M's cut ties with Eric Byrnes
by Adam J. Morris on May 2, 2010 9:39 PM CDT
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PrintYesterday, Seattle Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu called Eric Byrnes "the Ultimate Competitor."
Tonight, we learn that the ultimate competitor is gone, apparently being released by the M's, and Ryan Langerhans is coming up to take his place.
Maybe Byrnes can join WWE and wrestle under the name "The Ultimate Competitor."
I'm also disappointed that Byrnes won't return as an M to Texas, because I was hoping that, when he came to the plate for his first at bat, Chuck Morgan would play Queen's "Bicycle Race" ("I want to ride my bicycle...I want to ride my bike...)...
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I like the rasslin' idea.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
As do I...
and after he fucked up his match, and Vince McMahon came out to see what the hell is going on, he could just ride his bike right past him.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on May 2, 2010 9:54 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
lol
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
OH MY GOD!!!! THAT'S THE ULTMATE COMPETITOR'S MUSIC!!!
/Jim Ross’d
by selke99 on May 2, 2010 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
Adios! Enjoy the ride out on your bike!
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
Chuck said Bicycle Race was a good idea, as well...
:(
I am happy to know the Rangers defeated the Mariners and Eric Byrnes so badly that Eric “Ultimate Competitor” Byrnes is now out of a job, however.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 2, 2010 9:43 PM CDT reply actions
What a sight...
that would be.
Where can I donate to make it happen?
by ghostofErikThompson on May 2, 2010 9:48 PM CDT up reply actions
I would pay to see him ride his bike
with his hair on fire.
Someone make a gif of him pulling back the squeeze bunt with his hair on fire.
Ceterum censeo, Ron Washington esse delendam
I can picture Byrnes with his bicycle
chained to Hart’s golf cart pulling him out of a mudhole on the golf course
by BEW on May 3, 2010 8:03 AM CDT up reply actions
Wonder if they want Garko back?
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
A smug look and a scoff from...
a Seattleite.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 2, 2010 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions
He's no Eddie Guardado
"Jurick Profar is tired of practice!! I wanna play I wanna play….waiting for march 12 to go to spring training! to kill some pichers:D:D I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!" - Jurickson Profar
Eddie was no Eddie Guardado
at the end of the season
by Mark from OC on May 2, 2010 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Jermaine Dye and Eric Byrnes/Ryan Langerhans fill different roles
If Dye were to replace Byrnes, you’ve got no backup outfielders to speak of.
by Adam J. Morris on May 2, 2010 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Bradley?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on May 2, 2010 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions
He should really be just a DH
Maybe Jeff will get his wish and Mike Sweeney gets cut, too.
"Jurick Profar is tired of practice!! I wanna play I wanna play….waiting for march 12 to go to spring training! to kill some pichers:D:D I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!" - Jurickson Profar
That is a somewhat poorly constructed team
They have at least 2 DH’s. Seem to be lacking a LF. Lopez is someone who should never be batting near the heart of the order, more HR then walks should never happen.
I just don’t see how that team is going to score enough runs to stay in contention all year. We won’t have a great pitching staff by the end of the year, but we just gave up 4 runs in the course of 31 innings to them. That’s pathetic.
What do voluntary mean?
The dude abides.....
It is true that they are built around pitching and defense,
But you need to score at least one run to win a ballgame (more like a few here and there). Their offseason was (and still could very well turn out to be) brilliant on paper. They took a chance on Bradley and that hasn’t worked yet. They traded the power of Beltre and Branyan for Chone Figgins’ speed and Mike Sweeney’s… leadership? Jose Lopez is what he is, at this point, and doesn’t look to get any better. Kinda like how Blalock’s career went down.
They made our good starting pitchers look as great as we made Doug Fister look today. Honestly, I wish Colby Lewis the best, but we know he isn’t that good. They made Colby and CJ look like Roy Halladay and [the good] Johan Santana this weekend.
Bottomline is that they are going to have to make some fairly big changes to their offense in order to compete. They still have a few prospects and the re$ources to get themselves a decent catcher and a power hitting LFer.
"Jurick Profar is tired of practice!! I wanna play I wanna play….waiting for march 12 to go to spring training! to kill some pichers:D:D I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!" - Jurickson Profar
It's like the 2007 Rangers!
We're like soccer hooligans... except, like the Rangers, we can’t even get that right. We beat each other up instead of the other side. - AJM
by LSJ on May 3, 2010 8:28 AM CDT up reply actions
No, it's worse.
Sammy Sosa wasn’t used correctly; he had solid value in the right situation. I cringe when I see Griffey getting destroyed by RH pitching. He has no role. When he’s in the lineup, he’s hurting his team.
Yeah, the problem was not Sosa being on the roster, it was the manner in which he was used
"I’m gonna go on record here and say a great many things excuse throwing a chair at someone." – D.A. Tron
And his DH partner...
The Sween-dog? He’s worse, if you could believe it. But he’s a great chemistry guy apparently.
It's amazing that, as much as the stat crowd has pimped Jack Z as their savior, he gave heavy consideration to chemistry in constructing his clubhouse
"I’m gonna go on record here and say a great many things excuse throwing a chair at someone." – D.A. Tron
and brought in Milton Bradley...
"Jurick Profar is tired of practice!! I wanna play I wanna play….waiting for march 12 to go to spring training! to kill some pichers:D:D I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!" - Jurickson Profar
But Jack Z is an expert!!
"I’m gonna go on record here and say a great many things excuse throwing a chair at someone." – D.A. Tron
He's done some brilliant things.
But he’s really messed up a few things, too. So you wonder if the good things were due to genius or luck.
Yeah, that's what is so bothersome to me
He’s made some really good moves. He’s said some smart, out-of-the-box things. He hired Tom Tango. But he’s done some bad things. Yet, the bad has been swept under the rug by his fanboys and he’s been pimped as the next Branch Rickey.
IMO, Jack Z may become a very capable GM or may turn out to be a bust. But either way, the scorecard is far too incomplete to tell.
"I’m gonna go on record here and say a great many things excuse throwing a chair at someone." – D.A. Tron
Sounds like JD
Only his good moves get swept under the rug.
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
We talked about some of this on Friday...JD will get credit if
This Thing goes 92-70 or blame if they go 80-82.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
I still remember that comment you made
about this past offseason being “all JD”
"Jurick Profar is tired of practice!! I wanna play I wanna play….waiting for march 12 to go to spring training! to kill some pichers:D:D I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!" - Jurickson Profar
Nothing has changed.
This past off-season was all about JD assessing the team’s weaknesses and making moves to improve an 87-75 team.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
According to you, anyway
I’m sure if the team had made every move you endorsed you would have claimed it as evidence Daniels had his hands tied by Ryan. How is Troy Glaus doing?
Ceterum censeo, Ron Washington esse delendam
Troy Glaus
Spent the first two weeks knocking off a lot of rust but starting to come out of it in the last two weeks (.815 OPS).
How are the Davis Redhawks doing?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
The Redhawks are doing very well, indeed.
BTW, Nolan endorsed the offseason moves.
Ceterum censeo, Ron Washington esse delendam
NUH UH! NUH UH! NOLAN TOOK OVER EVERYTHING LAST YEAR BUT THEN FOR SOME REASON LET JD RUN WILD THIS OFFSEASON!
/Joseyfact
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
i thought the blue jays hired tango?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
Did they? I could have sworn it was Dr Z, but I've been wrong before and I'll be wrong again
"I’m gonna go on record here and say a great many things excuse throwing a chair at someone." – D.A. Tron
nope
your right
from USS Mariner in early 09
The Mariners have hired Tom Tango as a consultant to assist them in pushing forward their advancement into the 21st century of statistical analysis.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on May 3, 2010 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions
I think his main problem was thinking
bringing in Milton and Figgins would fix the offense.
Depending
on Griffey for anything was just wrong.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
That's not entirely fair
If you wanted to watch a highlight reel of glorious homers and epic fielding plays from the 1990s, Griffey could still bring the goods.
I hate watching all-time greats limp around in a state of disrepair. It makes me sad to see a washed-up, shell of the former great Griffey.
"I’m gonna go on record here and say a great many things excuse throwing a chair at someone." – D.A. Tron
They counted on Griffey to put some fans in the stands
In a “Watch Xs final year with the team where he became great” kinda way. Of course it hurts when such player can’t hit or field worth jack.
"Jurick Profar is tired of practice!! I wanna play I wanna play….waiting for march 12 to go to spring training! to kill some pichers:D:D I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!" - Jurickson Profar
well it also hurts when they said it last year
then he came back
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
What happened to Michael Saunders?
ha ha ha
He’s OPS’ing .398 in AAA right now.
ha ha ha
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on May 2, 2010 10:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Meh, I was in between on him.
I just love wallowing in the pain whenever a Seattle prospect goes epic fail like he’s done so fat this season.
Cause fuck the mother fucking Mariners, that’s the fuck why.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on May 2, 2010 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Am I wrong for that ranking alone
making me want the M’s to lose 90 games this year. Generally I empathize a bit with M’s fans, at least compared to the A’s and Angels. But this year, I want them to finish last to spite Dave Cameron.
Of course, I don’t want them losing 100, else they may get Anthony Rendon or some other player who’s actually good in their system, which may make them actually deserve a ranking in the top half of the league.
Go Rice Owls!
I think Dye could help them
but could you imagine a bench of Griffey/M. Sweeney/ J. Dye? the ultimate anti-defense bench
by blueballlefty on May 2, 2010 11:27 PM CDT up reply actions
They would have a team with 4 DH then.
What do voluntary mean?
The dude abides.....
well yeah but not really
for the other 15 AL teams Sweeney and Griffey would probably not be considered for roles that would involve them going on the field outside of maybe a first base coaches job
by blueballlefty on May 3, 2010 12:40 AM CDT up reply actions
Still if you add Dye they would have 4 players best suited to play DH
Assuming that Dye wasn’t added in place of Sweeney.
Milton, Griffey, Sweeney and Dye are all DH’s at this point, if that.
What do voluntary mean?
The dude abides.....
But
Can he ride his bike with no handlebars?
by Mark from OC on May 2, 2010 9:51 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
The Seattle announcers should be put on suicide watch
They loved them some Byrnsey.
by vfn on May 2, 2010 9:55 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Tthe sweep felt awesome
but Byrnes getting released is like finding beer in the fridge you forgot was there.What a great weekend!
he gone!
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
by boomer1 on May 2, 2010 10:08 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Even though he's no longer in the MLB...
he’s competing somewhere right this minute.
"I wish to believe. But my belief is a graveyard." - Charles Bukowski
BMX Rally
"We pitched, we caught the ball, we ran the bases, we had good days where we out-fundamentalized the other team." - Ronald Washington
by Pocket Ninja on May 2, 2010 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh damn.
Yeah Fuck the M’s
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
Can someone put Byrnes face on this?
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
According to LOL...
This is from Dave Cameron
Pretty decent chance Sweeney is DL’ed by Tuesday – they just didn’t have his logical replacement in house, so they have to go get him first. I expect some kind of minor trade.
Maybe they were so impressed with Ryan Garko madd bunting skillz that they’ll take him back, and we can just stop payment on the check we sent them to get him.
Knew it would be the Kila Monster without even clicking the link.
Too predictable.
I don't know how that guy is still in the minors
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Ugh
As much as I didn’t want us to trade for him, I’d hate it if he goes to the M’s.
"Jurick Profar is tired of practice!! I wanna play I wanna play….waiting for march 12 to go to spring training! to kill some pichers:D:D I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!" - Jurickson Profar
Except David Ortiz has become such a huge dead weight
that now the Red Sox might actually need Lowell.
He hit 2 homers yesterday!
/red sox fans
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
now I wish
we had gotten him. spell Face a bit at 3B
"I think that Rangers is good team." ~ South Korean Ranger Nation
by hubcityraider on May 3, 2010 9:32 AM CDT up reply actions
Byrnes is one of the guys I'm thankful never landed here
This manager would put Byrnes in the lineup somewhere near Borbon and Elvis. Sac bunt after sac bunt after sac bunt. Wash would have to take off his mittens to clap for all the small ball he would get to play.
A youtube video that could somehow work together
Byrnes speeding out of the dugout, missing the squeeze bunt, and Vince McMahon’s YOU’RE FIRED would be the greatest thing ever.
or...
What about the song, “I can ride my bike with no handlebars, no handlebars?”
boo
too late
"Jurick Profar is tired of practice!! I wanna play I wanna play….waiting for march 12 to go to spring training! to kill some pichers:D:D I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!" - Jurickson Profar
shunned
"I think that Rangers is good team." ~ South Korean Ranger Nation
by hubcityraider on May 3, 2010 9:33 AM CDT up reply actions
Wow.
This is just so awesome.
We're like soccer hooligans... except, like the Rangers, we can’t even get that right. We beat each other up instead of the other side. - AJM
Wash would still approve.
trying to bunt is probably close enough.
"I think that Rangers is good team." ~ South Korean Ranger Nation
by hubcityraider on May 3, 2010 9:35 AM CDT up reply actions
Evidently at least 3/4 of the AL West
Believes “It’s Tine”.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce
by Ed Coffin on May 3, 2010 12:17 AM CDT reply actions
I don't know why some of you are celebrating this.
He’s a terrible player, the longer he was on the M’s, the better.
"Hey... Goldberg! I bet if that puck was a cheeseburger, you'd stop it!
You might have to go...
Dirkatron on them.
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
He's a lock at ESPN.
Get ready for some kooky, purple, pinstripe suits and that “I Don’t Give a Shit” hairstyle.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
I'd buy that for a dollar.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Reading over at LOL is just hilarious
The blend of humor and gloom has never been better. My fave:
“I’d weigh in on this but I have some deck chairs that need shuffling instead. "
It should be gloom n doom in The Emerald City.
Six games v Tampa and three v LAAA in the next two weeks.
Hide the women & children and dig a hole…Tampa starters are rocking a 2.64 ERA and their offense has scored more runs than every other team in the AL.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
Tampa is on fire
NO doubt about that.
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
Somebody named Wales
in here picked Tampa to win the World Series this year.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
yeah but that fuck is almost always wrong
so they must be due for an epic collapse at some point this season
WOW
you picked one of the best teams in baseball over the last couple of years to win the World Series!!! I hope the limb you walked out on doesn’t break…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
"Hello Win Column!!!"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on May 3, 2010 9:49 AM CDT up reply actions
Josey, I saw your posts yesterday and I'm with you on Seattle
They’re just not a very good team and I think the hipsters who made them the trendy pick this spring are going to look very, very foolish.
I think Texas slaps them around all year.
"I’m gonna go on record here and say a great many things excuse throwing a chair at someone." – D.A. Tron
Yes,
Seattle is our bitch. 5-1 with a 29-12 run differential.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
I'm amused that this year's two sexy "pitching-and-defense" teams both look be mediocre at best
It’s hard to succeed with run prevention, though, when your prevention has some extremely glaring holes. Seattle can’t prevent runs when they’ve got Milton, Sweeney, AND Griffey all on the roster. Boston can’t prevent runs when their catchers are terrible defensively and literally incapable of stopping teams from running at will.
BOS and SEA have problems.
"I’m gonna go on record here and say a great many things excuse throwing a chair at someone." – D.A. Tron
Seattle's record in 1 run games last year
should have been an indicator they weren’t that good of a club. Take that and subtract the offense Branyan gave you and it didn’t seem they had really improved…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
"Hello Win Column!!!"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on May 3, 2010 9:54 AM CDT up reply actions
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I know Byrnes rides bikes and all, but he strikes me as the ultimate Jeep Brah
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Waggoner would have gotten that bunt down.
Anyone who can concentrate on singing while standing next to Dolly Parton is not going to flinch at a squeeze bunt.
Ceterum censeo, Ron Washington esse delendam
by t ball on May 3, 2010 9:57 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
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"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Comparing Porter Waggoner to Eric Byrnes is just appalling
I love me some Porter Waggoner.
Byrnes couldn’t pull off the Nudie suit if he wanted to, but Waggoner was born to wear Nudies.
"I’m gonna go on record here and say a great many things excuse throwing a chair at someone." – D.A. Tron
You gotta love Waggoner
He gave the world Dolly Parton
by BEW on May 3, 2010 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions
what a goober!
Wash for this scene your role is to act like a manager who know's what the F he is doing. I know it's a creative stretch 'cus.....he do what he do.
Eric Byrnes will make like $11M this year.
That is a crime.
Ceterum censeo, Ron Washington esse delendam
He's the douchebaggier version of GMJ we never wish we'd've had.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on May 3, 2010 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions
The best part....
Arizona is the one picking up that entire tab, minus the league minimum.
Ahhhhh, to be a Diamondback fan.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
You do remember the money flying out HSG for Arod, Cat,& Padzilla
The dbacks do not have a monopoly on paying other teams players. Just sayin.
"Ooooh....I want some fucking pancakes!" son of willamos2
These guys could actually play well.
Cat is probably the closest comp, but it’s not quite 11mil this year like Byrnes.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
I missed what actually happened
I see a few coments on some of these pages but havent seen what happened
Byrnes has been a bad player
Lookout Landing has several gifs of him missing catches. The other night he messed up on a squeeze play that would have won the game for the M’s. Ichiro was on third base and headed home when Byrnes squared up to bunt, but then Byrnes pulled the bat back. Treanor dropped the ball but recovered in time to get Ichiro out at home. Washington came out to argue that Byrnes had tried to bunt the ball and so couldn’t believe he pulled back on it that he got ejected for the first time since 2008. Then, after the game, Byrnes sped out of the clubhouse on an eight-speed bike past reporters and the team’s GM.
8 speed BEASCH CRUISER...u left out the most important detail ;)
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
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