Senseless in Seattle
Posted on 05. May, 2010 at 11:30 am by 3D in Seattle Mariners
Yesterday some shit brick from a Seattle blog (the USS Mariner to be exact)Â mingled his way onto Primetime w/ Isaac and Big Suke and started spitting complete nonsense about the Mariners.Â
“Felix was pounding fastballs so I wrote him a letter and we found out the pitching coach handed it to him…”
“I thought Griffey should have retired last October…”
Anyone from TSB should be asked to give their opinion over this guy. There’s been much better banter on the Mariners here than there. First of all, don’t bother commenting on whether Griffey should keep playing baseball or not. If he still wants to lace ‘em up that’s his deal. Don Wakamatsu is the guy who should be taking the heat for Griffey actually playing.Â
And his comment about writing Felix a letter isn’t what’s ridiculous. It’s that he actually thinks the combination of Felix reading his letter AND incorporated it into his game that gets me.Â
Anyone from Seattle want to be a local correspondent who can give us a real sense of what it’s like up there? What are the odds that anyone from last night’s monstrous attendance of….wait for it….14,000 reads this article and can give us some insight to last night’s game?
Can’t get over the 14,000? I can’t. That’s pathetic. They’re playing the team that right now is better than the Yanks AND the Sox! It’s been said to death already on this site, but Seattle is lucky to have 2 sports franchises up there.
EL Rey
05. May, 2010
I find it kind of funny that Griffey is now the scapegoat for the sinking ship that is the USS Mariner. Has anyone looked at their lineup?
Figgins is hitting .211, Bradley is at .214 and pulling his best Nomar impression, and skulking off into the night in the middle of games. Those guys were brought into to be the ‘impact’ guys, Griffey is just around as a circus act. It isn’t like Griffey is the one glaring hole in the Ms lineup.
Maybe Mariner fans were a little premature in anointing Jack Z as some sort of brilliant GM…
PS, Seattle fans are fucking pathetic. No one shows up at the Safe, Husky Stadium is empty (though, they are truly awful) and Qwest is about 2 years away from going back to drawing 40,000 for Seahawks games. No wonder the Sonics left.
bbryan
05. May, 2010
I never like the Figgins signing, didn’t address a big enough need and was for too much money for a slappy.
All you need to know about Seattle fans is they fully support their soccer team.
Stake
05. May, 2010
The soccer team and the Storm get more support than baseball and football. Would you expect anything less from over-privileged, pretentious half-Asian and white yuppies?
Stake
05. May, 2010
I’m not ready to give up on Z, remember its only his second year. The main concern was not enough “power” going into the season, understandable. I think this has been their main problem though. Everyone is trying to hit bombs or just mash the ball. Figgins looks like he’s in the HR derby every time he goes up. I think their hitting coach needs to take most of the blame. If each player had just 3-4 more singles, not necessarily extra base hits, they would probably have 7-8 more wins. All they get with risp are double plays or k’s. Where’s Eckstien when you need him, both as a player and coach.
Tom
05. May, 2010
The Mariners built a stadium build for pitchers and defense. Hence, the Mariners set their ball club up for pitching and defense. Problem is, two things bring fans to the stadium. Wins and home runs. No one for the Mariners is considered a true power hitter(not that that means they would have a better offense) But if the M’s were winning more often, I would think more people would attend. After it gets a bit warmer and the Mariners hopefully start contending, I am sure they will get more fans to the park.
Smitty
06. May, 2010
Actually- Felix did read a letter in 2007 and gave the hat tip on his change in strategy to the ussmariner … Although I’m not sure why they are still braggining about it… It happened three years ago.
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/mariners/2007/07/hernandez_keys_40_win.html