It's been a year of farewells for the Giants and after saying goodbye to Marquis, Woody, and J.T., the Giants officially bid adieu to another Giant of the early aught era, Rusty. Rusty was a bell and whistle in the bells and whistle laden Pac Bell Park when it opened. He was a mechanical robot stationed in right field who was supposed to come out during various parts of the game and do, well, we don't know what he was supposed to do because he never actually did do. Once the 2000 season started, Rusty was felled by mechanical issues and rarely made an appearance, although some would say "mechanical issues" really meant "sucked ass." Rusty was pretty much looked at with disdain since his announcement, kind of like Edgardo Alfonzo, and his loss will probably be mourned by no one. Also like Alfonzo.

Just wondering, but how long will it be before we start seeing a "Rehab Rusty" movement?

Also changing at Whatever The Hell It's Named Now Park is that Splash Landing will no longer be sponsored by the Old Navy, but by Levi's. As Matier & Ross pointed out, it's yet another in a long line of moves and counter-moves by the Veronica and Katie of jeans as the Haas family used to own the A's but now are aligned with the Giants and the Fisher family used to be with the Giants but now partly own the A's.