What to even say about the Mariners - they were awful.
They do have this one damn sexy Asian outfielder though...
However, their best hitter was probably King Felix, who hit a grand slam off Johan Santana. He was certainly better than Richie Sexson who the Mariners paid $15 million to not play for the team. Hell, I would pay Richie Sexson $500 million to not play for my team, so I guess that was a great decision.
Another great decision by the team was to put some new GM in place, one who admits his mistakes. His name is Jack Zoqweirjoweit or something like that - there's a whole bunch of consonants in there and it begins with a Z. In fact, this GM so readily admits his mistakes, he traded the terrible Aaron Heilman (who was recently discussed on this blog) shortly after acquiring him.
In a recent ESPN Page 2 article, a whole section was devoted to terrible Mariners contracts, which should tell you something about the team.
So, what to look forward to for the Mariners this year? Well, Ichiro...King Felix, maybe Erik Bedard who is the first player ever to have success in Baltimore and not elsewhere, and the greatness that is some dude with the first name Wladimir - I feel like he should be a Russian Czar.
The Mariners could try to bring back the glory days by resigning this former great though...
Although he may be fired for inappropriate touching again. At least he has a job talking about A-Rod's steroid use on the MLB network though. Maybe the Mariners should sign this guy though...
Hmmm...maybe Harold Reynolds wasn't the only one involved with inappropriate touching.
Anyway, Mariners 2009 outlook: Terrible, again. However, they have a new GM, new manager, and all new coaches, so at least the fans can look at different people walking to and from the pitching mound to take out Carlos Silva, Jarrod Washburn, etc.
On the plus side, the AL West is not a strong division, and if everyone ever on the Mariners has a career season, the team could finish .500. At least the Twins need not fear them as their competition a la Little Big League.
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