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Booooo-ribe! That's the chant you'll hear next year. I don't think we'll miss him that much. If Pablo can get his act together and we find a decent SS we'll be fine. No way I'd give Uribe 3 years. The $7 million a year is probably pretty close to what he's worth. But not for 3 years, at the end of the day he's a good UTILTY player, not everyday player. He's got HUGE holes in his swing that start to show if he plays more than two or three days a week.

I won't lie, it hurt when I heard about Uribe today. He was the Giants best option for an everyday SS next year. Not to mention from a moral stand point. (The Dodgers?! Are you fucking kidding me?!) I didn't know how to react. It's like being cheated on in a marriage. You feel anger thinking of him wearing that ridiculous blue and white uniform, but at the same time it was only a month ago that he had two of the biggest hits in Giants history.

I guess what it ultimately boils down to is, you win some and you lose some. There's no way the Giants were going to give him a three year deal at $7M per. 2 years, $7M maybe. But not 3. To be honest, I'm glad Sabean didn't revert back to his old form and really go for broke to better the Dodgers offer. (i.e. Renteria, Rowand, Zito) Uribe will be sorely missed. It was so fun watching that guy swing the bat. Sure, when he whiffed, he whiffed bad, but he made up for it by hitting when it counted. I'll never forget him hitting that bomb at Chavez Ravine this year that put the Giants ahead and completed a miraculous comeback that, in hindsight, puts the Giants in the playoffs.

There's no way Jeter is coming to San Francisco. His agent is merely trying to make it seem that there is interest out there from another team to try and boost the Yankees offer. One of the oldest tricks in the agent handbook. The rest of the free agent SS class is "not very sexy" to quote Sabean. This puts huge pressure on Pablo to drop the weight and revert back to his 2009 form. If he doesn't, the Giants are suddenly a team with a lot of unproven ability on the left side of the infield. I haven't seen anything from Burress to make me believe he can be an everyday player at the big league level.

I heard someone say today that the honeymoon is officially over. I have to agree. Don't get me wrong, I'm going to enjoy the Giants being world champs until first pitch next year. But, I've officially begun to "worry" about 2011. Game on, and Go Giants.

Well we got our shortstop. I actually like the Tejada move, the guy is extremely durable and can still hit. We need a few guys who can play 150 plus games. I think he can give us .275 15 HR's and 75 RBI's. His defense isn't great but he can't be any worse than what we got from Renteria the past two seasons. It's only a one year deal so if Crawford is ready in 2012 he's got a clear path. This also gives Burris a full year in Fresno where he can get his act together and compete with Crawford for the starting job in 2012. Either way this deal is WAY better than handing Uribe three years.

Tejeda???? Now I'm getting my Giants news in the message pit! :wtf: :roll:

I don't even know the particulars, but one year couldn't be too bad. I guess the steroid cloud is back over our team. :shh:

decent hitters on that left side, but that defensive range could get dicey with too many below average fielders.

lastexit78 wrote:

imalive wrote:

Tejeda???? Now I'm getting my Giants news in the message pit! :wtf: :roll:

I don't even know the particulars, but one year couldn't be too bad. I guess the steroid cloud is back over our team. :shh:

In other Giants news they resigned Burrell today. One year at $1 million plus incentives. Pretty hard to complain about that price. The guy still has 25 HR power and his presence in the clubhouse is essential to another playoff run. Now we just need to take care of Ross, Sanchez, Torres and Lopez in arbitration and we'll be ready to roll.

the "east coast bias" is real.

to wit: the current World Champs sign a former MVP and it doesn't make the ticker. meanwhile, ESPN lets us know the AL East 3rd place team has re-signed their washed up catcher.

supposedly, the Giants offered booo-ribe $20M but he went to the filthy d**gers for $1M more. fuck him. he's dead to me, now. :problem: