LA Angels – These guys are going to run away with division. They should clinch by Sept. 1. The addition of Bobby Abreu only solidifies their hold on the AL West. The loss of Mark Teixiera will hurt the Angels offense, but they should have no trouble winning the division. One big question mark for [...]
Archive for the ‘Seattle Mariners’ Category
AL West Preview 2009
Sunday, April 5th, 2009Goodbye Felix Pie, hello future
Sunday, January 18th, 2009Sunday, the Cubs traded away once prized prospect Felix Pie. Pie joined the Cubs as an undrafted free agent in 2001 and played his first game in the Majors in 2007. Pie was once thought of as the best prospect in the Cubs system, but never really lived up to his potential at the Major [...]
The Mariners hire Don Wakamatsu as their manager
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008After interviewing 7 potential managers, Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik has selected Oakland’s bench coach Don Wakamatsu. Wakamatsu was on the coaching staff of the Texas Rangers prior to his stint as Bob Geren’s bench coach for the A’s.
Wakamatsu does have four years of managerial experience with most of that coming at the single A level.
As [...]
World Series Ear Flap hats from New Era ***UPDATE***
Friday, October 31st, 2008*** UPDATE ***
Thanks to commenter Jared who points us to the newly released MLB.com store featuring the Phillies World Series Ear Flap Caps.
There has been a lot of buzz about the hats that the Rays have been wearing in Philadelphia. People want to know how to get their hands on them. I have looked around [...]
Looking back at the 2008 MLB season
Thursday, October 30th, 20082008 brought us a lot of surprises from the baseball diamond. First of all, the Tampa Bay Rays played in the World Series. Less surprising were the eventual World Series Champions, the Philadelphia Phillies. As for my teams, there were differing levels of disappointment.
Seattle Mariners
They were all about disappointment in 2008. From Opening Day, Erik [...]
Mariners hire Zduriencik as GM
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008Finally there is someone steering the Mariners ship. It’s Jack Zduriencik. Previously he was the special assistant to the Brewers general manager Doug Melvin.
The Brewers have done very well with their young talent and have built an emerging powerhouse in the NL Central. I think that bodes well for the Mariners. The only problem is [...]
Bavasi out as Mariners General Manager
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008The Mariners started the season expecting to challenge for the AL West title. Now they’re just trying to get out of last place. Because of this, the Mariners fired Bill Bavasi. I think this is definitely a move in the right direction. But more should be done. John McClaren should be next. Even though he [...]
Annoying Fans at the Mariners game
Thursday, May 29th, 2008And they weren’t even Red Sox fans. Well, there were a bunch of those too. But I’d like to concentrate on the group of high school dopes that were sitting behind my wife and I as we took in the rubber game of the Red Sox series on Wednesday.
This guy was screaming so loudly that [...]
iPhone score tracker MyMobileScores launches
Thursday, April 24th, 2008Are you looking for a fast, easy way to track baseball scores on your phone? So was I. So I created one. It’s called MyMobileScores and it launched Wednesday. I’m blogging about it’s development, new features and general other stuff at my professional blog over at http://www.k3ndall.com.
It’s not full-featured yet and there is work to [...]
Carlos Silva is proving to be a better addition to the Mariners than Erik Bedard
Friday, April 18th, 2008And we only had to part with $48 million. Not the top prospect in the farm system who is already batting .260 at the Major League level. Not to mention delivering late in games. Something it seems like the Mariners might be able to use. I have no qualms with the Mariners pitching staff. It’s [...]