Friday, February 27, 2004
IT MUST BE SAID ONCE AGAIN...
Notebook
YER OUTTA HERE! Melvin's first ejection from a game came last spring, but nobody noticed. He complained about balls and strikes during a commercial break of a televised game, was tossed and quietly left. Most people didn't even notice. It was a very Bob Melvin kind of ejection.
Melvin was tossed three times during the regular season, but many accused him of being dispassionate. At the winter meetings, he talked with Oakland manager Ken Macha and discovered his fellow rookie skipper wasn't ejected last season.
He promises to get the thumb at least once this spring, if only to give his coaching staff an opportunity to practice running things without him.
.....that we have a fricking moron for a manager.
Folks, it must be known that this moron cost the Mariners a playoff spot in 2003. Well, it was a little of him and the brass. But holy hell, from the material this winter I've seen about Blow-Mel, I don't have my hopes up about the guy in 2004.
It's not that I hate him for being too laid back.
It's his style of managing.
He would have been better off managing a team such as Detroit or Milwaukee before coming to Seattle. But Blow-Mel is just a nice guy, and boy, the Seattle community just can't have enough good guys.
If there's only one thing you need to know about Bob Melvin, it is this:
His managerial idol is Phil Garner. I rest my case.
YER OUTTA HERE! Melvin's first ejection from a game came last spring, but nobody noticed. He complained about balls and strikes during a commercial break of a televised game, was tossed and quietly left. Most people didn't even notice. It was a very Bob Melvin kind of ejection.
Melvin was tossed three times during the regular season, but many accused him of being dispassionate. At the winter meetings, he talked with Oakland manager Ken Macha and discovered his fellow rookie skipper wasn't ejected last season.
He promises to get the thumb at least once this spring, if only to give his coaching staff an opportunity to practice running things without him.
.....that we have a fricking moron for a manager.
Folks, it must be known that this moron cost the Mariners a playoff spot in 2003. Well, it was a little of him and the brass. But holy hell, from the material this winter I've seen about Blow-Mel, I don't have my hopes up about the guy in 2004.
It's not that I hate him for being too laid back.
It's his style of managing.
He would have been better off managing a team such as Detroit or Milwaukee before coming to Seattle. But Blow-Mel is just a nice guy, and boy, the Seattle community just can't have enough good guys.
If there's only one thing you need to know about Bob Melvin, it is this:
His managerial idol is Phil Garner. I rest my case.
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