Saturday and Sunday I watched the beloved M’s actually win, against a vastly superior team no less. On Saturday, Ryan Franklin spotted the ChiSox a couple of early runs, but was able to gut it out and win, thanks in part to a massive homerun by Brett Boone. Sunday seemed like it was a microcosm of the Mariner season, at least until the 9th. Jamie Moyer pitched with stunning mediocrity, the bullpen does passably well until Shiggy gives up a gimmee run, and the offense was a disaster. This team just can’t hit. How many popups to the infield can one team have? Yet they win, thanks to a nicely timed meltdown by Billy Koch. So that’s two in a row, and by the end of the game Sunday I almost believe again. Hey, it is only June they can do it. This could be the beginning of a hot streak. Real off 6-7-8 wins in a row, maybe it can happen. Then I remember how awful this team is, I remember that it’s only June 7th, and they are 12 games out of first place. I remember they have exactly two players who are AVERAGE offensively at their position, and then I remember why I’ve written off this team. It was a nice little weekend hallucination
Posted by Frinklin at June 7, 2004 06:04 PM