But, alas, he can't. Or, at the very least, he doesn't want to. Because that would mean addressing the Mitchell Report's assertion that Brian Sabean knew what Greg Anderson was doing in the Giants' dugout -- and that Sabean allowed him to stay there anyway. It's a charge that reinforces what many of Bonds' defenders have held all along: Barry Bonds may have cheated, but he did it with his organization's blessing. It's hard to refute these days. Today, Sabean finally addressed the thing, but not really:
"Right now, things are so hyper-sensitive, I think we just have to let the process work itself through," Sabean said recently of further investigation into his and owner Peter Magowan's handling of Bonds and Greg Anderson. "Believe me, at the right time, I'll have plenty to say. This isn't the time for that."
"I understand the hype around this," Sabean said of the Mitchell report and its repercussions. "You know me pretty well and understand that I have thick skin about these things. But it's the gravity of the situation that's making it clear that it's time to let the system and the process play out."San Jose Mercury News columnist Tim Kawakami laments the fact that the lingering Bonds issues still surround the Giants, and I feel his pain. To some degree, we're all tired of talking about Barry Bonds. Bonds talk is the one surefire way to make my eyes glaze over. If someone brings up Barry Bonds anywhere within 300 feet of me, I immediately put on my headphones and crank Can. I understand.
The problem is that Sabean doesn't deserve to have this issue go away. For all the nastiness Bonds has taken over the past, oh, four years or so -- he's getting indicted, for chrissakes -- it sure doesn't seem fair to let Sabean off the hook for abetting the slugger. This issue won't die, not anytime soon. Nor should it.
(HT: BBTF)
