Game 52, Red Sox at Mariners
Colon v Hernandez.
Sold out — or at least, that’s what Ticketmaster told me this afternoon — for the first time since the start of the season.
Funny joke of the day: the M’s are advertising “4-game flex packs” as
Guarantee yourself 4 great games and enjoy a discount this season with a 4-Game Flex Pack! Discounted packs start as low as $72.
I don’t see how they can guarantee that, much less how I, unable to fix the game outcomes, could guarantee it. Unless the M’s implement a “bad game guarantee” where if you see the team get stomped (say, losing by more than six runs or never behind by less than three after the third)(or second) you can trade your stub back in for credit towards another game. They get you back to bilk you for concessions revenue, you don’t have to pay until the team coughs up a decent performance.
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Didn’t you know? Every game at the ballpark is a great game.
Ugh.
I dont expect much out of this game, im probably only going to watch to see felix pitch and wlad hopefully hit.
Felix.
Also, Felix.
Well, would you go if they said, “Guarantee yourself 4 craptastic games at a discounted, but still quite high price, this season with a 4-Game Flex Pack!” ?
It’s honest, but it might not be able to draw the casual fan.
Id go if they changed it to a “4 game Felix pack” where you get tickets to 4 of his home games this year.
So, how does one go about being reimbursed for the games I’ve watched on TV?
The official Mariners homepage currently has a ‘Vote Now’! graphic up so you can send your favorite Mariner to the All-Star game. It links to the online voting page.
The promo graphic suggests a few choices – among them are Sexson and Vidro.
I wonder how many votes they’ll get?
bones, cracked me up!
You Mariners fans should relax(at least about tonight’s game). The Red Sox looked terrible against the A’s. Whoever needed to make an out to ruin a rally did so. Whenever a play in the field needed to be bungled to help the A’s, it was. They looked awful. Going against Felix Hernandez does NOT feel like a continuation of Red Sox momentum. And the Sox have done very poorly at Safeco in recent years, IIRC.
At least they aren’t saying that these packs give you priority for the playoffs.
Hey, it’s on FSN. Cool. I love watching the Ms and the Red Sox play. For me, a big part of enjoying baseball is understanding the context the game occurs in, especially in terms of players. And the Ms and the Sox are the two teams I follow closely, so it’s a particularly rich dish for me. Good times, even if I do have to put up with the Ms announcers. At least Rick Hudler isn’t working for the Ms.
Good god. I can’t believe I’m about to watch another one of these.
Last year, when the mariners started that “reserve your season tickets for next year and guarantee yourself playoff tickets this year” my ex girlfriend was yapping about how we should reserve our tickets and I kept telling her over and over “were not going to make the playoff’s “. I talked her out of it, but then her and her new bf bought season tickets this year. Im glad i didnt get suckered into that waste of money. Theres always a positive in almost any situation.
Rick? A combination of “Rex” and “Dick?”
Freudian slip?
This is a sellout?
Most of the RF seats are unsold. Probably 25k here now.
M’s lie, pennants die.
Oh, right, Rex.
Sorry, I lived in St. Louis (as a kid) during Hudler’s playing career. I think I’m still suffering from PTSD.
Did the lineup seriously show Reed DHing and Ibanez in left?
Who would win in a fight, Rex Hudler or Tom Huytler?
It’s about 5:1 Bosox-M’s in the stands.
It showed both Reed and Vidro DHing…so apparently FSN’s production people are phoning it in now too.
#18. That would be a little like Ellsbury DHing and Ortiz in right.
Oh jeez, camo chest protector and shin pads for Varitek.
At this point McLaren knows he is toast. So why not screw next year’s team by making sure Vidro’s option vests. Bwahahaha.
They’re too ashamed to show the lineup on TV, apparently.
“Wait, Reed DH and Ibanez in Left? Check that again, Perkins.”
They just showed fatty Colon leaving the Red Sox bullpen. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen an MLB player with a worse convex belly.
Feature request: A “reload page” at the bottom we cellphone readers can click.
Reed is in RF according to mlb.com
On a lighter note, looks like jamie moyer is getting an easy win today, 20 – 4 and still going lol.
You never saw Rich Garces?
What was Beltre doing?
that was gangsta, Yubet
Rich Garces was one of those fat guys who’s just one big sphere. Colon’s belly seems to suddenly project out from his sternum.
Sold out, sure, but tons of tickets on craigslist.
29, or Ray King for that matter.
Barney the purple dinosaur.
Looks like rain.
Nice range by Betancourt, but I really think Beltre should have had that one….
Also, I think even Ortiz might get to third on a hit to the RF corner, before Ibanez can get it.
Wow. 90 mph slider on the 1-1 count. that’s a tough pitch.
‘still driving in runs like he always does’.
The goggles, they do nothing!
#20 – I have been to several Red Sox/Mariners games at Safeco. My kids are Red Sox fans – what can I say. Always lots of friendly smack – especially during that sweep in August 2006 – those were some fun days at the park.
36, except it has half the calories of regular rain. Rain Lite.
Note: I’m doing my chem homework on my laptop, on a couch in front of a HUGE HD TV at my GF’s, tuned to FSN. So you’ll all get to hear a LOT from me this game. Just warning ya.
34. Ray King’s another fat guy who’s just a pair of parentheses seen in profile. Colon’s got that true “boiler” or pot belly going.
yuni was playing like he wants to win!
Thanks all who clarified the lineup. I was about to ask if they just wanted to lose. Oh look there they just showed Reed and Vidro both DHing again.
43… click hereand tell me that.
You know, I really do buy into the lineup work that’s been done recently that suggests that the role of the #3 hitter is overstated compared to the #2 and #4 hitters, but I think putting Vidro in the #3 slot is overdoing it.
When I was playing with Out of the Park Baseball sims last year, I ran Boston and had Manny batting second. Good times.
Wow, Mac, what are you thinking? Reed the DH….
If this continues the karma of the Oakland series, Suzuki should homer on the next pitch.
i’m at the game. sitting right behind the plate. thank god for amazing cell phones. is it me or is felix throwing absolute gas?
Um, fan interference?
No, no fan interference. Varitek just muffed the catch.
Also, ‘no doubt about it’ sighting.
46. Yikes. That is one bad looking “athlete”.
I feel like I’m a bit out of the loop, where is Balentien?
42 – I hope the game ends up being more interesting than your Chem Homework.
#50. If you are throwing your slider at 90 mph, yes, you are throwing absolute gas.
Vidro hits third?!?
“Bavasi is looking for trades, but such explorations, he said, aren’t likely to bear fruit soon. He said it would be hard to get players better than the ones the Mariners have now.”
From the PI article on everyone’s job being safe.
Huh.
I wonder who would win a hotdog eating contest, Vidro or Colon? And if his option vests, will Vidro look like Colon by the time ’09 rolls around?
Our DH has an OBP of .284?
Burn this team down for the insurance money already.
Burke Reed is in RF tonight against the righty, but FSN showed him at DH along with Vidro. So really Vidro is DH Reed in RF Ibanez LF.
42: It’s stoichiometry, which is the definition of going through the motions. >_<
I’d kill to have a glimpse at Colon’s medical file that Boston must have. The Sox reportedly has a really really good med team, and they must have worked double time to try to get Colon back and make sure that he’s really really back.
That was to 55, not 42. >_< Chem ate my brain.
57… McLaren is mixing it up, trying to see if a shakeup will help. (sarcasm)
do you think Mac just pulls names out of a hat as to who plays in the outfield/dh before each game.
Gee, that 1-1 looked low.
Ron Fairly himself could hit 3rd and i’d watch felix deal…. all praise the king!
Is Mike Blowers just completely ignorant to the fact that most of Felix’s problems have been from throwing too many fastballs?
I love watching Ichiro play defense. That was the very definition of ‘mosey’.
No, not a hat.
BurkeForPres: Is this a trick question? I don’t understand.
The real problem with this team began when Ron Fairly stopped remining them to pitch low and outside.
(tgf)
haha….
68 – Almost Definitely.
The words Blowers and ignorant seem to fit well.
Didn’t we sign Drew because he had a good batting eye? That was a pair of uuuuugly swings.
Something about the way Drew swings sometimes makes it seem like he’s more concerned with the swing looking pretty than with hitting the ball. I know that’s not true but when he’s going bad you can’t help but entertain dark speculation like that.
For his sake, I hope Blowers doesn’t know he’s on TV.
White Sox and the Indians move into the 11th, if anyone cares.
The NESN gun said that that fastball Ibanez swung at for strike 3 was 95 mph. Can you guys confirm that?
71: More like bewilderment at the fact that Blowers has no ability to put together a set of facts to make a conclusion. In fact, he seems to be an advocate of continuing exactly what has screwed Felix up in the past. Sounds a lot like the whole organization; maybe he should get a FO job.
Please, please, please stop talking about Tampa. It burns.
You don’t often see the batter calling for a ruling on the swing by the first base ump like Beltre wanted there.
Has anyone said the phrase “pitcher’s duel” yet?
James T: That’s what Gameday says. He’s not Felix, but Colon, at least for the moment, does not suck.
My FSN nw also said 95, and it also looked high and outside, did raul see that? or just randomly swing?
Varitek is indeed wearing camo gear, Dave.
Do you think they change the post game spread on days Colon pitches?
82, Beltre does that all the time, but yes, I’ve never seen anyone else do it.
Vidro is hitting third because he’s been hot the last two games.
Hey, he’s the new young player they just called up, remember? We’re in a small sample size theatre here in Mariner land now.
I’ll take Blowers over Fairly 7 days a week, and twice on Sundays and holidays.
It’s not sadistic for Sox fans to wish that Tek would let that pitch graze him.
AZ Ms Fan: Gameday says that strike 3 on Ibanez was nowhere near the strike zone.
Ump has a very generous strikezone.
Terrifying
Does anyone know what accounts for the HUGE increase of Barolo Colon’s GB% this year? Is this still sample size? The increase of his fastball by almost 1 MPH can’t make that much difference can it?
Are we still in small sample size areas?
Sorry if this was somewhere else and I missed it.
I wonder how many games before we see WFB
hittingbatting 3rd.Sean Casey. Little did Sox fans know that management signed him just to mess up the Tigers.
#70 – tgf, you a funny guy!
#95. He’s only pitched one game so far this year. Small sample size.
95, he’s only pitched 5 innings this year.
It’s as generous as Colon’s Haggar Comfort-Fit Pants.
Well, Thanks.
I feel like an idiot.
If Colon gets any bigger they’ll try and get Selig to approve a muumuu with his name and number on back.
Colon: “I’d like four fried chickens and a Coke.”
Waitress: “You want chicken wings or chicken legs?”
Colon: “Four fried chickens, and a Coke.”
Lugo: “And some dried white toast, please.”
Ugh. not a very good 2 seamer there by Colon an Johjima whacked it.
And to think that Colon was $10.5m than Silva to sign.
Hey, it’s Enrico Perlozzo!
And not a very good 2 seamer there either.
The 3rd base coach is definitely not doing his job with people not getting thrown out at home.
Ooh, tension. Good times. This chem problem can wait.
This is where I’d have to say to walk Lopez to get to the Ms #3 hitter…
Hmm. thought they might at least make Ellsbury throw it as he’s got a rep as having a lousy throwing arm.
Ha. The only time you’ll ever hear the awkward “Let’s go Mariners” in the stands… when people are trying to drown out cheers for the other team.
Do the Mariners catchers ever do that stand up to give the target thing Tek just did?
James T –
The Mariners believe in instinct and the grit of the game. Not scouting reports.
Dusty!
Figures……..
I really like Pedroia, but I can totally see him being the next Eckstein in three or four years, and I already hate it.
Good thing Pedroia made that play. Colon might have ingested him whole on the bench if he’d missed it.
The groundskeepers’ dance song this year: Bad by Michael Jackson.
Prescient.
MLB.tv is really pushing this manny 500 hr thing. When like a week ago they were pushing Griffey’s 600. I would much rather watch griffey’s commercial over and over than manny’s.
I’m with you NBarnes. His lack of walks and power this season is very troubling. A top of the market trade after this season is not a totally outrageous prospect at this moment.
What is everyone drinking tonight?
My dad gets a kick out of how little Pedroia is, and how hard he swings.
“AWWW, WIIIDDLE DUSTY PEDROIA, HE HIT IT ALLL THE WAY TO THE WARNING TRACK, WOULDJA LOOK AT THAT”
Also, I liked seeing Ichiro tell Raul to get the F out of the way to catch that fly just now.
To be fair, he whacked that one pretty good but no luck.
James: I was more thinking of the interminable slavering worship of the short, gritty middle infielder who plays the game the right way and is never afraid to get his uniform dirty.
I am also concerned about the fact that he’s kinda sucking this year, but that’s a separate issue.
PMC – I’m having a newcastle. Averaging about one per inning so far.
Papi has been resurgent of late.
Yeah, if only we could have a do-over of the offseason with an intelligent person as GM.
123 – Peppermint limeade.
Limeade. with mints. And Jalapenos.
That’s what I get for even thinking about a no hitter.
“Look at that, Ichiro just gave up long before the warning track. That’s why this team loses games.” – Bavasi? Baker? Groz?
Damn it Felix.
What was that pitch?
123 Leinenkugels left over from the poker game at my place a couple weeks back.
He was sitting on it, Ortiz was.
I’m sick of these MLB.TV commercials. So glad I’m paying for them.
Also not so pleased to see MLB throwing Bonds under the bus during the ‘Keep Watching’ promo clips. Way to shirk your share of the blame, gents!
Ah, Ortiz blast. Balance to universe restored.
A Jones text message to Balantien.
“Wlcm 2 my wrld”
B is for Bandwagon
Say it with me safeco “bandwagon”
It was a good pitch…Ortiz just got it.
Krueger said on the radio that it was a 91 mph “change-up”?
Low fastball knee high but over the middle?
Now we can get on with Felix’s awesome 1 hitter and L.
140 – according to Gameday, Felix only threw fastballs that last inning.
Even against the M’s I love seeing Ortiz hit a bomb like that. Hell, I’m basically rooting against the Mariners at this point (but only because I love them)
129 – If I were in the Mariners organization and I had read the things Dave posted on USS Mariner it would take me about 5 seconds to call him up and AT LEAST bring him in to talk about a job.
Does gameday distinguish between 2 and 4 seam fastballs? And does Felix throw a 2 seamer? That would explain the 91 mph speed.
Felix isn’t fooling anyone this game. A lot of hard hit balls. Just haven’t found holes.
I liked the person who apparently doesn’t know the spatial orientation of the letter “L.”
#144. Cruel to be kind?
(cue up that early 80′s Nick Lowe song, which I really like)
Memo to Felix: Mix in a curveball. Too many fastballs end up in Souvenir City.
Memo to Bartolo: Mix in a salad. Too much red meat ends up in clogged arteries.
Colon got lucky on that one. His breaking pitches have no bite and his command of them is erratic.
Yep, faster than you can say “Horatio Ramirez for Rafael Soriano”.
Wow. Good recovery by Drew after stumbling.
I heart Drew.
Bosox fans less drunk than usual. Maybe they finally got jobs they have to be at tomorrow.
You know what, this has already been the most satisfying game to watch this month, and we’re only through 4.
145
Not if you are a prideful man and everything he says is the opposite of what you do/did
James: Yeah, Felix throws four pitches, all very good; 4-seam that can hit 97-98 a slightly slower 2-seam, a really mean curve that he should throw more often, and a change. The two pitches to Ortiz were probably a 4-seam and then a 2-seam.
That’s a pretty large vacant area in center for a “sellout.”
Im very suprised that ichiro didnt caul Raul off that fly ball.
Mothership Wit #2. Mmmmm.
FYI, drinking red wine right now, but if someone would tell me where to get a @#$ing SP Lager I could fix this. and when I read “Horatio Ramirez for Rafael Soriano” I just spit out a sip. TGF you owe me.
HOLY CRAP ICHIRO
Just noticed Varitek’s camo chest protector and shin guards. Nice, understated tribute.
Wow. Terrific catch. Terrific catch.
ICHIRO
OMG ICHIRO
OMG THE DOOR
ICHIROOOOOOOOOOO
Oh, my bad, Felix also has a really really nasty slider that he generally only uses when he really needs to get out of trouble. So five pitches.
Yeah, he’s crazy good in a lot of ways. If the Ms let him hit free agency, I’d love to see the Sox pick him up. I’m a huge fan (like basically everybody in Seattle).
DAMN. Yeah, Ichiro is totally dogging it….. Lazy bastard.
ICHIRO!!!!!!!!!!
Ichiiiiro! (But no, not the best of his career here. C’mon.)
boy, if only that Ichiro would try for those hard-to-catch balls ….
Ichiro just made that play to get on Web Gems. More proof that he is a selfish player and not a clubhouse leader.
Why didn’t he do that on Ortiz’s ball?
(just kidding)
That Ichiro grab was reminiscent of Griffey’s “Spiderman” catch.
What an amazing catch. Shades of Griffey breaking his wrist eh?
and 170 I agree, DEFINITELY not the best of his career. But a good one nonetheless.
Deserved or not, I’m sure Ichiro was hearing the criticism for yesterday’s non-catch in his head when he was going for that.
Ichiro was giving Kreuger and Bavasi the finger.
Sorry about that.
That was the best catch of the year
Ichiro just served notice. Until the M’s turn things around, he will be destroying one section of the outfield wall per game. 2+ if we are down by 5 or more.
It’s a real shame Felix gave up that homer already, because [casual fan mode on] a catch like that could have been the catalyst that makes Felix pitch out of his skull for the rest of the game [causal fan mode off].
ICHIRO! Please stop scaring us.
Rizzs is doing TV! Yes!
Oh man, the Toupee.
Colon is getting left to right movement like a frigging Trac-Ball on some of these fastballs.
Over/under on how long before we hear this complaint again from Mariners “fans”: 3 weeks.
Which of his catches is better? I think that was harder than the “home run robbing” catches – I mean, he was back-to-the-plate, oh-my-god-im-about-to-hit-the-wall, and then the ball bounced off the heel of his glove and into his bare hand.
The absolute best catches always have an element of luck involved (e.g., the Tyree helmet catch)
123: High Life. This team deserves nothing fancier. And shots of Sailor Jerry for every run. We’ll just have to wait and see if I need to get up to get and it.
Rizzs, Krueger, Rally Fries OH MY!
I think this was the M’s way of taking our focus off the suck on the field, by having even more suck come out of our speakers.
Colon still setting ‘em down but his pitching’s far from airtight.
would it be fan interference if he goes into the crowd? doesn’t it then become fair game?
FWIW, when he talked to Drayer, he said he was looking for trades because they had a DFA’d player, and that other teams are just not ready to make trades just yet (being still in it, unlike the Ms)
Dear Dave and Derek (D&D) –
Without you guys I would not have had the education and knowledge to make baseball watching fun this year.
Then I would have stopped watching after one or two of those roadtrip games. Then I wouldn’t have been watching tonight to see Ichiro’s awesome catch.
Thanks for giving me the tools, and the website to help persevere through the tough times so we can see the few glinting lights.
-Z
Looks like the Mariners offense is once again going to fail them.
can someone give me a recap of the catch? I didn’t see it. Would love to know.
189: You realize he is facing the Mariners, right?
Krueger was properly appreciative on the radio side.
#191. I would think that a lot of other teams have identified their strengths and weaknesses and even if they are in the hunt, are ready to trade now on the basis of having made those assessments.
Uh, I mean…#190.
I’m getting the feeling that all the runs that will be scored today have already been scored.
Not that we have much to go on – 7 pitch inning.
Neither pitcher has had to throw much.
Steal Jacoby! Steal!
man, the Boston fans are loud at the Safe.
Wow, I’m surprised how many Mariner fans showed up to a Red Sox game.
Maybe Joe’s will go bankrupt.
awwww wiiiiddle Dusty Pedroia didn’t like the call…
okay I’ll stop.
Just get it into the gap, Papi.
McLaren: What exactly IS the balk rule?
The worst balk I’ve seen this year was B.J. Ryan, the Toronto closer who didn’t come close to stopping in any sort of set position and the umps positively refused to call it (Ozzie Guillen and his coaches were having a conniptioin over it and the umps argued with them rather than call it)
well, I hope they show us the ‘balk’.
The Mariners could still go to the pen.
#205. It was outside according to the K-zone-ish sort of thing they use on the sox broadcasts. but it wasn’t so different from what had been called for Colon.
Ow. Papi looking bad there. Felix: he’s pretty damn good,
Those be some good breaking balls, methinks.
Gameday says papi foul tipped that, but i dont think he even touched it at all…
The balk was just spinning from his set position and never stepping off the rubber or toward first base.
I -think- that was a balk? I have the feeling Felix started his regular motion before stepping off the rubber to make the throw to first.. but without a replay who knows?
WHY oh WHY does this kid not throw more breaking balls? That was filthy.
Ichiro! doesn’t want us to start drinking and booing tonight.
Colon’s actually pretty good at holding down the running game.
How many times do we see that happen?
Someone makes a great play on defense, and then they lead off an inning later…
But not if he just hits the batter. Ugh.
I was just wondering how Colon would handle a bunt– looks like he’s still moving his bulk prety well.
This is the guy Mc wanted up in this situation. First two on, lets see if Vidro can come through.
I know it’s a “pitchers duel” but he’s the #3 hitter in the order and it’s the 6th inning.
According to Kreuger, if you play in the National League, you know how to really play baseball. Yet another skill Vidro brings to the plate.
Our DH just bunted.
“He knows how to play baseball. He played in the National League for a while.”
You know your team sucks when the third hitter bunts.
Damn, 225, you beat me to it.
Vidro knows how to play baseball. He played in the National League for a while.
Yeah, but Vidro still sucks. In a player-neutral situation, the run expectancy of first and second, no outs vs. second and third, one out is pretty even, but Vidro sucks and Ibanez doesn’t, so the bunt was a good call.
McLaren is even more rebellious than LaRussa – batting the pitcher 3rd…Oh wait.
Well he got the bunt down.
You know your team sucks when the third hitter bunts.
You know your team really sucks when the third hitter bunts and it’s the right decision.
Ok. Hold on. Are all of the Mariners announcers (minus pre/post-game/studio folk) on their payroll, including guys doing fill in work?
Because for someone who has been (ignorantly) all over Ichiro’s defense lately, Krueger is giving nothing but praise about how great he’s been for years now that he’s in the booth.
Were they just commending McClaren for having the presence of mind to bunt with his #3 hitter…
He wouldn’t have been their number three hitter if hadn’t chosen it that way!
Joes tracer sucks
#231. Sure that may show adequacy on the part of the manager but not the GM.
@ 202 : Pretty much typical.
They’ll start the “Mariners Suck” chant sometime soon… but at least this year, they’d be telling the honest-to-God truth.
oooh, Richie too!
Somewhere, Theo Epstein just had a heart attack laughing at the Mariners.
Once it got to 3-2 you could see that happening. Colon didn’t have the room to maneuver.
“Professional hitting”
“Ibanez is money”
236 – Yeah. But it seems like it sucks more than it does, because the broadcasters revere it.
So, that’s what “professional” hitting is.
on the radio side, at the time of the catch, he mentioned that Ichiro was probably still mad for having missed the catch the night before
How many times do we see that happen?
Someone makes a great play on defense, and then they lead off an inning later…
I think it’s because that guy was warming up in the on-deck circle before going in to the field, making them slightly more likely to make a great play in the field the next half-inning.
Our DH just bunted.
So? There are no positions on offense. There are just nine hitters. Whatever they need to do, that’s alright. Just because the Mariners suck doesn’t mean that the concept of a DH bunting is absurd. Given that Vidro isn’t a great (or even good) hitter; that we were down by one; that for whatever reason we can barely get guys in from scoring position; then the but probably has a positive value in that situation.
The #3 hitter/DH bunts. In this context, it may actually have been a decent play, but that just speaks volumes about how much the context stinks. I’d love to hear Earl Weaver on that play; I suspect about 80% of the commentary would be obscenities.
at this point, it would be more helpful if they explained what “un-professional” hitting is…..
Woulda liked to get the ball out of the infield with first and second, no out….
Earl Weaver would have been smart enough to skip right to the part where he cusses Bavasi out for having the roster’s DH be a guy that doesn’t hit, walks a little, and has zero power.
That hbp was a huge break. Without it, not sure that inning develops. Ichiro must feel so alone with Lopez and Vidro coming up behind him.
Rey Ordonez?
Uhh. Is Triunfel not suspended anymore? I know he hasn’t been back for 17 games if he is playing again.
That was pretty funny if they goofed that up.
I think Bill Krueger says about three false things per minute.
Also, the #3/DH sacrifice bunting is excruciating.
Manny will take a walk when a pitcher who intimidates him loses control. Yes he will.
Triunfel’s suspension is over, yes.
i swear i saw him in the box score the other night so i dont know.
There should be a stat keeping track of amount of game time talking about things other than the game happening; the M’s would probably be leading the league in something.
He’s back and he’s still swinging a hot bat. Hmmm….maybe we can get Ramon Santiago for him?
I just brought my clock radio downstairs to listen to radio. This is just awful.
The good news is, I won’t have to hear it tomorrow because I am going to the ga… wait. D’oh.
Stephen Hawking and Dom DeLuise could turn a double play with Lowell running.
How good is Hanley Ramirez? So good that Florida traded Josh Beckett and Mike Lowell for him and still came out ahead. Damn good.
Bavasi feels like a genious, because after he speaks out… our defense gets “better”.
Oh god. Manny Delcarmen warming up in the pen for the Sox.
#260. I don’t know. Some of what you read about his fielding is that he’s worse than . . Jeter.
That grimace that Felix makes when he is frustrated is a big warning sign. Keep your cool, buddy. You’re the most talented pitcher alive. Keep your cool.
There ya go!!! Go Felix!!!!
Do the Mariners do this every game or just on special occasions like Memorial day?
260… that’s Hedley!
Every night that I hear the 7 cedars casino $7K for 7 runs in the 7th inning promotion I feel about 7 brain cell dumber. Have the EVER paid that out? And if they do, some year, pay out that lottery then the lucky winner just gets 7 grand? They should get $7 million. Sorry, it just pisses me off every night.
Holy crap. This has been a fast game. 11:44 pm in the bottom of the 7th!
what? hit like crap, you mean? every game.
#268. Last year or the year before the Sox had a promotion about somebody winning something like 10 grand if the Sox homered on the 100th pitch of the game. At first Remy and Orsillo the Sox announcers took it seriously then they realized it was a total joke and made fun of it.
#270. God Bless America in the 7th inning stretch.
Cairo? Pinch running? Uh, what the !#$!@$^%!$@% is Bloomquist on the roster for, again?
Good thing we’re using Cairo instead of Princess Willie… who runs better and is better defensively.
OH MY GOD! McLaren made a smart move and pinch ran for Sexson!
But, why wouldn’t you use Bloomquist here? Probably faster, and better(ish) defense.
For crying out loud. We can’t win, can we? Can’t even get Bloomquist when we’d be somewhat happy with it.
Damn. Tough situation now.
Pffew. With Felix’s low pitch count, a hit there might have been game.
sundays & special occasions.
so, the DH bunts, and the first baseman has more infield hits than HRs, is that it?
It’s because Cairo is our BSD first base replacement for Sexson… DUH. (shoot me, please). HEY, Samantha Green didn’t win the SEVEN GRAND this inning. She must be PISSED.
We really have a way of making pitchers look really amazing. My friend sent me a message that said “is Colon really doing that good, or do the mariners just suck that bad” guess what my reply was….
“Pitcher’s Duel” heard at 8:52pm PST!
Does Cairo have something permanently lodged in his eyes? That twitching crap annoys me more than his having a job.
Oh. Pitchers who are ‘winners’ keep their pitch counts down, so that they can stay in the game.
God, Lugo. If you can’t do that, what good are you?
#282. His mob nickname would be “Blinky”.
so, who was mocking Pedroia for his power?
I do love me some Pedroia.
Um, if there’s one outfielder who needs to play Pedroia fairly deep it’s the leftfielder. But I’m not so sure Ibanez would’ve had a play anyway.
#286. Uh . . that was me.
Beautiful swing by Manny. Beautiful.
Just read most of the 280+ comments. Geez, you guys are a defeated bunch.
Ow. Not how I want Felix to leave the game.
That’s how the Sox roll, though.
Wow, that killed the board.
Tek calls too many fastballs for Okajima. I don’t understand why. He controls his curve very well but Tek just keeps putting down one finger.
From gem to dud. Oh well. The ball that Ibanez didn’t catch however was catchable.
Are you talking about my posts? My dad wasn’t mocking his power, just how hard he swings. Nobody is knocking his pop, but my god is he the antithesis to “effortless swing”.
Was waiting for an inning like that from Felix. Red Sox had been hitting the ball hard all night, just couldn’t find any holes.
Before he leaves office, I hope that American warlord Premier Bush decides to nuke Red Sox Nation. There is no escape, they are everywhere.
When it’s going bad, it’s going bad.
Anyone have a paper bag to put on my head?
Yeah, they finally found that hole known as “Raul”.
“[Pedroia’s] bat speed and his hands are tremendous because his arms are only about 11 inches long and so close to his body that he’s not getting to anything hit 5 or 6 inches to the right or left of him and he doesn’t have a lick of athletic ability…yet he’s a rookie of the year candidate.”
I vividly remember the threads on Sons of Sam Horn early last year about ‘Pedroia’s Big Old Swing’ and asking if he needed to shorten it. Good times.
Wow. Terrific double play by Beltre.
Damn. Beltre == win.
Skeptics, please meet the reason Beltre is worth every penny of his contract.
I guess they’re gonna use Papelbon because he hasn’t pitched in 4 games.
you could just see that inning developing. I had to step away– there is only so much carnage that I can take in a 4 day period.
I believe they are now at 66 runs given up in 7 games
Meaningless Stat:
Apparently,
The Mariners were only allowed to win once per starting pitcher this month.
5 Wins.
Washburn – 5-05
Batista – 5-11
Silva – 5-14
Bedard – 5-17
Felix – 5-18
It’s been since April 29th since we won two games where the same started started.
Silva started on the 29th.
Ergh.
That’s the third great play this game. Betancourt’s diving grab, Ichiro’s near beheading, and now Beltre’s sweet DP. It looks bad for a win, but today has been otherwise entertaining.
Q: Does this team even have four “great” games left in them this season — even with over 100 left to play?
Gah, Memorial Day…a.k.a. unofficial “first” day of summer. Kinda sad when these guys got so many forks in ‘em already that ya can’t even get excited over a Felix Day anymore.
Seemed like Felix threw too many fastballs. Maybe that’s a judgement that’s colored by ex post facto knowledge of results but Manny’s a total guess hitter. If he swings at it early in the count, it’s what he was expecting. And Felix made Ortiz look bad on most every breaking pitch, too.
307 – Not to mention Beltres dive to save a run, Cairo (eww) fielding the bunt, one of the double plays and Felix striking out Ortiz.
This game has been “fun” to watch.
I don’t have any exotic beers but I do have some pretty strong liquor I’m downing right now.
Krueger is showing why he is so annoying and stupid.
Manny is a total guess hitter? He’s got one of the best batting eyes in MLB. One of the best ever in MLB.
NICE backup on that play Pedroia. Kinda meaningless, overall, but nice to see.
Cairo has “hustle”?
and even we know how hard he works at his hitting.
“That bat died a hero”
Really?
I don’t really understand going to third there… it’s not the important run and doesn’t keep the team out of the double play…
If it’s any satisfaction to the M’s fans, when your team finally wins it, you’ll feel a little better about the time and emotional investment you made in the down years. 2004 sure made all the tough times from 1977 on seem a lot better, in retrospect than they had before that.
“Professional pitching” says Krueger. Ahh he’s a great one.
Whoa! We’ve had both professional hitting AND professional pitching in this game.
We should be honored for the opportunity to watch professional baseball players.
Why is being a guess hitter inconsistent with having a good batting eye? It doesn’t have to mean that he swings at everything. I think he works the other way. He won’t swing, period, if he’s going well and doesn’t get the pitch he wants. That changes with two strikes but he hit that ball early in the count.
I was hoping Lowell would try the hidden ball trick with Cairo at 3rd.
Papelbon piling up the pitches because he couldn’t throw the dam n ball 40 feet.
What percentage of runs in the last month have involved Ichiro either scoring them or hitting them in? It seems like a lot, but I haven’t looked it up.
Yea! Kenji!
yup. me, I keep waiting for the inevitable triple-play that will be pulled off against them this season.
So . . . June 13th is Caucasian Adrian Beltre Bobblehead Night. Seriously, when did bobblehead manufacturers stop caring so much that pigmentation has become an irrelevant detail? I’m actually surprised he’s not also left-handed and wearing Waldo glasses.
Just saw the replay of The Catch. Hot damn!
This game was lost when we bunted with our “number three” hitter with no one out and two on. When you use up outs because you have no confidence your number three hitter can do something productive, why are you playing baseball? I wish this were the English Premier League and the M’s were facing relegation; that might wake them up.
This season is kinda like getting punched repeatedly in the face. The first few blows come as a surprise, and hurt like hell, but eventually you become numb to the pain. Today’s loss didn’t bother me as much. It felt a lot more positive today than the previous two weeks combined.
Still feels like I got punched though.
I spent 30 years with the Red Sox as my favorite AL team (I made an official statement at a family dinner when I switched to the Mariners in the 1990s–baseball’s a serious business around here), so I didn’t feel as bad tonight as when we get beat by, say, Texas. And they’ve got the Oregon kid, Ellsbury, who’s fun to watch.
Besides, Boston’s been crap on the road, so I knew we’d provide them with a way to overcome that. It’s just that special service we give to the AL.
319: You’re right, my friend…I only hope I actually live to see it happen. The WHO has our current life expectancy rated at somewhere between 74-80.
Personally, though, I’m not even bummed about all the losses anymore — since: (1) it will give us better draft picks, & (2) it “may” finally clear these bozos out of the FO and get this team rebuilt properly.
Being an M’s fan at this point is like hanging out with the hot chick might kiss you but ends up spending the night with another dude. You can’t really enjoy it.
But it doesn’t stop you from hangin’.
And McLaren is, of course, saying it is “bad luck.”
333: YWML
Another loss. Another night only saved by 5 Newcastle Brown Ales.
New York Vinnie? He’s still alive?
In the off-season, didn’t Dave suggest we pick up Colon for cheap? Is he really that good, or did the Mariners just make him look that way?
SEATTLE (AP) -The Boston Red Sox found an easy cure for their road woes – a visit to the worst team in baseball.
On a positive note, the Ms do have more wins than the Patriots, so there’s always that.
#339:
Both, I don’t blame the Mariners though for being scared of Colon in the open market because of his recent injury history.
341: Although, unfortunately, they overtraded for Bedard — despite the fact that he, too, perennial injury risk.
The Sox-Colon deal:
Pretty good deal if he is good enough to make all 30 starts. If not, he only cost you a fraction of Washburn’s salary, who is guaranteed to give you 30 crappy starts.
We’re 7.5 games back
from 3rd place.
McLaren looked like he was about to cry in the post-game interview. The body language said it all, what with him having his head down and having his hat cover his face. He is not long for the job.
345- Indeed
Colon though in particular looked really bad in the off-season: some of the reports on his speed/mechanics/condition were just awful. The Red Sox took a gamble that he’d be able to turn it around in time to contribute for the regular season.
This makes me more annoyed at Krueger, et al, than before. And what’s Ichiro’s mental state that he pays attention to such folk and doesn’t care if he injures himself?
From Larry Stone, who’s doing Baker’s blog tonight:
Yeah, I remember hearing some pretty damning reports as well. I wonder at what point he was able to hit 94-96 again, because he was throwing pretty frickin’ hard tonight.
jlc – wow.
I know this is a little late for today’s game, but Ticketmaster won’t sell you tickets on the day of the game. They don’t really explain that to the customer, however, but that’s why it looked like it was sold out. I’m pretty sure the only way to buy tickets on the day of is at the box office or a team store. Just a heads up if you have the same problem tomorrow.
This is the most I have heard out of Ichiro in a season. 3 days in a row
Post game commentators spent a great deal of time talking about blowing up the team.
352
What TIF…how did I miss that. Oh well, its not like the TV guys are all that good.
golly, you’d think that would lead to a win, then.
So much for those 6 game winning streaks. We were … close.
If that’s Ichiro sounding pissed at the team management and “some people” (our “analysts”?), I hope we hear more of the same from him. We may see Ichiro and other players’ bodies scattered all over the ballpark after making do-or-die plays, but by gum “some people” will know they gave their lives for that Great Play.