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The longer this Bryce Harper pursuit drags on, the more restless fans have become. Fans and late-90’s rock band Smash Mouth of course. The band has Bay Area ties and was formed in San Jose in 1994. They apparently have more than just ties to Bay Area teams, they have “sources”. Sources that are telling them there is a discord in the Giants front office.
We are hearing Giants ownership/upper mgmt might not be on the same page as Zaidi regarding Harper. They want to offer a long term contract like they did with Bonds and Zaidi does NOT want to. Sabean/Baer step the F up, this is your team, not some slappy’s from the Dodgers! @KNBR
— Smash Mouth (@smashmouth) February 26, 2019
Smash Mouth trying to break Giants news? Yep, what a concept.
While the band known by many for being featured on the Shrek soundtrack, claim to have sources feeding them insider information on the Giants pursuit of Bryce Harper, it’s clear that this “report” should be taken with a large grain of salt.
? The media man begs to differ… https://t.co/pOUSvZa32g
— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) February 26, 2019
Baggarly went on to break down what he believes is really going on behind the scenes.
Obviously this pursuit is ownership driven, for the Giants and for every other team. Boras negotiates his biggest deals directly with ownership. It was Montgomery, not Klentak, who flew to Vegas a couple days ago. It was Magowan who signed Zito, etc.
— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) February 26, 2019
It doesn’t mean Larry Baer and the other most vocal owners are at odds with the president they just hired. Do you really think questions like Harper/Machado and Bumgarner didn’t come up in interviews with Farhan Zaidi and other candidates?
— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) February 26, 2019
If Farhan’s stance were, “you’re signing Harper over my dead body” then he wouldn’t have been offered the job or agreed to take it. Plain and simple. I guess my point is, ownership and Farhan went into this knowing each side would be flexible with the other.
— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) February 26, 2019
We appreciate Smash Mouth for passing along what they “hear” to the rest of the Bay Area. As we await Harper’s decision which likely won’t favor the Giants, this sort of thing is appreciated during a stressful time of Giants baseball. So thank you Smash Mouth, we’re all big fans of what you’ve done and to show our appreciation, we wrote you a song.
“Hey now, you’re an insider
Got the scoops, and…the takes
Hey now, you’re a news breaker
Gonna tweet, while…we wait
Not all that you hear, has us sold
Only real insiders…
Can be so bolddd”