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ussmariner.com - 12 hours ago
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Shannon Drayer ends the boredom with some real
news – the Mariners are going to start working
Dustin Ackley out at second base . This is something that had been speculated on pre-draft, as his college coach had publicly said that he though ...
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Dustin Ackley, Second Baseman?
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As a rider to the expected 40-man roster post this evening, Geoff Baker reports that the Mariners are now working out Dustin Ackley at second base . An experiment, Zduriencik calls it, and a similar post at the Tacoma News Tribune Blog adds that the idea was initially floated by Ackley’s ...
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Jakubauskas goes to Pittsburgh, Robert Manuel to Boston, per press releases from their respective destinations. Who knows what it means, but losing those two doesn’t mean much. It could simply be clearing the decks for the 40-man roster additions, or maybe Zduriencik has bigger ...
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Robert Manuel
Since there’s been some talk about comment moderation, along with proper spelling, this seems like a good opportunity to write this note. As you know, some employees of the Mariner organization have names that can be mildly difficult to spell (Zduriencik, Rizzs, etc.), but we expect that ...
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ussmariner.com - 35 hours ago
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Due to the varying abilities of the players
already on the roster, the M’s find themselves in
a rather interesting position this winter. They have four talented young position players who are all close to major league ready. They aren’t ...
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A Name To Tuck Away
Kirby Arnold talks with Don Wakamatsu. It’s worth reading, but one sentence sticks out:
But even long at-bats aren’t necessarily good at-bats. Both Jose Lopez and Adrian Beltre had at-bats when they fouled off several pitches.
“There would be an 11-pitch at-bat and a lot of guys ...
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ussmariner.com - 2 days ago
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We’re heavy into the award season now, but
in the midst of that we also have a
Nov. 20th deadline by which players must be added to the roster or risk being picked in the Rule 5 draft. The rules relate to the age a player was when they signed and ...
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‘09 40-man Preview Extravaganza
ussmariner.com - 3 days ago
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The next time that you try to sell
someone on FIP and that they tell you that
its a load of crap reserved for nerds who have never played the game, tell them Zack Greinke disagrees . Bannister, a right-handed starter, is known for his appreciation ...
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Zack Greinke Is Awesome
Felix didn’t win the Cy Young. I don’t particularly care about the BBWAA awards that much, but I know some other people do. For those people, you should be happy. The BBWAA is getting better at this award voting thing. Greinke was the obviously correct candidate, and he won in a ...
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It’s true.
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During the Griffey days this week, we had an average of 20 new user registrations a day. Of these: ~3 were Russian comment spammers, ~5 did nothing at all, and ~10 took a run at immediately getting banned (that is, first comment is “You’re all a bunch of stathead whiners in moms ...
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To the surprise of no one, the M’s announced that they have signed Jack Wilson to a two year contract. Terms not disclosed, but I’d guess it’s around $10 million or so.
Wilson is a +1 to +2 win player who derives almost all of his value from his glove. For ~$5 million per ...
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ussmariner.com - 5 days ago
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The Mariners have announced a new feature that
facilitates the splitting of season tickets across multiple owners.
This is something that people have been doing on their own forever, but the organization has decided to step in and use their site as a ...
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M’s Help Fans Split Season Tickets
ussmariner.com - 6 days ago
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Khoi Vinh on the Yankees and Payroll For
almost a decade, the Yankees have consistently maintained the
highest payroll in Major League Baseball while failing to bring home a World Series title, and during that time the grousing took the form of ...
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More on the Yankees payroll arguments
ussmariner.com - 9 days ago
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It’s official – Junior is coming back for
another victory lap, signing a one year deal to
fill an unspecified, reduced role on the 2010 team. The casual fan will be thrilled. We are a bit less so. But, the should he return arguments are ...
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Griffey’s Return, What It Means
See here . Details as yet unannounced.
I expect the now-standard split of reactions:
1. Griffey “deserves” (or “earned”) a spot based on fan love, past contributions, clubhouse chemistry, etc
vs
2. Griffey can’t hit or field any more
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G: “Hey, any change over there?”
Z: “Nope. Thanks for calling, always happy to chat, but I do have to go–”
G: “You’re not worried Branyan’s going elsewhere, you might need a DH?”
Z: “I’m sure we’ll figure something ...
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Jack Wilson
Yesterday’s edition of the Tacoma News Tribune had Larry LaRue asking one of the more easily answered questions of the hot stove season, which prospects could contribute next season? The thought being that if players like Kelley and Jakubauskas broke through last year, well surely there would ...
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Jim Street checks in with a quote from Russ Branyan, who is willing to hit the free agent market in pursuit of a multi-year contract.
“I’m not a bad guy, not a selfish guy,” he said from his offseason home. “I don’t know if there is a two- or three-year deal out ...
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ussmariner.com - 9 days ago
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The Gold Gloves have been announced, and predictably,
Ichiro won one and Franklin Gutierrez did not. You
should not care. These are about as meaningful as the teen choice awards. The people who vote on them don’t really put much thought into ...
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Ichiro Wins GG, Gutierrez Does Not
