Comments on: Ichiro Suzuki donates $1.2 million to Japanese relief efforts

By: cur68

cur68 — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:20:54 +0000

“Brandon Morrow for Brandon League??” League can throw about 100 mph in warn to hot weather. His control is iffy, though. As such he over relies on his dead red fastball. Lotta HRs. Needs command; work the change up & splitter in his repertoire for strikes then he’ll be ok. If he adds a cutter, with his fastball speed, he’ll be amazing. He’ll make an awesome closer some day, health and command pending. Needs a steady, smart catcher to call the game. I can’t recall him ever shaking off a sign.
As for Ichy, does anyone hate on that guy? He’s a gent, and he probably CAN hit a 100 mph tic tac. I wish with every atom of my cold, shriveled soul that he was a Blue Jay.

By: wkinsomnia

wkinsomnia — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:06:17 +0000

Kind of makes you wonder why more players that make a TON more then he does don’t do stuff like this more often. Oh, that’s right…greed

By: marinersnate

marinersnate — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 04:27:22 +0000

Cur, you are right three times. To be competitive will most likely be two/three years down the road however.

I do think that if the M’s don’t show some big improvement (by that I mean somewhere near .500 baseball- with this roster unlikely), GM Jack Zduriencik will be gone by mid-summer. While a couple of his moves seemed borderline genius (Cliff Lee for three throwaway’s), others are just- well, head scratchers. (The most baffling of which, you as a Jay’s fan, probably already know: Brandon Morrow for Brandon League????)

But to return to the subject at hand, Ichiro is a class act. (He has been my favorite player for a decade now, but then I have an obvious bias). I don’t think that it surprises anyone in the Seattle area that Ichiro has made such generous donation. I think that we would be more surprised if he had not.

By: WhenMattStairsIsKing

WhenMattStairsIsKing — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:59:16 +0000

You mean “You’re”

By: WhenMattStairsIsKing

WhenMattStairsIsKing — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:57:56 +0000

Who the hell disliked this?

By: Reflex

Reflex — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:00:09 +0000

Your gonna be left wanting. Its a rebuilding year. Same next year. Future after that looks pretty bright, however. Especially if Jack can acquire an elite 3B prospect, which is their only real hole going forward…

By: jasonc2300

jasonc2300 — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:51:33 +0000

Watch it–Andy Martino still has a few race cards in his deck and he’s not afraid to play them!

By: Mr. Jason "El Bravo" Heyward

Mr. Jason "El Bravo" Heyward — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:47:37 +0000

He might be my favorite baseball player ever, and that was before I saw this. Awesome stuff.

By: easports82

easports82 — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:46:14 +0000

Cause we need another light-hitting, overpaid infielder.

By: cur68

cur68 — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:42:19 +0000

The Seattle Mariners; Lousy baseball, wonderful commercials and some A1 class. 2 outa 3. I’m hoping for them to really improve to 3 for 3 this season.

By: ThatGuy

ThatGuy — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:29:58 +0000

So the combined Mariners team is approaching (or surpassed depending on matched donations thus far) 5 million dollars. Wow, quite generious. They could afford a Luis Castillo with that money.

By: Chris Fiorentino

Chris Fiorentino — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:26:07 +0000

Very cool.