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Slica · November 25th, 2006, 03:33 PM

Between Griffy and Arod. I picked Griffey.

In hindsight, its hard to see how Griffey impacted us, because of his injury situations. Plus we had other superstars rise, like Ichiro and to a lesser extent---Bret Boone. Not to mention the emergence of the replacement, Mike Cameron.

However, the fact remains, after everything he did for the franchise...he was shown the door. I dont care about the circumstances, and I dont care about his attitude. Bottomline is, he was on the road to being one of the---if not---the best baseball player around. He was well marketed. He was one of the few things holding back the severe bias towards the east coast. Most of all, he was a hero. He was the guy who turned many fans' heads onto the Mariners. He was a big part of saving baseball in Seattle. Those fans that started getting into the team then, are starting to falter now.

That was a major blow to anyone outside diehardism. It also showed the FO cared about themselves more than our team. With Arod and Johnson departing not too long after, it was just hit after hit to those who started investing themselves into watching this team. I just dont think we've fully recovered. In part because our one 'hero' since then speaks Japanese. Boone was likely a roider. Edgar's time was coming to an end.

I dont think it was the biggest DIRECT blow to our franchise for 2007, but I think it was the first hit we took that really hurt some hopes with the franchise. Since then the FO has shown they didnt care, as the money rolled in. Once the fans said 'enough is enough'...the FO started over spending to get people back in. Its going to be a cycle until we get the next superstar who either talks more, or just talks english. Can Lopez, Clement, or Jones come through?

November 25th, 2006, 03:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
Slica Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 168	Between Griffy and Arod. I picked Griffey. In hindsight, its hard to see how Griffey impacted us, because of his injury situations. Plus we had other superstars rise, like Ichiro and to a lesser extent---Bret Boone. Not to mention the emergence of the replacement, Mike Cameron. However, the fact remains, after everything he did for the franchise...he was shown the door. I dont care about the circumstances, and I dont care about his attitude. Bottomline is, he was on the road to being one of the---if not---the best baseball player around. He was well marketed. He was one of the few things holding back the severe bias towards the east coast. Most of all, he was a hero. He was the guy who turned many fans' heads onto the Mariners. He was a big part of saving baseball in Seattle. Those fans that started getting into the team then, are starting to falter now. That was a major blow to anyone outside diehardism. It also showed the FO cared about themselves more than our team. With Arod and Johnson departing not too long after, it was just hit after hit to those who started investing themselves into watching this team. I just dont think we've fully recovered. In part because our one 'hero' since then speaks Japanese. Boone was likely a roider. Edgar's time was coming to an end. I dont think it was the biggest DIRECT blow to our franchise for 2007, but I think it was the first hit we took that really hurt some hopes with the franchise. Since then the FO has shown they didnt care, as the money rolled in. Once the fans said 'enough is enough'...the FO started over spending to get people back in. Its going to be a cycle until we get the next superstar who either talks more, or just talks english. Can Lopez, Clement, or Jones come through?