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News on the Mariner's front and Me |
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Mariners and the MLB |
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New News about Me |
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Mariners in First Place, but Shaky in World Series Contention |
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Autographs by mail |
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The Mariners, are four games ahead of Oakland, and yet for the third year in a row, have failed to make a significant trade. Freddy Garcia has a 37.95 era so far this August (one start of course). Moyer has been having a lot of off days at age 40. Edgar is old as well. Cirillo, well don't get me started and Kazu just gave up 4 runs in 2 innings of relief in TACOMA. My hopes of Edgar getting a World Series ring are dwindling. And yet still I root for the Mariners through thick and thin, even if I am disappointed in the front office. |
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Apparently, If you send a nice letter, a Self addressed stamped envelope, and a couple of cards, most players will send you back an autograph if you ask nicely. So I'm giving this a try. I don't want to bug players so I'm just sending them c/othe stadium. So far I need more cards and postage, but I plan on sending out requests to the Twins and the 2001 Mariners (for now). I have already sent out requests for Vladimir Guerrero and Edgar Martinez, but they are supposed to be hard to get a signature of. So, we'll see. 9/21~after sending out 3 cards to Jamie Moyer on Thursday he returned them signed on Sat., today, Cool. |
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Mariners Name Melvin as New Manager |
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Former Mariners manager Lou Piniella left for Tampa Bay, after buying out the last year of his contract with the Mariners. Without a manager to try to steer the Mariners to a more promising finish for the upcoming season, general manager Pat Gillick and club president Chuck Armstrong set out to interview nearly 15 different people for the recent opening. By the first week of November the Mariners organization had narrowed the search down to four people, naming Buddy Bell, Jim Rigglemen, Sam Perlozzo and Bob Melvin. Some thought that Buddy Bell, a former manager of the Colorado Rockies, had a good shot to become manager because of family ties with former Mariner David Bell, his son. Jim Rigglemen managed the Cubs to a Central Division title in 1998, and hoped to become manager of the Mariners, yet he hasn�t managed a team since leaving the Cubs at the conclusion of the 1999 season. Bench manager for the Orioles, Sam Perlozzo thought he had a slim chance of becoming the next Mariner manager, but was still hopeful that he was what the Mariners were looking for. While all are qualified for the job, neither Bell, Rigglemen or Perlozzo will fill the shoes of the winningist manager in Mariner history. Bob Melvin, who played as a back up catcher in the 80�s and early 90�s and has been bench coach of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the past few years, was named on the 15th as the new skipper of the Seattle Mariners. Although a rookie manager, Melvin has participated in the MLB as a player, a coach, an executive and a scout. Not many are as well rounded in experience in baseball as he, which may serve Melvin well this upcoming season. However, Melvin may not have the fan support that Piniella did. All of Seattle is sad to see Lou go, and nearly as many people don�t trust the Mariner organization to make the right decision after the disappointing 2002 finish. Yet whatever feelings Seattle fans may have aren�t justified by the fact that the 2001 Diamondback World Champions largely accredited their success to Melvin. Although the executive office of the Mariners may be attributed to their 3rd place finish, Gillick in the past has made some good choices in selecting managers. Not only was Lou Piniella his first choice for managing the 1989 Toronto Blue Jays, his second choice, Cito Gaston, won 2 World Series for Toronto in 1992 and in 1993. Melvin�s acceptance among Seattle fans comes down to trust. If he retains Piniella�s coachs, players and style and can win the big games, I think we will all remember the face of Bob Melvin for years to come. Yet if Melvin has an unsuccessful season with the Mariners (likely what with the impressive front office job this off season), Melvin will be gone in 2004. |
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When Baseball card list put on Beckett, Suprising results |
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I have more than 700 cards to my name, including some new cards. I recently got 3 cards: A SP Legendary Debuts Paul Waner game-used bat card, a Bowman Jacque Jones Rookie Card and a Fleer Futures Rafael Soriano card that is numbered to 200. Anyways, I decided to put a list of my cards on Beckett.com, which is a card grading company that keeps track of sportscards trading and news, and I was suprised by the results. I found that my cards were worth $777. In addition to that, I haven't even finished putting cards onto the list, so it's probably a higher number. Some of the more valuable cards are the Paul Waner card I mentioned, a Hank Aaron piece of the Jersey card, a Griffey bat card, an A-Rod/I-Rod bat card, a Troy Glaus batting glove card and a Mo Vaughn batting glove card. I also have an Ernie Banks, a Harmon Killebrew and a Juan Marichal from the 1968 topps set and a Frank Robinson from the 1969 topps set. All in all, I was suprised to see how much money in cards I had. |
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