The Onion's weighed in on the Mariners' struggles before McLaren's firing with: Cuban Refugee Yuniesky Betancourt Prefers Castro To M's Manager John McLaren.
A taste: "For Christ's sake, [McLaren] starts Miguel Cairo at first base sometimes. If this were the Villa Clara Industriales, Castro would have had Miguel Cairo beaten with a boot."
Missing my notice last week was Mariners Fire Whiffing Coach, with this quote from Bavasi: "Sure, we've excelled in areas such as hitting soft fly balls directly to the left-fielder and grounding weakly into double plays, but that only gets you so far. We need to get to a point where our team is able to whiff with the game on the line"
Previously in satirical coverage of Northwest sports:
Ichiro: 'The Best Part About Playing For My Country Was Not Playing For The Seattle Mariners'
African Child Loves His 'World Champion Seahawks' T-Shirt
Portland Trail Blazers Get Hint After Being Left Off 2006-07 NBA Schedule
AL West Preview: Mariners ready to reign?
HT: USS Mariner
Thursday, June 19, 2008
The Onion Makes Us Cry
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Michael Lewis (yeah, that Michael Lewis) just wrote a piece for Vanity Fair about Yuni's actual coach in Cuba: http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/07/cuban_baseball200807?currentPage=1
My Yuni-centric analysis is here: http://yuniform.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/cuba-revisited/
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