Game 18, Royals at Mariners
De la Rosa vs Ramirez, 7:05 pm.
Jorge De la Rosa was famously once described by Dan Duquette as “the Mexican John Rocker”. He’s been pretty horrible in the majors up until this year, but at age 25, he’s finally showing why his arm used to get scouts pretty excited. He tossed 8 scoreless innings in his last start while throwing strikes and missing bats. He looks like he may be in the beginning stages of a true breakout season.
The Royals acquired him last July in a one for one trade for Tony Graffanino.
Meanwhile, Horacio Ramirez was once described by me as “a pretty crappy pitcher”. Scouts have never liked his arm. He tossed 4 horrible innings in his last start, not throwing any strikes and missing no bats at all. He looks like a AAAA starter who is in the beginning stages of pitching himself into a middle relief role.
The Mariners acquired him last December in a one for one trade for Rafael Soriano.
Go M’s.
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Ouch.
Raffy was my favorite M, too. At least my favorite prospect, Cabrera is still—oh wait.
Billy, Billy, Billy.
Triumph, the Comic Insult Dog: Horacio Ramirez is my fav-or-ite pitcher…for me to poop on!
#3…
Holy crap, Colorado as a team has a total of 8 HR… and they’re still slugging .019 points more than Oakland.
Does Triumph have anything witty to say about Jeff Weaver?
Triumph: Ah, Jeff Weaver…he’s not worthy of my poop!
Royals lineup!
CF DeJesus
2B Grudzielanek
RF Sanders
DH Sweeney
LF Brown
1B Shealy
3B Gordon
C LaRue
SS Pena Jr.
I looked at this and for three players – Grudzie, Sanderes, and LaRue, thought “Huh? So that’s where he ended up.”
I know it’s normal for a team in the Royals’ situation to use veteran stopgaps, but..
LaRue: 5.25m
Sanders: 5m
Grudzie: 4m
That’s a lot of money for stopgaps if the Royals knew they weren’t going anywhere to start the season.
We have 3-year stopgaps.
Other than Sweeney for Vidro, there’s no Mariners I’d swap out. Wait. I’ll also swap Shealy for Sexson.
How did LaRue land 5.25m?!?
I’m surprised Benito Santiago isn’t still playing for that kinda cheddah!
Really? I’d totally take Gordon for Beltre. He’s a huge talent under team control for years to come.
Would you take DeJesus for Ichiro as well, from a cost-efficiency-relative-to-production standpoint?
Nah. DeJesus is 27 already, and he’s not all that great. I think I’m better off with my year of Ichiro awesomeness. Especially with Jones around.
The difference between Dejesus and Ichiro this year is probably one win, tops. He’s pretty good.
I’d make that swap.
Author dissension!
Ramirez will pitch 7 or 8 great innings tonight.
Don’t be a fool Dave.
Ramirez won’t pitch 7 or 8 great innings this year.
I’ve never argued that I’m rational about Ichiro-related decisions.
I love Ichiro too, but DeJesus is a pretty underrated player. .280/.360/.450 from a CF who costs nothing and plays pretty good defense? I’ll take two, please.
8-year-olds, dude.
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See, and there’s the problem for me. “Okay, two DeJesus, that comes to one Ichiro.”
“Uhhhh.”
“Sir?”
“Uhhhh.”
If I was a major league GM, obviously you have to pull yourself together and go for it. As a fan, though, I love seeing Ichiro play a lot more than DeJesus. If that makes sense.
No.
But, according to the mainstream media, USS Mariner authors AREN’T fans, because they can’t appreciate Jarrod Washburn’s shutout for the pitching masterpiece it was, or something.
Did you guys see that Seattle Weekly railed on Dave for that?
not to mention that David is much admir’d by Sir Sidney Ponson, according to his exciting new diary over at Batgirl’s place
De la Rosa has had plenty of control problems in the past. Let’s see how many walks the free swinging M’s can draw from him.
I’m saying the over-under is at 3.
right now on KOMO, Jamie Burke on that week in Tacoma
I get all girly when anyone mentions Andre Dawson. He was my childhood hero. Tip o’ the hat to you, Bill Krueger.
Since when is anyone at the Seattle Weekly qualified to comment on anything, let alone sports?
Well, ok, their beer columnist is allright.
#29– Moyer would agree with you– he always cites him as one of the teammates he most admired, for his even keel and his gentlemanly behaviour
Speaking of “where they ended up”:
Uh, oh, Guardado. Elbow. Spaghetti-O.
Harold Reynolds on throwing out the first pitch tonight:
“I got a call from my mom this morning, and I thought she’d say good luck on the first pitch, but, no, she says ‘did you know it was Ichiro bobblehead night?’”
The misuse of the subjunctive mood in that article accidentally suggests Guardado will never again pitch effectively.
It’s pretty funny if you’re a grammar nerd.
I would also take Brown for Ibanez. They’ve both been doing poorly so far this year, but even given a slight decline I know what to expect from Brown. Ibanez, not so much. Brown also plays better defense, and is 2 1/2 years not so far along.
He also probably wouldn’t need to retire as a Mariner, which is nice to know for flexibility’s sake.
“The Splitty” – J.J.’s favorite pitch.
Start throwing it more then!
If tonight wasn’t Ichiro Bobblehead night how many people would have shown up to see the Ms-V-Royals?
My guess is 39, including the entire Bloomquist family.
In other happy schaudenfreude news, Matsuzaka’s looking quite mortal, and Ken Griffey Jr.’s contracted pleurisy. (Really!)
35
Is Raul really getting paid that much to justify downgrading to Brown?
Pleurisy? Who replaced Bud Selig with Edith Wharton and didn’t tell me?
I don’t understand why marketing for Ms limit the number of give aways. Especially when they need fans in the seats. Why not give one of the featured give aways to every person through the turnstiles. A pitching matchup like tonite everyone deserves bonus bobble heads.
Jorge De la Rosa was famously once described by Dan Duquette as “the Mexican John Rockerâ€.
You know, that may be the last compliment I’d ever want to receive.
It wasn’t a compliment.
Is Raul really getting paid that much to justify downgrading to Brown?
Actually, I think they’re fairly close in salary. I don’t know if salary is being considered here anyway.
Brown’s defense would be a huge upgrade which is helpful in Safeco’s LF especially. If Ibanez’s 2006 was more of a one-time occurrence than something we’ll see repeated or nearly-repeated this year, then I’d say their offensive production will be about the same, and Brown’s might actually be better this year.
If you think Ibanez is going to come close to last year, then you probably don’t make that swap.
Ahh, I suppose it did have to be post-implosion at this point.
“Jose Vidro is off to a hot start” Mike Blowers
Jose Vidro career OBP and SLG: .363 and .458
Jose Vidro 2007 OBP and SLG: .355 and .417
Tell me again why they make it sound like he is doing better than we expected?
I didn’t expect him to reach his career averages, so I guess that’s at least a lukewarm start.
its all about the infield singles guys…
#46: Batting average is EVERYTHING. Duh.
“Matsuzaka’s looking quite mortal,”
Not so sure about that. Yeah he walked the bases loaded, but he would have held the Yankees to 1 run if the Sox had any outfield defense.
Uhhhh, boy. It’s going to be a long night, isn’t it?
there goes the perfect game… I really though he was due for it
Lost the no-hitter.
Lost the one-hitter.
That took long…
Two hitters out from the Disabled Oakland Athletics and we’re already in trouble.
Truinfel with his first extra base hit! A double! and two errors
sorry, I meant Triunfel
KC’s offense is better than Oaklands. But not much better.
nice throw by guillen
So I guess Guillen’s elbow’s okay?
They may not have to be much better. Particularly going against the nasty bottom of our rotation.
Triunfel got his first XBH the other day.
That looked painful.
Wow, I thought that got his bat.
“That’s for violating Rule 21!”
Two fantastic 2 strike pitches.
Mike Sweeney hurt – Man Bites Dog – Sun Rises.
nice again, Guillen
(I meant at first)
I hate this trend to put C’s on baseball jerseys btw.
Nice catch.
Does anyone know anything about this Denorfia guy the A’s just got from the Reds? He recently got TJ surgery, and yet they gave up two players to be named, and cash.
Guillen saved a run there.
I like Guillen in right.
I like Guillen in right a lot.
Damn that was a sweet throw.
Guillen! I think the arm’s fine.
He really does have an absolute hand-cannon.
Wow, we got out of that.
out of trouble *sigh of relief*
Example #834143636125 why ERA is a lousy metric for evaluating pitchers.
Clutch pitching? He needed two really nice defensive plays behind him and you call it clutch pitching?
#77: It was all due to the skillful pitching of Horacio Ramirez, you know.
If Guillen is healthy, and it looks like he is, maybe we can use our 4th OF as a defensive replacement for Raul instead of Guillen.
66: haha, I was curious what you were talking about, so I googled “‘rule 21′ baseball”… the first result was the Cheater’s Guide to Baseball blog
Ramirez owes the outfield dinner. Both Ichiro! and Guillen saved his bacon.
Guillen was kind of awesome on that play
Also: Dave (Niehaus) just talked about “clutch pitching.” Yeah, Dave — that’s totally what saved the inning…
“That’s for violating Rule 21!â€
That’s what I said over at LL. Hunter last night – Sweeney tonight.
[Niehaus]
I thought Ramirez was supposed to throw strikes and get groundballs. He hasn’t really done much of that tonight, or this year.
The pitching was clutch. The pitching was also not very good.
Funk Bloop on Ichiro Bobblehead Night!!!
because good outcome = clutch.
“An outstanding job of clutch pitching by Horatio Ramirez.”
Would someone pull the plug on that guy’s respirator?
Ichiro muscles out a single
Two singles, a HBP, and 3 fly outs in the top of the first.
Sometimes you just get lucky.
Good: I am enjoying this gem from centerfield seats which I got for free as a birthday present.
Bad: The seats are in a no-alcohol section.
Good: Guillen’s Arm.
Bad: Ramirez. And I am still in the no-alcohol section…
Miracles happen.
When Gameday said ‘Ball in dirt’ I half-expected to see the pitch show up in red.
Wow–are opposing batters really hitting .436 against Weaver? That seems historically bad.
Miracles referring to post 94 and not the lamentable lack of alcohol referenced in 95.
In other happy schaudenfreude news, Matsuzaka’s looking quite mortal, and Ken Griffey Jr.’s contracted pleurisy. (Really!)
You know, I’m not a Griffey fan, but I wouldn’t call that news happy, even in a schaudenfreude sense. I can’t think of anyone I’d wish that on, and I really want to see players succeed and fail based on their efforts, not their injuries.
Though I won’t mind seeing Carl Everett deal with a drug-resistant infection, just to see if he can wish away an evolving organism.
94 — You gotta put an asterisk by one of those fly outs because that would have been a base hit with another outfielder/different park/etc. For example, if it was to left field in Fenway or Giants Stadium.
.436 BAA for Weaver, can we start calling him Ty Cobb?
2 3-1 counts…..2 pop outs….
Hmm…Gameday sez ‘Ball’ piped to Ibanez.
More “good sign” stuff from Ibanez.
Warning Track Power
Gotta love balls hit to left :/
I find it interesting that after Griffey refused to be traded anywhere but Cincinnati back before the new millennium, he’s had all these crazy injuries. It’s almost like…karma.
Is there some kind of challenge to see how many lead-off hits we can turn into nothing?
Ichiro can’t score yet again…
E. Chavez walked, M. Ellis to second, M. Ellis to third on catcher D. Navarro’s throwing error
Did Navarro try to throw out a man ‘walking’ to second? haha
I just had this crazy idea! A sweep by KC would ensure Grover’s firing right?
108 – no it’s like someone that spends his sparetime playing video games and watching TV and not taking good care of his body.
Still, I can’t wait until the 3 game series in June. I’ll be there Friday with a Mariner Junior jersey on.
Nasty curve by Horam..but Gordon has like 2382 strikeouts already
Ben Gordon K’d by a AAA pitcher. Wow.
I meant Alex Gordon. I’m watching the Bulls game.
89 mph HEATER!
hahaha me too… heat suck
YuBet: Master of the spectacular, butcher of the mundane.
I dunno about that… that was a tough play with a speedy runner
.436 BAA for Weaver, can we start calling him Ty Cobb?
Jeff “Honus” Weaver
nice 0-2 pitch…ugh
Hey, a groundout!
redemption for HoRam… nice snag
#112: we were within 4 sweet losses of victory earlier this week….i’m think the worm is wiggling off of a dull hook…
KC baserunners: 5
KC runs: 0
KC outs: 6
HoRam’s pitching: clutch
Speaking of KC… They’ve had 4 singles…
Flipped over to the Jones boys on TBS just in time to see Chipper get a double and Andruw hit a 3-run homer. Braves up 6-1. It’s depressing to watch the M’s after that.
So a pitcher has thrown more balls than strikes, and Sexson comes up to fly out on the first pitch.
With the M’s, I sort of feel like I should tune in around the 7th inning, when they start getting hits.
Rafael Ramirez? Did anyone else hear that?
Guillen really needs a new gameday pic.
[Niehaus]
128, if you factor in contract, age, league, etc. Ichiro/Beltre and the Jones boys aren’t that far apart.
Might be time for Mariano Rivera to retire. He came in the 9th to get some work and was getting hit hard. He was looking incredibly frustrated the whole time. Here’s hoping that this is the start of a trend but that the Yanks keep sending him out.
Kenji couldn’t be bothered to lift the bat off his shoulder for that AB.
Harold “Sexual Harassment” Reynolds is in the booth. Does he have a job yet? FSN should hire him, if not.
Doh, the broadcasters saying the Ms have “come around”? Nobody loses every game. Oh, well.
Who was that who threw out the first pitch?
i think it was the mayor of cincinnati
134 – What do you mean “that far apart”?
137 – I agree. I obviously don’t know what the whole deal was with that scandal but I miss him on Baseball Tonight.
140 — you mean Jerry Springer?
135. The only reason for him to retire is if he didn’t want to earn millions of dollars on a perennial WS contender. He’s a 37 year old reliever who put up a 243 ERA+ last year, who came in and gave up singles to slap hitters in a low-leverage situation. I’d take him over many other team’s closers.
Yay…Fly balls.
143 – yeah I could definitely be overreacting, but it’s weird to see a line from him of .1 inning and 4 earned runs.
141, you implied by your depression over watching Jones/Jones hitting in comparison to the Mariners a direct comparison between them and Ichiro/Beltre, assuming C. Jones still plays third. Unless your point was that we should get people who can hit better, which I totally agree with.
It is very strange to watch Mariano become a mere mortal, but I gotta say I love it
Alex Gordon doing his best to help Ramirez out of a jam…
I don’t know, I like seeing great players having great careers. I don’t like how Rivera has lowered his career ERA+ below 200, because that was pretty cool.
I have to wonder…will K.C. ever reach a point w/ Gordon that they will send him down for a bit more experience without the franchise savior tag attached to him??
Would have been a four-pitch walk.
This must be torture for Royals fans.
This is ridiculous
danger averted once again… horacio, thank your defense
146 – Chipper does still play third. I would agree that they’re all equally good on defense and Ichiro is probably better than Andruw (though not by much).
But yeah, I was referring to Chipper hitting a double and then Andruw driving in the runs. Imagine if Ichiro and Beltre could do that more than not. Maybe we’d be at the top of our division like the Braves are currently (and will probably be for most of the season).
6 pitches out of the zone = groundout. Thank you, Mr. Gordon.
149–I agree, but there’s an important exception for Yankee closers.
I like how HoRam is just messing with their heads in order to secure a 3 game sweep. They had like 16 baserunners yesterday and were shut out. 7 already today and nada.
KC is going to have a complex after this one!
HoRam – master of the mind games.
I think Royals fans are numb to torture.
I think there aren’t any Royals fans, making them numb by default
BTW what’s up with Teahen? Just getting a day off against a lefty?
Sigh.
more Warning Track Power
Is this a pitcher’s duel yet?
Jeff Francoeur walks: 8
Team leader Richie Sexson walks: 8
ok, when even Rizzs says th9ngs like … “Horacio Ramirez has been in trouble all three innings, but give this guy some credit, he hasn’t given up a run”
My impression is that Beltre is a much, much better defensiev third baseman than Chipper Jones. Isn’t Jones one of the worst fielders in baseball by the numbers, for what they’re worth?
He forgot to let batters reach base!
Ramirez the K MACHINE
165 — Yep and the Jones boys have 30 BBs between them.
On a positive note: I love Yogi Berra.
Ho-Ram walking off the rubber to end an inning with less than 2-3 baserunners left stranded and cursing is a foreign sight.
Ichiro is so awesome.
i cant believe we are discussing a vidro hit streak
Come on Raul. How I long to spell your name with 7 “U”s again.
Better Dave Sims gaffe of the last five minutes: Saying the kid will show his bobblehead off at school tomorrow, or saying that Vidro can really rip the ball?
RAUUUUUUUL!
Run Vidro Run!
Nothing is wrong with Raul. Leave the guy alone he’ll be just fine.
He’ll hit .285, 25 bombs, 95-110 rbi.
“Vidro is going to leg it to third!”
“Looks like Buddy Bell is going to concede the run with the infield back.”
Vidro gets thrown out at home on a soft grounder to second..
Richie…
Here’s your Royals fan. You think he even notices mere visual torture anymore?
I have a strong suspicion that Broussard gets a start tomorrow
That was a high leverage strikout by Sexson.
183- We all wish that were true…
Come on Grudzelanek! You could have thrown home. 6-2-3 double play.
Royals 0 – 1 M’S
alright… we take the lead
can we hold it?
My mistake — Chipper is down about 25 points in fielding percentage. But I was referring to hitting in my initial comment and the ability of the Braves to manufacture runs where Chipper hits a double and doesn’t get stranded on base like Ichiro always would. Chipper is batting 317 while Beltre is at 235. Chipper also exhibits considerable leadership in the clubhouse and we have yet to see that from Beltre. So if push came to shove, I’d take Laaarry over Beltre even with the worse fielding.
187- Got Mateo fresh in the bullpen
We’ve been pretty good at holding the other team’s leads so far this season…
Very nice dp!
Nice DP there.
I always worry when the pitcher is going to second. Whew. Nice play.
188: I agree with most of what you said, except that Beltre is a better fielder because of his range and arm, but because of fielding percentage. He’s a worse hitter, not because of BA or less talent, but because his hitting intelligence is nothing compared to Chipper. Lastly, I don’t think we can quantify clubhouse leadership, or prove that it helps were it too exist. Furthermore, where was Chipper’s leadership when they collapsed last year?
It’s not Jones’s field percentage alone that’s the issue, it’s his terrible range. If I am remembering correctly.
Not that I don’t think Jones is a better overall player than Beltre. I’d guess that he is.
This reminds me that a guy I know who used to write for Sports Illustrated said that Chipper Jones was the worst prick he’d ever had to deal with.
Ho-Ram might live to see a 7th inning!
I doubt any of us has all that much idea what goes on in either clubhouse in terms of leadership. I’m not sure what traits of leadership Beltre is failing to publicly display, but I thought he was respected and liked by his teammates, and I’ve never heard any criticism of his effort or attitude.
Chipper Jones is regarded by almost every good defensive metric as a ridiculously horrible player with the glove.
Lopez!!!
WOO! Do we have a good nickname for Jose yet? I mean seriously, his name is the hispanic equivalent of bob smith.
I think Lope’s freeing himself from the tyranny of Grover’s hitting philosophy.
JOSE CAN YOU SEE!!!!
So is he ignoring the groundball advice now?
Another emphatic argument why Lopez should be allowed to pull the ball.
How long until Lopez is back hitting 2nd?
He IS our all star 2nd baseman after all!
Funk blast!
He is lobbying to bat 2nd so he can make the all-star team again…
202: ABSOLUTELY NOT.
200–J-Lo?
J-Long, maybe.
I like J-Lo…
I really want to like Dave Sims (anything to get away from listening to Rizzs) but … he has to pay attention more to what he says. The “kids at school tomorrow” gaffe was sorta excusable (probably has no school age kids) but his comment after the Lopez home run that “… and he hit a good pitch” – RIGHT after Blowers notes, with an accompanying graphic, that the pitch was right down the middle – smacks of mindless commentary. C’mon, Dave .. knuckle down!
What was/were the situation(s)? Did he mean just in after-game interviews or did he write features on the Braves?
Chipper may be a Southern “Gentleman” outside of the clubhouse (condescending, etc.) but that doesn’t mean he’s not a respected/liked member of his ball club who is considered a veteran leader.
I thought it’s been mentioned here that the Mariners need someone who’s both a solid player (sit down, Carl) and a guy who’s going to push the team to play better.
That’s wasn’t a suggestion, that was a reaction.
I was going to suggest “Nancy,” since he can drive the ball.
Classic Beltre.
Comin’ up on some more bullpen drama here,any minute.
Wow… three swings at the same exact same pitch. That was impressive Beltre.
Chipper Jones is a LF who never should have been moved back to 3B.
Eventually, the league will figure out that you can throw down and away to Beltre and he’ll strike himself out. And then, maybe then, he’ll finally learn to lay off that pitch.
maybe…
If Alex Gordon is a talent like Hank Blalock, the Royals should trade him now.
217- He’s showing consistency I suppose
Need to finish this slide deck for this talk tomorrow. Arrgh. I should turn the game off, but the increasingly banal commentary of Dave Sims is calling me.
I told everyone Horacio would have a great game,(Post 17) and I was right.
Never doubt my knowledge.
219- The league knows, I think everyone but Beltre knows he strikes out every time down and away.
224 – Let’s not jinx things, but well done so far.
Every time Richie comes up to bat, I always find myself wishing he had a shorter stature, just so he wouldn’t have the big strike zone that he does. It probably wouldn’t make things any better but still…
When Sexson’s in the dumper there’s no worse looking batter in baseball, or so it seems to me.
It seems likely to me that Beltre knows, but can’t recognize the pitch in time to stop. That’s why he takes meatballs across the plate, too; he’s afraid they’re going to dip away.
Re: 229
Surely with digital videotape and an electric shock collar we could fixe this problem.
Seems like a decent hitting coach would tell Beltre to stop guessing and just hit the balls that look inside or over the plate.
Hey our pitching without Felix is “impressive” according to Sims — he of the school on Saturdays.
Or, you know, what argh just suggested.
200- His initials are J.C.L. how about Jackal ?
I was having a good night until I was reminded we have to watch Weaver lose another game tomorrow.
This is off the topic of baseball….. but for the Seahawk fans here….. CRAP!!
I mean seriously… CRAP!!
How does that ball get passed Richie?
237- He is only 8 feet tall, there is no reason he should have fielding range…
236 – I think D-Jack’s three-year-old son told him to quit dropping the ball in 2006…
235: To Gil Meche none-the-less
Lets hope Reitsma losing his 8th inning role for no apparent reason makes him pitch with a vendetta the rest of the year.
As long as he starts dropping it again in 2007…..
Seahawks offense has been and will be fine without D-Jack. He’s getting older. He’s “hobbled”. He’s expensive. I trust the Hawks’ FO to use a 4th round pick well. We have other recievers.
I agree with all of 243 except the last sentence. If Deion Branch is your number one receiver, your corps is weak.
244
I think Branch will be better next year as he’ll be more comfortable having all off season to prepare for Holmgren’s offense. But that being said, I’d rather trade for DJ and give up a fourth round pick than get Branch for a first rounder.
Hackett’s our best reciever. We have a good trio. As long as they don’t drop it, Hasselbeck’ll put it there.
Reitsma throwing the 8th also?
I wouldn’t mind trading DJack but you don’t give him to someone in your division that can rub it in your face a couple times a year…I also think he’s worth at least a second or high third round pick and not a fourth…WTF?
And there’s that run back. Kenji FUNK BLAST
The Hawks haven’t had a true go-to WR since Joey Galloway left. And they haven’t ever really had a decent WR corps.
WR:Seahawks::LF:Mariners
ITS OUTTA HERE
FUNK BLAST!
Blast thing!!!
Funk Blast Kenji!!
Hail the unsustainble line drive percentage!!! Funk Blast!!!
Good thing he hits 7th instead of say 5th when we might have people on base. Wouldn’t want to turn this into a productive offense.
Yubet approaches his at bats like he needs to leave and put out a fire somewhere.
Swings at that first pitch up around his eyes…with predictable results.
I haven’t watched much of the M’s on tv this year but just now I was watching as Kenji went yard and I saw – on the outfield scoreboard – the cheer “FUNK BLAST!”. So, my question – was that being done at the park and then repeated here and that why I saw it at this site or did the reverse happen (migrated from here to there?)
All those fans should have their seats taken from them.
256. He should bat 4th.
Alright Beltre, make ‘em pay, yeah?
259, What happened? I missed it.
Is it Ichiro Bobble head night??
Kenji is on my fantasy team. Yay!
DMZ – Seriously. I always end up yelling at my TV “Leave it alone, idiots!”
Hmmm… wonder if Beltre is gonna see breaking pitches low and away?
They should put a set of spinning blades in the padding along the lines. Any time a ball in play is hit/thrown that way, the spinning blades pop out.
Or, you know, give me their tickets.
I just want to make sure that everyone is aware that we are all connected to this being our country.
Sigh…
265: Pitch 1…breaking ball low and away haha
He didn’t swing at the low and away junk!
You can have too much of that ‘low and away’ thing.
nor the crazy WP!
Funk Single!
Beltre gets runs in, hooray
That was one of the worst pitches I’ve ever seen.
MAKE EM PAY BELTRE
Yay Beltre!
Beltre!!!
i think beltres contract is worth it just for his facial expressions alone.
Hey, it’s just like Laaarry and Andruuuuw!
I almost feel bad for the Royals…
He listened to us!! We here at USSMariner can make miracles happen!
This guy may be throwing just a little too hard.
wild and wacky!
258 – obviously it started on the scoreboard, but it’s such a random thing to display that it’s become contagious.
The Royals bullpen is like the Mariners rotation, only they have 2 or 3 Weavers.
Is this guy really a big league pitcher?
One more run and I’m going to bed. C’mon Rauuuuul!
285: yes, but this is the royals if you recall, the AAA major league team
Even Mateo might be able to hold this lead.
Dammit. Will I never sleep?
If the Pirates and Royals combined forces, think they could manage a decent big league team? We could call them the Royrates
Or the Pirals?
258: “was that being done at the park and then repeated here?”
yes
291: no, too close to “payrolls”, and they don’t have much of one of those.
Come on Royals, score at least one so JJ can come in and get that high-leverage save with a 3-run lead…uh, I need it for my fantasy team too dang it!!!
Gordon vs. Sherill I think he could have struck him out in two pitches.
Tickets are going fast at the long ball lounge, which is why they run a promo every inning.
BRING IN PUTZ NOW!!!
Just checking the boxscore out in the LA/SD game. A couple of questions come to mind:
-Is Rudy Seanez the relief version of Mike Morgan? It seems like he’s been around forever.
-Has Meredith ever given up a run since he joined the NL?
Oh, dear.
thanks 294… way to go
294…
Damn…not that many runs though!!!
Surely Simms must know his first name is ROSS not Russ, right?
Putz in. Game over.
Another 5 out save for JJ. At this rate, his arm will fall off by May 1.
Banner Bank commercials may well be as annoying as our set up men
Not like I was trying to jinx a no-no or something, just want Putz to come in and get a save, is that asking too much?
we gotta go with ‘Bob Smith’. Buffalo Bob for short.
hey! the Bucs are doing ok, so far, this year, for them.
Wonder what Buddy Bell would do with a halfway decent team?
oh, hey NextYear? is Fred Kendall still out in the bullpen for KC? he’d be wearing no. 18
Would be nice to beat the Royals by more then a run, this feels like losing.
No, it’s never too much to ask the team you’re cheering for to give up runs for the sake of fantasy stats. Never.
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Just wait until tomorrow, lol
Man, I hope the Royals score another one so Putz can get a win…….
He’s on my fantasy team damn it!
Thunderstruck sure is getting alot of play around Safeco these days, isn’t it?
Hey hey, there we go Yuni.
YUBet!
wahooo…god forbid we have a save opportunity tomorrow, I guess Mateo is the man!? haha
Did I mention our defense as one of the best in the majors? No?
Well then! Let me tell you, they’re the bees knees!
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In my worry about burning out JJ, I forgot that tomorrow is Weaver day, so the likelihood of a save opportunity is low..
316- With Weaver going tomorrow we will be lucky to be within 5 runs. Safe to say White will be pitching 3 innings of uninspired baseball tomorrow.
312 – Putz giving up a run to get a win would offset the points so that’s no good, let’s just stick with the save, ok? You guys are pretty anal if you think I was serious in the first place…Go M’s
Man, my posts keep screwing up… that was a really good one too, one of my best… too bad
also, nice line shot from Guillen
Just thinking about tomorrow’s potential debacle…
Is it more astonishing that opponents hit .436 vs Weaver or that 56.4% of the time they DON’T get one off of him?
I wonder how Jason Ellison is liking his job with the M’s so far? Hey Jason, we need you to just take over for Jose Guillen around the 9th inning every day.
What’s that? An at-bat? Talk to me in September.
I see Riske still weighs about 112 lbs
No tag?? Thought we put him in their to pinch run??
he scores on a single either way, 2 outs and runner on 3rd doesnt give us much advantage to 2 outs and runner on 2nd
I love 2007 J-Lo much more than 2nd half of 2006 J-Lo.
Insurance!
good call, never want to get the 3rd out at 3rd base.
gotta love the Ichiro! chant
Bobble head stats? Really?
oh yeah… REALLY
Will Jose Jopez be our leadoff hitter next year, with Adam Jones coming up to be CF?
Royals Defense: It’s Craptastic!
Kata-esque
Wow! First Rivera’s ugly line tonight and then Trevor Hoffman getting lit up for FOUR runs and counting. In their over 1500 appearances combined, when was the last time both gave up more than one on the same night, much less four each?
Never been happier to not be a Royals fan.
Vidro has more power the opposite way than Beltre…teeheehee
here’s hoping JJ still has the re-found splitty grip.
hey, Derek– how was the Portland trip?
I miss Mr. Splitty.
Too many fastballs. he is still uncomfortable with the splitter.
Um, no J.J. no leadoff HBP’s! Bad! Bad J.J.!
Um, Morrow warming up?
Ah jeez, be ok JJ.
Polly doesn’t like this cracker.
uh ohh
DP wishing!
Whew!
DP granted!
Daddy likes! JJ is the man!!
248. You got your wish
Hip Hip HOORAY!
Putz don’t need no stinkin’ splitter!
Nice but Putz better be unavailable for tomorrow.
Ever since I joined USSMariner we are 4-0, but don’t think it will matter tomorrow.
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The only way Putz has to pitch tomorrow is if we score at least 10 to match the 8-9 Weaver will give up
Urghh! It’s 6.10 AM here, I woke up at 5.30AM and checked the score on my phone and when I saw it was 5-4 I just had to get up and turn mlb.tv on. Good work by Putz and credit to Grover going to him again. This was a big win – getting back to .500 after that terrible slump whilst playing average ball is hopefully a sign that there is more to come from this time when we get ‘hot’ [if that ever happens].
352 – Hawks got a 2nd round pick from someone out of their division for DJack?
353- Hip Hip Jorge!!
Hip Hip Jose possible nick name?
I think Weaver will have his best outing tomorrow, but that’s not saying much.
This IS the KC Royals after all…..
English, you missed a pretty good game. Some dramatic catches, clutch hits, fortunate errors, and a reliever so wild I was worried about the Moose. Of course, it was just against the Royals, but still.
we’re at .500 ball… 1/2 game out of first place… all is right with the world
GO M’S WOOHOO
I just checked out the boxscore over at ESPN.com, and I noticed that they credited Reitsma with an “H.” Is that what I think it is? A “hold?” Are they really counting those these days?
Lopie!
No.
Lopie the Pooh!
No.
Are you sure?
Yes.
this team sucks, but the competition sucks just as much. As long as this team can win games against the AL West, the chances of winning this division is not 0%.
RE: Jose Lopez nickname
My friends and I have been running with Joey Loops for him and either Nicky Bets or Juny Doubles for Betancourt. Get on board? America’s double play combo.
Regardling the search for a Lopez nickname, I consulted the Cult of Doyle and they recommended the nickname “Celestino.”
Its really too bad that you can’t put “all-star who hits 9th on a terrible offense” into a nickname. How many other ballplayers could you say that about?
RE: Jose Lopez nickname.
Jo-pez?
M’s win!
Sorry, I’m getting to the game a little late here.
I thought that Jose Lopez already had nickname of sorts, J-Lo?
Or does that sound too much like these contrived “branded” nicknames ala A-Rod, D-Mat, J-Roll?
How about just Jose Lopez? Jose could be the first guy to have a nickname that is his actual name.
nothing wrong with ‘Jose!’
all those other Jose-come-latelys can get their own names.
well, Turbo already has his.
I still lol at the “Turbo” nickname.
I’ve been trying to come up with a nickname for Weaver, but most of them involve dirty words and novelty rubber dog poo…
Well, I’ve heard Weaver called “Wheezer” but I prefer “Wipeout” myself.