Giants bring up Pat the Bat

GOOD NEWS FOR THE LADIES!!! AND GOOD NEWS FOR AARON ROWAND !!

REUNITED AND YES!!! IT DOES FEEL GOOD





But I digress. OK, so the Giants just called up Pat Burrell. After first acquiring Pat Burrell from the Rays for a bag of balls or something. Hat tip to my son Erik -- a Rays fan who seemed to be happy to see Burrell leave BTW -- for letting me know about the Gigantes most recent acquisition. I couldn't see that coming BTW. Jermaine Dye must not have been by the phone or didn't want to be reunited with Aaron Rowand.

This move fits right in line with the Sabean philosophy, a sort of reverse-Moneyball or perverse-Moneyball philosophy, whereby we overpay for overvalued assets that nobody wants. Seems like an oxymoron or something.

Anyway, using the Sabean "AAA pitching is horse-shit, batting average conversion", Burrell's robust .313 average in limited time should translate into just the .220 Mendoza-line power surge we need inserted into the middle of our lineup.

BEAUTIFUL!!!

http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/20100605_Giants_call_up_Pat_the_Bat_from_minors.html#axzz0pzTRs559

Giants call up Pat the Bat from minors

Associated Press
PITTSBURGH - The San Francisco Giants have purchased Pat Burrell's contract from Triple A Fresno, 3 weeks after the longtime Phillies leftfielder was released by Tampa Bay.

Burrell, 33, hit .313 (5-for-16) with one homer and six RBI in five Fresno games. He went hitless in two at-bats at Las Vegas on Thursday before joining the Giants in time for last night's game in Pittsburgh.

Burrell was in the second year of a 2-year, $16 million contract with Tampa Bay when he was released May 15. He hit .202 with two homers and 13 RBIs in 24 games for the Rays. Last season, he batted .221 with 14 homers and 64 RBI in 412 at-bats. Burrell has 267 home runs and 904 RBI with the Phillies (2000-08) and Tampa Bay (2009-10). *

BTW:
Buster Posey is hitting .478 and last game batted fifth in the lineup, behind clean-up hitter Juan Uribe, yes Juan Uribe!!

This Burrell for Posey shadow-deal is right in the Sabean wheelhouse as well.

"I don't care if you're hitting .478 here, you're embarrassing the organizational brain trust. Besides, everyone knows that the best pitching isn't here at the major league level, it's......it's......it's......it's in the Hall of Fame, dang it. Now get back to Fresno where you belong." - Brian Sabean

And yes, dang it, any blog post where you can reference Peaches and Herb is a good blog post.

UPDATE: I would urge all readers of this post to read it again with the song "Reunited" playing in the background. It really seems to enhance the blog reading experience, if I do say so myself. Enhanced - for your blog reading pleasure.

UPDATE II: It's John Bowker who gets sent down to make room for Burrell. Posey may have to wait until DeRosa comes off the DL or his average slips under .300 whichever comes first. Giants are not on the hook for many $$'s for Burrell, but he didn't hit late in Philly or in TBay. Two hitters ballparks and two strong well-balanced lineups.