Great article regarding bleachers; thanks to USS Mariner

The article in the Seattle-PI regarding the bleachers and Mariner FO arrogance by John Levesque was great to read- link

My first thought was that Levesque reads USS Mariner and picked up on the story. I have no idea if that is true, but that is what my gut told me. Kudos to Derek for generating the interest in this.

I wasn't planning on talking about the story, as the USS Mariner has it very well covered.

However, I notice that some people are speaking in favor of the stands, on the grounds that the extra revenue is what is needed to keep this team competitive. Sorry, but this is a complete load of crap, and I couldn't help but respond to this line of thinking.

If the M's FO actually used extra revenue on the team, this might make sense. When you have a team like Boston, who has an $117 million payroll and brings in less money than the M's, you can make that argument. When the M's came into the season with the second highest revenue stream in baseball, and an $82 million payroll, you can't make that argument.

The M's aren't even spending the full amount of money Safeco is generating right now. If they were stockpiling the money for some future free-agent spending spree, that might be somewhat acceptable. But, we've heard Lincoln himself say money doesn't carry over from year to year. That Sasaki money?

Kiss it good-bye.

So to those would defend the outfield seating on grounds of being competitive...

Resign from the Howard Lincoln fan-club and come up with a better argument.