Game 33, Rangers at Mariners
DMZ · May 5, 2008 at 6:10 pm · Filed Under Mariners
7:10. Both teams 13-19. Huh. Who woulda thunk it?
Millwood (who, as Sims noted last night, it seems like we’ve seen pitch against the M’s waaayyy too many times) v Washburn. Lineups when I get ‘em.
Update: Huh, interesting. Sexson at 5, and Betancourt moves up to 7 behind Clement with Balentien at 9. I wonder why they’re moving Betancourt up from 9?
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I think they might actually miss him next week in Texas …
How bout giving Jacque Jones a look?
Norton to the Braves for a player to be named. I doubt we’ll get Soriano back.
#2: That’s an intriguing idea. . .
is this the Grass Is Always Greener syndrome? someone else’s cast-offs have to better than our players?
Thank you for the badly needed laugh!
and money too, no? so may be there is a chance…
Jacque Jones is a left-handed bat who could replace Ibanez in the outfield with decent defense. Obviously, if he keeps hitting this way it wouldn’t help, but I think it’s worth a try. Clement could get at bats from Kenji and Sexson (if he can play first).
Blowers first “no doubt about it” at 7:00. I don’t think it counts before the first pitch, though.
Here’s the only compliment I expect to give McLaren tonight. He’s got Wlad and Clement both in the lineup again.
If we still had Grover, the young players would have been called up to sit on the bench for a few weeks and then sent back down “so they could play every day”.
Chris Duncan is by far worse in LF then Raul Ibanez. So thats something we can be happy about.
Yeah, Ichiro is done.
Under/over on Sims first use of “Raul makes the long run”?
Two extra base hits in one inning!
Well, Raul went for a pretty long run right there.
Good start. 2 XBH in 3 batters? Are you sure this is the Mariners?
We need a HUGE series here and after Texas. Started on the right foot!
Yeah, but’s the kind you WANT him to make….
Is Vidro a worse hitter than Richie against RHP?
(Yes he is. And that is rather difficult.)
Something else to be happy about: Richie looked very spry flailing at ball four. Not his usual stiff looking strike out.
Clement is the 9,371st player of whom Dave Niehaus said is a nice young man.
so, who is behind home plate? I just came back to see that Clement AB where apparently the only strike was strike three
Rick Reed is the rookie hater behind the plate tonight.
This is the first game at Safeco this season with the temperature significantly above freezing which might account for something.
23 – It was 80 degrees on April 12.
Ichiro would have let that one drop in front of him.
Same pitch called two different ways. Super job so far behind the plate.
Blowers on lineup construction.
My head! My head! Aieee!
is that Roberto Duran at third?
Texas is going to mess the outfield up so bad that nobody will be able to make good plays out there again the rest of the season.
Those dumb base cloggers! Scoring runs and what not…
Moyer would love this strike zone.
Broussard is a worse option the Chris “I had 10 good games for the Tigers” Shelton?
Is it bad I enjoy Dave’s call more then the actual home run?
HamNasty,
No Way!!!
That was the most mailed in trivia question of the year.
SHWEET!
Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Hoooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!
What’s this crooked number thing?
Wlad has a thing for 3-run home runs.
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAA!
two homers one inning?
pinch me
oh man, they are using up all their May runs in one game!
during the dugout shots after Sexson’s HR, any one notice peering up at the field?
maybe this is the game we needed, to really get our selves going, one of those games where “if you cant hit off millwood your off the team” kind of games, but of course thats just my opinion. remember our awesome right fielder wilkerson…..ohhh me either.
AWESOME!!!
I tune in – note 4 runs and my first thought is …
Vidro is not in the lineup.
Confirmed immediately by glance at lineup.
Wow, the Safe looks pretty dead for such a beautiful evening.
You know who else isnt in the line up….Cairo
Well, since we’re playing this game…
You know who else isn’t in the lineup? Ken Griffey Jr. I think that tells you a lot right there.
Did you guys see griffeys catch today? he almost had another HR also, he still looks pretty good up there…..not to sit here and talk about griffey for hours on end but if he was in the line up everynight i know that would alone be enough for me to show up at the ball park.
Ervin Santana is really coming into his own this year.
AZ Ms Fan: I was being facetious.
So, you think this is the at-bat that they show Red’s giant Beltre head?
Has anyone noticed that with that one, Sexson is tied for second in the AL in home runs?
Some fun with small sample sizes.
To date: G, AB, HR, RBIs
Adam Jones: 31, 110, 2, 10
Vlad Balentien: 6, 20, 2, 6
What the f is Raul doing?
Nice baserunning.
Great catch by Murphy.
The Texas Rangers and Kevin Millwood: the cure for what ails ya.
defense?
Beltre’s so smooth sometimes, it’s great to watch him even when he doesn’t get the out.
Jarod “I turn into a pumpkin in the seventh inning” Washburn.
Ruh-roh! Time to yank our 6 inning max number 5 starter before it gets REALLY ugly.
That’ll do, pig. That’ll do.
hey look wash finally decided to show up
so, nothing can go easily, huh.
can’t just have a blow out, nope. Jarrod “The Stopper” Washburn has to leave with tightness in his calf.
Hey guys, that’s what good outfield defense looks like. That hurts to watch.
Man Beltre could have three hits today.
remember when the Rangers played crap defense?
sigh.
My God, I just saw the highlights thus far on ESPN and there was an Ichiro look-alike in the crowd, and legitimately looked EXACTLY like him. It was uncanny. Anyone else catch that? (Live in NYC so can’t watch the game)
Also, nice “Explosion de Funk” on the scoreboard after Balentien’s blast, too.
They showed it for a really long time on FSN. The guy even had the Ichiro shades and facial hair.
Incredible.
he was featured on the local broadcast– someone who had obviously spent a long time working on the look.
speaking of Moyer, he’s had a nice night– going to get a win, and hit a single, and a run-scoring double
Wow….The 2008 M’s suck so bad that they’ve pulled hundreds of posts from the intrawebs due to extreme suckiness. They are the black hole of MLB.
There are typically 200+ posts for a game thread.
Nothing’s happened since the 4th inning. Well, until JJ decided to make things stressful.
whats going on with JJ he just doesnt seem him self lately. Do you guys think his ribs are still tender or is he afraid of gettint hurt again?
where’d you go, Putz?
I miss you so
He has no control and his velocity is down. That’s usually due to injuries or mechanical issues. He has looked terrible this season, I hope he’s not done.
His velocity is down. He doesn’t seem to trust his splitter. That combination makes JJ very so-so.
It seemed like he threw his splitter a lot more compared to last year when he would toss unhittable fastballs all the time. That was more because he had no reason to toss the splitter. Very ugly JJ, but no runs so can’t complain all that much.
Well i hope that he comes around, because with out him at his full potention i dont see any of the fear in the batters that used to be around last year. And that to me really bothers me.
he went on the DL and did nothing for 2 weeks. He had a brief tune-up, without going out on rehab, came off the DL, pitched an inning, then sat for 4 days, pitched 1 inning and sat for 5 days. They gave him extra bullpen work to compensate, enough to give him a sore spot on his finger that kept him from getting an inning last night.
He’s had some good outings this year where he’s looked fairly unhittable, but the way he’s pitching now is very scary for this team. He hasn’t looked right since the first game after he came off the DL.
haha, oh we’re so good, what a great game.
oh we played the rangers, i forgot…
Aye…’twas a clash o’ the titans!
Re: ICHIRO (#s 65, 66, 67, & 68) -
He was featured on the local broadcast– someone who had obviously spent a long time working on the look.
W/R/T: A few years ago I saw a guy that looked like RANDY JOHNSON. He’d been working on it too. Then there are all those ELVIS impersonators.
Was at the game, Putz was not himself. He resorted to offspeed pitches to get the first two outs. Against the last batter though he did hit 95 on the radar, he was only hitting 92 earlier in the outing. He needs more time I think.
What’s really sad is that, on a night in early May, when they actually do make an effort to show up offensively and put together a nice win in the process, most of us have already grown so exasperated out of what we’ve seen out of this team thus far that we can’t even make to a hundred posts in a freakin’ game thread!
Gah, it’s gonna be a long and bloody season! >:(
Yeah, what a short game thread. Hopefully it’s only because everyone was at the game…
Also, whould we worry that Josh Hamilton wasn’t playing, skewing the win? I think his 32 RBI in a month say yes.
Good to see us score more than 2 runs though.
Come back Putz!
Is “whould” a word? It said “free of spelling errors.” Huh.
JohnD: “Then there are all those ELVIS impersonators.”
What’s this you say?
I think it was a short game thread because it was Cinco de Mayo. Lot of heavy partiers/drinkers in this crowd. And note the people who didn’t show up — Eponymous Coward, Colm, the various Alaskans, Lauren. I’m betting they’ll be back on Tuesday, perhaps a little worse for wear…
Hey, wouldn’t that be a cool name for a garage band?!
Actually, Joser, I totally spaced on it being Cinco…probably ‘cuz, like St. Patty’s Day this year, it was on a freakin’ Monday.
Always more fun when those two fall on or near a weekend!