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Fan Gauge: Mike Sweeney

Once again, vote based on your own personal opinion, using whatever criteria you like.

Poll
I, the Mariners fan:
Love Mike Sweeney
83 votes
Like Mike Sweeney
324 votes
Don't have a strong opinion of Mike Sweeney
262 votes
Don't like Mike Sweeney
529 votes
Hate Mike Sweeney
422 votes

1620 votes | Poll has closed

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Comments

I vote like

He’s only trying to make a living and I never fault a person for that. Its not his decision to cut him, if you’re going to hate anybody, hate management. If I were Mike Sweeney, I wouldn’t go anywhere until I was told to.

I'm not going to vote on this one.

He seems like a genuinely good guy, I understand why he’d still want to play, and he was an amazing player at one point.
I also absolutely hate that we’re wasting a roster spot on him.
I don’t know how to translate this opinion into one of the options.

This one is hard.

I like the guy, I think he’s a good guy. I just don’t want him on the active roster.

It was hard to vote "don't like," because he seems like a pretty swell guy,

but for my criteria, I’ve been taking into account my current feelings whenever I think about the player in question. And until Mike Sweeney goes away, I just don’t like his big dumb face.

I like him!
Me too!
But I hate him >:(
And theres the bipolar Jeff.
New LL fundraising effort for meds?
He seems like a wonderful guy, both for Milton's stability and for the mental health of everyone in the clubhouse.

And I hope he gets a very specific and limited disease that prevents him from playing baseball from now until September but otherwise causes him no harm.

I suppose I should have said November. LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME, GRIFFEY, YOU'VE KILLED MY HOPES AND DREAMS.
I thought you just wanted him to make a final redemptive appearance in the postseason
My first hate vote!
Do you hate the player or hate the situation the player has been placed in.
This just depends on the criteria you are voting under.

This poll is gonna be damn interesting.

Correct

Very few players I could “hate” as a person. Ummmmmm….maybe Player A? But even then, I’m just following along with you guys. I wasn’t actually around for his shenanigans.

But under my criteria for voting, I really just can’t stand Mike Sweeney.

Who is "Player A"?
He who shall not be named.
I voted hate because of the latter.
I hate the player
Ice-T is disappointed.
I wish we could take Griffey and Sweeney and somehow combine them

to build a mediocre but not terrible DH. Griffey has decent plate discipline and is left handed. Sweeney actually can impart velocity to the ball when he hits it. Its too bad that we can’t make a Frankenstein DH out of these two.

Why stop there? Switch hitter!!
You know Sweeney has a career reverse platoon split.
I like Mike Sweeney and understand why this team likes having him around.

The big problem is that having him on the team along with Griffey create a bottleneck in flexibility. Not to mention between Griffey and Sweeney our DH production has been off-the-charts horrible.

I don’t like the fact that the team brought Sweeney on based on a super-hot spring. But on the other hand, Sweeney fought his way on the team while Ryan Garko sucked. That’s not Sweeney’s fault.

I think Sweeney still has a little bit left in the tank. This is just the wrong team to showcase that in.

I'd love mike Sweeney as a bench coach

But i hate him as a player

My feelings exactly
Which is why I voted "No strong opinion"

They cancel each other out… I was actually a bit disappointed when it looked like he wouldn’t be around this year – but I was hoping he would be a coach. Then he got the DH slot and.. well… you know.

I agree.

On one hand, I was sort of dreading the day he’d be cut, but on the other, that didn’t compare to the dawning horror I felt when he started batting .600 in spring training and actually made the roster.

Couldn't agree more.
with...
The post before mine I accidentally didn't reply to.
I voted like him because I find myself rooting for him to succeed
As a part of this team, I hate him
I just can't bring myself to dislike him
I too have the split personality reaction to Mike.
I have nothing original to add to the discussion.
He hasn't done anything to endear himself to me, and he's a shitty player now.

Therefore, dislike.

Does anyone have Scruffy's Sweeney .gif handy?
Found it.

I love MIke Sweeney the person.

I wish Mike Sweeney was better at baseball. On 710 today he said something along the lines of “If you don’t feel love and compasion for milton bradley when you know who he is, you dont truly have a heart.” Stand up guy, not a good player.

My criteria for voting was entirely what a guy brings to the team versus the cost to have him on the team

So yeah.

.

http://www.mikesweeney.org/

Not in the pictures section:

This would be cool if he was good.

Comes off douchey right now though.

It is actually always douchey.
You're probably right.
I thought that was kinda the point?
"Mike Sweeney, Kansas City Royal 1B"

They need to hire a new webmaster.

Check

this out for size.

Terrell Owens is the super talented wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys.
I love him because he's so nice but fuck off seriously
Way too many like votes on this one.
I love Mike Sweeney!

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