I don't take any joy in the firing of John McLaren, but it had to be done too. Even if this isn't his fault at all, they needed to at least make a change to have the appearance of starting over. McLaren's been with the M's a long time though and on a lot of the great teams.
Here's part of a story about a Lou Pinella onfield freakout with a nice McLaren comment:
Mariners manager Lou Piniella delivered the masterpiece of a long and distinguished career by calling upon his full range of talents and putting them all together on one stage. In protest of a call at first base, he charged onto the field, hurled and kicked his cap, screamed at the umpire, kicked dirt and tossed first base into the outfield -- twice -- before leaving the field to deserved and thunderous applause.
"That was the best," said bench coach John McLaren, who has been witness to most of Sweet Lou's eruptions. "He had all his greatest hits in it. He had the cap, he had the base, he had yelling in the umpire's face. He had everything."
They can let Riggleman endure the rest of this season, and then hire:
Bobby Valentine.
Please designate Vidro and Cairo for assignment today!
For the rest of the season, see how the young guys do:
1B Ibanez/Clement/Jojima
2B Lopez
SS Betancourt
3B Beltre
C Jojima/Clement
LF Balentien
CF Reed
RF Ichiro
DH Ibanez/Clement
If someone gets hurt, bring up and start LaHair.
It is too late probably to convert Morrow to a starter this season, but he definitly should be one next season.
See if anyone will take Bataista and Silva.
Somebody will give us at least something for Sexson and Washburn. Take whatever the best deal is as soon as possible.
If we can get value for Bedard, trade him. If not, keep him.
The Sonics trial seems to be going well. Bennett got pounded pretty hard about his lying explanation of "a man possessed". A man possessed to keep the team in Seattle...right. Plus, he admitted that they stopped all work on trying to get a new arena in Seattle 6 months into a 12 months best-efforts period. That helps Schultz's suit.
Restaurant review: Dog sticks
Behind the courthouses in Fagatogo is a little ghetto looking store called ABC Fax. Out in front, a guy has a barbeque set up every day grilling skewers of meat. They're a buck. He has them marinating for at least hours before they go on the grill. What kind of meat is it? Could be pork. There are lots of extra dogs around and... No I think it is pork...probably. This is not a guy you want to rush because if you get there and order some dog sticks but they're not quite cooked yet, he'll hook you up with some semi-raw meat. I think Nate has paid for this situation in the past. So as long as you make sure the dog chunks are fully cooked, it is actually good, and at a fair price. On island: 9 Off-island: 6.5 (as long as the dog is cooked)
After some thought I also need to adjust the off-island rating for Sadies. 4.5 is too high. I'd never go there. It is just way too crappy for the price. 2.5
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Uggg. I think the Sonics suit ate some serious poop this morning. It looks like the Sonics have some documents that help prove that the city, Balhmer, Walker, et al were conspiring against them. Plus, from everything I've read in the trial blog, it seems like the judge really dislikes the city's lawyers.
I agree wholeheartedly on the Mac firing. It was too bad, but necessary. That is the best pic of Valentine. I wanted us to hire him a couple of years ago.
..And it just got worse-
Seattle's lead attorney, Paul Lawrence, all but conceded defeat just now.
"I appreciate that your honor, but we do have to make a record for our appeal," Lawrence said.
Once again, screwed by Wally!
I'm still holding out hope. A lease is a lease, and Clay is trying to break it.
We're not screwed at all. Relax. I'll be very surprised if the Sonics win this one.
The attorney wouldn't be doing his job if he didn't make a record in case they had to appeal.
They had to show that there was: 1. a specific performance clause in the lease. 2. that the loss to the city if the lease isn't performed would be unique and not quantifyable in money damages. They did that. They also proved that Bennett specifically knew what he was getting into and said he'd honor the lease- signed a document saying so, and then less than a year later tried to get out of it.
Also, there is some great stuff for Schultz's appeal.
I think we're good. They'll call a couple rebuttal witnesses and swing the tide back to where it looks good again. It is the Sonics' case right now, that part is bound to favor them.
I am not a fan of Sadies... They had such poor service. After I asked to have my water refilled 8 times and still no response, I never went back by choice! Oh well, John Rayner paid for that dinner anyway.
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