Wilks v. Sexson (the Steve Kelly addition)
We check in with a third installment of Wilks v. Sexson. The Seattle Times eternally whining Steve Kelly called out for Wilks to be out right waived in today's paper, after he took a called third strike to end the eighth Sunday, in what became a 4-2 Mariners loss to Oakland.
Brad Wilkerson is now hitting .189 overall, with "Big Sexy" Richie Sexson above the Mendoza Line at an .207 AVG. Also entering the conversation is the M's switch hitting DH José Vidro barely edging out Wilks with a .195 batting average.
So in our informal race, Big Sexy is in the lead now with a higher average coupled with 5 HR and 16 RBI. Of course, he's making 10 million dollars more per year.
Kelly's article is his umpteenth plead to the Seattle organization to bring back Ken Griffey Jr. Although I think it would be a great story to bring the face of the franchise (with apologies to Alvin Davis and Edgar Martinez), it's highly implausible due to the fact that Griffey originally wanted to go back "home" to Cincinnati and play for the Reds. And although the Reds aren't going to win anything anytime soon in the NL Central, why would Griffey's reasons for leaving have changed? His homes are in Cincinnati and Florida. Nostalgia is a powerful tool. But stop toying with our emotions, Kelly. At this point, you are three years away from becoming the second coming of Skip Bayless.
Brad Wilkerson is now hitting .189 overall, with "Big Sexy" Richie Sexson above the Mendoza Line at an .207 AVG. Also entering the conversation is the M's switch hitting DH José Vidro barely edging out Wilks with a .195 batting average.So in our informal race, Big Sexy is in the lead now with a higher average coupled with 5 HR and 16 RBI. Of course, he's making 10 million dollars more per year.
Kelly's article is his umpteenth plead to the Seattle organization to bring back Ken Griffey Jr. Although I think it would be a great story to bring the face of the franchise (with apologies to Alvin Davis and Edgar Martinez), it's highly implausible due to the fact that Griffey originally wanted to go back "home" to Cincinnati and play for the Reds. And although the Reds aren't going to win anything anytime soon in the NL Central, why would Griffey's reasons for leaving have changed? His homes are in Cincinnati and Florida. Nostalgia is a powerful tool. But stop toying with our emotions, Kelly. At this point, you are three years away from becoming the second coming of Skip Bayless.
Labels: Mariners, MLB, Skip Bayless, Wilks vs. Sexson
posted by Unknown at 1:51 PM
4 Comments:
I thought that Ken Griffey himself was on the record last summer as saying he would be open to the idea of coming back and finishing his career here....biggest issue was that he doesn't want to DH....
Let him play RF then -- I just don't see Bavasi admitting multiple mistakes and benching Vidro and Wilkerson for Griffey. Plus, we aren't going to give him anything for Junior and Cinci will want too much -- it might be a good time with Cinci's GM just being fired earlier this month. But unless they give him to us for next to nothing, it's not going to happen.
I love that Greg Norton is already staking his claim on DH...with his lifetime .258 avg over a decade of spot starts...
where's f'n Jeff Clement or Wlad the Impaler? oh...those are the guys Billy Beane would start...not the anit-Beane we currently have...only in baseball does incompetence and a $110 million dollar budget get you a fourth year...oh well...at least it's an open air stadium
Somebody has been drinking the Haterade up in the 206, I like it! I'm not sure why we can't hire a young gun from a successful front office, like KC did when they took the Assistant GM from ATL two years back. Bavasi is a moron.
Keeping the topic on baseball -- I stumbled across this amazingly weird video on Bobby Valentine in Japan:
>The Zen of Bobby V
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