Brian Sabean May Now Have To Go

Alright, I have been through a lot as a Giants fan. I have

- Suffered through Greg Minton
- Developed ulcers watching Jeff Brantley pretend to be an effective closer
- Watched the Giants lose 100 games

Since 2002, I have had to watch the odds catch up to Sabean with deals like

- Joe Nathan, Francisco Liriano, and Boof Bonser for A.J. [Unprintable] Pierzynski.
- the signing of Armando "Lose the Game" Benitez
- sending Jeremy "20 Saves and Counting" Accardo for Shea "Can't hit anything while wearing Orange and Black" Hillenbrand and Vinnie Chulk.
- Resigning Ray "Approaching Mendoza" Durham
- Signing Edgardo Alfonzo and then trading him for Steve Finley.

I could live with all that. I mean, no one is perfect. After all, this was the GM who pulled off the trades for He Who Must Be Booed (yes there were years when we loved him here in the City by the Bay, even when he was "falling" while "washing" his truck), Jason Schmidt, David Bell, and Randy Winn. All good deals for the Giants.

But today is it. This is like trading for Damian Moss. He sent Mark "Money in the Pinch" Sweeney for... a player to be named later or cash. Ok, so thats not so bad. Whats bad is where Sweeney is going.

The Dodgers.

The frakking Dodgers who are just above the Giants in the standings. The Dodgers who are in free fall right now.

This is a betrayal of the Giants' fans. The last trade was between these two teams was done 20 years ago, during the off-season (Al Rosen could almost be forgiven this sin. After all, he had only taken the job of GM at the end of th 1985 season and having no prior affiliation with the Giants organization). If one must trade with the Dodgers, that is the only way it should be done, and then only as a last resort.

Sabean, in trading with the Dodgers for such an uncertain quality, has crossed a line.

He needs to go.