I’m wicked good in Canada
Based on a little back and forth over at the Facebook page I had with some readers, I thought it was high time we took a look at Michael Saunders and just what we might expect from him in 2011.
First, the good: Michael Saunders has a really quite impressive resume when it comes to hitting in the minor leagues. Over six seasons in the minor leagues, …
My practice swings are impeccable
We are stockpiling left handed Spring invitees apparently to try the “scared straight” technique on Michael Saunders.
The M’s have picked up Gabe Gross on a minor league deal with an invitation to Spring Training.
Where Jody Gerut was somewhat ho-hum, Gabe Gross is, well, eh… his Mother thinks he’s damn handsome!
There was something to write about Jody Gerut other than being a pretty good outfielder. Gabe Gross …
News is so thin that you get a post on Jody Gerut!
In what seems to be the “throw spaghetti on the ceiling and see what sticks” approach to left field, the M’s went out and picked up Jody Gerut on a minor league contract with an invitation to Spring Training. The curious thing about Gerut is he very well could be the starter in left field on opening day or …
As the bitter winter cold takes over most of the country and the poor folks down-under in Australia get slammed by more devastating weather, my mind is starting to dream of Spring Training in Peoria Arizona. I told myself last season that I was not going back to Peoria this year after the awful results from 2010. And with all the anguish in the world, especially in Egypt where …
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The 2011 Mariners look to be a little stronger up the middle defensively. But a team that hit only .236 as team with 101 homeruns in 2010 does not look to be any stronger offensively than it’s predecessor.
Newly acquired Brendan Ryan is a .250-ish hitter with nine career homeruns. Catcher Miguel Olivo hit 14 homeruns last year in the thin air of Denver with the Rockies and he strikes out a lot. The biggest off …
If you haven’t seen this, spend 4+ minutes on it. Great work by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Productions.
News is a little thin right now, so I figured I would highlight something that we can all start to get used to in 2011 from our big offseason acquisition, Miguel Olivo.
Over the last three seasons, Miguel Olivo is slightly better than Jeff Mathis and Rod Barajas in On Base Percentage at .296. Yeah, Mathis and Barajas are widely panned for being black hole’s of OBP.
Two. Ninety. Six.
As in, …
Jeff reporting from Mariners FanFest 2011
http://chapters.sabr.org/nwsabr/home held a meeting in the Ellis pavilion at Safeco from 12-3 pm while the Mariners FanFest was going on. I am a member of SABR and attended this event in anticipation of hearing a lot of rah-rah from Jack Zduriencik the GM as well as his assistants Tony Blengino and Jeff Kingston and Director of Minor League Operations Pedro Grifol.
Sure enough these guys were …
“http://www.youtube.com/embed/qGyPuey-1Jw” Click for rendition of ”What do you do with a drunken Sailor”
It looks like new Mariners skipper ” Hard Edge” Eric Wedge, will have the makings of a rather motley crew when the Sailors who have signed-on for a voyage aboard the 2011 Mariners muster on the field next month in Arizona. Yes indeed now in addition to Milton “Choir Boy” Bradley and Josh ” Peek Aboo” Lueke, the intense …
Jack Zduriencik and Jeff Kingston enter interview room.
Tony Blengino stands to the side. Chuck Armstrong sits on adjacent couch.
Eric Wedge sits unassumingly.
Z: “Now, let me take a wild guess here…you’re Eric, right?”
Wedge: “Yeah”
Z: “Looks like me and Jeff have caught you at your breakfast, sorry about that. What’cha havin?”
Wedge: “Sandwich.”
Z: “Sandwich! The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast! What kind of sandwich?”
Wedge: “Uh, a reduced fat turkey bacon breakfast …
Jack Zduriencik and Jeff Kingston enter interview room.
Tony Blengino stands to the side. Chuck Armstrong sits on adjacent couch.
Eric Wedge sits unassumingly.
Z: “Now, let me take a wild guess here…you’re Eric, right?”
Wedge: “Yeah”
Z: “Looks like me and Jeff have caught you at your breakfast, sorry about that. What’cha havin?”
Wedge: “Sandwich.”
Z: “Sandwich! The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast! What kind of sandwich?”
Wedge: “Uh, a reduced fat turkey bacon breakfast …
Remember Chris Ray? Pretty darn good reliever with the Orioles back in the mid 2000′s (do we refer to the last decade as the aughts?) who could bring some pretty high heat, was awfully difficult to make contact off of, and actually saved 33 games in 2006.
Then his elbow exploded, he had Tommy John surgery, and his high 90′s fastball turned into low 90′s and the sparkling ERA and ridiculous …
In keeping with the “Family-Friendly” business plan that has proved profitable for the Mariners Organization up till this point, The Seattle Mariners will be hosting FanFest this weekend down at Safeco from 11-4 Saturday and Sunday. I will be attending a SABR meeting Saturday at noon at the Elliot pavilion and may pay my 10 bucks as well later in the day to support the team and maybe run around the …
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So it turns out Milton Bradley is a bad guy. Shocker of shockers.
Yeah, we moved him to a friendly (or mildly retarded in some print cases…cough cough, Baker, cough cough) media in Seattle.
We fans, for the most part gave him a big wet hug upon arrival as he was replacing the dead cow named Carlos Silva and at least Milton Bradley was in no way directly related to Bill Bavasi’s …
Unless there’s a whole truck load of cash coming to the Angels, as in $86 million which is owed to Vernon Wells for the next four years, the Wells/Cash for Napoli/Rivera deal is, while not a complete disgrace, just not pretty for Angels fans. (Um…edit…it appears very little money will be exchanging hands. This deal is so bad for the Angels it warms the cockles of my heart. Even the …
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“Five-Star Prospect”“Switch Hitting Justin Morneau”“Top Ten Hitting Prospect in all of Baseball”“Best Hitting Prospect in the Rangers Organization”
All these things have been said about Justin Smoak. Makes you kind of excited as a Mariner fan, doesn’t it?
The inevitable problem are the expectations by fans. Will Justin Smoak be an All-Star first baseman in 2011? Probably not. But there’s a good chance that he will be in the future. So let’s …
In a continuation of the Milton Bradley Saga, news out of LA is that our adopted troubled child has done it again. Allegedly Milton threatened a woman in Van Nuys California, who called the police Tuesday morning. Milton was arrested then released on $50,ooo bail. Milton has a court date set for Feb. 8th and I’m sure has Jack Zduriencik and the Mariners legal team are working overtime pouring over his contract to see …
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Well it looks like this Blog will be returning to its intended role as a Mariners Baseball Blog as a result of the 35-24 loss by the Seahawks in Chicago to the Bears. But hey, it was a great little run Pete Carroll and his boys put together to allow the faithful 12th Man here in Seattle the chance to believe again. Despite the tough loss today, no one can take-away …
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So we take a time out from the hot stove league to wish good luck to the local footballers. Rarely in life do you get a do-over. But today the Seahawks get a chance to avenge their playoff loss 4 years ago (almost to the day!) to the Bears at Soldier Field. To many Seahawk fans that game was more frustrating than the much celebrated Superbowl loss vs the Steelers and the …
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