Thursday, August 28, 2003
TUMBLE IN THE ROUGH
The last day the Mariners were not in first place was on April 14. I was in Rock Springs, Wyoming that day, so it has been awhile.
Anyways, Miguel Tejada is a free agent at the end of the season. Screw Kazu Matsui. I want Tejada. I have wanted Tejada ever since last October, when I first learned that he was a free agent after 2003. Tejada is clutch, and behind Alex Rodriguez and Nomar Garciaparra, he's the third best shortstop in baseball. Yes, he's worlds better than Derek Jeter.
Unfortunately for Tejada, he's not Japanese, therefore he will not get even a sniff from the Mariners. As much as I like this ownership group for saving baseball in Seattle, they sure don't know how to build a championship team. If they could, they would field the freaking Orix Blue Wave 9 out there on the Safeco Field stage. That's how pathetic all of this is.
And if you think that either I or David are bandwagon fans, well, we're not. We have a very good reason for being concerned about this ballclub. The bench is the worst in all of baseball, the starting pitching has been putrid, and we have a (freaking) moron for a manager. Not to mention that the general manager is continuing to move his furniture in Toronto as we speak.
But hey, country star Sara Evans is doing a pregame concert before the game today at Safeco Field! She's hot, but as far as I'm concerned, this team needs more than Sara Evans to fire them up. They need the Charlie Daniels Band...something!
Anyways, Miguel Tejada is a free agent at the end of the season. Screw Kazu Matsui. I want Tejada. I have wanted Tejada ever since last October, when I first learned that he was a free agent after 2003. Tejada is clutch, and behind Alex Rodriguez and Nomar Garciaparra, he's the third best shortstop in baseball. Yes, he's worlds better than Derek Jeter.
Unfortunately for Tejada, he's not Japanese, therefore he will not get even a sniff from the Mariners. As much as I like this ownership group for saving baseball in Seattle, they sure don't know how to build a championship team. If they could, they would field the freaking Orix Blue Wave 9 out there on the Safeco Field stage. That's how pathetic all of this is.
And if you think that either I or David are bandwagon fans, well, we're not. We have a very good reason for being concerned about this ballclub. The bench is the worst in all of baseball, the starting pitching has been putrid, and we have a (freaking) moron for a manager. Not to mention that the general manager is continuing to move his furniture in Toronto as we speak.
But hey, country star Sara Evans is doing a pregame concert before the game today at Safeco Field! She's hot, but as far as I'm concerned, this team needs more than Sara Evans to fire them up. They need the Charlie Daniels Band...something!