San Francisco Giants 2009 Trade Deadline: Panic By The Bay

Well, so much for that warm and fuzzy feeling left by sweeping the Pittsburgh Pirates. Sigh.  I really thought I'd done it. The Major League Baseball trade deadline was only a couple days away and I had resisted the urge to speculative heavily on the San Francisco Giants.  I'd even passed on the urge to give an extensive reaction of the franchise's acquisition of Ryan Garko for a secondary (or tertiary) prospect in Scott Barnes. Didn't hurt that Danny Penza basically covered my sentiments on the matter already, word for word. As far as I was concerned, the Baseball Gods should've had taller targets for their lightning bolts. Guess not. Brian Sabean and San Francisco brain trusts deemed it the wiser course to send super-prospect Tim Alderson to the Pittsburgh Pirates for....drum roll...Freddy Sanchez? FREDDY SANCHEZ?!?!? Look, he's a fine baseball player.  Anyone with five full years in the Bigs possessing a .300 career batting average i...