169 Responses to “Game 41, Mariners at Devil Rays”

1. Thom Jimsen on May 22nd, 2007 7:08 pm

   “I’m a fly ball, you know what I mean, and I nick my little hide on the catwalk. On the catwalk, on the catwalk, yeah, I shake my little stitch on the catwalk ….”

2. seank100 on May 22nd, 2007 7:11 pm

   Thanks, Thom J, I think that about sums it up.
   I can almost hear Hargrove, “Keep walking, boys, keep walking. Hit the showers…we’ll be back at the hotel before they figure this out.”

3. Thom Jimsen on May 22nd, 2007 7:14 pm

   “I’m too Sexy for a jack, too Sexy for a jack, whadya think about that?”

4. _David_ on May 22nd, 2007 7:19 pm

   Anyone else see Triunfel starting to hit for power, and getting his average up to .313?

5. joser on May 22nd, 2007 7:22 pm

   Tampa’s ground rules are fickin’ weird. The rules for Safeco’s trusses are pretty straightforward (if it hits in foul territory it’s foul, and if it’s caught it’s an out; if it hits in fair territory it’s fair, and if it’s caught it’s an out). But Tropicana Field’s, well:
   

   • A batted ball that hits the catwalk, lights or suspended objects in foul territory will automatically be ruled a dead ball and it shall be called a strike.
   • A batted ball that hits a catwalk, lights or suspended objects in fair territory shall be judged fair of foul in relation to the striking point on the ground or where it is touched by the fielder. If the ball hits the catwalk, lights or suspended objects in fair territory and lands in the field in fair territory or is touched by a fielder in fair territory, it shall be judged a fair ball. If the ball strikes the catwalk, lights or suspended objects in fair territory and is caught by a fielder in fair or foul territory, then the batter is out and the base runners run at their own risk.
   • A batted ball that hits the catwalk, lights or suspended objects and remains on or in the catwalk, lights or suspended objects in foul territory is a foul ball and it shall be called a strike.
   • A batted ball that hits the catwalk, lights or suspended objects and remains on or in the catwalk, lights or suspended objects in fair territory is a fair ball and it shall be called a double.
   • A batted ball that hits either of the lower two catwalks, lights or suspended objects in fair territory is a home run.

6. Dave on May 22nd, 2007 7:23 pm

   The next Future Forty update post is almost going to be entirely about Triunfel, the fact that he’s been killing the ball the last three weeks, and where he stands among the best prospects in the game. He’s blown by Adam Jones to the point where AJ can’t even see him in the distance anymore as the organization’s best prospect, and at this point, he’s making a legitimate claim to being one of the 5 or 10 best prospects alive.

   To be 17 years old and this good is just remarkable.

7. Thom Jimsen on May 22nd, 2007 7:27 pm

   Here’s something I’ve always wondered:

   Let’s say a batter hits a fly ball with home-run depth.

   The outfielder, in sheer unprofessional frustration, flips his glove high in the air.

   The ball slaps the glove and drops toward the field of play.

   The outfielder catches the diverted ball in his bare hands.

   Is it an out?

8. IdahoInvader on May 22nd, 2007 7:29 pm

   139

   You’re almost as cool as me, since I’m from Ontario. But were both cooler than Corco, because he’s only from McCall

   😉

9. joser on May 22nd, 2007 7:30 pm

   But AJ is just waiting for the call-up, wheras Triunfel is what, at least couple of years away? Where’s the hot starting pitching prospects? Oh, yeah, in the bullpen, I forgot.

   But hey, $10 gets you a Triunfel baseball card. Might be a good investment 😉

10. joser on May 22nd, 2007 7:33 pm

    157: if a ball can bounce off Jose Canseco’s head for a HR (it still makes me laugh out loud whenever I think about it — that may be the funniest play in the history of sports) then surely something approaching the opposite would have to be an out.

    What was the call on the RJ pitch that killed the bird? I know the ball didn’t make it to the plate but the bird did. Was it a ball? Or did they just pretend that pitch didn’t happen?

11. Jake on May 22nd, 2007 7:46 pm

    157: It’s a triple. However if the ball is believed that it would fly out of the ballpark, the umpires can rule it to be a homerun.

    Two years ago, Jeff Kent threw his glove up in the air at a line drive, hit the ball, and it was ruled a triple.

12. Thom Jimsen on May 22nd, 2007 7:46 pm

    Heh, heh: Aaron Sele got taken downtown by .096-hitting pitcher Kyle Davies.

13. msb on May 22nd, 2007 8:14 pm

    #15,28,30, etc. I guess Denny McLain did wait ’til his career was over …

    so I missed both rhubarbs– why did Ichiro get sent home to score a run? and I assume Maddon was claiming the ball his part of the rings and so was a run, not an out?

14. scraps on May 22nd, 2007 8:34 pm

    150: I predict a rumor that the NBA rigged the draft, to keep basketball in Seattle, and even more to penalize the teams that were seen to be tanking.

15. Dylan on May 22nd, 2007 8:53 pm

    164-

    I think that rumor is already out there 🙂

16. pablothegreat on May 22nd, 2007 8:59 pm

    Good day for sports in the Northwest. From a Blazers fan: congratulations Sonics fans, this may just keep basketball in Seattle. The Blazers are going to be very, very good in a couple of years.

    The Mariners really took a back seat to ping pong balls tonight, but it was nice to see them beat a team they probably should beat. The Angels won again though, which sucks (but at least the A’s and Rangers lost).

17. marinerschas2 on May 22nd, 2007 10:08 pm

    Wasnt Kyle Davies that pitcher who got shot in the leg a couple years back while riding on the team bus? He was saved because he was wearing some sort of boots from a costume he had to wear as a rookie.

    is this the same guy?

18. joser on May 22nd, 2007 10:45 pm

    Here’s to Richie Sexson, highest WPA on the team for this game — and I think that may be a first for the season. It’s also his highest WPA all season (the only other time he got close was Felix’s first start, and Mr 12K was clearly the most valuable player in the universe on that day). Here’s hoping it’s the first of many more. And if it isn’t, I hope he sits because at least this time it clearly worked, and even if there was no causation I’d rather not watch him flail.

    (I’d also like to think this will end Hargrove’s “sucking batters have to stay in the lineup until they magically stop sucking” philosophy, but I know it won’t).

19. msb on May 23rd, 2007 7:34 am

    #167– different Kyle … Kyle Denney. hard luck guy– he took a ball off the skull a few years back, too. I think he’s pitching in AAA

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