I am with you, but time will tell. Let us see how it goes in the pre-
season.

Betty

--- In mariners2@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Brooks <bubba29752@a...>"
<bubba29752@a...> wrote:
> Well, the Mariners Spring Training begins in two days. It seems
like it's been
> forever, at least we had FanFest to keep us busy. (even though the
lines were
> terribly long) I'm just wondering how everyone feels about the
Mariner off-
> season acquisitions. The Mariners signed three new players, and
four old
> ones, plus the six minor leaguers. But it still doesn't seem very
productive.
> Bartolo Colon went to the White Sox. Jose Contreras to the
Yankees. Paul
> Byrd to the Braves. The Mariners, meanwhile, have improved left-
field with
> Randy "We'll Win With" Winn. The bench is severely improved with
the nice
> additions of John Mabry (I'll hold onto my hat until the end of
April on this guy)
> and Greg Colbrunn., which is great news considering the Mariners
didn't have
> a pinch-hit that went for extra bases until September.
> Brining back Edgar, Ole, Dan-O, and Moyer were nice, but they are
getting up
> there in age. How will this team do, since it seems like they
aren't really trying
> to improve as much as just save money. Sure, we signed Edgar and
the rest
> to inexpensive contracts, but what is that money that we saved
going to?
> Apparently nothing. Jamey Wright is not the answer in the fifth
spot, if he
> makes it out of spring training alive.
> But, nevertheless, I am optimistic about this coming season. I
think
> everything will turn out allright.
> What do you all think?