Sabean, Bochy get new deals

SAN FRANCISCO ? Giants general manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy have been planning for the 2010 season for a while now, even with their own contract situations unresolved. Both knew their futures with the club would be handled in time. Now, they know they're staying in San Francisco. Bochy and Sabean each received two-year contract extensions with a club option Tuesday after meeting with managing general partner Bill Neukom. Both men expected to return, but Neukom had said he would wait until the end of the season to decide after sitting down to debrief on the year. While the Giants missed the playoffs for a sixth consecutive season, they were in the National League wild-card chase well into September, and at 88-74 won 16 more games than in 2008. "The job of the Giants in the 2009 season was to return to winning baseball," Neukom said on a conference call. "The Giants had a winning season and then some. We are not complacent about t...