Comments on: Kitsap Sun on Bloomquist

By: bergamot

bergamot — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:39:53 +0000

I, too, would like to see Willie Ballgame become another Edgar. I would also like to see him become another Isaac Newton, Abraham Lincoln, and Billie Holiday. More playing time is not likely to induce any of these transformations.

By: galaxieboi

galaxieboi — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:24:18 +0000

didnâ€™t Jim Bouton write that Ted Williams called himself â€œBallgame?â€ As in â€œIâ€™m Teddy Fucking Ballgame of the Major Fucking Leagues.â€ Line drive.

When you’re one of the 2 or 3 greatest hitters to ever to play you can call yourself whatever you want.

I agree about Bloomquist’s hustle. I, and a lot of fans appreciate it. That doesn’t mean he should be getting more than 100 ABs a year though.

By: I won the meat jackpot!!!!1

I won the meat jackpot!!!!1 — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:12:25 +0000

I don’t remember who first coined “Princess Willie”, but I’m reasonably sure that I added it to the Wikipedia article.

By: hawgdriver

hawgdriver — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:25:01 +0000

Ha! I’m found guilty of one count of reckless deprecation and two counts of snide snubbing.

Well…’greater minds’ doesn’t include me.

It’s not a bad piece aside from the slight, and the lack of discussion about why WB shouldn’t have a larger role.

By: Thom Jimsen

Thom Jimsen — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:08:19 +0000

I just forwarded that to Chuck. He’s chuckling.

By: Thom Jimsen

Thom Jimsen — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:07:49 +0000

And Todd Linden.

By: hawgdriver

hawgdriver — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:59:37 +0000

Dear Chuck,

Your off-hand deprecation betrays your lack of investigative journalism. It’s fortunate for you that your already have a platform for your writing. Were you to make yourself heard here, I imagine your voice would bleat ineffectually against the empirical, logical evaluation of the ballclub you find here. It’s probably best your harmless and desultory argumentation is confined to your minor media, while greater minds can assay true merit and deliver conclusions from fact. And influence a far greater swath of Marinerdom than you could.

By: jjb

jjb — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:58:09 +0000

At least they didn’t compare you to syphilis.

By: frankb.

frankb. — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:39:59 +0000

I like how Willie plays. Rag the manager if Willie gets too many ABs.
I always thought being called “Ballgame” was a compliment; that you played hard. Speaking of confident (or arrogant) professional athletes, Didn’t Jim Bouton write that Ted Williams called himself “Ballgame?” As in “I’m Teddy Fucking Ballgame of the Major Fucking Leagues.” Line drive.

By: Bremerton guy

Bremerton guy — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:23:53 +0000

Oh yeah #3, also Jason Hammel.