Miguel Cairo

18 May 2009

hing pitchers to keep him close to the bag.

The last point of interest is that the Phillies DFA'd Miguel Cairo Friday night to make room for Carpenter and Escolona. With both back in the mino

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16 May 2009

The name called by Dan Baker was none other than #9 Miguel Cairo. Already a good month into the season, I hear call-outs from my seat all asking the same question, “Who is Miguel Cairo

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10 August 2008

it that way until the eighth, when Bryan LaHair and Jeff Clement both doubled, and Ichiro drove in Miguel Cairo (running for Clement). Raul Ibanez couldn't keep it going, but it was enough to stretch the game into extra innings.

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11 July 2008

(I'd rather see Miguel Cairo hit .212/.292/.259 at $850K than see Sexson put up worse numbers at seven times the price).

It's been a bit like that girl your best buddy has been dating, the One That's No Good For Him. You've been telling him to dump her for months, if not years, but he's had so much time invested in her--can he really find someone better? Yes, you keep telling him, he can. Trust me, you say. And one day, he listens. He breaks up with her and blubbers for a while, morosely cradling his beer in some lonely bar, but you know in the long run this is better for him.

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31 May 2008

making him at least earn his paycheck and hear the boos of disgruntled fans.

Not that current 1B Miguel Cairo is any more of a solution. It's got to be a double-slap to the face for Sexson to lose time to a career utility infielder. At first base. The Mariners simply don't have many other options: their attempt to bring Jeff Clement up to DH and possibly spell Sexson at first didn't work out (Clement is back in Tacoma) and recent callup Jeremy Reed has yet to prove himself at the plate, in spite of early promise in that department. Recent rumors that they're considering signing free agent Scott Hatteberg only shows how desperate they are.

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