Seattle Sports Insider

Slow, Slower and Slowest

Q. Why do you say that 83 mph vs 86 mph doesn't mean much? Sounds like a cop-out.

A. 'Cop-out' has the connotation of 'intending to avoid responsibility.' :- )

Ian Snell's Velo Crash, Aug 22

=== James Hetfield Nothing Else Matters, Dept. ===

Ian Snell's Platoon Splits

FLIP: Jon with another of his patented pitch-flight graphs, this one on Snell.

Snell and French locked an' loaded

FLIP: French is supposed to be help for 2009, huh?

Mid-summer Review: CF / COF / Conclusions

Pictured at right, Gutierrez going all out and very nearly derailing JZ's plans for world domination. The centerpiece of the J.J.

We now turn our attention to the left side of the infield. At an organizational level, we were never as weak at third base as people perceived, nor was the shortstop position of strength at any time in the last several years, including today However, the team has made a number of moves recently to try to address problems at both positions.

Mid-summer Review: C / 1B / 2B

See the mid-summer review for pitching if you're looking for the full explanation for how I grade players. We will continue this series with a breakdown of the right side of the Mariner infield and Seattle's backstops.

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Pepper, Aug 1

Flip: The rotation is announced as Vargas - Felix - Snell - RRS - and either Olson or French.