Comments on: The Return! http://ussmariner.com/2008/04/15/the-return/ Seattle Mariners and general baseball discussion with David Cameron and Derek Zumsteg Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:17:03 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: BigJohn http://ussmariner.com/2008/04/15/the-return/comment-page-1/#comment-261052 BigJohn Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:19:48 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5050#comment-261052 #35: Please check your math: $51M/100 HR = $510,000/HR. STILL TOO MUCH to pay! #35: Please check your math: $51M/100 HR = $510,000/HR. STILL TOO MUCH to pay!

]]> By: scott19 http://ussmariner.com/2008/04/15/the-return/comment-page-1/#comment-261043 scott19 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:10:39 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5050#comment-261043 Doyle with a Roy Hobbs moment...cue the music from <em>The Natural</em>! :) Doyle with a Roy Hobbs moment…cue the music from The Natural! :)

]]> By: Choska http://ussmariner.com/2008/04/15/the-return/comment-page-1/#comment-261041 Choska Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:41:31 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5050#comment-261041 Jeez, since 2001 Vidro has been paid a total of $51 million dollars. In that time he has hit exactly 100 HR, or $1.96 million per HR. He is a lifetime .301 hitter with a OBP of .364. Life's rewards are not distributed fairly. Jeez, since 2001 Vidro has been paid a total of $51 million dollars. In that time he has hit exactly 100 HR, or $1.96 million per HR. He is a lifetime .301 hitter with a OBP of .364.

Life’s rewards are not distributed fairly.

]]> By: Choska http://ussmariner.com/2008/04/15/the-return/comment-page-1/#comment-261039 Choska Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:34:45 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5050#comment-261039 Look on the bright side, for Vidro's $8.5 million salary we have a DH with 2 HRs in 54 ABs and a .295 OBP, plus we get all of that yummy veteran leadership. Snelling, on the other hand, only has 1 HR. Sure he is only making the league minimum, and sure he has 1 HR in 2 ABs, but Vidro the DH has TWO HOME RUNS in 54 ABs. That's twice as many as Snelling, and that is why he makes $8.5 million while Snelling makes the league minimum. Nothing would make me happier than to see Snelling stay healthy, get traded to a smart AL team to be the everyday DH, and have an Edgar Martinez-like career for the next 15 years. A guy with his swing would be deadly in Fenway. Look on the bright side, for Vidro’s $8.5 million salary we have a DH with 2 HRs in 54 ABs and a .295 OBP, plus we get all of that yummy veteran leadership.

Snelling, on the other hand, only has 1 HR. Sure he is only making the league minimum, and sure he has 1 HR in 2 ABs, but Vidro the DH has TWO HOME RUNS in 54 ABs. That’s twice as many as Snelling, and that is why he makes $8.5 million while Snelling makes the league minimum.

Nothing would make me happier than to see Snelling stay healthy, get traded to a smart AL team to be the everyday DH, and have an Edgar Martinez-like career for the next 15 years. A guy with his swing would be deadly in Fenway.

]]> By: currcoug http://ussmariner.com/2008/04/15/the-return/comment-page-1/#comment-261026 currcoug Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:54:56 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5050#comment-261026 Remember that sick feeling in the pit of your stomach as Snelling rounded third, tried to stop, and blew his knee out? The only other time I felt that bad for a Mariner was when Carlos Guillen suffered a torn ACL in a questionable slide by Tony Phillips. It is hard to believe Snelling is still only 26 years old. Remember that sick feeling in the pit of your stomach as Snelling rounded third, tried to stop, and blew his knee out? The only other time I felt that bad for a Mariner was when Carlos Guillen suffered a torn ACL in a questionable slide by Tony Phillips.

It is hard to believe Snelling is still only 26 years old.

]]> By: joser http://ussmariner.com/2008/04/15/the-return/comment-page-1/#comment-260947 joser Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:05:53 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5050#comment-260947 On the subject of ex-Ms, here's a <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0804/mlb.ken.griffey.years/content.1.html?eref=si" rel="nofollow">pictorial</a> of one you might remember. On the subject of ex-Ms, here’s a pictorial of one you might remember.

]]> By: jspektor http://ussmariner.com/2008/04/15/the-return/comment-page-1/#comment-260945 jspektor Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:53:50 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5050#comment-260945 <blockquote>gives a good interview,</blockquote> hahaha all I can think about is Sweet Lou's interviews. Interviewer: So, Randy struck out 15 over the course of a 9 inning Complete game shutout. Your thoughts? Lou: Yeah, well, uhh ... Randy looked good out there. Hit his pitches. We are pleased Interviewer: But ... he struck out 15? Lou: Randy was hitting his spots. God I miss the Lou interview. Best part of the Mariners under Sweet Lou.

gives a good interview,

hahaha all I can think about is Sweet Lou’s interviews.

Interviewer: So, Randy struck out 15 over the course of a 9 inning Complete game shutout. Your thoughts?

Lou: Yeah, well, uhh … Randy looked good out there. Hit his pitches. We are pleased

Interviewer: But … he struck out 15?

Lou: Randy was hitting his spots.

God I miss the Lou interview. Best part of the Mariners under Sweet Lou.

]]> By: JI http://ussmariner.com/2008/04/15/the-return/comment-page-1/#comment-260943 JI Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:52:31 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5050#comment-260943 15 No I don't, he's had so many injuries that it's just good to see him stay on *any* ball field. 15

No I don’t, he’s had so many injuries that it’s just good to see him stay on *any* ball field.

]]> By: Evan http://ussmariner.com/2008/04/15/the-return/comment-page-1/#comment-260938 Evan Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:30:52 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5050#comment-260938 If Doyle could play 160 games a season he'd be a perennial all-star. He's a great player, gives a good interview, and everyone likes him. If Doyle could play 160 games a season he’d be a perennial all-star. He’s a great player, gives a good interview, and everyone likes him.

]]> By: zackr http://ussmariner.com/2008/04/15/the-return/comment-page-1/#comment-260933 zackr Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:19:16 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5050#comment-260933 Wow, look at the speed of that sweet swing. It's like a king cobra striking its prey!!!!!!! Long live Doyle. Wow, look at the speed of that sweet swing. It’s like a king cobra striking its prey!!!!!!!

Long live Doyle.

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