Friday, October 06, 2006

From the desk of Peter Magowan

This letter was written by Peter Magowan to season ticket holders:

Dear Chris

First off, let me thank you for your ongoing support and loyalty to the Giants organization. While our season did not turn out the way we had hoped, I want to let you know that I share in your frustration. Our performance over the last two seasons has been unacceptable, and I take responsibility for our failures.

As many of you may have heard in the media earlier this week, the Giants are going to take a new tact in building our club. The Giants’ mission this winter is to develop a team that relies less on veteran stars and more on players who are younger, healthier, have productive track records and have bright futures. We believe that this approach will enable us to build a strong team for many years to come.

Given this new direction, we believe it is imperative to have a manager with whom we could have a long-term commitment. As such, we decided not to renew Felipe Alou’s contract. This was a difficult and emotional decision for the Giants. Felipe is a man of unquestioned integrity who has a wealth of baseball knowledge and experience. His contributions to the Giants have been invaluable and we hope that he will remain with the organization as an advisor to Brian Sabean.

At this time, Brian and his staff are putting together a short list of managerial candidates. We will be working diligently to hire a new manager as soon as possible. I ask for your patience as this process may take some time, since some of the potential candidates are still involved in the post season.

As you know, the Giants have 11 potential free agents this winter, so we have quite a complex puzzle to put together. We again ask for your patience, because it’s quite likely that the construction of our team will not be complete until after the first of the year.

I am sure the burning question in most of your minds is what will happen with Barry Bonds. His contributions to the Giants and his impact on the game are unparalleled. He has been the cornerstone of what has been one of the greatest eras of San Francisco Giants baseball. We have literally watched history unfold with Barry over the last 14 years and we will always appreciate what he means to the Giants and to the game.

Given our new direction for the club, I frankly cannot tell you right now whether or not Barry will be a Giant in 2007. However, I assure you that this decision will be made only after considerable thought. As with all of our free agents, we will carefully evaluate Barry’s role in fielding a winning team.

Moving forward, we are determined to develop a strong and competitive team every year. As has been the case in the past, we will commit the resources necessary to achieve our goals. This will allow us to add players through free agency and trades to bolster a strong core of players we intend to develop from within our own minor league system. Our recent signing of Angel Villalona signals that the Giants will sign the top amateur talent from around the world.

Again, I want to thank you for your loyalty to the Giants over the years. In many ways, you are the San Francisco Giants and are the cornerstone of any successes we have shared in past years. I realize that our performance has tested that loyalty over the past two seasons, but I assure you that our main focus is returning the Giants to their winning ways.


Sincerely,


Peter A. Magowan
President and Managing General Partner
San Francisco Giants

5 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Very PC...

7:32 AM  
Blogger chris.daglow said...

Hey at least he got the testing our loyalty part right.

7:38 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

My loyalty to the Gmen is a given. I just wish Magowna would have kept his mouth shut and left the baseball negotiations to the baseball people. If he was feeling antsy, he should have just gone out and stocked some shelves or something.

9:34 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A day of bitterness takes me every season.

This line is what urkes me. "As has been the case in the past, we will commit the resources necessary to achieve our goals".

Everyone knows the N.L. overall has been tremendously week for a while now. With the type of money that is being thrown around, unless your Billy Beane, I just don't see how 90mil is going to do it with Sabean in the drivers seat. He loves to sign these players to huge contract extensions then sit back and watch them struggle.

If they are going to win, I don't see how they can account for Sabean's crap signings with just 90 mil.

9:17 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

first of all try proof reading. second we are lucky to have a GM and organization that is willing to spend that kind of money. You want to rebuild the way KCs, FLs and AZs do? Given he messed up the last couple years with our strategy the last 12 years have been pretty good. Personally i am excited about the changes.

12:52 PM  

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