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Ross: Latos' Shot At Giants 'Asinine'Mat Latos was sharply critical of the Giants and their flood of acquisitions late in the season. "Baseball works in funny ways," Latos told CBSSports.com. "The only way I could honestly put it is, we could be like the Giants and go and change our whole lineup, put guys with 'San Francisco Giants' across their jerseys. We didn't. "We added two guys (Miguel Tejada and Ryan Ludwick). We've been the same team all year. We haven't just gone and grabbed guys from other teams." Among the Giants' midseason acquisitions are outfielders Pat Burrell, Jose Guillen and Cody Ross along with infielder Mike Fontenot, all of whom were acquired either via post-July 31 trades (Guillen and Fontentot), straight waiver claims (Ross) or in free agency (Burrell). Ross wasn't too pleased with Latos' shot at the Giants. "It's asinine to say, 'We're a close-knit group and this is our team,'" Ross told the San Francisco Chronicle. "Every team goes out at the trading deadline and tries to make a deal. It's very rare for an organization to say, 'We don't need any improvements. We're as good as we're going to be.' Every team looks to improve, whether it's one, three or five guys." San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Gonzalez Denies Wrong-Doing Talking About Interest In Cubs
?If (the Cubs) made me an offer, I would be interested in it,? said Gonzalez to the Chicago Sun-Times. Gonzalez is eligible for free agency after the 2011 season. ?He was being hypothetical about 2012, and so was I,? Gonzalez said. ?I said if I become a free agent, I?m going to listen to the offer.? Asked if the timing were poor given that the team is in a pennant race, Gonzalez said, ?What did I do wrong? I just said if I become a free agent.? Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Giants Move Up Lincecum Start
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Adrian Gonzalez claims to have been speaking hypothetically when he spoke about the Cubs.
Tim Lincecum's turn in the rotation is being pushed up a day to Wednesday against the Diamondbacks, making the Giants' ace available for a one-game playoff Monday with San Diego if the NL West title comes to that, according to an ESPN.com report.