Comments on: Game 66, Mariners at Athletics

By: Mariner Fan in CO Exile

Mariner Fan in CO Exile — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:57:59 +0000

I know there’s no new game thread up, but is Loaiza pitching today after spending the night in jail? ESPN reported it at 11:30 EST.

By: Gomez

Gomez — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:36:27 +0000

159. Explain the games he won last season. By this theory, wouldn’t he have a Franklin-esque record, since his umpire gerrymandering would leave his own team at an inherent disadvantage?

By: David J. Corcoran I

David J. Corcoran I — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:45:04 +0000

Of course I got accepted into UPS. I even got most of my tuition paid for. I’m not an idiot Corco.

By: Russ

Russ — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:34:53 +0000

#164 – When Moyer did have the highest run support, we had more batters in the middle of the line-up who could bat. I don’t think any one explanation is the only answer but this theory is interesting to consider. Jamie lives on the outside corners which of course are no-man’s land to Beltre, Sexson and Everett. A full third of our line-up is vulnerable to those pitches.

Of course it doesn’t explain why the whole line-up is mystified by Blanton. Anyone have a clue as to why Blanton is so effective against the Ms and pretty much league average or less elsewhere? Is our line-up that silly or does he know something about us?

By: msb

msb — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:32:31 +0000

#161– I think it is because it was amlost exactly a month ago when they took those two out of three in Anaheim, Fruto had his big game, and “the bats were coming around” … they went into Oakland, were swept into another giant hole, and slowly slowly started to crawl out, only to go back into Oakland and get smacked down by Joe “Asesino del Mariner” Blanton

By: msb

msb — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:27:23 +0000

#159– a nice theory. Of course, it wouldn’t account for those years when he gets some of the hightest run support in the league….

By: matu

matu — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:54:47 +0000

IIRC, Dan Wright was a guy who played for the Chicago White Sox at one point and is now basically a AAAA/Replacement Level type of player. The only difference is that the Mariners don’t pay him 3-6 Million to get the results 2 other Replacement Level Pitchers born days apart do.

By: Oly Rainiers Fan

Oly Rainiers Fan — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:06:54 +0000

#158 – yeah, ‘transferred to Everett’ means a lot of things. Rob Johnson went on bereavement leave, but the transaction page shows ‘transferred to Everett’ instead. I think that’s what it said when Emiliano Fruto went on the ‘temporariliy inactive list’ as well earlier this season to attend the birth of his first kid.

LaHair did indeed get his first AAA hit yesterday, which is notable, since the Rainiers got shelled. Okay, maybe just Nageotte got shelled (8 runs in 1 2/3 innings? Gawd he looked awful). Who IS Dan Wright? It was very nice watching him go 4.1 innings in relief and facing minimum # of batters in 3.1 of them….

By: John in L.A.

John in L.A. — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:24:21 +0000

An awful lot of angst here for a two-run loss after a great span of games.

#160 – Huh? Do you mean Ibanez?

By: DiamondDave

DiamondDave — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:14:21 +0000

Just wanted to add, at this ungodly hour at my home computer in Ballard, that I saw the 8th and 9th, and at no time did I feel that we were going to pull it off. That’s just sad. When Richie weakly fouled off strike two in the ninth, I said, “He’s going to K,” and he did, on a ball way out of the strike zone. And what the F was Beltre looking at? The guy has no aggressiveness. Get some guts and swing the damn bat.

Bah, I’d rather watch the US men’s soccer team get killed in the World Cup than watch the Ms get shut out by Oakland AGAIN. Too much pain.