Comments on: Game 47, Mariners at Tigers

By: PILOTS-GUY

PILOTS-GUY — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:54:57 +0000

Used to be, I’d read the sports pages for comments/observations on this team from the night before. Now, I come here to get honest, objective news about this train wreck of a MLB team. This morning’s blast about Washburn insisting on his personal catcher was the final straw. Couldn’t agree more with comments from today. While signing Kenji for 3yrs at his age and level of production was a stupid move, to bench him half the time now and thus provide a wall for Clement to return. You truly have to wonder which inmates in the asylum are running things today. Or, do they take turns? McLaren has zero nads to let any player dictate to him, Washburn or otherwise. It should be painfully obvious to anyone (although not noted in the PI or anywhere else I could find)that he has lost dynamic control of his troops. He must go, in an effort to retain some of the new manager’s respect level for this club. If not, these troops will be dictating other “terms” to McLaren in the near future.

By: notanangrygradstudent

notanangrygradstudent — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:01:18 +0000

147: That’s called folding pre-flop.

By: Breadbaker

Breadbaker — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:41:21 +0000

226: The M’s had gotten rid of all their good young (and I might mention mainly black) players over the years: Ruppert Jones, Dave Henderson, Phil Bradley. But they developed a fetish for Jim Presley, whom they could easily have traded two years before Edgar came up for good. There is always a market for a power-hitting third baseman. And Edgar had only batted .372 in his cup of coffee in 1987, so why he was sent down to win another PCL batting title was beyond me.

By: scott19

scott19 — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:49:35 +0000

225: Not really, no…and the sad thing about having both Phelps and Jim Presley around at the same time is that it wound up keeping Edgar down in the minors longer than he should have been. I know it’s hindsight, but I’ll bet ‘Gar would’ve finished in the neighborhood of 3k hits if not for those lost seasons.

By: don52656

don52656 — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:38:53 +0000

The Buhner/Phelps trade was probably why the M’s hired him….out of gratitude!

Actually, Phelps was a hell of a power hitter. I can see why someone would have wanted him aiming at the short right field porch in Yankee Stadium.

But, it didn’t work out for them, did it?

By: scott19

scott19 — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:17:31 +0000

And he traded Jay Buhner for Ken Phelps. While with the Yankees.

Prompting my favorite line from Seinfeld: “Why the hell’d you trade Jay Buhner?!”

By: scott19

scott19 — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:14:25 +0000

Yep…like the guys from Del Amitri once said: “C’mon baby, let’s KISS THIS THING GOODBYE!”

By: Breadbaker

Breadbaker — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:13:04 +0000

Edgar was drafted in 1982, also before Woody’s time. Woody did do the Moyer trade, which was tremendous, and both sides of the Randy Johnson saga (it will be ten years since the M’s were certain Randy was going to have back trouble; they were right!!), which both got us value. His worse trades will need no introduction.

And he traded Jay Buhner for Ken Phelps. While with the Yankees.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:10:58 +0000

Someone just please BLOW THE WHOLE THING UP!!!!

It’s time for heads to roll.

NOW.

By: jlc

jlc — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:01:47 +0000

Did you just hear the Washburn interview on Fox? He only threw one bad pitch, to Thames. The other hits he says he was throwing good pitches, hitting his spots, and the Tigers were hitting them.

You guys are too much. I wouldn’t let my kids get away with that. It would be hysterical if a major league pitcher actually said stuff like that. . .