On Monday the Seattle Mariners announced
that bench coach Manny Acta, infield coach
Perry Hil who both have been around for
some time going back to when Scott Servais
was manager along with hitting coach Kevin
Seitzer and first base coach Eric Young Jr.
we're not retained for the coming season as
well.
In the same manner as Dan Wilson we are
not sure they resigned or were fired. The are
all good choices and find employment
some where in baseball. This what happens
when a team who is favored to win the AL West
and had not so good season for sure when
the whole division wasn't good. The Mariners
should have won easy without the offense
struggling all year long besides three players.
The bench wasn't good most of the year and
the pitching suffered as well especially in the
second have and had trouble winning against
teams like the Athletics and the Angels who
lost 100 games and almost didn't without
Mariners winning the final two games of the
season.
I found it hard to watch or listen when September
came along. I probably listen to the Angels series
since at the end with Rick Rizz the radio voice
of the Mariners retired after Sunday's game.
Thank you Rick.
The love baseball hit hard with the same things
happening over and over again. Bringing up
Lazaro Montes, Michael Arroyo and Kade Anderson
have a reason to stay connected. They should
be members of the Mariners for a long time we
hope.
I am sure we will see who will be the next manager
although Jerry Dipoto president of baseball operations says it might be a little while. They
will look outside the organization for the manager
at least and the coaches most likely too.
Now we will look at the other sports in the
Seattle area and Washington State. Football
is going on and college men's basketball just
around the bend.
My love of baseball I will write still during
this time before next season as well. We
hope for some good news and a much
better season next year. Thanks for coming
along with me always along with my other
blogs too.