As catcher Cal Raleigh so eloquently said, the Seattle Mariners’ staff is to blame for the fact that the Washington State team is currently on leave while the fall dance is in full swing.
In addition to taking an afternoon nap at the trade deadline, the Mariners parted ways with the services of their number one reliever. Seeing him go last night with the Arizona Diamondbacks, it seems to me that he could have helped Seattle find a place in the playoffs.
But instead of taking the blame, or at least some of it, team president Jerry Dipoto added another layer, saying his team’s goal is to build for the long term and to get there To arrive, it was necessary to aim for a victory rate of 54% each season instead of aiming for great honors.
If what you do is focus year after year on figuring out what to do to win the World Series, you might be one of the teams that finds itself in trouble and won’t be able to get back up. before another decade. So we’re doing the fans a favor by asking them to be patient until we win the World Series.
Pardon?
As you can imagine, this obviously didn’t sit well with the fans, and with good reason. According to Dipoto, the Mariners are doing their fans a favor by asking them to be patient. Nothing less.
The manager doesn’t think those who pay his salary have been patient enough, having to wait 21 years for his team to qualify for the playoffs and who have never tasted even the pleasure of participating in the World Series in 46 years of existence?
No, but what nerve…
While Dipoto’s desire for long-term success rather than going broke is understandable, it won’t be satisfying for the team’s fans and players who want to win now.
A clash is therefore to be expected in Seattle.
