"Bloomquist seeks full-time position with Mariners"

by The Beer Baron on Mar 13, 2007 9:07 AM PDT

If his new swing carries over into the regular season, the South Kitsap High School product could move closer to realizing his ultimate goal -- being an everyday player.

Please, Jesus, no. When will the local press's love affair with Willie end??

Bloomquist does not have a true position and has played at least seven with the Mariners, but his versatility is what made him so valuable even though he was an average hitter.

"Average hitter", my ass.

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I think they meant...

An average hitter in the scrappy/skinny/25th man/bottom 10% league category.

by Ben in Va on Mar 13, 2007 10:15 AM PDT reply actions

Also...

If Bloomquist is an everday player this season, then something has gone seriously, seriously wrong...

It would be like watching the Academy Awards and seeing Jessica Simpson getting an Oscar. Everyone else must have died and she was the default choice.

by Ben in Va on Mar 13, 2007 10:19 AM PDT reply actions

Career 73 OPS+...

How is that average?

That's a right kerfuffle!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Mar 13, 2007 10:42 AM PDT reply actions

Well,

I guess they're factoring in grit.

by The Beer Baron on Mar 13, 2007 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions

Now, Now

Bloomquist is an above-average hitter... That is if they added the stat grittiness.

by Coach Owens on Mar 13, 2007 11:25 AM PDT reply actions

"Full Time Position"....

I thought he had a full time position as a pain in the ass to the educated M's fan....and as Hargroves esteemed butt boy...

I killed a 12 pack just to watch it die...

by Dollar97 on Mar 13, 2007 1:03 PM PDT reply actions

Grit and Character is worth 116 OPS to the Mariner

We figured that one out several years ago.

by Steve Nelson on Mar 13, 2007 1:20 PM PDT reply actions

Don't we get this story every year?

Who exactly is he going to replace?

Chill everyone, monsieur faible shall get the 250 wasted at-bats he always gets.

Field Gulls

by John Morgan @ Lookout Landing on Mar 13, 2007 1:41 PM PDT reply actions

Who will he replace? Easy: anybody!

Beltre: 25 homers and stellar defense? That's all well and good, but have you seen how much that guy smiles? Not intimidating and definitely not gritty.

Betancourt: Why don't we just put OJ Simpson out there with all the legal trouble's this kids's got! The only crime Willie ever commited was being too sexy for his shirt.

Lopez: fat!

Richie: The cost of having a first baseman 10 inches shorter would save us millions alone on uni costs over the course of a full season.

Ichiro: Gone at the end of the year - why delay the inevitable! Bench him to send a message!

Raul: Fluke year! Why not end on a high note?

Jose Guillen: He may want to kill Mike Scioscia, but last time I checked murder was illegal. Stolen bases aren't!

Kenji: that language barrier is killing our pitchers - just look at Felix! Willie, on the other hand, speaks English, Spanish and seven dialects of Kurdish.

by Slozbury Stouvre on Mar 13, 2007 1:53 PM PDT reply actions

Also

Felix Hernandez? He's too young! Why not have a gritty veteran be our Ace?

by Coach Owens on Mar 13, 2007 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Beltre

smiles?

Okay, he does at times, but Willie has him beat in that category, too. Of course, he was only smiling toward the Willie Fan Club.

by Josh @ Lookout Landing on Mar 13, 2007 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Beltre

does smile! I have sent it!

ie. He was picking up the minor leaguers for pratice in ST, at the hotel I was staying at. Beltre was smiling a lot. Maybe he only smiles in ST?

by mark s @ Lookout Landing on Mar 13, 2007 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Hey guys

they should have written the sentence as:

"...his ultimate goal -- being an everyday player (on the Angels as a CF)."

I'm totally cool with that.

by Edgar for Pres on Mar 13, 2007 3:01 PM PDT reply actions

Hey

I heard the A's need a CF with Kotsay on the shelf.

by Gomez on Mar 13, 2007 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions

I love Willie

Yes he is number one in our hearts, but hopefully never on our depth chart

by stud12 on Mar 13, 2007 3:19 PM PDT reply actions

Ok that made me laugh

way to hard

But I am really tired and I listen to ambient music for 5 hours today

How in the name of Zeus's butthole did you get out of your cell?

by Scruffy Lefty on Mar 13, 2007 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions

Willie can be an everyday player

in Tacoma.

by Gomez on Mar 13, 2007 11:18 PM PDT reply actions

That he should be an everyday starter.
Why doesn't another team pick him up? There are 29 other teams out there who can see his greatness. WFB doesn't have a huge contract so it would be easy for another team to pick him up. Every single team knows the M's were hurting for pitching this off season. If someone wanted Boom-Boom all they had to do was trade a number 5 guy to the M's.

In other words, if you take your girl to a party and not any of the other 29 guys makes a comment to you or a pass at her. She just isn't all that hot.

by mark s @ Lookout Landing on Mar 13, 2007 11:50 PM PDT reply actions