Ladies and Gentlemen, Your 2008 San Francisco Giants!

I think I have lived in three of the top five most baseball depressed cities at their peak of depression. Pittsburgh, clearly. Baltimore, which still holds out hope for a Cal Rikpen comeback. And now San Francisco, which since their World Series appearance of 2002 have been no better than the Royals. So imagine my excitement when I opened up today's San Francisco Chronicle and found this sprawling beacon of athleticism:That's Ray Durham, listed at 5'8" 170lbs. But that is from last year, before his apparent boob job. He'll be the Giants starting second baseman. Clearly Spring Training has taken its toll on Durham who until now has been mostly focusing on conditioning his sunflower-seed-spitting muscles and not his lying-on-his-side-muscles. In fact, spring training has taken its toll on several of the Giants, who already have four players that are going to be unable to participate in the remainder of the preseason.

I'm beginning to wonder if we should still consider baseball a sport because if we do then we're required to consider those who play baseball athletes, which clearly many of these men are not.