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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What that means in the greater scheme of things, I'll know more tomorrow. The knee was tolerant. He was sore in the obvious places, being the hands and upper torso. It's a good first step toward getting back to baseball activities. ... I'm presuming it's a baby-step type of thing.
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should have been in this position long before this. In the end, good things happen to good people.
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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 will be a good test in the first three series. Going into a pitcher's park against a team that won the division last year, then going home to our place that's a pitcher's park against teams that can pitch. We've got to be ready to pitch.
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We've seen when the team's on the field, we're certainly as good as anybody in our division. Who knows, if the season was two more weeks ...
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This guy has done not only a lot of good things personally, as indicated by his winning percentage, but he's been on some real good teams. He's anchored, by and large, those pitching staffs.
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I think you want him in one spot, ... We discussed Pedro being the third baseman, which is good for our defense. It's good for him to play every game in one spot.
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I guess the good thing was, we made San Diego earn it,
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What that means in the greater scheme of things, I'll know more (today),
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We're going into a pitchers' park whose team won the division last year. Then we're going home to our park, which is a pitchers' park, against two teams that can pitch. We saw what happened last year when teams came into our place, especially, and we didn't do the job to hold the opposition down and keep the opposition in check. So we're going to have to be ready to pitch, especially in those first three series.
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It would give a boost to the team and give a snapshot of what might be possible next year. Whether he plays this year or how much remains to be seen.
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Mark will definitely augment our offense when he is in the lineup and prove to be a threat off the bench with the game on the line.
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To get a switch-hitter (who is) a leadoff hitter with a lot of dimensions -- power, speed -- the ability to play the outfield as he does is really a godsend to the organization.
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He's 32-years old and has learned a lot from his experience,