Comments on: That sizzling hot youngster Vidro

By: edgar for mayor

edgar for mayor — Sun, 25 May 2008 15:32:09 +0000

I hate comfortable, overpaid veterans

By: pygmalion

pygmalion — Sun, 25 May 2008 11:13:59 +0000

Wow, to think, this kid could be ROY and continues on pace to be the first hitter since Ted Williams to bat over .400! What a special ballplayer we’ve lucked into!

By: scott19

scott19 — Sun, 25 May 2008 06:21:13 +0000

I said it before and I’ll say it again: Dustin Pedroia.

The main difference, though, is that in spite of Pedroia’s crapping the bed early on, his team is still likely to finish somewhere near the top of their division.

Can’t quite say the same about Turbo’s, however. >:(

By: jephdood

jephdood — Sun, 25 May 2008 06:21:12 +0000

If Vidro’s option vests, I am boxing up all the collected Mariner crap I’ve acquired over the years, and am shipping it back to P.O. Box 4100 with a note:

“HERE. TAKE IT BACK. ALL OF IT. I’M DONE. YOU’VE KILLED MY TEAM.”

By: scott19

scott19 — Sun, 25 May 2008 06:15:05 +0000

Hmmm…think I went 8/18 one year in slow-pitch rec-league softball. Gee, can I DH for millions of bucks?

By: xxtinynickxx

xxtinynickxx — Sun, 25 May 2008 06:00:56 +0000

For some reason I would not mind Vidro at first if Clement was the DH or vise versa. But in a perfect world Barry Bonds would be a Mariner and the M’s would acctually have an offense that could produce runs. Of course the Defense is another story!

By: bavasihaspictures

bavasihaspictures — Sun, 25 May 2008 05:58:14 +0000

“That my friend is proven veteran leadership. I told you so.” – Buzzy’s son

By: msb

msb — Sun, 25 May 2008 05:57:15 +0000

Maybe he can be “Comeback Player of the Year.” Players have come back from injury, addictions, and borderline insanity. Can they come back from being themselves?

I was going to snark about coming back from crippling back spasms, but then my lower back twinged and I decided it wasn’t really that funny an idea.

By: brian_sun

brian_sun — Sun, 25 May 2008 05:56:36 +0000

Don’t forget that despite Vidro’s hot hitting, the M’s have still been blown out in every game since Clement was demoted. So Vidro’s hot bat hasn’t helped them win any game. So instead of losing 13-1 with Clement playing, they are losing 13-2 with Vidro. They DFA Wilkerson after he went 3-3 in a game. Once Clement’s 10 day stint in Tacoma expires, he will be up and send Vidro to the bench. Maybe Bavasi is just showcasing Vidro a bit, and hope some idiot GM sees him as a decent bat of the bench and give us a bag of peanuts to take him off our team. I highly doubt any GM will be that stupid. When Clement’s 10 day is up, Vidro will either be DFA or traded for nothing. The most important thing is the team is toast this season whether Vidro is hitting like Bonds or hitting like Bloomquist. Bavasi knows that and he would rather give the AB to Clement. Frankly, I am not too upset about it, because these 10 days actually delay Clement’s FA for a year. I’d be pissed if Vidro continues to get AB while the team keeps get blown out. I can take losing, but losing with Vidro getting his option vested? Not so much. Bavasi got to understand that you got to give fans hope for next season if you suck this year, and Vidro should not be in next year’s plan no matter what. If the veterans in this team don’t like it, f*&k them. We will let Sexson go and possibly Rual go after this year. If they don’t like it, we are not going to see them next year anyways.

By: Gihyou

Gihyou — Sun, 25 May 2008 05:50:34 +0000

It’s amazing that at such a young age, Jose Vidro could be such a professional hitter. He’s gritty, and he just knows how to play the game the way it was meant to be played. Those are very unusual attributes for young players, most of whom are lazy and out to steal jobs from deserving veterans.

By the way, has anyone ever noticed what Ichiro did his first year in Japan? .188/.212/.266 in 66 PA. I would have given up on him. The Blue Wave got lucky he panned out.