July 2009

Dont underestimate the oldtimersQ.  Washburn can't be having a career year.  Research shows that contract years don't exist.

A.  Well, maybe he isn't having a career year.  That's just my guess.  :- )  I wouldn't bet anything on it that I was afraid to lose.

But this point about false deduction is worth taking a minute.

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If the numbers show that the herd of cows, averaged, don't prefer clover to alfalfa,  and that just as many cows prefer alfalfa ... we conclude that it cannot be the case that Bessie over there prefers clover? Read more

Jack works the market on Wash=== It Ain't Over Till It's Over, Yogi ===

I've leaned against the Washburn trades BECAUSE I was assuming that you'd be getting back org thickener for Washburn. 

I'm not gutpunching the 2009 Mariners to get a couple 21-year-olds who won't make our top 20 prospects. 

The clubhouse has bought into your spiel.  They've swallowed their pride and fallen into line.   Now you're going to nod, satisfied at their submission, rear back, and deliver a thunderous kick to their coconuts?  

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Last Glimpse of WashburnAs fans, we have a tendency to see what is right in front of us at any given time and to give a sort of progressive grade.  We analyze each move and each decision in isolation and we fail to see the bigger picture sometimes.  An example would be the worry in some sectors that we gave up too much pitching depth when we traded for Snell and Wilson, and I’ll explain what I mean further down.  I think it is time we looked at the full organizational depth chart from September 30th, 2008 and from July 30th, 2009 to get a feel for the work Zduriencik has actually done to retool a team that went 61-101 with what would have to be described Read more

Put a little gusto into it, mateQ.  Only 6 K's in 14 innings, but he looks invincible.  How can that be?

A.  On July 29th, RRS took the Jarrod Washburn Sounder Train To 21 Outs.  Take out a sharpened #2 pencil, 'cause it's multiple choice time :- )

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Rowland-Smith got 21 outs, 4 by strikeout.  Of the other 17 outs, how many were grounders?

1) 50%, same as his last game

2) 14

3) 3

4) I heard Dizzy Dean once got mad and told 7 fielders to sit down Read more