Does José Guillen have to give back his 2010 World Series ring too? Or does that not register high enough on the grandstanding scale to merit a mention?

Who cares?

When there is a reunion of the 2002 National League Champions in the year 2022, will Barry Bonds be invited?

A few of those ol' championship reunions are going to be depopulated wastelands.

When there is a reunion of the 2002 National League Champions in the year 2022, will Barry Bonds be invited?

Or, for that matter, the 2002 Angels and Troy Glaus?

As much of a blowhard as Curt Schilling is, he may be right about one thing - I don't believe there has been a single WS champion in the last 20 years that wasn't heavily "tainted"...

Melky already has a ring, ya know...

Do have to agree with the general point of the author.

I'm not one that is passionate about the steroid issue. But you just can't have an organization be so inconsistent. Either you give Cabrera a ring AND you extend an invite to the reunion ceremony or you do not do either. This is just another example of a team trying to have it both ways.

I'm really not sure how you rally fans around this issue but the Giants really do need to be taught a lesson on this for their inconsistency.

Either you give Cabrera a ring AND you extend an invite to the reunion ceremony or you do not do either. This is just another example of a team trying to have it both ways.

Domingo Martinez has TWO World Series rings (1992/93 Toronto Blue Jays) but I don't think he gets invited to the reunion ceremonies.
What about players that are traded away mid-season and get a ring? I'm pretty sure they don't get invited to the reunion ceremonies.

As much of a blowhard as Curt Schilling is, he may be right about one thing - I don't believe there has been a single WS champion in the last 20 years that wasn't heavily "tainted"...

which means, by definition, that no one is

Isn't who gets a ring covered in the CBA? Think there is a minimum based on service time, which Melky meets. Teams can give out more, but not less, IIRC. "Deserve" doesn't have much to do with it.

I'm really not sure how you rally fans around this issue but the Giants really do need to be taught a lesson on this for their inconsistency.

What lesson do the Giants need to be taught? They haven't held any reunion ceremonies yet, so they haven't had a chance to invite or not invite Melky Cabrera to them. Where is the inconsistency? Did you time travel twenty years into the future?

I think the Giants sent Todd Wellemeyer's ring for 2010 to the Cubs' extended spring training facility. Hopefully he got it before he reported to Iowa (for the 3 days he was actually there.)

Isn't who gets a ring covered in the CBA? Think there is a minimum based on service time, which Melky meets. Teams can give out more, but not less, IIRC. "Deserve" doesn't have much to do with it.

I'm not sure the CBA covers rings (at least to the same degree it covers playoff shares). I think there would be no choice in the matter regarding Melky getting a full share, but I don't know if he automatically receives a ring.

As much of a blowhard as Curt Schilling is, he may be right about one thing - I don't believe there has been a single WS champion in the last 20 years that wasn't heavily "tainted"

The best part about Schilling's views on the subject-- and in this case, the plural "views" more than applies-- is that he's gone from publicly calling for steroid-aided statistics and titles to be offically invalidated, to publicly saying that the suggestion that the Red Sox' championships were in any way tainted due to steroids was nothing but haters hatin', to publicly saying pffft, all the teams were equally implicated so what can ya do? Whatever side of the fence you're on, Curt Schilling agrees with you.

Two words: Guillermo Mota

The CBA doesn't mention rings per se...but what it does say is that teams cannot impose additional punishments after the league suspends a player.

Unless you can find a precedent (and you won't) of a player with similar playing time for WS champion not getting a ring then you have to give him one.

The Giants management have emphatically said they will give him a ring, I think the exact words were along the lines of "We never even discussed it, of course he gets one, he deserves one."

Until the Giants are ready to concede all the wins they had with Melky on the team and concede winning the world series, it is absurd to not give Melky a ring.

None of the Giants would have @#$! ring if the Tigers had bothered to show up for the #$@% Series...

\yes, still bitter

Maybe they should send him a watch instead.