Thursday, December 18, 2003
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
YIKES!!!
Freddy Garcia to the White Sox for Jose Valentin.
JOSE FRIGGIN VALENTIN???
I swear to god, I can't make this crap up if I tried. Valentin has a little pop, but come on, the guy sucks ass. To think that Garcia could actually be dealt for a piece of crap like Valentin is just assinine to me. But these are the Bill Bavasi Seattle Mariners.
And for Tim at Mariner Talk, I don't think the majority of the Mariner Blognation is feeling "woe is me" at all, nor are we being impatient. We should expect this ballclub to be better than they have been the last two seasons. And sadly, right now, it doesn't look like the Mariners will be a playoff team. Hell, I think they could be a 85-77 team in 2004. But anything can happen, who knows.
BTW, for all of the Mariner apologists, just check out these words from Art Thiel:
In short, the Mariners need to deal with it, particularly if they have no plans -- despite their financial success -- to run with the big dogs in New York, Boston and, suddenly, Baltimore.
They don't, with yesterday's one exception, want to pay premium dollars, and they don't want high-maintenance personalities.
But if those limits mean exclusively a roster of 25 Oleruds, Ichiros, Wilsons and Winns, it suggests the goal is not the World Series but recognition as the Boy Scouts' 93-win team of the century.
Art says it all. And I'm just left with nothing else to say after that. Good night.
"KILL" BILL: JOSE VALENTIN IS OVER 30...CARLOS IS NOT
Freddy Garcia to the White Sox for Jose Valentin.
JOSE FRIGGIN VALENTIN???
I swear to god, I can't make this crap up if I tried. Valentin has a little pop, but come on, the guy sucks ass. To think that Garcia could actually be dealt for a piece of crap like Valentin is just assinine to me. But these are the Bill Bavasi Seattle Mariners.
And for Tim at Mariner Talk, I don't think the majority of the Mariner Blognation is feeling "woe is me" at all, nor are we being impatient. We should expect this ballclub to be better than they have been the last two seasons. And sadly, right now, it doesn't look like the Mariners will be a playoff team. Hell, I think they could be a 85-77 team in 2004. But anything can happen, who knows.
BTW, for all of the Mariner apologists, just check out these words from Art Thiel:
In short, the Mariners need to deal with it, particularly if they have no plans -- despite their financial success -- to run with the big dogs in New York, Boston and, suddenly, Baltimore.
They don't, with yesterday's one exception, want to pay premium dollars, and they don't want high-maintenance personalities.
But if those limits mean exclusively a roster of 25 Oleruds, Ichiros, Wilsons and Winns, it suggests the goal is not the World Series but recognition as the Boy Scouts' 93-win team of the century.
Art says it all. And I'm just left with nothing else to say after that. Good night.
"KILL" BILL: JOSE VALENTIN IS OVER 30...CARLOS IS NOT
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