Comments on: Game 103, Mariners at White Sox

By: heyoka

heyoka — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:56:39 +0000

Ichiro and the Oh-fers

By: Snake Hippo

Snake Hippo — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:35:19 +0000

By: Jeff Nye

Jeff Nye — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:25:02 +0000

Jeff Sullivan has a really good piece at Lookout Landing regarding the "why do they always get better" idea. Short version: people have really, really selective memories in that regard, and in the main it's not true.

By: scott19

scott19 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:14:07 +0000

Why the crap did RA Dickey suck when he was on this team, and now he is decent.

Well, the Mets evidently hadn’t forgotten that his best start of ’08 was that game against them where he was lights out.

By: jephdood

jephdood — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:50:10 +0000

You can find evidence of several players going elsewhere and succeeding. Conversely, good players seem to come to Seattle only to drop a hot steaming loaf.

By: ndrfx

ndrfx — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:39:10 +0000

Why the crap did RA Dickey suck when he was on this team, and now he is decent. Freaking ridiculous.

By: Westside guy

Westside guy — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:20:27 +0000

Not sure it is a good thing that Gutti and Saunders now have very similar OB% and BA….

Well, given where Saunders started earlier in the year – I’d say definitely good for Saunders, at least.

By: Coach24

Coach24 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:35:17 +0000

Not sure it is a good thing that Gutti and Saunders now have very similar OB% and BA….

By: jordan

jordan — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:29:44 +0000

I am probably too late to get an answer to this, but why does anyone thing Smoak is going to be a star player?

Yes, he probably isn’t ready for the bigs just yet, but the only reason he is here is to get some experience. Just like you said at the end of your post. What better place to learn how to hit major league pitching than the major leagues?

By: Rick L

Rick L — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:04:53 +0000

I am probably too late to get an answer to this, but why does anyone thing Smoak is going to be a star player? If we look at the numbers (which we are supposed to do on this site) he looks like a not ready for prime time player to me: 298 at bats, 288 OBP (same as Rob Johnson), 336 slugging percentage. We already had too many guys with those kinds of numbers. Send him down to get some experience.