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04-29-2001, 10:56 PM
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In late August 1999, I was at a game between the Mariners and Yankees with 5 or 6 of my buddies. Yanks pounded the M's. Jeter did something wild - he scored runs in each of the first 3 or 4 innings or something. They batted around like every inning. Half of the M's line-up that day (if memory served correct) consisted of:
Brian Hunter Raul Ibanez David Bell Russ Davis John Mabry At one point, my friend John turned to me and said "This will never work - having Griffey and A-Rod and no money for anything else - - the rest of these guys have to be the worse team in baseball." Well, now just about a year and a half later, look at them M's! Fresh off a playoff appearance last year - and started off this season 20-5. What's truly amazing about the 20-5 start is that they could easily be 23 and 2 or 24 and 1! Here's the scores of their five losses so far this year: Three one run losses: 2-1, 4-3, 5-4. One 2-run loss: 8-6. And, one true loss: 5 to one. Piniella may just have another wire-to-wire champ this year (to go with his '90 Reds). |
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04-30-2001, 05:13 AM
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Yeah, they have really impressed me. Those Japanese players are pretty consistent, and the bullpen is something to reckon with.
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04-30-2001, 11:52 AM
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Agreed 95 - - a deep and flexable pen is the difference, sometimes, between the winners and the losers.
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04-30-2001, 03:21 PM
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And all of this without KGJ and A-Rod!
Ironic, don't you think? |
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04-30-2001, 03:25 PM
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Perhaps even more of a direct cause and effect there. |
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