Lookout Landing

" - 2 "

After the 61

srm07 - January 19, 2010 reply

Not going to work tomorrow but wearing Felix shirt anyways

IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET A JERSEY OR SHIRT BY TOMORROW 9:30AM

steal Fins?

Marinerfanjake - January 18, 2010 reply

DO YOU LIVE IN THE SEATTLELAND AREA?

YES

I'M SURE MOST SPORTING GOOD STORES WILL BE OPEN BY 9

ARE YOU SURE

I WOULD HOPE SO

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE ARE YELLING ABOUT

deacvision7 - January 19, 2010 reply

Sports apparel store

HAVE A FRIEND SHARPIE IT ON YOUR BACK AND GO SHIRTLESS

EVEN BETTER

This is what I did when the Seahawks made the Super Bowl.

Teej - January 18, 2010 reply

I'm going to wear it every day until the season starts

By April that thing will be more disgusting than someone’s ‘Pleasure Sock’

HEY GUYS I'M GOING SHOPPING WANNA SEE MY GROCERY LIST

Aaron Campeau - January 18, 2010 reply

Oh.

My.
God.

I cant stop laughing

Marinerfanjake - January 18, 2010 reply

Super glue

HAHAHAHAHAHA

This is one of the 10Best comments in LL history

I love you

Yeah but cucumbers taste gross

WAIT'LL I GET DONE WITH IT

Aaron Campeau - January 18, 2010 reply

Hee hee. The body thing is brown.

Your personal hygiene is above reproach!

Above?

Wait how was I supposed to say it

Beyond

Does that change the meaning?

What do I know.

I am so confused right now

Here let me translate

Woof arf arf woof yip

Timmy's trapped in the well?

BrianL - January 18, 2010 reply

There there

I knew someone would be there for me

You can count on it!

I knew what you meant even when you said "above".

I rec'd it

Good news!

It’s a suppository.

HOLY...YES

God, I love this site...

C-Nage - January 18, 2010 reply

Post of the night

IceStormV1 - January 18, 2010 reply

Wow.

Whats the glue for?

To glue the cucumber to the "Felix", I imagine

Oh I thought that's what the Vaseline was for

Sometimes I confuse glue and Vaseline

This seems like a mistake you make once

I'm sure they taste the same to him

Unless everything turns out better than expected...

tintin - January 18, 2010 reply

Don't ask him

Ask his pink sock

Rec rec rec a thousand times rec'd

JAH - January 18, 2010 reply

Perfection

Sec 108 - January 18, 2010 reply

Wait, why do you need the second head?

kentroyals5 - January 18, 2010 reply

So he'll have one to hold in his hands and stare into it's eyes

Terminator X - January 18, 2010 reply

Perfect!

Kermit. - January 18, 2010 reply

You are King of the Interwebs for a day.

Big Jared - January 19, 2010 reply

Oh fuck yes!

I wonder what kind of store would carry all of this for you

Fred Meyer, perhaps?

Sunshines and Lolipops in January!

What a glorious day.

OceanBird - January 18, 2010 reply

Yeah, now i really wish I had bought a jersey last year..

C-Nage - January 18, 2010 reply

I just went to check basketball scores on ESPN, then HOLY CRAP

This is the most awesome thing ever, we got our ace locked up and I have a Felix shirt and SUCK IT RED SOX NATION!

Crystal for DH - January 18, 2010 reply

BEST NIGHT EVER

For some reason watching this while listening to Ghost Ride It is hilarious.

Is that the ghost ride the whip song?

Yeah

I must try this

It's like being drunk without having to buy any beer!

It's not officially a party until we take down USSM and Twitter.

tintin - January 18, 2010 reply

Martin Luther King Felix day is my new favorite holiday.

Janic - January 18, 2010 reply

WORLD SERIES HERE WE COME!!!!!!!!!

TrustBaseball - January 18, 2010 reply

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGHHHHHHH

You and this John Denver thing is blowing my mind

John Denver = happy music

This is a happy time

That John Denver is full of shit!

Sorry, one of my favorite quotes from that movie. He isn’t really.

Over/under on how many sleep[

gregrabble - January 18, 2010 reply

What

stupidquestions - January 18, 2010 reply

Well if you're talking about something to do with sleep tonight, I'll go under

Push

Over

gregrabble - January 18, 2010 reply

I'll bet the come

Felix deal:

6 years, under $100M, but incentives could push it over $100M

Do you have a link?

Via Churchill

Holy shit

If this were Winston Churchill you were talking about I would be more inclined to assume this as fact

Yes Mrs. Braddock, I am drunk. But Felix is 100 million dollars richer.

He was right about Cliff Lee

Which, with his connection to Keith Law, could have some legs to it.

kentroyals5 - January 18, 2010 reply

WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT

IceStormV1 - January 18, 2010 reply

Kind of new to the blog

Who’s Churchill?

Writer over at Prospect Insider.

Coach Owens - January 18, 2010 reply

Jason Churchill, runs Prospect Insider.

BrianL - January 18, 2010 reply

Sweet fancy Moses.

JAH - January 18, 2010 reply

Source??

Please provide links when you do this

If your going to quote Churchill, then either quote the source directly or provide a link.

LINK!?!?!??!

This seems cheap to me

If this is true I feel Felix deserves more money

Lofa Tatupu is done for the year.

Matthew - January 18, 2010 reply

?

So are the Seahawks…

Uh oh

I think I know what that means.

John Morgan - January 18, 2010 reply

well, I don't

Can you fill me in?

Its Chris Spencers fault?

That was the worst thing ever

Don’t let that be like this.

Nope.

This is a pretty good example of why Churchill has the reputation he does.

Here is Churchill's article

Link

Remember that he earned some big points when he nailed the Lee trade from the beginning.

No open in new window?

Didn’t expect to leave the page.

Yeah, you tell him!

Eyebrows - January 18, 2010 reply

I'll do my best.

Partly warning other people before they click the link.

This is the second time he's done this recently!

I do it all the time

On purpose?

I always center-click links so I forget about it

My laptop does not have a center-click button so you would be doing me a super huge favor by clicking that box from now on ;)

CTRL+click?

JonBBT - January 18, 2010 reply

Right click, open in new window/tab?

Effort!

Right click, new tab

Don’t be such a lil bitch

Having to right click new tab often dissuades me from clicking links

I always open links that way

You have two paws don’t you?

No I can keep playing?

Of course sugarpuff

;)

Just to pile on

Your Sunshine Lollipops and Rainbows mp3 is missing a continuous play button.

If this is true... DANCE PARTY!

The return of Club LL?

Fin - January 18, 2010 reply

YOUR LINK WAS BAD AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD!

Eyebrows - January 18, 2010 reply

How can you feel bad on a day like today?

Even if you did have a bad link.

(Ironically, Eyebrows is an Angels fan)

PositivePaul - January 19, 2010 reply

I do feel bad now.

Fin - January 18, 2010 reply

uh oh

Only cause I've already seen the one in the upper right.

This is hypnotic.

This is appropriate because it appears the shark is trying to hold his giant hard-on down.

Wilder. - January 19, 2010 reply

Also note that the language is not nearly as definitive as ARock's comment

JonBBT - January 18, 2010 reply

Greatesr birthday present ever

WOOOOO

dbroncos31 - January 18, 2010 reply

Mine's coming up on Sunday, so early birthday present for me.

Mine's next week...

I’ll take it

JonBBT - January 18, 2010 reply

Maybe we'll get the actual details on yours?

Mine is October 9th

So hopefully the M’s are still playing ball at that point. That would be an excellent gift

Mine's today!

The 19th that is. Hopefully Felix’s contract is signed off later today. Best birthday present ever!!!

Kevman22 - January 19, 2010 reply

Me too!

I was having a really crappy birthday, and then suddenly it turned awesome. I will never doubt you again, 18th.

marc w - January 19, 2010 reply

someone mentioned 6/92 over at USSM

But I think it was false. If it is true, I’d be stoked.

That seems in line with Churchill's figures as a base.

Churchill just called out 6 guaranteed as a possibility now, too

I'd be really happy if we had him at ~$15m a year

This thread is noticeably lacking in .gifs

Be careful what you wish for

Is that a rally monkey?

he's pulling the tail of the competition

Marinerfanjake - January 18, 2010 reply

Not to mention the paw.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2d6q2oUJeY

I prefer:

Matthew - January 19, 2010 reply

Someone please tell me when I can begin running naked in the streets, please!

Decatur - January 18, 2010 reply

we all did that 90 minutes ago.

WHAT

You’re not at the party??? We’re all running right now! Come on over to EMP

Don't they chop off body parts for that where you're at?

Kermit. - January 19, 2010 reply

Yes. After taking that into account, I will wear my Felix t-shirt

and nothing else!

Decatur - January 19, 2010 reply

DON'T FORGET WE ALSO GOT TOMMY EVERIDGE!

CapSea - January 18, 2010 reply

Do we get to refer to him as mini-felix?

He's not mini anything

Aaron Campeau - January 19, 2010 reply

Oh hooray another fat joke

Amen

Dewey N - January 19, 2010 reply

Why would we do such a thing

Just pay him to fluff Felix

http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2010/1/14/1250214/a-hypothetical-felix-hernandez

I wonder what this poll would look like if started an hour ago

Matthew - January 19, 2010 reply

Holy LL-polls, Batman

c.2000 votes cast? Mental.

Spider Jerusalem - January 19, 2010 reply

Yup.

Fuck it. Day's over.

Woooooooooooooooooooooooo

John Morgan - January 19, 2010 reply

God. That never ceases to make even the greatest thing better.

John Morgan - January 19, 2010 reply

This makes me so happy

Fear - January 19, 2010 reply

Tremendous.

stupidquestions - January 19, 2010 reply

Tony represents Boston fans in this scenario

Gihyou - January 19, 2010 reply

I can now go to bed with an even bigger grin on my face

killacamkilla2 - January 19, 2010 reply

Minnesota fucked him up good

GOD BLESS YOU JOHN MORGAN

Isn't that an Eagles jersey behind Romo?

What game is this from?

PDXTai - January 19, 2010 reply

The last game of the 08 season, when the :(owboys were blown out by the Eagles to cost them a playoff berth

Fun fact about that game: Romo passed out in the shower afterwards due to the massive amount of butt sex that he was having

Robert

This is amazing.

zeeehjee - January 19, 2010 reply

Good Lord.

I tried to load Felix Thread #1 and it killed my computer.

Good Night, God Bless, We are going to kick ass in the West next year...

WORLD SERIES HERE WE COME.! Jeff, it’s going to be as great as you wrote.
IT’S OUR TIME AND WE ARE READY TO DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TrustBaseball - January 19, 2010 reply

Well, fuck. There goes the season

THE PARTY ISN'T OVER YET GUYS

Jackle Mackle - January 19, 2010 reply

So i've sort of gotten over the crazy joy from this news.

But now I can’t stop wondering how much of our remaining this takes up. I’ve been trying to do the maths on each of the deals over this off season based on Dave’s estimates of what the budget was going to be, and barring a ridiculously team friendly deal this seems like it will pretty much eat up the rest of our 2010 budget. Is this the last move of the off season or is this the kind of thing that ownership would open a discretionary fund to pay for?

Cause if they are right up against the wall, then they must be pretty sure about Saunders starting out with the big league club handedness be damned. But for all I know, and given the trajectory of the off season thus far, it’s just as likely that Jack Z has some other insanely impossible trade on the back-burner for Justin Upton or something.

Vatinius - January 19, 2010 reply

Nope

The Felix money for this year, assuming they’re paying market value during his arb years, is already accounted for. This does nothing to this and next years budget.

Yes, Google

131,000 lies

And what in the heck is this rhythm review stuff…

GoodKeith - January 19, 2010 reply

Radio show in NYC

Aaron Campeau - January 19, 2010 reply

New York fans think Felix will do a radio show?!

Arrogant pricks!

faceplant_04 - January 19, 2010 reply

Dance Party!

FELIX HERNANDEZ HIS AN OPPOSITE FIELD MOTHERFUCKING GRAND SLAM OFF OF JOHAN SANTANA!

You probably make up about 18,732 of those

By the way...FELIX HIT A GRAND SLAM OFF OF JOHAN FREAKING SANTANA!!!!!!!!!!

So all the people who are demanding teh powr can now shut the fuck up.

faceplant_04 - January 19, 2010 reply

HOLY FUCKING SHIT YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The drama ends!

Big Jared - January 19, 2010 reply

I love this so much and wish I could find video of it

It takes 2 to tango!

doublemazaa - January 19, 2010 reply

Breathtaking!

Big Jared - January 19, 2010 reply

Beauteous.

Francisco Blavia

Reports this

In English that says (roughly) that until this week the difference between the two sides was about 10 million dollars, the team wanting 5 yrs/75 million and Felix’s camp wanting 5/85.

I don't really see a problem with either of these

Team wins!

But I thought Churchill said it was 100+?

Just like ESPN said Washburn IS TOTALLY SIGNING WITH THE M's...

He said:

I have been told could be four years guaranteed with more than one vesting option year, possible one mutual option year after vesting option, or a five-year guarantee with similar options, plus incentives that would bring the total value of the contract well over $100 million

(emphasis mine)

PositivePaul - January 19, 2010 reply

Yeah, Churchill's piece was so vague that it doesn't say anything at all

There’s no need to twist what he said.

Time to change that sig Paul.

It's easy to be right when you offer every single possibility

ALSO THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER

April 8, 1986

Or I guess 9 months prior.

Thank God for Felix Hernandez Senior’s sperm.

He provided just 50% of the specifications

As awesome as they were, his mom provided the other 50%.

And 100% of the assembly.

wandergeist - January 31, 2010 reply

So waking up this morning and checking my Twitter in bed made me slightly more happier than usual.

Yes it is true

Felix love FINALLY goes overseas with the Rise of the EnglishMariner!

GoodKeith - January 19, 2010 reply

ME TOO

After this entire night my twitter no longer works.

5 years, ~78 million with an option for a 6th year.

Living out east, I didn't get to stay up and celebrate

That said, waking up and discovering this news has maybe made my month!

ALL HAIL TO THE KING!

ungoreatstefan - January 19, 2010 reply

Francisco Blavia says

FUCKING PARTY TIME

(and holy crap Matthew nailed it if true)

Err, nix the option I read that wrong

But still incredibly awesome.

Felix Hernandez is signed through

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Decatur - January 19, 2010 reply

For not a ridiculous amount of money!

Which wouldn't have mattered really anyway!

I don't even understand how we managed to do this.

Maybe Felix decided he would sign a discount if we traded Morrow so the locker room could have more cookies.

Fuck yes

Five indeed

Everyone’s a winner.

Who is that chap?

Venezuelan reporter for the Lider en Deportes (Leader in Sports, it's like their version of ESPN)

He broke the Gutierrez extension, Escobar to the Mets, whole bunch of stuff. He seems to be extremely well connected to Venezuelan players.

Well not "like" their version of ESPN, it is ESPN.

PANTS: OFF

JY - January 19, 2010 reply

That's fantfuckingtastic!

FELIX FELIX FELIX!

FELIX ALL DAY LONG!
I WISH I HAD A FELIX,
JUST SITTING ON MY DONG!

or:

FELIX FELIX FELIX,
FELIX IN MY PANTS
FELIX FELIX FELIX,
LET’S DO THE FELIX DANCE!

Robert Lintott - January 19, 2010 reply

What does Blavia say about options and incentives in this morning's tweets?

The Google Translate version is somewhat ambiguous.

JonBBT - January 19, 2010 reply

Oh I missed the one directed at Dave.

Hooray for English!

JonBBT - January 19, 2010 reply

No option

Buy the beers & play the music because is a 5 years deal around 78 millions $. No option for a six season.

He tweeted at Dave in English.

Since I'm very, very late to this party, I'll just add my woo on the end here.

This party isn't going to stop for days!

ExiledToSoCal - January 19, 2010 reply

MAKE FELIX OUR FIRST BASEMAN

MORE OPPOSITE FIELD GRAND SLAMS, PLEASE

craig3410 - January 19, 2010 reply

He only hits them off of Cy Young award winners however and we already have one of those in our rotation. :(

A Steamy Day in Cleveland - January 19, 2010 reply

I fixed the problem with Matthew's "A Hypothetical Felix Hernandez Extension" post not having any recs.

ThundaPC - January 19, 2010 reply

I still can't believe he's only 23

Seems like he’s been around for way the hell longer than that.

craig3410 - January 19, 2010 reply

I am extremely happy.

Yay. Woo. Fist Pump. 5/78? That’s so freakin’ awesome. Weren’t people on here talking about packages closer to 5/100 and 6/120? 5/78 seems like we underpaid. Thoughts?

It's a bargain

Like Dave just tweeted, once you subtract the expected arbitration awards from the contract we’re buying out his free agent years for about 18mil per season. No doubt the Yankees or Red Sox would’ve beaten that by a significant amount if he had walked.

andrewgolfsalot - January 19, 2010 reply

Olney's sources say 5 years with money in the neighborhood of 80M.

Let’s start the insanity!

Link

I believe that started about 10 hours ago

FOR ALL SORTS OF CONCEIVABLE REASONS TODAY, TUESDAY THE 19TH IS NOW THE GREATEST DAY EVER IN AMERICAN HISTORY

WOO.

esoteric - January 19, 2010 reply

WE BROKE TWITTER!

Every time I think about the Lackey contract and then compare it to 5/78 for Felix, a big smiles appears on my face.

Mostly because it was the Red Sox who gave Lackey his contract.

ZW21 - January 19, 2010 reply

The fact that we re-signed Felix for slightly less than what Lackey's getting...

means that I’m officially over Beltre leaving. Suck it Red Sox!!!!

Ok, maybe I’m not completely over Beltre… but the Sox can still suck it.

supershane - January 19, 2010 reply

Remember Boston can afford to overpay - their budget is now so huge it is only $30 Million below the Yankees.

Also that Felix had two arb years left which also slightly artificially deflate his value

but still fuck, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Late to the party

but WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

twoodard - January 19, 2010 reply

Now that it's happened, it's almost anticlimatic.

I guess deep down I always knew that Jack and Felix would not let us down.

I feel the same

I thought when this moment came I would leap in the air with joy and break something, but now that’s it is here I realize I was acting on the assumption it was just a matter of time.

We have a great thing going here, thank you Felix for choosing to be a BIG part of it.

I started shrieking, ran around on my counter tops, poured a two litter of cola on my face, and wrote a comment with my penis.

I handled it quite well all things considered.

You're the best.

I was expecting naked Robert pictures.

We really lucked out.

How is this not rec'd?

Well it is now.

marinerdan - January 19, 2010 reply

In case anyone wants to join me, I am doing this on Twitter:

#Felix #Felix #Felix #Felix #Felix #Felix #Felix #Felix #Felix #Felix #Felix #Felix #Felix #Felix #Felix #Felix #Felix #Felix #Felix #Felix

5/78?

SO MUCH GOOD NEWS TO WAKE UP TO

Jackle Mackle - January 19, 2010 reply

This deal should come with a warning label about erections lasting longer than 4 hours

WHOOOOOP whoop whoop whoop whoop

awesome

Change the Picture!

Out with the Richie Sexson! Whose with me?!?!

PattyB - January 19, 2010 reply

Don't be silly

Not I.

No

what

DIE IN A FIRE.

I am. We aren't a place of shame anymore.

Seriously

We all know where we’ve been, time to dream about where we are going.

It is critically important that we never forget where we came from and always acknowledge how blessed we are to have the management that we have now

We cannot take what we have for granted, ever, and forgetting the terrible ineptitude of the past is the first step in that process.

Amen to that.

A thousand times yes

How can we ever forget

I don’t know about you, but I don’t need a picture to remind me of the Bavasi Era. Just my opinion though.

It's just that it was our site identity for so many years

We can’t erase it.

I understand

It’s your guy’s choice, not mine.

The picture holds much meaning for Jeff who rightfully gets the one vote that matters.

I just think it's nice to have it as a reminder

Almost all of the content is pretty positive now, it would be easy to get too caught up in it and expect more and more and more out of our front office. They are all really good at what they do, obviously, but they are at some point going to face limitations out of their control, so we need something to temper our expectations a little and appreciate what we’ve got.

!

I get that.

What about this?

No

Ok. Thought it was worth a try.

Plus, it's kind of like a Mariner version of this

ThundaPC - January 19, 2010 reply

So now we know that Rodin had just struck out with the winning run on 3rd.

I just realized...

I could stick an M’s cap on this guy and take a picture!

(Columbia has one of the two productions of this)

JY - January 19, 2010 reply

This is basically holocaust denial.

It has nothing to do with denial

You think everywhere Jewish people live they have swastikas to remind them to never forget the holocaust? You remember and never forget. You don’t remember because of a picture. I get the importance of it, but some of you take that stuff way too seriously.

Sorry for the reaction but we just get this question all the time

I have never overreacted in my life.

coming from the person talking about denial

,

http://wwwhttp://www.lookoutlanding.com/2009/11/25/1174413/otfpotweekend-thanksgiving-weekend#26417101

This is 100% true

No

NO

Corco - January 19, 2010 reply

nO

I know, it's about time isn't it?

No one

Against

Besides, it's just kind of a funny picture

I like looking at it and chuckling at Richie Sexson

I like to imagine his lower lip is quivering behind that hand.

Boo hoo hoo, *sniffle sniffle.

Kermit. - January 19, 2010 reply

I won't be getting anything done today.

JLProck - January 19, 2010 reply

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

TIDDLY BEEDOWWWWWW

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5/78 HOLY SHIT

YESTERDAY

8=>

TODAY

8==>

8===========>

Well, in WhoviLLe they say, that the Fett's small rod grew three sizes that day.

Oh great I've been reading that to my kid

BEST. OFFSEASON. EVER.

ThundaPC - January 19, 2010 reply

If you don't follow Blavia on Twitter already and you're interested in baseball news you might just want to go ahead and do that right now

Matthew, nailing the numbers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJIIXJm7k_k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJIIXJm7k_k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJIIXJm7k_k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJIIXJm7k_k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJIIXJm7k_k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJIIXJm7k_k

WTF

How the hell is that humanly possible?

seattlecougar - January 19, 2010 reply

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQAKRw6mToA

I think this is my new favorite Youtube video.

Robert Lintott - January 19, 2010 reply

I don't think anything ever beats

Matthew - January 19, 2010 reply

The fact that mine is Felix's favorite victory celebration song makes it better

Hey!!!

Hm.

This?

Oh whatever. Like anything will ever beat Tunak Tunak.

.

Come on.

That was painful

ToddK - January 19, 2010 reply

You're painful.

I love his dance moves so much

What about Stop the War by Speak, the Hungarian Rapper?

Here

BEAUTIFUL

royalcurve - January 19, 2010 reply

The breakdancing slays me.

Rec'd for open link in new window!

Dewey N - January 19, 2010 reply

Also because it brought about tears of joy

Dewey N - January 19, 2010 reply

Aw don't be a lil bitch

BTW: @Buster_ESPN : The Angels are in on the Joel Pineiro bidding.

Good day?
Greatest day?

Not if he keeps running a 61% GB rate

Apparently he is still asking for a ridiculous amount of money, though

It is completely unreasonable to expect him to repeat his numbers in the NL

doubly so in the AL.

Exactly

Hopefully they sign him for as much as possible and then he becomes terrible.

ARock - January 19, 2010 reply

And I can't even read this.

Joel Pineiro is good and you don't want the Angels to get him

Depends on the money

The Angels gave Torii Hunter 5/$90 and Gary Matthews 5/$50

I think it will be awkward

But bidding wars almost never result in a good deal for a club.

They're up against teh Omar

Depends whether or not he ends up with the Mets

Does Dave Duncan go with him?

It would be pretty shitty for Joel if he just suddenly forgot to throw his sinker

HEY BOSTON GET FUCKED

MORE LIKE CLAY BITCH HOLES

This one is so much better.

The Typical Idiot Fan - January 19, 2010 reply

BOSTON? I THINK IT'S MORE LIKE

AMIRITE?

Tagline's back

Beauty.

Felix is our's and you can't have him, ever.

If by ever you mean "for at least 5 years"

Because I’m all for telling ~~Boston~~ other teams that, just so we can crush their hopes and dreams all over again when we resign him before the 2015 season.

seattlecougar - January 19, 2010 reply

Alright fuck it

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Jack Z, I worship at thy feet

lemonverbena - January 19, 2010 via mobile reply

And Matthew, if you hypothesize a Cliff Lee extension and it comes true, I will worship at yours

lemonverbena - January 19, 2010 via mobile reply

Why didn't he do this for Adrian? :(

Chone!

BOOOOO

Chone!

royalcurve - January 19, 2010 reply

Keep your friends close, your enemies closer!

Kermit. - January 19, 2010 reply

YES YES YES YES YES YES

Corco - January 19, 2010 reply

And we're back.

It’s a very lovely morning. The air just seems sweeter and fresher.

melenious - January 19, 2010 reply

Twitter is broken again

We did it!

I simply cannot believe the value on this contract.

I simply cannot believe that Felix loves Seattle so much that he wants to stay and would take this money. I feel so…loved.

esoteric - January 19, 2010 reply

OH YA!

Dear lord

SCRUFFY YES

ahahah!

I WILL TELL YOU THIS ONE THING

THE MARINERS ARE IN ON THEIR KING! THEY HAVE SECURED THE RIGHTS TO THE ULTIMATE DESTINY! THEY HAVE UNLOCKED DESTRUCITY IN THE POWER OF THE WARRIORS! YESTERDAY MAY HAVE MARKED THE DAY OF THE BLACK MAN BUT IT WILL ALSO SET FORTH A NATION OF GROUNDBALLS AND STRIKEOUTS! WE WILL WORSHIP AT THAT ALTAR OF THE CAPTAIN JACK! AND HE AND I WILL SET FORTH TO MEET YOU AT WRESTLEMANIA HOAK HOGAN!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!!

This headline also brough me joy.

“Angels In On Joel Pineiro Bidding”

And Jeff apparently already tweeted this.

Damn you Jeff!

Wow, it all just keeps falling into place.

esoteric - January 19, 2010 reply

And Mark posted this above.

Looks like it is going to be a very unproductive day at work. I love you, Felix.

melenious - January 19, 2010 reply

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

The question now is how many beers is to many to drink before school.

BrettJMiller - January 19, 2010 reply

17

34

68

seattlesundevil - January 19, 2010 reply

136

272

seattlecougar - January 19, 2010 reply

544

The Typical Idiot Fan - January 19, 2010 reply

There's a pattern here... if I can only crack the code, we can figure out why Dan Brown books make bad movies.

Because they're based on crappy books!

DrewManchu - January 19, 2010 reply

Boo, someone else "seattle" was supposed to continue this.

Not sure who, but you RUINED IT (runs away crying)

NOLA is going to eviscerate me

Math or science class? Stop at one.

Social science class? As many as you can get down.

Math, but basic math since I put off all of my math credits for my AA until my last two quarters.

As it stands, I only have four, so four it is!

BrettJMiller - January 19, 2010 reply

Woo!

That’s my first reaction.
My second is “I sure hope he doesn’t kill anyone or get fat in the next few years.”

yuniform - January 19, 2010 reply

Go killjoy somewhere else. This is strictly a WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

His username is based on Yuniesky Betancourt, he is allowed to have fears like this

Heavens but Sandmeyer is obsessive on the subject of Howard & Chuck.

I love that we've barely heard from HowChuck since Z was hired.

And credit where credit is due, both of them really seemed to be humbled by 2008.

They could have easily asserted more control over the organization in response to that lousy season, but they took a chance and let GMZ do his thing.

And they deserve a fair amount of credit for that

Sure seems like they’ve learned something about their past mistakes.

Balls.

Other Mariner signings from Rotoworld:

The Mariners and RHP Mark Lowe avoided arbitration Tuesday by agreeing to a one-year, $1.15 million contract.
Lowe, 26, had a respectable 3.26 ERA, 1.25 WHIP and 69/29 K/BB ratio in 80 innings last season as the Mariners’ middle relief workhorse. He will serve in a similar role this year and should do just as well.

Sure, why the hell not

that’s a perfectly reasonable contract

Awesome. He's still an above-average pitcher (at times).

Worth almost $6 million last year according to FanGraphs.

Coach Owens - January 19, 2010 reply

by FIP

by xFIP/tRA, he’s not quite so shiny.

Mostly defense based, but whatever, it's not that much money.

And he probably would've gotten more in arb

Baker

Just got off the phone with Wil Polidor, one of the agents for Felix Hernandez. He has a flight from Venezuela to Miami tonight, then another to Seattle tomorrow. He hopes to have this wrapped up by Friday.

Polidor told me this will be a five-year deal, no option years attached. There are reports out today that it’s for $78 million, but Polidor would not confirm that. The Mariners had wanted a four-year deal, Hernandez six years, so the two sides met in the middle with five. The way this shakes out, Hernandez will still be only 28 when he’s up for free agency again.

I’m slightly disappointed that we decided not to tack on an option year, but oh well.

We'll just resign him again

after we win 5 straight world series of course

Marinerfanjake - January 19, 2010 reply

The Mariners only wanted four years?

wazzu93 - January 19, 2010 reply

That's exactly my thought.

royalcurve - January 19, 2010 reply

I wouldn't worry about that

One side starts low, the other high and they meet somewere in the middle

Happens with dollars and years.

stupidquestions - January 19, 2010 reply

Definitely a good day to rewatch that '07 game at Boston

I watched that game on a flight to Boston sitting next to a Red Sox fan. It was glorious.

ZW21 - January 19, 2010 reply

I feel legitimately high right now

I am now officially drinking the Z Kool Aid

Astrobiology - January 19, 2010 reply

What took you so long?

zeeehjee - January 19, 2010 reply

something like Osalty's comment above

but yeah whatever – this man can do anything. I am going to buy season tickets so that I am guaranteed seats for the MOTHERFGUCKING PLAYOFFSS@!@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Astrobiology - January 19, 2010 reply

Time for an embarassing confession

I teared up a little bit when I heard about this out of happiness.

I haven't yet but I bet I will when the press conference happens

Especially if Felix starts crying.

All bets are off at that point.

Oh God I hadn't even thought about that

That is almost certainly not the most egregious discharge caused by this signing.

Robert.....

He did both.

At the same time.

Gotta lube up one way or another

Whatever, he always cries after he finishes.

I can picture Robert just sobbing in bed while asking his Felix jersey if it was good for him too

Meanwhile I picture Fett texting Felix just to say "what's up?"