Geoff Baker has a decent, and balanced, post on the construction of the historically inept offense of the 2011 Seattle Mariners (unfortunately, my preferred team playing "baseball" since 1977). Placing the current edition of the Mariners into historical context, Baker offers us this to assuage...
gross ineptitude
How the hell does Phil Cuzzi keep his job? [Some more highlights.]
Personal to all Flames General Managers: No more multi-player deals with the Leafs in which you give up the best player. Ever again. What the hell.
When I posted about the latest Twins choke against the Yankees below, I wasn't even aware of Phil Cuzzi's attempts to resemble a major league umpire. Which reminds me that I meant to quote Joe Sheehan:Inge also made some very strong defensive plays in the...
I know it's been your mission to do what you can to degrade baseball coverage, but isn't failing to broadcast the only game with postseason significance in order to show.
Sad, but true:Kansas City Royals - Acquired Nothing from the Seattle Mariners for P Daniel Cortes, P Derrick Saito, and the right to not have IF Yuniesky Betancourt on the.
I've long complained about the de facto "every play is a force play" rule that seems to prevail among too many umpires. But I think this is the first time I've seen this laziness and incompetence defended so explicitly. At least Ques Tec might stop...
Omar Minaya's failure to understand the concept of "sunk costs" and hence to not sign Orlando Hudson to replace Luis Castillo -- the gift that keeps on giving.
Fox's MLB coverage is so abysmal that it inclines me to some charity towards TBS -- fewer nose hair and E-list celebrity shots, less Tim McCarver, you have to give.
Dave Cameron asserts that the Bedard-for-pretty-much-every-decent-prospect-the-Mariners-have-recently-produced deal is "[i]n terms of results...easily the worst trade in franchise history." As stated, I think this is clearly wrong. Jones had a pretty good year for his age and position, but there's no way that in terms of...
95 games into the season, the deep and wide flaws of the organization known as the Seattle Mariners baseball club have been cruelly exposed to the world. At 37-58, they.
I dunno, if Rumsfeld really wanted to get back at McCain, wouldn't he prominently endorse him and suggest that we'd see similar foreign policy under a McCain administration no matter.