10 years ago today the Mariners reached an agreement on a huge free agent signing that had Mariner fans singing from the rooftops, "Yankees, you over baby!"
I feel like the whole offseason is too stressful to enjoy because I've been through too many of them. Even when they make a deal, I think, "Okay, we're just a couple more pieces away from something really good!" And then they don't get the other couple pieces. It was hard to pull the joy out of the whole Canó thing. I remember it so clearly as such a fun time, but it's hard to isolate that when you already know what happens.
No playoffs. The holes they needed to fill were pretty evident and they just didn't. Even after missing half the season with the PED suspension, he was still third on the team in bWAR. They were on a good run at the beginning of that year, but it was more luck than being built for it.
These winter meetings and trades stress me out so much. I desperately just try to not pay attention and love the team we have in March.
Crazy that was 10 years ago.
I feel like the whole offseason is too stressful to enjoy because I've been through too many of them. Even when they make a deal, I think, "Okay, we're just a couple more pieces away from something really good!" And then they don't get the other couple pieces. It was hard to pull the joy out of the whole Canó thing. I remember it so clearly as such a fun time, but it's hard to isolate that when you already know what happens.
Yeah...do you mean with the performance enhancing drugs or the lack of a Cano post-season? Or both?
:(
No playoffs. The holes they needed to fill were pretty evident and they just didn't. Even after missing half the season with the PED suspension, he was still third on the team in bWAR. They were on a good run at the beginning of that year, but it was more luck than being built for it.
My favorite part of this is "Oh!" I could just about hear a sort of pleasantly surprised gasp of breath when I read that.