Take This Job and Shove It

Allowing your longtime manager to bolt to one of your division rivals ain't exactly a normal way of doing business. But San Diego has never been a normal town.
After 12 seasons as Padres manager and 24 years overall in the organization, Bruce Bochy was introduced Friday as manager of the San Francisco Giants.
What's clear is this: Bochy went looking for another job only because Padres CEO Sandy Alderson made it clear to Bochy he wasn't wanted here.
We've never thought Bochy was a particularly great manager, but he's certainly a good manager and we respect the success he's had.
And in this case, it's impossible to root for an Ivy League corporate suit like Alderson. We're glad to see Bochy call the team's bluff and stick it to the man.
Alderson and general manager Kevin Towers, who answers to the colorful nickname "KT," likely won't admit it, but they're probably surprised Bochy went through with it. They were probably expecting Bochy to follow the same path KT went down last year, when KT was given permission to apply for the Arizona GM job but ultimately decided to stay in San Diego.
Baseball fans in other cities across the country must really be scratching their heads over this. Let's see, the manager who just won back-to-back National League West titles for the first time in franchise history is allowed to just walk away -- to a division rival?
Nice job, Sandy. Really handled things smoothly on this one.
And if the Giants win the NL West next season, we can't wait to hear Alderson's corporate-speak reaction. Anytime the guy speaks, he's about as interesting as a Mark Bellhorn at-bat.