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Open Thread and Ichthyomancy: Marlins at Mariners (6/18)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:00:46 PDT

Open Thread and Ichthyomancy: Marlins at Mariners (6/18)
Posted 73 days ago at FishStripes
Next Game Florida Marlins @ Seattle Mariners Wednesday, Jun 18, 2008, 10:10 PM EDT SAFECO Field Ryan Tucker vs R.A. Dickey --> Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game Time...

THT Live:Who the heck is Chris Antonetti?
Posted 74 days ago at The Hardball Times
Chris Antonetti is the hot bloggers' choice for the GM chair in Seattle, and Pizza Cutter thinks his hiring could be a significant event for sabermetrics in general.

Seattle Times: Stone: Mariners’ pick for GM will reveal path
Posted 73 days ago at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Chuck Armstrong defended his own sabermetric bona fides on Monday. He pointed to his background as an engineering major at Purdue, with a statistics minor, steeped in such seminal sabermetric books as “The Hidden Game of Baseball,” by Pete Palmer and.

Possibilities For Seattle GM Position
Posted 74 days ago at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
Who's in the running to replace Bill Bavasi in Seattle long-term? Interim GM Lee Pelekoudas is in the running . But as Bavasi's former righthand man and assistant GM, he'd be an odd choice. Tigers assistant GM Al Avila was considered...

Psst… Chris… Chris Antonetti… over here… wanna work for the Seattle Mariners?
Posted 74 days ago at THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball
Here’s the sales pitch.

Seattle Times: Stone: Mariners are in no rush to hire a new general manager
Posted 74 days ago at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
But U.S.S. Mariner is/are...Here are some of the men — and a woman, if they want to get revolutionary — the Mariners might consider:• Pat Gillick, Phillies GM: Don’t laugh. The man Bavasi replaced, who built the 2000 and 2001 playoff teams in

Mariners To Release Sexson

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:01:35 PDT

Mariners To Release Sexson
Posted 73 days ago at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
Kirby Arnold of the is reporting that the Mariners will release Richie Sexson , and it could happen in the next week. According to one person familiar with moves that are planned, Sexsonwill be let go, possibly within days. The timing is not set...

M’s meet to discuss Sexson’s future
Posted 73 days ago at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
One day after general manager Bill Bavasi was fired, interim GM Lee Pelekoudas and club executives held meetings throughout the day Tuesday to set the course for the final 31/2 months of the season.Among the hottest topics: Sexson.According to...

Mariners to Cut Sexson
Posted 73 days ago at Hot Foot
According to Kirby Arnold of HeraldNet , the Mariners will likely release 1B Richie Sexson within the next few days. Seattle has a record of 25-46, easily the worst in baseball. The Mariners began the hiring/firing season earlier this week when...

Possible Replacements For Bavasi In Seattle

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:47:24 PDT

Possible Replacements For Bavasi In Seattle
Posted 73 days ago at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
John Hickey of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is reporting that the Mariners already have a list of names that they are considering to replace the fired Bill Bavasi. Yesterday, we saw several sources that speculated on the next GM. Hickey spoke...

How Much Longer Will Avila Stay?
Posted 73 days ago at Bless You Boys
If you initially greeted the news of the Mariners firing their general manager with a shrug, it turns out that the ripples from Bill Bavasi 's dismissal might reach the Detroit Tigers' front office. According to the Freep 's Jon Paul Morosi,...

Brewer: Bill Bavasi’s exit is a relief for fans, team and especially Bavasi
Posted 74 days ago at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
“What are you going to put on your resume? Dumbass?”By firing Bavasi, the Mariners have already admitted that the Bedard trade, only four months old, was a mammoth mistake. And the best way to erase it is to erase him, provided they get a couple of.

Mariners Still Can't Score

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:15:59 PDT

Mariners Still Can't Score
Posted 74 days ago at Baseball Musings
The Mariners lost to the Marlins Monday night 6-1. Since firing Jeff Petland, Seattle has scored 17 runs in seven games. At some point you have to wonder if firing all the hitters might actually work. Four of the nine...

Open Thread and Ichthyomancy: Marlins at Mariners (6/17)
Posted 74 days ago at FishStripes
Next Game Florida Marlins @ Seattle Mariners Tuesday, Jun 17, 2008, 10:10 PM EDT SAFECO Field Scott Olsen vs Felix Hernandez --> Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around...

Marlins Keep Mariners Reeling
Posted 74 days ago at The Game of Baseball
Andrew Miller hurled seven innings of six-hit, one-run ball to lead the Marlins to a 6-1 win over the Mariners in an interleague matchup at Safeco Field. Luis Gonzalez drove in two runs with a single and a sac-fly, and Jeremy Hermida and Dan Uggla...

Behind Miller, Marlins top Mariners
Posted 74 days ago at Marlins Today
The Marlins broke out the small ball on Monday night in Seattle, plating 6 runs on 10 singles and, backed by another tremendous outing by Andrew Miller , defeated the sinking Mariners 6-1 in the first game of a three game set at Safeco Field. ...

Tonight's Matchup
Posted 74 days ago at Fish Chunks
First, congrats to Ricky for being named NL Co-Player of the Week! ( Fish@BaT ) Seattle has lost 8-in-a-row at home but tonight's pitcher Felix Hernandez has won his last 3 starts, "allowing just one unearned run in 21 innings." Scott Olsen has given...

Bavasi Fired by Mariners

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:50:09 PDT

Bavasi Fired by Mariners
Posted 74 days ago at MLB Fleece Factor
Seattle Mariners GM Bill Bavasi was fired , after his former club got off to perhaps the most disappointing start in the majors this season. During his time with the club, spanning four+ years, the Mariners went 322-395. He dished out that lucrative...

Fire in the Hole! Mariners Fire Bavasi. Mets Can Randolph
Posted 74 days ago at The Biz of Baseball
What has been seen as inevitability has become reality for two clubs that have been underperforming this season. Yesterday, the Seattle Mariners fired general manager Bill Bavasi after 4 and a half seasons, and late last night, the New York Mets...

Bill Bavasi fired as Seattle Mariners GM
Posted 74 days ago at Most Valuable Network

Mariners Fire GM Bill Bavasi
Posted 74 days ago at The Game of Baseball
The Mariners fired GM Bill Bavasi Monday and replaced him with Associate General Manager Lee Pelekoudas. Mariners CEO Howard Lincoln says the team needed "new leadership" at the position with a "new plan and new approach". The team is 24-and-46 on the...

Just why is Ichiro back in right field?

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:26:00 PDT

Just why is Ichiro back in right field?
Posted 73 days ago at seattlepi.com Mariners blog
Just while we have a moment here this morning, I'd like to ask the following question:

Ichiro Is Back in Right Field, Could Be On Way Out of Lead-Off Spot
Posted 74 days ago at FanHouse - %CategoryName%
Filed under: Seattle , Mariners , AL West , MLB Rumors While Monday was already a great day of change in Seattle with the deserved firing of general manager Bill Bavasi , it wasn't the only thing that changed with the Mariners yesterday. For the...