Does each path differ in that way?

1. Not to put you on the spot (!), but could you comment on the Mariners blogosphere and how the team views it? Are blogs like USS Mariner and Lookout Landing frequently read and respected, do they sometimes generate ideas, confirm ideas, or are members of the team too busy to read them?

2. When planning personnel moves, to what extent do you need to factor expected fan and media reaction into the move?

3. If you look at today’s team and farm system as a foundation upon which you can build a championship-caliber team, what do you think are the changes that still need to take place to make that happen?

4. Team chemistry is a controversial subject in the blogosphere. How do you view it? Is it important? Is it measurable? Do you need to consider chemistry when making personnel moves?

5. How do you expect Wakamatsu to differ from the last few Mariners managers?

6. What organizations in MLB do you most respect? Are you patterning your organization after any of them?

7. Can you describe how running a baseball team in 2009 is different from running a baseball team in 1999? Or 1989?

8. Is it important that a player be media- and fan-friendly? Is that part of the job description, and if so, how important is it?

He has the ability to throw wonderful pitches but we really have not seen him use all of his pitches to his full advantage, yet.

Sure would be nice for us remote fans to listen in somehow.

2. Since the farm system has so many position players that are “free swingers” and appear to lack strike-zone awareness, do these guys have a feel for how the changes that Jack has made to the management and coaching in the farm levels might help fix this?

3. Since the farm system has many young arms that need development and refining, and with the Mariner’s history of injuries, and with the knowledge that the Mariner’s have not developed many pitchers that have come close to their potential, let alone meet or EXCEED their expectations…do these guys have a feel how the new staff and developmental processes will be changed to help create better results?

2. How much will stats inform in-game strategies, e.g., Felix pitch selection, defensive positioning, etc.?

3. How do you prioritize pro scouting efforts, by level, position/need, ???

2) Has there every been consideration to platooning as much for defense as for offense? Say we have a poor defender/good hitter, and a great defender/poor hitter as LF options. Would we play the better hitter when Felix and Bedard pitch (due to their strikeouts and lower FB%), and the better fielder when other pitchers start? Or is it always better to consider their batting splits against the opposing pitcher?