Game 17, Mariners at Athletics

DMZ · April 17, 2008 at 6:05 pm · Filed Under Mariners 

Carlos Silva on the road against Lenny DiNardo. DiNardo, unfortunately for the M’s, is a lefty, which means we get the anti-lefty lineup, and Silva’s pitching in front of a one-fielder outfield. (Dave adds: Bloomquist in right is way better than Morse, so it’s not that bad)

Could be ugly. On the other hand, it’s only DiNardo’s second start this year, so maybe he uh… won’t be able to pace himself.

Dave adds again: Also, Carlos Silva, remember when you talked about throwing a split-finger to neutralize LH hitters. Well, yea, you haven’t thrown any so far this year, and lefties are torching you for a .327/.365/.531 line. The A’s run out a lot of LH bats. If you have a splitter, throw it tonight please.

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271 Responses to “Game 17, Mariners at Athletics”

  1. Steve T on April 18th, 2008 1:20 am

    Uh-oh. Pitcher has to bat with two out.

  2. Steve T on April 18th, 2008 1:21 am

    How badly does Rusch want to go home now?

  3. joser on April 18th, 2008 1:22 am

    This reminds me of that last game of the season, same teams, Rockies had to win to advance, they ended up down by 2 in the bottom of the 13th and came back to win it (I almost turned the radio off). Would be karma if the Padres manage to pull the same feat.

  4. DMZ on April 18th, 2008 1:22 am

    Boooooooooooooooooo

  5. Benne on April 18th, 2008 1:22 am

    What a game. Incredible.

  6. Steve T on April 18th, 2008 1:22 am

    Heck of a game, guys. See ya in the, uh, morning.

  7. jspektor on April 18th, 2008 6:31 am

    haha – I went to bed at about 12:30 am pacific – I think the game was in the 18th – its hilarious reading the thread after I went to bed though – classic baseball

    my favorite argument for baseball as the best sport: no game clock.

    M’s look good

  8. msb on April 18th, 2008 7:29 am

    So…does the Mariner’s PR machine send these in to ESPN, or was it ESPN that decided to put WFB in there?

    well, Eduardo Perez is part of the show these days (he’s been known to call ‘raaauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuul’ in the background during relevant Ms highlights) Perhaps he is the Willie B instigator ….

  9. jspektor on April 18th, 2008 8:01 am

    If the M’s have a PR machine someone should tell them about how ridiculous the name ‘Funk Blast’ is every time a home run is hit. I mean come on.

    They should also cancel that stupid grounds crew dance.

    And I’m sorry, but I hate that ridiculous grounds crew dance they do once every few home games. It drives me ballistic. I remember going to a game against the ChiSox last year where and sitting behind the Sox dugout – when Ozzie Guillen started making fun of it.

    It’s flat out dumb and our hometown crowd gets more excited for those guys then they do a clutch pitch … or sometimes even a ‘Funk Blast’.

    Sorry, morning rant – time to bring on the Angels.

  10. BigB on April 18th, 2008 8:21 am

    259 – I’m pretty sure they got the dance idea from other teams. Yankees fans seem to think their crew was the first to start it.

  11. BrianL on April 18th, 2008 8:22 am

    #259

    Don’t like Funk Blast? I’d avoid LL if I were you.

  12. jspektor on April 18th, 2008 8:26 am

    260

    Really other teams do that? That actually shocks me. Maybe I am just so mad from losing so many years in a row that something like that drives me bananas.

    Aka, cant the team focus on putting a winning product on the field instead of dancing grounds crew?

    I guess everything is okay when you win, right?

  13. jspektor on April 18th, 2008 8:29 am

    One more thing: Does anyone know when the last time the M’s pitched a knuckleballer …

    either SP or RP? I have been trying to find out figure the USSM guys would know.

  14. msb on April 18th, 2008 8:45 am

    One more thing: Does anyone know when the last time the M’s pitched a knuckleballer either SP or RP?

    you can always check here

  15. jspektor on April 18th, 2008 9:00 am

    MSB –

    Great find / Great Link … Awesome.

  16. jspektor on April 18th, 2008 9:05 am

    R.A. Dickey 2001 – Became a knuckleball pitcher in 2005. Also throws knuckle curve.

    So the guy recently became a knuckleballer … then developed other pitches besides the knuckleball? Should be I really excited about this guy … because I am…

  17. jspektor on April 18th, 2008 9:08 am

    Sorry, for some reason my grammar is horrible. I meant …

    Should be I really excited about this guy …

    apologies lol

  18. jspektor on April 18th, 2008 9:08 am

    This is just embarrassing. I’m done for today. TGIF

  19. Todd A on April 18th, 2008 9:09 am

    Glad to see the donate button up. I will be happy to chip in on a regular basis.

  20. Evan on April 18th, 2008 9:36 am

    If that Rox-Pads game had just gone a bit longer, we would have seen Maddux. Apparently he got his glove at the start of the 22nd – presumably because he was going to play.

  21. avideo on April 18th, 2008 1:46 pm

    Nice to see a win last night! Now we’re over .500. Hope we can win a couple in Anaheim.

    I’m still wondering how the A’s got a 9-7 record. Did they do it with mirrors? They looked horrible last night.

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