By now you've all heard the Giants have re-signed Bruce Bochy and Brian Sabean to two-year contracts with a club option for 2012. By now you've all heard the screams of the Lunatic Fringe throwing themselves under the nearest T-Third St. Muni light rail car. Grant is convinced the old leopards will never be able to change their spots, and I'm not too far behind him.
For anyone hoping that the woeful excuse for an offense this year finally punch-and-judied some sense into the GM (and the M, for that matter), here's a quote for you:
At a time when younger, number-crunching GMs are in vogue, Neukom is placing his faith in a 53-year-old executive who has begun to embrace sabermetrics but still has a stronger scouting background. Indeed, when asked about the need for hitters with better on-base percentages, Sabean said almost dismissively, "I think we learned this year, as attested by winning 88 games, the most important thing is the final score, winning the game."
First of all, I'm not sure what "almost dismissively" means, but it seems as if Sabean reflexively gets defensive and jittery when "on-base percentage" comes up. Second of all, did he really learn this year that the most important thing is winning? What kinds of things was he learning from 2005 to 2008?
