I still think it would behoove the M’s to stop thinking that at some point and just go ahead and rebuild. I’ve heard those arguments the last few years and not only did we not pull off a miracle, but we failed to get the kind of good young players we can improve with.

Sherrill is to lefties like an alligator is to a red-neck’s deer jerkey but Sherrill is, afterall, fairly easy to get “annutta ones of….

I don’t think Sherrills are that easy to get. He’s not a star or anything but he isn’t someone to casually toss away either, IMHO.

#124 Why would we want to give up George Sherrill for Johnson in a meaningless year? Granted, Johnson will have more value next year, but Sherrill is good, cheap, and 14 years younger, and might actually be around when the M’s are competitive again, if that ever happens.

Well, call me a crazy crack-head and stomp on my Christmas Braunswager loaf, but I’m thinking that if the Ms had a decent rotation and things with the offense broke just right, those crazy Ms might be in a playoff race as late as say August….

Sherrill is to lefties like an alligator is to a red-neck’s deer jerkey but Sherrill is, afterall, fairly easy to get “annutta ones of….”

Johnson while not the boss hog anymore is still much more useful than tits on a boar but doesn’t require mortgaging the trailer to get a hold of….

One Mariners source said that when it comes to Boras’ response to their Zito proposal, “the silence is deafening.” No doubt, the uber-agent is preoccupied trying to facilitate a nuclear confrontation between the New York superpowers.