http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:46:05 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/02/05/114720.php#comment-695155 "They have a good bullpen and play good defense but their offense is very weak." Actually, they have one of the worse defenses in baseball. Outside of Ichiro and Beltre there is not a defender on the team above average at their position. Sexson and Ibanez are a complete disaster with the glove, and trading away a great, young defensive outfielder (Jones) and replacing him with a 31 year old with busted knees (Wilkerson) is going to do awful things for our 3-5 starting pitchers, just watch. 695155@blogcritics.org Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:46:05 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/02/05/114720.php#comment-695154 "They have a good bullpen and play good defense but their offense is very weak." Actually, they have one of the worse defenses in baseball. Outside of Ichiro and Beltre there is not a defender on the team above average at their position. Sexson and Ibanez are a complete disaster with the glove, and trading away a great, young defensive outfielder (Jones) and replacing him with a 31 year old with busted knees (Wilkerson) is going to do awful things for our 3-5 starting pitchers, just watch. 695154@blogcritics.org Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:46:01 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/02/05/114720.php#comment-693726 A quick check on Cot's Baseball Contracts page (mlbcontracts.blogspot.com) shows Mr. Sexson signed through 2008 and due to make $14 million this year. He ranks as the 6th highest paid first baseman in baseball. 693726@blogcritics.org Thu, 7 Feb 2008 13:19:18 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/02/05/114720.php#comment-693649 Sexson sure has been a disappointment... how many more years on his contract? 693649@blogcritics.org Thu, 7 Feb 2008 01:13:10 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/02/05/114720.php#comment-693309 Commentor #1: Not sure what to say to you since any kind of productive discussion is obviously beyond your being. Thanks for reading though. Commentor #2: Yes, indeed! Jay Buhner is one of my all time favorite Mariners, but he hasn't played for the M's since 2001. You're right, I did overstate the problem with the hole in right field but honestly, I feel like the historic in left just moved to right when Ichiro moved to center, a move that should have been made a couple of years before instead of the Jeremy Reed experiment. Thanks for reading! 693309@blogcritics.org Tue, 5 Feb 2008 16:52:54 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/02/05/114720.php#comment-693298 Right Field...a black hole for decades??? Does the name Jay Buhner mean anything to you? 693298@blogcritics.org Tue, 5 Feb 2008 16:36:29 EST