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Today was my lucky day. My wife Cheryl and I headed over to one of our favorite restaurants in Long Beach this morning; (a place I mentioned in an earlier post) and while we were waiting be seated, our friend Andy who manages the restaurant told me his father-in-law Roger Jongewaard was just finishing up [...]
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The Seattle Mariners have already been the toast of the 2009-2010 offseason. Perhaps no two trades have been more unanimously lauded than GM Jack Zduriencik’s acquisitions of Cliff Lee from Philadelphia (for three minor leaguers, none of which were big-name prospects) and Milton Bradley from the Cubs (for 250 pounds of eminently releasable pitcher, known [...]
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I don’t know about you, but there are a few things I’m really tired of this off season. First and foremost, I’ve had enough of Johnny Damon watch 2010. Where will Damon go? Will he go back to the Yankees? Will he grow his beard out? Will he eat a ham sandwich today? Good grief. [...]
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If you’re a baseball fan and you’ve never been to Spring Training, you owe it to yourself to go. Trust me on this, you’ll have the time of your life and wonder why it took you so long to get there. If you’re an Angels fan and you live in Southern California, you can easily [...]
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The unlicensed shrinks out there cite the absence of a strong male figure in Bradley’s life as the reason for his maddening behavior; he’s a mommy’s boy, they say. Other people claim he’s just bipolar, an emotional wreck of man who needs a professional’s counsel.
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“Whoa….no way! You ACTUALLY got me an…an iPad?”
“Oh wow, I can’t believe you got me an…HBox?”
“Oh my God, how did you know!?! I was hoping you’d get me a…a Dwindle?”
That was pretty much what it was like hearing about Hendry’s latest ear behind your ear, lame off-season trick in dealing Milton Bradley….clubhouse morale [...]
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Now, the Mariners say they are hopeful Bradley’s nuclear temper will chill a bit under the influence of Grade A characters like Ken Griffey Jr. and Chone Figgins, a recent acquisition. They are also counting on a calmer, more sedate Milton Bradley being a productive Milton Bradley.
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I wondered what was up Zduriencik’s sleeves, and now we know. The Mariners have just traded fat slob pitcher Carlos Silva to the Cubs for Milton Bradley.
Here’s the dealio. Bradley and Silva make essentially the same amount over the next two years, and Milton doesn’t suck. That on it’s own makes the move passable. What makes [...]
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I was listening to the Baseball Today coverage of the Winter Meetings this week. On Tuesday, Peter Pascarelli reported something which surprised me, bur probably shouldn’t have. Seattle GM Jack Zduriencik has told all player representatives that he wants to be “in on” all negotiations. In other words, he wants to be given the opportunity [...]
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