There is a specter that haunts left field in San Francisco. It
is the same that lurks at shortstop in Camden Yards. And
occupies right field in San Diego (also every hometown buffet in
the greater San Diego area)   Replacing a legend is no easy
task. Some would argue it is impossible. I attended Barry Bonds'
somber last game. Watching Fred Lewis trot out to replace Bonds
in the eighth inning of a lop-sided Padres win was like
preparing for a long winter. And indeed it has been.   Granted,
the Giants won a title with the big-salty-stop-gap-Pat Burrell
(that sentence is awful in so many ways). There continues to be
an emptiness to left field, as the memories of Bonds persist
like an old high school flame  So until we are smelling
someone's new perfume in left field here is what can be done. 
What NOT To Do  Not pursue Carlos Beltran.  If Herm Edwards were
a baseball analyst he would say something really smart here,
like, "To win the GAME you have to score more RUNS!" Yes, the
Giants do need to score more runs