Two days after providing several regrettable remarks in his end-of-season news conference, Jerry Dipoto issued an apology.
Appearing on Seattle Sports 710-AM's"Brock & Salk," Dipoto said he was"embarrassed" by his comments and reassured Seattle's fan base that the Mariners aren't trying to be mediocre, and are committed to winning a World Series.
"First, I’d like to say I’m generally embarrassed by the way, at least, that comment and especially one other was received,"."I’ve been doing this job, or roles like this, for a long time now and I’ve made mistakes. I’ve made my fair share, like most do. This was kind of one of those times. I just did a poor job of illustrating the points that I was trying to make."
Dipoto's apology is related to his answer surrounding the organization's lack of playoff appearances as of late. The Mariners failed to return to the"If you go back, and you look in a decade, those teams that win 54% of the time always wind up in the postseason and they more often than not wind up in a World Series, so there's your bigger picture process," Dipoto said."Nobody wants to hear 'the goal this year is we're going win 54% of the time.
"If what you're doing is focusing year-to-year on ‘what do we have to do to win the World Series this year’ you might be one of the teams that's laying in the mud and can't get up for another decade, so we're actually doing the fan base a favor in asking for their patience to win the World Series, while we continue to build a sustainably good roster."
… m'kay, so perhaps Dipoto was referencing a pair of American League franchises that went through entrenched rebuilds? The AL West-rivalFrom 2009-2014, the Astros won no more than 76 games and had three consecutive 106-plus-loss seasons from 2011-13.
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