Let's Pick Up Sides
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Fourth and fifth runs, Wednesday, scored on Sea_Beast's missile into the right-center seats. On the telecast, they said that the 2012 Mariners hit only 8 of 147 (?) home runs to the opposite field. This year it's already 6 of 30.
In other words, last year's ballclub had very little legitimate power. Now it has legitimate (dangerous) power. Granted, that legitimate power is largely Michael Morse. But there's the center fielder, and perhaps Montero soon, and Seager's dangerous.
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Sea_Beast is lining RBI singles up the middle and the other way, is hitting HR's the other way, and is back up to speed. If he stays healthy, what is all y'all's Over/Under for his home run total?
Bill James once said, "if a defensive stat tells you that Johnny Bench is a bad catcher, find a new stat." Dr. D doesn't know much about baseball, but he does know this little bit: if a stat tells you that Michael Morse is not a good baseball player, the stat is mistaken.
Nah, I don't mean to be sour about it. Put it this way, then. Edgar and Boone were good in 2003. In the 10 years since, if you had a pool of all Mariner players available, and we were picking teams, the top picks would probably be
- Ichiro
- Morse
- Rauuul, Sexson, or Gutierrez
I think we should get this one straight. With one legendary exception, Michael Morse is probably the best Mariner player, since Edgar and Boone quit. The perspective on it is easy too: he was a core player for a playoff team last year. Keep in mind the situation he came into.
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Granted, there are two other current players who would also get picked ahead of any other Mariner players from the last decade... :- ) Wow. The Mariners fly into Toronto with MLB(TM) 1, 2, and 4 hitters.
It's been awhile.