"Derek Zumsteg should be ashamed to have such comprehensive knowledge of the history of cheating in baseball. Pete Rose gave me two to one odds this book would become a classic." -- Allen Barra, author of The Last Coach: A Life of Paul "Bear" Bryant
"Derek Zumsteg should be ashamed to have such comprehensive knowledge of the history of cheating in baseball. Pete Rose gave me two to one odds this book would become a classic." -- Allen Barra, author of The Last Coach: A Life of Paul "Bear" Bryant
Derek, in particular, will appreciate this article and the ruling which inspired it. Basically, Seattle Municipal Court Judge Jean Rietschel said the M’s are scalping tickets — illegal in Seattle — via the Ticket Marketplace section of their website, and as such, it doesn’t make sense to punish people caught scalping tickets on the street [...]
“I’m working in the flea market so early
I’ve been working here since my mama was a baby…”
– Prince Fleaswallow
We should in all fairness point out that Pocket Lint also said in the same chat that he would have let Winn and Garcia go in order to sign Vlad. I’m not sure how much this makes [...]
The M’s have signed a Taiwanese infielder named Yung-Chi Chen. He’s the second player from Taiwan in the organization, joining catcher Chao Wu.
Dammit, I was just going to post that. Couldn’t have said it better. Here’s another great one:
Is this the worst bench in major league history? If Edgar gets injured, what abysmal hitter will replace him at DH? And seriously, will any Mariners bench players get a pinch hit all year? — Jeff, Bellingham
B. F.: No [...]
Larry Stone and Bob Finnegan are hosting a chat over at Seattletimes.com right now. I was going to wait until the end to highlight the dramatic differences between these two, but this jewel just can’t wait:
Who do you think will be most improved this year in the Mariners rotation? — Mark C., Seattle
B. [...]
In response to my post below, I received an email from Michael Srihari, who runs DugOut Dollars, a site with extensive payroll information for every team in the majors. I’ve never seen anything approaching the detail he takes in breaking things down, including projected payrolls for 2005 and 2006, details on the vesting options [...]
That didn’t take long. The Times quotes Bavasi as saying “We’ve heard that Pudge has agreed with Detroit”. The Detroit papers are reporting a deal is close, and could be announced tommorrow. Barring some kind of Aaron Sele-type negotiation nightmare, I think we can safely assume Pudge isn’t going to be a [...]
Derek’s thoughts echo those of our inbox right now, so some clarifications.
1. The offer I came up with was Winn, Justin Leone, Jose Lopez, and Rett Johnson for Beltran. If Baird mentions Rafael Soriano, you hang up the phone. Players like Soriano just don’t get traded, and there’s no reason to [...]
Ah, but here’s the trouble with such a plan.
One year of Carlos Beltran will run the Mariners… say it’s Lopez, Rafael Soriano, Leone, and Rett Johnson, plus Winn to cover CF for them, plus the difference in Winn-Beltran salary, which’ll be… couple million. Then Beltran leaves because he’ll want a long-term deal and if the [...]
Well, Bavasi is saying the right things about Pudge.
At the P-I, he’s quoted with “If it gets into three, four or five years, we’re not going to be comfortable.”
The Times throws in this quote: “Like anyone else, we have interest in him on a short-term basis. In our opinion, he has had his [...]
