Game 22, White Sox at Mariners
DMZ · April 25, 2006 at 6:47 pm · Filed Under Mariners
RHP v RHP Joel Pineiro. FSN.
The triumphant return to the lineup of Johjima! Wooooo! He’s still batting behind Beltre! Boooooo!
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Well, Beltre has been hitting better lately. He’s close to getting off ‘the interstate’ as Dave Valle is fond of saying.
I haven’t been able to see Reed hit this season so I was wondering, how’s he looking at the plate? Does it look like he’s improved over last season? And do you think he can still develop and improve?
Interesting to hear Hargrove on the pre-game talking about how all the great managers he played for, the best ones invariably played the best odds. How baseball is a game built on numbers, etc.
Interesting how different people can say that and mean completely different things. Or at least differ completely in what numbers are the important ones.
If that made no sense, please excuse me. I had a root canal today and will try to think very carefully before I post.
Made sense to me.
hey! an extraction for me, tomorrow… looking forward to my own incoherence.
Freddy was just interviewed by Shannon (“I am a family man now”) and ohmigod — his intonations, his pauses, his inflections– he’s turned into Christopher Walken.
well, Walken as played by the Venezuelan Jay Mohr.
The Washington Zephyr? Oh, my heart.
That is horrible…
Ok, see this is a perfect example of why people seem so anti-Bloomquist sometimes… It’s purely a reaction.
On the post game and today’s pregame, Willie gets about ten times the press time and praise for his steal then Betancourt gets for actually driving home the winning run. It’s crazy.
Now don’t get me wrong, I thought it was a great steal from a guy who I admire his ability to get the steal when everybody knows he’s going to. Not sure how he does it, except it seems he is totally fearless about laying himself out.
Anyway, “The Washington Zephyr”, Dave??? Really?
Bloomquist gets the front page pictures and dominates the articles… what’s a YuBet to do?
I gotta call BS on the whole “injured thumb” angle with Joh. The night before, in the Pre-Game Grover said that he was going to rest Joh Sunday and Yesterday..
Being a strict radio listener, the first 4 and a half innings are painful. I can’t even stand the voice of Rick Rizzs anymore.
is there a state in the 48 less likely to experience a zephyr?
What?
‘Willie Boom-Boom’ will not suffice?
/vomit
#8. Dave said it but I thought he was quoting Grover who had called WFB the WA Zephyr.
#9. Right you are, I remember him saying that.
Well, if you think of it in the context of baby talk: “Ah, baby Willikins make a boom-boom in the toidey!” it goes down a lot easier.
Instead of sitting Joh two games in a row, about how you find a time where there’s an offday, and only sit him once?
Is that too logical for this club?
#9 – is your suspicion that they were trying to justify starting Rene to showcase him as trade bait?
Rain Delay-
Re Joh’s thumb, not sure where I heard (or if I read about) him discussing his, but somewhere I saw Grover saying Joh denied that the thumb was an issue but he didn’t really believe him. It was clear, anyway, that Grover thought he could benefit from some rest and that his decision to give it to him was at least partially based on his subjective belief that Joh’s thumb is bothering him.
What the hell did Johjima do to get demoted in the order?
Bombast? (Niehaus) Is Ozzie coherent enough in English to be Bombastic?
Losing a no-no to MEN-cave-itch has to be rough…
Uribe needs to bare-hand that…
Ichiro breaks up the no-no!
17 – ah, that makes sense.
What the hell did Johjima do to get demoted in the order?
My guess is that it has to do with him being 2 for his last 18.
It seems like this ump really likes the high strike. A few of Joel’s pitches would have been strikes to most umps.
18. The rationale for moving Beltre down in the order was probably to help him build back his confidence. Now that he’s been hitting decently for a week, Grover’s stuck him back in his original spot.
In the Valle drinking game:
- I was talking to [x] before the ballgame
- I was talked to [x] yesterday before the ballgame
- I talked to [x] during batting practice
(etc)
= chug
Mispronunciation of ‘because’
= 1 shot
Speizio just hit another homerun. It must be that he dyed his beard goatee red…
How many f**king outs on the basepaths do we have to see before the Mariners reconsider this recklessness?
26 – I can’t drink so I’m just gonna break my vicidin into tiny pieces and pop one every time the M’s give away an out running the bases. Though that one was kind of rough.
How many f**king outs on the basepaths do we have to see before the Mariners reconsider this recklessness?
Having Ichiro steal on a 3-2 count or whatever is not extraordinarily reckless.
i hardly consider ichiro trying to steal reckless.
#28
As many as it takes to get Hargrove fired.
Yeah… there are plenty of things to get upset with Hargrove over. When you’re complaining against them sending Ichiro – with AJ behind the plate – well you’re just searching for anything to get pissed at him over.
here is my paraphrase of Hargrove in the papers today. He felt that Joh was not catching naturally because he was (perhaps unconsciously) protecting his thumb (“catching the ball carefully” was his phrase) and wanted him to sit a day more than his scheduled day off. There appeared to be some miscommunication about it with Joh, who seemed to feel he was being sat because Hargrove thought he was tired. After he was told it was because of the thunmb, like any good catcher he said the thumb wasn’t a problem.
I think a lot of people are going to be upset when Hargrove is fired and Rhon takes over and does a lot of the same things. He’ll likely still send Ichiro. He’ll likely still play the lefty-lefty mathchup game. He’ll probably put Bloomquist in occasionally. And the Mariners will still likely lose baseball games. Since we all wanted Hargrove gone and Rhon to be the manager, I suppose at that point we have to start calling for someone else to be fired.
Speizio just hit another homerun. It must be that he dyed his beard goatee red
taping a fuzzy caterpiller to one’s chin is not the same as a goatee.
Aurilia also had a couple of hits– there might actually be something to the oft-rumored difference between getting hits in the NL vs in the AL.
Valle: “Nowadays it seems like every time we go on a road trip we’re going east.”
As opposed to Valle’s playing days with the Hawaii-Tahiti-Sydney-Manila road trips.
you know, you can pick up some sweet Hawaiian shirts on one of those Western trips….
I’m just tired of it. I suppose it is ‘playing the percentages’.
w/r/t Hargrove and Rohn: it’s not the case that “we all” want Hargrove gone and Rohn installed. If anything, it’s:
- I’d like Hargrove fired
- Rohn will be hired
If you’re interested, when Melvin got fired in October 2004 we did a whole series of good articles on managerial candidates, including Rohn. He wasn’t my top choice.
There was a Hawaii team that was part of the PCL for years, but I think it was gone prior to Valle being in the minors.
someone called KJR this afternoon, pushing for Bobby Valentine….
#40
So,
Rohn > Grover
but by how much?
Yeah, I was reading back then and remeember the articles. I generalized a little up there, but I get the impression reading the comments here and other places that a lot of people think that Rohn will handle things a lot differently than Hargrove does and I very much doubt that’s the case.
Beltre doing what he does best.
…Making outs.
#26 &27 — Was going to switch to Gilmore Girls but if the drinking games are starting enough reason to watch.
I think it’s more that Rohn is not a polarizing figure among the players. You know what it’s like when they fire the manager that pisses everyone off. The next guy may not be a genius, but he’s easier to work for.
Valentine is actually a pretty good idea. He speaks Nihongo!
#40 – I remember that – when Dave first raised the possibility of Grover getting fired, I tried to find it… the same way I liked to look at the toy sections in the Sears Catalogs before Christmas.
But for the life of me I couldn’t figure out how to search the site anymore.
~
Hey, Beltre’s at bat was encouraging to me. A month ago there was no way he was making enough contact to have an 8 pitch at bat. Still looks ugly, but better.
#27 – I bet Speizio’s red goatee makes Bavasi’s pants tight.
Rene Rivera, Major League Catcher, would have thrown out the runner.
Mariners aren’t the only ones putting something in motion.
Pineiro just throw a meatball and it got crushed.
I think it’s more that Rohn is not a polarizing figure among the players. You know what it’s like when they fire the manager that pisses everyone off. The next guy may not be a genius, but he’s easier to work for.
Even if that’s the case, what does it matter to you and I, the fans? I don’t see anyone on here or in the newspapers complaining that the players hate him. We complain because he likes Bloomquist, because he refuses to use Sherrill against righties, because he platoons Reed … all things that it’s possible that Rohn will do as well.
For kicks, can we at least score first, just once? Pretty Please???
so, is it wrong to stop reading a baseball-related novel just because in the first few chapters you get irritated by the author for specifically setting the book in 1997 and having his rookie sign with Oakland, and then placing the A’s AAA affiliate in Tacoma? Or because he insists on referring to major league teams as the Oaklands, or The Seattles? The Red Sox (favorite team of one of the main characters) are never called The Bostons, however.
…crap
Who’s our 4 inning reliever again?
Screw the drinking game; Like Joel, I’m just gonna go get hammered…
Joel prefers not to be traded.
I think we may get to see Livingston tonight.
57. The hell? What are you reading?
62- My thoughts exactly.
What better incentive is there to force the boys to go outs and score 5+ runs?
Johjima’s a tough guy. That must have hurt like hell.
so I guess that was that one bad inning they refer to with Joel.
#63– Coyote moon, by John A. Miller “a novel of love, baseball, and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle”. The slipcover claims it will have me “laughing with delight and wondering to the very end”. Not so much.
#40–The format has changed. Was that the point. The archives are different (maybe)
Even if that’s the case, what does it matter to you and I, the fans?
You don’t think it matters? If they hate their jobs, chances are they’ll play a little less well.
I don’t see anyone on here or in the newspapers complaining that the players hate him.
Ichiro? Over the winter? Remember?
We complain because he likes Bloomquist, because he refuses to use Sherrill against righties, because he platoons Reed … all things that it’s possible that Rohn will do as well.
But we’re going to complain no matter who sits on the bench. Bobby Valentine will abuse the bullpen. Joe Torre will overuse his veterans. Tony LaRussa will be too gimmicky. Frank Robinson will play favorites and bunt way too much. Buddy Bell… there’s not enough time to list the wrongness of Buddy Bell.
Who knows? Maybe Rohn will be completely unsuited to the majors. But hey, isn’t he worth a shot? At least the players like him.
Did Pierzyski just pat Ichiro on the butt on his way to the batter’s box?
*baserunner in a rundown – Drink!
Be aggressive, be, be, aggressive!
When a team has a hard time getting runners on base in the first place, you’d have to think that keeping them there would probably be the best idea.
The slipcover claims it will have me “laughing with delight and wondering to the very endâ€Â. Not so much.
You sound… uncertain about the book.
*ducks*
If you drink everytime the announcers say something stupid or a baserunning blunder appears and you watch this team, you’ll be an alcoholic in no time.
I… think it’s time to start the bullpen.
Opposing leadoff homerun = drink.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the beautiful grace of…small ball.
I wish they would give you two stats on home runs: distance and time to landing. Wait, wait, and degree of awesomeness or back-breakiness
Wow was that pitch a meatball.
You won’t be an alcoholic, you’ll be dead by the 6th inning.
John in LA ==Ready to trade for your bottle of pills.
Hey! It’s Bobby Livingston!
Bullpen is active before the 5th inning = drink.
Contrasted by the stark effectiveness of….big ball?
You don’t think it matters? If they hate their jobs, chances are they’ll play a little less well.
If any baseball player hates their jobs, they should be shot. And I can’t imagine that motivation is really an issue with athletes either. Anyone who has ever competed in anything knows that it sucks to lose and even if they hate their coach, they don’t just throw in the towel.
But I agree – I’d like to see Rohn get a chance. He did a great job in Tacoma. I just hope people aren’t disappointed when they realize that we’re not losing because of Hargrove – we’re losing because of players.
Lopez appears to have decent range out there. I just wish he had Yuni’s arm.
Chaves looks like he needs a beer.
Hopefully the M’s finalized that potential Pineiro trade before this start……..my god, this is bad…….
Still, there’s a certain beauty watching Joel’s performance regress toward the mean. Statistics are such beautiful things.
Chaves: So, uh, is good Joel in there?
Pineiro: He can’t come out right now.
Chaves: Really? I just want to talk to him for a second.
Pineiro: No!
Chaves: Okay, I’ll come back later.
DMZ, lol. Did you have your parabolic listening dish pointed at the mound again?
#72– the feeling I had was that the author said to himself one day, gosh, I wish I was Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees. No wait! I wish I was like Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees, but with a much more impressive build, and the mathematical memories of Stephen Hawking coming into my mind at odd moments….
At least when the Mariners suck on Tuesdays I can flip it over to house at 9. Otherwise I’d need to give over to a higher power…
Was Joel ever actually good, or was it all just a small sample size figment of our collective imaginations?
After reading here and elsewhere about bunting, I am a true believer that early inning bunting is suicide. We had a man on first with no outs, one quick bunt later… a man on first with one out. Point to this, Mr. Hargrove?
There is no point, but Hargrove didn’t necessarily call for the bunt. You’d think if he did call for it, he would have also had Joh running on the play so that he could definitely make it to second base.
Aha, Dr. Livingston I presume.
Someone call Jim, Bobby’s a-rarin’ to get into this game.
How likely is it that Beacon Plumbing of Kent, Washington is going to drive up to Bellingham? Not at all? Extremely unlikely? It’s not as if there aren’t plumbers in Bellingham.
billt,
Do you mean that Reed did that on his own?
92. House? Are you serious??? Based on the commercials alone, I want to strangle that main character more than any other on television.
Good excuse to get Livingston into the game at least.
Welcome to the big leagues Bobby, meet Mr. Thome.
Do you mean that Reed did that on his own?
I’ve seen Reed bunt on his own already at least once this year.
As for House – very good show despite the fact that every episode is basically the same.
Whenever he retires, Jamie should become our pitching coach.
Rizzs sounds like he just about lost his toupee on that 3-2 curve.
Nice start kid. You need a nickname…how about ‘The Lynwood Lasher’?
106. He’s sweating like a pig so Little Chief?
That 73 MPH curve that Bobby threw there for the strikeout was one of the prettiest pitches I’ve ever seen. I’d actually rather see that than all the 101 fastballs ever thrown. Welcome to the big leagues, Ugly.
This is refreshing watching him pitch.
Welp.
Well… that confirms it. He’s definitely a Mariners pitcher.
I’ll shut up.
Honeymoon’s over.
I feel badly for all the unemployed lip readers in baseball now that every pitcher from t-ball up does the glove over the face thing during mound meetings.
I thought they were just covering up the stench of garlic fries.
Well cept for the tater, not to shabby. That hook to Thome was filthy.
Back to the Grover question. What are reasons to keep the guy?
How long has it been since Sexson looked good at the plate? Probably not as long as it feels like, but still.
Did Rizzs just say that Contreras was the best pitcher on the Sox staff last year? I think Buehrle might have something to say about that…
Back to the Grover question. What are reasons to keep the guy?
There probably aren’t many. The team is struggling and the manager is the easiest piece to change. But that’s definitely not the point I was getting at there. I just think it’s pointless to believe that Rohn is going to step in for Hargrove and do everything that we’d like to see done. He’s likely not going to do many things different than Hargrove – that was my only point.
What are reasons to keep the guy?
Compromising photos of Bavasi in the club hot tub with the Mariner Moose?
Ouch!
Pretty often the manager will take the downfall of poor performance, whether it’s their fault or not. It’s the easist thing to change, rather than a bunch of players.
Generally doesn’t make a huge difference, except for the sport of basketball, mid-season.
#92… try Criminal Minds on Wednesday. Good show.
Good. Too bad it didn’t get him in the arse more, though. He needs a kick there, Beltre.
123. Mid-season trades help too…
We have a .300 hitter once again!
It’s not as if there aren’t plumbers in Bellingham.
True, but it is Bellingham. Like Boulder, I don’t any of them could pass a drug test.
Is the “Fan of the Game” even watching the game?
I think Fan of The Game was enjoying her lovely mixed beverage more.
Is it me or does Rizz like to drop Norm’s name any chance he can get?
All time best mid-season coaching change has to be Lenny Wilkens for Bill Russell on the 1977-78 Sonics.
OK, I need advice. For the first two weeks, this year’s M’s looked like they’d at least be exciting to watch, even if they didn’t win a lot. No, not so much. This lack of offense is starting to resemble last year’s gnaw-off-your-own-hand brand of baseball. So, what team do I watch? I’ve got the Extra Innings package, and like to do an early season ‘draft-and-follow’ kind of play; pick a team, get familiar with them, and start watching as many of their games as I can.
Preferences are for a team in the east, so I can watch the early game, then the late M’s game (when both teams are at home). The last couple of years it’s been the Red Sox and Cardinals. The Cards are still a solid choice, but I’m thinking of going for some variety. Leading the pack right now are the Astros, as I’m a big Lance Berkman fan.
Thoughts anyone?
d’oh, Bobby’s lost the dish. Someone want to hook him up wtih Map Quest or something?
125 – Good that Beltre got hit? Really? o… k…
120 – Things I think we have a reasonable right to expect a new manager to change:
1. Cut baserunning gaffs in half. Changing this nonsensical aggression philosophy and replace it with a run smart philosophy.
2. Marginal improvement in bullpen usage. I agree that no one is ever going to agree with everything a manager does, particularly with the bullpen, but I think there is a little room for improvement here.
3. Marginal improvement to major improvement in the use of the bench/line-ups. The idea that Willie has had multiple starts and Petagine has had zero – even when the DH is sitting, is pretty hard to justify. I think Hargrove is too rigid with lefty/righty and too predictable and boxed-in with his bench use.
I will say that Hargrove has cut down on some of the things that were driving me crazy, but the baserunning nonsense has got to stop. And I’m not talking about steals.
Here’s something that has always bothered me…
The DH isn’t mentioned in the Bible, why is Carl Everett playing that position?
And…………… I’ve closed my mlb.tv window.
“Konerko’s a great fastball hitter”
“Well, it’s a good thing Livingston doesn’t have a great fastball!”
Not gonna lie to you, that didn’t go as well as I had hoped.
Foppert called up for a few innings in the next few days?
I just glanced at the Sox’ side of the box score for the first time this series and what jumps out at me is 6 straight hitters, from Iguchi to Crede, hitting .319 or better. No wonder they’re 13-6 so far.
I’ve been to Ireland. I never saw a bottle of Corona the whole time I was there. Ditto England.
Heck, I had trouble finding a taco in England. I made them one night. My roommate tried eating them with a knife and fork.
“Nah, kid, you didn’t screw the pooch. Pooch was already dead by the time you got there.”
How brutal is it to have an ERA near 5 with opposing batters hitting .186 off you?
For some reason this is all looking like September to me.
I seem to remember the Marlins improving after a midseason managerial change a couple years ago……..
I’m setting the over/under on how many times Rizzs will talk about how the M’s never give up at 3.
143. That’s exactly what I was thinking. I know Lawton’s suspension caused some kinks, but it seems like management had no plan in place for what the roster would look like.
Also, is it just me or is Johjima struggling with throwing runners out? I’m wondering if proof of the thumb thing being legit is reflected in his attempt to pick the runner off on third earlier.
Crede is turning into a good little player. Props.
can we get the team some of those new shoes Kevin Mench is wearing?
134, I say yeah, bean him in the backside and see if it brings out any power in his bat. Jobu’s rum isn’t working.
Think we can put Petagine in to DH the rest of the game for some ABs?
I think more than 10 hours a week spent staring at a scoreboard that says ‘Mariners 0′ makes you stupid. Or maybe you were just stupid to start with.
#146– it’s Johjima’s left thumb
Embarrassing.
I think Sexson is on pase to strike out like 200 times.
you know it’s bad when it is only the 7th and the opposing team is already pinch-hitting Widger for Thome
And in today’s Glass Half Full category:
No Eddie Guardado appearance in the ninth to blow the 11-0 deficit.
I got a good feeling about this game.
Ok, maybe that’s the painkillers talking.
RALLY TIME!!!!
Man, Everett is a punk. On 3-0 counts he just stands there and stares at the pitcher.
A couple of quick touchdowns, and the game is ours!!
Evidently the pitcher agreed with me.
We need to het at least 1!
I mean “get”…woohoo!
The tying run is on third!
*he has to score and go through the line-up and score again to tie it, but still, the tying run is on third!
Two grand slams and we’re within 2!
Hey fans, don’t swell on the current score. Remember last night? Wasn’t that great? Here’s some highlights.
Okay, the “Kalakala Kruiser” is at bat.
I got yer scrappy groundout right heah!
Ooh, sac fly to deep center – oh crap, 2 outs…
DMZ – I guess we should be glad they are only going back 24 hours to distract us instead of 11 years.
Baby steps.
Well, at least that ’0′ on the scoreboard’s not draining my IQ points anymore.
“Good things just happen when Willie’s in the game”
Uh…yeah…for the other team!
Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s our Best Defensive Center Fielder!
It’s “catch a home run ball” night at Safeco. I wish they’d announced it in advance, they might have gotten some more fans to show.
“It bounced past Bloomquist….”
After he misjudged it by about 50 feet.
If you have Extra Innings, or something that allows you to watch other games, you should switch over to the Dodgers / Astros game – they’re in the 14th inning!
Everybody, look on the brightside:
Now our actual record is closer to our Pythagorean record! We aren’t “underperforming” in that regard anymore!
#132: Preferences are for a team in the east, so I can watch the early game, then the late M’s game (when both teams are at home).
Problem with the Cards and the Astros is that they are both in the Central Time zone. Early return have the Mets looking interesting. Alternatively, you can just watch the Yankees and root against them.
matt2500 (#132) wrote:
Maybe, except that Lenny replaced Bob Hopkins (not Russell, though IIRC he is Russell’s cousin), and it wasn’t midseason, it was 22 games in (the Sonics were 5-17, and then went 42-18 under Lenny, losing the NBA Championship in a 7th game to the Washington Bullets).
This is sad:
White Sox
BATTING
2B: Iguchi (4, Pineiro), Konerko (7, Livingston, B).
3B: Gload (1, Woods).
HR: Konerko (6, 3rd inning off Pineiro, 1 on, 1 out), Crede (4, 4th inning off Pineiro, 0 on, 0 out), Dye 2 (5, 5th inning off Livingston, B, 0 on, 2 out; 8th inning off Woods, 1 on, 0 out), Iguchi (2, 7th inning off Woods, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Podsednik 3; Iguchi 6; Thome 2; Konerko 6; Gload 3; Dye 8; Pierzynski 2; Crede 4.
RBI: Iguchi 4 (11), Konerko 3 (19), Crede (16), Dye 3 (17), Thome (21), Pierzynski (5).
2-out RBI: Dye; Thome; Konerko; Pierzynski; Iguchi 2.
Mariners
TB: Suzuki 2; Lawton; Johjima.
RBI: Beltre (4), Johjima (11).
#177: … Dodgers / Astros game – they’re in the 14th inning!
Yeah, you gotta love that NL game where they walk the bases loaded to get to the pitcher’s spot, knowing there are no pinch hitters left.
Ok, that’s the fourth Mariner they’ve plunked.
I say we open the top of the ninth with Felix… just so he can throw a 99 mph at someone’s butt, then sit back down.
Everybody, look on the brightside
Yeah, in retrospect, Piniero’s outing’s starting to look better and better.
Yeah, you gotta love that NL game where they walk the bases loaded to get to the pitcher’s spot, knowing there are no pinch hitters left.
So it worked out, but I don’t know if it was really a good decision, walking the bases full in the top of the inning in a tied game just doesn’t feel right.
Ya know, it was a pretty fun game tonight in Tacoma. Grizzlies tied, then went ahead top of the ninth, Rainiers come back to win it in bottom of 9. Final: 5-4.
So far, I’m not missing those Ms season tickets, I gotta say.
(and on that topic, I was thinking tonight on the drive home from Cheney, that the announced attendance at Safeco will never be lower than 15K this year, if that’s how many season ticket holders there are. whether they show up or not).
Holy cow… 0-1? That was a strike on Lawton?
So, wanta go home, do you, ump?
DW – the English will eat anything with a knife and fork. For a real laugh try feeding them corn on the cob.
As for Corona and Tacos you should no longer have much bother finding both in any branch of Tesco.
So it worked out, but I don’t know if it was really a good decision, walking the bases full in the top of the inning in a tied game just doesn’t feel right.
I’m guessing you are mostly an AL fan. The so-called pinch hitter was Odalis Perez, who had a lifetime OBP of .149 coming into the game. (That OBP makes Bloomquist look like Manny Ramirez.) There was an 85% chance that the Astros’ decision to load the bases wouldn’t burn them.
I have really grown to hate the NL game ever since I watched the Giants IBB Pokey Reese with 2 outs to get to Pedro Martinez’ spot in the lineup. Pokey F. Reese!
A scoreless inning! I though it would never come.
Boone Logan? Gameday doesn’t even have his picture.
Astros win in 14.
And back to the M’s game just in time to see Willie pad his stats in garbage time.
Willie’s batting .294.
I’m now boycotting this game and reacquainting myself with a bottle of Charles Shaw shiraz. 1/6th the price of a 300 level ticket, and more reliable fun.
Well, that was….. fun.
#194: .294 thanks to a 1 for 2 in garbage time.
I’m guessing you are mostly an AL fan. The so-called pinch hitter was Odalis Perez, who had a lifetime OBP of .149 coming into the game. (That OBP makes Bloomquist look like Manny Ramirez.) There was an 85% chance that the Astros’ decision to load the bases wouldn’t burn them.
I am mostly an AL fan, but I also know that Perez is really bad. I guess I didn’t notice that the pitchers’ spot had moved all the way up to 6th in the order, so they were walking Kent and Garciaparra rather than the 7th and 8th hitters in the lineup. My thing is just that even if Kent or Nomar burn you, they don’t burn you like having the bases loaded can burn you. And seeing Kent hitting .200 and Nomar hitting .231 so far this season doesn’t really strike fear into my heart, either. Odalis Perez is an awfully extreme case, I guess.
This game, btw, was the talk of the barbershop today.
as in, boy that sucked? oddly enough, it was also a main topic of conversation during our divisional “Administrative Professionals Day” party. I believe the words ‘cursed’ and ‘torment’ both came up.
sadly, I missed most of KJR’s Wednesdays With Willie, but did tune in in time to hear a caller who (if possible) was even more of a crawler than Rizzs … he just really admired how WFB brought enthusiasm and hustle to absolutely everything he did on the field… but his main point in calling was to ask what could be done about the hitting, which lead to Willie to talk about how he fels that Jeff Pentland is the best hitting coach he’s ever been around — that Pentland could break down a swing with great specificity, and then present it to the hitter in very simple terms…
For your viewing pleasure last night’s game is being rebroadcast on FSN this afternoon. Not certain when it started but 6th inning at 2 PM.
FSN would have been better off scheduling “Paid Programming”….