Saturday, February 28, 2004
HAMATE AND EGGS
Andriesen weighs in with a notebook article...
Chris Snelling now has the secondmost famous broken hamate bone in Mariner history, just behind Ken Griffey Jr when he broke the ol' hamate bone after fouling off an Erik Hanson (Toronto-era) pitch back in 1996. Junior missed six weeks and homered in his third at-bat after coming back, off the immensely-hated-by-me Jason Grimsley. We here at Sports and B's have constantly blamed third-base coach Dave Myers for anything wrong that occurs involving Snelling, and will continue to do so. One question I am now asking myself is this: who is the more frustrating constantly-injured Mariner prospect: Chris Snelling or Ryan Anderson? Don't think too long about it, it's not really that important. Also closely related but not related at all to the hamate bone is the word "hamstring" (ref. Edgar).
Also in the article is Ichiro's refusal to do AP photos with photog Elaine Thompson due to contentions over what were and weren't suitable locker-room type photos. I know it's somewhat unrelated, but when I think of locker rooms and female reporters, I think of the Sam Wyche incident from long ago. Here is a broader little article with a Wyche reference.
There's some Aaron Boone-to-Seattle speculation in the article. Of course, if the Mariners are stupid enough to bring on Olerud past 2004, sign Aaron Boone, and still keep Scott Spiezio on the roster with the contract that he has (something that wouldn't have entered my mind until Bill Bavasi came to Seattle), then that moment back in summer ball where I lost a fly ball above the lights (night game at Legion Field in B-town) in left field and the ball landed twenty feet behind me doesn't look so stupid. Of course, Aaron on the roster along with Spiezio and Olerud could be possible next year, because an overpaid DH (instead of a DH named Edgar) would be involved. Of course, if I were involved in any of this, Ibanez and Spiezio would have never been brought on and Richie Sexson would suit up for the Mariners in 2005.
In the MASH unit, we have AJ Zapp with eight stitches on the upper lip after a ball went off his helmet and onto said lip. Eddie Guardado is feeling pain behind the left knee. Pat Borders, well, this happened. And yes, the photo is by the Ichiro-disliked Elaine Thompson.
And in the part of the story that nobody gives a crap about (and that showed up on the AP wire article too) is the part about Bob Melvin's daughter holding an Oscar party back at the house in Cave Creek. I don't have much to say about it, other than I hope David Wells doesn't follow Bob Melvin home in an unmarked car and try to sneak a keg into the party. I also hope for everyone's sake that R Kelly and DeShawn Stevenson are far, far, far, far away. (Yeah, it's sarcasm, y'all. Just had to go for the R Kelly and DeShawn line.)
Chris Snelling now has the secondmost famous broken hamate bone in Mariner history, just behind Ken Griffey Jr when he broke the ol' hamate bone after fouling off an Erik Hanson (Toronto-era) pitch back in 1996. Junior missed six weeks and homered in his third at-bat after coming back, off the immensely-hated-by-me Jason Grimsley. We here at Sports and B's have constantly blamed third-base coach Dave Myers for anything wrong that occurs involving Snelling, and will continue to do so. One question I am now asking myself is this: who is the more frustrating constantly-injured Mariner prospect: Chris Snelling or Ryan Anderson? Don't think too long about it, it's not really that important. Also closely related but not related at all to the hamate bone is the word "hamstring" (ref. Edgar).
Also in the article is Ichiro's refusal to do AP photos with photog Elaine Thompson due to contentions over what were and weren't suitable locker-room type photos. I know it's somewhat unrelated, but when I think of locker rooms and female reporters, I think of the Sam Wyche incident from long ago. Here is a broader little article with a Wyche reference.
There's some Aaron Boone-to-Seattle speculation in the article. Of course, if the Mariners are stupid enough to bring on Olerud past 2004, sign Aaron Boone, and still keep Scott Spiezio on the roster with the contract that he has (something that wouldn't have entered my mind until Bill Bavasi came to Seattle), then that moment back in summer ball where I lost a fly ball above the lights (night game at Legion Field in B-town) in left field and the ball landed twenty feet behind me doesn't look so stupid. Of course, Aaron on the roster along with Spiezio and Olerud could be possible next year, because an overpaid DH (instead of a DH named Edgar) would be involved. Of course, if I were involved in any of this, Ibanez and Spiezio would have never been brought on and Richie Sexson would suit up for the Mariners in 2005.
In the MASH unit, we have AJ Zapp with eight stitches on the upper lip after a ball went off his helmet and onto said lip. Eddie Guardado is feeling pain behind the left knee. Pat Borders, well, this happened. And yes, the photo is by the Ichiro-disliked Elaine Thompson.
And in the part of the story that nobody gives a crap about (and that showed up on the AP wire article too) is the part about Bob Melvin's daughter holding an Oscar party back at the house in Cave Creek. I don't have much to say about it, other than I hope David Wells doesn't follow Bob Melvin home in an unmarked car and try to sneak a keg into the party. I also hope for everyone's sake that R Kelly and DeShawn Stevenson are far, far, far, far away. (Yeah, it's sarcasm, y'all. Just had to go for the R Kelly and DeShawn line.)
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