Giants Reassign Third Base Coach Hector Borg To Stagnant Pool Of Water Beneath Quince Tree

Giants Reassign Third Base Coach Hector Borg To Stagnant Pool Of Water Beneath Quince Tree

Giants POBO Buster Posey announced Thursday that third base coach Hector Borg has been reassigned to a new role within the organization. Effective immediately, Borg will report to a shallow pool of still water beneath a low-hanging fruit tree behind the visitor’s bullpen. Ron Wotus will handle third base coaching duties on an interim basis.

"Hector has been a valued member of this staff, and we felt this was the right next step for him and for the club. We think his skill set translates well and we wish him nothing but the best going forward, forever." - first-year manager Tony Vitello

In his new capacity, Borg will be permitted to grow thirsty and reach for the water, at which point the water will recede beyond his grasp. When he reaches instead for the fruit overhead, the branches will lift gently out of reach. The arrangement has no end date. Borg's tenure at third had drawn increasing scrutiny in recent weeks. Multiple sends were cut down at the plate by comfortable margins, several appeared to defy the basic geometry of the field, at least two resulted in injuries to runners who had no realistic path to scoring, and the grass within the third base coach's box had stopped growing entirely. A team oracle characterized these accounts as "unconfirmed" while acknowledging that the box had been blessed twice and that neither blessing held. The most recent gaff came Wednesday, when Borg sent Willy Adames home on a bloop single to shallow left, a decision he is believed to still be processing. The club emphasized that the move is lateral and that Borg's benefits remain unchanged. Asked whether there was any timeline for revisiting the assignment, the front office confirmed that they would reevaluate their decision when he had eaten every quince and drunk all the water.

"You're always almost there," Borg said in a very brief statement today, already partially submerged. "The water is right there. I can see it." Wotus, who will coach third in the interim, said his approach would be straightforward. "I'm going to hold the runners," he said. "That's pretty much the whole plan." The organization is said to be viewing the reassignment as a return to form.