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Report: Giants sign David Baas 07.27.11 at 12:42 pm ET
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According to the Sacramento Bee, the Giants have signed former 49ers guard/center David Baas. A veteran of six seasons, Baas was primarily a guard with the 49ers but played last season as a center. He is expected to play center for New York.

Baas will replace Shaun O’Hara, whom the Giants told they plan to release. ESPN New York notes the team will also cut left tackle Shawn Andrews, a former first-round pick of the Eagles in the 2004 draft, as well as guard Rich Seubert.

Coming out of Michigan, Baas was seemingly universally higher rated as a guard prospect than Fresno State’s Logan Mankins, though the Pats chose Mankins with the 32nd overall pick, one slot ahead of where the 49ers selected Baas at the top of the second round. Mankins has made three Pro Bowls and been selected as an All-Pro twice, while Baas has yet to receive either distinction.

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  • Linda Austin

    Wow!! What a surprise. Not!!
    I guess Shanahan thinks it was Phaneuf’s dirty look that cut Paille’s nose.
    The Bruins draw the fewest power plays in the NHL and it’s not close.
    Now don’t you draw any “league office” conclusions from that.

  • Gord Downie

    Of course there’s no hearing. Lucic did just as bad or worse to Grabovski in the third. Ludicrous.

  • http://twitter.com/ryanm1405 Ryan Martins

    omfg reallly?!?!?! wow its official the league has it in for the bruins ! how do u not suspend him for that!!

  • Linda Austin

    …and let’s not forget how the Leafs’ were aggressive and physical all game long and the B’s got ONE power play for a whopping 10 seconds for the entire game.

  • http://twitter.com/cueballri Al Williamson

    So much for Rule 48

  • http://www.facebook.com/celtics342 Mike Jennette

    The difference is paille didn’t flop.

  • http://www.facebook.com/bob.shannon.73 Bob Shannon

    Pull a Mike Krushelnyski on Phaneuf and break your stick across his face Paille….Don’t put with this crap if the refs aren’t doing their jobs….

  • Dick Dorkins

    Yeah, clearly no intent to aim high there. What a disgrace

  • Anonymous

    The real problem is there is no accountability for Shanahan. No appeals process, nothing. The media can’t question him, he makes crap up as he did in the Gryba suspension and no one can say a thing to him. NHL.com doesn’t even have a comment section in the player safety link where you can even discuss his moronic decisions. He is an embarrassment to the league and certainly is raising questions about not only his credibility but the leagues as well.

  • Shoe bottom

    I don’t mind shanny’s created a chance for the b’s to inflict a little old fashion justice if we choose. I have feeling dion’s going to be in some pain after Monday. If he’s not shame on us and no Claude don’t tell your players to forget it fire this deal up lets go

  • Anonymous

    Don’t go blaming the on ice officials for this. Face it, they miss calls all the time just like they missed Ferrence’s hit. This problem squarely lies with the league’s top brass so don’t expect anything to ever come of it.

  • Dano50

    Elbow or not…he obviously targeted his head. THAT was supposedly why Ference got suspended. Ridiculous!

  • Gman

    Shanahan was at that game in Montreal. Need I say more?

  • Linda Austin

    The Gryba hit was perfectly legal and legit. No elbow, no launch, no targeting of the head. He got suspended because there was blood on the ice, a stretcher on the ice and the game was in Montreal. Oh and the Commish was in the stands.
    Shanahan has a major credibility problem. He’s a hypocrite of epic proportion.

  • Linda Austin

    Gryba got suspended for 2 games because of a perfectly legal open ice check on Montreal’s Eller and he did not target the head, he did not throw an elbow and hit him with his shoulder.
    Phaneuf targets Paille’s head, intentionally hits him high because you see him raise his shoulder and elbow with the hit and Shanahan sees nothing that even warrants a hearing.
    Shanahan has zero credibility. He is a world class hypocrite.

  • mike4kix

    No problem with the hit … no penalty and no suspension even after review

  • mike4kix

    Worse than Ference’s hit? you serious? Ference elbow was out and high – a direct head shot. Take a look at Phaneuf’s elbow, down and tight to his body. Paille’s nose was nailed by Phaneuf’s shoulder.

  • Anonymous

    dont think there’s anything in the rules that says a head shot made with a shoulder is any different than one with an elbow or forearm….

  • Gman

    Right on!!

  • Gman

    Whatever, Mr. Canadiens!!

  • Gray

    typical NHL front office ~

  • mike4sux

    Hey Shanahan, stop posting on this website under the name “mike4kix”. Very low class for you Shanahan to come onto the WEEI website and hide under a made up username.

  • mike4kix

    My point is Ference targeted Garboski’s head with his elbow. Phaneuf did not target Paille’s head. It was a shoulder hit targeting Paille’s body not his head. Paille’s nose just got in the way …

  • mike4kix

    OK you figured it out … its an NHL conspiracy.

  • mike4kix

    sure mike4sux …

  • Bruinman86

    I don’t agree with this one. It wasn’t much different from Ferrences hit. Both are ill advised. Both should be suspensions.

  • Anonymous

    Your point is meaningless. Was the end result a head shot? Yes.

  • Wake up Shanahan

    Chara gets a penalty in the 2nd for tapping a player on the leg (who subsequently dives) and Phaneuf gets nothing for trying to take Paiille’s head off. The league definitely wants to see Toronto do well in these playoffs. Goof for the Brand

  • Dano50

    If the league were really serious about limiting head injuries ANY shot to the head like this would merit suspension. Obviously deliberate. Not even in question.

  • psycho1039

    not an illegal hit

  • Anonymous

    Why no ruling, pretty simple isn’t it? They could not possibly explain away with one of those videos how the hit doesn’t merit a suspension. So they just won’t explain it away at all, because if you have no defense you plead the Fifth Amendment.

    It is absolutely no surprise at all that the NHL won’t suspend Toronto’s Captain for the first home game in Toronto since SEGA Genesis was taking up my time. There is no reason for it an we should be pissed off. If Chara had hit anyone on Toronto in that manner he would be gone for two games, no doubt.

    There are two teams in the NHL that get to play by their own rules, and it has and will always be that way. Montreal and Toronto are the “royalty” of hockey, and they just don’t have to follow the rules the way every other team does. We never forgot about Montreal because they have been relevant. Toronto is just as bad in terms of Ref bias, maybe even worse, Toronto has just sucked for so long we forgot. The double standard is so apparent when you play against these two teams all the time, and it seems to get worse every year.

    I mean, how do the Bruins get two ticky tack tripping calls against them in that game but Toronto doesn’t get a single penalty for the multitude of late high hits? Oh wait I forgot, they are Toronto.

    Next time Paille, dive. That is what the NHL wants you to do to get the penalty so just do what they want and dive.

  • jjm1488

    that is a perfectly clean hit. you can see him clearly make an effort to tuck in his elbow, he doesn’t launch, and whether you believe it or not he does not target the head. Paille just happens to turn his face and move his shoulder at the time that Phaneuf is lined up to hit him shoulder to shoulder. ends up being mostly shoulder to chest. obviously there is contact to the head as well, but it is not the target.

  • phil

    Funny thing is, the ref was standing there and seen the play and didn’t even call a penalty. But the ref’s made a bogus tripping call on Bergeron where the Leafs’ player clearly just tripped on his own…….What a joke some ref’s have become.

  • Anonymous

    this clown only hits when the other guy isn’t expecting it, and he leaves his skates every time!!!

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