SB Nation User Blog: KCE

Damon Bruce = Not exactly Charles Dickens

KCE — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:51:36 -0000

Damon Bruce = Not exactly Charles Dickens

I know this book will be a huge, huge hit with the McCoven. Or not.

Scheppers and Crow debut in Indy ball

KCE — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:11:40 -0000

Scheppers and Crow debut in Indy ball

Giants resign Foppert

KCE — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:57:01 -0000

Giants resign Foppert

Go get 'em, Fop.

BP on Lincecum

KCE — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:33:57 -0000

BP on Lincecum

Gary Huckabay not happy with the decision to let Timmy throw 138 pitches.

Molina and Winn - Schulman

KCE — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:11:36 -0000

Molina and Winn - Schulman

Sabean admits he may move Winn or Molina in the offseason.

Greenjackets Make Fun of Favre MINOR LEAGUE TEAM MAKES FUN OF FAVRE Posted by Michael David...

KCE — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:17:55 -0000

Greenjackets Make Fun of Favre

MINOR LEAGUE TEAM MAKES FUN OF FAVRE
Posted by Michael David Smith on July 21, 2008, 12:46 p.m.

Four months ago, the news of Brett Favre’s retirement was met with almost universal respect for the longtime Packers quarterback and future Hall of Famer.

But now that Favre is waffling about a comeback, that respect is, in some quarters, turning to ridicule.

Darren Rovell of CNBC reports that the Augusta GreenJackets, a Single-A baseball team, have become the first minor league team to make fun of Favre as a ticket promotion.

To poke fun at Favre as a flip flopper, the GreenJackets will give away a pair of flip flops to the first 100 fans at the team’s August 4 game. They will also retire Favre’s No. 4 jersey, and then un-retire it on August 5. Fan contests incorporating the Lambeau Leap as well as the "Strahan Sack" will be part of the festivities.

What does it all mean? Mostly, it’s just a goofy and kinda funny minor league baseball promotion. But it’s also a reminder that no matter what Favre ultimately decides to do, his inability to make up his mind about retirement has made him the butt of jokes across the country

OT: Harden traded to Cubs

KCE — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:06:06 -0000

The Cubs answered the Brewers acquisition of CC Sabathia, picking up Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin from Oakland on Tuesday for Sean Gallagher, Eric Patterson, Matt Murton and Josh Donaldson.

The right-handed Harden is 5-1 with an 2.34 earned-run average and 92 strikeouts over 13 games for Oakland, bolsters a Cubs rotation that just got saw the return of Carlos Zambrano.

That seems like very little for Rich Harden, injury risk notwithstanding. More of a quantity over quality deal, IMO.

But, wow, what an answer to the CC Sabathia trade.

More Roster Moves

KCE — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:27:38 -0000

Sadler & Holm down, Matos & Notgardo up:

More roster changes

The Giants made a couple of moves today. They optioned catcher Steve Holm and reliever Billy Sadler to Triple-A Fresno and recalled catcher Eliezer Alfonzo from Fresno and right-handed reliever Osiris Matos from Double-A Connecticut.

The catching move surprises me a little. The brass had been talking up Holm all season and were not happy with Alfonzo's performance or conditioning this spring. Plus, Alfonzo just served a 50-game suspension for violating baseball's drug policy.

Matos, 23, had a 1.23 ERA in 27 games for the Defenders, with 11 walks and 37 strikeouts in 36 2/3 innings. Sadler sealed his fate Monday when he walked the bases loaded before allowing Mark DeRosa's grand slam.

By the way, Vinnie Chulk cleared waivers and the Giants outrighted him to Fresno.

Posted By: Henry Schulman (Email) | Jul 01 at 04:08 PM

I feel kind of bad for Holm.

Magowan Steps Down; New MGP Named

KCE — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:12:50 -0000

Confirming what we already knew:

Peter Magowan will announce Friday that he plans to retire as the Giants' managing general partner and president at the end of this season, ending a 16-year reign that brought to San Francisco a new ballpark, Barry Bonds, a World Series and, ultimately, scorn as the team became the eye of the baseball steroids storm.
He will be replaced by William Neukom, former Microsoft lead counsel and president of the American Bar Association. Larry Baer, who has been the executive vice president of the Giants and right-hand man to Magowan, will step up to become team president.

There's also this tidbit about Sabean:

General manager Brian Sabean, whose contract runs through 2009, is expected to survive the management change and could emerge with more authority if Neukom takes a less visible role than Magowan did.

Ugh.

Story Here

Magowan to step down?

KCE — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:24:10 -0000

This seems like pretty big news.

Per Kawakami and Ratto:

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2008/05/08/red-alert-giants-swept-in-pittsburgh-chatter-that-magowan-could-quit/

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=22&entry_id=26359

Rumors that Peter Magowan may be ready to retire from his job as the Giants' managing general partner have been circulating for more than two weeks, but they picked up steam Wednesday night when a Chicago Tribune blog on the White Sox-Twins rain delay included a reference buried at the bottom to "a change in control coming soon" for the Giants.