"Aubrey Huff's employers called him out, publicly and forcefully, and he did not say a peep. He let the criticism of his conditioning hang in the air, like a curveball with no break, and refused to swing. Instead, he went to work.

In his first interview since his disastrous 2011 season, Huff told The Chronicle on Tuesday that general manager Brian Sabean had a right to call him out. He also said he has worked diligently at a well-known training facility in Arizona since mid-November to prepare his body for 2012 to help him give the Giants the production they thought they were buying last winter with a two-year, $22 million contract."