Article: Giants' season faded to black

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants began their season with guarded optimism and Barry Bonds in a woman's wig.

It ended up a drag, all right.

A veteran team that never really came together found itself exchanging goodbyes after a 4-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.

The Giants general manager Brian Sabean will hold a 1 p.m. news conference today, at which time the club is expected to announce that manager Felipe Alou will not be retained.

After the game, Alou boarded a red-eye back to his Florida home, where his immediate plans are to buy a puppy and remove the storm shutters from his windows.

"The storms never showed up this year," the 71-year-old manager said.

The Giants' ...

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