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,...
continue daily uniform until wait
It's wait and see. He's been through a lot and he will continue to be through a lot until he's back in uniform on a daily basis.
hard jason sign
I don't want to be too hard-line about it, but the more we see of the old Jason Schmidt, the more you want to sign him.
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Taking batting practice is one thing, and taking fungoes and running the bases at 50 percent,
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It's reasonable to think he can play 120 games. Now, will we be in a position to have to rest him and be conscious that he's going to come in some days cranky and not be able to go? The next step is to get him in spring training and get him in a position to be able to do that. I think he wants that.
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It's days like this that tell you he's getting closer, ... But ... we don't know how he'll feel tomorrow. We hope (the knee is) not cranky.
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It's days like this that tell you he's getting closer, but he's going to have to feel like he's ready.
answer authority higher
I don't go that deep. It's all about our budget. We answer to a higher authority -- which is our lender.
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I do know he has interest. We've pursued him as much as any player we possibly could, of recent note. We hope it comes to a head in the next day or so.
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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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It's not for me to comment. I have too much respect for Bob Watson, and I'll leave it at that.
capable god knows playing
By what I see, do I think he's capable of playing a lot? Yes. Only God and he knows how much he's going to play, and the manager.
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His stuff has been electric. He's throwing strikes and the breaking ball is improved. I think his future, and the impact he could have on the major-league roster, it looks like he'll probably start the year in the bullpen.
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I'm swallowing hard. I'm really trying to fathom how in this day in age it can even be said. This is not something we're going to take lightly. It's a very emotional subject. It's a blow below the belt. I know it deeply affected Felipe. I'm disappointed and disheartened we have to react to it. We stand by our manager and stand by his comments and feelings on the subject.
tremendous
This is his forte. This is his God-given ability. I wouldn't be surprised. But he's had a tremendous layoff.