The thread of the winter .... buried in a Scott Boras title. In a tribute to Mariner Central, I'll just leave this as a sort of chat thread :- )
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I was gonna just say, "What DaddyO said," especially as regards the props to Sandy. I like his concession that the "homegrown = soul is intriguing." Intriguing is what I'd call that idea.
Then I was gonna say, "what Beni said," that Luis Sojo is a heart-and-soul part of Mariner fan lore .... as is Joey Cora, of course, who was a White Sock (and first a Padre) but who was part of the heartbeat of the 1995 M's. Anybody living in Seattle going to deny that Cora is a Mariner?
Beni re-directed to the East Coast bias that, lately, has become really flagrant. Everybody gets FA Xmas except the Mariners, and then when they try to join in, the SSI board at times even backs up ESPN in excoriating the attempt...
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Then I was gonna say "What G Said" because his point is unanswerable. The Mariners have many fewer imported quality players than their rivals.
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At bottom, Sandy's point stands, for me -- it's a lot more fun to root for players you "helped" get to where they are. :- )
And along with that understanding, give me 8 years of Prince Fielder, please.
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