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Jim Riggleman on Jose Vidro:

"I'm astonished to tell you the truth when I look up and I see Vidro's average is what it is, because I feel like every time he goes up there I'm very confident that he's going to give us a good at-bat," Riggleman said. "And for the at-bats that he has, he's knocked in quite a few runs ... he's been fairly effective in the way we want to use him.
...
"It's not a classic DH situation, but I feel good every time he walks up to the plate," Riggleman said. "The numbers may say otherwise, but I think he's going to give us good at-bats."

Jim Riggleman on Yuniesky Betancourt:

"I don't have the solution. But he has to be more selective at the plate. He needs to study pitchers to have a better idea about what's coming. He needs to study pitching sequences. He's a very good major league player right now. But with his ability, he should be an All-Star."
...

"He told me how much he wants to play, and I appreciate that," Riggleman said. "I had to let him know that the day off wasn't for him but to get other guys in the lineup. But the thing is that he's making it easier for me if his on-base percentage stays at .275.

"He's giving me reasons to give him days off. He has to understand that."

Jose Vidro: .226/.271/.329
Yuniesky Betancourt: .261/.273/.364

Jose Vidro

-has been having good at bats
-has awful numbers
-ergo, has smarts, can't hit
-has not disappointed Jim Riggleman

Yuniesky Betancourt

-has been having bad at bats
-has less awful numbers
-ergo, is stupid, can hit better than Vidro
-has disappointed Jim Riggleman

A diagram:

Vidroyuni_medium

This team cares far too much about the red line, and not nearly enough about the black one.

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(You got the joke)

But to be honest, I’m not sure M’s management/Riggleman know that.

Riggleman: “Hey, one is really dark, they can’t both be Latino.”
Perlozzo: “Yeah, but maybe they are both Latino. They are easy to control.”

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Jul 26, 2008 9:51 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Someone needs to write Riggleman a letter

(And no Robert, don’t send him a letter that’s ‘ticking’)

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Jul 26, 2008 5:08 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

There's another way to look at this

Jose Vidro
Expectation – is fat
Reality – is fat
Jose Vidro fulfills expectations

Yuni Betancourt
Expectation – is not fat
Reality – is fat
Yuni Betancourt does not fulfill expectations

by Nick S on Jul 26, 2008 5:29 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think you're on to something.

Lets start delivering pizzas to Kenji.

by kevin_ess on Jul 26, 2008 5:33 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Maybe somebody's been reading this blog and USS Mariner.

And since Jeff and Dave and everybody all call Vidro one of the most, if not THE most, finished hitter in baseball their expectations for him are super low.

"Hole in one, eh?"

by Coach Owens on Jul 26, 2008 5:43 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Vidro is the best!

Riggleman has advanced baseball knowledge and is way past using these results based batting statistics to evaluate players.

by Berf Lafette on Jul 26, 2008 6:52 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Speaking of STUPID, there's this:
“Seattle is looking to dump money,” an NL source said of the Mariners, who fired their GM, manager, released Richie Sexson (signed by the Yankees) and could be moving third baseman Adrian Beltre and left fielder Raul Ibanez before Thursday’s trading deadline.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07262008/sports/yankees/cashman_gets_ok_to_add_washburn_121699.htm

Please tell me this has no basis in reality.

by lemonverbena on Jul 26, 2008 7:53 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Moneyball

Is that like an extra large dimebag of crack?

by Gomez on Jul 26, 2008 9:08 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I've had one of those.

That fucking Belushi was a riot to hang out with.

by kevin_ess on Jul 26, 2008 9:09 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It's the NY Post

We don't negotiate with terrorists.

by Mariner John on Jul 26, 2008 9:48 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hey,

that’s $.00 we didn’t have yest… oh.

by kevin_ess on Jul 26, 2008 8:25 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Too pricey.

I prefer a bold fortified wine.

by kevin_ess on Jul 26, 2008 8:47 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Drunk posting is so last May.

I fucking hate you Ryan Franklin.

by JI on Jul 26, 2008 9:00 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's when I started this particular binge.

Truthfully, I have no excuse for fucking up my reply. I’ve yet to switch from diet soda to the booze

by kevin_ess on Jul 26, 2008 9:04 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Gomez can attest.

I’m actually a really endearing asshole.

by kevin_ess on Jul 26, 2008 9:58 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

A friend and I stumbled into a house full of Filipino college kids once

They had piles of oyster shells in an empty pool and were smoking some bright green hash. They seemed friendly but girl whispered in my ear to high tail it or we’d get knifed, and we GTFO pretty quick.

by Gomez on Jul 26, 2008 10:04 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You can't trust those folks.

I’ve cut my feet on oyster shells in their pools before. That’s racist. White people have sensitive feet.

by kevin_ess on Jul 26, 2008 10:26 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And this wasn't no small party either

There had to be 60 people in that little house.

by Gomez on Jul 26, 2008 11:32 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Grew up in Vegas, so yeah

A couple of different stints, 97-99 and 02-04.

by Gomez on Jul 26, 2008 11:32 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Is that so hard to believe?

Is it his inherent smugness (and affinity for strippers), or his debilitating addiction to numbers on horses that surprises you?

by kevin_ess on Jul 26, 2008 11:33 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Now that I know...I can see it

Was curious cuz I will apply there for grad school

by Smith18 on Jul 27, 2008 12:53 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yuni not meeting expectations?


Maybe Riggleman would seem more credible if he hadn’t expressed how high he thinks of Vidro.

JI/Robert '08!

by Fin on Jul 27, 2008 3:17 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't understand how the Mariners can be disappointed in Captain Bananas

They should have known what they were getting when they found him following a man in a bright yellow suit on the streets of Cuba and signed him.

Romanes eunt domus

by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jul 27, 2008 7:34 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This team cares far too much about the red line, and not nearly enough about the black one.

Sometimes it feels like they are running a little league team and not a professional sports franchise.

I fucking hate you Ryan Franklin.

by JI on Jul 27, 2008 8:51 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

There's our answer!

Move in the fences and make them 5 feet high!

by Gomez on Jul 27, 2008 9:04 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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