Comments on: USSM Public Service Announcement

By: Jay R.

Jay R. — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:05:42 +0000

If that SI article is true and they end up keeping Washburn, I am going to have to really reconsider the level of attention I can afford to give to the Mariners. Watching gross incompetence day after day, season after season is just not all that fun.

By: cody

cody — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:48:46 +0000

Personally, I hope the Yankees pick up Washburn.

Not only because they are the ones who are most likely to eat all of his salary, but also because I don’t like the Yankees. The Red Sox would be nice, too. Just to remind those Sox fans what a bad player with a bloated contract looks like.

Well, if that SI article is right, then its time to break out the pichforks and torches.

By: CaptainPoopy

CaptainPoopy — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:47:09 +0000

According to this, the M's are going to keep Raul and Wash for the rest of the season... fuck.

By: SBG

SBG — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:25:38 +0000

All I can say is that as a Twins fan, I hope that the Mariners are afraid of not being able to sign free agents if they dump Washburn, because I’m hearing my club put a claim in on him and I’m curled up in the fetal position hoping that it’s not true.

By: gwangung

gwangung — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:07:18 +0000

I think the perception that it is difficult to bring good players here comes from the fact that the Mariners bring in the crappy players and havenâ€™t tried to sign the good ones over the past few years.

AND that they’re relying on free agents instead of their homegrown talent to win games.

By: scott19

scott19 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:52:44 +0000

Itâ€™s like RAAAAIIIIIYYYYAAAAIIIINNNN on your wedding dayâ€¦

It’s like signing a guy with a World Series ring…when he’s already washed-up!

By: Joe C

Joe C — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:44:18 +0000

Given the choice between Jarrod Washburn on the roster or $10 million free to spend on something else, I’m taking the money every time.

I don’t think that it is tough to bring players here, but if it were, couldn’t they just put a batting cage down at the VMAC on Lake Washington and take their prospective free agents down there and tell them the M’s share the facility with the Seahawks?

I think the perception that it is difficult to bring good players here comes from the fact that the Mariners bring in the crappy players and haven’t tried to sign the good ones over the past few years.

By: JMHawkins

JMHawkins — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:44:05 +0000

Look, we all know Seattle has about as much chance of signing a big name free agent as some cop from Clayton County, GA has of finding a bigfoot corpse in a freezer. Wait, has anyone seen Carlos Silva lately? Sure would be nice if his contract turned out to be a hoax.

By: smb

smb — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:43:42 +0000

No bees on this thread yet? Really??

By: Kazinski

Kazinski — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:22:42 +0000

I’m sure individual free agents may have reasons not to come to Seattle, but I’m sure a lot of them think Seattle is very attractive. If Jose Vidro can’t get booed in this town, who could? I know: Richie and Jeff Weaver, but still.

If I were a free agent and I had the choice of playing and working out in 95F heat, or the mid 70′s for a whole summer, I’d have my agent on the phone everyday asking “who are you talking to in Seattle?”