USSM Public Service Announcement

DMZ · August 14, 2008 at 9:34 am · Filed Under Mariners 

The next… oh, let’s say three… people to comment that free agents won’t sign with Seattle, particularly in discussions about getting rid of dead weight free agents that signed in Seattle, will be shown the door.

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57 Responses to “USSM Public Service Announcement”

  1. Joe C on August 14th, 2008 1:44 pm

    Given the choice between Jarrod Washburn on the roster or $10 million free to spend on something else, I’m taking the money every time.

    I don’t think that it is tough to bring players here, but if it were, couldn’t they just put a batting cage down at the VMAC on Lake Washington and take their prospective free agents down there and tell them the M’s share the facility with the Seahawks?

    I think the perception that it is difficult to bring good players here comes from the fact that the Mariners bring in the crappy players and haven’t tried to sign the good ones over the past few years.

  2. scott19 on August 14th, 2008 1:52 pm

    It’s like RAAAAIIIIIYYYYAAAAIIIINNNN on your wedding day…

    It’s like signing a guy with a World Series ring…when he’s already washed-up!

  3. gwangung on August 14th, 2008 2:07 pm

    I think the perception that it is difficult to bring good players here comes from the fact that the Mariners bring in the crappy players and haven’t tried to sign the good ones over the past few years.

    AND that they’re relying on free agents instead of their homegrown talent to win games.

  4. SBG on August 14th, 2008 2:25 pm

    All I can say is that as a Twins fan, I hope that the Mariners are afraid of not being able to sign free agents if they dump Washburn, because I’m hearing my club put a claim in on him and I’m curled up in the fetal position hoping that it’s not true.

  5. CaptainPoopy on August 14th, 2008 2:47 pm

    According to this, the M’s are going to keep Raul and Wash for the rest of the season… fuck.

  6. cody on August 14th, 2008 2:48 pm

    Personally, I hope the Yankees pick up Washburn.

    Not only because they are the ones who are most likely to eat all of his salary, but also because I don’t like the Yankees. The Red Sox would be nice, too. Just to remind those Sox fans what a bad player with a bloated contract looks like.

    Well, if that SI article is right, then its time to break out the pichforks and torches.

  7. Jay R. on August 14th, 2008 4:05 pm

    If that SI article is true and they end up keeping Washburn, I am going to have to really reconsider the level of attention I can afford to give to the Mariners. Watching gross incompetence day after day, season after season is just not all that fun.

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