Giants beat writer Andrew Baggarly reminisced with Felipe Alou recently. They specifically talked about the regrets Alou had during his player days and those as the manager of the Giants. If you’d like to read about that, check out his blog (Extra Baggs) here. Towards the end, Baggarly says…-----I’m left with a lot of memories of that ’04 team, which was my first on the Giants beat. Mostly, I look back and wonder how the Giants managed to win 91 games with that roster. Michael Tucker? Dustan Mohr? Deivi Cruz? Neifi Perez? Herges closing for half a season?How did this team contend to the final day?*Oh yeah. Must be that guy who drew 232 walks and had a 1.422 OPS. (And yes, we have every reason to believe Barry Bonds used massive amounts of artificial enhancements that season. But so did a lot of other players and none of them drew 232 walks.) Bonds’ 2004 season still remains the most impactful I’ve ever seen, or ever will. Without him. That isn’t a .500 team. No way.As it turned...
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