The End of The Cody Ross Experience: Ross Reacts: 'It's Sad'

If the Giants are to repeat, it will be with a team that is markedly different in terms of character and characters than the 2010 squad. No Pat Burrell. No Cody Ross. No Uribe. No Renteria. We'll miss Cody Ross as a gamer, a fighter and a battler somewhere down the line.

And then there were 10:

9 — Players from the Giants' 2010 World Series roster who are no longer with the team. Among the players on the list are Andres Torres, Juan Uribe, Edgar Renteria, Travis Ishikawa, Aaron Rowand and Pat Burrell.

They are breaking up that old gang of ours.

It is sad. Perhaps not Pujols leaving St. Louis sad, but still sad to Giants fans and fans who root for the little guy to succeed and get his just reward.

The Giants showed no loyalty on this one and THAT could bite them in the ass down the road. And maybe it should.

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“Being brutally honest, we pretty much got to the top of the budget,” said Sabean, after a relatively inactive Wednesday at the winter meetings. “It’s down to Keppinger or Fontenot as the extra man.”

There is no room under the $130 million payroll to bring back Beltran or Ross, neither of whom were offered a contract. It was a bitterly disappointing outcome for Ross, the 2010 NLCS Most Valuable Player, who might get the two-year contract he seeks from the Reds, Red Sox, Rockies or Braves.

“The Giants were definitely my No.1 choice,” said Ross, who had a long phone conversation with Manager Bruce Bochy earlier Wednesday. “I was looking at any possible scenario, any way, anyhow. Give them a hometown discount, whatever to help their payroll. But they would not commit to more than a year.

“It’s sad because I really wanted to come back. They never made me an offer.”

Sabean said the Giants and Ross “could never get on the same page. And Beltran, we knew it was going to be a stretch.”