IT’S CHRISTMAS IN JULY!
07.02.07
Strangely, the top baseball story is in Seattle, where Mariners manager Mike Hargrove announced his resignation just before the M's beat the Blue Jays 2-1 in the bottom of the ninth to complete a weekend sweep and extend their winning streak to 8 games.
[Seattle GM Bill] Bavasi said that on a scale of one to 10 on being caught off-guard, Hargrove's departure was "an 11." Hargrove first told Bavasi of his intentions June 20, after a six-game losing streak. The two then agreed to wait and see if Hargrove's inability to muster motivation for the game continued for a couple of weeks.
Of course Bavasi is surprised. He's incompetent. But that's how good of a manager Mike Hargrove is: as his passion for the game waned, his team played its best baseball all season. As if that wasn't mysterious enough, Jeff freakin Weaver allowed one run in eight innings to lower his ERA to 6.75, his 3rd consecutive quality start.
I don't like this. Everything's going well. Too well. It feels like a trap. The next Mariners headline you see will be Ichiro Stricken with Cancer.
UPDATE: On the Show has all the (made-up) Mariner reactions.
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He needs to come to the Yankees! "his passion for the game waned," will definitely be fixed, as he would probably walk into the Yankee dugout with a hard on.
he would probably walk into the Yankee dugout with a hard on.
Yeah, because A-Rod Just finished giving him a Rusty Trombone in the clubhouse.
But it will be the funny cancer.
Eleven. Its one more now, i'n'it?
"I coulda had a V-8!"
"Hey, I'm Crazy-Hand-Stuck-To-Face Man…now give some candy!!"
Of course Bavasi is surprised. He's incompetent.
Thank you for giving me my first laugh of the week.
As a fellow M's fan, I have no doubt this will all end in disaster. Bavasi will make a panic move just before the deadline….as opposed to the panic moves he usually makes during the free agent signing period.
My money's on mortgaging the future for Griffey just before he suffers history's first simulatneous double-hamstring tear.
he would probably walk into the Yankee dugout with a hard on.
Yeah, because A-Rod Just finished giving him a Rusty Trombone in the clubhouse.
if both these were the case, do you think that would be 'homo' enough to keep a rod in ny rather than having to move to the faygo capital of our country? that and fire island isn't too far away from the bronx
typical of the "Human Rain Delay" to drag his resignation out for two weeks.
I think Hargrove's last words as a Mariner manager were, "As long as I could stifle the development of young players by continuing to throw out washed-up veterans onto the field, like Jose Vidro and Jeff Weaver, then my work here is done."
Just quit, baby.