Tragg
07-04-2002, 11:44 PM
from a Sox/Mariners game I had the misfortune of watching in the kingdome (Navarro walked the bases loaded in the 10th and then gave up a sac fly en route to a 4 game mariner sweep).
Anyway, the Mariners, who won 76 games that year, have only 3 players left from that roster: Moyer, Dan Wilson and Edgar.
The Sox, who won 80 games (by virtue of a tear that began right after that Mariner series led by Belle - we were 16 or 17 games under after that mid-August series) have 5 players left: Foulke, Howry, Durham, Thomas and Ordonez (6 if you count parque).
Now I realize that Seattle got a lot of young players from their earlier trade of Johnson plus the subsequent trade of Griffey (although they lost young players in aquiring Timlin and Slocumb in 1997). But that's a quick roster makeover and team development in 4 short years.
The Sox made a fairly signficant Roster makeover too, although not as successful.
I don't know what this means, except that this can be done relatively quickly.
Anyway, the Mariners, who won 76 games that year, have only 3 players left from that roster: Moyer, Dan Wilson and Edgar.
The Sox, who won 80 games (by virtue of a tear that began right after that Mariner series led by Belle - we were 16 or 17 games under after that mid-August series) have 5 players left: Foulke, Howry, Durham, Thomas and Ordonez (6 if you count parque).
Now I realize that Seattle got a lot of young players from their earlier trade of Johnson plus the subsequent trade of Griffey (although they lost young players in aquiring Timlin and Slocumb in 1997). But that's a quick roster makeover and team development in 4 short years.
The Sox made a fairly signficant Roster makeover too, although not as successful.
I don't know what this means, except that this can be done relatively quickly.