Thursday, January 01, 2004
NEW YEAR, SAME BAD-VASI
Here's the little P-I blip that is up about Rich Aurilia supposedly being close to signing with Seattle (citing the ever-popular "well-placed source"). Also mentioned is that Seattle may take prospects in exchange for Guillen. Great. The Mariners take on more salary, and then proceed to take on more prospects (knowing Bavasi, he'll probably ask for a bunch of arms as opposed to the badly-needed position players), and the prospects will be forever marooned in the minor-league system because Bavasi is busy signing a bunch of over-30 washed-up hacks.
Okay, I'm only linking the hated Darrin Beene (a.k.a. Larry LaRue's bitch) because he blows some Geoff Jenkins smoke related to Guillen's being run out of town. Oliver Beene (is that show still on the air?) notes that Bavasi is conveniently out of town until next week, which as we all know, is a great way to do business. Anyway, the article says that the Tigers and the Royce Clayton-less Brewers may want Guillen, and of course the Brewers have Jenkins on the block. Though Jenkins was born in Olympia, the bad news here is that he's 29 (NOT 30+), has a great glove, and is a lefty bat with power. Since picking up Jenkins (somehow, maybe not with this exact move) would make sense, there's no way in hell Bavasi would get Jenkins. Plus, it would mean that Bavasi would have to admit he made a mistake by signing (and overpaying) Ibanez, because let's face it, Ibanez and his stone glove wouldn't get any playing time with Geoff Jenkins and his rocket arm on the team...then again, I did forget for a moment there that BOB MELVIN is the manager of this team. That reminds me...
Opening day lineup:
Olerud 1B
Ugueto SS
Wilson C
McCracken DH
Ibanez LF
Spiezio 3B
Winn CF
Ichiro RF
Boone 2B
I'm totally joking here, but then again, there's that 0.0000000001% of me in the back of my mind that says, "hey, maybe there will be a day where Crack hits cleanup, Ichiro and Boone are batting 8th and 9th, and Edgar is left out of the lineup altogether, even though he's healthy..." You know how much of a kick I just got when I typed in Olerud for leadoff? Oh man, just hilarious. You should try it sometime, you really should. And Wilson hitting third. HAAHAAAA!!
Okay, I'm only linking the hated Darrin Beene (a.k.a. Larry LaRue's bitch) because he blows some Geoff Jenkins smoke related to Guillen's being run out of town. Oliver Beene (is that show still on the air?) notes that Bavasi is conveniently out of town until next week, which as we all know, is a great way to do business. Anyway, the article says that the Tigers and the Royce Clayton-less Brewers may want Guillen, and of course the Brewers have Jenkins on the block. Though Jenkins was born in Olympia, the bad news here is that he's 29 (NOT 30+), has a great glove, and is a lefty bat with power. Since picking up Jenkins (somehow, maybe not with this exact move) would make sense, there's no way in hell Bavasi would get Jenkins. Plus, it would mean that Bavasi would have to admit he made a mistake by signing (and overpaying) Ibanez, because let's face it, Ibanez and his stone glove wouldn't get any playing time with Geoff Jenkins and his rocket arm on the team...then again, I did forget for a moment there that BOB MELVIN is the manager of this team. That reminds me...
Opening day lineup:
Olerud 1B
Ugueto SS
Wilson C
McCracken DH
Ibanez LF
Spiezio 3B
Winn CF
Ichiro RF
Boone 2B
I'm totally joking here, but then again, there's that 0.0000000001% of me in the back of my mind that says, "hey, maybe there will be a day where Crack hits cleanup, Ichiro and Boone are batting 8th and 9th, and Edgar is left out of the lineup altogether, even though he's healthy..." You know how much of a kick I just got when I typed in Olerud for leadoff? Oh man, just hilarious. You should try it sometime, you really should. And Wilson hitting third. HAAHAAAA!!
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