race: Tarutaru
home: Windurst
world: Phoenix
jobs: BLM 75, WHM 40
other: RDM 37, MNK 29
WAR 27, THF 15
adv: SMN 16, PUP 16
NIN 16, BST 14
rank: 7
zm: 13
cop: 5-2
toau: 26, SP
shell: DynamisBums
craft: Clothcraft 82(+2)
Cooking 61
Alchemy 59
Goldsmith 31
Fishing 18
Bonecraft 8
Leathercraft 5
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Friday, July 22, 2005
 Fate Is Screwing With Us
Okay, we are now about a week and a half before the trade deadline. The Padres continue to disgrace the NL West. They have lost six of their last ten and are now only three games over .500. At yet, that's still good enough for first place. The Giants have won five of their last ten (and are leading tonight's game). If they win tonight, they will be only seven games back of the Padres.
This is still a freaking impossible situation for Brian Sabean. This might be the year you can win this division with 80 wins. Noboby seems to be able to win. The Dodgers are an injury-riddled mess; they have so many guys on the DL that even the Giants feel sorry for them. The Diamondbacks have a pitching staff that even the Giants rotation feels sorry for. If the commissioner were a true fan of good baseball, he'd banish the entire division to the PCL for the rest of the year. Sadly, he won't do that, so someone has to win it. Even if it means going 78-84 in the process.
Whatever happens, it's coming down to the wire. Sabean will have to wait until the very last minute to see what happens, and then act. His head will be telling him to pack it in. His heart will be telling him that a 40-28 finish could be enough to make the playoffs. He has never faced this kind of situation as a general manager.
We are about to find out what kind of man Brian Sabean is: the kind who listens to his head, or the kind who listens to his heart.
Jefferson 9:16 PM
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