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Yes that was verbatim from Drayer's writeup. The full text below. What is most maddening is this "everybody has a budget they have to work within" nonsense. Attendance is up 2,000 a night this year, which I am certain they did not budget for because the lowest paid attendance night so far this year is comparable to the worst nights of last year, meaning they did not sell any further season tickets in the offseason. Ergo, they clearly have unexpected revenue from more single game sales, that should offer the type of flexibility they needed to sign Morales. Furthermore, Hart is not hitting his incentives so that is even more slack in the "budget".
This falling all over himself to publicly "thank ownership" for spending extra petty cash they have lying around...churns my stomach, to see a tough old guy like Z having to grovel like that. But I guess that's the Mariners kabuki.
Is he still in active talks for another bat or is this the move?
"It's a move right now. You never know what is going to happen. I have got to thank ownership for allowing us to do this. They have said all along if we get a chance where we think we are in it, then we are going to give you the resources, in this particular case they stepped up and this was great. I really, really appreciate it, we all appreciate it. My hat is off to them. I don't know what else will happen, we will continue conversations. Everybody has a budget that they have to work within and I think what they have done is, we want to stay in this thing and we want to be in the playoffs. We will see what happens. I do have discussions with other clubs about a lot of different things. Who knows what's around the corner. I don't have that answer right now."
http://mynorthwest.com/374/2572224/Zduriencik-on-Morales-Taylor-and-more...