…. Bold?

The Giants finally made a couple of moves that made sense, cutting Miguel Tejada and Aaron Rowand. The local media hounds would like you to believe these represent bold and risky moves. They are not. They are a last ditch effort to salvage this once promising season. These moves are, in effect, far too little, too late. On July 28th, the Giants finished off a series win in Philadelphia behind Tim Lincecum. They were 17 games over .500, 4 games up in the division, and seemingly on their way to defending their title. At that moment in time, almost exactly one month ago, the season was lost. At that moment, Brian Sabean should have been looking at his team, his roster, and he should have been telling himself what was obvious; that the Giants weren’t remotely as good as their record. They were a mere +18 in runs scored, which means they should have been maybe 5 games over .500, not 17. He should have looked at his roster and said to himself, there is no way we can sustain...