OT: Mariners

Nice screengrab from last night. Like the team, the pic would look better if Kendrys wasn't in it.

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Lot's of Canucks (ILTCCC) on I-5 South yesterday during my commute home.

One guy was on the side of the highway peeing while the driver of his jacked up 4x4 truck sat on the shoulder honking his horn to draw attention.

Stay classy Canada.
 
In case you buttsniffers have forgotten, I said TSIO right before they went on the winning streak.
 
I'm shocked that nobody on this bored mentioned that F^3 was busy scolding people on Twitter last night about how appalled he was that the crowd was chanting "USA! USA! USA!" when the Mariners were doing good ...
 
When is Adam Jones bobble head night?
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That trade still angers me. Bavasi's obvious attempt to save his job screwed the M's over for years.
 
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When is Adam Jones bobble head night?
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That trade still angers me. Bavasi's obvious attempt to save his job screwed the M's over for years.
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Biggest problem with that trade is that the Mariners suck developing hitters ... so when they have one that you're pretty sure is going to hit in the majors, you can't trade him.

You can sign a FA pitcher to come to Seattle pretty easily ... who wouldn't want to pitch in a pitcher's park? But a FA hitter? Good luck without massively overpaying him. That's why it's so important for the Mariners to get hitters either through their system or obtained via trade.
 
When is Adam Jones bobble head night?
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That trade still angers me. Bavasi's obvious attempt to save his job screwed the M's over for years.
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Biggest problem with that trade is that the Mariners suck developing hitters ... so when they have one that you're pretty sure is going to hit in the majors, you can't trade him.

You can sign a FA pitcher to come to Seattle pretty easily ... who wouldn't want to pitch in a pitcher's park? But a FA hitter? Good luck without massively overpaying him. That's why it's so important for the Mariners to get hitters either through their system or obtained via trade.
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That was a problem but it wasn't the biggest problem. The biggest problem was you traded a cost controlled, major league ready prospect who projected to have two way value (at a position of need no less) for an injury prone pitcher coming off of one big year. And then you added in a very good setup man and two very good pitching prospects on top of that.

I wouldn't have traded Jones straight up for Bedard. Adding Sherrill, Tillman and Butler was Section14FS.

On top of that, it was a classic misevaluation of where the M's were in the success cycle. They were coming off a fluky decent year so Bavasi made a move like they were one piece away, but anyone paying attention knew that team needed a hell of a lot more than one more pitcher. Even if Bedard had been a Cy Young award winner that trade would have been a waste.
 
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