Thursday, February 05, 2004
SO CLOSE......
YET SO FAR AWAY!
To stay on the same theme, I can't go for that...no, noooooooo, no can do:
"We called soon after the (Kazuhiro) Sasaki departure was confirmed (freeing up salary money for Seattle), but apparently he'd gone down the road quite a bit with Boston," Mariners general manager Bill Bavasi said. "Because he'd gone down the road with Boston, we had to be aggressive. I'm pretty sure our offer was better than theirs."
Seattle's offer reportedly was $1.25 million.
"His wife's family is from Connecticut, and he's played there before," Bavasi said. "So there was no changing (his mind). We were close, though."
The Mariners are left searching for an impact bench player. An injury to Martinez would leave them with Quinton McCracken (.227, no homers in 2003) as their best DH option. Just two weeks before camp opens, is the right player available?
"We hope so," Bavasi said. "If there is, we'll try to find one."
Great. Just fricking great.
Two weeks before pitchers and catchers report, we, as M's fans, are still worrying about trying to find a decent bat for the bench. It's not that I'm setting my standards very low by saying "decent bat", it's that a "decent bat" would automatically make the M's bench better than what it is right now. Boy, I'm sure Mike Scioscia is shaking when Dave Hansen comes up to pinch hit for John Olerud.
Did I mention here at Sports and B's that we have a fricking moron for a general manager? Oh wait, I said that about our root beer barrel choking manager. Well, now I've said it about Bill Bavasi.
Well, as for that "decent bat", there's always Jeff Reboulet. He's 76 years old, and hell, it's not like the Mariners need to get any younger here. Give him a 3-year deal, why the hell not?
Can this offseason get any worse?
Sure it can. The season doesn't start for another two months.
To stay on the same theme, I can't go for that...no, noooooooo, no can do:
"We called soon after the (Kazuhiro) Sasaki departure was confirmed (freeing up salary money for Seattle), but apparently he'd gone down the road quite a bit with Boston," Mariners general manager Bill Bavasi said. "Because he'd gone down the road with Boston, we had to be aggressive. I'm pretty sure our offer was better than theirs."
Seattle's offer reportedly was $1.25 million.
"His wife's family is from Connecticut, and he's played there before," Bavasi said. "So there was no changing (his mind). We were close, though."
The Mariners are left searching for an impact bench player. An injury to Martinez would leave them with Quinton McCracken (.227, no homers in 2003) as their best DH option. Just two weeks before camp opens, is the right player available?
"We hope so," Bavasi said. "If there is, we'll try to find one."
Great. Just fricking great.
Two weeks before pitchers and catchers report, we, as M's fans, are still worrying about trying to find a decent bat for the bench. It's not that I'm setting my standards very low by saying "decent bat", it's that a "decent bat" would automatically make the M's bench better than what it is right now. Boy, I'm sure Mike Scioscia is shaking when Dave Hansen comes up to pinch hit for John Olerud.
Did I mention here at Sports and B's that we have a fricking moron for a general manager? Oh wait, I said that about our root beer barrel choking manager. Well, now I've said it about Bill Bavasi.
Well, as for that "decent bat", there's always Jeff Reboulet. He's 76 years old, and hell, it's not like the Mariners need to get any younger here. Give him a 3-year deal, why the hell not?
Can this offseason get any worse?
Sure it can. The season doesn't start for another two months.
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