Comments on: Bloomquist, pitcher

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:06:25 +0000

Don’t keep wishing Ichiro would come in and pitch, please!!

Jose Canseco was still a pretty good hitter when he did that. He missed half the Texas Ranger 1993 season when he blew out his elbow pitching against the Red Sox in — what else? — a blow out game.

By: Seth

Seth — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:55:08 +0000

An appearance as a pitcher would give Willie Ballgame something in common with Teddy Ballgame.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willite01.shtml

By: joser

joser — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:47:57 +0000

If Willie took the mound I would go to a game. Iâ€™m not going to another game until they get over 500 again. Iâ€™m resigned to the possibility that that may not happen till next springâ€¦

Or the spring after that, or the spring after that…. The 1980s welcomes you back. Your teal parachute pants and crazy hairstyle are waiting.

By: colm

colm — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:45:24 +0000

that just sounds soooo wrong.

By: MarinerDan

MarinerDan — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:29:15 +0000

37 — Did you take them deep?

By: nickpdx

nickpdx — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:26:24 +0000

Having stood in against both Bloomquist and Ellison in high school, I think we should send them both to the pen if it means getting rid of Mateo.

By: gregod

gregod — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:53:34 +0000

If Willie took the mound I would go to a game. I’m not going to another game until they get over 500 again. I’m resigned to the possibility that that may not happen till next spring…

Go M’s!!!

By: Xteve X

Xteve X — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:48:29 +0000

1- truly hilarious.

“He wasnâ€™t throwing batting practice fast balls, rather he was throwing splitters, sliders and fastballs that from that short distance were right on Ben. “

I believe the technical pitching term for breaking stuff thrown from 30 feet is a gritball. Or a gritter, as in “Guerrero just parked that 3-0 gritter from emergency pitcher Willie Bloomquist into the left field bleachers.”

By: leetinsleyfanclub

leetinsleyfanclub — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:29:44 +0000

I watched the movie “Fracture” over the weekend. Ryan Gosling, the lead actor opposite Anthony Hopkins, looked really familiar to me. It took me almost the whole movie to figure out who he reminded me of – Willie B! He’s a dead ringer. And yes, it was a scrappy performance.

By: Spanky

Spanky — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:08:13 +0000

Kudos to Willie! I appreciate it when you make yourself useful in whatever way it might be! All the grief he gets from us…he deserves praise for the good things he does!

I also agree…he deserves at least as much chance as Weaver right now. If we can sub Willie for Yuni or Lopez…doesn’t it make sense that we can sub Willie in the rotation for Weaver once or twice?