Random spring training news
DMZ · February 24, 2006 at 1:15 am · Filed Under Mariners
Hargrove wants Ichiro swinging early and often. Also, Morse is a hard worker. [Hickey, PI]
Matt Tuiasosopo has tools [LaRue, TNT]
Hargrove wants Ichiro swinging early and often. Also, Morse is a hard worker. [Hickey, PI]
Matt Tuiasosopo has tools [LaRue, TNT]
Wow. If I’m Mike Hargrove, I’m really embarrassed. He kept Ichiro from playing his game and as a result, look at the numbers. I don’t blame Ichiro for being frustrated. Why Hargrove would try to change the approach of one of the best hitters in baseball is beyond me. Whatever confidence I had in Hargrove when they hired him is just about gone after reading this.
IIRC, the idea was Baylor’s, not Hargrove’s. You’ll note Hickey phrases it as “as Mariners coaches instructed him to do”.
I was glad to see work on improving baserunning happening, as well as Pentland’s work on situational hitting.
That article about Morse actually makes me like him less. He’s one of those guys who thinks hard work = success. But that’s just not true. Sometimes your best just isn’t good enough.
all he has to do is look at Willie to see that a lot of times hard work = success.
I don’t understand why the Morse article makes you like him less. Would you prefer Scott Spiezio’s work habits? I’m glad to hear he’s working hard (without pharmaceuticals, we hope).
Maybe their best isn’t good enough, but don’t you want players who will do everything possible to get better? At least you’ll know they’ve given their best, even if it’s not good enough.
I agree. I like Morse’s attitude and his willingness to do whatever is asked of him for the good of the team. I also agree this doesn’t necessarily mean that he will be a good player but I like that they see potential in him and are trying to find a way to develop him so that he has some value to the M’s or another team.
Like him LESS because he feels he can achieve success through hard work?
I hope you were joking, I really do.
In the article about Tuiasosopo they touch on his slump in his first minor league season. I saw him in Salem vs the Volcanoes near the end of the year and he looked completely over matched by short season A ball pitchers. I haven’t seen him since so I can’t compare. I hope he’s making as big of strides as they say he is.