Selig Acts Against Sabean

Check out this article from The San Francisco Examiner:

SABEAN FIRED BY SELIG FOR HIS ROLE IN BALCO SCANDAL; ALL GIANTS TRANSACTIONS SINCE 2002 REVERSED
Aurilia Unfortunately Still On Team

SAN FRANCISCO, CA: Baseball commissioner Bud Selig has laid his iron backhand directly into Brian Sabean's mouth for the Giants General Manager's laissez faire attitude towards steroids. Historically, when asked why he allowed a known steroids distributor in the Giants clubhouse since 2002, Sabean has relied upon his trademark multi-motto "sterioids shmeroids, let 'em play ball, to each his own" to bail him out of the questioning. Ironically, in a fit of irony, this tolerant stance could ironically leave Sabean on his own.
Selig announced today that not only is Sabean fired as GM, but any trade or signing the Giants made during the "tainted tenure", 2002-nnnNow!, will be null and void. What this means for the Giants is that their heart and soul, Barry Bonds, is back on the team and hitting cleanup, thus ending the "Gamer" ad campaign. Bonds was quoted as saying "Hell yeah I was planning on this. I know all along I was headed back here... Here or prison."
In addition, Jeremy Accardo, Joe Nathan and David Aardsma are now anchoring the bullpen; Keiichi Yabu was seen passed out drunk under Lefty O'Doul Bridge. Also, Boof Bonser and Francisco Liriano will shore up a seven man rotation, Ray Durham took BART back to Oakland, and Giants fans can erase any mental scars left by Neifi Perez, Edgardo Alfonzo, Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Jeffrey Hammonds, A.J. Unnamed, Eric Young, Sidney Ponson, Steve Kline, Ruben Rivera, Dave Roberts, Jose Cruz Jr., Armando Benitez, Deivi Cruz,Wayne Franklin, Steve Finley, Mark Sweeney, Barry Zito, Ryan Klesko, Tim Worrell (second time), Randy Messenger, Russ Ortiz (second time), Jeff Fassero, Alex Sanchez, Latroy Hawkins and Felipe Alou. These players now officially never played for the Giants, who as a result have roughly a $370 million surplus to spend on payroll the remainder of the year.
Many Giants fans are ecstatic. For example, Carlos Valderrama of San Jose said, "Oh wow! This morning I woke up as a confused Minor League Coach. Now I'm a real Giant again!"
Other fans, such as Felipe Crespo, 35, of Rio Piedras, had a different reaction: "I don't think Selig is being fair," bitched Crespo. "Sabes definitely knew about the steroids man in 2001, when I was cut from the team. I should be starting tomorrow. Besides, I had more Splash hits than Willie Mays."
Another Felipe, Alou, had this to add, "Wow, this is quite a shock. I was thinking this offseason was suspiciously long. Now I get it. I was fired last year. Anyway someone tell Carlos Perez to start warming up."
Miguel del Toro is dead and could not be reached for comment.

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We'll be in Scottsdale for Spring Training MArch 20-23, with plenty of Barry Martyr shirts for sale. What's more likely in 2008, Giants World Champs or Aurilia repeats 37 home run season of 2001? Another rough season expected.