Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Brigadoon is a Mariner now

Posted by JM at 6:34 AM


 He's 35 and will make 6.5 million. During his time with the Red Sox, he had an OPS of .830-something.

May he cavort with Van Johnson and Gene Kelly in his dreams.

3 comments:

13bit said...

That's a truly beautiful blessing, JM. And may the infield dirt rise up to meet his face on occasion and bless him with the taste of a summer's day and a child's game. I sure could use 6.5 mil. now. My sympathies will always lie with the players over the owners, but I have little to spare for the players these days and, in fact, whatever walkout/lockout happens this year, baseball has pretty much lost me as a serious fan by this point.

No more do I follow the trade news. No more do I listen eagerly to pre or post game analysis. No more do I watch Spring Training games. And know this - I used to LIVE for all that stuff. Every year. It was part of my cycle of life. Maybe they can suck me back in, but it would take a lot. They HAVES in this country ought to know that the HAVE-NOTS are living in a different world from them. They don't know it and it may, in fact, soon be guillotine time, but that's another post for another day.

Rich men playing a child's game? It's an old story, an old complaint, but they're not doing a good job of distracting us anymore. Fuck Hal and fuck the Sotos of this world.

December 23, 2025 at 7:08 AM
JM said...

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6912434/2025/12/23/seattle-mariners-rob-refsnyder-contract-platoon-bat/

Nice article for ol' Double R.

December 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
JM said...

My fandom is also far less rabid than it used to be. Baseball is the sport that kills itself.

December 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM

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