Game 72, Mariners at Dodgers
DMZ · June 20, 2006 at 7:01 pm · Filed Under Mariners
Woah, stayed at work too late, almost missed the start. 7:10. Some guy versus some other guy. Things at stake.
Bloomquist at second again. This is where I like having Bloomquist on the roster: a guy who can sub in for a couple of starts for a regular and not kill you with the glove, isn’t totally helpless with the bat, can steal a base.
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Bloomquist at second again? How bad was Lopez hurt?
DMX – I need help with a statistics problem I can’t figure out. Any chance of a one-time dispensation to tap stat-savvy help? Or ask anyone if I can email them?
I don’t know him, but I think DMX’s expertise runs more to rhyming and impersonating federal officers than stats.
That was not a good start in requesting help, was it? I’ll say this, I prefer the Z to the X.
DMX? LOL!
I thought you quit your job, DMZ?
Gave notice. Last day is TBD.
Z to the X, dX?
BELTRE!!!!!!!!!
Holy Crappola!
Adrian!
Well, how about that shot? Nicely done, Beltre.
Wow. It’s like 2004 all over again!
I’m not going to lie, that was classic Beltre circa 2004.
Well, I will promptly but a USS Mariner T-Shirt if anyone can help me with this…
In a distribution of scores, the arithmetic mean is 51, the median is 55, and the mode is 62. What is the score, in percentile form, of a subject who does less wekll than two-thirds of the sample?
A – 67
B – 33
C – 39
D – 43
E – 59
Beltre just knows how to hit at Dodgers statdium. The M’s need to sneak in with heavy machinery n the middle of the night, dig up all the dirt, and transport it to Safeco. It’s like anti-Kryptonite or something.
Wow, that’s a weak lineup without Lopez in there. Thumb still ailing?
John, that’s gotta be 33.
Lord loves the changeup.
Bloomquist is a great guy to have on the bench to start the game in an NL park. He’s a great pinch-run, double-switch candidate.
What a star-studded batting race in the NL. The top 3 in BA for the NL are Nomar, Matt Holliday, and Freddie Sanchez. Not exactly Wade Boggs vs Don Mattingly..
Don’t be hurt, don’t be hurt, don’t be hurt. We need to trade you, do not be hurt…
#20 – I don’t think he has much trade value as it stands today anyhow.
Ok, I just bought some USS Mariner swag as penance.
16 – So is it a trick question? Does the mean, median and mode go into a formula, or are they irrelevant?
Ugh
John:
The answer we’re looking for is in percentile form, so the first half of the question is useless.
Fairly verbal tick that drives me mad: “Furcal is the same as that of Ichiro”
so, does Joel have to shoot himself in the foot every game?
This is perfect, I get to wach the Mariners play in Dodger Stadium, listen to Vin, and see Pineiro attempt to bat all in one game.
24 – Thank you, Daniel. If you sell Daniel Carrol swag, I’ll buy it.
Beltre is over .240! Yay!
Lets go Joel!
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to John again,
I’m having a hard time explaining percentiles, but I know what they mean from years of standardized tests. I had a 1400 on the SATs before they went crazy and added the writing section, which turned out to be something like 92-94th percentile. Besides meaning that I am awesome, it means that I scored better than 92-94% of all other test takers.
So the percentile score that means “less well than two-thirds of the sample” would be 33.
This is a hitter’s umpire.
GO BACK TO COMMUNIST CUBA YOU AGGRESSIVE BASERUNNER!
More miserably stupid baserunning.
That’s kind of good, I guess…
Did YuBet make the desision to run or was it the 3rd base coach?
Did everyone see how Willie made the ball hit him which allowed him to score? That is the very definition of scrappy.
It is way cool hearing Vin Scully call a Mariners game on MLB.tv.
God, I love Vin Scully.
Way to go, Beltre!
Thanks again, Daniel.
OK, here’s what we’ll do. We’ll get special permission to have Beltre participate in whatever game is happening at Dodger Stadium (even when the Dodgers are on the road, they can do little league or something) and then have his hits imported into the Mariners game wherever they are.
This is nice. Maybe all Beltre needed was a trip to Dodger stadium to jerk him back into gear.
Wow. AB gets a homer and 2 bagger in his forst two at bats. I haven’t laughed this hard since Entourage season 2.
Vin should tell Ron Fairley to steal, again. Ron is talking about him on the radio right now anyway, which is pretty funny in itself. Doesn’t sound drunk, though.
MLB.tv… the switcheroo.
Beltre two hits, two runs, two RBIs… already. Sexson seems to like Dodger stadium too. I tell you, this place is anti-Kryptonite for the big guys.
Vin, come back, come back . . . . .
Sexson can hit singles? Did somebody let him know?
Beltre looking like a big league hitter?
The Mariners have hit Brad Penny and Jason Schimdt but not Blanton?
Craziness.
Derek, when you give notice you’re supposed to cut out early not stay late. Seriously though, I did the same last year and my last two weeks were absolute hell.
It’s nice to see Adrian and Sexson with the bats.
We should go to the bullpen now.
Hey! Yubet’s at .300! Let’s all enjoy having two .300 hitters in the lineup, for it may be over by the bottom of the 4th.
Don’t look now, and it means little, but Pineiro is actually missing bats today. 8 swinging strikes so far.
Yeah … comparec to LA with 5 and none tonight under 250
Strange things are afoot at my work. I don’t know what else to say.
Baseball is stupid! Let’s boycott baseball so they will stop torturing us with the boringness of it
Texas just lost. Niehaus hasn’t mentioned it yet, I don’t think… Dang. White Sox leading the Cardinals 20-2. 20 [interrobang]
52: Wow! Sorry about that! My little brother got at the unoccupied computer and nearly tarnished my reputation! (or did he?)
YuBet’s numbers this month (16 games) rock. Going into the game 352/386/537!
This time of year I always miss Freddie and his .300 batting average.
Maybe it’s just the NL West, but given the last few World Series I have to say, I’m not especially impressed with the NL in general and NL pitching in particular.
Hmmm, Jeff Kent. The only Washington rep on the the all-city team, with Houston Street, Dallas McPherson, Austin Kearns, Orlando Cabrera…
He doesn’t spell his name Houston. It’s Huston.
#58 – And you forgot our own Carl Everett.
Ok, so it’s a stretch. So’s Kent, really (do we even count it as a city?)
And there are several Franciscos.
Vin just said Hargrove was known as ‘The Human Rain Delay’ when he was playing because he was always playing around with his gear.
HEY BOTH THE RANGERS AND OAKLAND LOST (WELL OAKLAND IS DOWN 6-0 IN THE 8TH)so if the m’s can take this they can pick up a game!
I’m doing my very best to forget Carl. And not to think about him. If enough people don’t believe in him, he might vanish.
They can pick up a game if they can take this. Stop jinxing us.
Joel’s not missing many bats now…its on a freakin’ tee…
Hargrove was the most exhibitionistic cup-adjuster in all of baseball.
lucky
If Joel could quit throwing the ball right down the middle of the plate to the #8 hitter in the lineup, that would help.
“for cryin’ out loud, the threw that right down the middle”…”why didn’t they walk him?” dave n.
Beltre almost went yard on that one too. They’re hitting Penny hard.
Can we petition for the M’s to be relocated to the NL? Particularly the NL West??
Anti-Kryptonite. I swear. Can we just share Dodgers stadium for a while? The M’s can host “home-away” games there when the Dodgers are on the road. Just for part of the season, until they catch up in the standings.
You know, as bad as Sexson’s been so far this season (especially compared to last) it could be worse. Boston DFA’d Snow yesterday. Sure, Snow is making $2M to Sexson’s $13M, but in 38 games he has 8 Ks and 9 hits. Nine. Extra base hits? Zero.
Can’t we do it until we get a bit ahead? I mean, otherwise, won’t there be a problem when we come back?
Hey, did you hear the news! Ichiro moved into third in outfield all-star voting!
After listening to the biased Angel’s announcers, Vin Scully sure is a relief to my ears!
I just turned it on…how have the LA fans been towards Beltre??
nice play beltre
Who cares about the LA fans… Beltre’s being nice to US!
I can’t believe Beltre even got to that ball. Man, that’s a fast two-step.
Hmm, the “LOB” column no longer appears on the FSN score that they show at the end of an inning. It’s now just shows runs, hits and errors. Wonder when they changed it back? Was the LOB stat too confusing for the average fan or something?
That was quick!
Beltre is looking like an All-Star for atleast one day of his contract, is he going to look like a legitimate hitter for the rest of the game? We’ll see.
congrats dallas
I thought the LOB was nice, though it didn’t add a whole lot (except depressing me many games).
I still wish they’d show OBP and SLG for batters. And for that matter, OPS-against (and/or fielding-independent stats) for pitchers.
Speaking of OBP, Beltre is doing good there tonight…
oops …i mean you gotta lose to win in gwb’s wold
68: That’s probably why he likes C-Rex.
I always love the rumor mill when I read things like “the M’s are thinking of moving Sexson, but would prefer to trade Beltre”.
I’d like to trade my extra copy of Baseball Prospectus 2005 for a brand new car of my choice, but I think the car dealer’s going to want money.
I think I can say that we have a rally going here… please don’t jinx me!!!!
How do you walk Ichiro and Beltre?
#92: By throwing baseballs out of the strike zone.
Or even #93.
Can we stay in the NL West? We’d be the one-eyed kings of the NL West.
here’s a question– any one have a suggestion for a Bellevue/ Kirkland/Redmond restaurant that would be relativity economical and take a party of 15?
oh good!!! They stopped the runner at third
Is there still a Hooters in Bellevue?
Maybe we should wear Rockies uniforms when we play the A’s.
#98– ok, a restaurant with all those formerly mentioned parameters that one would want to take a party ranging in age from 10 to 87, several of whose members might not appreciate gals in ‘humorous’ t-shirts as their waitstaff.
Anthony’s HomePort restaurants are equally bland and safe.
Soriano should pitch to Nomar.
You could go to Azteca (sp) if you’re in the mood for Mexican.
Anybody could see Pineiro was gassed after six.
Instead of going to dinner, you could trade up to a dependable, long-lasting truck.
I thought going to Hooters was what people did instead of going to dinner.
Lauren, you have some kind of strange obsession with that commercial.
Why does Hargrove treat Sherrill like a LOOGY?
#105– boy, the time it’s taken to try & get the various family members together in one location for this batch of birthdays, I’d rather be truck shopping.
#108: Because he’s not a Proven Closer(TM).
Just arrived. Sorry to hear about your hellish last days at work, DMZ. Maybe they’ll recognize your value and offer to double your pay.
CafePress tells me that *no one* has ordered the snazzy USSM black T-shirts except me. I’m shocked at this news.
DMZ … thanks for the reminder. Check back with CafePress in 15 minutes.
(tapping feet)
Done.
Okay. Right-handed pitcher. We need a left handed bat. Why is Carl Everett on-deck instead of Roberto “Pinch-Hitter” Petagine?
I’m just sayin’.
I recall when checking up on Sherrill’s stats earlier this year that he really did have a miserable record against right-handed batters.
As for obsession, I would classify my feelings toward Howie and his commercial as more of a virulent hatred.
Well heck, Lauren, how do you feel about those “Tag” commercials. “Put this stuff on you and women will try to tear your clothes off!” I’d think a truck commercial would pale in comparison.
It’s all about repetition. Also, I think the Howie commercial frequently comes on first during a commercial break, right before I can dive for the mute button.
#115 – because even if Grover was bright enough to see the light, he wouldn’t want to use Petagine to hit while the free agent his boss signed for the express purpose of hitting sits on the bench. Everett is Bavasi’s fault – not Grover’s.
Right handed hitters are hitting .333/.436/.433 for an OPS of .869 off of Sherrill.
Where as lefties are hitting .086/.238/.086 for an OPS of .324
35 ABS against lefties, and 30 ABS against righties.
In recompense for wasting a few posts there, here’s the link to Sherrill’s splits on ESPN.com:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/splits?playerId=6031
(We don’t have a help page on formatting posts, do we? I seem to recollect that I can’t use plain HTML tags, so I don’t attempt it.)
Man, Raffy has a wicked slider. I don’t see how anyone ever makes contact off of him. That pitch is just mean.
TomC what if Hargrove asked for Everett?
I just checked Sherrill’s stats … you’re right, Lauren. They’re not miserable by any means, though. It’s just that Sherrill really gives up virtually nothing to lefties.
Career splits:
vs. L: .198/.211/.385 (91 ABs)
vs. R: .297/.411/.391 (69 ABs)
The big difference is the K/W splits … Sherrill has given up 16 career walks against 11 strikeouts to righthanders.
And your freak-show stat of the night … Sherrill’s career K/W against lefthanders?
Zero walks, 29 Ks.
You heard right.
Dammit replacement level poster!
You have to go back and look at the press at the time: Hargrove was a major force behind the Everett signing. All off-season he was agitating that Everett was the guy they should get, fully endorsed Everett as a good guy — the whole deal.
#120: Those numbers just cry out “small sample size theater.” I’d like to see more data before I go with that.
Obviously, RLP and I were both pointing to this year’s stats.
Well, yea they do. That’s why I mentioned the AB’s against, to point out how small the sample is.
I really can’t wait to get my assortment of black USSM shirts. Those things look sooooo good.
I’ve been after Cafepress to add navy shirts, too, but I haven’t made any progress.
I tried to order but the site went wacko and shut down my browser. Just figured it wasn’t working.
That was in response to 111, sorry.
They’ve been having some weird problems lately. Not sure what else I can tell you. In an ideal world, I’d do this full time and make batches up myself and sell them for way cheaper.
Well, actually, in an ideal world I’d have an even lower-hassle version of Cafepress so I didn’t have to do fufillment myself.
I found CafePress extremely easy to deal with. I use the Mozilla Firefox browser.
Lauren and RLP are both right on the SST comment. The followup from Jim is much more convincing. The K/BB splits there are, uh, weird.
And Beltre walks. Again. All of a sudden he’s an animal out there.
This game is making me sleepy. Very sleepy
Jim are you on PC or Mac?
Can we have Jim do a limited edition Steve Kelley rant t-shirt? In black of course.
I hate CafePress’s base prices. We do a print anthology once a year (I’m in the process of putting another together now) and the cost to US is so damned high that we don’t even bother doing any markup.
DMZ – Grover may have wanted Everett (he is clearly dumb enough) but the buck still stops at Bavasi’s desk.
Wow! That was kooky. How long can you wait before going, anyway?
AGRESSIVE BASERUNNING!!!!!
That play by Raul is one of those that looks great when it works and incredibly stupid when it doesn’t.
Freaky blowout 9th inning stuff.
I’m really missing having my cable hooked up. Comcast has screwed up getting me connected twice now, so everything’s still radio. That sounded like a crazy play.
YES! Go Raul…man I moved to Chicago from Lakewood about 2 years ago, and I decided to sign up for MLB.tv this year to watch the M’s. THIS is the type of stuff I was hoping to see this year.
141: As long as you like. There’s no rule. As long as no one calls timeout the ball is in play.
I was thinking maybe until whoever catches the ball throws it to another player… but maybe they only do that if the umpire calls time.
This is one of those funny things about baseball: After a 10 game winning streak, Oakland has now been shut out twice in a row by Colorado at Coors Field(!). Texas lost tonight too, so the Mariners will be 3.5 games back after tonight if they can hold on.
#137: I’ve got a Mac PowerBook G4.
Please explain what happened, gameday is freaking out.
I don’t see how you can argue that Grover picking Everett over Petagine in a particular situation is Bavasi’s fault, given that Grover had both options and picked one and given that Grover’s stated his love and preference for Everett.
When the going gets tough, the tough…
Funny, I’m on the exact same system.
NOT FUNNY, dmz. Hmph.
150: There was a pop out to Jeff Kent, who held onto the ball a bit too casually, and then Raul scored from third, but it was not a sac fly.
Sorry. It’s been a tough week. I’m thinking about trading up to some kind of truck.
Every time I see that commercial, btw, I want someone to give me a Prius.
Chevy trucks…chevy trucks…Howie is cool…must see my local chevy dealer…get a loan from Money Tree and have it transferred to Banner Bank…must then withdraw the money and buy a Chevy truck…must wear USSM swag to the dealership…
There should be a book about mediocre sports siblings. The Izturises could have their own chapter.
Actually, a better book would be on the one great, one sucky sibling duos:
 Vlad and Wilton Guerrero
 Pedro and Ramon Martinez
 Cal and Billy Ripken
 Tony and Chris Gwynn
 Jose and Ozzie Canseco
 Greg and Mike Maddux
 Josh and Robby Beckett
 Ross and David Newhan
Ken and Craig Griffey
Yay! Hooligan, you are THE target audience that every advertiser dreams of. Hurrah for suggestibility!
Can someone explain the dirty feet, dirty hands Honda ad? I don’t get. Oh, and Hank and Tommy Aaron should lead the list.
 Hank and Tommy Aaron
 Robin and Larry Yount
 Nomar and Michael Garciaparra
I’d buy it!
 J.D. and Tim Drew
The Prius sedan has 39.1″ of front headroom (swoon)
Why was Willie covering second on that stolen base attempt? That run means nothing. If he hadn’t been heading over to cover second, he would have caught Nomar’s line drive and the game would be over.
Dave: I think the guy does the exact same thing every day, see, so that there’s already evidence that his hands and feet have been there before. Until the dependable Chevy truck…er, I mean whatever other vehicle, changes his routine.
Man does Soriano rock.
We gain a game! I’m happy!
With a five run lead in Dodger stadium, seems like a really bad idea to bring Soriano back for a second inning, making him hard to use tomorrow. Seems like Hargrove should have brought in a less critical pitcher, Guardado or Green to get three outs and save Soriano and Putz both for tomorrow. If they give up a run no big deal. If they put two men on, then you bring in Putz. But this way he’s burned one of his top relievers, which with a five run lead seems inexusable.
Makes sense. But smearing when he kisses the misses? Ewwwwwww.
Guardado would come in and gives up a 5-run homer.
2 games under .500 and 3 games back, wacko.
 Pascual and Melido Perez
Jimmy and Billy Carter.
 Joe, Vince and Dom DiMaggio
Bill and Roger Clinton. George and Jeb Bush.
Speaking of weird sibling duos, I had no idea until a few days ago that tennis star Billie Jean King and former journeyman relief pitcher Randy Moffitt were brother and sister.
Bill and Roger Clinton.
I’m having difficulty figuring out which one is the mediocre sibling.
those wacky Buhner boys.
Brian and Brad Holman.
I think Cal and Billy deserve special mention, if only because Billy’s career can pretty much be summed up by the fact that Fleer printed a baseball card of him in which the word Dickface appears on his bat.
180: I was thinking the same of George and Jeb.
George and Ken Brett.
You know, that play by Raul was the closest to a pure steal of home I think I’ve ever seen. I mean, ok, the pitcher didn’t have the ball. But seriously, what else would you call that?
Jason and Jeremy Giambi.
Kevin and Keith Mitchell.
Arguably, Roberto and Sandy Alomar Jr. Sandy sucks … he’s just been given free license to suck for about 17 years.
John, Tom & Jim Paciorek
Harold & Don Reynolds
Alan & Andy Benes
Jeff & Jordan Zimmerman, the hard luck brothers
and
Tony & Chris Gwynn
Clete, Ken & Cloyd Boyer
Vlady & Wilton Guerrero
What about fathers and their terrible sons?
Yogi and Dale Berra
Pete Rose and Pete Rose Jr.
Tim Raines and Tim Raines Jr.
For the record, I just bought a Prius a month ago and I love it.
Our softball team finally won and I got to hear the end of the M’s game on the ride home. Good evening
Danny Darwin and Jeff Darwin (Remember him? He pitched about 15 seconds for the Mariners).
Trevor and Glenn Hoffman.
Andy and Alan Benes.
Otis and Donell Nixon.
Well, there’s Ray, Bob, Bret and Aaron Boone…
PS: 3.5 games out. Let’s trade Ichiro for prospects…
What?
Willie and Napoleon Bloomquist.
Pineiro’s trade value went up about half a tick tonight.
Did Johjima not get credited with a sac fly on the play Ibanez scored on or is the boxscore incorrect?
Dane and Garth Iorg.
The book could be called “Wallflowers at the Iorgy.”
No RBI on Ibanez’s score. It was deemed a fielder’s choice.
Yeah. A fielder’s choice to be stupid.
196 – Pineiro’s trade value went up about half a tick tonight.
Why? Which GM doesn’t have access to the game video?
He threw a decent percentage of strikes, got a lot of groundballs and only walked one batter.
I don’t fault Pineiro much for what happened in the seventh inning. He was gassed by the end of six. It was painfully obvious to everyone. Except his manager.
my friend’s uncle is Dane Iorg, as well as Garth
I don’t fault him for the 7th either. The 5th had the makings of disaster and it seemed the Dodgers helped him with impatience at the plate. I think he got a little lucky.
Derek – the Prius is the perfect taxicab car. Huge fuel savings in the city, and you’ll wear it out before it breaks. There’s a guy up here who bought a Prius to use as a cab, drove it 400,000 km, and then bought a new one. All inside 2 years.
That LOB column was dumb. I’d much rather see something relevant to the R-H-E line. Like walks.
Vince and Dom only sucked by comparison to Joe. They were both all stars. And neither of them dealt South American drug apparatus.
RAUL’S AUDACITY (See # 186) – It may have been better in the long run had RAUL been out. That, coupled with the BETANCOURT foolishness, might have put a stop to this “aggressive” baserunning.
But now GROVER will see Raul’s daring as evidence of the success of “aggressiveness,” and we’ll keep seeing this foolishness.
DOM DIMAGGIO MEDIOCRE? (See # 159 & # 177) – Get real.
Dom had an eleven-year career (with the same team), put up respectable numbers (.299/.383/.419), was voted to seven (7) All-Star teams, and was generally considered a better fielder than his brother JOE.
But as long as you’re going to give such wide latitude to mediocrity, let’s not forget that early quintet of a HOF-er and four others.
Joey and Alex Cora work?
While Joey didn’t set the world ablaze with his play, he’s 10 times the player his brother is.
What about the Reuschel brothers?
Bloomquist unnecessarily covring 2nd (Se # 167) – This reminds me of something from Dick Williams’ NO MORE,MR. NICE GUY.
He points out that in the final 1951 NL Playoff Game, that thje Dodger manager–Charlie Dressen, IIRC–had Gil Hodges hold the runner on 1st (unnecessarily).
210 (ont.) So the ball–potential 3rd out too–sneaked through the infield, right through the spot where Hodges would have been.
You’d think these guys would know better.