Mariners Morsels - aka "Free Adam Moore and Rich Poythress! (George Sherrill is FREE!)"

(AP Photo borrowed from Larry Stone's article here)

Shit happens. Ya move on to a new day.

GO DODGERS! GO GEORGE!!!

Labels: George Sherrill, GS52, playoffs, relief pitchers, whoops

Here's something to ponder. Will George get to his first ASG this year?



As of today, he's second in the AL in saves. Considering that the O's are in last place, he's not getting many save opportunities (as expected, really). Of course, GS52 almost has as many saves vs. the Mariners (5) as J.J. Putz has saves vs. everyone (6).

Now, I recognize that saves aren't everything. But they do count for the person who's racking them up, and they give something to sportswriters and agents to talk about. He has fewer walks than Putz (in 14 MORE Batters faced (BFPs)) and K-Rod (in 2 fewer BFPs). I never said George would be a dominant, lights-out closer, but I've always thought he'd handle the role very well. Not bad for a shy kid from the Memphis area who plowed through major obstacles, taking the road less-travelled to the big leagues.

With Putz struggling mightily, and with the M's believing they actually have more than a snowball's chance in Gehenna of making the playoffs (and therefore are unwilling to move Morrow out of the setup spot and into the rotation), wouldn't it be nice to have George around? Of course he's probably a lot more respected where he's at, and is actually coming into games for more than just one LH batter...

Labels: All Star Game, George is awesome, George Sherrill, GS52

The last three coming against our beloved Mariners.

See -- We told you George was good!

But it's not because of the brim. Bend it, dude, bend it!

(Photo from MLB.com -- Rob Carr/AP)

Labels: bad decisions, George is awesome, George Sherrill, GS52

No link yet, but Sid just mentioned that George will keep #52 while in Baltimore. Unlike a certain ~$50 million thief (yes, I'm still bitter), George actually respected his new teammate and decided against approaching Jon Leicester about taking #52, and has worn #51 during spring training instead. Today, however, Leicester refused his assignment to AAA and became a free agent, freeing up #52 on the Orioles' available jersey number list.

And George promptly made it unavailable again.

Now we just need to figure out a better Entrance Song than what they rarely played at Safeco last year. I like Sid's suggestion of a Clutch song. Like "The Mob Goes Wild!"

Labels: former players, George Sherrill, GS52

If I didn't have enough of a reason to hate the Carlos Silva signing, I do now. It's not good enough for him to steal nearly $50 million from the Mariners -- noooooo. Now he goes and steals #52 from George. Ugh.

I will never ever ever call him "CS52".

//Wonders how good George would look in Orioles Orange...
///No, GS52 hasn't been traded, yet. At least I haven't heard anything, yet. I just can't call him "GS52" anymore without confusing even more people (and certainly "GS" looks a lot like "CS" so I don't want to even think about being misinterpreted...)...
////BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Labels: bad decisions, Carlos Silva, George Sherrill, GS52