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Johjima is Going Back to Japan
I’m at school, so I need to write this very quickly.
A somewhat surprising development today – Kenji Johjima has decided to opt out of his contract, and head back to Japan. This will be great for the M’s in a couple of ways – his money over the next 2 seasons...
2010 Mariners May Schedule and Me
So, as Griffin mentioned in a previous post, I’m currently away on mission and just found out i’m here permenetly until i leave country. That cool thing about that … I only have 52 days left in country. I’ll still be posting stuff, just not as often as i would...
BBA: Cy Young Picks
As you may know, SoDo Mojo is part of the Baseball Blogger’s Alliance, and the biggest aspect of that is awards voting. So here are my picks for the AL Cy Young award.
3. Justin Verlander, DET
It’s a really tough call as to whether to put Verlander in 3rd or 2nd, but...
SoDo Mojo’s Free $100 Gift Certificate Giveaway!
Alright, so there was a post here quite awhile ago about a raffle, in which we were charging $2 per ticket. We scratched that idea, and decided to go with a completely free giveaway. The prize is a $100 gift certificate to sportsmemorabilia.com, where you can buy a variety memorabilia...
The Brilliance of Jack Zduriencik
The single most important aspect of sustaining a successful business is to distribute value equally amongst one’s assets.
The single most important aspect of sustaining a successful baseball organization is to distribute value equally amongst one’s assets.
Sense a similarity...
2009 Review: Ichiro
Sorry for the lack of activity lately folks – Harrison is out on a week-long mission, and Taylor and I just haven’t had much to write about. I’ll try to put together a couple of interesting pieces over the next few days, and we’ve also got a pretty big, FREE...
The Worst Playoffs. Ever.
How do you root for the Angels? How do you root for the Yankees? Why would you want a repeat champ in Philly? I guess that leaves the Dodgers as the only acceptable team to root for, and even then, they’re far from an underdog.
Analytic post to follow.
BBA: RoY Picks
These are my Rookie of the Year picks for the Baseball Blogger’s Alliance voting. I’m pressed for time, so I’m not going to elaborate on the picks this time. I will for the rest, though.
3. Jeff Niemann, SP, TB
2. Elvis Andrus, SS, TEX
1. Andrew Bailey, RP, OAK
You...
2009 Review: Adrian Beltre
I believe that I already made my feelings towards Adrian Beltre very clear in this post, so despite the fact that I could go on for hours on why I love Adrian Beltre, I’ll try to keep myself strictly in season review mode.
Coming into 2009, I think most of Mariner nation had...
2009 in Review: Sean “Not The Snowboarder” White
Sean White was, as the generic sports commentator might say, a silent assassin in 2009. Not much was expected of him entering the season, and he turned out to be the missing piece to the M’s relief triumvirate – White in the 7th, Lowe in the 8th, and Aardsma in the 9th...
2009 Review: Ryan Langerhans
What can you really say about Ryan Langerhans? We gave up in reality someone that was a perminal AAAA player, had no position and brought along a suspect bat for someone who was an defensive specialist playing any outfield position bringing along amazing glove with range and the...
My Premature Farewell to Adrian Beltre
I know he isn’t gone yet, and I’m certainly a subscriber to the “anything can happen” way of thinking, but it seems inevitable that Mr. Beltre won’t be here come 2010.
Adrian, sometimes fondly referred to as “Yaydrian”, or “King Awesome...
2009 Review: Mark Lowe
It’s been a bit of a roller-coaster for Mark Lowe these past few years. He dominated his way through his rookie season, and then promptly had arm surgery that knocked him out for most of 2007. His sophomore season was, frankly, bad.
But, finally, Mark Lowe found his mojo in 2009...
2009 in Review: Mark Lowe
It’s been a bit of a roller-coaster for Mark Lowe these past few years. He dominated his way through his rookie season, and then promptly had arm surgery that knocked him out for most of 2007. His sophomore season was, frankly, bad.
But, finally, Mark Lowe found his mojo...
2009 Review: Michael Saunders
Michael Saunders, made his professional debut on July 25, 2009 and while this was his rookie campaign I’m surprised to see the amount of criticism displayed around Seattle about his play.
Those of you that are not new to the site should know of my love of this young left fielder...
MoY Voting
I, as well as Sodo Mojo as a whole, am part of a fairly new organization called the Baseball Bloggers Alliance. It’s basically just a group where baseball bloggers of all teams can bounce ideas off of each other and work together, but the biggest project we’ll be doing...
2009 Review: King Felix
We’ll be doing individual reviews of just about everyone who played any significant time with the Mariners this year, so I figured I might as well start from the top – and who else could you put at the top, other than the king, sitting up on his throne?
None of you need me to tell [...]
Anatomy of A One-Game Playoff
A one-game playoff is at once nothing like baseball and the absolute essence of the sport.
Baseball is divided into approximately 50 3-to-4 game series and 162 total games. Baseball is about maintaining a team over an extended period of time. Baseball is a test of wills and endurance...
What a Year
I just got back from the game – what an awesome experience. There aren’t really words to describe how great of a game this was to be at – it had absolutely everything you could hope for. Felix was great, and getting his 19th win today might be enough to push him ahead...
Some Friday Night Baseball Stupidity
I’m sitting here watching the Tigers playing the White Sox on ESPN, struggling to find a topic to write about, and then the Sunday night baseball crew starts
discussing the NL Cy Young race. Now, I’ve learned to just ignore virtually all of what I hear during baseball games...
Some Friday Night Baseball Stupidity
I’m sitting here watching the Tigers playing the White Sox on ESPN, struggling to find a topic to write about, and then the Sunday night baseball crew starts discussing the NL Cy Young race. Now, I’ve learned to just ignore virtually all of what I hear during baseball games...
THE LAST … PREVIEW: Texas @ Seattle
Well…. it’s been a wonderful year! We’ve discovered new players and we’ve gotten previews of others. We’ve seen a development of sorts in players we have been waiting for and we’ve said good bye to some that seemingly never worked out.
While this...
Ode to Adrian Beltre
We can’t yet know how much we’ll miss
The dives, the leaps, the wizardry
For he who mans the third base bag
Shall not surpass ye olde Beltre
We thought those plays could not be made
But He disproves us time again
A god atop His canvas throne
So Jack sat back and wept for...
It’s Tough Not to Be Encouraged
Okay – so I get it. I get the fact that we can’t overreact to what we saw from Brandon Morrow last night. One great outing against a team like the A’s is not enough to justify the assumption that a pitcher has turned things around. Dave Cameron explained that rather...
Preview: Oakland @ Seattle
Okay, I suck… no preview this series. I should have put one together but my boss has been all up in my koolaid and it just didn’t happen. My apologies, but if you really want to know whats going on Lookout Landing is as always on the ball! http://www.lookoutlanding.com...
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