By Candy VanLaunchingPad
12/14/2010
SAN FRANCISCO - Giants are reeling after the latest blow from the Loss Angeles Dodgers front office. Ned Colletti has stolen another top prospect from the Giants system. Giants officials were unavailable for comment at the time of the signing, but were able to sit down for an exclusive interview today to discuss the latest wound in the farm system.
"It came as a shock to us all that we couldn't work things out with Eugenio (Velez) to bring him back to (The) Fresno (Grizzlies)." a spokesperson for the Giants said, speaking on the condition on anonymity. "We are not sure if we can recover."
"Eugenio gave us a lot of intangibles that you just don't see in many Eugenios. He had the ability to play multiple positions, he had the ability to run back and forth from Fresno to San Francisco faster than most and he had a knack for coming up with the big hit when we weren't even looking."
"When you have a player of that caliber, you don't look to replace him, you just ask others to try to fill his jersey in some way. Will we be able to find another Velez? Maybe. But if we are lucky, we can find someone with a first name as unique as Eugenio someday."
The Giants are working tirelessly to try to fill the void left by the loss of the man who's name was carefully carved in the 2006 MVP trophy of the Augusta Green Jackets.
"When you have a name of that difficulty, you have to work extra hard to make sure it is carved just right." said Glenallen Cruz Jr., a member of the Augusta front office since 2003.
Maybe the Giants will never find another Eugenio, no matter what phone book they look in. The only member of the Giants staff that might be breathing a sigh of relief is the man in charge of the locker room nameplates.
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| A Once in a Lifetime Eugenio |
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