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Loading ...A’s, Giants owners discuss baseball’s challenges (SacBee -- San Francisco Giants)
Posted November 11, 2008 at 1:00 amThere were two hopeless romantics sitting at the front of the room, under the hot lights and on the receiving end of pointed questions from some of the West Coast’s top sports journalists.Lew Wolff, fifth-year owner and managing partner of the A’s, and Bill Neukom, newly appointed managing general partner and chief executive officer of the Giants, came across as wistful, old-school traditionalists Monday. They …
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Posted October 14, 2008 at 7:46 amDear Blog,
Jamaica was hot. The weather was nice and I did my best to soak up some Jamaican culture while I was there; read: I drank my fair share of Red Stripes. We stayed at one of those ‘all inclusive’ styled resorts and the best way I can describe the experience was like going to [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Giants little more than longshot in Sabathia sweepstakes (SFGate Sports: San Francisco Giants)
Posted October 12, 2008 at 12:00 amLet’s say the Giants won’t sign CC Sabathia for two reasons: Bill Neukom and Barry Zito. Neukom, the new managing general partner, has been a Giants investor since 1995 and a general partner since 2003. Until recently, the Giants never heavily went after an…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Offseason Priorities: Being Realistic (Giants Cove)
Posted October 9, 2008 at 2:36 pmWhile more competent teams square off in the League Championship series, we as Giants fans wait patiently for the offseason to begin so that in just 6 short months, we can be the 2009 San Francisco Giants: Contenders Ready to Win it All*. Before we get hasty though, we need to come back to reality [...]
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Posted October 8, 2008 at 12:56 pmI’m assuming the conversation went something like this:
Magowan: Dang it. We need to get a ‘face of the franchise.’ Brian, please get us a new ‘face of the franchise.’
Sabean: Uh. Okay. There really isn’t that much out there, though.
Magowan: What about Barry Zito?
Sabean: Ha. Yeah, right. He’ll cost about $50M more than he’s worth.
Magowan: He is a popular player around the Bay Area, is …
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The vague new Giants Way (Giants Win)
Posted October 8, 2008 at 10:18 amBill Neukom delivers his first vision of what the Giants will be, which sounds like an aggregation of business cliches. There seems to be no recognition that this team, despite its financial firepower, has just gone thrugh four consecutive losing seasons. Key points, from the Merc-News’ Andrew Baggarly —- Neukom said he envisions putting together a team that is competitive next …
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Posted October 8, 2008 at 12:00 amBill Neukom walked into his first news conference on his second day as The First Bow Tie of Your San Francisco Giants and all but declared that he has been on the job for five months and immersing himself in serious big-picture thinking. In short, he wants to…
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...New Giants boss Neukom lays out his vision (San Francisco Giants)
Posted October 7, 2008 at 8:54 pmNew Giants managing partner Bill Neukom clutched a top-secret folder containing his broad vision for the franchise — three pages of jottings he crafted over a couple of long-haul flights.
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Posted October 7, 2008 at 7:05 pmBill Neukom walked in to his first news conference on his second day as The First Bow Tie Of Your San Francisco Giants and all but declared that he’s been on the job for five months and immersing himself in serious big-picture thinking. In short, he wants to…
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Every team deserves its handbook (SFGate Sports: San Francisco Giants)
Posted October 7, 2008 at 7:05 pmWhat if …? New Giants boss Bill Neukom is planning to produce an in-house book called “The Giants Way.” What if the Bay Area’s other major pro franchises followed suit? Ray Ratto imagines the results: “The 49ers Way” By The York Family Singers A primer on…
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