Ryan Rowland-Smith blogs about getting sent down...
Ryan Rowland-Smith just posted a fantastic new blog where he shares what he went through when he learned he was getting sent down and what he plans to do to make it back:
http://www.prolebrity.com/triple-aaa-thoughts/
It's awesome to see athletes like RRS embracing blogging and giving us insights into what they go through.
Let's support RRS and give him ideas on what to blog about next!
We're rooting for ya RRS...hope to see you back in Seattle soon!!!
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Funny how a LL member actually recommended him to check out sabermetrics
Let’s be serious here…
by vkut79 on
Jul 22, 2008 6:40 AM PDT
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Why?
He is obviously upset to be sent down and wants to improve himself. Why not take a look a Pitch F/X to see if it will help? He’s obviously a smart lad and at least fairly competent with using a computer so … go for it!
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on
Jul 22, 2008 7:40 AM PDT
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If Ryan Rowland-Smith became the left-handed Brian Bannister, that would be insanely awesome
because unlike Brian Bannister, RRS actually has talent.
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 22, 2008 7:59 AM PDT
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Could I claim 10% for introducing it to him?
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on
Jul 22, 2008 8:39 AM PDT
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Don't be so public about it, you might scare Jeff
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 22, 2008 7:59 AM PDT
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Jeff does not appear to be easily frightened.
Although perhaps the master archivist could prove me wrong.
by NOLAmarinergirl on
Jul 22, 2008 8:13 AM PDT
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I didn't throw my favorite things in a blender and create an RRS smoothie.
by NOLAmarinergirl on
Jul 22, 2008 8:12 AM PDT
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That we know of
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 22, 2008 8:29 AM PDT
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If I were truly smothering him, I would've posted such a depiction on this blog.
by NOLAmarinergirl on
Jul 22, 2008 8:45 AM PDT
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Or on his blog
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 22, 2008 8:48 AM PDT
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I don't want to step on your toes and find myself permanently banned.
by NOLAmarinergirl on
Jul 22, 2008 9:35 AM PDT
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No bitchslap?
Mike Cameron recorded 485 putouts in 2003.
by JI on
Jul 22, 2008 9:53 AM PDT
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Are you asking Jeff to slap me?
by NOLAmarinergirl on
Jul 22, 2008 10:21 AM PDT
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Just expressing my surprise.
Mike Cameron recorded 485 putouts in 2003.
by JI on
Jul 22, 2008 10:57 AM PDT
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I thought so.
Mike Cameron recorded 485 putouts in 2003.
by JI on
Jul 22, 2008 2:26 PM PDT
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I still don't know what happened.
by NOLAmarinergirl on
Jul 22, 2008 2:33 PM PDT
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I'll explain it to you when you are older.
Mike Cameron recorded 485 putouts in 2003.
by JI on
Jul 22, 2008 2:39 PM PDT
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I think this response actually means that you don't get it, either.
by NOLAmarinergirl on
Jul 22, 2008 2:53 PM PDT
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It think it's not that hard to figure out.
Mike Cameron recorded 485 putouts in 2003.
by JI on
Jul 22, 2008 2:59 PM PDT
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I think I was dropped on my head.
by NOLAmarinergirl on
Jul 22, 2008 3:02 PM PDT
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I was just mocking Jeff's rudeness.
Mike Cameron recorded 485 putouts in 2003.
by JI on
Jul 22, 2008 3:10 PM PDT
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Ah...I didn't know where this all went wrong. I also thought you were telling him to bitchslap me.
That was a long amount of comments to establish this.
by NOLAmarinergirl on
Jul 22, 2008 3:47 PM PDT
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...and now we're here.
Mike Cameron recorded 485 putouts in 2003.
by JI on
Jul 22, 2008 3:49 PM PDT
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Well, he's understandably bent. Who likes getting sent down?
But I have to agree: things like this will help him appreciate it even more once he finally gets back to the bigs for good. And ultimately, we know this move is the best chance for him to become a full time MLB starter.
by Gomez on
Jul 22, 2008 8:59 AM PDT
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Your 2011 Seattle Mariners
1. RHP Felix Hernandez
2. RHP Stephen Strasburg
3. RHP Brandon Morrow
4. LHP Ryan Rowland-Smith
5. LHP The Guy That We Get Back For Erik Bedard (or Ryan Feierabend if the trade is headlined by a bat)
By itself, this makes me drool – and if there’s one thing that Bavasi did well, it was find cheap, effective bullpen arms, and there’s no reason to believe that a new, smarter FO won’t continue to do that. Sorry for rosterbating on everyone, I just really like some of the guys we have in terms of potential as SPs down the road.
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 22, 2008 9:05 AM PDT
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I will give you $100 if the M's rotation is exactly these five guys in 2011
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on
Jul 22, 2008 9:22 AM PDT
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I will give you $100 if there's anyone in the world named
“The Guy We Get Back For Erik Bedard”
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 22, 2008 9:26 AM PDT
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That'd look funny on the back of a uniform.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on
Jul 22, 2008 9:38 AM PDT
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Make the team embrioderer earn his pay for once
The only hard name on the team is Rowland-Smith
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 22, 2008 9:42 AM PDT
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That's harder to pronounce than "LFOJL".
by NOLAmarinergirl on
Jul 22, 2008 10:20 AM PDT
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What's so hard about "Elle-Eff-Oh-Jay-Elle?"
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 22, 2008 10:28 AM PDT
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Elf-Oh-Jale
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 22, 2008 10:35 AM PDT
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Hmmm.
Low-frequency oscillation, juxtaposed latency.
Your way’s easier…
My layout.spellcheckDefault goes to 11
by PositivePaul on
Jul 22, 2008 10:42 AM PDT
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Plus it almost sounds like awful.
by NOLAmarinergirl on
Jul 22, 2008 10:53 AM PDT
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Loff-gel
Mike Cameron recorded 485 putouts in 2003.
by JI on
Jul 22, 2008 10:58 AM PDT
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Even better for that purpose.
by NOLAmarinergirl on
Jul 22, 2008 11:08 AM PDT
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*I-ron-y*
Mike Cameron recorded 485 putouts in 2003.
by JI on
Jul 22, 2008 11:43 AM PDT
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Jih-rin-ee ?
Mike Cameron recorded 485 putouts in 2003.
by JI on
Jul 22, 2008 1:07 PM PDT
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Think like "fjord"
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 22, 2008 12:38 PM PDT
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I like this though
It’s like a combination of lol and rofl: lofl
by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on
Jul 22, 2008 12:49 PM PDT
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Although lofl would be "laughing on floor laughing"
by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on
Jul 22, 2008 12:49 PM PDT
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Or "lying on floor laughing"
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 22, 2008 12:52 PM PDT
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Or "Lying on floor jubilantly laughing"
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 22, 2008 12:52 PM PDT
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Where does the "aw" come from
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 22, 2008 12:43 PM PDT
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What about Philipe Aumont?
I thought he’d be ready by 2011?
JI/Robert '08!
by Fin on
Jul 22, 2008 9:25 AM PDT
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Closer!
... Naw, didn’t even think of him, or Juan Ramirez/Michael Pineda to be honest. It looks like the org could have a lot of RHSP depth by that point though – you’d hope a smart GM might be able to move some of it for a bat or two or seven.
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 22, 2008 9:27 AM PDT
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You forgot Silva.
Mike Cameron recorded 485 putouts in 2003.
by JI on
Jul 22, 2008 9:28 AM PDT
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I thought you were joking at first.
But then I realized… 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011… 4 years…
by LantermanC on
Jul 22, 2008 9:36 AM PDT
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Crap, my bad
1. Ace RHP Carlos Silva
2. RHP Felix Hernandez
3. RHP Stephen Strasburg
4. RHP Brandon Morrow
5. LHP Ryan Rowland-Smith
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 22, 2008 9:39 AM PDT
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I'm going to so upset if the abandon this after his first bad outing.
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by JI on
Jul 22, 2008 9:04 AM PDT
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EVERYONE!! Check out Rotoworld's blurb on the right side about Morrow!
GO MORROW GO!
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on
Jul 22, 2008 11:22 AM PDT
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What is it?
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 22, 2008 11:26 AM PDT
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Him saying the he wants to be in the rotation.
One Vision, One Purpose
Peace Through Power
by Goose on
Jul 22, 2008 11:31 AM PDT
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I like his attitude
Screw that whole “I’ll do whatever they want me to do.”
He wants to start..weeeeeee
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on
Jul 22, 2008 11:39 AM PDT
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Per Rotoworld
Despite experiencing success at closer filling in for J.J. Putz, Brandon Morrow said Monday that he still hopes to become a starter.
“I just like the idea of going six or seven innings,” Morrow said. “Just more time on the mound to work. I want to pitch as many innings as possible. I’d like to get in a rhythm and see how far I can go every time out.” Once Putz reclaims the closer job Morrow will almost surely be headed back into a setup role, but moving to the rotation remains an option for next season
The poster formerly known as Matt.
by bluemax on
Jul 22, 2008 11:32 AM PDT
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The moment the team decides that they want to "compete" next season
(which they almost certainly have decided by now), Morrow’s staying in the bullpen.
by katal on
Jul 22, 2008 11:55 AM PDT
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He's not an option in the rotation until he spends time starting in the minors.
If they try to stretch him out during the season in the majors or in spring training, it will be a disaster. He needs to get sent down yesterday.
by acblue on
Jul 22, 2008 12:07 PM PDT
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Okay...
Joba Chamberlain, GS/IP above Rookie Ball-15/88.1
Brandon Morrow, GS/IP above Rookie Ball-1/3.0
Is it possible that Morrow could step in to the rotation and be serviceable right away? Sure. Is it the best way to go about doing things? Not as far as I’m concerned.
I’m not buying Morrow’s readiness to start at the major league level until he does it at least a few times in the minors, especially when you consider that he wasn’t a starter until his final year at Cal. Just because it worked once for someone else doesn’t mean it’s the best way to do things, especially when you consider the fact that the M’s are playing for nothing at this point.
by acblue on
Jul 22, 2008 12:59 PM PDT
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We should've sent him down instead of RRS
by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on
Jul 22, 2008 1:04 PM PDT
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We should have sent them both down and replaced them with warm bodies.
by BrianL on
Jul 22, 2008 1:13 PM PDT
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My body is fairly warm
Will I earn an MLB salary to toss batting practice?
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 22, 2008 1:17 PM PDT
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Grow a beard and learn to throw the knuckler.
by acblue on
Jul 22, 2008 1:20 PM PDT
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Or, just become hugely fat.
"Hole in one, eh?"
by Coach Owens on
Jul 22, 2008 1:22 PM PDT
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For DH purposes, right?
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on
Jul 22, 2008 1:22 PM PDT
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Cha Seung Baek OPS - .795
Jose Vidro OPS – .587
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 22, 2008 1:25 PM PDT
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I knew it was stupid at the time.
In retrospect, it was a Flying Fortress load of dumb.
by acblue on
Jul 22, 2008 1:26 PM PDT
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But but Jared Wells
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 22, 2008 1:27 PM PDT
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But the tides....
"Hole in one, eh?"
by Coach Owens on
Jul 22, 2008 1:33 PM PDT
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Coach, we missed you
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 22, 2008 1:35 PM PDT
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Boooooooo Boeing

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by seattlebruin on
Jul 22, 2008 1:34 PM PDT
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I've been brought up to hate the northrop part of that company.
by Robert on
Jul 22, 2008 3:07 PM PDT
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I was brought up to not bite the hand that feeds me
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 22, 2008 3:11 PM PDT
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Put that away
We don't negotiate with terrorists.
by Mariner John on
Jul 22, 2008 5:37 PM PDT
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Me hate Mariners.
Sending down RRS! Why in the world wouldn’t they get rid of Batista?
"Hole in one, eh?"
by Coach Owens on
Jul 22, 2008 1:19 PM PDT
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Strasburg
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by seattlebruin on
Jul 22, 2008 1:25 PM PDT
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The Mariners don't care about Strasburg!
They’re still trying to milk every win possible that’s left from ‘08.
"Hole in one, eh?"
by Coach Owens on
Jul 22, 2008 1:27 PM PDT
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They are not very good at milking every win possible from '08.
Otherwise, why in the world wouldn’t they get rid of Batista?
by AtomicGarden on
Jul 22, 2008 3:57 PM PDT
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For the same reason they're trying to milk every win possible from '08.
They’re morons.
"Hole in one, eh?"
by Coach Owens on
Jul 22, 2008 6:00 PM PDT
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Hey look, Rotoworld is now saying that the Yankees are taking a 'serious look' at Wash.
This is grand news indeed.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on
Jul 22, 2008 1:20 PM PDT
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I am watching j00.
"Hole in one, eh?"
by Coach Owens on
Jul 22, 2008 1:33 PM PDT
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People go to art galleries to take 'serious looks' at paintings
by Gomez on
Jul 22, 2008 1:33 PM PDT
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We'll throw in Yuni if you gives us.. well, one good prospect?
Not great, just good.
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