I'll tell you what's wrong in Seattle. First off, Boone had a once in a lifetime year last year. He's overrated as hell. Not overly impressed with Olerud, either. He doesn't have much power, doesn't drive the ball in the gaps that often and is slow as hell, to boot. Mike Cameron 4 HR's one night? Great! Too bad he's one of the most inconsistent players in all of baseball. Jeff Cirillo??
Phuck....I think I'd like to have David Bell back right about now. Cirillo is a freaking joke (when he's even in the lineup). Catching tandem of Wilson/Davis? Damn.....talk about EASY OUTS!!!!! Carlos Guillen hitting around .300? That's nice.....also big-time fluke. He'll be batting .250 before the year is over....he doesn't know the strike zone well enough. Mark McLemore playing every day??? Very average player. Guys like him are a dime a dozen in the big leagues. Sierra has really been cooling down as of late. Watch the highlights. When you see this guy hit an HR, I'll guarentee you 99.99999999999% of the time it'll be on a fastball and I think pitchers have learned about that fact. Thus he's no longer on a "tear."
No Mariner starter has been close to dominant. Baldwin is Ok for such a "low" $$$ amount, but nothing better. Moyer's ERA is over 5. Now that guys are actually waiting for strikes instead of fishing, he ain't so great anymore (OK...very nice start against TB the other night...I'll give him that). Garcia is a NO. 1 starter, but he's ANYTHING but dominant.
I'd love to see this team play Arizona in the world series. They wouldn't score a phucking single run off Johnson or Schilling. No joke!!!! Also, I don't like betting on Tampa Bay, but Baldwin at
-240 is one of the funniest jokes I think I've ever heard!!!!! Sorry these saps played so poorly for all of you who had them (as did I) last night.
Night Owl