Bear
05-15-2008, 07:15 AM
It's no coincidence that news of Peter Magowan's possible retirement as managing partner of the San Francisco Giants is bubbling up at the same time as Barry Bonds news. Bonds' indictment was super-sized this week. Last week, the players association brought up the ever-popular collusion notion on his behalf. There is no escaping from Bonds. Not right now. Not in the near future. And if Magowan, indeed, does step down perhaps as soon as Friday, you can draw a direct line to Bonds as the cause for the effect wrote San Jose Mercury News comumnist Ann Killion.
Wednesday, Giants spokeswoman Staci Slaughter would not confirm a report that there is a 10:30 a.m. meeting scheduled for Friday for the 30 team partners, or that Magowan's retirement would be discussed at that meeting. Slaughter reiterated that, regarding retirement, "there is no final decision at this point," and that Magowan has considered stepping down "from time to time."
With so much smoke billowing from the story for almost a week, there is rampant speculation about the whys and wherefores and what-nexts. One theory is that Magowan, 66, is simply weary. Magowan has been embarrassed in front of Congress, humiliated by the findings in the Mitchell report and subjected to tough questions every time he appears in public. The other theory is that the Giants' multitude of partners would like Magowan out. That they view him as tarnishing their investment with his pandering to Bonds, with his obsession over aging stars while ignoring the farm system, with his overpaying of Barry Zito to dress up the Bonds Titanic.
Source: San Jose Mercury News
Like Bonds who will be remembered as a Giant Great, so will Magowan be remembered as a Great Giant Owner!:beerbang:
Wednesday, Giants spokeswoman Staci Slaughter would not confirm a report that there is a 10:30 a.m. meeting scheduled for Friday for the 30 team partners, or that Magowan's retirement would be discussed at that meeting. Slaughter reiterated that, regarding retirement, "there is no final decision at this point," and that Magowan has considered stepping down "from time to time."
With so much smoke billowing from the story for almost a week, there is rampant speculation about the whys and wherefores and what-nexts. One theory is that Magowan, 66, is simply weary. Magowan has been embarrassed in front of Congress, humiliated by the findings in the Mitchell report and subjected to tough questions every time he appears in public. The other theory is that the Giants' multitude of partners would like Magowan out. That they view him as tarnishing their investment with his pandering to Bonds, with his obsession over aging stars while ignoring the farm system, with his overpaying of Barry Zito to dress up the Bonds Titanic.
Source: San Jose Mercury News
Like Bonds who will be remembered as a Giant Great, so will Magowan be remembered as a Great Giant Owner!:beerbang: