Interview with Doug Fister

DMZ · October 8, 2006 at 6:30 pm · Filed Under Mariners 

Conor Glassey’s got an interview with Doug Fister, M’s 7th-round pick and Aquasox reliever, up on his site. Check it out.

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17 Responses to “Interview with Doug Fister”

  1. Typical Idiot Fan on October 8th, 2006 7:30 pm

    Tee hee hee hee.. “Fister”…

  2. Mr. Egaas on October 8th, 2006 7:31 pm

    Tee hee hee hee.. “Fister”…

    I was thinking the same thing but didn’t wanna say it. Way to take charge.

  3. AK1984 on October 8th, 2006 9:34 pm

    Felix “F-Her” Hernandez and D. Fister would create a solid double-team in the front-end of the rotation and the back-end of the bullpen, respectively, for the Seattle Mariners.

  4. Deanna on October 8th, 2006 9:52 pm

    Doug Fister’s awesome. I was at his first start for the Aquasox, and he pitched 5 innings, striking out 9 and giving up no hits. It was beautiful. Conor’s interview is great, y’all should check it out.

    I figured people were done with the name jokes back in June, though.

  5. oNeiRiC232 on October 8th, 2006 10:32 pm

    In the interview he said he would otherwise be an elementary teacher.

    A 6’8″ kindergarden teacher named Mister Fister…

  6. DMZ on October 8th, 2006 10:43 pm

    Really? This is what commenting here’s come to? How disappointing.

  7. ConorGlassey on October 8th, 2006 11:03 pm

    Thanks, Derek! Any chance you could please add StopTheWave.com to the M’s Blogosphere links? 🙂

  8. Typical Idiot Fan on October 9th, 2006 12:06 am

    Really? This is what commenting here’s come to? How disappointing.

    The hell do you want? “Hey that was a great interview / read! Thanks Jesus!”? Not much to say. Fister’s a cool guy and a promising new arm in the minors. That’s about it.

  9. DMZ on October 9th, 2006 12:25 am

    Seriously, I’d have rather people didn’t say anything than make sexual jokes about his name. Like he hasn’t heard all that before. I don’t know how to put this, but unless he’s done something amazingly stupid, I think we could at least give him some modicum of respect and hold off on the schoolyard teasing.

  10. AK1984 on October 9th, 2006 12:40 am

    Well, nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong. As far as I’m concerned, y’all can take that for what it’s worth.

  11. Typical Idiot Fan on October 9th, 2006 2:08 am

    Seriously, I’d have rather people didn’t say anything than make sexual jokes about his name. Like he hasn’t heard all that before. I don’t know how to put this, but unless he’s done something amazingly stupid, I think we could at least give him some modicum of respect and hold off on the schoolyard teasing.

    S’not like this is all hate, y’know. But if it makes you feel better, I’ll stop poking fun at Doug Fister’s name. And if it really bothers you, you can always delete posts.

    But I can’t make any promises to Nathan Adcock, Gavin Dickey, and Jeremy Beeching.

  12. Adam S on October 9th, 2006 7:31 am

    the 6’8” RHP was named the second-best NCAA senior by Baseball America.

    He’s the second best senior (pitcher, I assume) but he lasts until the 7th round, approx. 200th pick. Is this because most pitchers who are good go pro after their junior years and there aren’t many seniors? Is BA overly high on him?

  13. Dave on October 9th, 2006 8:17 am

    If you come back for your senior year, it’s either because you got in a long, protracted contract negotiation that fell through or you’re not that good.

  14. Man From Nantucket on October 9th, 2006 8:23 am

    I was surprised to read in the interview that the Ms are considering moving Fister to the pen. Why would they consider moving him so early on in his development without giving him every opportunity to make it as a starter?

  15. ConorGlassey on October 9th, 2006 9:05 am

    He’s the second best senior (pitcher, I assume) but he lasts until the 7th round, approx. 200th pick. Is this because most pitchers who are good go pro after their junior years and there aren’t many seniors? Is BA overly high on him?

    Well, I should have clarified – he was listed as the 2nd-best senior (not just pitcher, any player), but that was BA’s pre-season rankings. And, yeah…what Dave said.

    I was surprised to read in the interview that the Ms are considering moving Fister to the pen. Why would they consider moving him so early on in his development without giving him every opportunity to make it as a starter?

    The M’s see Fister as a starter, they just moved him to the bullpen this year because he already had a full college season under his belt. He threw 116 innings at Fresno State before coming to Everett, so they let him start a few games and then moved him into relief.

  16. joser on October 9th, 2006 12:50 pm

    It’s the offseason (for the M’s at least) and the ensuing loss of quality commentors emboldens the others. Less signal, more noise. Hence TIF’s Butthead to Egaas’ Beavis.

  17. Mere Tantalisers on October 10th, 2006 11:07 am

    What is the likelihood of seeing Fister in AAA next year? He’s already 22, and it sounds like he’s got three well developed pitches. Given Bavasi’s ‘success through failure’ philosophy (or adversity, or whatever you call it), and the state of the Rainiers’ rotation, seems his chances would be good. But then, I haven’t seen him pitch, and wouldn’t be a good judge if I had.

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