Seattle Times: McLaren sums up M’s: good team, bad baseball

ugly management. Il buono, il brutto, il bavasi.

Before reporters could ask him about Richie Sexson’s suspension during his regular pregame briefing Friday, McLaren began with what amounted to a state-of-the-team address.

“It’s been very difficult,” McLaren said. “Even during our losing streaks last year I don’t remember going through a spell like this offensively. It’s hard to explain. A lot of it is mental, of course. There is a lot of frustration. With that said, we’ve got to go get them tonight [Friday]. There is no easy way about this. You can’t feel sorry for yourself. You’ve got to stand up and be a man about it. The only people who can get it done is ourselves. No one is going to give us anything.”

“We are scuffling and the guys seem right and stuff, but I’m sure there is some frustration in the clubhouse because you don’t lose that many games if you have pride and are working ... ” McLaren said. “So we need to win some games and feel good about ourselves.”