This space is usually reserved for bad words, so I thought it might be nice instead to reflect on what might be Bavasi's most endearing quality for a change. Via Lone Star Ball and TR Sullivan:

Bill Bavasi makes a lot of questionable decisions, but when it comes to finding a job for players who deserve or desire a bigger role, he'll go to great lengths to be accommodating, and that makes him a pretty cool person. If you're a Mariner, and you're unhappy with your status, you can rest assured that Bavasi will take your grievances to heart and try to find a solution, even if it isn't necessarily in his own team's best interests.

I think my favorite part of all this is the implication for Willie Ballgame, who's been begging for more playing time for years and years. Not only has the front office turned down every last request for a bigger role, but they've even gone and marginalized him even further by bringing in a veteran with an identical skillset and less bunchable panties. Perhaps we've been wrong all along. Perhaps the Mariners don't keep Willie around on the bench because they love what he provides; perhaps they keep Willie around because they hate him and think it's so cute that his cheeks turn pink when he's angry. And in their defense, it really is. I don't know about you, but this gives me a whole new outlook on things.