Friday, February 27, 2004
POUR SOME McCRACKEN ON ME...
Because that's what Lincoln's using your beer money for...
To give you a little preview, this is a Go2Guy column from Jim Moore. It involves beer, so it was only fair that a Coug would write this column. You won't believe what has been written here...
"We did not raise beer pricing this year," (Mariners CEO Howard) Lincoln said.
Yes, but the cheapest beer at Safeco Field will still be 5.50. Yikes.
"We provide a fan-friendly atmosphere," Lincoln said. "We have staff people who are trained to watch for excessive drinking. We're not Yankee Stadium and we don't plan to be Yankee Stadium. We don't want to have that kind of environment."
Lincoln said that women and children make up half of the fan base in Seattle, ranking as the largest percentage in baseball.
Well, Howard is right. I've been to Safeco Field numerous times and trust me, it is no Yankee Stadium. Yankee Stadium features October baseball. The Safe? The only action the Safe has received each of the last two Octobers is when the Seahawks are playing at home and the M's decide to hold their little tea parties, excuse me, tailgate parties.
As for the Women and Children...
Well, Van Halen's "Women and Children First" rocks the house. Oh, and when Scott Spiezio makes his 18th error by mid-July, the cradle will rock and hope for Jeff Cirillo to crawl back up Interstate 5. By the way, have you seen Kevin Jarvis' ERA? And I said, puke now.
Lincoln noted that the team's payroll increases every year and that every dollar of profit goes back into the team, whether in player acquisition, player development, scouting or something else.
"The idea that this ownership group is somehow getting a dime out of this business is not true," he said, adding that he wants to win a World Series as much as the fans do.
He also defended overall price structures at Safeco Field, saying: "It's less expensive to go to Mariners games than the Seahawks or Sonics, and it's our job to keep it that way."
Yada, yada, yada.
If the Mariners want to win a World Series as much as the fans do, explain why they didn't do anything and everything possible to sign Vladimir Guerrero or Miguel Tejada? Now, this isn't to say that they should have tried to overpay these guys. But what I am saying is that this franchise is a viable franchise. Yet we have Rich Aurillia, Raul Ibanez, and Scott Spiezio patrolling the left side of the Mariners defense in 2004?
Eeek.
Folks, you simply can't run a baseball team based on luck. Basically, the 2004 Mariners' hopes are riding on whether guys such as Ibanez or Spiezio can have career seasons. I simply don't see this happening.
Oh, as for the "something else" Lincoln mentioned...
How about using it to help build a legitimate space for the Mariners Hall of Fame? That would be great.
He says that he listens to fans and appreciates their opinions, including those who suggest the Mariners need to spend Sasaki's $8 million on an impact player.
"Part of the joy of baseball is that everybody can be a GM," he said. "We should not be concerned when (people) think we should spend it this way or spend it that way. We should be concerned when they don't care."
Actually, the Mariners organization should be concerned.
These guys simply don't realize how bad their P.R. has been. Will they ever learn? Hell, if they are the smart and fiscal businessmen they claim to be, I would hope that they would realize this.
To sum up this column:
I'm simply vexed as to how this brass can continue to sink their P.R. rating even lower.
It's almost like I'm dreaming, but I'm not.
Again, it is a chore to follow this ballclub, because of the collective stupidity of this brass.
To give you a little preview, this is a Go2Guy column from Jim Moore. It involves beer, so it was only fair that a Coug would write this column. You won't believe what has been written here...
"We did not raise beer pricing this year," (Mariners CEO Howard) Lincoln said.
Yes, but the cheapest beer at Safeco Field will still be 5.50. Yikes.
"We provide a fan-friendly atmosphere," Lincoln said. "We have staff people who are trained to watch for excessive drinking. We're not Yankee Stadium and we don't plan to be Yankee Stadium. We don't want to have that kind of environment."
Lincoln said that women and children make up half of the fan base in Seattle, ranking as the largest percentage in baseball.
Well, Howard is right. I've been to Safeco Field numerous times and trust me, it is no Yankee Stadium. Yankee Stadium features October baseball. The Safe? The only action the Safe has received each of the last two Octobers is when the Seahawks are playing at home and the M's decide to hold their little tea parties, excuse me, tailgate parties.
As for the Women and Children...
Well, Van Halen's "Women and Children First" rocks the house. Oh, and when Scott Spiezio makes his 18th error by mid-July, the cradle will rock and hope for Jeff Cirillo to crawl back up Interstate 5. By the way, have you seen Kevin Jarvis' ERA? And I said, puke now.
Lincoln noted that the team's payroll increases every year and that every dollar of profit goes back into the team, whether in player acquisition, player development, scouting or something else.
"The idea that this ownership group is somehow getting a dime out of this business is not true," he said, adding that he wants to win a World Series as much as the fans do.
He also defended overall price structures at Safeco Field, saying: "It's less expensive to go to Mariners games than the Seahawks or Sonics, and it's our job to keep it that way."
Yada, yada, yada.
If the Mariners want to win a World Series as much as the fans do, explain why they didn't do anything and everything possible to sign Vladimir Guerrero or Miguel Tejada? Now, this isn't to say that they should have tried to overpay these guys. But what I am saying is that this franchise is a viable franchise. Yet we have Rich Aurillia, Raul Ibanez, and Scott Spiezio patrolling the left side of the Mariners defense in 2004?
Eeek.
Folks, you simply can't run a baseball team based on luck. Basically, the 2004 Mariners' hopes are riding on whether guys such as Ibanez or Spiezio can have career seasons. I simply don't see this happening.
Oh, as for the "something else" Lincoln mentioned...
How about using it to help build a legitimate space for the Mariners Hall of Fame? That would be great.
He says that he listens to fans and appreciates their opinions, including those who suggest the Mariners need to spend Sasaki's $8 million on an impact player.
"Part of the joy of baseball is that everybody can be a GM," he said. "We should not be concerned when (people) think we should spend it this way or spend it that way. We should be concerned when they don't care."
Actually, the Mariners organization should be concerned.
These guys simply don't realize how bad their P.R. has been. Will they ever learn? Hell, if they are the smart and fiscal businessmen they claim to be, I would hope that they would realize this.
To sum up this column:
I'm simply vexed as to how this brass can continue to sink their P.R. rating even lower.
It's almost like I'm dreaming, but I'm not.
Again, it is a chore to follow this ballclub, because of the collective stupidity of this brass.
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