Ding ding ding ding ding
DMZ · February 29, 2008 at 12:01 pm · Filed Under Mariners
msb noted that we have a winner!
Cairo, or “I can’t believe he’s not Willie” is such a great imitation of Willie that McLaren will now be freed to use Bloomquist more! Which also tells you something about the daring nature of McLaren’s in-game tactics! Thrill to the thought of a year of these two together, occupying not one but TWO YES TWO bench spots every game, all season long!
(”baby wild horse” by plizzba and used under the Creative Commons license)
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I’ve often thought that Mclaren heinously fails to leverage Bloomquist… it’s simply heinous.
Gee, I don’t get it…wouldn’t it help to have someone on the bench who could hit AND field?
Let’s just jump to the inevitable, clone Willie a bunch of times, and let him have 6 spots in the starting lineup every game.
Two of the four statements in that quote are verifiably not true, at least in regards to Willie.
I’ll let you all guess which ones.
You know, if the M’s just had 13 versions of Willie Bloomquist (9 lineup, 4 bench) they would be an unstoppable baseball machine.
I knew that the M’s would carry Cairo after giving him a guaranteed deal. Why they signed Cairo when they had Morse I have no idea? And people wonder why some of us are not giddy at the M’s chances this year.
I thought Cairo was here to ‘jump-start’ Jose Lopez. I’m surprised we’re not seeing that tidbit mentioned more often. Because of course we’ve got to inspire Jose…
If they carry Cairo all year, especially at the cost of losing Morse or Baek to waivers, then the FO should all be fired on the spot…and yes, I realize they have made many, many other bad decisions, but this one is just utterly incomprehensible…
Bedard just gave up three runs to the SS Giants…sigh…didn’t Jones hit a grand slam the other day? Good times…
All Giants squads are split squads. Have you seen that team?
9- Nice…
We need to hurry up and trade Balentien and Clement for Ronnie Belliard. With Boom Boom and Cairo forming the dynamic bench tandem of the century, we clearly need someone new to push Lopez.
11- Sexson is 1-1 and Wash was good yesterday…SELL HIGH!!!!
wonder if the Giants could use Willie or Cairo ’til Omar gets back?
Cairo is 1 for 2 so far today! His veteran grittyness has earned him a .500 BA and 1.000 OPS.
#8. I’m sure you’ll be surprised to hear that one of theruns was due to the ball going over Raul’s head.
15- NO WAY! Raul is money in the field…I refuse to belive that rumor…not possible…
Speaking of buying/ selling…Ibanez blunders in field already…Vidro went 0-2…Reed hits a three-run home-run…hmmmm it’s the smallest sample ever but they need to make the move! Reed LF, Raul DH, Vidro can rot with Boom-Boom and Cairo on the bench…talk about the worst bench EVER!
I just heard a fragment of the game on the radio moments ago and they used the word ‘bobble’ in regard to Cairo meeting up with a ground ball — and I’m pretty sure they weren’t talking ‘head’.
We need a gameday thread so someone can give me a play-by-play…
Wait, is it on the radio somewhere?
What irks me most about Spring Training, and I know it isn’t a huge sample or indicative of the players true ability, is that when a veteran struggles, makes mistakes, etc. they say “he’ll be fine when season starts,” and often they are right…but if a kid makes the same mistakes but has superior numbers, they say they need to be down in the minors longer…an Example would be if Baek totally outpitched Washburn and Washburn was TERRIBLE and Baek was dominant in spring, Wash wouldn’t lose his job and they’d attempt to pass Baek through waivers while risking losing him…that crap kills me…if Reed, WLAD, Jimerson, etc. outplays Raul, then they need to make the team, Raul needs to go to DH, 1B, etc. and Virdo, Cairo, etc. need to accept it…I’m rambling, but this whole “veteran grit” crap is killing me…
Radio broadcast: KOMO 1000 in Seattle.
Well, fortunately Mac understands that getting a run in the seventh inning isn’t nearly as important as waiting to get maybe, perhaps, sometimes an opportunity to get one in the ninth.
So, it appears Cairo’s made the roster, because you just can’t have too many no-hit, mediocre-field backup infielders. Awesome.
My take, though, is that Jose Lopez has a VERY short leash and that what will really happen is if he struggles in spring or April, he gets sent down or benched and Princess Willie becomes the everyday 2B, and Cairo will inherit Willie’s old spot. Just a hunch.
Then, when the M’s finish 5-10 games out, struggling to score runs after Willie OPSs his way to a whopping .650 with 25 SBs, as the worst everyday 2B in the majors, and Adam Jones has a solid year while Lopez rots in the minors, McLaren and Bavasi will mumble something about needing an impact bat in the offseason…
I’m not hearing any Mariners on KOMO 1000…
You guys are responsible for me laughing at an obituary yesterday.
The headline was “WFB, transcendent.”
Batting in the two-hole, no doubt.
Jimerson stole second, then third…4th outfielder?
Kid has some pop too…
Big Sexxy and Raul have a stolen base too…how bad are the Giants? Ouch…
Boeing just lost the tanker deal to EADS and Grumman and Josh Brown is definitely leaving the Hawks–maybe for the Lambs. But hey, at least the M’s have WFB!!1!!One!!lll11
30- Don’t forget the Sonics are leaving town…
…kick to the groin…
…crumble to the ground…
…reach for beer…
Where can I hear this game?
MLB Gameday Audio – the best $14.95 I spend every year on baseball. Every radio broadcast for every game played in the major leagues – home broadcast and away broadcast of each game – and I listen to random games during the winter when I need a baseball fix.
Oh, the unintended comedy:
Cool, thanks.
I don’t get it. Willie is supposedly indispensable. Miguel Cairo is just like Willie. Miguel Cairo was also picked off the scrap heap after being found to be useless by the other 29 MLB clubs.
Something doesn’t add up.
Oh man, there’s gonna be hell to pay for that. Gregoire swore she’d send an angry letter to the inspector general if this went down. I figured this how it was gonna end though after the issues the last time they went to buy Boeing tankers.
#25 – KOMO streams news when the M’s are playing. The only way to listen online to the M’s is to pay MLB.
where are these Mac quotes + “news” on Cairo coming from? Any links would be appreciated. I think that Mac wants a bunch of Willie’s on the bench so that he doesn’t have to think as much about who to pop in there since they’re all shades of the same player.
Ponies
26 – You weren’t the only one. I felt bad.
Does Bloomquist have long hair now? Long hair is not gritty.
#40– the link at the top of the page.
taped interview with Ichiro coming up on KJR next (ca. 5:05PT)
Thanks, msb. But I think that link to me to an Onion article — surely this is a joke, right?
Its great being a fan of the only team to want Cairo more than Bonds (as I cry tears into my pillow at night)
I like pretty Ponies too!
OK, look. Here’s my take, sans numbers. I know everybody on here is going to kill me for saying this but getting Bedard pointed out our “OTHER” biggest weakness. The Bench.
Yes our Line-up has holes,(sorry if I’m beating a dead horse with the Lefty power bat thing, but it’s true.) in reality though, it’s the Bench. Willie, Cairo, Morse, etc. I don’t count Burke here because I think he’s one hell of a back-up Catcher. When you look at Teams in serious contention they always have guys coming off the Bench that produce in big time ways.
Clutch hits.
Willie, Cairo, and Morse/Reed.
I just don’t see it there.
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Vidro to bench, Ibanez to DH, Reed to LF. Problem solved.
It seems that Willie is letting his hair grow out so that it can run wild and free … like a pony.
Given that Mac was so terrible last year also and lost probably 4-5 games using Rick White, not to mention the other mistakes… it seems possible we could’ve won 92 games last season and therefore, Whiteless, we’re maybe a 100+ win team by getting Bedard.
Right?
Right….
At least Willie loves baseball as much as Jose and Felix love food. I don’t understand why you guys pick on him so much. Most successful teams have a scrappy, soft hittin’, good base runnin’, utility guy. (ie. Sojo).
Please cross-apply all previous statements w/r/t our opinion on Bloomquist, his use on the team, and coverage of him. We’re no picking on him.
Now I know how Bill Murray’s character felt in Groundhog Day.
Sojo could hit like Willie on steroids.
Wait, is that joke inappropriate now? Or not? I can’t tell anymore.
I know this article is about WFB but….How do you think that Cairo feels being the WFB clone? and only to get off the bench in case WFB gets used in the game first???? Maybe hearing this news, Cairo will just retire.
Re: Picking on Willie
Maybe the confusion arises from the fact that although you do not pick on Willie Ballgame, you do put the slam down on Willie-Lovers like the Kitsap Sun.
You may want ONE Bloomquist, but not necessarily TWO Bloomquists…
um, have you seen Felix? He checked in at 218 this spring.
Over the last 3 years WFB is 21 for 56 (.375!) on turf. If we just dig up the grass at Safeco and put down a rug, Willie could be the next coming of Ty Cobb.
Wouldn’t it make sense for the M’s to rotate Clement and Kenji between DH and catcher? Then have Vidro coming off the bench. He would be a great PH, expensive but good. That solves a few problems, LH power bat, keeps kenji fresh, makes the bench stronger.That way we have a good OBP guy coming off the bench in Vidro. Seems like DH/back-up cathcer is the perfect postion for Clement. What do you guys think?
We can still use Burke as the back up catcher. Or do you think Clements defensive is so bad that he needs another full year in AAA to develop? I think he is ready NOW to hit full time in the Bigs, what do we need more than a LH power bat?
Because, though he’s not good enough to start daily, he has special clutch magic that helps us when things are bad. Jeebus.