They hired Ken Bone without a second thought.
They introduced him as one of their own, the new men’s basketball coach, his own press conference and everything.
They laughed at his jokes, celebrated his glee, and allowed themselves to get excited over his future with the team.
Those cute, naive Cougs.
Little do they know that Bone’s hiring is the penultimate phase in Washington’s master plan to destroy Washington State from the inside-out.
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I’m setting the over-under on “Carlos Silva Innings Pitched” for tonight at three.
Logic would say take the over.
A betting man with knowledge of the Mariners would go under.
All I know is, we’re not yet through the first and Silva has already relinquished a two-run homer to Justin Morneau. Yeesh.
If you don't know crazy schemes, you don't know Jack
Imagine, if you will, a scenario in which Brandon Morrow is a starter again. Visualize Morrow as he logs a 1-2-3 first inning, before exiting the game in favor of reliever Miguel Batista. See Batista record a perfect inning, as well, before handing the keys to Roy Corcoran in the third. Watch Corcoran follow suit with a gem of his own before relinquishing the following inning to another reliever. And so on, and so forth.
Pay witness as this scenario plays itself out across all nine innings. One pitcher per inning, nine pitchers per game, for each and every contest in the 162-game season.
This may sound ridiculous, but it appears to be what the Mariners are working towards.
Yesterday, they signed ex-Texas Rangers closer Jeff Zimmerman to a minor league contract. The 36-year-old Zimmerman may as well be Jake Taylor from Major League; the dude hasn’t pitched in the bigs since 2001, and his one and only career year came back in 1999.
“This kid was pretty good at one time,” said M’s GM Jack Zduriencik. And that’s about all you can say. He was good at one time. And that one time was a decade ago.
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Hayek-Decker Toss-Up Creates Problems
Decker moves on
We’ve all seen it before: The savvy vet versus the hot, young up-and-comer. Do we side with experience, or lend ourselves to the exuberance of youth?
These are two questions we’ll need to answer in selecting a winner in this pick-em matchup of the Triple Hops Brewed Region.
Our veteran is Salma Hayek, a leading lady of the silver screen who has the benefit of age, wisdom, and a pronounced chest to her credit. Hayek took a one-year hiatus from the tourney in ’08, but prior to that had been in the field of 64 for every single Bigger Dance.
The overzealous youngster trying to disrespect her elders with a victory is Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Brooklyn Decker. She’s a first-timer in the Bigger Dance and trying to make a splash in her debut.
No sure thing here, but we like the rookie in this one. Expect big things from Brooklyn Decker in the upset.
Breaking down the rest of the region:
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