Morrow back to the rotation? Hickey thinks it can't be ruled out...

by PositivePaul on May 27, 2009 1:26 PM PDT

I wonder if Brandon Morrow has stock in the Duncan Toy Company -- in some ways he's been treated like a Yo-Yo...

Buried in a site that's still struggling to get off the ground, but has former P-I beat reporter John Hickey in its arsenal of writers, we find this little nugget:

And, in fact, Wakamatsu won’t rule out moving Morrow back into the rotation, which is where he was supposed to be when the spring started.

``I’m not ready to go there yet,’’ the manager said.

(Seattle Post Globe article on Aardsma taking over the closer's gig).

Okay, so maybe this is a little bit of a stretch (and bad journalism) -- but you can't deny that a non-denial sometimes works itself into an affirmation. Or at least hope...

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So now he will suck as a starter instead of a reliever.

by Fin on May 27, 2009 1:35 PM PDT reply actions

I'm lost as to what you mean, Paul:

but you can’t deny that a non-denial sometimes works itself into an affirmation

by .Taylor on May 27, 2009 1:39 PM PDT reply actions

I'm not a lawyer nor do I play one on TV...

Let me translate, then:

Sometimes by not saying “no”, we say “yes…”

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by PositivePaul on May 27, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions

I have to register with the local county authorities because of that assumption.

Fans are typically idiots.

by The Typical Idiot Fan on May 27, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions 10 recs

Yes we need a starter who throws nothing but wild fastballs.

by waldo rojas on May 27, 2009 3:12 PM PDT reply actions

Then he can play the outfield 7 years later.

by Fin on May 27, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm pretty sure Morrow can throw lollipop curves that can be hit into the bleachers, too.

by eponymous_coward on May 27, 2009 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Then he comes back to Seattle.

Felix-EriKKKKKKKKK-Morrow is like having 3 aces!

You got slurved!

Free Tommy Hanson! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!

by Slurvey on May 27, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Thats two less then we had last year.

Bull shit.

Jose Lopez roxxorz my boxxorz.
51!

by joof on May 28, 2009 3:42 AM PDT up reply actions

Let's have a 6-man rotation so we can have SIX ACES

by .Taylor on May 28, 2009 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions

That will be awesome for the 2-3 starts they are in the rotation together

before we trade Bedard.

by eponymous_coward on May 28, 2009 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions

Morrow is still a glorified child who needs to grow the fuck up and man up.

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on May 28, 2009 10:53 AM PDT reply actions

Yeah, pitching through diabetes

pussy

by dnc on May 29, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions

You call that pitching?

by Graham MacAree on May 29, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

he has diabetes?

I like Morrow and wouldn’t mind seeing him be a starter but unless he works on his other pitches I don’t see that happening.

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by E5 on May 30, 2009 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions

I thought he wanted to close?

by Alexander Calloway on May 30, 2009 4:40 PM PDT reply actions

Yes, and I would like a magical unicorn ride to Fuck Town, but we cant always just have what we want, now can we?

by FlaskInSafeco on May 30, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions

No I suppose not

But I don’t think it’s a good idea to force a guy who wants to pitch one inning to do 5-7 innings.

by Alexander Calloway on May 30, 2009 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions

I don't think it's a good idea to tell the team that gave you a multi million dollar bonus

and is paying you hundreds of thousands of dollars to be terrible what you will and will not do.

by Aaron Campeau on May 30, 2009 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions

True

But does anyone know the reason why he wanted to close? Was it health, he enjoyed closing, he’s a secret Angels fan? What was it?

by Alexander Calloway on May 31, 2009 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions

He was claiming diabetes at the time,

but he had a radio interview about a week ago where he said he wanted to close this year because he didnt want to be sent to the minors to be stretched out for starting at the beginning of the year. When the radio host gave him a chance to backtrack, he stuck with his original statement.

by FlaskInSafeco on May 31, 2009 8:30 AM PDT up reply actions