SB Nation User Blog: Slica

Mariners Sign 23 Draft Picks

Slica — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:34:39 -0000

The Mariners have signed the following players from the 2008 draft:

Brett Lorin (RHP, 5th), Jarrett Burgess (OF, 6th), Nate Tenbrink (IF, 7th), Bobby LaFromboise (LHP, 8th). Kenn Kasparek (RHP, 12th), Ryan Royster (OF, 13th), Jacob Shaffer (OF, 15th), Bennett Billingsley (INF, 16th), Travis Howell (C, 18th), Taylor Lewis (RHP, 19th), Jordan Alivs (RHP, 21st), Blake Nation (RHP, 22nd), Henry Contreras (C, 24th), Thomas Johnson (C, 27th), Brad Reid (RHP, 30th), Nick Love (RHP, 32nd), Kyle Brown (LHP, 33rd), Nick Czyz (LHP, 35th), Chris Kirkland (RHP, 36th), Brandon Pullen (LHP, 37th), Andres Esquibel (RHP, 38th), Christian Staehely (RHP, 39th) and Donnie Jobe (INF, 44th).

Love signing is a surprise for me. So far, so good.

For further information on these draft picks, check out Mariners Minors , a great site.

In case im not over the minimum yet, did you hear about the Dutch guy who found it funny to moon people sitting in a restaurant? He pressed his bare ass against the window to the dismay of everyone inside. The window broke and sliced his ass up.

This is possible?!

Slica — Sat, 24 May 2008 06:37:24 -0000

LINK

McALLEN, Texas -- During three years in the low minors, pitcher John Odom never really made a name for himself.

That sure changed this week -- he's the guy who was traded for a bunch of bats.

"I don't really care," he said Friday. "It'll make a better story if I make it to the big leagues."

Odom is headed to the Laredo Broncos of the United League. They got him Tuesday from the Calgary Vipers of the Golden Baseball League for a most unlikely price: 10 Prairie Sticks Maple Bats, double-dipped black, 34-inch, C243 style.

"They just wanted some bats, good bats -- maple bats," Broncos general manager Jose Melendez said.

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I didnt know this was possible. Maybe we can flip them Sexson+Vidro+Washburn for the Odom guy. He cant possibly be worse. This opens up so many possibilities...

Introducing The Miami Marlins

Slica — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:18:34 -0000

"The Marlins, Miami-Dade County, the city of Miami and Major League Baseball reached agreement late Friday to finance a $515 million ballpark at the site of the Orange Bowl, according to a source.

The agreement was not released, but was expected to be distributed to county and city commissioners, who will need to approve it. The city has scheduled a special commission meeting to consider the deal at 9 a.m. Thursday; the county commission is to meet at 1 p.m. that day.

The deal calls for the county and city to contribute $360 million mainly in tourist taxes and a $50 million general obligation bond Miami-Dade voters approved in 2004 to renovate the Orange Bowl, but which will instead be moved to the ballpark project.The Marlins are to contribute $155 million.

The Marlins hope to break ground by year's end with the stadium opening by April 2011, when the team would be renamed the Miami Marlins."

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/baseball/marlins/sfl-0215marlstad,0,6954135.story

Coolness. Bennett prolly loves this right now.

Poll

This is...

Whippy

5 votes

Yahoo

2 votes

I Hate Clay Bennett

39 votes

I Think You Mean Tomlinson

6 votes

Coolness

10 votes

62 votes | Poll has closed

McClaren looking at Charlton or Perlozzo and maybe BOONE or BOSIO

Slica — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:02:24 -0000

http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/mariners/story/174484.html

Ew.
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John McLaren's formal list of potential coaches includes some of the best and brightest minds in Seattle Mariners history - from former third-base coach Sam Perlozzo to ex-reliever Norm Charlton.
The list of former Mariners coaches and players who'd like to work for McLaren is even longer.

The latter includes Chris Bosio, a Seattle pitcher who spent a year as the pitching coach in Tampa Bay; Lee Elia, a long-time coach, manager and now scout; and a candidate who considers himself a "great coach" - former Mariners second baseman Bret Boone.

"I'm the best coach in my own mind, even though I've never coached in my life," Boone said, laughing. "John is a good friend, and we've talked baseball a lot. Last summer he told me, `You can't play golf every day for the rest of your life, when are you going to get back into baseball?'

"Has he asked me to coach - no. If he did, I'd consider it."

Two men whom it appears McLaren will ask, now that meetings with the Seattle front office in Arizona have concluded, are Charlton and Perlozzo.
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Thoughts?

OT: Sonics Have Arena Deal With Muckleshoots?

Slica — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:15:41 -0000

I stress this: Its a RUMOR, but a very strong one. Check out the details here:

http://www.sonicscentral.com/blog/

Make sure you read the post and the comments in full to get the whole picture.

I seriously hope this is all accurate.

I still hate the owners, but yeah. Still waiting for confirmation by the papers, but it appears legit.

OT: Vomit Inducing News On Sonics

Slica — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:14:09 -0000

I put this in my downfall thread, but it doesnt fit there, so here it is. Hughes and Williams hinted at a 'jaw dropping' article for today, and they were not lying.

Ughhh looks like the NBA is our only hope:

During the 40-minute meeting Wednesday, the team employee said Bennett provided the group with details of what Oklahoma City is willing to pay for to woo the Sonics:

Any legal fees involving the team's fight to break the KeyArena lease.

Whatever the settlement is to the Seattle Center to buy out the lease.

All relocation fees the NBA would force the team to pay other owners.

Costs of physically moving the team's staff and offices.

Costs of upgrading the city's current arena, the Ford Center, to make it NBA-ready.

Costs of building a new arena, and when it's finished, keeping the old facility running.

Bennett's comments Wednesday were in response to a Sonics employee asking what a community such as Oklahoma City has done to prove to Bennett that it wants the Sonics, the source said.

"He lit up like a Christmas tree," the source said of Bennett's reaction to the employee's question. "He got real happy and he started spouting off these things."
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"He basically said that the only way an arena is going to get done in Seattle is if something falls out of the sky," the source said. "Those were his exact words."

http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/story/140870.html

Ive never been closer to rooting for a catastrophe on someone as I am now. I hope they all go bankrupt on their private jet's flight to hell.

Poll

What do you want to happen to Bennett?

Get back spasms.

4 votes

Die in a fire.

17 votes

Be the first victim of a Saw-based serial killer.

12 votes

Spend eternity watching Full House over and over.

21 votes

Find out his wife is doing Lenny Wilkens.

28 votes

Go bankrupt.

10 votes

End up locked in a room with you for 10 hours.

6 votes

Suck it more than John Olerud.

13 votes

111 votes | Poll has closed

Bavasi Retaliates With Awesomeness

Slica — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:05:29 -0000

Bill Bavasi has some choice words for Florida Marlins president, Dave Samson:
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"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is, '(Expletive) Dave Samson,' then don't say anything at all," Bavasi said Thursday. "So I'm not going to say anything at all. Is my mother the greatest or what?"
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More goodness, Ichiro's agent rips him:
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Agent Tony Attanasio, who orchestrated Ichiro's contract, was nonplussed by Samson's comments.

"Apparently Mr. Samson has never heard of a guy named (Tom) Hicks or the Texas Rangers or something that happened there a few years ago," Attanasio said of the A-Rod contract. "I don't know what he's talking about, but obviously he doesn't know too much about baseball."
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I dont care much for Bavasi, but saying 'Fuck Dave Samson' is just awesome.