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From: jeff@utastro.UUCP (Jeff Brown the Scumbag)
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Subject: Re: Dodgers screw Mariners, Giants
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Date: Sat, 14-Dec-85 00:45:52 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 14 00:45:52 1985
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In article <28000008@ISM780B.UUCP>, jimb@ISM780B.UUCP writes:
>
> Steve Yeager to Seattle for Ed VandeBerg?

Yes, this outraged me when I read about it too.  But you
have to remember that the Seattle ownership combines the
irrationality of Steinbrenner with the cheapness of Old
Man Griffith.  Vandy is young and good (as a reliever!
as a starter he's a disaster) and after being in the bigs
[assuming the Mariners count as such] 4 years or so can
demand more than the peanuts Argyros wants to part with.

In their insanity they had a grain of reason: the M's have
never had a catcher worthy of squat in their history; they
have a lot of good young pitchers who would really be
helped by a smart veteran backstop.  Unfortunately, getting
an ancient, over-the-hill Yeager who will probably spend
two-thirds of the season on the DL is NOT going to fix
their troubles.  Maybe they're fantasizing that Steve will
make a comeback like Gorman Thomas did.  More likely they're
just plain stupid.

If the front office would only get its [--] together, the
M's could gel into a decent team.  And if pigs had wings.....

In short, LA didn't screw Seattle, they just helped them
screw themselves.

Jeff Brown the Scumbag
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                jeff@astro.UTEXAS.EDU
Astronomy Department, U. of Texas, Austin

"There are two hopelessly futile things a man can do on this
Earth: be a Mariners fan and fall in love with a lesbian...."