28:10 (122 views)
        
        i didn't check to see how much experience those catchers had at the position - nuschler 2010-01-25 12:27:18 (131 views)
        
        that's true... let's hope they're right. - shikantaza 2010-01-25 15:50:00 (120 views)
        
        maybe they should consider Madbum's arbitration elgibility as well - LG 2010-01-25 15:08:59 (139 views)
        
        i'm sure they are. - nuschler 2010-01-25 15:27:16 (109 views)
      - The Giants asked Bumgarner to reduce the velocity of his fastball - Hawk_941 2010-01-24 13:41:51 (179 views)
        
        sure... but if that's a new technique for him, it's all the more reason - shikantaza 2010-01-24 13:57:45 (150 views)
        
        Who gives a shit about velocity, as long as he gets outs - Duck the Fodgers 2010-01-24 22:03:10 (139 views)
        
        Seriously? I mean, I agree. I'd love to have Greg Maddux, but in terms of projection for a minor - shikantaza 2010-01-25 15:48:49 (141 views)
  - posey isnt ready to call a mlb game, he needs more minor league innings - FaTaL Dizzle 2010-01-23 23:40:12 (222 views)
    - MadBum doesn't need more innings? - shikantaza 2010-01-24 00:34:24 (182 views)
  - It's definitely a possibility. Maybe a higher ceiling, but - Hawk_941 2010-01-23 13:36:22 (205 views)

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