salmo, what i dont like, is that a player comes to this team, plays his A$$ off for them, getting 10 AS appearences, and they sh!t on him...

they offered him an extension, but he declined it... thats probably because Chone "jackass" Figgins gets paid more than he does, and hasnt done SH!T here... id be pissed too...

like it or not, baseball and all sports revolve around money, if you dont pay it, they players will go elsewhere (A Rod ring a bell?), and with a company such as Nintendo (a billion dollar company) owning the team, one would think that money isnt an issue...

you cant build a team around a bunch of bull crap, which is what the M's are trying to accomplish... good players are good for a reason, they were always good, there isnt a ton of players that started in the Minors and became superstars, it doesnt work that way...

Seattle screws their fans, players, and teams all the time... and quite frankly, im getting sick of it...