293 Responses to “Game 7, Rangers at Mariners”

1. darrylzero on April 14th, 2007 3:40 pm

   Right, I’m just wondering, if we’re going to use Ellison as a defensive replacement in the late innings, why not left? Would it be legal to move Ibanez to DH and put Ellison in left that way?

2. Replacement level poster on April 14th, 2007 3:41 pm

   RE 251 no you can’t do that.

3. Typical Idiot Fan on April 14th, 2007 3:42 pm

   Just me or is fastball straight straight straight.

   Just you. That thing moves quite nicely.

4. kentroyals5 on April 14th, 2007 3:43 pm

   that is a straight straight fastball

5. Replacement level poster on April 14th, 2007 3:43 pm

   Yeah, I think it was just one of the first pitches I saw didn’t have much movement, the next few have looked better.

6. Typical Idiot Fan on April 14th, 2007 3:44 pm

   No it isn’t. Did you watch that last one?

7. _David_ on April 14th, 2007 3:44 pm

   doesn’t look straight to me

8. Karen on April 14th, 2007 3:44 pm

   Save the frustration of listening to the Fox announcers (or for that matter, to the ESPN announcers when they televise).

   Just stick with our homer announcers. Er, well, it’d be nice if Dave Sims sounded more like Dave Niehaus in his prime…

9. darrylzero on April 14th, 2007 3:44 pm

   That’s what the double switch is for, minus the whole DH thing I guess.

10. Thom Jimsen on April 14th, 2007 3:45 pm

    Looks to me like that fastball has some cutting action.

11. David* on April 14th, 2007 3:46 pm
12. _David_ on April 14th, 2007 3:46 pm

    The Running M’s. lol

13. kentroyals5 on April 14th, 2007 3:46 pm

    Those later fastballs were looking great…got the speed up to 96…looking sharp

14. Rick L on April 14th, 2007 3:46 pm

    96 on that last one. We are, improbably enough, in first place.

15. louder on April 14th, 2007 3:46 pm

    Boy, I’d love to see Morrow move into the 5 spot in the rotation after the all-star break.

16. apunetid on April 14th, 2007 3:47 pm

    KKK!

    M’s win!

    First place!

17. _David_ on April 14th, 2007 3:47 pm

    The best team he’s had? I hope he means the best Mariners team he’s had.

18. Replacement level poster on April 14th, 2007 3:47 pm

    First place!

19. Jordan of Boise on April 14th, 2007 3:48 pm

    Good ballgame. Entertaining. Though, that sounds Fox runs when a pitch breaks 95mph is reallly, really annoying. “Slurp!” I think it is.

20. Karen on April 14th, 2007 3:50 pm

    #264 The Angels pitching has looked really BAAAAAD today (via watching mlb.com GameDay).

21. louder on April 14th, 2007 3:50 pm

    Good win. It’ll be interesting to read some of the player/manager comments after this one.

22. _David_ on April 14th, 2007 3:51 pm

    1st place, angels getting iced by Schilling, A’s facing the Yankees. Things are good at the moment.

23. Typical Idiot Fan on April 14th, 2007 3:54 pm

    Karen,

    The Angels are overrated. Their first week of success was an abberation. The Implosion has begun.

24. planB on April 14th, 2007 3:56 pm

    259: In a double-switch, you replace two players, not replace one player and move another.

25. terry on April 14th, 2007 3:59 pm

    gameday suggests Morrow’s fastball moves about 4-5 inches…

26. planB on April 14th, 2007 4:04 pm

    251/252/259: Actually, hm. I’m not sure that’s illegal. You lose the DH (that is, the pitcher has to bat) if the DH comes in as a fielder, but I don’t see why a fielder couldn’t swap to DH… anyone know?

27. Not DZ the author but a different one on April 14th, 2007 4:04 pm

    It will probably take 88 to 92 wins to take the west since there are no great teams, so there is a chance that Seattle could indeed make the playoffs.

28. Replacement level poster on April 14th, 2007 4:10 pm

    A DH can only be replaced by a player not yet in the game.

29. Typical Idiot Fan on April 14th, 2007 4:18 pm

    Re 276

    251/252/259

    At first I throught that’s what Vidro was hitting and then I came back to my senses and realized you were referencing posts.

    *sigh*…

30. planB on April 14th, 2007 4:30 pm

    278: You got it, thanks.

    279: Actually, that would be an improvement, for the first two.

31. planB on April 14th, 2007 4:32 pm

    check that, improvement period… .174/.240/.174… ugh

32. Josh on April 14th, 2007 4:47 pm

    Snelling homered today.

    .263/.440/.474

33. SCL on April 14th, 2007 4:48 pm

    Seeing the M’s 1st in the AL West, I said “no way” in amazement. My wife replied, “Why are you so mean to your team? Can’t you just embrace and love them?”

34. carcinogen on April 14th, 2007 5:18 pm

    283: Tell your wife that the age of innocence is over, Solome’s veils have been lifted, and you cannot simply embrace the team. Go on…get metaphysical with her, its cool.

    Ok, so I’m half joking.

35. argh on April 14th, 2007 5:22 pm

    I’d recommend getting metaphysical on Monday. Saturday night, just plain old physical’s better.

36. carcinogen on April 14th, 2007 5:37 pm

    285: yes…perhaps his wife was sending some coded messages: “Why are you so mean to [me]? Can’t you just embrace and love [me]?” SCL, I recommend flowers, dinner…the works.

37. Ralph Malph on April 14th, 2007 6:32 pm

    but I don’t see why a fielder couldn’t swap to DH… anyone know?

    Because rule 6.10 says you can’t. It’s kind of a complicated rule, though.

38. Thom Jimsen on April 14th, 2007 6:45 pm

    Padilla, Padilla, Padilla … that’s all, folks!

39. boomdonkey on April 14th, 2007 9:01 pm

    I love the espn headline of the game. it says “batista logs rare win against…” I couldn’t tell if the author thought batista sucks, or that the win was rare because the m’s haven’t played many games this season. both are true, aren’t they?

40. Josh on April 14th, 2007 9:18 pm

    Batista logs rare win against error-proned Rangers

    • Summary: Miguel Batista gave the Mariners 6 2/3 innings worth of strong work from the mound, and the Rangers’ defense was nowhere to be found in Seattle’s 8-3 win over Texas.

    • Hero: Well-rested from the series of postponements the Mariners have been forced to endure, Batista became only the third Mariners starter to log a win this year, allowing three runs.

    That probably clarifies it.

    Although it’s a pretty silly statement since only three have actually pitched, with another lobbing and of course the snow out for Ramirez.

41. Josh on April 14th, 2007 9:21 pm

    I just realized that the title says “error-proned.” That explains a lot, too.

42. Typical Idiot Fan on April 14th, 2007 11:45 pm

    Padilla, Padilla, Padilla … that’s all, folks!

    Thread over.

43. Karen on April 15th, 2007 9:45 am

    Not quite: a thread that mentions “blacked out” is an appropriate place to comment on the weather back East, which continues to be horrible.

    Lookit the weather map here

    And the MLB game cancellations for today:

    LA Angels at Boston Postponed
    Washington at NY Mets Postponed
    Kansas City at Baltimore Postponed
    Houston at Philadelphia Postponed
    San Francisco at Pittsburgh Postponed
    San Francisco at Pittsburgh Postponed

    Seems MLB is overreacting on the side of caution this time, instead of what they did in Cleveland, waiting until halfway through the Indians/M’s first game to say driving snow is game-postponement weather.

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