Along with everyone else who thought Erik Bedard was this supernatural lefty who would become the rock steady ace of this "on-paper" soild rotation the Mariners have thrown out this season.

Boy was I wrong.

Yes, I wanted Bedard from the get-go. As soon as those rumors floated about him possibly coming to Seattle in exchange for George Sherrill, Adam Jones and a couple minor leaguers, I was all for it.

How could you not be?

With Seattle, Sherrill was nothing more than a lefty s