=== Baseball (In Seattle) Prospectus Dept. ===
It's never as bleak as it looks during a losing streak. If the M's went 1-9 all year, they'd beat out the Cleveland Spyders for most losses... hey, it was just a slump, kiddies. This team has talent. Starting with Felix and Bedard.
There are games we remember a long time. For Cindy and I there were ... (1) a late 70's, early 80's game in which Tom Paciorek hit a walk-off three-run shot against the Yankees' Goose Gossage (or was it Ron Davis) ...
=== Mr. Magic Closer Dept. ===
I admire David Aardsma's grit. I admire his fastball, too. But let's do notice that the difference between him tonight, and Brandon Morrow the last two nights, is luck.
Fifth inning, even my wife wanted to know what was going on. "That doesn't look like the same pitcher!" She was referring to Jaka's tempo, his body language, and the fact that some of his pitches were not banging off the fence.
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Between the 3rd and 4th innings, Jakubauskas evidently decided he was sick of backing up bases. So he:
Q. Cyber-Seattle is talking Ackley with the M's #2. BB&T quotes a source that says that the Mariners are negotiating a contract, LOL.
Does D-O-V endorse?
You play two months to see what you have, two months to go get what you want, and two months to play for it all. -- Billy Beane
Published after Vargas' first start in 2009. -- jjc.
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=== Could the 1st-Rounders Help? ===
Lonnie with two Texas-chili-robust threads on Phillippe Aumont and Josh Fields. The idea, of course, is to replace Shawn "11 K's and 1 BB" Kelley with somebody talented.
Spec writes,
There is a quantum leap of buzz about Tanner Scheppers rising all the way up to us at #2 after he went four innings of no-hit ball with 6 Ks in his independent league debut. (Churchill apparently has him pegged at #2 now.)
No doubt, IF HEALTHY, he is the one guy who stands out as a clear-cut #2 overall talent. Interested in your thoughts on one or both (with Vargas - jeff).
SSI and ProBall are now consolidated.
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Several questions about how to post came in. We're workin' it. :- ) The new system, I believe, will eventually allow all readers to post front-page stories and has quite a few other features as well. There's always a transition, though...
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1. Under the edit window (where you write your comment) there is an INPUT FORMAT area. Open this and select "Full HTML."
2. Click "Disable Rich Text" (immediately under the edit window).
