by Andrew Nuschler
Much has been made of Manny Ramirez's suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs, and rightfully so. When one of Major League Baseball's most prominent stars embroils himself in the game's biggest scandal, it figures to get a lot of run in the media.
If you listen closely to the static, somewhere in all the volume are whispers about how the revelation benefits no team more than our beloved San Francisco Giants—about how the 50-game hiatus for Manny has saved the Orange and Black season.
To a degree, the whispers are appropriate.
The Bay Area's favorite franchise has assembled a supremely flawed unit for the 2009 campaign. If the Gents were a sprinter in training, the pitching staff would be the legs and the hitters would be the damn parachute creating drag.
If you listen closely to the static, somewhere in all the volume are whispers about how the revelation benefits no team more than our beloved San Francisco Giants—about how the 50-game hiatus for Manny has saved the Orange and Black season.
To a degree, the whispers are appropriate.
The Bay Area's favorite franchise has assembled a supremely flawed unit for the 2009 campaign. If the Gents were a sprinter in training, the pitching staff would be the legs and the hitters would be the damn parachute creating drag.
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