SB Nation User Blog: seattlesundevil

RSS feed problem?

seattlesundevil — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:09:27 -0000

Granted, I know a bunch of people are going to read that and think RRS problem? But he is a starter now!!!! ZOMG!

But yea, that's not what I mean.

I have RSS feeds of both the fanposts as well as the articles on the page. However, as of this morning, all that shows up in the main articles feed are minor league wraps and the Carlos Beltran must be destroyed, the tRA post and Felix on the DL.

Is anyone else having this problem or is it just me? I have looked on a couple different computers and I am having the issue on both of em.

Griffey ---> Tampa Bay Rays?

seattlesundevil — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:25:31 -0000

Indeed.. I was sitting here watching ESPNEWS and lo and behold, across the bottom of the screen came this little diddy..

"Ken Griffey Jr. considering waiving no-trade clause for a trade to the Tampa Bay Rays."

My first thought? WHEW! My second thought? Poor Rays. Although I guess it doesn't really matter because Andrew Freidman is 400 times better than Bavasi and won't give up any Jeff Clement style of prospect to get him.. But good for Griffey to possibly be on a winning team again.

It doesn't say there is a trade imminent, but the wording made it sound like there is something brewiing.

McLaren sounds about done..

seattlesundevil — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:39:38 -0000

This may just be emotion spilling over from another rough series where nothing went right (funny how no talent leads to nothing going right..) but, this is from Baker's blog ..

"We're playing our (bleep) off every day and got nothing to show for it. I'm tired of (bleeping) losing, I'm tired of getting my (bleep) beat, and so have those guys. We gotta change this (bleeping bleep) around and get after it. And only we can do it. The fans are (bleeped) off, and I'm (bleeped) off, and the players are (bleeped) off. And that's the way it is. There's no (bleeping) easy way out of this, can't feel sorry for ourself, we gotta (bleeping) buckle it up and get after it. I'm tired of (bleep) losing this, (bleeping) every night we bust our (bleep). It's gotta be a total team (bleeping) effort to turn this thing around, and that's it."

How much more of this can possibly be had? Half empty, quarter full ballparks seem to be the first sign, but cmon..

Maybe Bavasi will be out on his ass after this weekend's Ammy draft and Mac can follow.. one can dream right?

Firey veteran leadership

seattlesundevil — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:33:01 -0000

Do you think this is what they meant when the front office said they want to have veteran leadership in the clubhouse?

"Too many babies here," Guillen stormed while seated in front of his locker and spicing his language with obscenity. "They don't know how to play the game and win the game right, the way it's supposed to be played. And that's the problem here. Now I know why this organization's been losing for a while. Now I know."

That's Jose Guillen for those that did not assume - or thought it was Ozzie.

Makes me wonder if Guillen is regretting finally getting that long-term contract he has been looking for for years.

Morrow --> Rotation?

seattlesundevil — Sun, 25 May 2008 17:53:37 -0000

Somewhat surprised that nobody has posted this anywhere on here, but, according to Baker, McLaren and Co. is starting to entertain the idea of moving Morrow ::gasp:: in to the rotation.

"We have thought about it,'' he said. "We haven't come to a conclusion yet, but that is a possibility.''

Morrow could either go back to Class AAA to begin the transition, or work out of Seattle's bullpen in the majors.

"There are a couple of schools of thought,'' McLaren said. "That he could be like Chamberlain and work on it here.''

I don't see why they would be throwing Morrow back to AAA in order to stretch him out when the team is in dire straits as it is.. Why not keep him at the major league level and let him work it out up here? What's the worst that can happen? (barring injury which would happen in AAA too if it's gonna happen) Morrow fails to go 5 innings? He loses? Yeaaa... what's new?

Link right here

Washburn throwing Kenji under the bus?

seattlesundevil — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:38:31 -0000

There is this little tidbit from the Seattle Times article about the changeup that got hit out of the park by Olivo...

"Really one bad pitch, the changeup to Olivo," Washburn said. "It seems to be a recurring thing — bad changeup in a game. I wish I wouldn't have thrown a changeup in that situation [a 2-2 pitch with one out]. I didn't really want to throw it, but I said yes when he [catcher Johjima] called it, and it lost the game for us."

Well Wash - it wouldn't take much to shake off the sign. Sounds like he is just trying to find someone to blame on that one. Here is another idea - make a better pitch.

Replacement for Jose Lopez?

seattlesundevil — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:27:03 -0000

Now we all know that Jose Lopez is not exactly a confidence inspiring player right now in the Mariners lineup and now news out of Cuba is that Alexei Ramirez is coming over to MLB

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3026151

It says he played second base but mainly shortstop and centerfield - if we can improve the second base side of the defense.. who knows? Something the front office could consider IMHO especially with how Lopez has been viewed lately.

If the season ended right now...

seattlesundevil — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:43:14 -0000

We would be in the playoffs!

Random fun fact.. but for the first time in awhile we actually are ALL alone in first place for the wild card (and not just by a percentage point.)

Detroit fell to Kazmir / Crawford and the TB Devil Rays this morning 8-1 to give us a half game cushion over the reeling Tigers for the wild card lead. I know that there are many more games to play and that the Tigers might not end up being our toughest challenge in the WC race (read: Yankees,) but for one day - we are in the playoffs; and that is something that really shows this team off. We had losing streaks of 6 6 and 7 this season and yet here we are.

What do you all think? Do we actually stand a chance at the wild card slot? Personally, if the Yankees ever cool off and stop scoring a bazillion runs a game, they might fall of a bit. I definitely am leaning towards the argument of the division being easier to win simply because of the amount of games we have against Anaheim in the final month and a half.

Poll

Who wins the West / Wild Card?

Us / Yankees

34 votes

Us / Tigers

12 votes

Us / someone else?

10 votes

Anaheim / Yankees

34 votes

Anaheim / Tigers

5 votes

Anaheim / Us

26 votes

Anaheim / someone else?

3 votes

124 votes | Poll has closed

Wish we were run like the Brewers.

seattlesundevil — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:01:57 -0000

Seriously - if the front office could just take a few cues from that of the Milwaukee Brewers, we would all be so much better off.

Calling up Ryan Braun when it was apparent that the team needed an offensive boost was a great move. Putting him in the three-hole of the lineup shows that they trust their younger players in key situations and what has he done since his promotion? .330/.394/.657 yea.

This isn't just a rant about how good that move was, but also this today..

The Milwaukee Brewers sent slumping second baseman Rickie Weeks to the team's Triple-A farm club in Nashville.

Right-handed pitcher Scott Linebrink was placed on leave after the birth of his first child, the team said Wednesday.

Pitcher Elmer Dessens was recalled from his rehabilitation assignment at Nashville and infielder/outfielder Joe Dillon was brought up from Nashville after Tuesday night's game with the New York Mets.

Weeks was hitting .212 with five homers and 19 runs batted in 75 games. Dillon was batting .317 at Nashville with team highs of 20 home runs and 73 RBI.

WHAT!? They had a slumping player up with the major league club but he was cold? Oh? AND you have a better option down in AAA? Uggh, this just shows the polar opposites of front offices in the major leagues and it saddens me.

Teixiera --> Braves

seattlesundevil — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:29:22 -0000

Getting four players from Atlanta for Tex.. Saltalamacchia, Andrus and two minor leaguers. That is quite the haul for him and I for one am just glad to see him not go to the Angels.

Ron Mahay also went from Texas to the Braves.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7074846

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