Although I made a similar point in the Silva/Riggleman folder, I think you’re being a little unfair to Riggleman. I do not believe that Riggleman is calling the shots on this… I think it’s pretty fair to conclude that a condition to Riggleman’s hiring was that he was not allowed to revisit that decision. Now, you could say Riggleman should have demanded that right, but I would suspect that if he had done so, he’d been unemployed right now.

Ichiro playing RF instead of CF I can understand. He played there for several years and has been struggling with a sore hamstring. If that was the only questionable decision, I’d have no problem. Hell, if Ichiro DH’d for a spell, I’d chalk it up to the hamstring and conclude it’s probably a good idea.

But that’s just one of several misuses of talent. If Ichiro isn’t the CF, then Reed should be. And if Ichiro isn’t the DH, then Ibanez should be. When Vidro was in the lineup, he should’ve been hitting 8th or 9th, not cleanup. And so on and so forth, to borrow a phrase from McClaren.

Are Lincoln, Armstrong and Pelekoudos really calling all these shots? If so, then what exactly is Riggleman’s job? Talking to the press? I thought that was what they paid Silva for (cause his pitching sure ain’t worth what they pay him. Ba-dump!).

Ultimately, the only way this organization is going to change is if the new GM and the new manager have enough clout to reverse that decision. If the people doing the interviewing are the ones who are behind the decison–Chuck and Howard–then that’s increasingly unlikely and we may be making the same comments in a year, or much longer.

More organizational meddling by people who don’t know what they’re doing? I’m SHOCKED!

This is why, despite my appreciation of Riggleman for putting Silva in his place the other day, I hope he remains “interim” manager and they find someone else in the offseason. He, frankly, doesn’t seem to have the foggiest clue about the skills of the players he is managing.

Although I made a similar point in the Silva/Riggleman folder, I think you’re being a little unfair to Riggleman. I do not believe that Riggleman is calling the shots on this. Remember, the announcement that Ichiro would play rightfield forever was made just days before McLaren was canned. Given that it is essentially impossible that McLaren would be allowed to make an announcement of that degree at that point in his Mariners tenure unless it was an organizational decision, not a managerial one, I think it’s pretty fair to conclude that a condition to Riggleman’s hiring was that he was not allowed to revisit that decision. Now, you could say Riggleman should have demanded that right, but I would suspect that if he had done so, he’d been unemployed right now.

I can’t make the same circumstantial case for the Ibanez situation, but again, I don’t think Riggleman is wilfully blinded by Ibanez’s offense to seeing he has no defense. In fact, this remarks about the complete lack of a standard DH may have been his prisoner’s message to us all that he knows he has a DH, he just can’t put him in the position.

The same may go for Wlad in center, putting Reed at DH, or even Reed in LF the day Ibanez was at DH. “We have to know if this guy can play center”, even if (a) Ichiro is more valuable to the team as a centerfielder; (b) Wlad is more valuable to the team playing his natural position; and (c) we’d have some pretty decent outfield defense with Wlad in right, Ichiro in center and Reed in left. Why do we have to know if Wlad can play center? Because he can’t play right because the organization has promised that to Ichiro regardless of who the manager is.

Ultimately, the only way this organization is going to change is if the new GM and the new manager have enough clout to reverse that decision. If the people doing the interviewing are the ones who are behind the decison–Chuck and Howard–then that’s increasingly unlikely and we may be making the same comments in a year, or much longer.

They let you bring beverages into Coors Field

In theory, would they let you bring Budweiser into Coors Field?

So, the M’s best CF is playing RF, the second best CF is playing DH, the worst OF is playing LF, and a corner OF is playing CF. Sounds like perfect Mariner logic

This is why, despite my appreciation of Riggleman for putting Silva in his place the other day, I hope he remains “interim” manager and they find someone else in the offseason. He, frankly, doesn’t seem to have the foggiest clue about the skills of the players he is managing.

You hate Valle? He’s nothin’ compared to having to watch the Angels broadcast and listen to the Hud!

I was a bit distracted during the pre-game, but Rizzs was talking to Rex, and I’m pretty sure the Wonder Dog called him “Razz.”

you know– if KOMO had, I dunno, a reporter covering the Mariners or something, maybe we’d know the results of Willie’s MRI today.

KOMO dumping the rest of the season like that is pathetic. Stupid too. If I had ads running on the post-game show, I’d cancel them, or demand a partial rebate.

Every M is trying to pad their offensive stats, that’s obvious.

As opposed to taking a principled stand to make lots of outs?