Next Year’s SF Giants Lineup

Now that Brian Sabean has made it clear that the Panda will have to work his way back into the Giants lineup, it’s easier to look at who might be in it next season. Definite: Posey C Sanchez 2B Probably: Torres CF Ross RF Huff 1B Questions: DeRosa LF or 3B? Sandoval 3B? Burrell LF? [...]

SF Giants More Like the 85 Bears Than Band of Misfits

As is typical, the media created a “narrative” to explain the rise of the San Francisco Giants to a World Series victory. But for whatever reason — probably the season-long wheeling and dealing by the front office — their “narrative” went in an absurdly wrong direction, focusing on the patched-together offense and calling it a [...]

The Panda Problem

I don’t think Pablo Sandoval has any sort of lock on a starting position on the Giants as of today, and certainly not third base. He lost his job during the postseason and we won the World Series with him on the bench. He looked pretty lost most of the time at the plate this [...]

What Will Become of the 2010 San Francisco Giants?

The party was last night. The parade is tomorrow. So this is a good day to look at the roster of your 2010 World Champion San Francisco Giants to see who is likely to be back next year and who may not. Here is info gleaned from Cot’s Baseball Contracts: Free Agents (meaning they are [...]

Not This Year, San Francisco Giants Fans

We’re all mortal. Everyone who is living now, all of our friends and loved ones, are going to die. It’s just the truth. It’s a truth we all live with every day, one way or another. We make our peace with this reality and we move on. We all live with disappointment too. It’s just [...]

World Series Game Two Pictures

Great pix from Game Two of the World Series, San Francisco Giants vs. Texas Rangers.

2011 Trends from Social Media Guru Charlene Li

Charlene Li of Altimeter Group Charlene Li, one of my favorite social media pundits, gave a speech at the PRSA International Conference this week and then gave a “press conference” to those of us (including me) who were designated “press” for the conference. Li said that like most analysts, she is in the midst of [...]

No Free Wifi at PRSA International Conference – Here’s Why

This may seem like a nitpicky post, but trust me it’s not. It’s 5pm on the first day of the PRSA International Conference and I’m sitting in the lobby bar blogging on the ‘net, rather than sitting in a session, ironically, on using online tools to do and manage PR programs. My colleague Sandra Fathi [...]

PRSA Delegates Not Ready for the Future Yet

The PRSA National Delegate assembly voted down a non-binding resolution today asking the association’s Board to regularly consult the elected delegates on “issues of concern” by submitting them to the  assembly’s electronic discussion group. The vote was 95 for, 118 against. Unfortunately for PRSA, this vote told me that the association is even more entrenched [...]

PRSA Fails to Strike APR Requirement for Board Service

The PRSA Delegate Assembly today voted resoundingly against removing the requirement that potential national board members hold an Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) in order to stand for election. The vote, which required a two-thirds majority, failed to even garner a majority, falling 104-172. The voted ended a passionate and looong debate this year for [...]

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