Game 122, Mariners at Angels
RHP Felix Hernandez v RHP Jered Weaver in a battle of young stud pitchers. 7:05, FSN.
This is it, right? Felix is the pitcher who turns this thing around for us, puts an end to this insanity.
Jered Weaver: 285 batters faced. 214 outs made, 58k, 19 BB, 50 H, 2 HR, 2 HBP
Felix Hernandez: 575 batters faced. 426 outs made, 130 K, 51 BB, 143 H, 17 HR, 6 HBP
Jered Weaver: 20% of batters struck out, 7% walked
Felix: 23% of batters struck out, 9% walked
Tonight’s non-sensical lineup of stupidity:
CF-R Willie “The Ignitor” Bloomquist
2b-R Lopez
3B-R Beltre
LF-L Ibanez
1B-R Sexson
DH-L Broussard
C-R Johjima
SS-R Betancourt
RF-R Chris Motherfucking Snelling
The phrase “Snakes on a Plane” has been used on Internet forums to indicate that a given topic is nonsensical. With creative uses of capital letters, bold or italic text, and punctuation the title has been manipulated to reflect surprise, horror, or absurdity, among other things. The meme is often interspersed with images of Samuel L. Jackson reprising his role as Mace Windu and quoting lines recalling his roles from both the Star Wars series and Pulp Fiction. The slang form “SoaP” is used in place of “Shit happens” or “Oh well, what’cha gonna do?”
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It would be doubly good if Felix not only gets the M’s back in the win column, but also hands Weaver his first loss.
I’m torn.
We have Bloomquist leading off and in center….booooo. Where the F&*K is Jones?
Doyle in RF…yay. We get to see him in a whole game.
DOYLE IN RIGHT!!!!
Oh good god, I was so excited about Doyle in right I didn’t seeing friggin’ Bloomquist in center, batting leadoff.
Jesus.
Bloomquist could get 6 PAs tonight and test DMZ’s universal-collapse theory.
Drayer said last night that she’d been lobbying to get Adam out there, by pointing out to Mike & everyone she talked to that the young fellas might have a better knowledge of how to hit Weaver, particularly (warning: SSS) young Mr Jones.
Where better to put the ignitor? it’s been a long time coming! Hargrove knows WB batting first and playing CF gives us the best lineup and means he might be able to save his job.
Honestly, I am surprised it’s taken this long for him to see how much better this move makes the team.
This is it, right? Felix is the pitcher who turns this thing around for us, puts an end to this insanity.
With Bloomquist leading off, the insanity will never end.
Mariners Baseball. The never-ending nightmare.
The above post contains 100% sarcasm.
speaking of never ending nightmares, Hendu got to weigh in on the pre-game topic du jour, which today was “where the heck are all these young pitchers coming from!?” Hendu’s ramble began with ‘baseball players, ’cause they were all baseball players before they were pitchers, they were….’ That’s all I can report as my eyes then glazed over and I fell off the sofa.
Another Wikipedia entry:
Like, say, Bloomquist and Snelling in the same lineup.
where is Doug Piranha when you need him.
Bloomquist 1st, Snelling 9th.
I liked the suggestion a few days ago that the server be programmed to automatically substitute “WTF” for Bloomquist, and “Doyle” for Snelling. This lineup would make a lot more sense if that was set up.
I have had it with that motherfucking scrub in this motherfucking lineup!
Hargrove must be fired now. This is insane.
Or hospitalized.
Hendu just called him “Jeff Weaver”. You suck, Hendu.
I finally get to see a game on tv, and Ichiro’s not in the lineup. Of course worse than that is that I have to deal with the Angels announcers.
say, I bet Jeff, um Jared, Weaver was a baseball player before he was a pitcher.
Bloomquist is a .322 career hitter against Angel hitting.
I was a baseball player before I was a pharmacist! go me!
“A mental rest is just as important as a physical rest for a ballplayer.”
– Dave Henderson
Unspoken
“That’s why I shut my brain off in 1981, when I made my major league debut.”
…Angel pitching, I mean. I don’t know what he hits against their hitters.
Mariners’ list of untouchables:
1. Ibanez
2. Bloomquist
3. Ichiro
4. Felix
“Well, there’s a lot of stats, and we’ll give you one right here..”
HENDU IS ON FIRE
I really, really wanted to give Weaver a loss tonight. Sick of hearing about him every day down here.
Good luck beating him with Huckleberry Hound batting leadoff.
On a related note, it is amusing to hear the Angel announcers keep saying, “He’s gotta catch Whitey!”
Hendu would be a better announcer if he was literally on fire. Maybe someday Eddie Guardado could be an announcer and give him a hotfoot during a game.
Boy, Niehaus has realllly been hitting the sauce or something tonight.
Henderson is now making the argument that pitchers only throw pitches that will get a hitter out if there are runners on.
Because clearly, some invisible force prevents them from using that pitch to get every hitter out.
I’d take Hendu and Niehaus over Rizzs and Fairly who I’m listening to. At least Dave and Dave are more entertaining.
Grover: “BOOM BOOM! Haha Bloomy You’ve finally proved to everyone that you deserve to be the leadoff hitter yay!
Doyle: “Uh, Grover, do you think I could get a start sometime?”
Grover: ” …..sure…. You can start 5th in the rotation after Pineiro and Mateo….you fatty.
Just tuned in to the game. That lineup sucks something awful.
Re: Surrealism
The Mariners’ lineup and Hargrove’s managerial moves might best be described by the great artistic movement known as “throwing as much crap against the wall and hoping something sticks.”
Wow, I finally get to see the legendary defense of Ibanez.
Dave has been fighting a cold for a couple of days– maybe he’s self-medicating.
Wow, Felix is getting screwed this inning.
remember how we were talking in the last threat about having or not having baseball luck, and how one team will get balls to fall in… omigod Hendu is saying the same thing!
Mind. Can’t. Cope.
thread, not threat. although, hey, sometimes there are threats involved …
He’s probably a huge USSM fan. Catches up on the game thread during breaks.
I did not see the double? How did WFB play that “line drive to center”?
it occurs to me that if I was still stuck with Hendu on the 8th night of a losing road trip, I’d certainly be self-medicating.
Scrappily.
I’m self-medicating right now.
As I would have expected.
That last pitch was so down the middle that even Rivera wasn’t headed to first. High? It was at the belt or below…sigh
Hmm, the last time I played MLB: 06 The Show with the Mariners, it was during the Tampa Bay series. I accidentally saved my Nationals season over that and it hasn’t been the same since. I am superstitous about playing the video game before the real game of that night, they usually win when I do this and haven’t done this since they swept the D-Ray…just saying..yeah right.
It seems like the M’s have played from behind in nearly EVERY game this month.
Wow, I cant believe people are still logging onto these game threads!
sadly, if Weaver wins this game it will be chalked up to his fabulous ROY pitching, and not to the incredible suckiness of the Mariner offence.
which reminds me, there was a USA Today piece in the Times today concerning how do the As amazing 2nd half surge. Oddly enough, playing a relatively easy schedule & beating up on the Mariners is not mentioned as one of the reasons.
Holy christ Henderson is bad at doing this. He’s worse at broadcasting than Hargrove is at managing. It’s almost unwatchable when he’s on.
Wow, I cant believe people are still logging onto these game threads!
I cant help it. I dont want to miss anything. I wont ever stop.
Whenever the Angels announcers talk about Felix, they go on and on about his youth and inexperience, but when Weaver comes out to pitch, they just can’t stop praising him.
concerning how do the As amazing 2nd half surge
wow. and I haven’t even ta’en the drap drink. um, ‘how the A’s pull off their amazing 2nd half surges’? Heck, as I can’t type anyway tonight, perhaps I will go see what’s left up in the cupboard.
God, I know the count was 3-2 but if the hitter pulls a 96 MPH fastball foul then why not just throw him a change?
What a gritty grab! Willie just locked up center field for the rest of the year.
Why the hell was he standing in LF against a LH hitter?
Snakes on a CFer.
He’s afraid he’ll catch something from Snelling.
I’m not sure why, but Rizzs had to go off the air to change his pants after that catch by Bloomquist.
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Look for the A’s “surge” to die down a bit, now that they aren’t playing us right now:
A’s record when they don’t play the M’s: 53-52
M’s record when they don’t play the A’s: 55-50
#52– four years older with two years of college make Jared so much more mature and experienced, you know.
Boy, Niehaus has realllly been hitting the sauce or something tonight.
My brain went straight to Mel Gibson:
Hendu: You have to get a mental rest. That’s why we play the games.
Dave: Hendu, are you a Jew?
Hendu: Uh, no. Why?
Dave: Because Jews are responsible for all the Mariners’ problems.
Hendu: You should lay off the sauce.
Dave: Whatever you say, Sugar T***. Say fans, there are plenty of suites available against the Yankees….
THERE’S A MARINERFUCKING DOYLE AT THE MARINERFUCKING PLATE!!!!
Whee.
Fairly:
You know Rick, the way the season is unfolding, if you’re gonna bring up these young players you oughta give ‘em a chance to play a little bit.
Right on, Doyle, right on.
DOYLE WALKS *w0000000t* On a team full of hack-o-matic guys who don’t get on base, we finally have a ‘professional hitter’ again. For awhile. And I hope for good.
seeing Doyle at bat brings that out in all of us.
now here comes WFB — from the sublime to the ridiculous
That’s right, that’s right – Doyle broke up your perfect game.
And Willie… sucks.
All your base are belong to Angels.
That was one scrappy strikeout.
And then Billie Boomquist does his bit. *hoooff* I just can’t buh-LIEVE that this guy gets ABs with my team week in and week out. It’s . . . weak, is what it is.
From the sublime to the sublimey.
Nice job in the leadoff slot tonight, Willie.
Doyle literally is our offense tonight
Re: logging on to threads for soggy games, I’m at work, there’s not a war on, I don’t need to trim my nails, and it’s too early to break out my runic script translations. You take what you can get.
I’m pretty sure there is a war on.
I DO like Beltre when he’s wearing leather. I mean, not personally, but in the evaluatory sense.
Does Weaver ever have any expression other than that blank stare?
You’re talking about Sri Lanka, then, D-man? That’s the only war I know of.
There’s the War on Drugs.
I’m pretty sure there is a war on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3SBYkcJigU
Hey, we’re still fighting the War on Poverty. No wait: the poor surrendered, so I guess that’s done.
This is year 3 of the Iraq war, for instance
could someone take a damn pitch. please.
There is, of course, the War on Common basbeall Sense.
Fought by Hargrove and the Mariners.
nightly.
go Grover!
We’re not at war with Iraq! Didn’t you see the “Mission Accomplished” banner? War is peace! We have always been at war with Oakland!
Naw, Derek, that’s not a war, it’s a police action. And on Fawlty Towers, there are still some guys fighting the Last War before the Last War, but most think that one’s done, too. Since this is a baseball thread, I’m going to re-hijack myself back to where we belong after this post, too.
I think War is on a reunion tour.
Where DO we belong?
#86 – Please tell me that they’re doing “Low Rider”
Snelling’s got an arm.
With our eyes on Doyle, that’s where we belong.
Not to get all mushy here, but in spite of the incomprehensible WFB for Ichiro swap, it is actually kind of heartwarming to watch a game with Felix, Doyle, Betancourt, Lopez – good to see the youngsters. Makes me believe there may be a future for this team.
Hendu approves of this year’s batting helmets. Glad to know that.
A future without Hargrove. Ahhhhhhhhhhh.
Whoo, that was filthy.
you know, If Doyle hangs around for awhile, he may show Hargrove just what a scrappy, gritty player really looks like.
I always theorized that (in a best case scenario) that Doyle would project to a Lenny Dykstra type of player…
Folks, I think it’s time to call a spade a spade. The 2006 Mariners had the wool pulled over our eyes for quite some time, and it’s quite clear they are reverting to form.
The last two seasons, they’ve been a .420 team. To reach that record, the M’s have to go 12-29 the rest of the year. How likely is that? Very.
So, here’s the question that’s been rolling around in my head today: what will happen first in the next few years, Bavasi getting fired or the Royals finishing the season with a better record than the M’s?
You mean a scrappy, gritty player who actually has baseball talent?
[snerk] I just came across this the other day, stuck in an old file:
“She’s sworn off chewing tobacco, but Angie Marzetta is out to prove she – and other women – can make it in the gritty game of baseball. Angie Marzetta handed over her grimy, battered baseball cap. “You want to smell this thing?” she asked. Members of the Colorado Silver Bullets baseball team are issued new caps throughout the season, but Marzetta, first-year outfielder and former University of Washington softball star, has kept her original. The new ones go to family and friends. “I haven’t washed it, either,” she said. “Though sometimes after a bad game I wear it into the shower.” Marzetta, 5-foot-5 center fielder, is the Silver Bullets’ version of Lenny Dykstra – feisty and pugnacious, willing to argue with an ump or fling her helmet after striking out – but minus the chewing tobacco, which she gave up as a Mother’s Day present. “It was a terrible habit,” Marzetta said with a grin. “When you get frustrated, you sometimes start looking for a vice. But I promised my mom I would quit.”"
I don’t think Doyle will ever have Dykstra’s speed (at least not anymore).
That Mike Napoli has a little power.
#98 – Yep, as opposed to Bloomquist, who is no better than a poor man’s Craig Counsell.
AO — sign up for the War newsletter and find out!
I wonder how many “beat-downs” she’s given Kruegs, Pretty Boy Brad Adam and Cameron “the Stud” Wong
#103 – Was that an intentional double entendre on your part?
War Sept 20 at the Tulalip Casino. Be there.
you know, I bet Angie would have made a better jump at the fence than that half-hearted hop Willie made as Napoli’s ball skimmed over the top….
We’re in the top of the fifth now, M’s down 3-0, which of course means that the ballgame is over…
#105 – LOL. You answered my follow up question, which was: “Are they on the Emerald Queen circuit?”
Somehow that post gave me a mental image of WFB going around the clubhouse asking people if they want to smell his hat.
You know for only $69.99 you could have a chance to smell Willie’s shoes.
Having seen five innings of Weaver now… he’s smoke and mirrors and a lot of side-to-side movement. I think we’re looking at the best Weaver can pitch. Felix, though, still has more potential.
But can Felix fulfill that potential?
These days, if the other team scores at all, the game’s over.
Looks like Jered Weaver is going to be in the Mariner Killer Club with Pedro Martinez, Joe Blanton, Dan Haren, and Rodrigo Lopez.
Doyle projects as a better hitter than Dykstra, and he’s a much better guy, but they’re in the same category, yeah.
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I’ll have to say “no” since I really don’t know what that is, lol.
Anyone know a good resource that has the two-out run differntial for the Marienrs against their opponents?
Meaning the number of runs the M’s have scored with two outs, versus the number of runs they’ve given up with two outs?
I don’t really want to go through all of mlb’s gamedays of the season…
Uh, I mean #104…
Good news is that the Premiership kicks off in about 8 hours.
The better news is that the college football season is only 12 days from kickoff.
Hi,
Um, I know that everybody is ready for them to fire Hargrove, but who do you all think should replace him?
Isn’t Lou available again?
BOY THERE IS A NEW QUESTION
#118 – Ugh. Please do not bring up Lou. That subject has been discussed ad nauseum lately.
Isn’t Lou available again?
Lou Boudreau passed away in 2001. Unfortunately, he will not be able to take the helm next year.
singe lou and bring back jr griffy he is the gratest ever!!!!!
Lou’s soul has been transplanted to Junior’s body, whose soul is in the process of being transplanted to WFB’s body but Willie is resisting so poor Junior is in limbo right now. No one knows whose soul has invaded Lou’s body so it probably is best that he won’t be coming here to manage next year.
Doyle’s arm is good. If his legs are up to it, he’d still be a pretty good corner OFer. I’m just happy to see that he’s getting to play. And Grover, b’Gawd, finally realized that: a) Ichiro needs a day off here and there and like right now, and b) Ichiro will never, ever tell him that. Took Mike a year and a half to figure that one out.
Man, that was a nice throw by Doyle… I don’t remember his arm being that strong. That’s awesome.
Isn’t Lou available again?
The LA Tribune shut down years ago, so yes.
I mean, pay attention. Sheesh.
Sorry.
I am hopelessly ignorant of what has been discussed recently on this blog.
105… will they perform “Slipping Into Darkness”?
Doyle!
Okay, that was all the excitement I needed for the night.
Hey, give credit to 128. At least he didn’t call this a message board.
Snelling’s going to start the hit parade!
I predict 19 hits for the MAriners in today’s game!
of course, they’ll score two runs!
We should hire Ann Coulter as manager.
She couldn’t be that much worse than Hargrove, and at least she can spend the post-game interviews blaming liberals for her bad bullpen moves.
Doyle has very, and I mean very quick wrists.
I-G-N-I-T-O-R
I think NOW would be a good time to ph Ichiro for Willie.
Or ANYONE for Willie
Granted, ANYTIME is a good time to ph for Willie
#133 – Of the 19 hits, 17 of them will be singles.
Oh god, after that stop and dive I’m not worrying about knees for months! Too much strain on the ole ticker!
Memo to Doyle:
DON’T SCARE THE CRAP OUT OF ME WITH YOUR KNEES LIKE THAT.
For the love of $^@($ why doesn’t hargrove EVEr have Willie bunt?
We’ll gain ground on the A’s today no matter what, for they have been swept by KC in a doubleheader.
Looking good, Willie.
Umm, Adam Jones could’ve just as easily gone up there and K’d 3 times tonight. In Jones’ case, at least he’d likely learn something from the experience.
S-O-M-B-R-E-R-O
Once again, Doyle reaches base followed by a WFB K…the joy followed by the pain…
Does Bloomie want a sombrero??
FUCKING FUCK FUCK!!!!
That’s it, I’m going drinking at the Taphouse. I need some beer in me before I see another Snelling/Bloomquist sequence
# 129 — As a tribute to the M’s.
DMZ, couldn’t agree more! Time to raid the fridge…
wow, even Hendu thinks you should be playing the guys who know Weaver best, Snelling and Jones … Snelling’s in there, he adds helpfully as Rizzs tries to justify just why Willie is stinking it up against Weaver.
Does anyone suppose (Not hope!) that Ricky R will get his ass fired for noticing the obvious about Snelling and Adam being the best choices to play given having faced Weaver????
Well, the Royals just took both ends of a double-header from the A’s. What does that say about the Mariners?
147… have a belgian white for me.
#152: The Royals just swept the Red Sox. What does that say about the Royals?
#152– they exhausted the A’s so they had no strength to withstand the Royals, who normally can’t even beat the M’s?
Enough is enough! I have had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!
142- You mean the A’s beat the Mariners 15 games in a row, yet drop two to the Royals on the same day!?!?!
I just quick-scanned the thread, so sorry if I missed this. Why is Ichiro!(?) out of the lineup?
Mateo in the pen. We need lots of runs right now, because the Angels are about to get a lot.
just a much needed day off.
you know it’s bad enough watching this offense, but to have to hear Razzs sucking up to Hendu at the same time….
Ichiro went to see Snakes on a Plane.
I just sent someone a “snakes on a plane” voicemail. Should be fun.
http://snakesonaplane.varitalk.com/
THAT is how you advertise a movie.
Why not a matinee?
And on a more positive note — Mike Timlin, ace Boston pitcher, just gave up SEVEN runs to the Yankers. Arggh. Boston’s opportunity to split the doubleheader and hold ground just got flushed down the Timlin drain.
Maybe the M’s can pick him up in the off-season.
Tying run at the plate!
Yeah, Raul.
Didn’t Ichiro (along with other reliable players) get a day off in Texas? Are we saving him for the post-season?
dare I hope that someone postgame asks Hargrove why Adam didn’t get to play center?
I suppose, though, all we’d get is a speech on how hard it is for a RH to hit Weaver (yeah, Mike, just ask Willie!)
Timlin used to play in Seattle. And as we well know, all ex-Seattle players eventually end up here. (Or Tampa.)
#167– have you noticed how he isn’t hitting these days?
How many people have actually seen SoaP so far? I saw it this morning at the cinerama, and thought it was pretty good, considering what it was. And it was only 5 bucks, because I went before noon.
Was Hendu saying we needed more aggressive baserunning?
Wow…Hindu just ripped the CG as an over-rated stat that isn’t really important. Many announcers use it as a chance to talk about how today’s starters are “babied” too much, and aren’t tough like they were in the “good ol’ days”.
Every once in a while, he actually says something useful. It’s very, very, very rare- but it does actually happen.
Weaver’s body language exudes a certain kind of confidence.
#164: Uh, Timlin came into a bases-loaded situation and “only” gave up 4 of his own runs.
Boston’s season effectively ends this weekend. It’s tough for any team to compete when 3/5th of the rotation goes on the DL and 1//5 is an overamped Texas redneck who thinks he can just “blow that speedball right by you; make you look like a fool.”
With apologies to Bruce Springsteen.
Sorry, that should be Hendu, not “Hindu”…
174, considering the opposition, it should.
Hey, don’t rag on the M’s, I root for them.
#170 — I suppose it does make sense, then, to pull him out of the lineup and make sure Willie gets his ups.
Tuning in late but noticing an egregious error in post 81: This is, in fact, year 4 of the Iraq War which began, more or less formally in March of 2003. At this point we’ve been at ‘war’ in Iraq longer than the U.S. was at ‘war’ with Nazi Germany in the 1940′s. There, unfortunately, the similarities end.
Please carry on with another fine evening with the Mariners and the increasingly embarrassing Dave Niehaus.
I’ve had it with these mother fucking runners left on the mother fucking base!
Whoops. Missed that Niehaus was hauled away by his nurse.
HOw many Ks would Weaver have if we didn’t swing at stuff a foot out of the strike zone?
I’m had it with these motherfucking balls hanging over the motherfucking plate!
Variants of the F-word are the only infix (as opposed to suffix/prefix) in the English language. That’s what a linguist friend told me.
Darn! Had him!
Which of these movies should I watch from my DVR first:
The Third Man
F For Fake
The Apartment
Shine
The Spanish Prisoner (which I’ve seen before)
Lonely Are The Brave (which I haven’t seen in a decade)
Dark Passage
The M’s don’t look like they’re having fun.
I don’t mind so much. The slide over the past two weeks was sickening, but since nothing’s at stake now, things are just back to being baseball.
I’m also drinking a bit more.
If you’ve been following the M’s this month, then you’ve already seen “Dark Passage”
I have to say, Maicer Isturis’ Gameday photo is quite disturbing.
Shine’s the only one I’ve seen. I liked it.
The Third Man!
#190: So’s O’Flaherty’s.
O’Flaherty’s Gameday picture kind of looks like the M’s logo.
#194: Like I said…
Anderson took a page out of our hitters’ philosophy…especially with men on base and two out
If, I say if, the Ms go on to lose this one, that’s nine in a row—and nine is generally considered an unlucky number. Why, you may opine, hey? ‘Cause among the Eight-and-One Divines, Number Nine was the World Serpent, whose function in that imago was to devour the souls of the unworthy dead as they attempted to ascend from the Celestial Aequator into the Sempiternal Stars. Bad juju, as ‘twer. I think that the ’06 Ms are about neck deep in the Ol’ Devourer.
. . . Kind of like Snakes on an (Astral) Plane.
Does this mean that Ichiro plays CF?
The question here is, will Ichiro take over in CF? I’m guessing no…
I really hope we get to see the “Bloomin’ Sombrero”. That really says all that needs to be said about placing value on a player’s average versus a team. I’m to lazy to find out but I imagine his average is a lot lower against the Angels if you throw away his Washburn ABs.
….Damn you Ichiro, and damn you Hargrove
To tell you the truth, I was looking forward to a WFB strikeout. Oh well. I’ll have to wait til tomorrow to see the Golden Sombrero.
I just don’t see how Grover expects to come back when you take out your most worthless player.
Is it bad to be at the Mendoza line in SLUGGING percentage vs righties?
I say just draw positions out of a hat for each player. Think of the possibilities! Doyle at SS, Ichiro catching, Lopez in CF, etc
Snelling playing CF vs. Ichiro? That’s truly crazy.
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I meant just for the last inning of course
Wow. Doyle in CF? I guess when the standard you’re being judged by is Willie Bloomquist, maybe Doyle in CF does sound like a good idea.
Is it bad to be at the Mendoza line in SLUGGING percentage vs righties?
All signs point to yes.
anyone have any logical reasons why grover wasent canned already?
Just remember that for you guys who are hanging in there, the good times will be that much sweeter.
This isn’t good already?
As much as I love the man, I think “Ichiro!” should be switched to “Ichiro?” until he figures out what’s going on.
Ichiro after the break: .305/.308/.273
Vs. Bloomie after the break: .338/.290/.226
Tying run in the hole!
Not too shabby for O’Flaherty. Does 3 runs equal closer time?
Ah, gotta love that save rule, making decisions for managers every day.
Beltre!!!
Stupid fans!
I was hoping for one of those off Weaver, but I won’t complain now.
Ah, these days even good things go bad.
That’s crap.
BELTRE!!!
I’ve had it with these mother fucking fans reaching onto this mother fucking field!
Show another replay you idiots …
Thanks.
Crap, I guess Beltre will just stand on second base until the conclusion of this game.
Stupid fans!
Are they really going to take away an an away HR because of something a fan did? (I’m guessing at what’s going on as gameday seems confused. It’s at least claiming there’s a run-scoring play.)
221 said it best.
Someone needs to kick his ass for that.
224… as well they should. It would have been a fair ball, either a double or triple. Definitely not a HR.
Yay, I was wrong.
Jeffrey Meier reference! Finally!
Total bullshit. An ANGEL fan reaches over and grabs the ball near the top of the wall in FAIR territory.
Hargrove should have lost his shit.
And the Angels’ announcers are idiots, they thought the wrong guy caught it the whole time.
what a fitting ending…
It would have been a fair ball, either a double or triple. Definitely not a HR.
Alright, I have no video capabilities, so I’m not taking a very strong position one way or the other. But I’ve gotta feel a little for Beltre who seems to get some awful luck on HRs these days.
I’m tired of this motherfucking team losing motherfucking games.
I don’t know whats worse, Sexson striking out on an obvious ball, or K-Rods absurd reaction to said strikeout.
226 – the guy who caught the ball’s glove never went below the level of the top of the wall.
The guy in front did not catch the ball. The guy behind him caught it, right at the top of the wall and jerked his mitt back behind the pole.
No way you can overrule the original call on that.
i wonder how many teams have accually gone 0-11 on an 11 game road trip…
there will be one more in 2 days
231… yeah, just catch the replay if you can. The fan reached over the wall a foot or so to catch it. If not, it would have landed on the ground. Anderson would have gotten to it, but I’m not sure how far Beltre would have gotten. Heck, he may have been thrown out at third for all I know.
It sucks but the park has to enforce the fan interference rule. Preferably with brass knuckles.
18 straight division losses.
A NEW RECORD!!!1!!!111
234… sorry, I watched it in slow-mo on my DVR. The guy’s mitt was over the fence; you could see the shadow being cast. It wasn’t by much, but the ball was going to land in fair territory (or bounce off the fence.)
What a masochistic endeavor being an M’s fan is.
We’re number #1! We’re number #1!
Remember in the World Series when that girl reached over and smacked Reggie Sanders with her noise stick while he was making a play? Angels fans are something special.
FANS ON A FIELD!
Okay, so it’s not very catchy.
I’ll tell you: the fact we have to watch occasional rear camera views of Hargrove’s fat ass are sufficient reason to fire him.
oooooh, Angie talking about people ‘shoving it up our kazoo tonight’. How hot can Mariner baseball get?
Yes, his glove was in front of, but ABOVE the fence. We can’t know the exact path of the ball and as visiting team, the original call should have stood. It was wrong to overturn it, and I think everybody involved thought the first guy caught it.
Hey, if the M’s lose the next two they will have been swept consecutively by every other team in their division. One one road trip. Has that ever been done by any team, ever?
ok, coming back late, I say either The Apartment (how can you go wrong with Wilder?) or The Third Man– although F For Fake gives you wacky Wellsian mockumentary fun … and speaky of wacky, Dark passage is an odd duck with a long p.o.v. sequence, a la Lady in the lake.
243
LOL
Indeed it is!
Just so y’all know, I went to the Storm game tonight, and it was awesome. And the Storm beat the shorts off the Sparks (not literally; settle down, boys).
I must say, I’m not going to switch loyalties to basketball, but it’s a hell of a lot more exciting in person than baseball is.
Joey Cora in ’07
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Trippel Carmeliet, if only I could. : (
249 – Great time to hop on that bandwagon in Seattle. Ace.
Re: #185, you know I think you’re friend’s onto something there. English has, basically, NO infixes, but the demotic use of the F-word in recent generations functions that way. “Bloody” for Anglo-English speakers did it first, but same thing with a cultural translation.
You know, I was coming up Denny towards I-5 and I was wondering what all the traffic was. It was mostly women in Subarus with no makeup and lots of body hair. In other cities that would be a clue it was fans leaving a WNBA game, but since that pretty much describes all the women in Seattle I wasn’t sure what was going on. But that clears it up.
It’s Tripel Karmeliet, consarn it. I’m so fucking tired of these muthafuckin Belgians on this muthafuckin plane!!!!
Two things:
1) I really don’t care how damn tall she is, Lauren Jackson is just delicious.
2) Is it Wilder that makes “The Apartment” so good, or is it Lemmon? I mean, hell, he made “The Fortune Cookie” a damn fine watch, as well as “How to Murder Your Wife” (yes, that was a much easier rental when I was just dating chicks, rather than marrying them).
254. Last time I saw something like that was in the parking lot at the Seattle Center after Michelle Shocked played Bumbershoot a decade ago (and boy, was there at a lot short hair, gel, overalls, and flannel in attendance on the field during her set!).
#245– L’il Joey is considered a viable managerial candidate of the future, what with coaching and managing in the minor leagues for the Expos, Mets and Cubs, managing the Venezuelan team Tiburones last winter as well as 3 years as GM of the Caguas team in PR and surviving Ozzie in Chicago.
#250. nice.
#256. Lemmon is the icing on the Wilder/Diamond cake. I alsways wanted to the two Aussies– Lauren & Doyle– to get together, just because the visual cracks me up.
My favorite Lemmon movie so far is Glengarry Glen Ross. He was so brilliant in that.
Joe: Shit. I wasn’t wearing makeup. If I’d known that a fine young gentleman like yourself might have been checking me out, be assured that I would have feminized and beautified myself to the extreme. Plucked every hair from my body if necessary.
Thank god that at least the general unattractive (I’m inferring) grooming habits of all women in Seattle have saved me from looking like a rampant muffdiver.
I can’t argue with the comedy factor, but dang. She’s still delicious.
260… if you don’t have a mustache, you’re above average for females here.
Lauren: Rampant muffdiver. Words fail me.
Porn Mustache: Seriously, if you haven’t seen “How to Murder Your Wife”, you are doing yourself a great disservice.
#259– ‘Some like it hot’ is always a good one, and I have a soft spot for his first, ‘It should happen to you’, as well as an odd little Columbia musical, ‘My Sister Eileen’…
What, do you and Joe live in Concrete or something?
Porn Mustache: Damn. Your nickname alone made me think you must be an awesome person. Why must you let me down?
I’ve figured it out. Joe and BVPM live in Hermiston, OR! Or Corco’s refrigerator. One has fewer onions and watermelons than the other. I’ll leave it up to all of you to determine which…
I am sudenly reminded of John Keister’s ancient Almost Live lecture, where he illustrated the changing Seattle seasons by how high up their legs the women of Seattle shaved…
Me, I hate it when people dump on NW women. Are you all not paying attention? Like Chris Wilcox said, “They hated on Jesus, they gonna hate on NW chicks as well” (or something like that).
Lauren, now you know my secret. I like keeping expectations low.
What let you down? The mustache comment or my love of Glengarry Glen Ross?
I’ve got fond memories of the Ballard Driving School sketches, as well as some “Mind Your Manners with Billy Quan” as well.
I think she likes Glengarry Glen Ross.
ok. change of subject.
there is a need to break this losing streak, and I am not necessarily advocating using this method … but as Batgirl has pointed out to her loyal Twins fans, our own hometown boy Mike Redmond has said: “Ballplayers do some strange things. I did them naked. I had to break a losing streak, so I did it by taking batting practice in the cage wearing nothing but spikes and batting gloves.”
And here I was thinking they could do something crazy like: stop sucking.
274: that would require work and stuff. It’s much easier to slack off.
http://images.despair.com/products/demotivators/losing.jpg
Don’t look now but Beltre has a 14 game hitting streak and has been on in 29 straight games (longest on base streak in the majors).
Yeah, Adrian gets a hit or a walk every game. Sometimes he gets both in the same game. Consistent does not equal prolific. Streaks are close to meaningless; rates are anything but.
I mean, they’ve quit, right? You can’t be a major league team and lose 9 games in a row without just giving up in the effort department, can you?
no, actually, you can play hard AND still suck.
I’m watching EMEA play Asia in the LLWS. The Russians look a lot like the Mariners…
BVPM: Work and stuff? The hell you say. I though grit and hustle were enough.
Hargrove on Adam Jones:
“There is a lot of value in the experience you can get on the bench if you watch and listen and keep your mouth shut. And he’s done that.”
Take notes Adam, this is how a “major league team” and their “manager” set a new record for most consecutive losses to teams in their own division!
Let’s get a hip-hip-hooray for Mike Hargrove, the Larry Brown of baseball.
Hip hip hooray.
Boy that was dumb batting WFB lead-off. Hargrove will bat him 4th tonight and explain later that he figured Willie would hit a dinger because he thought Sexson would protect him in the 5 hole.
If these games weren’t so boring…
…I’d never get any housework done. WTH???
#281– here it is in the TNT:
“Adam will play, and he’s going to be a player, but it will take some time,’ Hargrove said. “You can gain experience here even when you’re not playing, if you keep your mouth shut and listen, and Adam does. He’s working with a major league hitting coach, working on his outfield play, seeing how the game is played at this level. That kind of experience can be invaluable.”
[like how NOT to strike out in three trips to the plate?]
More than likely, Jones will begin playing more regularly next week. The past five games — against the Oakland Athletics and Los Angeles Angels — Hargrove went with experience in Willie Bloomquist, hoping to make a dent in the standings. Jones isn’t complaining. Instead, he said, he has spent the week watching not only how pitchers work hitters but pitchers’ moves to first base. “I’m watching to see who I can run against,” Jones said. “I’m learning a lot.”
It’s time to start thinking about trading Ichiro!
If the M’s are pure stink in June of 2007 then the rebuilding program must be a total commitment. Keeping WFB on the roster shows that Bavasi is only halfway committed to starting over. (Bavasi won’t tear it down completely because his job is on the line.) Like the Abreu trade this year, Ichiro can be had for four solid prospects. On the business side, the M’s won’t take a hit from the Japanese fans because Johjima is popular. (Signining Matsuzake would ensure just as many Japanese tourists as there are now.)
I hate to think about this because Ichiro! re-ignited my love affair with the game of baseball.
Did anyone see the mariners article on mlb.com? Hargrove says weaver is a good PROSPECT??? Ugh mike he is 9-0 he isnt a prospect anymore he is a cy young canidate..
By the way, how would the M’s be different if we had traded for the 4 Yankee prospects? Would the M’s have a better shot in 2007? Experts- let your voice be heard!
I’m not an expert, but seeing as Philadelphia basically gave Abreu away for 4 mediocre prospects and some nice cash, you’d have to think the Ms would be much worse, no?
Ichiro makes this team money. They aren’t going to trade him. Of course if they don’t get thier shit together he might just end up walking as a free agent. I know I would if I was on this team and actually had talent.
Did anyone see the mariners article on mlb.com? Hargrove says weaver is a good PROSPECT??? Ugh mike he is 9-0 he isnt a prospect anymore he is a cy young canidate..
I’m not sure what’s more wrong about this comment–that Weaver is referred to as a prospect or that Weaver is referred to as a Cy candidate. Nonetheless, there’s plenty of wrong to be had.
Ichiro isn’t going to be traded; our Japanese owner, Yamauchi-san, wouldn’t hear of it … unless Ichi himself expressed interest in leaving.
However, seeing Snelling actually get to play for the Mariners makes me want to bring up this one again: Ichiro to CF. Someone (IIRC, DMZ or perhaps Dave) sais that he wouldn’t play there unless Yamauchi asked him to.
Yes, Yamauchi actually sold his share to Nintendo of America, but doesn’t he still call the shots for their stake?
Yes, Yamauchi actually sold his share to Nintendo of America, but doesn’t he still call the shots for their stake?
That move was more for estate purposes I believe. He still owns the mother company.
I don’t think he has ever really ‘called the shots’ — back when he was still running Nintendo, he left the day-to-day operations of the Mariners to Howard Lincoln and now that he is more or less retired, I imagine he is even more removed.
I get the impression that if he really wants something, like the M’s to go after a specific player he would say so, but that is about it. Ichiro (who was Mr Yamauchi’s suggested acquisition) goes to thank him, & pay his respects at the end of the year a la Howard Lincoln; Mr Yamauchi then congratulates him on his accomplishments, which I guess last year included some Nintendo shares as a little thank you
#292 I guess 9-0 with a 1.95 era isnt a canidate for the cy? What if he ends 15-0 is that enough? Rookie of the year maybe? But prospect?
I guess 9-0 with a 1.95 era isnt a canidate for the cy? What if he ends 15-0 is that enough? Rookie of the year maybe? But prospect?
Weaver’s thrown 78 innings this season. Check back when he’s actually thrown enough innings to qualify for an ERA title.
I mean, if that’s all the criteria is for being in the Cy race, then it might as well be over and we can just hand the award to Francisco Liriano who’s been a lot better pitcher than Weaver over his 120 innings than Weaver has over his 78. Or maybe Felix should’ve won the award last year.
Pitchers I would definitely consider for Cy above Jered Weaver: Johan Santana, Roy Halladay, Dan Haren, Curt Schilling, Mike Mussina, Jeremy Bonderman, John Lackey, Mariano Rivera, and Joe Nathan. Then there’s a big list of fringier guys who would be in the same area as Weaver. So sure, if you have a lot more than 10 “candidates” for the award, maybe Weaver counts as a candidate.
288 – Nothing that Hargrove says or does surprises me any more.
The fact that he is still in a position to make day-to-day decisions only demonstrates what a pathetic, aimless, gutless organization this is.
They’d rather run a AAA team out there led by a complete idiot who makes three stupid decisions for every correct one rather than admit their mistakes and fire the guy.
#298 If they fire him that will be more money that we have paid for someone to sit at home ,hargrove,everett,reese, are manage another team melvin are play for another team spiezio so on so on.The decisions that have been made are unreal when it comes to money.
Every time you talk about won-loss record or ERA as a measure of a pitcher’s value, God kills a kitten.
Please, think of the kittens.
The Phillies did not get 4 good prospects. They got one interesting prospect who’s still several years away. That was a salary dump, and nothing else.
I don’t know what defines “candidate” for Cy Young, but if he continues to pitch somewhere near his current level, he may get put down on a couple ballots; they vote for the top 3.
I base this on my recollection that Randy Johnson got some votes for NL Cy Young in 1998 – yes, that’s the season he was traded to Houston on July 31st. In 2 months, he started 11 games and went 10-1 with a 1.28 ERA. He got 2 third-place votes from the 32 voters and ranked seventh.