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“One Man’s Opinion” by Gordon Curvey

As I read readers in the Seattle news media blogs regarding the dust up between the Seattle Mariners second baseman Chone Figgins and manager Don Wakamatsu I have to say it is two way street in this situation.

YES Figgins was wrong for not making a play at second, yes Figgins makes big money and YES Figgins is not hitting worth a damn this season.

But I don’t blame Figgins for being upset for being pulled after his play at second. Why? Well there has been other Mariner players who have made blunders in the field and they were not pulled so why was Figgins?

It is a fact Wakamatsu has some SERIOUS communication problems with some of his players. Word is the legend Ken Griffey Jr was forced to retire by Wak. He was not happy on the way he was used. He did not even talk to Wakamatsu for two weeks before he retired. Grif has been nowhere to be found since.

In sports, if the manager or head coach of a basketball, football or baseball team does not do well, most of the time it is the manager or head coach who takes the fall.

Look at the head coaches of the Brazil soccer team. The team did not did well in the World Cup so head coaches and managers took the fall.

When it comes to the Seattle Mariners, Wakamatsu has lost control of his team. In my opinion, he needs to go and go now. Bobby Valentine, Hal McRae, Don Baylor, and others are out their.

The Mariners are one of only a few teams that have not played in the Series and that is ashamed. I want a winner here in Seattle. Under Wakamatsu, I don’t see it happening.

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