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          As most Bay Area fans have seen, the San Francisco Giants are in a rebuilding mode. They are looking to their youngsters after looking to veterans to carry the team for so many years. They are also searching for a new identity in the post-Bonds era.  Barry Bonds pretty much was their identity the past 15 years.  Today and in the future could it be their new ace and rising star Tim Lincecum be the Giants identity? One can make the case, he is the face of the Giants in 2008. But what about 2009 and beyond? The Giants can’t have one guy do it all; one guy be their identity. They need all 25 guys on the roster to be the one identity, one face, and all have one ultimate goal. 

         However, Giants can use the rest of this season to continue the development in their youngsters and keep building for 2009 and beyond.  The future looks bright for the San Francisco Giants, but they need to keep pushing and grinding.  Next year in 2009, they will have two of their most young, spirited players back on this journey, in lefty southpaw starting pitcher Noah Lowry and second baseman Kevin Frandsen.  These two guys are both gritty, unselfish, and battle for the guys next to them. They want to win. They love this game. This is the kind of attitude and play that these young guys on the Giants team need.  Both of these guys had to deal with injuries this year that kept them out after showing promise last season, but both still keep pushing and working hard to get back on that field before this season ends.  Of them both, Frandsen seems the most spirited and want his hometown team to do well.  Hopefully, young guys like Emmanuell Burriss and John Bowker can feed off these two guys and mesh together to contend for 2009 and beyond.  With a young, but promising starting nucleus of Matt Cain, Tim Lincecum, and Jonathan Sanchez and the return of  Noah Lowry, as well as infielder Kevin Frandsen, the sky is the limit for these Giants.

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