Tuesday, April 06, 2004
LONG GONE OPENING DAY
For the third straight season, your Seattle Mariners have lost on Opening Day.
The Mariners are not going to go 0-162, so just stop thinking about that right now. But today's game is the reason why most of the Mariners blogosphere were questioning the M's this offseason. Raul Ibanez? He was 1-for-3, but looked pretty mediocre out in left field. Rich Aurilia? He was 1-for-4, but committed an error in the 1st inning. Opening Day jitters, perhaps? Maybe.
But there's a reason why most of us were in a bashful mood this offseason.
The Mariners did not improve. While the Angels and A's got better (Mark Kotsay >>> Terrance Long), the M's just decided to go the "get a bunch of gritty guys" route. Speaking of gritty guys, Scott Spiezio is out for a few weeks, not months, because of his back. I won't bash Spiezio too much, because quite frankly, I'd much rather see him at third base than Willie Bloomquist.
Speaking of Bloomquist, he scored the M's 1st run, albeit in lucky fashion. But of course, Terry Mosher gave the local boy a double. Figures. I'm sure there's people on the ferry ride back to Bremerton just happy as hell about Bloomquist's first RBI this season. Yay.
But what really pissed me off today while listening to the game was the fact that Kevin Jarvis made an appearance. M's brass, just eat the goddamn money, OK? Kevin Jarvis is a joke. He has no business being on a major league roster at this time. Especially on a "contending" team's roster.
The 2004 Mariner marketing slogan is just going to be a hit this year, I can feel it. Already today, I've used it about 8 times.
Jose Molina really got all of it today. So did Troy Glaus. Twice.
But hey now, it's only one game, right? Just as long as the M's are able to sell just enough blankets and yellow hats, everything will be fine, right?
Well, not when there will be less than 30,000 at the Safe Wednesday night.
The Mariners are not going to go 0-162, so just stop thinking about that right now. But today's game is the reason why most of the Mariners blogosphere were questioning the M's this offseason. Raul Ibanez? He was 1-for-3, but looked pretty mediocre out in left field. Rich Aurilia? He was 1-for-4, but committed an error in the 1st inning. Opening Day jitters, perhaps? Maybe.
But there's a reason why most of us were in a bashful mood this offseason.
The Mariners did not improve. While the Angels and A's got better (Mark Kotsay >>> Terrance Long), the M's just decided to go the "get a bunch of gritty guys" route. Speaking of gritty guys, Scott Spiezio is out for a few weeks, not months, because of his back. I won't bash Spiezio too much, because quite frankly, I'd much rather see him at third base than Willie Bloomquist.
Speaking of Bloomquist, he scored the M's 1st run, albeit in lucky fashion. But of course, Terry Mosher gave the local boy a double. Figures. I'm sure there's people on the ferry ride back to Bremerton just happy as hell about Bloomquist's first RBI this season. Yay.
But what really pissed me off today while listening to the game was the fact that Kevin Jarvis made an appearance. M's brass, just eat the goddamn money, OK? Kevin Jarvis is a joke. He has no business being on a major league roster at this time. Especially on a "contending" team's roster.
The 2004 Mariner marketing slogan is just going to be a hit this year, I can feel it. Already today, I've used it about 8 times.
Jose Molina really got all of it today. So did Troy Glaus. Twice.
But hey now, it's only one game, right? Just as long as the M's are able to sell just enough blankets and yellow hats, everything will be fine, right?
Well, not when there will be less than 30,000 at the Safe Wednesday night.
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