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

Name	Games	AVG	SLG %	OBP	CS%	CERA
Dan Wilson	113	.246	.301	.298	.342	4.75
Miguel Olivo	87	.209	.348	.218	.273	4.55
Pat Borders	25	.208	.333	.240	.412	4.38
Wiki Gonzalez	4	.375	.625	.375	1.000	5.73

Not My MVP

Yours truly,

The Rain King