Monday, September 22, 2003
NIEHAUS SEZ...
Watching the TV telecast and now listening to the radio telecast of the Mariners, Dave Niehaus has come up with something fun to debate about.
He said that if the Mariners end up being over and done with (let's face it, that was a while ago, but what the hay), the one name they can look back at and frown at is RONDELL WHITE.
Just think for a second how devastating those blows seemed at the time and how even more devastating they seem now. Where have the Mariners been since that point? Until that point, the Mariners seemed almost unstoppable. The first grand slam by White was the first game of the SEA/SD series on June 20 off Jeff Nelson. The second came on June 29 off Arthur Rhodes (yes, it's easy to say this was the after-this-it's-all-downhill point in Rhodes' season) in the last game of the SD/SEA series, in which San Diego took that series thanks to the grand slam 2 games to 1.
Even more sick, the Mariners were 52-28 after losing that final game to the Padres at the Safe (after the east coast road trip, they were 42-19). Since then (not counting tonight's game in Anaheim), the Mariners are 37-39 (47-48 since the eastern swing). Yup, folks, that's sub-.500 baseball for YOUR 2003 SEATTLE MARINERS.
Imagine Mariner PA announcer Tom Hutyler giving you THAT last sentence.
He said that if the Mariners end up being over and done with (let's face it, that was a while ago, but what the hay), the one name they can look back at and frown at is RONDELL WHITE.
Just think for a second how devastating those blows seemed at the time and how even more devastating they seem now. Where have the Mariners been since that point? Until that point, the Mariners seemed almost unstoppable. The first grand slam by White was the first game of the SEA/SD series on June 20 off Jeff Nelson. The second came on June 29 off Arthur Rhodes (yes, it's easy to say this was the after-this-it's-all-downhill point in Rhodes' season) in the last game of the SD/SEA series, in which San Diego took that series thanks to the grand slam 2 games to 1.
Even more sick, the Mariners were 52-28 after losing that final game to the Padres at the Safe (after the east coast road trip, they were 42-19). Since then (not counting tonight's game in Anaheim), the Mariners are 37-39 (47-48 since the eastern swing). Yup, folks, that's sub-.500 baseball for YOUR 2003 SEATTLE MARINERS.
Imagine Mariner PA announcer Tom Hutyler giving you THAT last sentence.
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