Game 2: Angels at Mariners
DMZ · April 4, 2006 at 1:45 pm · Filed Under Mariners
RHP John Lackey vs RHP Joel Pineiro. 7:05, televised on KSTW-11. Washburn’s not the #2? Really?
Suggested storyline: Can Pineiro continue his WBC success?
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I saw the 7:05 after Pineiro’s name and at first glance mistakenly thought that was his ERA. Force of habit.
I never understood, opening day every game is televised. baseball is on for 18 hours straight….second day of the season, nada. For those of us out here in MT who only get FSN games, i guess we miss out tonight.
Is it time for the pregame show yet? I can’t get enough of that pregame show.
Mmmmmm… Cliche-a-rific!
For those of you interested in quantifying Pineiro’s long-famed case of the first-inning yips, here’s some splits from 2003-2005:
 In first innings, Pineiro has yielded at a rate of .259/.351/.370
 In pitches 1-15, his yielded OPS is .761. In pitches 16-30, it’s .720.
 From pitch 31-45, the opponent OPS leaps up to .887 (opponent batting averages leap from .257 to .322).
 From pitch 46-60, the OPS is .814 (.299 BA)
Then he gets it straightened out after 60 pitches, and consistently better the deeper he gets into pitch counts (at pitches 91-105, he yields just a .225 average and .541 OPS, over 244 plate appearances).
Interesting stuff. So it would seem that if Pineiro struggles early, the best thing you can do for him is let him get himself out of it rather than pushing the bullpen panic button.
fianlly a game I will be able to watch. I love life!
Breaking up the lefties I guess.
I know this is water under the bridge…but, With regard to Washburn. Did the M’s just bid against themselves?
In the preview of this week’s series, it was clear that the Angels let him go. But was there really any other competition for his services? Does anyone know of any team that would have paid anything close to what he got with the M’s ??
At the feed, Bavasi said that once the Angels declined Washburn, the Ms interest in him peaked partially because we wouldn’t lose a draft pick to sign him. He also sort of insinuated that there were a lot of rumors about Millwood’s arm…
re: #5 – A likely explanation for those numbers is that when Joel is really bad in those first 60 pitches, he gets yanked. If Pineiro goes 100 pitches into a game, he probably hasn’t sucked _too_ badly in the first 99.
Man, and I have to go watch the stupid Sonics. I have to find a way to get out of this.
Man, and I’m going down to Safeco again to watch the stupid Mariners. I have to find a way to… oh, wait a minute.
(couldn’t resist the 2 for $22 ticket deal. If the Mariners suck all year, at least there’ll be plenty of discount seats)
still frustrated in taiwan by mlb tv.
got email telling me to call their toll free number. of course, it ain’t toll free from outside the usa. what daya expect? nice email though. but americans, aren’t we all?, don’t really realize there’s an outside to the god-bless-america bubble. i wrote back and assured them tawian is outside any blackout range of any american city, including any in that far away place called canada. but will such geographical logic make sense? moroever, can it be understood by the consumer-driven yank tha i only have one, yes, one credit card; thus, i can’t prove my whereabouts with another piece of coded plastic?
yes, i’m off the radar but fully tuned to the mariners. a global predicament in a global village…of sorts.
thanks for indulging my rant…
Explain this 2 for 22$ ticket deal. College minds inquire.
(couldn’t resist the 2 for $22 ticket deal. If the Mariners suck all year, at least there’ll be plenty of discount seats)
(grumbles about all the deals like this and the 4-packs of good games that were offered after he’d committed to a 20-game share of a season’s package)
Deanna, do you need a date?
Now that I read what I just posted I see that there are many thousands of ways it could be misinterpreted.
(grumbles about all the deals like this and the 4-packs of good games that were offered after he’d committed to a 20-game share of a season’s package)
Welcome to the life of a season ticket holder. There have been several times in the last few years when the people next to us paid $10 for their seats while we paid the M’s $15.
OTOH, you get the Season Ticket Sales hotline to, um, call them if you’re lonely. Oh, and 10% off at the Team Store! Being a season ticket holder pays for itself!
OK, dumb question, but why is the server still on PST and not on PDT?
Pacific Standard Time and Pacific Daylight Time. Basically just an indicator if you’re on the RETARDED daylight savings time or not. Man I hate daylight savings with the white hot intensity of a thousand suns in a thousand volcanoes in a thousand scalding hot bowls of chicken noodle soup.
how bout them Marlins?
The kids are hitting, for sure.
somebody lives in Arizona…or Indiana
How bout Josh Bard?
Yeah, they may not suck all that much!
And hey, Morrissey has a new album out today. A man whose music is as depressing as the last two years of Mariners baseball.
Josh Bard? What makes Josh Board noteworthy?
Let’s go back to those Marlins. How about Josh Willingham?
Tim Wakefield’s personal catcher can’t seem to catch a knuckleball, 3 PB in 4 IP
and who cares about Willingham. How about Hanley Ramirez? Dude’s off to a hot start! Even Olivo is hitting!
I love having a laptop, I can finally sit on the TV and post to gamethreads at the same time.
comparing Reed to Erstad isn’t a pleasant thought.
still no Fairly. Where’d he go?
I love having a laptop, I can finally sit on the TV and post to gamethreads at the same time.
Oh, good.
Can you get us a McCall traffic report every 15 minutes, too?
Only on KSTW-11. Not available on Dish Network’s Fox Sports Alternate channel either. Blacked out. I’m not happy.
Fairly is on the radio side. At least he is through th MLB.com audio.
it’s on my Dish FSN alternate channel. And yes I can give a traffic report if you want it.
Laptops + wireless connections rock.
So Pineiro’s key is to keep the sinker down. Isn’t that implied in the pitch name?
Vlad coming up in the first with a runner on?
What could possibly go wrong…
weak popout time!!!
I can’t believe they seriously just argued that you should go up to Guerrero. I’m not sure any non-Felix pitcher should even pitch to Guerrero.
Can we call popping out early in the count, “Doing an Everett” or is it too early?
we should give Everett at least a week.
fan fall!
it’s on my Dish FSN alternate channel. And yes I can give a traffic report if you want it.
Odd. It’s on my FSN alt channel too but “blacked out”.
Attendence looks fairly weak
you live in the seatac/KSTW broadcast area? because I’m in Idaho.
Gotta love extra innings package. Just got to watch A-Rod strike out with 2nd and 3rd and one out in the other window in my PiP.
What about just throwing your best pitch down the middle to Guerrero? I mean he can hit it high, or low, or in or out…maybe his weakness is down the middle!
Full croud tonight, huh?
Two questions: Does Beltre move up to third in the order after he redeems himself for last season’s transgressions? And, if any of you have the Extra Innings package, how did you talk your spouse/S.O./accountant into it?
let’s get this rally going Beltre! C’mon Ball IV
I’d intentionally walk Beltre to pitch to Everett if I were Scoscia. Or you coulld just throw strike three down the middle and watch Beltre not swing.
Go Beltre! Now thats why you make the big bucks!
I have the extra innings package and the girl just accepts it because I also spend money for us to go to cool places.
Now Sunday Ticket, that’s a bigger issue.
you live in the seatac/KSTW broadcast area? because I’m in Idaho.
Southeastern Washington. Down by the Oregon border.
haha
*poink* HBP
53 – That’s a good devious plan!
anyone know where i can get a live stream for the game on?
Well also, the Direct TV bill comes out of my checking account automatically so she doesn’t ever really catch on that this costs money.
now that’s what I’m talking about, 59.
Haha! Zzyzx, you’re supposed to save that technique for the Spice Channel.
I’m using my 9-year-old as the intended recipient of all the baseball programming, but it’s not working so far.
NICE!
The double play sounded nice.
They’re not showing any crowd shots, so it really must be empty.
is it fair to start an inning with one out? Certainly we can appeal to somebody.
As a former TV producer, I find it really distracting that they keep cutting Niehaus off as he’s transitioning into commercial. It’s happened three times in a row now.
Then again, he’s not exactly sharp any more. Maybe he just keeps blowing through his stop sign.
What’s with Johjima’s red glove? I think more players need to wear random colored gloves.
Just subscribe to the philosophy that it’s easier to apologize than it is to get permission
So, what happens now that Pineiro has not completely and entirely imploded? Such a rare occurence really…..
Actually, we should trade him between innings while he still has some value
Everett’s not worried about anything but baseball, except gays, dinosaurs, spitting and abuse… I guess.
could anyone pleaes help me out with a link to the game? for some reason its not allowed to be streamed on our local station team 1040…does anyone have any alternatives…thanks alot!
DING!
JOHJIMA!!!!!
Yeah!
Kenji!!
Johjima.
hoooooow about that
On pace for 162 HR. Take that, Bonds.
I love this guy!
BLOW-JIMA!!!!!
All the way to IWO JIMA!!!!!
I think I know who is the most popular Japanese catching import of 2006.
is that more HR than all our catchers combined hit last year?
wow, way to go Kenji.
and while I hate Everett, at least he saw some pitches. the M’s have too many first-pitch swingers.
Also — boy, I’d forgotten how much the broadcast annoys me.
8 more HRs and he’s tied last year’s catchers
Ok, I forgot my technique for surviving the announcers, listen to music instead. Much better.
rally time!
Did you really type that, Jim, or did someone guess your password?
Tv or radio broadcast? Cuz I’m just sitting here thinking Hendu’s stupid comments are making me almost long for the sound of Ron Fairly’s voice. Which is really saying something.
I just muted the TV. Oh, sweet silence.
Bottom of the lineup magic!
I like the agressive baserunning we’ve displayed early in the game.
Hope we can keep it going.
I like the agressive baserunning, he should have been out, but at least you put pressure on the defense. We’re young, what do we have to lose I guess?
That wasn’t aggressive… that was insane.
I think JR forgot that Vlad has a hand-cannon
Wait, isn’t Lackey supposed to back up 3rd whether or not he figures Reed is going there? I mean, what else is he doing out there?
wow. This is so exciting I almost forgot where I lived. I don’t ever remember the Mariners pretending to rally last year
What I do like is just seeing some action and energy out there. I hope they don’t do too many foolish things on the bases, but at least they are ON the bases.
bases loaded, no way jose. PH PETAGINE!
LOPEZ!!!!
THRU THE HOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fairly: “This is a chance to have a pretty good inning.”
SWEET!
I like the agressiveness, even when it costs us because at least it’s exciting. If we’re not going to be in the playoffs at least be fun to watch unlike last year.
Yes! 3-0! Where was that hit yesterday?
Corco: wrong again.
That’s what I’m talking about. Showing some life.
Which Molina is catching for the Angels? Did the ‘slowest player in the league’ one sign with someone else?
This is sweet.
that’s the first time I’ve been wrong today.
we’re like, energetic. I love this.
Niehaus just called Sexson “Big Sexy”
ok…4-5-6 hitters have stunk this year.
What’s up around first base? No one has been able to handle plays cleanly around there.
I must have been thinking of something you said some other day.
I’d walk Sexson to get to Beltre, right here.
Yeah Big Sexy!
I thought defense was supposed to be the new OBP for the A’s. They’ve looked horrible out in the field early in the season. Richie!!
Oh Richie, save that sort of thing for the kids.
HA! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
SEXY!
shit. out at 2nd.
That looked like a terrible slide.
Aggressive baserunning? With Sexson? I think he just assumed he could take second on the throw home. Nobody threw home. Oops.
That’ll hurt. Two RBIs for Big Sexy.
I like that he’s running there, even if he is out. He forced ‘em to make the perfect play and they did. He looked a little awkward on the slide, and he might be safe with a better slide.
Awesome inning. Too bad Sexson was thrown out at second. Maybe Beltre could have made up for his stike out in the first.
5 runs, 7 hits, but only 1 XBH (Jojima HR). Amazing. Maybe there is something to be said for aggressive baserunning. If you’re not going to hit XBH, make some yourself by taking extra bases?
Still though, 5-0 M’s and the rally was fun. Even if we’re not that much better than last year, I think this team will be much more enjoyable to watch. How many of us actually were able to sit through all 162 games last year?
Joel’s deuce looks pretty sharp tonight…breaking nicely
124, I agree. this is going to be a way good season.
Uh-oh.
I hate Vlad with men on.
geez. He picked that out of the dirt and almost hit a 2b to the left field wall. Vlad rocks
steerrrrrrrrrrrikkkkkkkkkkkkkeeeee III
What a pitch
Joel’s looking sharp tonight.
what do they say about walks? they always come back to haunt you….except in this case……
trade Joel NOW!
My favorite thing about Vlad is that if you were to know nothing about him and see him hobbling around the OF, you’d think that he was some guy in his early 40s (if not later) who was on his way out of baseball. He just looks completely broken down out there.
Joel struck out Vlad.
Get out of Seattle NOW, Rainier’s gonna blow.
Why couldn’t we have had this weather and game yesterday?
Jeff, someone should have a log of Fairly quotes. I propose you’re the man for the job.
Wow, Beltre laid off the low and away and then singled!
finally a hit. nice job, Beltre.
Hello Adrian. Thank you for joining the rest of us in 2006.
autoout everett
The sooner we get a real DH, the sooner I can go into M’s bliss.
Wow he did an Everett.
May 26- Mariners designate OF-DH Carl Everett for assignment and recall OF Mike Morse from AAA Tacoma
Man, if the Mariners want a guy who can take huge, useless cuts and take up a spot in the line up, give me the job. I promise I won’t cost as much.
Hey guys I just got in, and I guess the game’s not on MLB extra innings tonight (sigh), but I see we’re up 5-0 and Kenji’s got another HR? Is it looking as good as it seems tonight?
143: I can top t hat, I’ll even take the Matt Thornton Memorial Spot in the Bullpen while being the Carl Everett
aggressive baserunning reminds me, that Kevin Hench
at Fox has written off the entire M’s season because last night Lopez was caught
stealing in the 5th, but Figgens wasn’t in the 9th….
145: Stop taking bread from my mouth!
I’m poorer than ewe!
Johjima looks great. 7-8-9 looks solid. Much better than anything from last year. Ichiro might have forgotten what it’s like to come up with runners on.
I liked Winn-Olivo-Valdez!
146 – At least the Yankees fans who were over the top excited over opening day had an excuse to be that enthused. A 5-4 win/loss on Opening Day means nothing other than the fact that the Angels have a 1 game lead over the M’s.
Despite the fact that Joel has all of 1k so far, you’ve got to like all the groundouts.
152, as long as he’s keeping runner’s off the basepaths and keeping them off the scoreborad, I couldn’t care less about how he gets the outs.
152: One K, but tell me who that was against again for me. I love hearing it
Pineiro has 2 strikeouts.
I’ll just attribute Joel’s solid outing to a certain Japanese catcher whose name rhymes with….screw it….KENJI JOHJIMA FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!!
nice run u-bet
some chon-ee hustle and slickness right there
That error shows why the Angels will lose 90 games this year and the M’s will win 90 games.
ICHIRO!
Here we go again!
Man, this is what it’s like to have an offense.
Ah…bashing the national media. Got to love it!
this team is fun this year. I’m happy.
2004-fun because we got to see cool new players
2005- we just sucked
2006- fun because it’s g ood baseball
W00T!!!
Wahahahahahahaha bunting
Walk Ibanez to get to Sexson? My my my….
Walking Ibanez? Why?
This is a heckuva fun game to watch. Yeah, I’ve noticed that Joel’s getting a ton of groundballs tonight. Nice to see. I hope that’s a trend. And he’s not coughing up stupid baserunners (walks and HBP).
Arrgh! The bunt. Yech. I’d rather see Lopez swining.
walking richie to get to Beltre. They listened to my idea in 115
The brilliant strategic mind of Mike S. is beyond my comprehension.
er…shoot. walking ibanez to get to sexson. duh.
Can you disrespect the “Big Sexy” like this?
Someone will pay.
yeah, but they walked raul to get to richie.
Make them pay!!!
I don’t understand the logic of walking Ibanez there. Sexson’s a flyball hitter, so you’re unlikely to see a DP grounder. And he’s the M’s best hitter. It’s the worst possible situation to walk the bases loaded.
That first pitch was the one to put a charge into
at least he didnt gidp. come on beltre, rally time man
173. Unless he gets a punch out.
At the same time, Richie is slow and a double play candidate. You’ve gotta get Ibanez out and you still have to face Richie, so the walk somewhat makes sense.
It’s a pick your poison kind of thing, and Scoscia is a guy that believes firmly in the Righty-Righty matchup advantage.
I know. But, if they walk the guy in front of you intentioanlly, it shows they think they can get you out easier. Could be considered a sign of disrespect.
…or good strategy…
ADRIAN!!!
Come on guys!
#173
actually sexson hits into double plays about as often as ibanez. and you get the righty righty matchup
although technically both of them hit lackey just as well (9/24, 3/8), ibanez has a larger sample size. but i doubt that was part of the criteria
Scioscia the yeller. yell yell yell
Toss him!
What are they argueing about?
PLEASE make use of this new life.
cripes
I don’t think he tipped it. Didn’t matter though.
Are we allergic to the bases being loaded?
Well that is what’s known as pissing away a golden opportunity
Another reason why I really hate the Lopez bunt. They don’t walk Ibanez if he doesn’t lay that down.
looks like the Ms beltre’d up that inning pretty good.
The last two seasons we’ve really struggled with RISP. I hope it doesn’t become a trend again this year. So far, not so good.
My friend just bought tickets off ebay to see the Mariners at Fenway next Saturday…I’m pumped!!! (even though I’m going with 3 Sox fans)
How has Pineiro’s velocity been? I’m really only going off of Yahoo! gamecast here, so I get a live box score, and I’m seeing a lot of groundball outs and lacking K’s.
is anyone watching the espn gamecast and the game on tv at the same time? i realize it sounds pointless, but the gamecast has pitch positions on a little chart.
i’m exceedingly curious if it’s accurate
That was just the second out recorded in the outfield.
I can see (or at least undestand from the feed I’m getting) why computer models picked the angels to plummet to fourth. Does their lineup have anything besides the freak?
Addition to 195…both Angels hits have been in the outfield. So, in total, only 4 balls have made it out of the infield. Food for thought.
Kotchman needs to be hitting higher, and I don’t like Orlando Cabrera in the 2 hole.
Rizz just hilariously practiced all his catch phrases during the commercial on MLB TV. What a tool.
god, that at bat was so worth $3.4 million
Kind of interesting…the MLB.com gamecast is two or three pitches ahead of the audio stream.
How do you not have a scouting report on a guy who starred in Japan for years? I don’t buy this whole “he’s a total mystery” line about Jo-Mama.
3 errors for the LAAAAAAAAAs
With that error, the Angels are clearly going to lose 100 games!
Reed sold his soul to the devil in exchange for a certain number of ass-saving errors, methinks.
Their defense has been brutal this game.
I guess he got a pretty high exchange rate.
nice
Keep it going Ichiro.
this is looking good!
So far, the Angels defense has been Maginot-ian.
that inning was Comcastic.
+2 points to dw for the WW2-baseball analogy.
uh oh…
Well that changes things…
That’s no good.
Now THAT’S the Joel we know and love!
damn it Joel!
That ball wasn’t even close to the target Johjima was putting up.
Well, we knew Good Pineiro was too good to last. Let’s hear it for Hang ‘Em High Joel!
Damn. That hurts.
I turned on the game just in time for Garrett to launch that 3-run homer. How the heck did Joel know I was watching?
Garrett Anderson, Mariner killer. Never fails.
It’s all my fault. It was 5-0 when i first checked in.
Well Anaheim (or Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of California of the United States) just got themselves back into this one…hope that bases loaded 0-run moment from before doesn’t come back to bite us.
So instead of being struck out, Anderson homers.
Yeah, that pitch on the corner looked nice … but not getting a call doesn’t mean you can leave the next mediocre fastball up over the plate.
Damn those Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, located within the State of California, which is encapsulated inside the United States of America, of which it is one nation found on the Planet Earth, in orbit within the Solar System…….
Rizzs’ Lou P. impression sounds like Jimmy Stewart on a crack binge.
That first strike to Jose was just left of Dearborn St.
Look out Teddy, here’s come Raul “Mr .400″ Ibanez!
228. J.L.
…this being your theory, the theory which is yours, that you have yourself created, this theory that the Angels are from Los Angeles in the beginning, and the Angels in the middle, and Anaheim at the end.
My suggestion is to turn your TV all the way down and relax to the Rick Rizzs Christmas CD.
Just doesn’t seem specific enough for my taste…..
I’m wondering if you could fit David Eckstein inside Richie Sexson’s strike zone.
I mean, if Sexson’s strike zone is as high as Eckstein is tall.
232 (re: 228):
This theory of yours appears to have hit the nail on the head.
Okay, I had to go run an errand. Which means I had to listen to the radio broadcast. Therefore, I’d like to rescind the comment I made in #89. I definitely no longer long to hear the voice of Ron Fairly. I’m done with the longing.
startled me on sunday when Bavasi referred to Gary Anderson… took me a minute to realize who he was talking about
Roger Clemens, baseball ambassador. On the Asian fan devotion during the World Baseball Classic:
I’m inclined to agree with Grover on this hook.
Joel should have been pulled awhile ago.
Oh goody, Soriano.
239 – You can take the boy out of Texas, but… well, you know.
WOW, what a catch by Beltre!
I can only hope that Grover has a man crush on Soriano. He’s the go-to guy it looks like.
Beltre is a decent defensive shortstop.
Beltre with the grab!
Wait, that didn’t make a lick of sense.
But then, that’s par for the course for me.
Beltre is an awesome defender. That was fabulous. I think our fixation on his offense caouses us to miss how good a defender he is.
Jay-sus… that looks even more amazing in slowmo – he just knew where it was going!
C’mon Rafael!
Yikes, I just don’t like to see Vlad making any contact at all.
Kenji is setting up on Edgar Martinez Ave
This is a nice little battle here.
#234, how about the “33.4716° N 117.5100° W Angels”?
‘rray!
Look at Soriano whip Vlad!
VLAD THE THIRD OUT!
Yes!
Great job by Johjima and Soriano on that AB
Nicely done, Rafael and Kenji.
I love Johjima, and I love Soriano, the combination is almost too much to take.
Someone tell me why Soriano isn’t the closer. Or starting for Meche.
YES!
Now, if the starters can GET to Soriano, we’ve got something.
Johjima is quickly becoming my favorite Mariner. The way he kept Soriano in there was great.
That was FABULOUS
I have a feeling this season is going to be fun.
Left handed sock.
Jurassic Carl!
I was about to say I thought they should try Petagine at DH but that was a good hit.
Everett’s got that “gonna get thrown out at first by the right fielder” look to his gait.
Time for some insurance runs.
Bavasi at the feed said that one of the reasons Soriano wasn’t starting was that he’s not far off his surgery. He did say it’s something the team would like to see, though.
Everybody in the lineup has a hit now.
Following the Tommy John, Soriano is probably best suited for relief and has closer of the future written all over him.
Hey Rizzs says the M’s are currently the third youngest club in the majors. Not like a few years ago, eh?
Makes me want to sing: “Where have all the Blowers gone?”
Come on Ichiro. I am tired of leaving runners on third.
I meant Yuni
Thanks Hendu, I was not aware Reed worked out with Erstad this winter
Putz is warming up! The game is about to get exciting.
Comparing the two was a bit of a stretch. 294 vs 264 is not exactly equivalent.
Well, ddn’t Hargrove say we would be more agressive on the basepaths this season?
way outside
Too close to take.
Yuni was robbed.
He’s giving them that strike call all night. Grrrr
If you missed the Reed-Erstad comparisons, hang around after the commercial break, and they’ll run through it again for you.
DMZ, that’s some of the best news I’ve heard in a while. I love Soriano and think he can be an effective starter.
Oh good, Putz. I was worried this might get boring.
Up in the zone. Not a good sign
Keep. The. Ball. Down.
Hendu, the Angels got the first-pitch memo, too.
Yeah. Where was that pitch when in Garret Anderson’s last AB.
Nice way to start an inning, JJ…
not Putz!
Yeah, I’m a huge Soriano fan too. Chaves wants him to start too, but it’ll be his choice whether he wants to take a rotation spot when one becomes available later this year.
Maybe we’ll see Soriano setting up in the 8th after this.
Seeing how that Thornton’s gone I feel Putz is gonna be the guy to hate.
Why not Mateo right here?
Are you serious….
Obscenity!!
That’s the JJ Putz magic
Is JJ short for Jack-Jack?
Wow.
thats freakin’ great.
And we took Soriono out…because…?
Now I want Thornton back!
JJ=Jumpin’ Jubilee
I think JJ got pissed
It’s too simple to call him a putz.
Did he break his bat, or throw it at the ball?
Alright, lets get one run in the 8th and give Eddie a cushion.
I guess he thought the game wasn’t exciting or something…
Attendance been announced yet? Looks like it’s going to be a new low water mark tonight. 17,000 or so.
Yea.. attendance lookin pretty sparse
Hendu quotes Wee Willie Keeler for the 7395873495873rd time!
good work Ich
J.J. = Jumbo Jack, it’s a sign of respect to have a sandwich named after you.
He bunted a pitchout. Nice.
It might have been a lousy pitchout, not a miscommunication
Angels really fear Ibanez eh?
Wow, couldn’t see this one coming Hargrove.
All righty, hit this one where everybody ain’t Ritchie. Royal Brougham.
All righty, hit this one where everybody ain’t Ritchie. Royal Brougham.
He’d only have to get half way up into the stands to get to where people “ain’t”
Big Sexy!
SEE YA!!!
well, he hit over .400 against them last year, that might be why they fear him a little.
RICHIIIEEE
ATTA FRIGGIN’ BOY!!! Way to make ‘em pay Richie.
Oh my, big Richie..
ALL HAIL THE CHILD OF GENDER!
GO RICHIE!!!!
Richie says, “you walked WHO to get to WHO?????”
HOW’S THAT FOR SOME INSURANCE RUNS!!
That was better than skipping class today.
Who doesn’t love a man that’s 6’8″ and hits bombs?
ATTA FRIGGIN’ BOY!! Make ‘em pay Richie!
Calling the Angels defense Mangiot-ian seems generous now.
That’s i-Maginot…
Think Hargrove will keep Putz out there to try and give the Angels a shot to win and make it exciting??
Okay, on that note I now feel safe heading to bed. Goodnight everyone!
Dude. Is it just me, or are the Angels kind of falling apart?
Robbed Eddie of a save, so he has to put JJ back in to put a guy on…
Sorry. Jose Molina is typing these comments for me.
This is making up for last year already. A little excitement and a chance to win, that’s all we beleaguered fans are asking.
Johjima for mayor!
Wow, Kenji sure wants us to like him
Alright, gotta assume we’re gonna win this one…1 am here on the east coast…night all!
Tim “Smoked” Salmon
If you give up a HR that’s not a rally, but if you walk a guy it is? I see Hendu must be going to the Joe Morgan school of strategery.
Wow, that Sexson bomb is now huge.
Jesus, close it out before i have a heart attack. Out one!!!
Welcome to the part of the game where Rizzs and Henderson start explaining things for people who have never seen a game before.
There we go Eddie.
“And the wicket gets a little bit stickier here in the ninth.”
-Dave Niehaus, 9:59PM 4 April 2006
2 down.
Yankees lose. That’s always fun.
Yeah, but that means the A’s won. That’s always sad.
…esp, btw, because A-Rod choked with a chance to give the Yanks the lead.
How many pitches will it take Eddie to finish this inning? Anyone bet 40?
geez, is this ever going to end?
Oh good grief. Not again.
ACK! This is ridiculous
I’m guessing a 1-2-3 inning is going to be a rarity this season.
Argggghhhhh CUSS WORDS!
Somebody please tell me we are not going to give up a 5-spot in the top of the 9th here…anyone?
I thought the pen was suppossed to be a strong point.
Good grief, 37 pitches for Guardado so far. Might as well put him in the rotation.
Whew!
41!
I’ve seen this bullpen before somewhere.
If Eddie takes 40 pitches to get through the ninth ever again, I won’t survive to tell about it.
Might not be the prettiest win, but its a win nevertheless.
Some game.
To answer a previous question, MLB.com has attendance at 20,051.
Johjima in the post-game interview: “First, let me say that the ninth inning was very long.”
I love this guy.
Tonight’s attendance: 20,051.
Sure didn’t look like 20K.
boy, you combine Adrenaline Eddie making his season debut with a 5 run lead, and fireworks (or bile) will ensue…
and the AL West is all tied up.
Boy, that was a ninth that made me glad I couldn’t watch it on a TV!
Nice going, Joel! And the entire batting lineup (everyone hit AND scored!)!!!!
Eddie was tired from catching Richie’s laser.
Richie’s bonb actually reminded me a lot of Cameron’s shots. Cameron had a tendency to ht HRs off the end of his bat just like that. Though Mike’s didn’t travel at 400 mph.
It finally hit me – Everett’s batter’s-box antics (twisting arms, hitting bat, hitting self, mumbling, etc) remind me of Spiezio. And they both have WS rings and “intensity”, and quirky outside-baseball personas. Ye gods, we’ve replaced one declining one-hit wonder with another!
And in other disheartening news, Matt Morrison is still on Sonics broadcasts. May be moving to baseball later in the year?
Seems like the new hitting coach must be doing something right. Love the way the 7-9 hitters are getting on base, having quality ABs and setting up Ichiro and Lopez. They really look good at the plate, and have done well against some very good pitchers. What a change from last year’s easy-out drudgery. The M’s are looking like they can rally from anywhere in the lineup right now.
Also – Beltre’s catch was pretty phenomenal. Man I can’t believe I’m feeling this excited about the M’s, and Felix hasn’t even pitched yet.
Hey, now that I’m home, if the guys who posted waaaaay back at the start of the thread are curious and still reading this: the 2 for $22 deal is part of this “2sday” special or something — I think every home Tuesday game, in addition to the excessively dorky “Super Tuesday” giveaways, is going to have this deal where you can get two seats in View Reserved for $22. At least, it looks like that when I do a cursory sampling of the ticket-ordering on the Mariners’ website.
Problem is, unlike Safeway where a “2 for $N” means you can get 1 for $N /2, in this deal, you couldn’t just get one seat for $11. So I conned Gomez into going with me, and we were able to show up at 6:30pm and still get front-row seats in section 339 (well, row 9, which is the front of that seating area). The View Box section in front of us literally had people only sitting in the first row and the last row, it was that empty.
Monday night games are $10 for View Reserved, and it doesn’t matter if you’re antisocial and can’t find anyone to go with.
As for #16, I expect to be looking for other people to go with on future Tuesdays (though not the 18th, I’ll probably be at a Pirates-Cardinals game that day) — infact, if we can get an even numbered group together we can make a blogizen outing out of it or something. Cheap seats and other people to boo Carl Everett with, what could be better?
Oh yeah. No Everett.
Well, still.
I totally got conned
Seriously, though, I enjoyed it. The game was great. Our offense is awesome. Joel, save for that tater, pitched surprisingly well. I couldn’t believe these were the Seattle Mariners… until I saw our bullpen :rimshot:
Bullpen: Raffy’s great and the rest needs work, and I don’t mean more innings.
To #13 Nick in Taiwan, I am also living in Taipei, Taiwan, and subscribed mlb.tv since last season. Frankly, I don’t have any of your mentioned problems. I am using credit card issued by local bank to subscribe and renew. I have been watching since opening game. IMHO, mlb.tv did improve the picture quality & minimize the lag issue, much better than last version.
Anyway, nice game for today, offense should be fine, bullpen needs some tweaks, but isn’t it more exciting when you don’t know when your reliefs going to blow up?
The new marketing slogan for the Ms should be “5 run lead in the 9th? So what!”.
What I really want to hear is Niehaus crib a line from the BP 2005 edition about the Ms:
“Okay folks, it is the top of the 7th and the Ms have a one-run lead. Hargrove has gone to the pen and you know what that means! It is ‘White=knuckle time in Woodinville!’ For every run an Ms reliever gives up, Starbucks will donate $100 to the American Heart Association. For those of you at the park, don’t forget that last call is fast approaching. Better get those refreshments now and then get ready for a wild, wild ride. And what better time than to introduce our special guest, Bobby Ayala . . .
I don’t remember writing that. Huh.
Zero Gravity:
Johjima was a quality addition to the bottom third of the lineup. Reed and Betancourt are older, and wiser. Pentland may be helping, but let’s not forget how little influence hitting coaches have by the time a player reaches the bigs. More likely, Betancourt and Reed are going to show a natural learning curve, rather than an induced learning curve.
As far as the pen is concerned, I expected Guardado to struggle. Let’s also not forget that he started a bit slow last season, before kicking it into gear. As for Putz, I saw definite signs of life after the HR, when he stopped throwing 4-seam fastballs and started executing a full range of pitches.