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Baseball Today: Friday, September 26
Projo Sox Blog —
... AND FINALLY . . . Jealousy has reared its ugly head in Seattle, where the Seattle Times reports some of the Mariners wanted to beat up Ichiro Suzuki. ...
Morning Link Dump - Friday, September 26th
TheScore.com Blog —
... Former Toronto Star reporter Geoff Baker now works the Mariners beat for the Seattle Times, where in Friday morning's edition he's reporting of tensions in the clubhouse. Apparently there has been quite a bit of bickering among M's players this season... over who gets to take the first shot at Ichiro Suzuki-- a teammate they can at least all agree is totally hateable. Well... OK, maybe it's not that bad, but an inside source did tell Baker this: "I just can't believe the number of guys who really dislike him. It got to a point early on when I thought they were ...
J.J. Putz responds to Ichiro code red allegations: ...
Deadspin —
... J.J. Putz responds to Ichiro code red allegations: "People have a lot of differences of opinion on a lot of things, but to say something like that in the paper and not fess up as to who it is, whoever said it is a coward."[Seattle Times] ...
Hating on Ichiro is like hating on Mom, apple pie. America
Big League Stew —
... tickets from your father, a kiss from your wife or a tail wag from your dog. In other words, it just wasn't done. Of course, that was before the Seattle Times story about how some of Ichiro's teammates wanted to "knock out" everyone's favorite slap-singler came out, making me feel the type of discomfort I haven't felt since I was nine years old and my friend hit his father during a sleepover. Did that really just happen? The Mariners played damage control on Thursday with J.J. Putz calling the clubhouse insider a ...
Selfish hit machine’s workplace relations eerily similar to a Nicoderm CQ-inspired fever dream
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
... a avid and loyal fan of the Mariners, I can confirm with certainty that there 20 or 21 Mariner players who should be knocked out, and none of them are Ichiro. The lack of quote attribution forces me to speculatively associate said quote with simpering Mariner tough-guy mediocrites Jerrod Washburn and/or Willie “Ballgame” Bloomquist, but for fuck’s sake, put a tent on this circus.
Mariner Manager Jim Riggleman displays an uncanny clarity in an ESPN and Seattle Times follow up as follows:
“We’ve lost so many games, so these ...
Mariners Might Choose a Lady to Clean Up Mess
The Sporting Blog —
... . But he also watched the world find out the clubhouse reportedly hates him. And, you know, the team has 101 losses, with chances for two more this weekend. ...
Mariners May Be First Team To Hire Female GM
The Sporting Blog —
... . But he also watched the world find out the clubhouse reportedly hates him. And, you know, the team has 101 losses, with chances for two more this weekend. ...
