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Fun with Fangraphs

- If you total up the WAR contributions of Yuni, Junior, Joh, Rob Johnson, Loafie and Beltre to the season so far, you get a grand total of -1.5 WAR.

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Submitted for your consideration:

Brad Wilkerson:  .232./348/.304 in 68 plate appearances as a Mariner in 2008

Ken Griffey Junior: .192/.344.308 in 64 plate appearances as a Mariner in 2009

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He's got his own stalker (from Halos Heaven, I bet).

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Steve Kelley--->Cult of Griffey

Yadda yadda yadda, Griffey is awesome, we should sign him ASAP, there's no possible downside to this, play him 3-4 times a week in the OF, he'll put butts in the seats, he's worth 5 million.

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Burying the lede

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/26/sports/baseball/26review.html?_r=1&hp

 

The hallmark of the Yankees who won World Series championships in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000 was gritty team play: they weren’t famous for a roster of flashy superstars or power hitters; rather, they were a resolute band of brothers, who put collective play above individual stats — an ensemble distinguished by its chemistry on the field and in the clubhouse, a team renowned for its resourcefulness, its determination and its ability to grind out win after win after win.

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So, does Brian Goldberg have John Hickey's cell phone, or what?

Seriously.

 

 

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Oh, dear god.

I know everyone rags on Geoff Baker (for some pretty good reasons), but..

it could be worse.

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NOOOOOOOOOOO

http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/mariners/index.html#3485

Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik said moments ago that he has had a conversation with the agent for outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. But Zduriencik isn't prepared to say whether Griffey fits into his plans. He'll want another week to 10 days, until after the winter meetings are over, before answering that question.

"I have had discussions with Ken Griffey Jr.'s agent, yes,'' he said. "We had a discussion, yes. We talked about Ken Griffey, yes. Is there anything concrete? I'd say it's more an inquiry than anything else.''

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Nunc dimittis

Nunc dimittis servum tuum, Domine, secundum verbum tuum in pace:
Quia viderunt oculi mei salutare tuum
Quod parasti ante faciem omnium populorum:
Lumen ad revelationem gentium, et gloriam plebis tuae Israel.

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Why does Tug Hulett suck?

I've been trying to figure this out from his minor league stats, and drawing a blank.

He has a minor league OBP of around .400, and he's consistently beaten his league's OPS in every league he's played in (OK, well, not the American League, but that has a pretty serious Small Sample Size Theatre problem).

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