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is predictably repeating the in vogue mantra-de-WAR and advocating we now punt 2012 and shoot for 2013 instead. Keep our head down, nose to the grindstone with The Plan, and keep chipping at the granite cliff with our Nerf hammer.
Oh, and the premis seems to be that this gorilla move does not seriously degrade our chimpanzee chances in 2013.
Oh, and no need for the M's to response with a more serious financial investment. Apparently the M's fans will flock to Safeco in droves to support a team that will serve as the Washington Nationals to the LAAAA Angels of AAAAnaheim. Because after all, what they come to see is this neat, tidy little plan in which the M's keep payroll modest just to show they are more clever than their competition.
I hear a rumor that the Good Ship thinks it will be enough for the fans for a single-paragraph bullet-pointed outline of the key facets of The Plan to adorn the big screen at the Safe after every loss. Accompanied by a portrait of a guy with the same name as the deceased owner of Wendy's.