Sunday, February 22, 2004
TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN...
Well, Bob Finnigan does...
HEADLINE: "Mariners might have pursued A-Rod"
The Mariners say they would have jumped in, spikes up, if they had known the Texas Rangers would be so generous in getting rid of the former Seattle shortstop.
Asked if Seattle would have gone after Rodriguez, Mariners president Chuck Armstrong called it "a no-brainer."
It's a no-brainer among most of the Mariner Blognation that Chuck Armstrong is a moron.
Why didn't the Mariners try to work out a deal like that with the Rangers?
"We would have, but we had no idea Tom Hicks would take on that much money," Armstrong said of the Texas owner. "After seeing the Red Sox unable to work out a deal, we didn't think Hicks would want to pay that much. In fact, our reports were that he wasn't willing to take on that much money."
Hey Chuck...
TOM HICKS IS NOT GOING TO TRADE ALEX RODRIGUEZ TO A DIVISION RIVAL!!!
However, with Hicks paying some $67 million of the $179 million still owed A-Rod, the deal the Yankees got is much more feasible.
"But it's all academic for us," Lincoln said this week. "Obviously, Hicks was not going to move Rodriguez to another team in the division."
No kidding, Howard.
Could this front office actually stick their foots in their mouths even further?
Finnigan then goes on to speculate that the Mariners could be interested in new Texas Ranger IF Alfonso Soriano. You may remember that the M's were rumored to swap Jose Paniagua to the Yankees for Soriano 2 years ago. But of course, that didn't happen.
Soriano is not going to be a Mariner. There's no way in hell that the Rangers would trade a player like Soriano to a division rival.
But remember who the Mariners general manager is:
"I can't say yes or no," Seattle general manager Bill Bavasi said when asked if he'd be talking to Texas about any newly acquired players. "I sure wouldn't say no, since we will be talking to them, because we will talk to every club this spring."
I'm afraid. Very afraid.
You should be as well.
Oh, just to sum up the Alex "might have been a Mariner once again" story.....
It was a waste of ink. The Seattle Times should be ashamed of themselves for running that piece of crap story in their Sunday newspaper.
Carry on...
HEADLINE: "Mariners might have pursued A-Rod"
The Mariners say they would have jumped in, spikes up, if they had known the Texas Rangers would be so generous in getting rid of the former Seattle shortstop.
Asked if Seattle would have gone after Rodriguez, Mariners president Chuck Armstrong called it "a no-brainer."
It's a no-brainer among most of the Mariner Blognation that Chuck Armstrong is a moron.
Why didn't the Mariners try to work out a deal like that with the Rangers?
"We would have, but we had no idea Tom Hicks would take on that much money," Armstrong said of the Texas owner. "After seeing the Red Sox unable to work out a deal, we didn't think Hicks would want to pay that much. In fact, our reports were that he wasn't willing to take on that much money."
Hey Chuck...
TOM HICKS IS NOT GOING TO TRADE ALEX RODRIGUEZ TO A DIVISION RIVAL!!!
However, with Hicks paying some $67 million of the $179 million still owed A-Rod, the deal the Yankees got is much more feasible.
"But it's all academic for us," Lincoln said this week. "Obviously, Hicks was not going to move Rodriguez to another team in the division."
No kidding, Howard.
Could this front office actually stick their foots in their mouths even further?
Finnigan then goes on to speculate that the Mariners could be interested in new Texas Ranger IF Alfonso Soriano. You may remember that the M's were rumored to swap Jose Paniagua to the Yankees for Soriano 2 years ago. But of course, that didn't happen.
Soriano is not going to be a Mariner. There's no way in hell that the Rangers would trade a player like Soriano to a division rival.
But remember who the Mariners general manager is:
"I can't say yes or no," Seattle general manager Bill Bavasi said when asked if he'd be talking to Texas about any newly acquired players. "I sure wouldn't say no, since we will be talking to them, because we will talk to every club this spring."
I'm afraid. Very afraid.
You should be as well.
Oh, just to sum up the Alex "might have been a Mariner once again" story.....
It was a waste of ink. The Seattle Times should be ashamed of themselves for running that piece of crap story in their Sunday newspaper.
Carry on...
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