Comments on: Game 75, Red Sox at Mariners

By: scott19

scott19 — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:54:57 +0000

395: Jim – ya know, I almost mentioned the ’88 Dodgers, ’cause they came to mind as well. I remember Hershiser having a fantastic year and being unstoppable in the post-season, but that team had some definite quirks — and it looked as if Oakland (on paper, at least) should have been able to crush them in about four or five games. I can still picture Gibby’s HR — and somehow you just had a feeling that it was all over for the A’s right then and there!

By: JIMINEDMONDS

JIMINEDMONDS — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:29:39 +0000

#388–You are right, flawed teams, including the 1988 Dodgers and those that you list, have won it all, if they catch fire at the right time. Why can’t that happen here, right now? If we can just improve our starting pitching, we do have the offense and the bullpen to be a serious player in the championship chase.

By: IdahoInvader

IdahoInvader — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:25:47 +0000

387

Thanks.

That’s all I was saying. I’m GLAD, heck THRILLED BEYOND BELIEF that Davis didn’t eff it up. But like I wrote in plain english, Jason Davis’ history has shown he’s not been very good.

If Joel had pitched two scoreless innings, would we have said he’s a good pitcher, in spite of the last few years?

By: scraps

scraps — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:06:17 +0000

Dickensian? satire?

If you look again, you’ll see that I’m responding to a specific comment, the last of a few comments by the same person. Not to be coy about it: It is BKM to whom I was replying, though he (or she) is hardly alone in the behavior I described.

By: Slippery Elmer

Slippery Elmer — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:33:33 +0000

Enough with the Dickensian satire. Just who is “the scoffer” to whom you refer? Anyone in particular, or merely a man of straw?

By: scraps

scraps — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:33:49 +0000

387: No one says he doesn’t deserve credit for last night. It just doesn’t change — very much — who he is and what we can expect from him.

It seems like every time people are realistic about expectations here, someone scoffs at them, and then, when (as often happens) a bad player has a good game, the scoffer crows triumphantly over those silly realistic people — as though the people being realistic want the team to do badly, as though the scoffer really told them by saying we should all still cheer, you know. Yet somehow the scoffer never comes back to eat a little of their own crow the next time the bad player comes back to earth.

By: joser

joser — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:54:16 +0000

Willis is not the pitcher you think he is.

By: scott19

scott19 — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:13:51 +0000

385: I’m with you on the cautious optimism. Despite the obvious flaws (i.e. too much free-swinging, starters not going deep enough, etc.), this season is starting to have an interesting feel to it — and thinking historically, there are plenty of examples of somewhat-flawed teams that seemed to somehow have destiny on their side (’87 Twins & ’06 Cards are two that come to mind).

A trade for/re-sign of Dontrelle Willis might be a big shot in the arm, though.

By: BKM

BKM — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:25:38 +0000

374. Doesn’t matter. He did what was necessary today, and he deserves the credit. Go Mariners, including Jason Davis.

By: jringler

jringler — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:59:16 +0000

Jim — don’t forget 1997!