Game 12, Mariners at Red Sox
DMZ · April 15, 2006 at 10:06 am · Filed Under Game Threads
10:20? What kind of a game time is that? I like to get my sleep on the weekends, it’s much easier on the constitution (I learned that from the Beastie Boys).
FSN.
Pineiro v Wakefield… Junkballer v Knuckleballer. In Fenway. This should be amusing.
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I’d pay extra just to never hear another Schick Shadel add on the radio.
But without Schick Shadel, how could we enjoy this?
My favorite Bill Bavasi quote from the recent Feed, on Scott Spiezio:
“That wasn’t an age issue. It was an a mental explosion issue.”
Wasn’t it implosion?
My notes say “explosion.” Are you sure you heard “implosion”? I’m planning to quote it in my column tomorrow.
So dating back to all of last year, Spiezio has three hits, all XBH?
100% of hits for XBH? Why didn’t we keep him? Guy’s got POWAH!
I have no idea. I don’t think it really matters.
“Implosion” makes more sense. “Explosion” is a funnier mental image. But making tough calls like that is why sports columnists get paid the big bucks.
Speaking of implosions…
AB: 42
H: 5
2B: 0
3B: 0
HR: 0
BA: .119
SLG: .229
OBP: .119
OPS: .348
Rich Aurilia looks like an all-star in comparison so far this season.
i am the good humor man
Anybody else at the feed hear “explosion” vs. “implosion”? I agree, it doesn’t really matter. But now I’m curious to know what others heard.
IF Beltre ends up never outperforming his 2005 numbers, where would his contract rank on the worst ever free agent signings list? What about on the Mariners’ worst deals list? Would this outrank Heathcliff?
14 million dollar gold glover.
#259: Aurilia:
Total: .219/.400/.200……
away from GABP: .154/.214/.231
I guess you could argue Aurilia is an upgrade but he’s also making a cool 1.3 mill this year….
Now tongue and cheek aside, here’s a serious comparison:
Reed’s major league numbers against lefties:
80 games, .195/.278/.265
#242: If you want to watch a Red’s game, you should do what I do…catch the video from FSN Ohio but turn down the sound and listen to the radio feed from 700 WLW…. the FSN Ohio guys are pretty much wastes of breath…. All it takes is hearing Marty Brenneman call one misplayed flyball to Dunn to become hooked on 700 WLW…
Re #259: how can you have a slugging percentage .110 above your batting average with no extra-base hits?
Beltre – a ground out/strikeout machine. Too bad these aren’t pitching stats:
Groundball: 45.7% | Strikeout: 31.4%
M’s still undefeated (now 5-0) with more than one hit in the first three innings….
Re: — the OBP and slugging numbers got transposed. But 800 or so more games with Beltre is starting to look like a really, really long slog. Surely unto God he’s got to at least get back to *last* year’s numbers pretty soon.
On the radio they were blathering on about how it’s impossible to sit Adrian down because only WFB can back him up, blah, blah, blah, and what if someone gets hurt… (obvious answer – you put AB in the game and move WFB wherever he needs to go), but the even more obvious move, that doesn’t involve sacrificing defense – dropping him down the order – was never even brought up. Idiots.
You know, when he’s using the splitter, Putz actually looks pretty damn good. 4 Ks in 1 2/3 probably helps that, but watching that thing drop, you can understand why all those guys are striking out.
#269 i was thinking it wouldn’t hurt him to spend some time in the 8 or 9 position. if he isn’t going to hit, treat him like a player who doesn’t hit.
besides, it will open some room for k-jo to move up.
From the ESPN player page for Kenji:
I was wondering what it’d be like to be a catcher while intoxicated
You could probably get to within a first approximation by going into a biker bar and making some comments about the biggest, hairiest guy’s momma.
The slower reaction time would suck…
Probably take many a ball off the coconut.
Getting hit in the coconut is almost as bad as getting hit in your cash and prizes.
Sheesh. The Rainiers have been rained out THREE straight nights now. In Fresno.
And on Todd Linden Bobblehead Night, yet.
I’ve noticed this with Pineiro over the past couple of years. When his velocity completely abandons him and he’s barely touching 86 mph with his fastball, he’s a much better pitcher.
I recall a game (I think in 2004) when Pineiro started the game with his usual low nineties velocity, and he had no control and he got hit. But within two innings the gun said he’d lost 10-15 mph off his pitches, and no one could hit him.
If Pineiro has a future, it’s as a finesse pitcher.
Say Jim T. in #255, my recollection is as Derek’s, Bavasi saying “implosion” at the Meet-‘n’-Greet in Spiezio’s case.
And I think it was true, his divorce &etc. unscrewed his head, he quit his band, got fat. Plus I still think he screwed up his back in camp ’04, and was never the same, either. Not that he was good, mind you, but all the wheels came off _and_ the radiator blew near simultaneously. Short of Dean Palmer, it’s hard to think of anyone else in years who made such a splash pattern on the way down the ladder.
BTW Jim, I’d trust your notes over my memory, and “explosion” would be a more natural quote from Bill B., but still my immediate recollection from the first mention in this thread was “implosion.”
I recall it being “implosion” as well. But I wasn’t taking notes, either.
I’ll go with “implosion.” Bill’s welcome to sue me for libel if he actually said “explosion.”
I went to the game in Boston…not gonna lie, kind of a boring game, but glad we came out on top. Lucky for us Boston decided to rest like half of its starters for this one, and we caught a few breaks in that 3-run inning. But Piniero looked pretty good once he settled down, and Putz looked REALLY good when he came in to relieve!
My word, is anyone else ready to see Everett cut? I, along with all of his teammates, hated this clown in Texas, Boston, and Chicago… why did Bavasi have to sign him? HE’S GARBAGE!
#285: Ehhh
Carl Everett is my favorite Mariner. He has edge.
“that’s insane..your stupid, you should sleep late..it’s much easier on your constitution.” – “but i don’t hang out with those guys, i have nothing to do with these dudes” – haha, classic Beastie Boys