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"Before you know it as the years go by, you're just like other people you have seen, with all those peculiar human ailments. Just another vehicle for temper and vanity and rashness and all the rest. Who wants it? Who needs it? These things occupy the place where a man's soul should be." -- Henderson the Rain King

Thursday, June 02, 2005

Open Letter to Mariners Fans and Announcers

Dear Mariners Fans and Announcers,

I regret to inform you that despite all of your insistence to the contrary Pat Borders is actually not good. As much as I enjoy all of the incessant blathering on about how amazing it is that Borders is 42 years old and can still swing a baseball bat all by himself, the reality remains that he is old, slow, and can't hit anymore (in fact other than that brief shining moment in the '92 World Series he was never very good). While I am impressed by everyone's ability to overlook these trivial faults and focus on the positives, I'd appreciate if we could maybe tone down the Pat Borders for MVP accolades just a notch (and please don't use this as an excuse to jump back on the Willie Bleepin' Bloomquist for MVP bandwagon). For instance, if Gil Meche works 6 2/3 innings of shutout ball perhaps we can talk about how well Meche pitched instead of the great game that Borders called. Just a thought.

Production By Mariners' Catcher Since 2004

NameGamesAVGSLG %OBPCS%CERA
Dan Wilson113.246.301.298.3424.75
Miguel Olivo87.209.348.218.2734.55
Pat Borders25.208.333.240.4124.38
Wiki Gonzalez4.375.625.3751.0005.73


Not My MVP

Yours truly,

The Rain King

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3 Comments:

Blogger Jill said...

you're crazy - Tim McCarver has taught us that behind every good pitcher is an even better catcher waiting to tell that pitcher what to do. ;)

4:21 PM

 
Blogger Jamie said...

Borders is now 0 for 8 on throwing guys out this year. Even Pat Borders could probably steal a base on Pat Borders!

11:38 PM

 
Blogger Jill said...

If he had a second baseman who could catch, maybe he would've thrown more guys out.

10:42 PM

 

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