The Giants have 32 main partners, including a 10-person executive committee.

Neukom will remain connected to the team at least through next year as chairman emeritus.

Here's a little round-up of what they're saying around the web, put together by Nina Thorsen:

Comcast Sports Bay Area’s Ray Ratto:

"….the cash cow has just kicked over its bucket, and the mad dash to clean the spill and replace the container will be months in the settling."

McCovey Chronicles' Grant Brisbee:

"The griping about the increased payroll seems like it's stingy misers being stingy with the profits they made from the World Series, but it could also be a bunch of people looking at a combined $50 million going to players who were awful this year and thinking, man, this money is being wiped and flushed."

Blogger El Lefty Malo

"Despite the disappointment of the past month and a half, Neukom's Giants Way has been working….. The team's a smart move or two away, plus better injury luck, from being next year's division favorite. Do the rest of the owners, now with Larry Baer installed in Neukom's seat, really want to mess with that?"

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