Bright Side for Wakamatsu

As you may remember, Don Wakamatsu was fired as manager of the Seattle Mariners earlier this season.... right before Japanese Heritage Night.  On the bright side, Wakamatsu is now free to pursue another life interest: proctology.

That is so juvenile, Matt....

The Gross Underbelly of MLB Finances

Apparently some very confidential financial records for some MLB teams got leaked last week to Deadspin.com.  Financial records for the Pirates, Angles, Rays, Mariners, Marlins and Rangers were released to the online sports site causing quite a stir in the sports world last week.

Quite frankly, there are too many documents to look through, and I just don't want to take the time, so I'm going to go with the broad generalization that baseball owners make a boatload of money (even the bad teams), and don't spend nearly enough on their teams.  Oh, wait, that just confirms what everybody already knows.

M's Manager Given His Wak...amatsu Papers

I know this happened a while back, but I found out some additional news about the Wakamatsu firing that happened to fit very well into the scope of what I try to do here at BLB.

To say the least, the Mariners have been very, very disappointing this season.  Many people picked them to win the AL West because of their pitching tandem of Cliff Lee and Felix Hernandez.  Needless to say, that isn't going to happen.  And, as is often the case, the manager is the one who has to be held accountable for underachieving.  Unfortunately, the Mariners front office has a horrible sense of timing.

Don Wakamatsu, a fourth generation Japanese American who had a fairly unsuccessful playing career before beginning his career as a manager, was fired on the night that the Mariners were celebrating..... wait for it....

wait for it....


wait for it...

Japanese Heritage Night!!!!!!

Way to go, Mariners!  Way to go!