Comments on: Game 132, Twins at Mariners

By: joser

joser — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:04:41 +0000

I didn’t mean that rant to be a specific indictment or criticism of anyone in particular. It was just the accumulated result of reading the same thing over and over from many different commenters for the past few weeks.

By: MattThompson

MattThompson — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:07:41 +0000

If it help SD won too so nobody lost ground on the Â“strasburg sweepstakes.Â”

Slurve Translate-a-Tron 2000: If it may be of any consolation to the dear readers of USS Mariner, the San Diego Padres, owners of one of the poorer records in all of baseball, as played at the Major League level, won their game tonight, thus matching the performances of the Washington Nationals and our hometown Mariners. Fear not, brave fans, your beloved team may yet finish with the poorest record in all of baseball, thus securing the rights to draft an exciting young prospect next June.

By: Breadbaker

Breadbaker — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:27:54 +0000

Joser, the other thing to bear in mind is that regardless of the almost ridiculous scouting that goes on (“Top 12 year old” and I wish I were making it up), the fact is that some 17-year old shortstop somewhere may grow four inches and become the next A-Rod by next June.

By: maybemaybe

maybemaybe — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:20:10 +0000

I bow down to everyone’s vetran grit here on this blog as I am a rookie that sucks right now.

By: maybemaybe

maybemaybe — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:13:26 +0000

I must apologize for my post. It sounded horrible and for that I am sorry. I will try to stop being boring on-top of it. Thanks for the insight Joser.

By: joser

joser — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:05:27 +0000

I’m getting tired of this race to the bottom/Strasburg sweepstakes shit. Cheering against your team is — purely in my opinion — sucky behavior even if it results in a long-term benefit. But it goes beyond that.

Look:
1. The Nationals are a way worse team (hard as that is to believe) and they have a much harder schedule over the remaining weeks. The M’s are not going to catch them at the bottom.
2. Even with first pick, the Nationals might not bust slot to pick Strasburg
3. Even if the M’s have first pick, or the Nat’s do but pass on Strasburg, the M’s may not bust slot to pick him either.
4. Even if the M’s do end up with Strasburg, he may never see the majors (Ryan Christianson ring a bell?) or he may end up not being anything special (Jeff Austin? Tim Stauffer?) or he might blow up his arm (too many to list).

All of this means that talking about Strasburg all the time makes you sound like the guy who insists he’s going to move to California where Angelina Jolie will divorce Brad Pitt and marry him. Yeah, it’s possible but it’s unlikely, and even if it happens it’s still getting annoying to listen to. I realize there’s essentially no reason left to watch the team except the pure love of baseball, but tedious and repetitive is tedious and repetitive, no matter how likely (or not). You’re being worse than a bad fan. You’re being boring. Don’t be boring.

By: Colm

Colm — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:30:28 +0000

You did that deliberately, didn’t you, Slurve?

By: Slurve

Slurve — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:01:07 +0000

If it help SD won too so nobody lost ground on the “strasburg sweepstakes.”

By: msb

msb — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:52:10 +0000

“I tell him around the batting cage all the time how much he means to us, the way he keeps getting after it. Adrian is banged up, but heâ€™s physically one of the toughest players Iâ€™ve ever seen play the game.” –Jim Riggleman

By: maybemaybe

maybemaybe — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:50:09 +0000

That is so true. But if their long term intrest was to do good. Then what is with the players they have.

Batista- Aged to perfection…I think not
Johjima- See Batista
Silva- Can I get my cheeseburger back please

I don’t think that these three (I only did the obvious three. I could of went on a rant but decide not too) couldnt care too much about longterm interest unless it got them millions more. They ran-sacked the M’s and now we are paying the rewards. At least to me ( a fan in Japan) that is the way it seems.