Game 60, Twins at Mariners
DMZ · June 6, 2006 at 6:04 pm · Filed Under Game Threads
At last, a major league ballgame. I’m not going to say anything about missing out on Andrew Miller, instead I’m just going to enjoy tonight’s game.
LHP Francisco Liriano v LHP Felix Hernandez. 7:05 etc etc.
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Gameday says Bloomquist in CF, and Morse in DH. Isn’t there some Aussie dude down in Tacoma who could DH?
You might not, but I am looking forward to reading what Dave has to say about todays gaffe.
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I think he can play CF too.
Great gravy. Morse and Bloomquist? Again?
It’ll be interesting to see if the Mariners have learned yet to back off their establish-fastball policy with pitchers. KOMO had a piece about how Dan Rohn, who’s been charting every pitch, recently showed his pitchers the results of his research  detailed breakdowns on what happens on every pitch count.
I’m looking forward to seeing the left-handed King Felix pitch. Because, you know, the right-handed version wasn’t doing so well.
Great, Mut and Jeff in the lineup tonight.
Hopefully Rohn will have someone to take over charting those pitches for him once he starts his new position in a week or two.
Maybe Bloomquist could do it from the bench. We need someone gritty charting pitches.
Rohn had not only breakdowns on every pitch count, but every pitch by type. It HAS to be obvious at least to him that “establishing the fastball” just isn’t working.
If he’s as good as we’ve heard.
The more we see Morse at DH, the less likely Everett sticks around.
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It not *good* gravy, it’s GRAVY that we get to see both Morsey and Will-Blow in the OF. Woo-hoo(!) For grit! Felix better keep down, and miss some bats.
I don’t know if anyone has ever played Strat-O* but that’s “5″ in left, and a “4″ in center.
*(They don’t adjust defense for park effects/and SP type i.e. GB FB)
Remember, Everett is more than halfway to seeing his 2007 option automatically vest.
Fortunately, his bat is slumping. Unfortunately, Hargrove sees that as no reason to keep from writing his name on the lineup card.
EDIT
I guess A-Rod (mark II) is the DH…
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Hargrove isn’t signing his paycheck. Though what better arguement could you give the powers that be to drop Thump and go with The Thunder from Down Under.
Did he not learn anything from the defenseive disasters last time?
Lord, I tire of this man. And, today, of the organization.
And how can any self-respecting reporter interview Fontaine today and NOT ask about Miller.
God, the press are such toe-sucking lackeys in Seattle.
Does Matt Morrison have a central nervous system? His facial expression is always the same…
Good night so far for Travis Blackley … 5 innings, 6 Ks, 8 groundball outs. San Antonio is up 2-1 in the sixth. I have to think he’s just about ready for Tacoma again ….
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He kinds looks like Howard Dean. At least Dean can get trough a given sentence without tying his tounge in knots.
Wow, the front rows look like a damn ghost town.
3 pitches, 3 fastballs.
I am restructuring my religious beliefs around Felix’s change-up.
A curve!
20: YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a beautiful start.
That was nasty.
He is keeping the ball down. Fairly must be doing handsprings.
I like it when Dave N. talks like my grandfather.
3-1 count to Mauer on 4 straight FBs. Perfect spot for a change.
3 pitches, 3 fastballs.
But that third one had some drop in it.
And he is mixing in the change. Things are looking better.
29: In all fairness, everyone has been talking about the whole 06/06/06 thing, and no one is talking about D-Day.
Fastball. Shocker.
32- I was being totally sincere, actually.
34: I didn’t realize that.
I love how Felix gets 2 quick outs and then loads the bases.
Why is it they let him throw junk when no one’s on, but it’s a steady diet of fastballs with runners on?
WHEW.
Geez. This is like seeing someone you love keep going back to an abusive spouse.
36: Because Johjima will make no one forget about Dan Wilson’s defensive prowess.
35 – I like Dave alot. And I think he’s great when he’s talking about something important to him. And I’m a big fan of people playing the old man card anyway – particularly about something like D-Day.
40: I agree. Actually, I just celebrated D-Day by slaughtering several Germans in Call of Duty 2.
YEA BABY!!!! It’s all over. MORSE IS STARTING. I predict 2 hits (one for extra bases) and 1 walk. Very possibly a couple of errors at the DH position.
It looks like the all-star game’s going to be the Red Sox and Yankees vs. the Cardinals.
Ichiro makes the M’s watchable.
DO NOT BUNT JOSE
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To cut back on the SBs.
Hargrove must make Lopez bunt here.
NO BUNT NO BUNT NO BUNT NO BUNT NO BUNT NO BUNT
Wow. All we had to do to turn beltre into a real hitter was move him into the 2 spot.
That makes it 9/27 with about a 1.000 OPS
Quiet! He can hear you!
Glimmer of hope for Beltre?
Let’s see if Hargrove A) bunts Lopez and or B) tries to run us out of this inning.
Oh for the love of christ, Hargrove.
Let the guy who’s in a career slump swing away, and have your leading RBI guy bunt.
Are there any other managers f@$@#@in stupid enough to bunt with their #3 hitter in the first inning????
That’s it – Hargove is off my happy list
Okay, let’s do the “Would you trade them straight up?” game:
2B: Castillo for Lopez? Nope.
LF: Kubel for Ibanez? Maybe in two years, but not today.
C: Mauer for Johjima: Yes.
CF: Hunter for Bloomquist: Gee, I dunno ….
RF: Cuddyer for Ichiro!? No.
1B: Morneau for Sexson? Yes.
DH: R. White for Mors?: I hesitate only because White makes too much money for what he is.
3B: Batista for Beltre? No.
SS: Castro for Betancourt? No.
we start out with runners on first and second with nobody out and Hargrove manages us into a big zero. AAAAAAGGGHHHH!!!!
Ladies and gentlemen, the 29th-best team in baseball, your Seattle Mariners!
I can only hope that, every game after grover has lopez bunt, someone asks him why.
Quite honestly, I feel like those bunt attempts are at best half-hearted. Jose must be in shock when he gets those signs.
59, i wouldn’t be surprised if he’s going for 2 strikes just so he can swing. It’s basically insulting – “Yes, you’re the best hitter on the team right now, and you absolutely rake with runners on, but we’re going to make you bunt”
Oh yeah, ask Morse how to hit him. Good call.
Willie vs. Liriano = natural selection.
THERE WE GO. My prediction starts out rollin, walk down, two hits to go.
Man, everything Morse does annoys me. I really hate that guy. Can we seriously not find someone better?
I want everybody to go back and look at comment 42, it’s gonna happen
yea Bender, I hate it when a guy gets on base over 50% of the time too.
So that’s why Rohn has been showcased in multiple articles and TV spots lately. Prepping the fans for the move?
why do these Jake’s bunt? have none of them read Moneyball? Bill James anyone?
68: This team is not built around the Moneyball philosophy. Therefore I don’t think that Hargrove feels the need to manage that way.
So the pitch Felix is throwing 83-85mph is his curve, right? Hard to tell the curve vs. the change.
I’m sensing another game thread locked in frustration.
69: I’m not trying to defend Hargrove there.
We drafted Austin Bibens-Dirkx today.
I sense many game threads locked in frustration for years to come.
Shouldn’t the home plate umpire always appeal to the first base umpire on a check swing? For some reason, I can’t stand it when the home plate umpire makes that call.
I’m not sure what every one is complaining about, Willie-Morse-YuBet sounds like murderer’s row to me!
Anyone else agree that Batista is the Jim Presley of today?
Wow, felix works out of it. I was fearing the worst there.
What was the pitch that Cuddyer struck out on?
You’re right Pablotg, this team definatly isn’t built around the Moneyball philo. Unlike Oakland, Seattle has money, they just don’t know how to spend it.
One curve or change (I am about as bad as Niehaus calling pitches) that Joe Mauer spanked (man, he’s good), but otherwise more unhittable offspeed stuff as far as I could see that inning. Is this Dan Rohn’s influence?
That’s it. I’m going into Biotech instead of computer science. I want to clone myself a handful of Ichiros!
You know, no matter how bad the team is playing, or how utterly stupid Hargrove can be, I still love watching Ichiro lean over and whack the pitch into the outfield.
Ichie runs and we’re swinging at the FIRST PITCH? Shouldn’t he have at least ONE pitch to steal before Beltre flails away?
Hargrove: “Hey guys, Beltre’s been hitting good(sic) lately, let’s kill his at bat with a hit and run.”
And yes, I did just deliberately put a grammatical error into a quote I imagined that Hargrove said. That may be unfair, but I don’t really care.
75 – Totally agreed. Now all he needs is a maternal abuse case and he’ll be Presley’s illegitimate son.
Um, did the M’s bat out of order? Tell me that Lopez didn’t even get his chance to bunt.
Good question Kourve. I think Jose followed the team philosophy of swinging at the first pitch in every circumstance and thus went out before the announcers knew what was happening, lol
thats what $12.8 million per year gets you, a middle of the road defensive 3rd baseman who can’t hit
9 pitches – 3 groundball outs. I like the good King.
I would like to suggest that this is a fine moment to attempt to bunt the runner over.
Look at that fine out.
Especially since Bloomquist is one of the few on the team who seems to be able to get the damn thing down.
Hopefully he will have a better career than McDonald did.
How would you feel about managing the M’s?
I feel like Grover is making them bunt as punishment.
“OK guys we are going to bunt until you all learn I am the manager and when I say bunt, you bunt.”
Morse!
He stroked that like Payrod did.
Morse just CRUSHED that…although still didn’t go out like the announcers were so sure it was.
WHOOOOOOOAAAA!!!! I’M 2 FOR 3
Dammit. Awesome hit from Morse, but did big708 have to be right?
SEE COMMENT 42, MORSE IS THE MAN!
The old Morse would have hit that ball out/
91: HOW DARE YOU JOSE LOPEZ IS OUR BEST BUNTER AND HE WILL BUNT IN EVERY SINGLE BUNTING SITUATION
Also, I think Morse should DH. I really do think that.
Look, I buy the whole antibunt philosophy as espoused here. But with Bloomquist at the plate and the (til Morse) lack of runs in the game, it seemed pretty defensible. Unlike most of the Lopez situations.
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Hopefully Grover won’t find a way to prove you right on the 3rd one.
Betancourt has a lot of potential but has been a terrible situational hitter in his brief career. Last at bat duely noted.
Good lord, aren’t you just a tad annoying, thebig. We really don’t care.
3 run homerun
Okay, 2 run dinger.
Awesome! Only Ichie sparks that much confusion on a play like that getting us that MUCH needed run!
Just caught some of that footage of Morrow. His motion looks like a shoulder injury waiting to happen. He puts way too much torque on his shoulder, sure it helps him keep the ball down but he’s a total injury risk IMO.
Hey, Lopez might actually get to swing in the 5th!
110 He got shut down last year because his shoulder couldn’t take the 95+ fastballs.
If an alleged blue chipper has “Mariners” by the team name that drafts him, the injury clock has already started tickin’
Funny how of ALL of our high draft picks that were pitchers, Mike Moore is one of the very few that never had injury problems. Granted there were times us old school M’s fans wished he’d visit the DL ocassionally, lol
Beltre’s got a good arm. Maybe he pitch for us instead.
Unfortunately, Joe Mauer is showing why he earned my All-Star vote tonight.
Good to see we’ve made some effective adjustments against Mauer…sigh
STRESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I feel better. Not much, but slightly.
Annoying? I’m not sure what you’re talking about
According to Rick Rizzs, Hochevar’s agent is Scott Boros. And Rizzs thinks “Boros” made a big mistake having Hochevar hold out so that he could be the #1 pick.
I enjoyed that caught stealing a lot. A strike ‘em out, throw ‘em out, run ‘em over double play.
So is this a pitcher’s duel? What actually qualifies as a pitcher’s duel?
Rizzs thought that ball took a funny route bouncing over the fence. What exactly does that mean?
Beautiful baserunning again. Argh.
Nice baserunning to get Willie to 2nd in Johjima’s place.
Yeah, great baserunning. Instead of men on first and second, we have a guy on second with one out.
Run ‘em over dp, lol
Kenji may have set the world’s record for longest time in a pickle by a freakin’ catcher!
If there ever wasa time that WFB should’ve bunted…
Aggressive outmaking.
I was joking. But how would we have had men on first and second? Will-Blow would have been out at 1st if Johjima stayed put.
Kenji is supposed to go on a ground ball to the right side.
It is amazing how Valle is rationalizing that play.
he should have bunted, but him stealing third was much better than him being out at first with joji at 2nd
Are Rick and Dave living in reality or what? Great baserunning my foot. This crap of having a better and faster baserunner is just that, c-r-a-p.
Gritty, man. Gritty.
It shows that Rizzs watches the tv monitor instead of the game in front of him. The path of the ball looked slightly odd and the left fielder played it like it was a home run. However it only looked that way from the LF camera. No way it looked weird from the press box seats.
Bloomy scores inspite of Morse…and himself earlier, lol
And here comes Morse’s fluffer…
I just vomited in my mouth.
Well, he didn’t get the single yet, but he does have his 2nd RBI
Crap. Now we’ll see more of this.
The “Energizer Bunny”?
Gritty baserunning by the ignitor
Q: What’s the home plate dirt like when Willie Bloomquist scores?
A: Gritty!
Thank you, I’ll be here all season.
Now we get to listen to the ignitor references for the rest of the night.
Rizzs is going to need a new pair of pants.
fluffer, dude, that’s disgusting
I think everytime they say the word ‘ignite’ in accordance with WFB, the word of the day music from Pee Wee’s Playhouse should play.
Mauer apparently prevents steals as well as he makes outs hitting
Rizzs has a sexual man-crush on Bloomquist.
omg a sb is worthless, bloomquist sucks, him being on third there was meaningless.
Oh wait……..
If I could throw tomatoes at your right now Lauren, I would.
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LOL…Rizzs seems “sweet” on several M’s
I wonder if that meant he like Rick Sweet from days past?
in case anyone is wondering, MORSE IS THE BEST BATTER ON THE M’S PATHETIC TEAM (except for Ichiro)
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Almost as bad as Michael Scott’s man crush on the temp.
Um, WFB just:
1. Made it to second safely while Jojima was hung up (which wasn’t his fault).
2. Stole third successfully.
3. Scored successfully.
Um, props to him. Not that this makes him great, but he performed well there.
Hmmmmm. 6/6/06, and the KJR listeners have made it to the board.
It really is the end of the world.
Admittedly that was a REALLY nice play by Batista to get Ichie. Maybe he and Jim Presley really weren’t separated at birth
where is Rivera, he needs to get out there to prove me right yet again
155: I was wondering if Myspace found us from Corco’s blog.
stop bashing Bloomie, my god think about the alternative: JR and his terrible frosted lettuce… WHY DID I JUST SEE EG ON THE SCREEN?
Rivera is languishing away on the bench when he should be playing EVERY day at AAA imho
We better watch out. We might actually hold and and win this thing if we aren’t careful, lol. We need to make sure no one wakes up Hargrove until the last out is made.
#158:
Heh. Derek needs to bring his nuke button here, and fast.
PLEASE GOD, PLEASE DON’T LET GUAR IN THE GAME. STRIKE HIM DOWN.
I would rather see Ayala comeing out of the bullie
Felix is a groundball machine today.
#151… not to mention the way “Uncle Rick” acts around the Junior Broadcaster.
It is time for the M’s to give that bum Guar the Boone treatment. “You suck, we’d rather pay you to sit at home and eat doritos than play for us.”
Whoa, Beltre with warning track power… supprising.
7 IP and exactly 100 pitches… sit down, Felix, you done good.
Felix’s ERA: 5.32
Randy Johnson’s ERA: 5.33
Is the torch passed? FIND OUT IN THE TOP OF THE 8TH!
Of COURSE that ball by Beltre didn’t go out.
I run a blog devoted to all things Beltre, and as luck would have it I haven’t heard ONE of his four home-runs hit live.
Bunt Jose, Bunt
The Ignitor would have hit that one in the gap.
Felix is at 100 pitches does Hargrove send him out for the 8th?
Lopez walks???? Are they sure
RAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUL
If the alternative is EG I’d rather let The King pitch one more inning. Of course, I’d rather let Grover pitch if the only alternative is the worst pitcher in baseball, Guardado.
I hate how badly the offense drops from the 4 to 5 spot in our lineup
will Sexson keep the hit parade a-marchin’?
Something bad has happened to ussmariner the last 2-3 days. I thought the number we had to watch out for was 666, but it seems to be a different 3-digit number.
Runner on 2nd and one out…
How is Richie going to make the final out for the fourth time, lol?
He does he does…………. nooooooooooooooo!
Damn, that was a nice catch.
Wow nice catch by their RFer
God, Rizzs going on about being a wide-eyed doe in the clubhouse makes me sick.
BTW, one hell of a catch.
Shouldn’t someone called thebig708 be a Cubs fan? When I lived in the 708, that’s what virtually everyone around me was…
Since when can’t starting pitchers go a little over 100 pitches? Should we really be that worried?
The organization has been zealous about pitch counts at every level and we still get 99% of our alleged blue chippers injured, right?
I say LEAVE HIM IN!!
Amen, Ralph. As someone who very rarely contributes anything of substance, I feel that big708 & buddies are making the rest of us look bad. Or wait, maybe I’m looking good by comparison. Sweet!
A friend of mine who’s into amateur scouting told me about two years ago that he thought Mauer was the next Ted Williams — a guy who could hit .400 before all is said and done. My buddy was fairly confident in his assertion, too. I’m not saying he’s right, but everytime I watch Mauer hit, I can see how he would think that. He just keeps getting better and better, and he’s turning into one of the most interesting hitters to watch in baseball. Good for the Twins, because they certainly need the offense from somewhere.
Ichiro lifetime stats: .333/.379/.441
Bloomquist lifetime stats: .265/.315/.341
That’s why.
I hear Hargrove is going to get his own FOX reality show, “So You Think You Can Bunt.”
Plus, I really doubt that if Ichiro hit into a force play and then managed to make it to second on the rundown that anyone here would be profusely praising him.
Can anyone tell me when Maeur was drafted, and what city he’s from?
hey folks, we can’t get into verbal confrontations here, I’ll get booted again
185: Ichiro is smarter than Willie. Willie runs himself out as often as he “makes something happen”.
But like I said before, he did well to score that run. He’s still Not A Starter, Dammit, but he did well there.
Maeur? who is Maeur?
and 708 isn’t an area code you clown
Lauren:
I think he meant he manufactures runs for the opposing teams with his shoddy fielding.
WFB is a ‘tough little out’
[fucking up the formatting]
Wille just provided exhibit A as to why some don’t cut him much slack.
197: you mispled “frequent”
191. He’s from St. Paul I think.
188- At least WFB has a higher career sluging % then Ichiro’s career BA!
i never meant he was ichiro, but he did create that run while nobody other than ichiro would have. Yet, noone mentions that. Funny how biases work. All seahawks fans think we got screwed in the superbowl, and all “smart” mariners fans can’t even cheer bloomie. Funny how life works.
Woods, Mateo, Soriano, Sherrill, Green, and that fat overpaid 5+ era chump Guardado, and he goes with Guar
FIRE Grover now!
and here comes EG
I admit a Big Sigh as well, Dave….
So why didn’t ya want Eddie Gas Can in there, lol?
Well, hopefully we just saw the return of good Felix. Still not as absolutely overpowering as we saw him last year, but still damn good.
Wow. Just wow. Hook please.
Huh, Eddie gave up the long ball. Whoda thunk?
Welcome to the ballgame, Captain Longball
#*&#$%)&!@*&_%&(*&$@)&(*^_(#*^(&#_^!#^*#$*^_)($*$&*^&(#*^+)(!*%+(@$+!)!
doesn’t EG know the game’s supposed to be tied before giving up hoemrs like that?
SURPRISE SURPRISE
I can hear it on Sportscenter tonight. “How often does someone make a great play in the field and then come up to bat in the next inning and hit a home run?”…
hook hook hook
2006. The year of the Guardado Moonshot.
Eddie needs to be moved to the mopup role in the pen.
Hahahaha, nice view of Hargrove dozing on the bench.
Warm up fast please.
I’m going to fight Grover if I see him
is this fore guar’s confidence?
why is JJ up now? he’s the closer Grover you damn fool
DFA Guardado. NOW.
Mauer is incredible. And Eddie stinks on ice.
comedy comedy comedy
Anyone care to read or respond to 184 again…hmmmm?
Someone should give Guardado a hotfoot to take his mind off of his performance.
Indiesnob, I have Aaron Gleeman’s top 50 prospects of 2004 archived and Mauer was number one that year. He was picked number 1 overall as a local player by the Twins. He turned down an FSU football scholarship (QB) to sign with the Twins. I don’t have the link but I saved the article as a text file and can email it to you if you are interested.
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Thanks for making it so we have to scroll to the right to read posts now.
Is sucking enough of a reason to move Eddie to the DL? I mean it’s like a injury, right?
why the hell is guardado pitching in a 3 run game.
Grove says “Good outing Guar, + innings pitched, 1 earned (but it barely eeked out), 2 hits. Atta boy.”
Theres the Eddie we know!!!!!!!!!!
I think the technical term is “stick a fork in him…”
184 – Because people like round numbers. Like the metric system.
So let me get this straight:
We have a former closer who can’t close and a left handed relief pitcher who can’t get out lefthanders?
I give up. Someone tell me why we still have Eduardo Guardado.
Even if the Twins loose, they are going to have the last laugh due to Eddie
Great, I just get in to see Eddie give up a HR and a hit then get taken out. Some outing, huh?
226. Nope. Search is your friend.
It was a good thing to pull Felix while his outing was still good: he’s had a bunch of bad starts, and I’d be concerned with keeping his confidence up. No need to risk things going bad as he tires.
But I wouldn’t have brought in Eddie.
#228
Heh, sorry. I was being a smartass, seeing as how many times the announcers have told us where he was from, and when he was picked.
Ugh, now their CATCHER is stealing on us too?
When did Kenji start throwing sidearm? That’s the second time I’ve seen him do it.
Julio HOME RUN Mateo gets Hunter out on a nice pitch! Will it last?
We’d have one of the better bullpens in the AL if they could just cut Eddie!
Sucking may not be a medical condition worthy of the dl, but it is worthy of being designated for assignment
maybe hes trying to be fancy who knows with this team!
242 – Mauer had 13 swipes last year, so that’s nowhere near as insulting as say, Bengie Molina stealing on Kenji.
Oh look, Grover IS awake. I figured he had to have been, with the game going into the abyss…once again
Maybe Diet Pepsi can close for us.
Sherrill? Ya think? His era is around 2, but still with EG
# 250 – that was a good one but who knows its better then Eddie!
So I come home from the office, put on the tv and the first thing I see is Eddie giving up a hr… almost ruins a decent Felix outing for me
Trying to decide whether to take out big708 or Howie Long first.
OK, four pitchers in an inning is a bit much when you’ve only faced four batters. Here’s where I’d favor a rule change, to speed things up.
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Oh that awful “thanks a lot, I just got home from work and THIS is what I get” feeling! I know it oh so well, being a LONG time M’s fan, lol
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I choose Howie! Is there anything remotely as irritating as hearing about “torque” 157 times a game?
Take them out at the same time with the Chevy. Heh.
Puting Putz in right now leads to this question: whay wasn’t he in 2 batters ago?
Mmmm george with a K. Tasty.
Maybe Grover is going to figure out the more time Eddie spends on the mound, the faster he is going to get the gate…..
Can’t happen soon enough
257, lol
With the Geico Cavemen driving!
you da man, putz!
I’ll have the roast duck with the mango salsa
i’m guessing that EG comes down with a wicked case of Icantpitchitis and gets tossed on the 15 dayer
Huh. I was thinking “is Sherrill really so bad against righties that you can’t give him the occasional extra batter?” But according to the splits, he kind of is that bad. .069 BAA for lefties and .333 for right-handers this year (29 and 27 ABs). Ouch.
In hindsight, this post having taken a few minutes to write, Putz clearly the best choice.
Crain’s era is 6.66…is this an “Omen?”
Crain’s ERA is 6.66 on 06/06/06 and Carl is here to exorcise.
261.- And it’d be pretty ironic if Morse was riding shotgun.
‘That thing got a hemi?’
oh calm down you people, nobody will be taking me out
Is anyone else seeing wierdness with the tables? Word wrap seems to be disabled to me.
265 (in keeping with the Geico theme)
Next time, do a little research!
Morse has had a nice game tonight….why not let him hit against the Twins meatball pitcher?
Is it just me or does anybody else HATE the way that Crl Everet swings when he is up there, its like he just flal at it????
well, I’ll be. Morse has two rbi and a double, lets pull him. Good thinking Grove, I HATE YOU
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Sorry, was going for the word association and irony, not hoping for you getting taken out. Because that would suck for you, I’ll admit
Fwiw 265, I was just joking
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Yes, it will be that way until DMZ or Dave deletes post #198.
Word wrap is messed up for me also, then again so is the FSN feed on TV.
I hope the M’s plane crashes into Mt. Ranier, as long as Morse, Ichi, Bloomie, JJ, Jose, Yuni, and Felix are in the back
Wonderful. Good game, thebig708. You messed up the thread for everyone!
278.- So they get ingulfed in the flames from the engine?
Man, I love to watch Ichiro hit,
I love to watch Ichiro hit, I am glad the FSN feed came back in time.
Good word, calm down you whiners. Don’t scroll, it’s not that big of a deal. Or you could update your browser so it will automatically word wrap.
I wish I was a girl so I could have Ichiro’s babies. He’s so good.
Jeez, what is Iciro’s Ave. now?
Reyes (warming up in the ‘pen) looks like he follows the same “diet” as Eddie, lol
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I have the latest versions of IE (7b2) and Firefox (1.504) so it’s not that.
I forgot to put Jamie in the back of the plane too, I figured thats a given. He’d actually be in the cargo bay, sound asleep in his cryogenic chamber where he’s kept on ice awaiting his next start.
285.- .350
Or god forbid you act like a grown human being.
HERE COMES THE BUNT
Or you could not be an idiot. Wait, it’s probably easier for me to find a way to turn on word wrap in Firefox than for you to change a lifelong habit.
yes, God forbid
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Not if Beltré is caught off base first
whoa, Bender breaking out the big guns
Lopez should bunt
Ya didn’t think I was serious did you?
if you don’t mind I’d rather not have a show of internet-toughness by engaging in an e-squabble with you. I have better things to do. Namely F up your viewing window.
big708, you’re not that pithy, so stop trying.
Whoa, this is getting nasty. I guess DMZ really has given up moderating. Or maybe he’s just holding out so we will all appreciate him.
Oh well, this thread still beats last night’s.
I almost want this game to go like 15 innings just to see what they do with the pitching.
pithy, nice misuse of the word
We should stop feeding the trolls.
I know I was guilty of it too, but we need to stop.
A tad high JJ.
hmm. . that was more like 70% effort
Does Hargrove ever put Reed in as a defensive replacement? Wouldn’t that make some sense? I’d rather get Willie out of CF.
Ibanez “fielding” screams of needing a late inning defensive replacement
Where are you Charles Gibson?
Valle said that would have been a double even if Raul doesn’t dive.
He must not understand the concept of cutting off the ball.
Anyone notice how useless the ball girls are down each foul line? they are like a lot of infielders….the ball tends to get past them every time………
No, that wouldn’t make sense, putting in a great fielder like Reed would be dumb
but putting in the horrible-hitting Carl Everett for the hot-hitting Morse is a great one (sarcasm)
Also, that guy screaming after every pitch was sort of funny, but now its annoying, agree?
Actually, I’ve seen some cool ball-girl dives.
But yes, in general they’re about as agile as tree sloths.
If Kubel ties it up, would that disturb Grover’s latest nap?
Bam. They got Putzed.
Man, Putz has really turned into a great reliever. Good job.
Yeah, good game. I predict 7 more wins to get back to .500
Wait a second! Wasn’t Grover supposed to be without a gig now?
A proud day for the AL West; Ws all around.
And the M’s win another game in spite of their manager. Good work, boys.
“…and things are lookin’ up” — Dave Niehaus, June 6, 2006. Remember that one in September, folks. Or maybe mid-July, even.
They ought to get these girls out to the ballpark a bit earlier and have somebody fungo some balls off of the stands so maybe they can figure out how to play the angles.
Or maybe they just ought to pay attention and quit flirting with the beer drinkers in the stands………
Morse has more “you knows” in this interview than he has career rbi’s, lol
316: You announce that as if it is a good thing.
is it just me or does Felix’s face look like he’s been on the Guardado diet
Yes, Val, it is JUST like the “tables were reversed” tonight.
322
LOL…you definitely don’t want to get behind either one of them at the all you can eat buffet! Reyes for them seems more “portly” though. Rich Garces has them ALL beat!
321: Well, when we win the West, we don’t want it to be over a bunch of lousy teams!
322….it looks to me like Felix’s mid torso looks like he has been on the Everyday Blown Save Eddie diet………
OK. I was just looking at Gameday stats. Next to JJ it had (s9) which I know is “save” #9. Next to Sherill and Mateo it has (h3). Is that their 3rd “hold”? Not sure I’ve heard that stat before. Or does it mean they both have three Hummers?
327: Hold is like a save when you don’t finish the game.
327
A hold is when a reliever enters the game in a save situation, holds the lead (hence the name), and leaves the game without finishing it.
Good question 327….and why doesn’t Eddie get a “hold” for that matter. And while were at it, give one to Grover for getting Eddie out of the game!!
Guardado doesn’t get a hold because he came in with a three run lead and didn’t get three outs. The one lame thing about the hold rule is that if you come in with a two-run lead or less you get a hold even if you don’t get an out, as long as you don’t give up the lead.
Dear DMZ,
For my birthday tomorrow I would like you to go back to moderating the game threads. Don’t let USSM fall to the lowest common demoninator. Please. If the moderating if too much, just delete some of these people altogether.
Thank you.
Key to the win: Getting an Ignitor on 2nd with one out rather than two on, no outs… There was even some blasphemy there by our man Val with calling WFB “Pigpen” which all know is the M’s nickname that will be forever owned by Alex Diaz. Wasn’t it coined by the Redhead if I’m not mistaken?
328,329
Thanks. I figured it was that but had never heard of it before. I’m guessing EG didn’t get a “hold” because he gave up a run.
331….it seems so unfair not to give Eddie a hold though. I mean, can’t the official scorer give him some leeway because Eddie may never enter a game in a save situation again??
It doesn’t matter that he gave up the run, it’s only that it wasn’t a hold situation unless he got three outs or more.
332: I just logged in and I have to agree in looking back through the thread — WOW.
And the lovefest for Bloomie and Morse is sickingly syrupy on FSN right now. Blech.
my lord, gone two game threads and they go to hell in a handbasket– and frankly I don’t think I generally bring that high a tone to them myself….. sheesh.
how ’bout that King?
Yeah, Derek, please come back soon.
As for the game, I love being in Seattle and having the chance to see a couple of games. Witnessing Hargrove idiocy first hand as he bunts the 3-batter in the first inning and then pinch-hits Jurassic late in the game is mind blowing. I was sitting next to my mom and was surprising her with my cynicism. That is, until, Hargrove started bunting people, Guardado continued to both suck and blow at the same time, and he finally brought in Georgie to get out the left hander.
That aside, it was great seeing a win! Felix’s offspeed pitches are filthy, Ichiro! is always a blast to watch, and Raul should not be playing left field.
Closing this game thread.