So how did the Mariners ever let [Choo] go? Bill Bavasi, their former general manager, said...

So how did the Mariners ever let [Choo] go? Bill Bavasi, their former general manager, said ownership had no appetite for rebuilding. On July 26 of the 2006 season, with the team three games out of first place, the Mariners sent Choo to Cleveland for the veteran first baseman Ben Broussard.

"We were on strict orders when I got there that we were not going to tolerate any five-year plans," said Bavasi, now a special assistant with the Cincinnati Reds. "They felt that five-year plans usually turn into seven- or eight-year plans, and it’s true. That made sense — just keep getting better — but that also brought with it different pressures."

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Link fixed.

by Ryan on May 28, 2010 3:19 PM EDT reply actions

"To me, it just seems like they would exempt him anyway, because of how he’s representing his country over here as a major league player and how good he is," Westbrook said. "But obviously that’s not enough."

I have indeed said this.

"I call myself common sense" —Manny Acta

by westbrook on May 28, 2010 3:45 PM EDT reply actions

That link to “his popularity in Korea” is a must read as well. Some really great lines in it so far.

"I call myself common sense" —Manny Acta

by westbrook on May 28, 2010 3:51 PM EDT reply actions

Going to the game tonight, really pumped.

by Roger Dorn on May 28, 2010 3:58 PM EDT reply actions

I like the fact that NYY was in MIN last night. And is throwing out a fairly crud lineup recently.

Which game in this series will the Tribe score 22?

by JulioBernazard on May 28, 2010 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Jake has pitched in 2 of those right? Fausto was the SP last year. Could be one of those 2.

by Roger Dorn on May 28, 2010 5:43 PM EDT up reply actions

It’ll be the game in which the Yankees score 23.

by ken from alexandria on May 28, 2010 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions

how’d that work out for you?

by APV on May 29, 2010 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Last night’s was miserable, today not so much.

by Roger Dorn on May 30, 2010 2:07 AM EDT up reply actions

I’m a little lost here. A 13 to 11 Tribe come-from-behind win in Yankee Stadium against Joba was “miserable”. Roger, dude, this might have been the highlight of the 2010 Tribe season.

Resident LGT results-oriented boob.

by mauichuck on May 30, 2010 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions