You'll hear it from the Bay Bridge to the Pacific Ocean. From Mendocino to Monterey. Within seconds of hearing the news, I heard it twice on Facebook.
"BOO!"
"Ree-bay!"
Our World Series hero (one of them, at least), with the image of his postseason heroics still fresh in our minds, has fled the glorious land of black and orange for the seedy back-alley of Dodger blue. The sting is not at fierce as it would have been had a homegrown talent who spent his whole career in San Francisco defected to the other side, but given his superhuman feats in the postseason, and this, it stings a little.
That being said, Ned Coletti is paying Uribe $21 million over three years. The Giants would have been foolish if they had given him more or even had matched that offer. The home run in Game 6 in the NLCS and his vacuum-like defense in the World Series will stay with me forever. His .248/.310/.440 line in 2010 will not. Which is a worse line than when the Giants offered him two years at $18 million in 2009. I think it shows much more savvy move to slightly overpay for Aubrey Huff, who was consistent and the Giants leading hitter over the regular season, and let Uribe - with his sparkling post-season - loose, than it would have been to have done the reverse. Bravo, Sabean.
We still do have a shortstop deficiency to address. Just please please please please please don't pursue Derek Jeter.
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