Series Thread: M's Vs. Jays: August 2nd - 5th

Old Butch

John was in the fertilized egg business. He had
several hundred young layers (hens), called
'pullets,' and ten roosters to fertilize the
eggs. He kept records, and any rooster not performing
went into the soup pot and was replaced. This took a
lot of time, so he bought some tiny bells and attached
them to his roosters. Each bell had a different
tone, so he could tell from a distance, which rooster
was performing.

Now, he could sit on the porch and fill out an efficiency
report by just listening to the bells.

John's favourite rooster, old Butch, was a very fine
specimen, but this morning he noticed old Butch's bell
hadn't rung at all! When he went to investigate,
he saw the other roosters were busy chasing pullets,
bells-a-ringing, but the pullets, hearing the roosters
coming, could run for cover.

To John's amazement, old
Butch had his bell in his beak, so it couldn't
ring. He'd sneak up on a pullet, do his job and
walk on to the next one. John was so proud of old
Butch, he entered him in the Renfrew County Fair and he
became an overnight sensation among the judges. The
result was the judges not only awarded old Butch the No Bell
Piece Prize but they also awarded him the Pulletsurprise as
well.

Clearly old Butch was a politician in the making. Who
else but a politician could figure out how to win two of the
most highly coveted awards on our planet by being the best
at sneaking up on the populace and screwing them when they
weren't paying attention.

Vote carefully next year, the bells are not always
audible.

Oakland up 2-0 over Detroit bottom of the 6th. Maybe, just maybe we'll get one from this series and not distance ourselves further from Oakland.

Offense showed up today and boy did we need it. Looking like Oakland is going to take the Detroit game. It's 6-0 bottom of 8th. Not losing any with Oakland today.

yippee- another Jen interview with Cano- what dumb questions she asks

Boy... Did we need that to stop the bleeding or what... One positive is the fact that Seager's been hitting since he came back from his paternity leave... He's the guy in the line up that we've needed to get it going... .Hopefully it will be a spark for the rest of the crew... Can't wait till Cano replaces Healy... We need his bat badly.

Oakland and the M's gained a game on Houston today as the Stros lost to the Dodgers

At least they didn't get swept by a sub .500 team at home.

Well if Gamel is doing that well I'm guessing he won't be called up to Seattle any time soon. I mean, why bring the guy up if he can help the M's offense. That would be contradictory to Servais and Dipoto's plan wouldn't it be?

I have a short memory.. what does a "W" mean? Aren't the Mariners supposed to get the "L"?

NWinAZ said:

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I'm starting to think the Mariners should put Gordon back in CF, Cano and 2B and platoon Gamel in and out with Span and Healy. Maybin was once a good CF but he is currently the 4th best one on the roster behind Heredia, Haniger and Gordon.