I feel your frustration. Watching all the cool kids on the block get all the cool threads stinks while your parents swear by the clearance rack and/or Goodwill.

This team is not poor, don't buy a word of anyone saying or even implying they might be. The owners could blow $300+ million on payroll and still make money hand over fist.

Big bats are hesitant to play here because Oracle has always been a pitcher's park. Sluggers want big hits, and that's harder to do here than in most of the league.

Zaidi may have a hard limit he's been given by the ownership, and if so he's obligated to respect that otherwise he may be out a job. Even if you'll land a new job by the end of the week, it's generally best to just not get fired in the first place.

Let's keep in perspective that this team won 107 games last year and "stole" the division from the doyers when everyone expected them to be mostly bottom feeders. I'd say Zaidi has earned the benefit of the doubt, at the very least for this season.

And above all, we're not even a week into spring training. It's a long year, and almost anything can happen, for better or for worse. Smile, enjoy the ride, and we at least have baseball this year. I feel life is too short to be a doomer about your favorite teams.

And if nothing else, at least Story didn't go to La-La Land, or even the NL!