Troy Percival Near Retirement Decision

'On one side is the St. Louis Cardinals camp, where (cue the scary music) Scott Spiezio has resurfaced as a backup infield candidate. This may surprise those who believed, based on last year's .064 average, that Spiezio would have difficulty winning a backup job on a high-school team. Never mind a pennant contender.

'In various recent interviews, Spiezio has had the gall to intimate that his pathetic two-year stint with the Mariners was the fault of: a) stick-in-the-mud teammates who broke his spirit; and b) management that didn't give him a fair shot; rather than c) an abject inability to perform.'

Poor Sandfrog.  From World Series glory to being derided in an article about "Mariner castoffs."

Link:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2002829639_ston26.html