November 2005 Archives

The holy-shit money being thrown at relief pitchers has stirred up outrage among some baseball observers. But we Giants fans are always looking for the silver lining -- or at least the cheap pun -- behind every fiasco. Closers suddenly...
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News and notes from the long weekend: - I ate a lot, but not this much. The free agent frenzy and trade swirl -- Eyre, Bobby Howry, B.J. Ryan, Josh Beckett, Carlos Delgado, Jim Thome, Billy Wagner, and so on...
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I hereby nominate Rich Draper for this year's Bulwer-Lytton contest, and I'll ignore the fact there's no non-fiction/sports/propaganda category. Draper's opening 'graph from Friday ranks up there with his all-time worst: "Somebody keeps whispering in Noah Lowry's ear, and it's...
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With the hot stove starting to glow, and all the GMs pushing through the market square, one big question on everyone's mind is "Will A.J. Burnett get a five year contract?" The last pitcher to get five years was Chan...
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As expected, Scott Eyre has signed with not-the-Giants. In this case, the Cubs. There was nothing the Giants could do -- Eyre wanted to be closer to his Bradenton, Florida home in the suburbs of Tampa/St. Pete: "This is a...
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My favorite quote so far from today's news about the new steroid (and amphetamines!) policy: Players who test positive for amphetamines for the first time will be subject to mandatory evaluation and follow-up testing. "That's going to shake it up...
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The best way to feel stupid and have a good laugh, other than watching a Farrelly Brothers movie, is to riffle through the rounds of the dear Scorebard's latest Web game, Humbugardy. Laugh, because the wit and irreverence of the...
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The Dodgers are interested in Giants assistant GM Ned Colletti. They will interview him for the open general manager position soon. But when, Ned, when? "It's soon," Colletti said. That would be quite a defection. You have to wonder how...
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Or Mays Field, if you wish. Neil DeMause of Baseball Prospectus wrote yesterday about a researcher, urban planner Judith Grant Long, who has calculated the hidden public costs of sports stadiums. With Pac Bell Park, the Giants were (and still...
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The Associated Press got a hold of Scott Eyre's home phone number and talked to the Giants reliever during taco night. He was cooking dinner for his kids at home in Florida, and the loquacious lefty made it clear re-signing...
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As Brian Sabean packed his bags for the annual General Managers Gone Wild in Palm Springs, he sat down with local beat reporters to tell them how difficult it would be this off-season. Just as it is every year. Yes,...
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Omar Vizquel, in 2005 you set a record for gasps and giggles per 9 innings and made it fun to watch baseball at Mays Field. Mike Matheny, you threw the moneychangers and the basestealers out of the temple. O! squatting...
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Somewhere in Rancho Mirage, Joe Morgan is wearing Sansabelt slacks, teeing up a long fairway shot, and chuckling to himself: "Adios, goddamn college boy punk ass Moneyball bitches." Thwack! Yes, Joe is feeling good today. Two of baseball's boy brainiacs...
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