1.   Giants general manager Bob Quinn survived George Steinbrenner and Marge Schott.

2.   Giants general manager George Young said it was incorrect to call the pick a surprise, because Hilliard has done so much on such a big stage.

3.   Giants general manager George Young said Wednesday that he did not know of anyone in the organization making derogatory comments about Brooks.

4.   Giants manager Dusty Baker left Los Angeles plenty confident despite his team losing three of four to the Dodgers.

5.   Giants manager Dusty Baker remembers former Dodgers teammate Reggie Smith being involved in incidents at Wrigley Field and Candlestick Park.

6.   Giants manager Dusty Baker speculated that maybe Johnson was having delivery trouble related to the back injury that required surgery this winter, though that hardly seemed the case.

7.   Giants manager Dusty Baker thinks it might be time for a change.

8.   Giants manager Dusty Baker yanked Foulke for Tavarez.

9.   Giants general manager Bob Quinn compared this group to the one he grew up watching in Milwaukee, where his dad was general manager of the Braves.

10.   Giants general manager Bob Quinn told me this week that the club will not release Sanders from that clause to get an early operation.