Jerry Brewer hits -- and misses just a little

In his column today , Seattle Times columnist Jerry Brewer repeats a lot of the stuff we've been saying for years about Bavasi. And while he doesn't brag about it, he could have mentioned that he was virtually the only mainstream Seattle baseball writer to oppose the Bedard deal before it happened.

I like Brewer, and this piece further cements his awesomeness in my mind. I especially like that he's pushing for the M's to hire young, hire smart. "A Theo Epstein type," he urges.

He does make a few statements that make me facepalm, such as saying that Beltre "merely provides a slick glove"  and that Bedard "only wants to throw 100 pitches, then he feels his job is done." That last one might be accurate to a certain degree, but I still think it's a bit cheap. It's not Bedard's fault he's made of glass, and I think he's made it obvious that he wants to win. Just because the guy's not a great interview doesn't mean he's a "9 to 5er," as Brewer calls him.

But other than those qualms, it's a good column from a guy who has, in my opinion, come out of nowhere in the past year or so and has proved to be one of the most logical, reasonable sportswriters in the Puget Sound. For all the love we have given Geoff Baker for being a change of pace, for bucking the trend of local writers toeing the M's partly line, I think Brewer deserves a nod as well.

Finally, my favorite quote is from Mr. Bavasi, who reminds us one last time that while he not a good fit in the GM chair, he's a fucking stellar quote:

I asked Bavasi on Monday about Bedard's pitch-count threshold. After bouncing between defending and explaining Bedard, the axed GM — clearly exasperated — said I needed to ask the pitcher.

"You gotta ask him," Bavasi said. "You gotta ask him. Good luck. And he's gonna have some stupid answer, some dumbass answer."