And so ends one of the most miserable Mariner chapters I think any of us have ever had to endure. It's never easy to just dump a guy outright when there's no interest in him anywhere else, and you have to feel at least a little bit of sympathy for the person (as opposed to the athlete), but on the other hand, take away the release and Horacio's day has been pretty good.

So he's got that going for him.