{"id":4351,"date":"2014-11-25T01:51:48","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T01:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=4351"},"modified":"2014-11-25T01:51:48","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T01:51:48","slug":"thanks-pablo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/11\/25\/thanks-pablo\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanks Pablo"},"content":{"rendered":"

via SFGate:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Vasquez finally notified the Giants at about 2:20 p.m. PDT that Sandoval had chosen Boston. Sandoval also phoned Giants assistant general manager Bobby Evans to tell him personally.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was somewhat of an emotional phone call,\u201d Evans said. \u201cHe was overwhelmed with this process but said he was ready for a new challenge and wanted to inform us of that.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

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\u201cHe\u2019s been such an important part and integral part of this organization for a long time. He was certainly the talked-about prospect in the system, a year or two prior to his callup. He made a big splash on the scene. All that he\u2019s accomplished here, it was a terrific story that he wrote while he was here. It is hard. It rally hasn\u2019t sunk in yet.\u201d 
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Evan said he, general manager Brian Sabean, manager Bruce Bochy and team president Larry Baer all reached out to Sandoval during the negotiations. Several Giants teammates phoned him, too. Evans said when he spoke to Sandoval on Saturday, \u201cYou could tell Pablo was really laboring over this decision. I felt the sincerity of his efforts to try to make the right the decision. He was really contemplating what was best for his family, the way he put it.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Good for Panda. I\u2019m really stoked for him. 100 Million for 5 years of playing and he\u2019ll be free again to go wherever with a few more years left in play. <\/p>\n

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Pablo has been my favorite player since my first SF Giants game in late-2008 when I first moved there. I\u2019ve cheered him on for dozens of games from right behind 3rd base and his game attendance, power hitting and quick moves are really great. He\u2019s contributed greatly to an awesome team but the Giants will find a replacement and the coaching staff will fill the hole well. They\u2019re ready for this and Pablo will be going to the Red Sox who have such a history and a club that is full of tradition that he\u2019ll have a great time. I\u2019m not sure if he\u2019s ready for those cold October games but we\u2019ll see. I\u2019m sure he\u2019s getting off the plane in Boston in a couple of hours and wishing he had bought a heavier coat.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s been a good run. Good for him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via SFGate:   Vasquez finally notified the Giants at about 2:20 p.m. PDT that Sandoval had chosen Boston.…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-08-31T00:24:59Z","apple_news_api_id":"ce66387e-ada4-45a2-ad0a-e976a964632f","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-08-31T00:24:59Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AzmY4fq2kRaKtCul2qWRjLw","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-18b","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4349,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/11\/25\/linked-sf-distraught-over-our-now-obsolete-panda-gear\/","url_meta":{"origin":4351,"position":0},"title":"Linked: “SF Distraught over our now obsolete panda gear”","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"November 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"via TheBoldItalic:Looks like Pablo Sandoval is on his way out of San Francisco after he decided he liked Boston\u2019s money better than the nearly identical sum of money the Giants offered him\u00a0(5 year contract worth $95-$100 million). 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