Comments on: The Danger of Veteran Entitlement

By: serpentear

serpentear — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:30:50 +0000

Howard Lincoln = most unsavy baseball moron

Do us a favor and quit

By: serpentear

serpentear — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:29:02 +0000

I think you have it all wrong. THey vets in the dodgers article are complaining about attitude, not preformance from the young guys. Nice try though

Does that excuse the Mariner inability to sit down a slumping player because he is a veteran, no.

I don’t care who you are, if you don’t preform you sit. WE got lucky with Ibanez and Somewhat with Weaver. Sexson still blows, Ramirez still blows, and Lopez still blows.

The Mariners have problems in there roots and this is own of them. Things need to be fixed

By: Eastside Crank

Eastside Crank — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:27:55 +0000

Well if we are going to get all excited about baseball in Southern California then we should also consider how the Angels are getting it done. Check out what Ross Newhan has to say: http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-angwin25sep25,1,6631787.column?coll=la-headlines-sports Remember that the Angels took off as a franchise after Bavasi left. Bavasi loaded the team with young talent but also presided over one of the most divided clubhouses in team history. Scioscia rewards production and shuffles players around to achieve wins. The GM is not afraid to move players if a better one is available and they no longer need the Disney Corporation to approve trades. By the description, the Mariners are very much like the Angels of the 1990's. Will the Mariners be able to improve while being run like a corporation?

By: msb

msb — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:56:35 +0000

FWIW, recent elaboration from the LA Times

By: Gomez

Gomez — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:25:02 +0000

Is anyone really surprised that this mentality has taken over the Dodgers clubhouse now that good ol’ boy Ned Colletti is the GM?

By: terry

terry — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:41:47 +0000

Gosh what a wonderful piece of writing. It was thoroughly enjoyable….

By: Crushgroovin

Crushgroovin — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:56:56 +0000

The Ken Rosenthal on the Rockies shows a sharp contrast to what is happening in Seattle and LA.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7260534

It is just disgusting to see a bunch of never really have been veterans with their hands around the throat of an organization. I believe that that the M’s as an organization need a complete and total house cleaning. It is obvious that from Howard Lincoln on down the corporate philosophy is broken.

For an example of how things should work please see , oh my god, the Yankees. I believe Melky Cabrera is a rather young player who came in and supplanted a veteran. But I haven’t heard anyone on the team complaining.

Seriously Good franchises put the best players on the field. They would never let the fate of the franchise be controlled by a 35 year old outfielder who has never been a contributer on a winning club.

By: Teej

Teej — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:30:50 +0000

I used to read Simers when I was in college because he made me laugh. Not much of a sports expert or anything, but he has his moments. He’s one of those guys who I like to read here and there, but sometimes I’m stunned that they he has a job at such a large paper.

I work at The San Diego Union-Tribune. Simers was a sportswriter here long before I arrived, and I still hear stories about him occasionally. Obviously it’s all hearsay to me, but to summarize: He was fun because of his smartassness, but obviously not everyone got a kick out of his personality.

By: JMHawkins

JMHawkins — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:57:48 +0000

“Who said he [Kent] was a leader?”

Classic. Being a leader and being around a while are not the same thing.

BTW, if you’re really just missing Dave Sims’ voice on this off-day, you can hear him calling MNF on KJR right now…

By: John in L.A.

John in L.A. — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:55:14 +0000

72 – Cool, man. I’m taking work out back and shooting it today myself.