Claiming Travis Denker

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Travis Denker gone...
Published 10/10/2008 by Grant at McCovey Chronicles
...according to some know-nothing blogger posting from his mom's basem... Wait, the blogger was Paul DePodesta? Dang.  And Denker is off the 40-man-roster on the Giants' site. Genius roster move by Sabean. Second basemen with patience and power grow on trees, while no-defense, no-offense, PED-lovin' catchers are rare, special treasures that should be protected by any means necessary before free agents like Omar Vizquel file for free agency. Maybe there's an explanation. Maybe these were "revocable" waivers. Maybe Travis Denker intentionally ...

A Banner Start to the Offseason
Published 10/11/2008 by Cat (noreply@blogger.com) at The Front-Row Johnson
... He slipped up again, except this time it wasn't Romo and not so accidental. According to Paul DePodesta, the Giants removed Travis Denker from the 40-man roster and the Padres picked him up for free. ...

Pads to Giants: "Denker Very Much!"
Published 10/13/2008 by E.L.M. at El Lefty Malo
... This one’s hard to fathom. Let’s hope the beat writers ask Sabean some tough questions. The Padres thought well enough of Denker to grab him off waivers, according to Paul DePodesta’s blog. Read that and think, what’s not to like? ...

From the Files of WTF?: Travis Denker
Published 10/15/2008 by Paul Rice at Bugs & Cranks
... , was put on waivers by the Giants to clear room on the 40-man roster and was subsequently snapped up by the Padres quicker than you can say “Rollo Tamasi”. I had commented that the Giants seemed to not know what they had in Denker, and they made that abundantly clear with this move. Many Giants fans were immediately up in arms, and to rub salt on the wound, Padres exec Paul DePodesta boasted about the shrewd pickup on his personal blog. ...