Friday the Mariners are back at playing in Anaheim playing
the Angels after the all-star break. They got off to a great start in March
going 13-2 but haven’t been good ever since. They played ball that was expected
before the season started by Dipoto and Servais estimation.
You remember last year they played a good first half; at
least up to the end of June anyway then things fell apart. The rest of the
season went wrong. It was like the pressure of the playoffs made them give up.
The Oakland A’s played some great ball from May through
September so even if the Mariners had played well it would have been still hard
to be ahead of them to make the playoffs but at least we would have had a good
time watching the Mariners play though it would still have been another disappointing
season.
The second half of the season last year made Dipoto realize
they had to tear thing down and do retooling as he called it. Hasn’t been easy
watching this season especially the pitching and the defense. The offense has
played pretty steady all season though they have had their moments to.
What we hope for in this second half is to see a ball club
that hasn’t given up and is working on improving toward next season. We know
many of the position players will still be around next year except those who
may be traded before the
deadline which is now
under three weeks.
Many of the pitchers are now looking to pitch for their lives
and seeing whether they will return next season. We know likely Felix Hernandez
will not be around next year. I am sure we all wonder whether we will see him
pitch again this season.
Regardless what happens now let’s enjoy the ride. Who knows
maybe the second half will be like how the first half started off.
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