Just think of all the money the Giants will save this year by getting Senior Citizens and AARP discounts on everything for their players!!
Just think of all the money the Giants will save this year by getting Senior Citizens and AARP discounts on everything for their players!!
The Giants will absolutely lead the league in returning soup.
"I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum... and I'm all out of bubble gum."
- - Rowdy Roddy Piper
"It takes a big man to admit when he is wrong. I am not a big man"
- - Fletch
I personally think that Feliz will spend time in LF. Bonds would be lucky to start 100 games. Klesko at 1b, Rich at 3b and Feliz in LF the days Bonds is out. Just my thoughts.
Cedric 3/24/08It's absolutely pathetic that people can't have an opinion from actually watching games and supplementing that with stats. If you voice an opinion that doesn't fit into a black/white box you will get completely misrepresented and basically called a tobacco chewing traditionalist...
does Klesko actually make it to opening day? He might be finished.
"My mission is to be the ray of hope, the guy who stands out there on that beautiful field and owns up to his mistakes and lets people know it's never completely hopeless, no matter how bad it seems at the time. I have a platform and a message, and now I go to bed at night, sober and happy, praying I can be a good messenger." -Josh Hamilton
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Golfing Buddy
In the meantime, the Giants roster continues to take shape. Bochy stumped hard for Klesko, a personal friend and golfing buddy who played in just six games last season because of left shoulder surgery.
"He's fully endorsed by our manager, as a lot of our acquisitions have been, and that's why he's here," Giants general manager Brian Sabean said.
Klesko will see time in left field and at first base, where he could work himself into a platoon with Rich Aurilia and make Sweeney expendable. (Klesko's deal would see him make up to $2 million more in performance bonuses based on plate appearances.) Bochy said he still considers Aurilia the primary first baseman, but "it's always going to stay competitive."
Maybe if the Giants can't work out the language in Bonds' contract, Ryan can play left full time! Right now, the Giants staters look like this (2007 seasonal ages):
* C -- Benjie Molina, 31
* 1B -- Rich Aurilia, 35
* 1B -- Ryan Klesko, 36
* 2B -- Ray Durham, 35
* 3B -- Pedro Feliz, 31
* SS -- Omar Vizquel, 40
* LF -- Barry Bonds, 42
* CF -- Dave Roberts, 35
* RF -- Randy Winn, 33
Counting the 1B platoon as 35.5, that makes the average age of the starting lineup 35.3 years
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