Arms spending is top priority in 2012 budget;GIANTS’ OUTLOOK

Giants fans who are daydreamingabout Albert Pujols or Prince Fielder manning first base atAT&T Park next season need to dial back their expectations,judging from the message that general manager Brian Sabeantelegraphed Thursday. Priority One for the Giants , after a season in which theyscored a paltry 570 runs, is not throwing money at one of thepremier hitters on the free-agent market, but devising a financialplan for keeping one of the game's best pitching staffs intact. Only then, Sabean said, can he look at the remaining dollars andsee what they can buy on the market. "Once you build that model of what you're going to spend, andspecifically with our pitching staff, then you decide what theoutside world can bring," said Sabean, who has no illusions aboutthe amount of dough h