During a live chat on MLB.com in 2004, someone asked the following question to Giants GM Brian Sabean:

Did you ever make an offer for Vladimir Guerrero?

Brian Sabean: In a word: No. If we had signed Guerrero or [Gary] Sheffield, we would have been without [Jim] Brower, [Scott] Eyre, [Matt] Herges, [Dustin] Hermanson, [Brett] Tomko, [A.J.] Pierzynski, [Pedro] Feliz, [J.T.] Snow, [Jeffrey] Hammonds, [Dustan] Mohr and [Michael] Tucker--obviously not being able to field a competitive team, especially from an experience standpoint, given our level of spending.

Taking a look back now... Vlad has been 1st and 3rd in AL MVP voting the last 2 years. Meanwhile, only one of the 10 players Sabean mentioned is still on the Giants (Pedro Feliz). And he has a career .288 OBP.

Thanks Brian!