Ryan Rowland-Smith blogs about his team recipe for 2009

• “I just hope (we kids) all get our chances next year, and there is some trust in our abilities– not just getting our feet wet, I mean letting us pitch through a jam to show that we can get through it. Or, not getting pinch hit late in the game.” – I’m glad that Ryan is as annoyed as we all are.

• “If we has 25 guys who backed each other it would make a world of difference.” – This quote interests me. If one assumes that all the kids generally get along, that Ichiro is Ichiro and keeps to himself, and that Raul and Beltre are relatively popular (considering RRS’s kind words about them), then that only leaves a handful of other players that Hyphen can possibly be referring to as cancers.

When I click the link it redirects me to the home page

When i go to his blog it tells me his latest entry is still Youth Revolution

He explains that he was the one who took down the entry shortly after reading the Times article.

He also chimes in on Ichiro.

But I will take a moment to address the disturbing article because I do think its important to make this clear from a player’s point of view:

Ichiro is very very respected in the clubhouse, yes as a player but most of all as a teammate. He is a class act, a true professional, and has so much respect for the game of baseball. Any player who gives you 200 hits every year, who is never on the DL , and who plays amazing defense is hardly selfish. And any teammate of a guy like that who has a problem needs to seriously step back and look at what they’re saying. I just can’t picture any one of my teammates feeling what was said in that article, and it is a real shame that the public has a reason to feel negative about a player like that . A guy who could never ever be replaced on any team.

Also when you’re losing 100 games and fans still want to come to Safeco to watch us play, chances are its to watch a ONE OF A KIND like Ich.