Tek4pres, very good post. I want to think of it in a Cabrera type of way. Nomar was doing alright, then we went and got Cabrera who everyone thought was an under performing crappy player then looked what he went on to do. He became a fan favorite. I think boone could be the same way. Put him on our team, a team that is competing and has a large fanbase and sells out every game, and he could perform great. Just look, he was awesome in 03 when the mariners were good, then 04 the mariners sucked, he went down, this year they suck more and he was down again.