Game 64, Mariners at Blue Jays
4:07. Washburn v Lisch.
I know many of you out there are a little upset with the Mariners right now, and unsure of what the future holds.
But rest easy, because Jarrod Washburn’s contract runs through 2009 (at $10m). And so does Miguel Batista’s (at $9m) deal. And Silva’s here through 2011 ($11m for next year), and thank goodness, because he’s got the ERA under six of this bunch.
That’s $30m for what will be 103 years of baseball experience. Ahhhhh. A back-end rotation that goes a hair over five and a third innings a start. A semi-rotation that can’t buy a strikeout but, fortunately, gives out ball four passes a little less than you’d expect.
What’s more, each of them will remind us a season past: Washburn of the 2006 campaign that made his contract seem superficially a good deal, Batista, of the off-season when signing Miguel Batista to a three year deal seemed like one of the more reasonable pitching contracts and of his participation in the 88-win team that convinced the front-office they were a contender… and Silva, best of all, this year’s disaster, a reminder that no one in the organization’s learning anything about anything.
What’s with that :07, anyway? Is there some kind of US:Canadian conversion issue at work here? Was :05 too soon after dinner but :10 ran into the kids bedtimes?
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ahhhhh. stability.
Actually, I heard an interview with JP Riccardi (sp?) one time that mentioned that the :07 is due to the fact that they have to sing two national anthems, so it runs past the :05 start time that they had always designated in the past. They finally quit fighting it and just went with :07.
The :07 start times hail back from when one US minute was worth 1.40 Canadian minutes. thanks to the abysmal state of the US economy, we have since reached minute parity, but the schedules have not been updated to reflect that.
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M’s game # 64, M’s elimination # 83.
707 — obscure reference to old (veteran players; hitting coach), obsolete (FO thinking), slow (our DH) Boeing jet, from Seattle?
Let’s see- Washburn has gone more than 5 innings two outings in a row. That should translate into something like 2/3 IP 8 ER 6 H 4 BB tonight.
There are children singing the national anthem and of all the voice ranges people listen to, a child’s range make them the most on edge… And that stat is totally true.
$10 says the Mariners get 8+ runs tonight and everyone extols how amazing Elia is, “turning this club around in under 12 hours!”
Tonight’s
throwuplineup:Suzuki, CF
Vidro, DH
Ibanez, LF
Beltre, 3B
Lopez, 2B
Reed, RF
Sexson, 1B
Johjima, C
Betancourt, SS
I guess that whole “personal catcher” business is behind us.
See, it was the hitting coach…
Do not atempt tpo adjust your television set. That was really a Turbo bomb.
…Bavasi (or whoever fired Pentland and hired Elia) has a job for at least two more weeks.
If I said Jose batting 2nd hit a 2 run homer, most would believe me…until I revealed it was THAT Jose!
The #2 slot must channel Jose Lopez.
How is Vidro familiar with Toronto’s ballpark from his years of playing in Montreal? Huh?
oh, that’s been over for Washburn since the first Burke battery, which was as bad as the Joh battery.
Before this season, while the Mariners home games professed a :05 starting time, I noticed that they invariably started at :07. I figured that was the actual schedule, but they were rounding a bit, maybe to avoid this very sort of wtf question. I guess that Toronto is just being more exacting.
That Turbo bomb jumped his OPS from .583 to .608. He just needs to hit HRs for a few days to get back to his .800 or so youthful self.
15 – Canada is such a small country that if you played in Montreal, you know all about Toronto.
Seriously, though…this is gonna be a high scoring game. Balkin Bob Davidson has a small strike zone and both pitchers throw mid 80′s fluff balls.
I wonder if Elia explained how boiling eggs vs. frying them prior to his at-bat.
17 – They usually started at :10 or :11 last year, but it sounds better to say that game time is 7:05 instead of 7:10 for some reason. I still prefer it.
Ken Griffey Junior Blasts number 600. Way to go Kid.
Griffey hits 600 over on ESPN. That swing… that sound. Wow. Glad to see it… finally.
WOO HOO GRIFFEY!!!
GRIFFEY!
Congrats to Junior. Saw a cut away on ESPN to see it live. AWESOME!
I wonder how soon the media-driven Griffey-to-Mariners rumor mill will begin.
now we can finally trade for him. Clement, Wlad, and a successful team to be named later
26- hopefully none. he is the last thing we need right now – i hate to say it, but it is true.
Took him long enough.
Just kidding!
But seriously, the day he left the M’s, did you think it would take this long? I thought he’d be to 800 by now.
The coach change was to give the Hawthorne Effect a try.
If the Reds would take Washout for Jr., I am all for it.
29 – couldn’t agree with you more. Barring injury Junior was well on his way to 800
… I like to think 950, maybe a Grand. Gotta love Junior
While Richie is 6 for his last 21…285….all six hits have been singles.
If I follow accurately what Dave and the other knowledgeable people around here say, these pitchers are mediocre and could become merely overpriced with a defense behind them.
Way to go, Junior. That just made my day.
Time for Vidro funk blast v2.0
VIDRO HITS A GRAND SLAM!!!!
oh wait.
Wow, Pepe is showing a little muscle today. That one made it to the warning track.
We come to our 6th batter of the inning, which includes two hits, and we have zero runs to show for it.
“It’s never iffy…if it’s Griffey.”
I wonder how long a win streak the Pentland firing will inspire. I bet 2 games.
Every time I think of the Mariner organization that song pops into my head I used to hear on Saturday mornings when I was a kid: Conjunction Junction.
Except the words have changed to “Dysfunction Junction, what’s your function?”
According to this great article that will leave you smiling … griffey jr:
Washburn: 26 pitches through two innings.
He’s certainly threatening a third-straight 5+ innings outing.
Medicinehat – So Pentland’s last act was to give Richie Sexson an open stance, turning him into . . . . Jose Vidro! Yay!! (Although apparently they were able to give Turbo a little oomph for at least one game in exchange.)
Beltre is 4 for 27 this month.
While searching of pictures of the Kid … I came across this one …
what emotions does that picture bring up? okay back to the game…I guess
pretty sad in a way
Wow. Litsch (4.86 K/9 in 2008, 4.37 K/9 career) misses fewer bats than Jarrod Washburn (5.49 K/9 in 2008, 5.38 K/9 career).
Who is this new pitcher we have tonight?
I sure hope Griffey passes Sosa soon. Thats the one that will get me more excited. I can’t stand that Sammy is so high on the list.
47- when baseball was just fun.
I once, years ago, went to a trade show in Chicago with a bunch of people from my company. We went out for dinner the first night. One of our Marketing guys was driving the rental van. He didn’t ask for directions, and said we were going to a great steak house. “Don’t worry,” he said. “I konw Chicago – I’m fron Wisconsin.”
We ended up driving down a street that looked like a cross between London during the Blitz and a Hollywood set for Escape From New York after a few years of neglect. Shells of buildings and heaps of debris lined the street. A dog with a xylophone ribcage scavenging something from a pile of bricks was the only living thing visible. Besides my increasingly terrified co-workers that is. This place even seemed to scare the gang members. Most of the side streets were blocked with debris and the street we were driving on was increasingly pockmarked with pot holes. Or artillery craters.
We never did find the steak house, but we were more than grateful to eat at the hotel bar when we found our way back.
TRADE FOR GRIFFEY NOWWWW!!!!
A new low!
Great times.
54 – Holy Hell, that was the money shot I was looking for.
53 – I know, I can’t believe that while I was watching the game. What a bunch of crooks.
Sexson can’t throw either…lol
B-b-but it’s commemorative! Does Junior even get a cut of that?
Ah, there’s the Buckshot Washburn we know and love so much.
Was there any chance for Reed to catch that?
Washburn seemed to throw harder back when he had suspicious teammates like Donnelly and Weber. But according to one story guys just keep losing velocity throughout their careers.
Come on guys. Beat the Blue Jays. Their lineup’s nothing special either.
Since it is basically a baseball card on a bat…I woul dassume MLB and KGJ get a cut.
I’d like to see Junior go to the Cubs now and get a ring there – with Lou. He deserves one, and I’m sure we all agree that won’t happen in Seattle anytime soon.
#53-57. That is really weird. How much further of a step down would it be to have a commemorative picture of David Justice homering off Arthur Rhodes?
62- I agree with that sentiment. Junior and Lou winning the Cubs first championship in over a century. I think my season of pain would turn into a season of happiness.
Nice simple stroke there by Ibanez.
Litsch is almost a crafty righthander.
From the Insult to Injury Dept: Jose Guillen in the latest series against the Yanks-9 for 16 and a game winning homer off Rivera.
That was a terrible throw by the Jays’ catcher and it *still* easily got Ibanez. If he’s that slow, why’s he running on the pitch?
WTF?!?! I can understand being aggresive on the bases, but running Ibanez? Not smart.
Um, he’s gotta catch that ball.
Ha ha ha ha ha. I can’t even laugh with enthusiasm at that.
Rauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuul
Raul has Veteran Grit….he knows there’s no difference n being out by 20 feet or out by 2…so why try to get down there any faster than he needs to in order to get tagged out.
He was still thinking about how “veteran” of a play that was when the ball was hit to him.
so, has Elia strangled anyone in the dugout yet?
Fire the running coach!
So many mistakes.
I’m thinking eggs for dinner…
Wow, big Sexy is hitting .213 now. Looking good!
Sims says: “Wow! That ball was a missile!”
Sexie hit it over the pitcher’s head and one-hopped it to the center fielder.
I refuse to get excited for a single.
Silly me, I thought with runners on first and second with nobody out we were going to score at least one run.
so, just how many ways have they managed to not score in this game? with 10 hits on the board?
Lucky for Toronto, they get 4 outs this inning.
Wow Washburn threw over 100 pitches without giving up a home run, miracles can happen.
Yeah, at this point, Reed, Sexson, and Jo have 2 hits, and Ichiro!, Raul, Pepe, and Lopez all have a hit. And all we have is 2 runs? Seems like a mathamatical improbability.
And Reed, Sexy and Jo are 6,7, and 8 in the order. I’m confused.
It’s a good thing we’ve got one of our five #1 starters on the mound tonight.
Wash pitched a decent game tonight. Now please sit him down.
One silver lining to the Mariners’ ineptitude is that it brings out the best in snarky comments from fans. Carry on.
Well, we’ve had men on to lead off basically every inning, we’ve drawn precisely one walk (Ichiro), and yet we have 2 runs. I think I’ll stop there.
Holy Crap.
I have to be reading this wrong, or it has to be reported wrong. Balentien came in as a defensive replacement for Reed, and Ibanez stayed on the field???
Uh oh. There goes Washburn’s win. Going to be one angry beaver down in the clubhouse.
Why did Balentien take over for Reed?
The team is (barely) ahead and yet I can’t even enjoy it because the whole season is such a disaster.
Oh good god. Rhodes. Yikes.
At least we don’t pay Dontrelle Willis… check out this line:
1.1 IP, 3H, 8ER, 5W, 2K, 2 HR
And heeeeeere’s Miggy!
So on the bright side, does this mean Dickey to the rotation?
Remember: the Mariners firmly believe that Raul is an EXCELLENT defensive outfielder.
Am I a bad fan for wishing the rain delay in Detroit would hurry up and end so ESPN could switch back to that game instead of seeing the Mariners play? It’s seasons like these where I don’t mind living on the east coast and barely seeing the M’s on TV.
Dear god, I am so confused now. What is happening?
I hope this means RA Dickey is now in the starting rotation.
That was well done, Miguel.
As confused as I am though, this is where Miggy belongs. Middle and long relief.
96 – baseball hell. welcome
Shoot, if you can get Batista to be a good relief pitcher, that may be his ticket out of Seattle. He could actually have some value.
96 — No. I wish that one of the few times I get the game here in Southern California, it wasn’t at this particular juncture.
How did we not score in the 6th? I walked away from my desk after two leadoff singles…..No bunt, no SF?
Fire the Infield coach!
Ineptitude.
Our recently called up long relief pitcher looks great and gets us out of a bind. Get this guy a cookie!!!
Oh wait, it’s Batista…….here comes a base hit to drive in the tying run
Start, relieve, there isn’t anything this guy can’t do.
You know when Yuni is off this team he is going to go somewhere else and be an intricate part of a championship team
Here all he does is swing and botch plays.
They score throwing errors hits in Canada? Thats new to me.
The ways that we find to lose are abominable.
Oh, fer chrissake — Gameday just showed “ball in play, runs” on pitch #2, but then changed it to “ball”.
108:
You forgot Kenny G fan club premier member
112 – Haha, you know the intern sitting at the computer was just as shocked as we were.
On occasion, I wonder if my standards are too high. I mean, 2nd and 3rd, one out, the Run Expectancy is about 1.5 I think, so naturally you’d think we’d give up a run to get out of the inning.
And then I remember that the M’s are bad and go back to cursing the team.
Tomorrow, I am going to Safco, dousing myself in gasoline, and setting myself on fire. Anyone with me?
On second thought though, $4 a gallon. It might not be worth it. They could see it as a tribute to waisting money.
U R on your own clubber…. Don’t forget to wear teal…
Har, har, har. Lookie who’s up.
116:
Sure, but I’ll have to contact my bank about taking out a loan for the gas.
Jetsom!
Sorry but, Yuni “You Cannot Walk Off The Island” Betancourt should have made the play. A good defensive SS would have had it and made the throw, even to a guy who isn’t 6’15′, as Ron Washington would say.
Wilkerson=Fail
haha you idiots, don’t you know that bwilke sucks donkey cock?
I think I paid 4.27 for Gas today … deff. not worth it
On the radio, Niehaus just said “B.J. Ryan” was warming up in the Mariners’ bullpen. For a minute I thought I was crazy…but I think it’s Dave.
Washburn gave up one run today, working with a catcher he can’t even understand. What an amazing, inspiring story
127 – Yes, and even more amazing Miguel Batista did a decent job too!
Does anyone understand why Batista was used for two thirds of an inning?
Are we going to a four man rotation for a cycle? Would Batista be our #5 guy anyway?
I’m not listening to the game or I might know the answer to that question. And the “why does praetor bother to log on” question.
I didn’t hear him say “Mariner’s bullpen.” Maybe you are the crazy one.
‘Cause no one could get warmed up quickly enough to get him out after one-third of an inning?
127- Thanks, that was the funniest comment so far.
it is too bad that our bullpen is so bad that we bring in our worst starter to pitch, except for morrow who is fuckin amazing
130 – It’s possible since I’ve been hitting my head against a wall while listening to the M’s games.
Please get a run. Please, Please. Cairo, he makes things happen. (wishful thinking)
Yuni gets my vote for game MVP
WHy Cairo, isn’t this a prime place for boom boom to steal?
Go get em Pepe!
“Does anyone understand why Batista was used for two thirds of an inning?”
He is the MLB equivalent of Chuck Norris.
Words to chill the blood: “That puts it in the hands of Jose Vidro.”
TURBO! Fantastic FAIL.
Hey, at least it wasn’t a double play.
At least Neihaus didn’t say “Ryan getting BJ warming up in the Mariner bullpen”
VIDRO VIDRO
you still…suck
It is raining and the sun is out, WTF.
Vidro didn’t get the job done, expected.
I was conna make a crack about professional hitting, buts whats the stupid point. Jesus.
In happier news, there’s a rainbow outside of my window right now. Which I think I’ll look at instead of the game.
Dear ESPN talking heads,
Could you please mention how bad the Mariners are as a road team again? How many wins do they have? Eight? You don’t say.
137 – he’s too valuable. What if we need him in extra innings?
Regarding the price of gas (as mentioned earlier) here in San Diego it’s at least $4.45 for regular. Yikes.
This is Vidro with fried eggs on the brain.
No more Pepe, now it’s Pee pee.
143 – Ooooh. Thanks for picking me up. Mispelling Niehaus is very shameful.
Who’s Dickey is bigger???? RA DICKEY, that’s who!!
Wow, Dickey is soooo like-able. What a gem on this team.
Eckstein was too busy thinking about how much scrappier he is than Bloomquist.
149 – Yep. It’s 4.40 in Orange County. If I didn’t need my car when I got back to Seattle, it would be cheaper to fly.
Well, that pickoff was lucky. But I’m sure we’ll screw it up somehow.
But I’m sure we’ll screw it up somehow
No question about it.
155
Ah, but who has more grit?
It didn’t even look like Betancourt gave a rat’s behind on that play.
And ESPN cuts away to Detroit with the 0-2 count with 2 outs. I think that might be good.
Goob, I noticed that too. He just stood there like nothing important was happening.
No offense, Toronto, but you guys kind of suck.
Due to my spelling error in regards to Dave Niehaus, I will recite the second greatest call in Mariner history. A good memory that brings a chill to the spine.
“And it maybe time for that man, Randy Johnson is warming up down in the Mariner bullpen….he’s got Boggs, a left-handed batter, Bernie Williams, a left-handed batter, and Paul O’Neil, a left-handed batter, and if the call is made to the Big Unit, this place will explode. That’s fine, but you just wonder how much Randy Johnson, who started the ballgame on Friday night will have left. He threw 116 pitches in that game, AND THEY’RE GONNA GO DOWN AND GET THE BIG GUY RANDY JOHNSON! Listen to this when the call is made to the Cy Young. Listen to this.”
I think RA Dickey and the Mariner Moose should have a promotional day called “The Moose Knuckle”.
165 – Best Moose Knuckle gets to be on diamondvision!!
You’ve got to pinch run willie here right?
166:
I know some ladies in Federal Way that would be interested.
ummm, willie? report to first base please.
WFB where are you?
Seal, in the wise words of Harry Doyle, “personally, I just think he’s trying to get out of the lineup.”
Jesus Christ! WTF. Was he taking a deuce?
That was a gameday error, right? No way Johnny waits until full count to put in boom boom?
Confused here watching Gameday, did WFB just come in with the count 3-2?
Hey Beltre,
That’s not how a hit and run works.
Thanks,
Everyone at USSMariner.com
John Gibbons looks like a serial killer, or someone who I just wouldn’t *&#$ with….
They’re puttin’ J Lo on! He’s big-time now!
This would be a great time for Wlad to end this little slump.
Yes, he waited until 3-2. Beltre took a strike and Willie barely made it. Great jump…
We’re going to score, one only has to look at spark plug Cairo to know that.
Was that a walk by a Mariner? Unreal.
I guess it’s sad that we think there is a chance that it isn’t a gameday error. It was a Gameday error, right? McClaren is paying attention to the game,isn’t he?
Bases are loaded with one away! Perfect for a double play…
Three walks in a inning (1 IBB). I think history might have just been made!
What’s the odds of a double play now? About 5-1?
Bring in Norton to pinch hit!
Oh, we can’t? We gave him away? Well that’s just plain stupid.
Bases loaded and only one out. Thank God we’ve got . . . oh, crap.
Yeah, Cairo is up. He is batting .999 with bases loaded in Toronto when roof is closed in June!!!
So how’s the Ichiro cloning process coming along, anyway?
HA! Okay, that was a really nice bunt. Give Cairo credit.
Holy %$*&, Great Call….squeeze me!!!
Veteran Grit + Local Grit = go-ahead run!
That’s the best play that has happened all season.
Morrow time?
Now, if JJ blows this, I am going to stick a glass rod down my pee hole and hit it with a hammer. I’m not looking forward to it.
Wow. Sealclubber….I really wouldn’t recommend that. The feed on MLB.tv was going for a couple minutes there while the Toronto announcers had no idea. Rather humorous.
194 – Ouch. I will just hit the bottle. Or, become excited we are closer to getting next years #1 pick.
wlads fault? or the lights fault?
wtf was that…
Oh thank god, it’s not JJ that is gonna blow it. You don’t know how much that means to me Wlad.
Or, we could have just left our best defensive corner outfielder IN THE GAME.
F&#@!!!!!
What the frick, wlad.
WWMD?
What Would Morrow Do?
Does NY need a setup guy now that Joba is starting? I would love to give tham JJ. He just sucks this year.
JJ just needs to be shut down for the rest of the year.
lets get a K… then a DP… okay JJ?
Ever the the feeling that they are just trying to find ways to lose games? Maybe they’re the Black Socks and we just don’t know it. Yeah, Bavasi is paying off his players to blow this season so he can get the draft pick next year, dump Vidro et. al, and start the rebuilding process for reals. Brilliant!!!
Aw great. Wilkerson is gonna win it.
Oh the irony in store if Wilk hits one out.
JJ needs to be traded while we can get a ton for him. Look at what Gagne brought in last year.
It wouldn’t be ironic. Just sad.
Gah
Poor Mac….the guy manages a great game and it is all for not. Well, at least it looks that way.
Wilkerson drawing a key walk here is just cruel irony.
When Bill Bavasi spun the wheel and picked Pentland to fire today, he messed up.
Mac, subs Wlad for Reed, and puts Putz in in a presure situation. Damnit! Damnit! Damnit!
There’s still hope!
You know, I got asked today why I was buying 40′s of Olde English, and I told the clerk that it was because it was the fastest way to forget about the Mariners game once it starts going to hell.
Looks like I’ll be hitting the bottle soon.
213 – What was so great about replacing Reed with Balentien?
there we go!
Holy shit, put the bottle away for a second……..well, since it’s already out….
Another gritty play by Cairo. Damn, we’re lucky to have him on our team!
mutha flippin Putz
With Pentland yesterday: 3 hits!
With Elia today, 10 hits!
Problem solved!
M’s win!! Must be because Vidro is sporting the Boonie frost.
Looks like Cairo is going to be sticking around, having single-handedly saved the game. Oh, along with Vidro.
Yeesh.
Does anyone think Putz’s struggles scared the Mariners into drafting Fields?
Did Krueger really just say that Cairo is the best 1B in baseball?
did you guys just hear bill krueger? “best 1b in all of baseball – miguel cairo”
What the hell happened to Putz. The fire is just gone. He looks scared out there.
Does that mean Krueger will be crying foul when Cairo isn’t voted to the All-Star game?
I just can’t bring myself to be sad about this.
Two of my favorite plays in baseball, the suicide squeeze, and the n-2-3 double play.
Good job guys. It feels to long since we ended up on the right side of a 1-run game.
“too long”
and what happened to the “contributed thusly…”
Krueger is off his rocker. Best 1B in baseball?
Angie’s comment: “He sure knows how to handle the bat.”
Oy.
Griffey hit 600!!! and the mariners suck…
Giving up no runs with bases loaded nobody out, especially backs-to-the-wall in the tenth, is damn fine.
Ok, I’ve had it. Kreuger must go too, he’s clearly out of his effin mind.
The new Mariner strategy: Winning without hitting. Might be good for one game out of….20?
well, it’s safer than saying “WTF? Bill? Are you craaaaaaazy?” on-air.
After the game, Mac said that he replaced Reed with Balientien because of Reed making a boneheaded play…and that we should look for more of that in the future.
He knows that he doesn’t have enough guys on the bench to actually go through with that plan right?
(Oh, and Shannon Drayer called them “brain farts” on the post-game show… Good to know that’s FCC-approved now.)
Oh…and what did everyone think of the squeeze in the 10th.
Yes, it worked…so, it was, by definition, brilliant…and the absolutely right move to make…
But I also know that the USSM hive mind is generally against giving up outs.
If we had a team that we knew could hit the ball, I’d have cringed at going for only one run when we seemed to be in the process of having a big inning…
…this being the the team we ARE, however, maybe it was the only move to make…and we should be thankful that they actually made it work.
Curious, as ever, to your thoughts.
Speaking for myself, I love the suicide squeeze. Maybe it’s the evocative name, maybe it’s the breath-holding, black-and-white gamble of it all, I don’t know.
Love it.
Wish it hadn’t won them the game, but love the squeeze, baby.
The squeeze has its place, and the 10th inning tonight was exactly that. You have arguably your best, scrappiest, hard-nosed, local runner on third base with one out. You also have arguably your worst, scrappiest, hard-nosed, veteran hitter at the plate, who is hitting .218 with two extra-base hits all season, but three sacrifice bunts. Johjima, hitting .224, waits on deck, so the chances of a big inning are not good. Furthermore, one run supposedly will win the game, because J.J. is closing in the bottom of the inning. I am actually surprised that the Jays were caught so off guard by the play.
I think the squeeze, and bunting in general, definitely have a place in baseball. That place is when you’re playing for exactly one run and no more. Today, tied in extra innings, it was a great time to play for one run.
There are some scenarios in which a bunt increases the expectancy of scoring at all, but decreases the total run expectancy. Bunting in those scenarios can be a good decision late in a close game.
Well, if any chick knew about “handling the bat,” it would be Angie.
Re: # 193 – Morrow Time
Morrow hasn’t pitched lately. That’s a danger sign.
Perhaps the FO is about to get fleeced by Cincy as we send Morrow, Clemens, and a pitching prospect to them for Griffey.
242 – Drayer talked with Morrow on the KOMO postgame show and he said he had some shoulder stiffness the last couple of days, but that he’ll be ready to roll tomorrow.
Props to Mac for calling the squeeze play. That’s the smartest move he’s made all year. Maybe he’ll learn!
Proof that no matter how hard you try, you can’t loose them all.
Did anyone see the “highlights” that l.o.l. has posted on their page? What fantastic defense. Richie dropping the ball in the seats, Raul’s dropper, Wlad’s miss, Yuni’s throw off the bag, and Kenji’s passed balls. God I miss Omar. You would think that after fifteen or so years you could get over a relationship like that, but it still hurts.
Yuni’s got 8 errors so far this season. Surpassed only by Julio Lugo in the AL, and #4 on the butterfingers list in all of MLB. On pace for almost 20.5 this year.
Raul is just plain horrible.. I’m not going to even bother with the numbers.
Yeah. Richie. He’s OK with scoops and sweep tags on Yuni’s bad throws.. but watching him spastically navigate behind first after a pop foul like a drunken snowshoer with an inner ear infection.. well that’s just comical and infuriating all at once.
As for Wlad’s misplay.. maybe he lost it in the lights? Adrian similarly had a problem with a high chop earlier in the game.
And Kenji was having to deal with the knuckler, so I don’t hold anything against him either.
This should be the new Mariner marketing slogan for the rest of the year. It’s perfect for the M’s!
My personal favorite is, “Mariners Baseball, 2008: Abort! Abort!”
nice to know it only took until mid-June for him to actually act on a threat.
Yuni must go…he’s had too many easy plays that have hurt the team…I’ve always loved the kid, and I love his aggressiveness on the basepaths (even when he gets out) but that throw was terrible…the guys in the booth tried to sugar-coat it of course saying he didn’t have time because it was hit so hard…the replay showed he obviously had time to set his feet and make a good throw…I’ve always thought he was a cheap, solid piece to build the team on, but I’m sick of it…he should go…
I like it. I can already see the first commercial of the ad campaign. It opens with a WWII bomber, “The Liberator,†dropping a bomb on a battleship flying the Mariners flag, the billowing orange explosion a stark contrast to the vertical sheets of rain pummeling steel. It ends with the survivors on a life raft, including Richie Sexson, who says, “Whew! That was close . . .†just before a shark leaps out of the water and bites off his head.
Highlights in between include:
- Bavasi, eyes wild with bewilderment, trying to plug a large hole with Jose Vidro and Miguel Cairo;
- Ghost of Doyle chilling in the crow’s nest;
- McLaren posting a seating arrangement for the life raft, and then changing it again and again and again before eventually going down with the ship;
- Lee Elia, a survivor on the life raft, demanding that everyone row like Robin Ventura. (“No, no, no! Finish high! One hand! Up here! Like Ventura!â€);
- Bloomquist, hustling for the departing life raft, is spotted by Ichiro who is already on board. Ichiro screams, “Wait!†He runs to the back of the raft, crow-hops, and fires a baseball that drills Blooquist square in the tenders. Bloomquist drops in a fetal ball of pain and Ichiro, clearly pleased, struts back to his seat at the front of the ship;
- Back to Bavasi, tightening the final knot on a life raft he fashioned by tying Washburn, Silva and Bataista tied together. He shoves the raft in the water and tentatively hops aboard. Relief washes over the faces of the four men as it floats perfectly. Bavasi opens his mouth to say something and *bloop* it sinks like a rock.