Sabean, Boras plan slumber party

In an official announcement today, the San Francisco Giants announced that on December 3rd they will host their 2nd annual "Get Out Your Checkbook Slumber Party." The sleepover, sometimes referred to as "The Winter Meetings," will take place in Nashville, Tennessee. The list of invitees is impressive: Brian Sabean, Peter Magowan, Larry Baer, super-agent Scott Boras, and of course his clients Alex Rodriguez, Andruw Jones, Eric Gagne, and Kyle Lohse. Several slumber party regulars were left off the invite list this year, most notably not-so-super-agent Jeff Boris and one of his lesser known clients, Barry Bonds.

You may remember last year's sleepover. Barry Bonds himself was there for the first night, he forgot his toothbrush though, and had to leave a little early. His agent Jeff Boris was there for the entirety, and after he and Peter Magowan made a fort out of couch cushions, Jeff talked Pete into one more go-around for #25.

But the real dish on last year's Slumber Party was the pair who snuck off and did the checkbook-mambo. Brian Sabean had spent the first few days of last year's winter meetings watching Scott Boras from a far, jealous of how popular he was with other general managers like Theo Epstein and Omar Minaya. Whenever Scott would look in the direction of the Giants' general manger, Brian would look away, pretending like he had no interest. But later in the week, the pair were seen in a local Blockbuster Video, selecting DVD's about eclectic left handed pitchers with a track record of durability. Away from prying eyes, under a big Superman themed comforter, Sabean and Boras hammered out a deal for Barry Zito.

Brian got together with Pete and Larry back in San Francisco and they popped some popcorn. They put on their pajamas and watched the 2007 season unfold. Barry Zito... was not so good. Via cell phone, fax, and email, Brian tried to get back in touch with Scott. But every time he would call, super-agent Boras was out of the office, presumably playing "truth or dare" with the Yankees, "spin the bottle" with the Braves, or "30 seconds in the closet" with the Angels.

So what will this year's slumber party/winter meetings hold? Brian and Scott are BFF (best friends forever), right? Will they get together at the sleepover and work out deals for all eleven of Boras' free agents? Management declined to answer, however, a source close to the Giants front office informed this blogger of several itinerary items planned for this year's sleepover:

- A Ouija session on a custom made Ouija board. The board they will be using in Nashville only has portions of the alphabet. In no particular order, the letters and numbers used will be as follows: 3-5-0-m-i-l-l-i-o-n-o-v-e-r-1-2-y-e-a-r-s. The custom Ouija also featues a picture of Alex Rodriguez's genitals.

- A planned excursion to George Steinbrenner's house. Four cases of toilet paper have been purchased as well as a full gross (144, I think) of eggs. Tee-pee-ing and egg-ing will continue through the evening as pajama clad revellers hit Hank and Hal's places as well.

- Andruw Jones will lead a session of dress up. No word on who will be dressing as who. However, it is believed that the Boras client, Jones will dress up as "2006 Andruw Jones," becuase no one wants 2007 Andruw.

Don't forget your sleeping bag... and your checkbook.