All right M's Fans, it's time to vote for your All Time M's team. Here's my players that I'm picking:
C: D. Wilson
comment: can't really stand double play Dan, but he's been w/ the team since 95' and has produced a few years.
runner up: Bob Kearney
MISTAKE: Trading Varitek
1B: Alvin Davis
comment: Mr. Mariner, enough said
2B: Tie between Boone and H. Reynold
comment: Boone's been solid the last couple of years, but Harold was also an all star and the only marque guy Seattle had for a number of years
SS: A-rod
comment: as much as I hate the guy for leaving, he'll go down in history as one of the best. I just hope the tool never wins a World Series
3B: Jim Pressley
comment: "Impressive Press" still is etched in my mind as a kid as a solid 3 bagger. Beltre has the potential to win out here. Blowers is a close second for now.
RF: Ichiro
comment: no debate here, even though Buhner was a stud. Ichiro is a much better hitter and defensive player.
CF: Griffey
comment: no debate here at all
LF: Hmmmm, toughy here John Moses? Mickey Brantly? Phil Bradley?
comment: no dominant LF here that comes to mind
SP: R. Johnson
comment: best M in the early to late 90's....and fit in well w/ the Seattle fans w/ the mullet
MISTAKE: letting this guy go.....good ole Woody Woodward thought his career was done in 98...Randy, kudos to you for continuing to ball
rest of SP: Moyer, Langston, M. Moore.
RP: Sasaski
comment: Schooler, Ayala, Bill Caudell, and Charleton had a few good years, but all of them had really, really bad years. Ayala was the worst, giving up 6 grand slams in one year (no wonder why Grif and Arod left). Sasaski was unstoppable
Let me know your thoughts here crew!
Seattle Sports Blog Guy
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Comments:
Here's my team....
C - Wilson....best DEFENSIVE catcher other than I-rod for a long time....was very well liked and received by most of his pitchers and was well known for doing his homework on hitters
1B - Alvin Davis - Yeah JL, "Mr. Mariner" and one hell of a nice guy to boot.
2B - Reynolds - Boone has put up some amazing numbers as a M, but Harold's D and his all around game on a team that went nowhere for a long time will always be remembered in M's history.
3B - Presley - Again, great all around 3bagger on some pretty poor mariner teams...
SS - *cough* Arod - Pretty boy will be one of the best ever, although, close 2nd to Omar
RF - Anyone with a piece of sushi named after them gets my vote.
CF - Griffey will be one of the best, if not THE best Mariner ever to play.
RF - This is the toughest choice, but I would say Phil Bradley here. All around solid player and had one of the longer tenure's as a LF in the M's OF (even though it was only a few years)
SP - Randy would be the obvious choice, but I gotta tip my hat to a few guys here.... Langston was tough in his day, Holman was pretty impressive for a 3 year run, Moyer might be the greatest pitcher ever with a fastball clocking in the high 70's and 40+ years old.
RP - Kaz was usntoppable with that splitty, but Arhtur Rhodes might be the most unheralded set-up man ever. He was as close to automatic as you can get in the 8th inning over a 3 year period. Runner up: Schooler....the man everyone loved to hate, but sheesh, the guy was unstoppable on some pretty poor M's teams.
Anyways, though I'd weigh in from LA