A Calculated Risk: Sabean and Giants Walk The Walk

"To success in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence." -Mark Twain In a matter of a few days, the San Francisco Giants front office sent a few obligatory texts to a crew of those awaiting answers to questions. The first text went to the team, and more specifically, the offense. It was short and sweet and straight to the point: "Here u go guyz! this guy can hit home runs. This other dude iz a 3 time all * that can hit really well." The second was to manager Bruce Bochy. It read as follows: "OK brucey, here are two guys that can hit, so no mo xcuses." And finally, the third went straight to those Giants fans foaming at the mouth for bats to compliment the arm arsenal: "We got a frmer all *, battin champ who plays all out, all the time and a stanford kid that hits lefties. so quitcherbitchin!" It was that easy. In a matter of a few days, the Giants, baseball's most-surprising first-half team that just returned back to China Basi...