A Bit of Spring Training

Earlier in the week we got a note from our friend Susan the hardcore San Francisco Giants fan, excited to be catching on the radio the first spring training game on the radio. Today was my turn. I walked into town for lunch today and brought my handheld radio, just in time to catch the noontime start (actually one minute early) of the Giants playing the Diamondbacks, the play-by-play and commentary by Jon Miller and Duane Kuiper. It was still 0-0 by the time I arrived at Crepeville for lunch, after which I did the bookstore rounds, ending up at Borders where I picked up a copy of the 2010 Baseball Prospectus. (They were out of stock earlier in the week).

The Giants were ahead 9-4 when I started walking home, and I think they ended up winning 12-6.

Of the Giants’ organization these days, Baseball Prospectus leads off by saying:

When is it time to make a change at general manager, even if the GM is the longest-tenured in the game and a respected figure? When do you throw up your hands and admit that the man you have put in charge has no idea how to solve his team’s problems within the boundaries you have set for him? The Giants have reached the point where they need to answer that question, because they have been stuck in a terrible rut.

Sounds about right.