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He's losing his mind. And I'm reaping the benefits.

If Brian Sabean isn't the worst GM in baseball, he's close. The Goog has made its spidery thoughts very clear on the matter. I'm not sure if "delusional" is also something you'd use to refer to Sabean; "worst GM" is probably enough. No reason to pile on. But If Sabo keeps saying things like he did today, people are going to start to wonder:

Sabean sees a San Francisco team that can contend. Not in two seasons, not next season, but in 2008. "As long as we've got a chance to stay in and around third place, why not?" Sabean said as he stood along the dugout rail and watched his players take batting practice. "Why wouldn't you want to think that way? These guys think that way. I don't think we're going to lose as many games as we did last year. If anything, we're going to be a second-half team."

Two possibilities here: Sabean doesn't actually believe this, and he's just saying it to keep fans happy and keep his job through a pretty ugly rebuilding situation. Every GM has to do it sometimes. Either that, or he actually believes what he's saying. I think we all know which scenario is more horrifying.