For the record, yesterdays election was historic. For social progress, yesterday will always be a historic day. That said, the media coverage of the entire Obama campaign, and his performance during it sickens me. Never before has a candidate been allowed to lie outright to the American people without fear of media backlash. Never before has a Vice Presidential candidate been vetted more thoroughly by the media than a Presidential candidate, especially when the other VP choice is the one who has been making the ridiculous statements (for 30 years no less). America will survive Obama, just as it survived FDR, LBJ, and Carter. Hopefully the trajectory follows the Carter path, which is likely, given Obama's troubling similarities to the peanut farmer. But the real legacy of the 2008 election will be the death of the mainstream media, or at least that the general public now recognizes the medias obvious biases. Just like in sports, alternative media exists, providing vastly superior news coverage to that of the MSM. That will be the real Obama revolution.
Now, Mariner Links
- LaRue. You know what to expect. (Mariners Insider, More)(And more)
- Dave Cameron on a rumor that probably has no real source but would cause extreme jubilation in the Mariner's blogosphere: unloading Yuni (biggest black hole on the roster excluding pitchers) for the USEFUL Billy Butler. (U.S.S. Mariner)
- Larry Stone comes up with a list of FA's for Zduriencik to consider. He stole abot half this list from Dave Cameron, and the other half is pretty much exclusively bad ideas. (Seattle Times)
- Overbay to Seattle? No doubt he is an upgrade, but couldn't we equal his production with guys like Brad Nelson? (Bleeding Blue & Teal)
- Derek Zumsteg on Ned Yost. My feelings exactly. (U.S.S. Mariner)
- Beyond the Box Score on the best RFs in baseball. He says the advanced metrics underrate Ichiro, is this true? I have never heard this from Dave or Derek, or anyone on LL, so I'm not sure. (Beyond the Box Score)
- Jim Street reports the Mariners met with Junichi Tazawa (Hot Stove Blog). Street also says that R.A. Dickey will work with legendary knuckler Phil Niekro in the offseason. If his knuckler can improve, I am all for keeping him around, having a knuckleball in the bullpen is a rare weapon that could be especially effective after our flamethrowers (King Felix and Morrow). Plus, it keeps an emergency starter on the roster, which, given the state of the Mariner's pitching depth, is extraordinarily valuable. (Official Site)
- Baker on RRS. Good read, Baker at his finest (Seattle Times).
- Mariner Melee on Yuni-Butler. Of course he is all for it (Mariner Melee)
- Derek Zumsteg on longtime USSM commenter scraps, who is recovering from a stroke. Our thoughts go out to him (U.S.S. Mariner)
- Now Jon Shields is reporting on the Yuni to Roayls rumors. Please let this talk continue (Bleeding Blue & Teal)
- Shields on a deal that would bring Matsui to Seattle for RRS. I like Matsui, and based on contributions to winning, then it makes sense, but Matsui makes a ton of money and doesn't fit in to Mariner plans for rebuilding. Plus he sucks in the outfield and the last thing we need is another Ibanez. Although, now that I think about it, if he only has one more year left on his deal and can put up Ibanez numbers, then maybe we could get draft picks. But, really, trading RRS without getting a pitcher back given the state of our rotation is gonna be a tough sell. (Bleeding Blue & Teal)
- NL Gold Glvoes are out. As usual, they suck. Although I have heard that Beltre and Ichiro are gonna get them tomorrow, which doesn't suck. (Bleeding Blue & Teal)
- Official Site on the manager search. (Official Site)
- Jeff Sullivan on the hilarity that is Willie Ballgame being represented by Scott Freakin' Boras (Lookout Landing)
- Mariner Melee on Matsui (Mariner Melee)
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