My Bad

I just realized that I was too soft on the Giants. While I still agree that it is all good if they make the playoffs, I left out that changes need to be made no matter what. I find it similar to when the Mets brought in Omar Minaya. At that point in time, the "patients were running the asylum." Guys like Al Leiter, John Franco, Tom Glavine and Mike Stanton were using their veteran status to influence the direction of the team, often times in a negative way. The GIants right now have a core group of players who have been on the team for a while and dominate the mood of the team. This past season it was a problem on a number of occasions. We know Tiki will be gone. Shockey will stay and Strahan will most likely stay. Burress and Manning will obviously stay as well. There will be a new GM and possibly a new head coach. I would strongly consider getting rid of Strahan. He has had a ton of injury problems, and even more media problems. He still can produce on the field, but the franchise may need to turn the page on this group of veterans. The most valuable development though would be the QB developing and finally taking a strong leadership role on this team.

G-G-G-G-G-bye Unit??

I am very impressed that that Yankees are looking to trade Randy Johnson. Unlike with AROD, they realize that Johnson is not producing the way they would like and cutting their losses before it gets worse. He can dump the remainder of his contract and still get back some talent in return. Randy never came up clutch for the Yanks, but I still believe that he had the most dominating stuff on the pitching staff when he was healthy. Their rotation may be more consistent without him, but they still lack a pure #1 stopper. Randy always had that potential, but it appears that he has run out of chances in New York.

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