you know it's time to fire brian sabean...

...when he makes two dumb moves in one week.

first, he signs bozo bobby howry, who had a 5.35 ERA with the cubs this past season and is 35 years old. yup, that's just who we want setting up brian wilson.

then, letting omar vizquel go because he's "old" - okay, maybe the quotation marks aren't necessary - sabean signs super "young" (and here i mean the quotation marks) edgar renteria, who was anything but impressive with the tigers. sure, he's a .290 career hitter, but what's the big deal? the giants have pretty good middle infield talent in burriss, frandsen, and velez, and they really didn't need to waste money on an average free agent.

okay, brian, i know you made some big splash moves like bringing bonds over back in the day and stealing guys like benito santiago and robb nen. but really, two ridiculous signings in one week? maybe that worst trade of the century wasn't just a fluke.

i think it's time to follow peter magowan out that gaping door.