Mariners Name Wakamatsu New Manager

I saw the name and thought up this great post written about how this hiring is the Bizarro Mr. Baseball — I envisioned Wakamatsu-san overhauling the roster by bringing the entire Orix Blue Wave over to play, and every pitcher would throw the splitter, and Brandon Morrow would have to grow a mustache (and give moustache rides).

Maybe we would even take a flyer on this girl, and we could trot her out to the mound dressed up like O-Ren Ishii’s bodyguard.

Then I found out Don Wakamatsu is from Oregon, and is not, in fact, a Japanese manager. What a buzzkill.

But I am still wondering how many wins a Japanese team would put up in the 2009 American League West. I mean, after a 61-win season…why not mix it up?

Tags: Mr. Baseball, O-Ren Ishii Bodyguard, Wakamatsu, Yaki