I don't mind the defending World Series manager favoring his own players in marginal cases, but seriously, Jason Varitek? What a disgrace. I mean, he was a fine player for a long time, but he's turned into Brad Ausmus without the arm. Well, maybe he'll...
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Interesting discussion about Omar Vizquel here. Some thoughts on the two questions:On the Hall of Fame issue, the conclusion of the more analytical observers seems right to me. I hate.
I saw my first ever Mets/Yankees game yesterday, and it certainly sucked although my section didn't have the fights that apparently happened in other sections. Especially with the effect of.
Apparently all the Mariners needed was a trip to Shea Stadium, which suddenly turned R.A. Dickey into Phil Niekro. (And it's hard to even bring up Wright being out of the lineup, given that Tatis was 3-4.)
Calling all toasters claims that the Mets are grossly underachieving and that "the personnel is better this year than in 2006." Kaufman and Sheehan disagree. It seems pretty clear to.
This is about right. I can certainly understand firing Randolph last month; the team (after a historic choke) has underachieved on balance this year, although this is at least as.
Bill Bavasi mercifully fired. It makes sense; charitably assuming that the Mariners may try to find a major league manager at some point this season, you want a new GM to do the search.Of course, the post title isn't strictly accurate until we find out...
If 2004 comes back, I'm sure he'll be very effective. And between him and Moises the Mets should have at least 20% of their remaining LF games covered.Actually, all snark.
Nixonland has enough writing about arson to satisfy me without having to watch the Mets's bullpen. It's unfortunate, but it's hard to see Randolph surviving too many more of these.
I'm surprised that this has come up in Seattle...Most of the time, a kiss is just a kiss in the stands at Seattle Mariners games. The crowd hardly even pays attention when fans smooch.But last week, a lesbian complained that an usher at Safeco Field...
It's hard to get much worse than getting swept at home by an Angels team without Guerrero (and not pitching Lackey). But I'm sure McLaren and company can find a.
I am pleased that I resisted the temptation to trade Josh Hamilton straight up for Derek Jeter.Incidentally, what kind of mojo was applied to the ink of the Hamilton-Volquez deal.