Mariners Notebook | Morrow might move into a starting role

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Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 5/28
Published 5/28/2008 by Ian at SOX & Dawgs
... Brandon Morrow came into last night’s game and was throwing heat, even striking out Manny Ramirez on a 99 MPH fastball. There has been talk that he may be transitioned into the rotation in similar fashion to the way the Yankees are doing it with Joba Chamberlain. ...

Northwest Sports: In the Morning
Published 5/28/2008 by Seth (noreply@blogger.com) at Enjoy the Enjoyment
... to find out what's gone wrong...pretty much everything. ... Brandon Morrow would like to move into the rotation. The M's are talking about it . Morrow didn't really help his case last night, coming in with two on in the eighth inning and retiring the heart of the Sox lineup in order. ... Jon Brockman ...

80s B-Jays Busted Slump w/Stripper in Clubhouse
Published 6/1/2008 by Tuffy at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... For example, how about the time in the mid-to-late ’80s when someone brought a stripper into the Toronto Blue Jays clubhouse to bust a slump ? That must have been one hell of a motivational seminar. We’re certain there are other ways of encouraging the boys in blue to touch ‘em all, but they wouldn’t be as colorful. So how’d that go over in the clubhouse, John?“It got mixed reviews. Some of the guys that are pretty close to the Lord weren’t too happy.” The Lord, you see, can make it rain all on His own, thank you very much. We did some research and found that Jimy Williams ...

Mariners' Manager's Solution to Slumpbusting? Hire a Stripper!
Published 6/1/2008 by Will Brinson at FanHouse
... will probably be regretting his most recent statements to the press when Monday morning rolls around, because he decided to indirectly imply that strippers are funny and that they should (and have been) used to bust slumps in baseball. ...

The Blue Jays Need Strippers
Published 6/2/2008 by The Urban Backpacker (noreply@blogger.com) at The Urban Backpacker
... In the ‘80s, the Jays’ brass decided to bring a stripper into the clubhouse to loosen the players during a slump (but wouldn’t a stripper harden them? Oh!). That was the revelation made last week by former Jays coach and current Mariners manager John McLaren. Not a bad idea considering that the players would receive all the benefits of a peep-show sans the strip club atmosphere which somehow seems to motivate professional athletes to pull out guns or create chaos by ...

John McLaren Is Pretty Cool
Published 6/2/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Dustin Parkes) at Drunk Jays Fans
... According to The Seattle Times, Mariners manager John McLaren is doing his best to prove that anyone nicknamed Johnny Mac is undeniably awesome. ...