Saturday Mariner baseball
DMZ · March 7, 2009 at 10:53 am · Filed Under Mariners
Spring training! Viewable on your PC while outside it rains/snows/sleets.
The game will feature Gaby Hernandez, who looks in his picture on the M’s home page like the photographer just surprised him at 2am leaving, in full uniform, out of an Arizona strip club. But yeah, it’s supposedly on MLB TV and freeeeee.
How does everyone keep getting it free? I go to the MLB.tv website and only see where I can sign up for a subscription.
on the mariners official front page it says it’s free…
Yeah, go through the link on the scoreboard page (once the game is starting). Speaking of which, check out the WBC while you’re at it. Not only did the Netherlands jump out to a 3 run lead in the first inning, they won 3-2 …. against the Dominican Republic. Hands up everybody who saw that coming.
And in a game that has just started, the Great White Rotation of Nobodies is pitching to the US (though at this instant we have Peavey shutting down Morneau / Bay / Stairs).
Team Canada’s out to a 1-0 lead. And they loaded the bases before making the third out. Hopefully Peavy locks it down.
All of the Dutch team’s runs were unearned and Halman went 0-for-4 with 4 Ks. Great start.. ha!
Take it any way you can get it, I guess.
Peavey looked pretty shaky. Go Canada!
No kidding. Sir Sidney had a pretty ugly line, too (though hardly Washburnesque or Batistarific). Just hard to believe that, whatever their failures in the field, the DR offense couldn’t lift themselves out it. What was the story with the Tatis E on “interference”?
I love the way the DR/Netherlands game ended. Gunned out to end the game. Is it just me, or does the Netherlands’ catcher have a gun?
Seven pitch second inning. Hopefully he can keep that up.
Is tossing teammates under the bus now a new MLB stat? We’re hearing that Chipper Jones said the ’06 were crappy teammates, all ego, and that’s why they lost.
Followed up by proof that this team is no ego because Jeter’s the starting SS over Jimmy Rollins and Rollins is taking it to show what a good teammate he is. Wouldn’t the better teammate be one who steps aside for a better player?
Drayer has the lineup. Woodward at short, Corona at second, and an outfield of Redman / Balentien / Morse (!)
…. Wlad in CF? Could that be right?
I don’t know anything about Gaby Hernandez, but I hope for his sake he’s a groundball guy.
More from Drayer
…until Endy gets back from the WBC (I hope). And:
Home run Canada!
Jr is going to start DH’ing every other day, and then later will start getting some play in the OF. According to Wakamatsu.
Gaby Hernandez. There’s a baseball name.
Did Dave just say that Wlad is in Center and Morse in right? Yikes.
Is anyone able to watch this? The scoreboard page doesn’t have a mlb.tv link for the game.
OK, it is Gaby
edit: Now I got it. In case you have not noticed go via the M’s homepage.
On SI.com, Cliff Corcoran had an interesting take on Jeter/Rollins:
Anybody wanna help a neanderthal?
I can’t get the game to come on. I’ve read through the FAQ’s on MLB, and found no answers. My popup blocker is off, and I’m accepting cookies. In fact the demo add for media player mlb.tv works which is on the bottom right of the game viewer window. The annoying Washburn interview comes on, on the main page…. just no game and no reason why not. I use Firefox.
Go to the M’s homepage.
You’ll see the article with the sleepy looking Gaby Hernandez. In this text:
Click on Watch LIVE
This broadcast is like looking at cave paintings compared to the quality of the USA vs. Canada stream. This might not be the best sales technique if they are actually trying to get people to sign up for MLB.tv…
Fake throw to third worked for the M’s today. I’ve only seen that work a handful of times in my life.
This is not the best defensive team they have ever fielded.
ah technology why do I waste my time with thee. VJ thanks, I know which link it is. The window even pops up and loads some stuff just not the game.
All the stupid demo’s work, and I’m pretty tired of listening to Washburn on the main page.
Maybe you have a popup blocker, Lantern?
I’m just listening on 710AM. That was a lot easier, although I’m stuck with Rizzs.
The MLB player uses Flash. If you don’t have it installed, or have it disabled or blocked (FF has add-ons for that which you might be using to block ads) you’ll get the empty pop-up window that you describe.
msb, you have a gift for understatement.
Lantern – I had the same problem, but I just kept trying to open the thing, and suddenly it inexplicably worked.
No solution could I find for the repetitive Washburn interview.
Aumont sighting on ESPN
Aumont pitching on ESPN.
Wow…Miggy must’ve slashed his ERA by double-digits with that one effective inning.
Wlad hits a homer, now 2 for 2 today.
Joser the old player still uses Silverlight. (At least on the Mac.) The new 2009 player uses Flash, but M’s game today is on the old player.
Aumont’s got bases loaded nobody out. David Wright at the plate.
First time I have seen Aumont throw with a decent camera angle.. this kid is going to be a STUD! Wow.. he is filthy. Just K’d Kevin Youk. The announcers just keep raving about him. They haven’t stopped talking about how amazing he is going to be/already is.
Aumont with bases loaded has looked pretty effective, eh?
fuck
That last pitch to Granderson was filthy.
Wow, that strikeout of Granderson was unbelievable!
Nice showing by Aumont.
Matt Stairs flails after a ball, becomes a double. Rollins singles to third on a snow cone. Chipper walks. So, bases loaded, zero outs.
David Wight pops to short. Strikes out Youk. Strikes out Granderson.
Very, very nice work.
Aumont is nasty, can’t wait to have him
For as much as I want the USA team to win, that was fun watching Aumont come back and set them down.
That was amazing. His defense sucked, but you can see the talent.
Hard throwing?— check
Movement on fastball?— check
Filthy breaking pitch?— check
I’m excited
Manufique!!!
GO AUMONT GO!
I CAN’T WAIT FOR HIM TO COME UP IN LATE 2010-EARLY 2011!!!!!
Aumont looking very good besides the location on the Pedroia pitch. That is exciting to watch!
Dave & Rick giggling over visiting with Slaughter Roy–apparently brother Tim is in camp with the Dodgers
That was a damned impressive showing by the kid. A bit unlucky and tried to be a little too fine on the two strike pitches. Loved the fire and especially the stuff.
Canadian Roy Halladay?
The Burger Chef is starting for Venezuela, with Felix coming out of the pen. Makes sense.
I do believe Roy Halladay is from Colorado.
I was referencing Aumont
JJ on to close. Gave up back-to-back doubles and now it’s all on Jason Bay’s shoulders. 3-2 pitch and Victorino catches a can of corn. USA! USA!
Oh, my bad.
“(Aumont is the) Canadian Roy Halladay”?
It might be a bit early for that, though we might want to start dreaming up nicknames for le jeune tombeur… La Bête? Le Daguet?
Man, my highschool french has gone into le bidet.
That may reflect instructions / requests from the M’s regarding pitch counts / total innings (especially this early in the year).
I don’t suppose they could purposely ask to have Silva’s arm blown out before he even shows up to camp, but a man can hope.
Silva has potential to be better this year (in better shape plus regression to the mean) though I don’t expect him to be what he was in Minnesota. And he has no chance of being worth his contract, of course. But I’d rather have him taking up a roster spot than Batista.
I raced out at 7:30 this morning to get all my running around done, because I thought the heavy wet snow/rain mix, which completely blocked my back window, was the storm moving in early.
and now the sun is shining
2-out, 2-run homer by Bryan LaHair in the bottom of the ninth to put the M’s up, 8-7.
Messenger a no-nonsense three flyball out ninth inning.
Nice finish to a boring game! Nice to see a Balentien blast today on the grainy MLB TV feed! Felt like I was actually there!
Great to see Aumont do well in a semi-spotlight. Speaking of nicknames, perhaps “The Mountain”, drawing from his 6-7ness and his last name…just a thought.
You figure someone would have told Dave O’Brien by now that Endy Chavez no longer plays for the Mets.