SAN FRANCISCO–The Giants expect their calendar to fill up this October, but not in the same way it did at the beginning of the decade.
A franchise that grew accustomed to staying busy during baseball’s biggest month had a lease on the national spotlight.
October is when Giants CEO Larry Baer likes to conduct speeches, not searches. But this year, Baer will spend the month booking a meeting room instead of a parade route.
After losing 187 games over a two-year stretch, the Giants need a new direction. An age of dominance has given way to an era of disappointment and it’s on Baer and vice president of baseball operations Brian Sabean to hire a new executive tasked with reversing disturbing trends.