Creating the Right Aura in a Baseball Clubhouse

I would argue that the Seattle Mariners are not physically any better than they were last year at the game of baseball.  Why then, you ask, is the record so much better than it was last year?  The answer to that question is because the entire atmosphere within the clubhouse is change dramatically ever since we hired a new manager Eric Wedge. he has been able to instill a new belief in the players that they can actually win every game that they're playing.  Of course, are terrible loss today would suggest that perhaps we are not quite as able to win all the games as most people think we are.  However, our players have played very well so far.  We have been able to win games without anyone really playing like a standout player.  This is kind of interesting, because in the past we've never had a good season without someone playing well above their standards.  The last time your above 500, it was Russell Branyan who played well above his previous years, knocking more than 30 home runs throughout the course of the year.  This was highly unexpected and his appearance along with the appearance of Ken Griffey Jr. helped us to finish far better in terms of wins and losses that our team was at the actual game of baseball.

I am a firm believer that a solid clubhouse makes the team much better than the actual skill level of the players does.  Look at us now, even though the Texas Rangers arguably have a much better team skill wise than the Mariners do, we are right there in the race.  While I do not think that we are going to win the American League West, it is always nice to be in there till the very end or a least a number until this point of the seasonas we are right now.  Team like the Seattle Mariners is not a really big problem staying in most of their games because the fact of the matter is that we have very little offense.  We are forced to play small ball in order to win games.  This is something that you would like to avoid them baseball, but has worked for us because while we do not have the big hitting talent that we should, we have people that have good control over their backs and are able to put the ball in play on the side of the field that they need to in order to drive someone in.

it will be interesting to see how we are able to improve as the season goes on, and continue to improve next year.  I believe that was some time under Eric wedge the team will get much better over time.  When he was in Cleveland, he was able to turn the team around from one of the worst teams in the league to a playoff team the very next year.  Of course, following the playoff season, the owner sold the players out from underneath him and he was fired after the team had a terrible year the following year.  Well, that's not going to happen in Seattle.  We are looking to build a winner and I believe that our current manager is going to be the man that will help us to do that over a period of time.