Comments on: Game 126, Yankees at Mariners

By: Steve T

Steve T — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:49:55 +0000

Brian Rust: me too. That’s when you’re officially old. Franco’s had me holding on FOREVER, though; it was YEARS ago I started tracking this. “Charlie Hough retired? Damn, there’s another one”.

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:24:37 +0000

#198 and #200. RE: fan calling in to suggest Willie Bloomquist take Richie Sexson’s place playing 1B.

Has to be a Yankee-fan transplant living in Seattle who called in…when you visit nyyfans.com you see all kinds of brilliant suggestions like that. The Mariners don’t need any more idiotic lineup/fielding changes (#206/191/157) scuttling their season than they already get from their manager.

By: daveblev

daveblev — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:45:26 +0000

True #213..age has a lot to do with it…like a bottle of wine or Jamie Moyer….so yeah King Felix will be a force in his late 20′s and early 30′s, I hope he becomes a career Mariner but doubt that, nice to see him still throwing hard stuff in his early 40′s.

By: Brian Rust

Brian Rust — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:16:42 +0000

When Julio Franco finally retires, I will, for the first time in my life, be older than anyone playing Major League Baseball.

. . . sigh . . .

By: msb

msb — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:59:45 +0000

oh, and I guess it is Doyle Day. Dave Boling, Corey Brock, and Larry Stone all have articles.

By: msb

msb — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:58:57 +0000

#201– the Mets came up with a 6-degrees for Franco… “Six degrees of separation connecting Franco to Deacon White, recorder of major league baseball’s first-ever hit. That’s right: Franco played with Tug McGraw, who played with Yogi Berra, who played with Bob Newsom, who played with Charley O’Leary, who played with Sam Thompson, who played with White — who, in 1871, inaugurated this league.”

By: The Ancient Mariner

The Ancient Mariner — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:06:03 +0000

No, Jered Weaver isn't better, he's simply older, more developed, more polished (and somewhat luckier). He has thus been more effective this season, but that doesn't make him better in any meaningful way.

By: daveblev

daveblev — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:35:38 +0000

Wow, #116…that took me back to childhood and the Chuck Cottier years.

Ok so I’m getting convinced that Jered Weaver is 5X better than Felix Hernandez. I think Felix will be a 20 game winner in a few years though.

By: atait

atait — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:47:42 +0000

210 – All the more reason to sit is ass down in the middle of big spot, right? Because lefties can never hit lefties, right?

By: davepaisley

davepaisley — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:45:54 +0000

From Larry Stone this morning, re:Doyle

“Speaking before the game, Rohn had said, “He’s (Doyle) probably seen more pitches in the last week than some of our guys have seen in two weeks.”"