Seattle Mariners; anyone sad that Hargrove left?

It is pretty shocking but it's not like he had an awesome track record with the team. I liked him for some reason but maybe because I was used to seeing him there. I'll still miss Lou more. The bigger question is how surprised is everyone that the M's are doing this well? I live in DC so I don't get a lot of M's coverage. It's sad because they are the surprise team of the season. I guess it's also good to play the "they came out of nowhere" card too.