Q: What do you do with Jeff Clement? You've got absolute embargoes going on at 1B and DH island.
A:
You say you'll change the constitution
Well, you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well, you know
You better freeeeeeeee your mind insteeee--heeaaaaaad
But if you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
all right, all right
Sandy, as always, provides a crunchy return of serve on the wisdom of signing Branyan. And it's a good thing, too, because it's an IMPORTANT decision for the Mariners. Either way. I'm sure their saber staff will cut this one into a googolplex pieces.
First off, Dr. D is talking a 2-year extension, plus club option with $1-2M buyout, not 3 years hard on the barrelhead. My first post didn't say that. The root cause of this error was that my first post was at 4:00 in the morning. :- ) But as you know, the secondary cause is just that my post was written by a moron.
=== RUSSELL BRANYAN, SIZZLER ===
We all know that Mr. Three True Outcomes is hitting .300/.400/.600 in fulltime play. We also know that he's got a BABIP near .400 -- despite playing in a park that devastates BABIP ...
... for most players. (Speaking of most players in Safeco, were you aware that Rauuuuuul is STILL slugging over .700?)
Our QUESTION is, how good can Branyan be when hitting in normal luck, and for how long? Is he a player you can win your next pennant with?
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=== To MORRRRRow, To MORRRRRow Dept. ===
As with Brandon Morrow's career to date, this 80-year-old song works beautifully -- provided you are a viewing it as a 4-year-old child on an ice cream bender:
The sun'll come out
Tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar
That tomorrow
There'll be sun!
Just thinkin' about
Tomorrow
Clears away the cobwebs,
And the sorrow
'Til there's none!
When I'm stuck a day
That's gray,
And lonely,
I just stick out my chin
And Grin,
And Say,
Oh!
Geoff Baker has a very fine feel for the game of baseball. Once again he puts his finger on the most important issues that face the Mariners going for
After the M's got Felix five runs and lost the game to their division rivals, Wakamatsu was furious. Give him credit for his professional social veneer, but his anger was palpable even on the radio.
One of the things that Wok talked about, was Felix putting little or no effort into holding runners -- and it was exactly this same frame-of-mind that had Felix grabbing the ball and throwing it without an idea. He was evidently in a lazy-brain mode.
... well, the moment that somebody coughs up a young player that you think you can win your next pennant with. :- )
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Sandy points out that the Brad Nelson signing could improve positioning unto an Adrian Beltre trade:
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=== PTI, Ackley at 2B ===
Mt Grizzly finds the idea decidedly too optimistic:
I love the optimistic angle as much as the next guy but...if the only examples that one can find where this type of move has worked are HOF-level guys, then I'm not sure how applicable it is.
Different stadiums, albeit about 500 yards apart, I went to games of each sport in Seattle back to back to see what all the fuss was about the Seattle Sounders and if a Mariner's game was worth its price tag.
CrustyJuggler pointed out Gammons' report regarding Ackley's potential at second base. What gives the story traction is that Jack Zduriencik likes the idea.
