Who's to blame?

Photo of Jonathan Sanchez in Thursday's game by Giantsfan9 at Giants Jottings

John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle does a nice job of recapping just how hopeless the Giants have looked in spring training, what with a MLB-worst 6-17 record -- which would equate to a 42-120 record over 162 games. Though I've hammered on Shea in the past, I must say that this is a pretty decent bit of writing at the top of the story --

The Giants are supposed to be "gamers," as their ad campaign screams out. Without Barry Bonds, they're supposed to revert to small ball. They're supposed to execute properly. They're supposed to play the game the right way.
They're supposed to do the little things.
"We're not doing them," manager Bruce Bochy said after another uninspiring performance in the desert that left him annoyed and searching for answers.

My only criticism of Shea's piece is that there ought to be some blame assigned to Brian Sabean for having assembled this awful team.

Speaking of incompetence, how about the prosecutors in the Barry Bonds' case? They were given a THREE-MONTH delay Friday to get their paperwork in order. Just for fun, I decided to post some of the comments from the Chron's Web site --

shepminnie wrote:
I would like to know how much this case has cost the taxpayers to date and in the future.
Posted 3/21/2008 2:34:28 PMRecommend (8)Report Abuse
random1 wrote:
I wish the Feds would spend this much time & effort on prosecuting the organized crime sydicates, drug cartels, and MORE serious crimes than what Barry said.
Posted 3/21/2008 2:38:25 PMRecommend (5)Report Abuse
drunkpriest wrote:
LET HIM GO. Go spend the time and energy investigating some other issues that is important, like IRAQ war, corporate scam.
Posted 3/21/2008 2:39:18 PMRecommend (9)Report Abuse
ChiPower wrote:
Regardless of what Barry did or didn't do, and what he said about it, this is a total waste of time and money.
Posted 3/21/2008 2:40:40 PMRecommend (12)Report Abuse
alekaneleno wrote:
Will they have to convince an entirely new grand jury (hasn't the old one's term expired)? That could take more years. This is a total waste of time and money because it hinges on what Barry thought the questions meant and what he was answering...but he should have taken the 5th. Is it just for the sake of the prosecutor's ego?