This guy is my hero. Plain and simple.

http://blastingsthrilledge.blogspot.com/2008/04/ranking-gms-30-brian-sabean.html

Check out this article written about a year ago on Sabean, he ranks Brian as the 30th best GM in the league, it’s a good read.

Brian Sabean is not a good general manager, no matter what anyone says. Still, he was once considered a top GM, responsible for assembling Giants teams that finished either first or second in the division from his first year, 1997, to 2004– a span of eight years. That is no small achievement. In 1996 the team went 68-94, but in ‘97 they won 90 games. How did he do it?