July 9th, 2009
If it happens, I’ll lead the parade, but I’m not going to start rejoicing yet. Chris Cohan is likely going to be stingy as hell, and will probably wait until he receives a bid over market value, which may take awhile. Plus, it also takes some time, after a price is agreed upon, for the sale to go final.
On to the Thursday links:
The sale won’t be at a discount, as Marcus Thompson writes. He also blogs about it here.
Tim Kawakami says that Cohan knows its time to go… and TK blogged about it in Talking Points.
The new owner needs to hire savvy basketball experts, writes Cam Inman.
This could be Christmas in July, writes Monte Poole.
Warriors fans don’t know black or white, but they know bad, as Ray Ratto notes.
And, by the way, Stephen Curry signed his first Warrior contract.
As for the reduced salary cap, Rusty Simmons and Kawakami address the effect on the Warriors.
Giants
A John Bowker callup may be coming soon.
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Categories: Golden State Warriors, Oakland A's, San Francisco Giants |
Tags: 49ers, A's, Andrew Bailey, Angel Villalona, Buster Posey, Chris Cohan, Claude Lemieux, David Duval, Freddy Sanchez, Giants, John Bowker, Kurt Suzuki, Madison Bumgarner, Matt Holliday, Max Zhang, Pablo Sandoval, Ray Wersching, Ryan Sadowski, Shane Victorino, Sharks, Stephen Curry, Tim Alderson, Tim Wakefield, Warriors | No Comments
July 8th, 2009
Maybe I’m not your typical spectator. When I go to games, I want to do everything I can, short of running on the field and stabbing Matt Kemp, to help my team win the game. I like starting or getting involved in the “Let’s Go Giants!” chants, and heckling opposing players… and playfully giving opposing fans a hard time as well. (It’s all fair game as long as your not using foul language.) Anyway, true fans like myself can’t fathom these other “fans” (there’s a reason I use the quotations) who go to games and think it’s a good idea to interfere with Randy Winn or balls in play that may cost the Giants run(s).\
In each of the last two Giants games, a stupid fan has interfered with a ball in play. Fortunately, for the Giants, the umpires intervened and made the right call in each instance, in the Giants favor. Still, what’s to stop these idiots, or idiots like them, to interfere with a ball in play that may cost the Giants in a future game this season. The umpires aren’t always going to make the right judgment call, as they have the last two nights.
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May 13th, 2009
Okay, no one player deserves a lifetime contract, but Pablo Sandoval, (and not just because of last night’s thrilling walk-off homer) is someone the Giants are going to have to keep around for a long time. He’s been with the team for less than half a season and already embodies the perfect ballplayer. Yes, I fully understand he weighs a little too much for a 22-year old, and he has the tendency to swing at pitches that are nowhere near the strike zone. As for intangibles, however, he is the player most fans want playing for their team because Sandoval is the ultimate team player.
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Categories: San Francisco Giants |
Tags: 49ers, A's, Andre Ward, Brian Sabean, Brian Wilson, Casey Blake, Chris Anderson, Chris Cohan, Eddie Debartolo, Eric Chavez, Giants, James Dolan, Jimmy Raye, Joe Nedney, Larry Riley, Matt Cain, Mike Holmgren, Nmandi Asomugha, Orlando Cabrera, Osiris Matos, Pablo Sandoval, Pat Misch, Raiders, Robert Rowell, Tim Lincecum, Warriors | No Comments
May 12th, 2009
I don’t think anyone could possibly run an organization worse than Chris Cohan has operated the Warriors. He always seems to one-up his terrible moves. Bad moves aren’t surprising anymore, but they’re still frustrating. Yesterday’s announcement that Larry Riley would be the general manager was just another in a series of terrible moves. Cohan has managed to make bad hire after bad hire, with each move somehow being worse than the one that preceded it. He’s placed Robert Rowell, a man who seemingly knows very little about basketball, in charge of the organization, and Rowell has managed to give Stephen Jackson an extension that NOBODY in the league would have granted. Rowell apparently also thinks Don Nelson is some kind of a basketball wizard. The same Nelson who has left his previous three organizations on sour notes. As for Riley, he isn’t basketball smart, but he’s smart enough to know that if he’s friends with Nellie, he can get the GM job that isn’t possible anywhere else.
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Categories: Golden State Warriors |
Tags: 49ers, A's, Adam Dunn, Andre Ward, Art Howe, Brian Wilson, Casey Blake, Chris Cohan, Chris Mullin, Don Nelson, Giants, JaMarcus Russell, Jesus Guzman, Jim Skaalen, Larry Riley, Madison Bumgarner, Mark Cuban, Mike Singletary, Randy Johnson, Sergio Romo, Sharks, Tim Alderson, Warriors | No Comments
