Back in April, Seattle Mariners sensed optimism at the start of the 2010 Major League Baseball (MLB) season. Executive Vice President and General Manager "Trader" Jack Zduriencik swapped for former Cy Young winner Cliff Lee and signed free agent Chone Figgins. We re-signed Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Sweeney. Hell, we unloaded clubhouse malcontent Carlos Silva for Milton Bradley. A few starry-eyed dreamers fantasized about the home team playing in the post season for the first time in nearly a decade.Then, reality reared its ugly head in the scenario. Divisional rivals Anaheim-based "Los Angeles" Angels swept the Mariners in a pathetic three-game series over the weekend. Seattle is dead last -- and deservedly so -- in the American League West and eight games behind the Texas Rangers.
I attended Sunday's game. Watching the Mariners take a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the first, I dared to think that I might witness an infrequent Seattle victory. Then the Angels fed off Mariner pitchers like semi-professional eaters at the Golden Coral buffet. Hideki Matsui, whom the Mariners deemed as damaged goods and declined to sign, teed off on a Jason Vargas offering like Godzilla through a romp in the Ginza district. The Angels whupped ass in a 9-4 win.
Wak the f***...?
If the Mariners were dogs at Genesee Park (we're the only blog that would put forth such a scenario without substance ingestion), somebody would tighten the leash. Here's hoping that somebody in the Mariners organization reins in the hemp leash.
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