Back from Holiday Break!

SCS is back from Christmas break. Now all I need is a day or two to digest all of the holiday fruitcakes!

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OpEd: Seahawks Dropped Ball On Holmgren.

Former Seahawks head coach, Mike Holmgren's, own words, right here...

"It wasn't about the money. It was about the job," Holmgren said by telephone from his Arizona home Sunday. "It was about what I wanted to do with the last years of my football life and [the Hawks' offer] wasn't what I wanted to do."

That basically sums it all. 

Oh yeah, Mike Holmgren is now President and "Czar" of the Cleveland Browns.

In the Seahawks' offer, Holmgren would have to answer to the whole Vulcan Sports and Entertainment, including current CEO Tod Leiweke. The Browns offered ultimate authority and the Seahawks did not, they gave him crap. The Seahawks wanted him "to jump" and "ask how high"...

Vulcan wanted to change the team, but did not want to change the infrastructure of the team (aka themselves). That's half-ass. The statement given by the team before Sunday's game (regarding Holmgren's decision) against the Tampa Bay Bucs was even more half-ass. Don't get me started about the game itself. They could have signed Holmgren, right off the bat, when Tim Ruskell was canned. They waited too long.

Holmgren takes you guys to the Super Bowl and then you guys low-ball his ass in return. Our Xmas present was not ever going to come. It wasn't going to happen, especially with Paul Allen & Vulcan. And therefore the bitterness and spurn feels even worse than the Steelers loss in Super Bowl XL, or even yesterday's P.O.S. game.

Simply unacceptable.

Sincerely,
- P.O.ed SCS

Mariners swap Silva for a Board Game.

"I'll take your POS for my POS..."

"Uhhhh...deal!"

Another Christmas present has arrived in the form of flea-market swap, if you really think about it.

The M's swapped pitcher Carlos Silva for Chicago Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley. In internet-speak, my first reaction was ROFL, sans the 'ROF' part...

Then I sat down and thought about it some more. We just replaced an ineffective and injury-prone pitcher with a productive hitter who could, at any minute, blow up his top.

What? You say MB is a cancer? I don't care...

This is a STEAL! MAJOR WIN!

Uhhh...I mean EPIC WIN!

SCS will have like 315,236,432 more things to talk about thanks to MB and only MB.

Oh yeah, since baseball is also a profitable business, the Mariners also just saved themselves a cool $2 million dollars for 2010.

Maybe Silva will start in Chicagoland because there was no way he was going to start here. He was in a position to receive Miguel Batista's old role: mop-up long relief, by default.

On the other hand, Bradley lovers say that he will stay straight because Grandpa Griffey & Wak will set him in line...

Yeah right...

Image Credit: AP

P.S. Does Silva's pic look like a mug shot? MB would smile for a mug shot but that's a completely different story.

The official Halladay/Lee deal.

The official deal. Yesterday's announcement of the three-team trade (now turned four-team) has to be one of the most unforgettable MLB trade in years. Two teams sends Cy Young winners to different teams and involves Future Stars prospects. We will see how this deal pans out now but for the immediate future, Phillies wins, M's steal, and Blue Jays fans should be pissed, (I like Toronto, T-dots...don't hate on the truth of this deal), and A's fan don't give a F....because they swapped minor leaguers.

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Phils get...
RHP Roy Halladay (from Toronto)
*RHP Phillippe Aumont (from Seattle)
*OF Tyson Gillies (from Seattle)
*RHP Juan Ramirez (from Seattle)
$6 million cash (from Toronto)

M's get...
LHP Cliff Lee (from Philadelphia)

Blue Jays get...
*C Travis d'Arnaud (from Philadelphia)
*RHP Kyle Drabek (from Philadelphia)
*1B/3B Brett Wallace (from Oakland)

A's get...
*OF Michael Taylor (from Philadelphia via Toronto)

* Minor League Player
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Overall the M's send Aumont/Gillies/Ramirez, and Trader Jack did not have to break the bank to obtain, major-consensus, Mr.-Cliff-"Rent-A-Player"-Lee (for a cool $9 million).

UW QB Jake Locker back for senior season.

"After a great deal of careful thought and deliberation, I have decided to return to Washington and play my senior year," Locker said in a statement released by the university. "I am very excited about this team's opportunities and potential for the upcoming season and I am looking forward to being a part of it."

- Jake Locker

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Montlake Jake is back!