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Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Trade rumors surrounding Edwin Jackson aren't going away. They may even be picking up heat. USA Today 's Bob Nightengale posted the latest rumblings he's been hearing on his Twitter feed : Keep and eye on developing three-way trade talk with Tigers and Mariners and mystery team involving M's Brandon Morrow and Dets Jackson If anything, this corroborates what Jon Paul Morosi and Ken Rosenthal reported...
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Halos Heaven (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Awesome that Tony Reagins' 3-year extension with the Angels arrives on the 6th anniversary of Bill Bavasi being hired to destroy the Seattle Mariners . And what did I have to say about the hiring of our ex-GM by our division rivals then, on my old blog? Read it and weep, I NAILED IT WITH A BLOGHAMMER !
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Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
From the Seattle Times we get this news of another hiring in the Atlanta Braves front office. Dave Wallace was known as one of the better pitching coaches of his generation, helping to develop the arms of Orel Hersheiser, Pedro Martinez and John Wetteland, to name a few. The past two seasons, since leaving the Boston Red Sox in 2006 and spending a year with the Houston Astros , he'd been with the Mariners...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Dave Wallace was known as one of the better pitching coaches of his generation, helping to develop the arms of Orel Hersheiser, Pedro Martinez and John Wetteland, to name a few. The past two seasons, since leaving the Boston Red Sox in 2006 and spending a year with the Houston Astros, he'd been with the Mariners. His first job here was as a special assistant to GM Bill Bavasi, and then this past year...
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MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
After months of speculation and one false alarm, the Mariners acquired Erik Bedard from the Orioles in February of 2008. The cost? Tony Butler, Kameron Mickolio, George Sherrill, Chris Tillman and Adam Jones. Then-GM Bill Bavasi told reporters that the Mariners were getting "one hell of a player," and he wasn't the only executive who thought so. Before the trade became official, a rival GM...
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Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
More photos » by Elaine Thompson - ASSOCIATED PRESS Kenji Johjima runs away from Seattle quite speedily. Browse more photos » In late 2005, the Mariners found a solution to one of their more pressing problems: catcher. The season just prior saw Dan Wilson's career come to an end, Miguel Olivo fail to do much of anything as the supposed starter, and no fewer than five other catchers catching...
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DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
More photos » by Alex Brandon - AP Washington Nationals' Adam Dunn reacts after watching his defensive clips from the previous season at Nationals Park in Washington, Wednesday, April 22, 2009. The Braves won 1-0.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Browse more photos » "To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man" - William...
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Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Apologies ahead of time if I kind of bounce around between points or leave some things out. I haven't planned this post. I feel like, if you're going to write a post centered on pure emotion, as little of it should be pre-meditated as is possible, so I'm just going to sit here, type, and see what happens. I already know where I want to end up. I just don't know how I'm going to get there. Onward! So...
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Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
If the 2008 Mariners were good for anything - aside from knocking Bill Bavasi out of a job (have you heard that Felix Hernandez hasn't yet signed an extension') - it's that, looking back, they provided a yin to the 2009 edition's yang. A year ago, ours was among the most toxic clubhouses of which I've ever heard. There were cliques and disagreements and nobody got along. This season, however, was the...
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Bleeding Blue and Teal (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
Bill Bavasi did a lot of things poorly during his time with the Seattle Mariners, and one of them was to overpay for back of the rotation arms. He gave Jarrod Washburn 4 years/$37.5M, Miguel Batista 3 years/$25M, Carlos Silva 4 years/$48M, Jeff Weaver 1 year/$8.325M and traded a promising young arm in Rafael Soriano [...]
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Halos Heaven (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
The Angels have re-upped their "Hall of Fame" with two new members, Brian Downing and Chuck Finley, absolutely deserving of the honor. Well, no sooner was Fin's speech done than the crass politicking begins. For some reason, out of a list of possible names, blogger Steve Bisheff plays his grumpy old fart card and beat the drum for the inclusion of Bill Rigney into this prestigious institution....
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Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 08/19/2009
More photos » by Ted S. Warren - AP Raised above the other players on the playing field, the pitcher has a veritable spotlight on him throughout his appearance in the theater of baseball. It can be a lonely place. Browse more photos » When news of Erik Bedard 's torn labrum was leaked/announced, I felt saddened. As part of getting over it, I decided to write a letter. Dear Erik, It got...
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6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
ESPN reports that the Mariners have sent Jarrod Washburn to the Tigers for rookie lefty starter Lucas French and minor league lefty Mauricio Robles . On the surface, it looks like the fact that Jack Zduriencik got anything of value for one of Bill Bavasi's most egregious mistake contracts is impressive; the fact that he got a couple young lefties is even more impressive. French has a 1-2 record in...
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Around the Majors (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
February 5, 2008, could go down as one of the most important days in the history of the Baltimore Orioles baseball club. After weeks of speculation, the Orioles finalized one of the best trades in franchise history that day, sending ace left-hander Erik Bedard to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for outfielder Adam Jones, reliever George Sherrill and minor league prospects Tony Butler, Kam Mickolio...
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The Hardball Times (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
Amongst the flurry of trades over the past couple of days you may not have noticed that Chris Tillman , of the Batlimore Orioles, made his major league debut on Wednesday. Otherwise known as, "the guy who was in that really stupid trade that Bill Bavasi made to get Erik Bedard ", Tillman was one of the best prospects in the game. In 101.1 innings in Triple A this year, he had struck out 99...
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