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The Mariners Recent Power Surge is a Sign of Good Things to Come
Maybe you have been focused on basketball, whether it be Gonzaga’s run or the return of the Sonics. Maybe it’s the Huskies and Cougars collective mishaps.
But have you seen how scorching hot the Mariners offense has been? Holy vienerschnitzel. Continue reading
Some Extra Perspective on the Kings/Seattle Situation
Now that Sacramento has put in a bid to buy the Kings from the Maloofs, unless you haven’t had your mind, inbox or Google search feed/email alerts filled with it, here’s more perspective on the move.
(Disclaimer: I don’t for a minute pretend to understand the legalese of the matter.
If It’s Already Sold, Why are You Trying to Buy It? Continue reading
This is the Mariners Depth Chart and This is What I’m Going to Write About- Looking at the Mariners Possible Strengths and Weaknesses
Writing block happens. Everybody gets it. So when trying to come up with a timely piece about the Mariners I just stared at the depth chart. And this is what I got.
Possible Strengths-
- Outfield- This might be more of a necessity due to the amount of depth the M’s have. When the team has the quality of players the M’s do, some group of the nearly 30 possible outfield groups the M’s have is going to work, offensively and defensively they should be fine.
- Middle Infield- Brendan Ryan led the league in defensive WAR last year. While his offense can leave more to be desired, he still is the best defender at a defense-first position in the league. Dustin Ackley, on the other hand, saved 16 above average in the field per 1,200 innings last year. Pretty remarkable for a guy who is known for his bat and for someone who transitioned to the position for the first time in his life in 2010.
- Middle of the Order- Continue reading
Some Quick Hits on Reaffirming the Fact that Gonzaga is the Best Team in the State of Washington (Also Maybe the Country…)
Washington’s big three of basketball schools, Gonzaga, the University of Washington and Washington State University, have all had a good deal of success in the past decade. Each has made it to the Sweet Sixteen while producing numerous pro players.
It should be noted that historically, and in general, UW and WSU are good programs. But this year has been a down year for them both.
- GU has one more win (27) than UW (15) and WSU (11) combined.
- Gonzaga’s RPI is 10th in the country, Washington is 74th and WSU chimes in with a resounding thud at 184th. Yikes.
- The Zags BPI (or Basketball Power Index) per ESPN.com is fifth in the country. U of W comes in at 72nd, and Wazzu rounds out the group again at number 99.
- Gonzaga has the same number of conference wins in the month of February than the Huskies do all season.
- Gonzaga has more conference wins in the last ten days than WSU has all year. (It’s apples to oranges when you compare the WCC with the Pac 12, but the leagues are pretty even against each other by my count, with the WCC taking three scalps to the Pac 12’s four.) Continue reading