Hello Doooooooooooooooyle
Dave · July 26, 2006 at 10:51 am · Filed Under Mariners
Chris Snelling is going to join the Mariners this evening in time for tonight’s game against the Blue Jays. Carl Everett has been designated for assignment to create room on the roster.
And there was much rejoicing.
[DMZ update: Here’s the team announcement]
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The M’s aren’t interested in Conine. They want a left-handed bat.
Carl Everett goodbye
Please do not bump your ass on
The door going out
Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Jeff Clement replaces Shin-Soo Choo
That’s a bizarre switch, but looking at the box score I guess Clement stayed in to catch and Johnson moved out for another adventure in the outfield.
#192– well, just this morning Bavasi said they were more in the market for 2nd-tier guys where they wouldn’t have to move one of their top prospects…
Dave, thanks that’s what I wanted to know. Though if the M’s are out, the Braves could use him. They’d upgrade Left Field doing so, I just dont’ want it to cost Betemit to do so.
Is Bill Bavasi’s naming of Doyle, Dobbs, and Perez a way of communicating with Hargrove? Is he expressing his desires for who plays DH?
Choo for Walker? Choo for ????
If it’s JUST Choo, I think I’ll be happy….
(Abreu? Um, sorry, but I’m wide awake…..)
I think if Bavasi wanted to communicate with Hargrove, he would just talk to him–don’t you?
Dave, can you at least assure us that the first line of the press release is not “Seattle Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations Bill Bavasi announced today that the club has traded outfielder Chris Snelling . . . .”?
Choo for Dellucci would make sense, as Choo is roughly a younger, cheaper, less polished version of Dellucci.
Oh Dave, just hypothetically, if the M’s were to try to trade a guy named Choo for a guy named Walker in some sort of deal . .what do you think of a move like that? Just hypothetically?
The other thing is I’d be looking to supplement the pitching staff right now, what with Soriano having issues, as opposed to picking up Todd Walker- unless Raul’s shoulder is more problematic than it seems. Especially since Todd Walker isn’t really an improvement on Doyle, unless you want to play him at 2B.
#206 – I dont think so. I think hes just trying to state to the fans and media that Everett wasn’t that good.
Maybe if he allowed us to communicate with him before his bonehead signings of Everett and Washburn, he wouldnt have to make such overlays to the fans and media, because they wouldnt have been signed in the first palce.
Dave, can you at least assure us that the first line of the press release is not “Seattle Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations Bill Bavasi announced today that the club has traded outfielder Chris Snelling . . . .�
Snelling isn’t being traded.
Oh Dave, just hypothetically, if the M’s were to try to trade a guy named Choo for a guy named Walker in some sort of deal . .what do you think of a move like that? Just hypothetically?
Todd Walker is better than Greg Dobbs. He is decent insurance in case of an injury to an infielder. He would be a decent acquisition, but he shouldn’t cost us Shin-Soo Choo, or any other real prospect of note.
Especially since Todd Walker isn’t really an improvement on Doyle, unless you want to play him at 2B.
And take away playing time from Willie? Nahhhh….
Choo for Dellucci? Not likely, but our offense would look a lot better. Maybe we got A-rod back!! haha.
Question for Dave once the trade goes down. Since you had Choo and Cabrera pretty much neck-and-neck in trade value, are you more impressed with the return for Choo than what we got for Cabrera?
OK–got it. Not Choo for Walker.
Upon this great news, I just swapped out my desktop wallpaper.
Yeah, it’s in an R’s uniform, but this shot of Doyle works for me.
I got more Doyle pix, too, to choose from. Only a couple are meant for desktop wallpaper, but I’ve compressed these pix down a notch, and could make wallpaper if anyone’s interested.
Congrats Cult of Doyle! Throw back some Veggemite in celebration. Or some Aussie Shiraz, if that’s your preference (is mine)! Avoid Fosters at all costs.
This seriously catches me off guard. I’m okay by that, though!
The M’s aren’t interested in Conine. They want a left-handed bat.
I’m not getting this: they HAVE LH bats (Doyle, Petagine) who will cost them nothing in trade who would more than adequately replace the sucktastic ones they had before today(Everett, Dobbs).
Or is Hargrove’s tiny brain such that he refuses to belive minor league numbers or J League numbers mean anything, and he insists on “veterans” to replace C-Rex? I mean, really, Dellucci and Walker are decent players, but are they upgrades on what the M’s have for free? I don’t think so.
Whereas the team’s operating with a short bullpen (with Soriano having intermittent problems)- and is heavily using the ‘pen as well. I don’t get it.
Costco has Rosemont Estates Shiraz for a ridiculous $7.59 a bottle. That’s a crazy price for a really nice Australian shiraz.
dang, Derek, I almost snorted chocolate milk across my keyboard… fine photography there.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES should anyone attempt to untie the yellow ribbon around Doyle’s neck.
That is all.
Or is Hargrove’s tiny brain such that he refuses to belive minor league numbers or J League numbers mean anything, and he insists on “veterans†to replace C-Rex?
I have no doubt that this is the case.
Talk about learning the wrong lesson from (his own) past…..
Mmm hmmm. Have to second that Rosemont Estates suggestion. Glad to hear we still have very similar tastes in alcohol, Herr Zumsteg!
Case in point:
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/teamReport?categoryId=71598&type=InsideSlant
The Mariners are not sure how much longer they can go not knowing when Rafael Soriano will be able to pitch again.
Tuesday was the fifth consecutive game on the Seattle homestand in which Soriano could not be used. He’s suffering from some form of tired shoulder, and he hasn’t pitched in a game since July 19 in Yankee Stadium.
The Mariners had hoped Sunday that Soriano would be ready for the Blue Jays on Monday or Tuesday, but he wasn’t ready to go either day.
If things don’t change, the Mariners may have no choice but to put him on the disabled list. He missed five games in late June 29 and early July with similar problems, and extended rest may be the only answer.
Yeah, extended rest. That works. Except not so much.
Strewth! Good on ya, mate. Crikey, that’s bonzer news. I’m throwin’ a wobbly here. Everett never stood a Buckley’s with us; his bat carked it long ago. Bavasi really came a gutser with that move, but this one’s a corker. Doyle’s fair dinkum, only a right drongo thinks otherwise. This season’s a bit of a no-hoper, but she’ll be apples from now on. No drama!
Yeah, extended rest. That works. Except not so much.
I just wish they’d hurry up and put Soriano on the DL, because he’s a waste of space on my roto league roster if he’s not playing.
DMZ that’s hilarious!
It makes me remeber how much I wish I had a camera when I passed by that very murial. I mean– it actually says “Carl”(!) too perfect!
Oh well, I settled for being photographed in front of his jersey in the team store. $220 price tag, I wonder how many of those they sold.
Losing Carl is like making a deadline blockbuster, this division looks more and more winnable each day.
220, 224 off topic. Are you going to delete your own post, DMZ? 🙂
Seriously, I have sampled that very item, and I agree with the review and the recommendation. Anyone had a good chard recently?
There were several Snelling jerseys available in the team store a few weeks back — from the “game-used” or the “used in commercial” racks, I forget which. They were like $350 or so, though.