Brian Sabean
Brian Sabean
Brian R. Sabean, as of 2015, is the executive vice president of baseball operations of the San Francisco Giants. He served as the team's general manager for eighteen seasons, from 1997 to 2014. He succeeded general manager Bob Quinn. The Giants had a winning record in thirteen of the eighteen seasons in which Sabean served as general manager. Prior to his tenure, the team had suffered losing seasons in five out of six years. He is a native of Concord,...
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It's obvious we have to be more fortified if in fact for whatever reason Barry and/or Mo (Alou) don't play 120-plus games,
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It's quite possible it could be a dog and pony show until after Dec. 7. It's seemingly going slower than I ever could have expected. ... I'm not sure, but my inclination the last day or so is teams are bogged down waiting until Dec. 7 whether for their own free agents or so they don't lose draft picks. Dec. 7 looms larger than other years.
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It's quite possible it could be a dog and pony show until after Dec. 7.
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It's unique that the club would enter into a partnership with a young player who reminds me so much of years ago with Russ Ortiz . Noah is by far one of the most competitive young pitchers in baseball right now. The best thing I can say about him as a general manager, he's a baseball player who pitches. ... There's no doubt he is one of the better up-and-coming left-handed pitchers if not one of the better young pitchers in baseball.
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Everybody has been holding their breath, waiting for this. Especially us.
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It's wait and see. He's been through a lot and he will continue to be through a lot until he's back in uniform on a daily basis.
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It's not for me to comment. I have too much respect for Bob Watson, and I'll leave it at that.
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It just goes along with our whole year. I don't know if it's frustrating or ironic.
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It's almost surreal he's going to be out there.
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It's just one year. A lot of it has to do with the makeup of teams, how the pitching has been, how fair the ballparks play. That changes from year to year.
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Taking batting practice is one thing, and taking fungoes and running the bases at 50 percent,
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It's definitely a day-to-day situation, but the good thing is (Bonds) is building on what they're asking him to do. He's not standing still and he's not taking steps back. He's going forward.
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It's days like this that tell you he's getting closer, ... But ... we don't know how he'll feel tomorrow. We hope (the knee is) not cranky.
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It's days like this that tell you he's getting closer, but he's going to have to feel like he's ready.