[Vision2020] Truly important Northwest stuff

Doug Jones credenda@moscow.com
Wed, 6 Aug 2003 14:35:27 -0400


Carl, a voice of true priorities, wrote:

>This, of course, is why didn't the Mariners make a
> major trade by last week's trading deadline?  And just what's up with
Freddy
> Garcia?  Why is he still in the starting rotation?  Is Seattle going
to make
> the playoffs, or are they going to swoon in August and September?  I
know
> these are profound and troubling questions, but someone has to ask the
tough
> ones.

Newflash: the Mariners just traded Jeff Nelson to the New York Yankees
for the hard-throwing Armando Benitez
(http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/story?id=15915190). Nelson complained
bitterly that no trades had been made.

And Freddy will probably lose Thursday's game and go to the bullpen. 

Doug Jones