Pablo Sandoval, last seen causing great alarm to a Red Sox Nation that was seemingly unfamiliar with his girth, talked to Bleacher Report’s Scott Miller about his departure from the San Francisco Giants, with whom he had spent the first seven years of his career and won two World Series titles.
It was not a hard decision, it seems.
“Not hard at all,” Pablo Sandoval told Bleacher Report during an early-morning conversation here the other day. “If you want me around, you make the effort to push and get me back.”
The Giants did not make that effort, Sandoval said, reiterating that last spring’s aborted talks for a contract extension in San Francisco were pretty much the end of the line.
“I knew early in spring training last year I was going to leave,” Sandoval said. “They didn’t respect my agent. Contract talks, everything. The way Brian Sabean (Giants general manager) talked to my agent.”
Sandoval even said San Francisco offered him more money than the Red Sox.
“The Giants made a good offer, but I didn’t want to take it,” he said. “I got five years (and $95 million) from Boston. I left money on the table in San Francisco.
“It is not about money. It is about how you treat the player.”
Will the Panda miss his former teammates? Eh, not really.
“Only Bochy,” Sandoval said of Giants manager Bruce Bochy. “I love Boch. He’s like my dad. He’s the only guy that I miss. And Hunter Pence. Just those guys.
“But now, I feel like I’m home.”
It should be noted that the Red Sox aren’t scheduled to play the NL West in interleague play until next season. It’ll be curious to see what kind of reaction Sandoval gets.
After spending the first 17 years of his Post career writing and editing, Matt and the printed paper had an amicable divorce in 2014. He's now blogging and editing for the Early Lead and the Post's other Web-based products.
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