Bye Cammy
Monday, December 8th, 2003“Recap of the Bill Bavasi era to date:
Sign Raul Ibanez for 4 million a year. Bad move.
Re-sign Shigetoshi Hasegawa for 3 million a year. Questionable move.
Fail to offer arbitration to Arthur Rhodes. Bad move.
Fail to offer arbitration to Mike Cameron. Bad move.
You never know how much you’ll miss something until it is gone. Mike Cameron, thanks for the great years. Good luck with your future team. Hopefully a better ballpark and an organization not obsessed with strikeouts will lead to a year that allows folks to realize the value you have to a club. I’ll never forget
Oh, and the Mariners offered arbitration to Pat Borders “due to the special relationship he has with this club.” I am unable to rationally comment on this tonight.” - U.S.S. Mariner
The Mariners will never win a world championship until they finally get an owner who cares about winning, unlike the current Japanese owner we have who has never even seen a live professional baseball game. We will never win a world championship until we replace the men in the front office who are yes-men to their bosses and who believe in the “spend as little as possible in order to make a profit” philosophy. It is no secret since the owner of the team has publicly stated this his one and only intention is to make money, not to win a championhsip. He understand that a winning team makes the most money, so he spends around $80 million (most of which is spent through highly overpaying many of the players) which allows him to pull in a profit every year since the team he fields does well enough to draw a crowd, but not well enough to beat the big boys.
It’s 1 AM, I have an exam tomorrow that I have yet to start studying for, and I feel more depressed right now then I have in weeks. Fuck my exam, fuck the letter that the The OCPT sent me, and fuck the Mariners.
Somebody remind me why I love this team or else I might have to go and start cheering for a team that actually cares about their fans. I’m talking about your team.

