Jeered Or Cheered? Post-Trade Deadline Buzz in SF

With less than 60 games left in the baseball season, the Giants are in a position that many Bay Area sports teams and fans have grown unfamiliar to—postseason contention. After averaging 88 losses per season over the past four years, the Giants’ stellar pitching has led an impressive comeback surge. Local fans and writers have a rekindled feeling of optimism and zeal for the potential playoff contenders, and a special air of buoyancy has begun to drift over the foggy McCovey Cove. World Series-bound, perhaps not, but special enough to compel management to shake up their roster, and bolster their offense. While trades can be assessed, analyzed, and argued meticulously (and sometimes fruitlessly), the acquisitions of Freddy Sanchez and Ryan Garko provide fans with a reason to either scratch their heads or flock to the ballpark. The Giants currently boast the league’s best earned run average, and two legitimate Cy Young award candidates in Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain, ...