Armstrong says it's time to rebuild
Dave @ USS Mariner found this little nugget in the LA Times:
I don't think the Angels have anything we can't catch up to," he said from the West's basement, "but after thinking it was going to happen this year I'm not predicting it's going to happen next year.
"It's not going to be a quick fix, because we're going to have to grind through some of these contracts we've obligated ourselves to. Our attendance is going to go down in connection with our performance, and as chief operating officer here it's my job to be fiscally and financially responsible, so you're not going to see the Mariners go out and commit high dollars to free agents. We want to get back as quickly as we can, but we want to build something that will endure. If you don't build a strong foundation in a market our size, you're going to have some volatile swings in your record."
Volatile? After winning 116 games in 2001 and establishing baseball's best record over a four-year span through 2003, "we fell off the table in 2004 and we've been trying to fight our way back," Armstrong said.
Sounds like they're going to rock & roll this offseason.
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Not as high as it ought to be
but high enough to bring back a package headlined by a pretty good player.
by Jeff on
Sep 3, 2008 7:49 PM PDT
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I know I am getting on a 'what if' tangent, but would we try and find a cheap 3B, or is it Tui time? ugh
It’s just sad to see how far we’ve come at a position like 3B only to have someone like Cairo or another bum to take over.
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on
Sep 3, 2008 7:51 PM PDT
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Could be Tui, could be Tui by midseason, could be Lopez, could be some retread
by Jeff on
Sep 3, 2008 7:55 PM PDT
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I think it's Leone time!
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on
Sep 3, 2008 8:03 PM PDT
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Might be able to get him away from stocking shelves at Safeway if we throw him some cash.
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on
Sep 3, 2008 8:07 PM PDT
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Good news bad news
Good news: Castillo was dumped
Bad news: Rather than call up Leone, the Giants handed the starting 3B job to… Ryan freaking Rohlinger
by Gomez on
Sep 3, 2008 8:18 PM PDT
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I read this as "retard".
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
by Faux on
Sep 4, 2008 5:39 AM PDT
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We're going to let Simple Jack play 3B?
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
by Llewdor on
Sep 4, 2008 8:46 AM PDT
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If Beltre leaves I will see him at night in my head movies.
But these head movies will make my eyes rain.
by DCMariner on
Sep 4, 2008 9:24 AM PDT
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Gods, that is the worst dialogue ever.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
by Llewdor on
Sep 4, 2008 12:45 PM PDT
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If only we still had Sherrill...
…then we could flip him to Atlanta for Lillibridge.
by csiems on
Sep 4, 2008 11:51 AM PDT
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I think we get a Willie Aybar-like stopgap until Tui is ready
Not that ‘ready’ is all that terrific.
by Gomez on
Sep 3, 2008 7:59 PM PDT
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If he wants to be fiscally and financially responsible, why is Washburn not in Minnesota or New York?
And there two blatant contracts that we are going to have to grind through which is going to cripple our team for the next 3 years (Johjima and Silva). So if we are going to rebuild, our best outlook at competing will be 2012. Losing Jones, Tillman, and Butler last offseason does not get us off to the right start.
by Wilder. on Sep 3, 2008 7:04 PM PDT 0 recs
Speaking of Armstrong.
I was recently visiting Stanford and apparently he, known as Charles, was apparently Alumnus of the Year or something like that. In the mini bio underneath it mentioned nothing of the Mariners.
by Mariner John on Sep 3, 2008 7:18 PM PDT 0 recs
I see an cheap extension coming for Cairo!
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on
Sep 3, 2008 7:34 PM PDT
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*Crosses fingers for Griffey!*
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on
Sep 3, 2008 7:36 PM PDT
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My lab is going to notice a lot of missing razor blades
by Jeff on
Sep 3, 2008 7:37 PM PDT
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Especially when he plays CF and they sign Jim Edmonds to play LF because they realize Ibanez should be DH.
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on
Sep 3, 2008 7:38 PM PDT
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It gets worse...
Anyone notice that the Mariners owe Silva $41 million more AFTER 2008?
Yeah, they decided to backload the contract.
3/41.
That’s a number that fans should despise, but not only for what’s remaining on Silva’s 4/$48m deal.
Kenji Johjima had two separate stretched where he had three hits in 41 plate appearances (not ABs, couldn’t make that one work), Sexson had one of his own and while Vidro didn’t, he had four different stretches where he had less than six hits in 40 PAs.
During one period in June, the three aforementioned players combined to go 10 for 83 with 2 extra-base hits, 24 strikeouts (19 by Sexson) and five walks (none by Johjima).
During the same exact 24-game stretch, the team hit .219/.256/.345.
Ow.
by jasonchurchill on Sep 3, 2008 7:33 PM PDT 0 recs
This is my favorite part
we’re going to have to grind through some of these contracts we’ve obligated ourselves to.
Yes, fuck you Kenji and fuck you Carlos
by Fogel on Sep 3, 2008 7:50 PM PDT 0 recs
This is the closest we'll ever get to the front office admitting its hilarious incompetence
by Graham on
Sep 3, 2008 7:56 PM PDT
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It's funny how they say this weeks after pulling Washburn off waivers
by Jeff on
Sep 3, 2008 7:59 PM PDT
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Well, we officially are out of the playoff hunt now..so now we can be honest.
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on
Sep 3, 2008 8:04 PM PDT
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I like that there is a floor in my life in that I will never hate anything as much as I hate these Mariners
by Jeff on
Sep 3, 2008 8:09 PM PDT
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This ecard was bullshit seeing as I do not have a shell on which to glide
by Jeff on
Sep 3, 2008 8:17 PM PDT
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He would use the shell to shoot you off Banshee Boardwalk on his way to lapping you
by Graham on
Sep 3, 2008 8:19 PM PDT
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I like how you are making fun of me for having the game randomly glitch
And destroy my time when I still beat you by half a lap on that race.
by Graham on
Sep 3, 2008 8:22 PM PDT
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I thought you lapped him.
I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.
by NOLAmarinergirl on
Sep 3, 2008 10:00 PM PDT
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So what I'm saying is drink your sorrows away until you reach the end of the ditch
by Fogel on
Sep 3, 2008 8:33 PM PDT
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Why am I seeing this ecard
As the turtle slowly walking backwards towards the edge because as much as his life has sucked he still is too cowardly to face his own doom?
Fans are typically idiots.
by The Typical Idiot Fan on
Sep 4, 2008 9:44 AM PDT
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Thats when the Ducks beat the Senators.
In the Stanley Cup Finals.
by Slica on
Sep 3, 2008 10:32 PM PDT
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So the dark times have just begun.
I still don’t believe Armstrong’s statements.
Go Fo Broke!
by eknpdx on Sep 3, 2008 8:18 PM PDT 0 recs
The organizations tendency to sugarcoat things makes me worry about the next decade.
by Robert on
Sep 3, 2008 8:22 PM PDT
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Oklahoma Lightning Bolts in 2013?
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on
Sep 3, 2008 8:26 PM PDT
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They'll be gone soon.
I fucking hate you Mariners
by kentroyals5 on
Sep 3, 2008 8:35 PM PDT
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Apparently there's some actual logical reason as to why their calender stopped
by Fogel on
Sep 3, 2008 8:36 PM PDT
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Apparently a lot of people are freaked out that some sort of planet alignment is going to flip the planet upside down or some shit.
But there’s evidence that this exact thing has happened in the past and done nothing to the planet. The Mayans just had their calendar stop because they didn’t know what would happen with that event or something.
This pretty much dispells the whole Mayan calendar stuff.
Yesterday's Pants
A blog-thingy about the Mariners and stuff.
by BrettJMiller on
Sep 3, 2008 8:38 PM PDT
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But this website is based on science and stuff.
Yesterday's Pants
A blog-thingy about the Mariners and stuff.
by BrettJMiller on
Sep 3, 2008 8:41 PM PDT
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Right before that occurs, the Mariners would make 5 really great off-season moves
And be looked at as the team most likely to win the World Series in the following year.
I fucking hate you Mariners
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