Tuesday, February 10, 2004
MOLDY GRAVY TRAIN ROLLS ON
Welcome back to Seattle, Terry Mulholland, and welcome to Seattle, Eric freaking Owens.
At least they're just minor-league deals without the pretty-much-guaranteedness of the Villone (Vanilli) deal, but still...
To hell with all of us bitching about the overabundance of players over 30 on this team, because thanks to this Terry Mulholland deal, Bill Bavasi is chasing players on the other side of 40. Much like Ibanez and Villone before him, Mulholland wasn't that good the first time he came through Seattle either.
As for Eric Owens, I read the wire article and see that his .270 average for last year and .264 career average more than likely make him the best hitter off the Mariner bench, and frankly, that tells you just how sad of a situation this is. It also means the Mariners are eating out of Anaheim's garbage. Sure, Quinton McCracken may somehow have a .280 career average, but Eric Owens has been much more consistent over the past five years with his season batting average totals, whereas Crack, well, amassed most of the good batting average numbers in exactly one year.
This from my dad about Mulholland, "that's just stupidity. It seems like every time I see him pitch, he loses!"
And with those words, I end this post. All our fathers are filled with such wisdom, I'm sure.
Baseball -- the ultimate father-son game.
At least they're just minor-league deals without the pretty-much-guaranteedness of the Villone (Vanilli) deal, but still...
To hell with all of us bitching about the overabundance of players over 30 on this team, because thanks to this Terry Mulholland deal, Bill Bavasi is chasing players on the other side of 40. Much like Ibanez and Villone before him, Mulholland wasn't that good the first time he came through Seattle either.
As for Eric Owens, I read the wire article and see that his .270 average for last year and .264 career average more than likely make him the best hitter off the Mariner bench, and frankly, that tells you just how sad of a situation this is. It also means the Mariners are eating out of Anaheim's garbage. Sure, Quinton McCracken may somehow have a .280 career average, but Eric Owens has been much more consistent over the past five years with his season batting average totals, whereas Crack, well, amassed most of the good batting average numbers in exactly one year.
This from my dad about Mulholland, "that's just stupidity. It seems like every time I see him pitch, he loses!"
And with those words, I end this post. All our fathers are filled with such wisdom, I'm sure.
Baseball -- the ultimate father-son game.
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