Sexson out tonight, at least

DMZ · August 14, 2006 at 5:18 pm · Filed Under Mariners 

Broussard will start today. Times article, which doesn’t have any info.

Word on the street is his wife’s going to deliver twins through emergency c-section so he flew out to be with her. I hope it goes well.

Update: the transaction’s hit the wires, he’s been placed on the bereavement list. As msb notes in the comments, Morse has been called up to take his roster spot.

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18 Responses to “Sexson out tonight, at least”

  1. msb on August 14th, 2006 5:23 pm

    and Morse comes up to sit on the bench and hold his spot.

  2. Bender on August 14th, 2006 5:30 pm

    Maybe WFB can DH for us!

  3. DMZ on August 14th, 2006 5:35 pm

    Morse in Tacoma: .251/.314/.411

    Yipes.

  4. gwangung on August 14th, 2006 5:51 pm

    Morse in Tacoma: .251/.314/.411

    Yipes.

    Like Hargrove will care?

  5. Ralph Malph on August 14th, 2006 5:59 pm

    I’ve been trying to find the rules for the “bereavement list”. The word “bereavement” makes it sound like it’s only available if someone dies, but I’m not sure. Apparently someone on the bereavement list must stay on it for a minimum of three days and a maximum of seven (or maybe 10).

  6. Bender on August 14th, 2006 6:02 pm

    Is that Morse line better or worse than Doyle?

  7. Bender on August 14th, 2006 6:04 pm

    I answered my own question:

    Doyle: .210/.323/.335

    Double Yipes!

  8. Ralph Malph on August 14th, 2006 6:05 pm

    Apparently Sexson wouldn’t be the first player placed on the bereavement list without an actual death; there was a mini-non-controversy about this involving Odalis Perez and Lee Sinins.

    And I wish Richie and his family all the best.

  9. Mat on August 14th, 2006 6:07 pm

    Morse in Tacoma: .251/.314/.411

    Yipes.

    You posted this comment, and then I wondered to myself–perhaps Morse has been coming on strong as of late? Then I saw that he’s hit 0.200/0.286/0.240 in August. Looks like he really was just the default guy-to-call-up choice.

  10. Free Dan Rohn! on August 14th, 2006 6:12 pm

    Then I saw that he’s hit 0.200/0.286/0.240 in August.

    Isn’t that still better than what Doyle is hitting in August?

  11. Ralph Malph on August 14th, 2006 6:16 pm

    The problem is who are you gonna call up for 3 days who is hitting? It has to be someone on the 40 which pretty much limits it to Snelling, Morse or Bohn (or Balentien). We’re talking about pretty much an emergency sub in any case.

  12. Mr. Egaas on August 14th, 2006 6:18 pm

    Sexson is such the man that he delivers two swimming soldiers to the egg carrier.

    I guess having two smaller ones is better than trying to put one beasty child through the cycle of birth.

  13. Mat on August 14th, 2006 6:21 pm

    Isn’t that still better than what Doyle is hitting in August?

    Sure, but that doesn’t make it good, and I wasn’t advocating Doyle get called up anyway. Just commenting on how there really wasn’t any reason to call Morse up other than that they needed a warm body that wouldn’t necessitate a lot of roster juggling.

  14. msb on August 14th, 2006 6:23 pm

    word is mother & children (one of each) doing well

  15. Bender on August 14th, 2006 6:23 pm

    With the way he swings, is anyone else surprised he was able to hit the target? That’s so like him. Days and days with no kids then BAM, twins. I wonder if he got intentionally walked the night before.

  16. msb on August 14th, 2006 6:30 pm

    from J.A. Adande at the LA Times at the end of July:

    The week that passed for the Dodgers and Cesar Izturis reinforced how backward we can be, and exposed a little flaw in baseball’s collective bargaining agreement: There’s no accommodation for paternity leave. “There’s bereavement leave,” Dodgers General Manager Ned Colletti said. “But that’s the opposite situation.”

    Since the 2003 season, Major League Baseball has allowed players to take bereavement leave for a minimum of three days and a maximum of seven while dealing with a deceased or seriously ill family member. For the teams it’s similar to putting a player on the disabled list, enabling them to add another player to the roster while he’s gone. But what about a policy to address players who want to miss time for the birth of their children? “Not covered,” Colletti said. “It would be a good idea.”

    ———–

    apparently you have to petition MLB for bereavement leave; I’m guessing that perhaps as this involved emergency surgery they were given permission to use the leave and call up a player

  17. Bender on August 14th, 2006 6:33 pm

    Honestly with the way Hargrove uses the bench, would it really matter to have one less guy? Besides, is having Morse really any better than an empty roster spot?

  18. Panev on August 15th, 2006 2:26 pm

    I have been there and done that, and hope the best for Richie. This can be a dificult time, and I am glad that MLB and the M’s are giving him the time off.

    And #12, you need to go back to biology class.

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