Comments on: Game 73, Mariners at Dodgers

By: nadingo

nadingo — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:31:55 +0000

I love that quote about Ichiro not remembering last June. I don’t think that’s just him trying to be cute when answering a lame question — I think it’s just his whole Zen approach to the game. Last June was a crappy time for the team and for his happiness in playing the game, so why would he dwell on that time instead of focusing on the present moment and on making his current performance as good as it can possibly be?

By: Nate

Nate — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:36:04 +0000

Has anybody crunched the numbers to see how much worse off we can presume to be with Branyan at third and Carp at first?

hang on… crunch, crunch, crunch.
yep, we still don’t make the playoffs.

By: Kazinski

Kazinski — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:35:24 +0000

Chris Shelton has been playing 3b for the Raniers, and I see that he leads the team in errors by a wide margin with 15. Still it may work out better than playing Branyan out of position. I think the last thing you’d want to do is take one of the few consistent offensive threats on the team, who does not have a history of being consistent, and then move him to a new, harder, defensive position to replace a gold glover.

Imagine the team without Beltre, now imagine the team without Beltre, and Branyan’s offensive production dropping off the table, along with his trade value. I’d rather trade Branyan for a third base prospect, or a third base journeyman and a prospect rather than move him to 3rd.

By: Lixjgrib

Lixjgrib — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:19:01 +0000

FINALLY. I had given up on reading the main Seattle blogs, and just reverted to googling Ichiro news for the day. Of course, if you google Ichiro, you will find many news sources talking about his 100th hit, rising BA, etc., etc. BUT, not a work at the Seattle Times (typical), and surprisingly, not much here either. Glad you guys are getting caught up with the news. There really is so much to read about. Ichiro just never ceases to amaze. He is approaching a several more records, and obviously shows no signs of decline.

By: Marinerfan4life

Marinerfan4life — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:04:12 +0000

Branyan at third sounds a little scary but he used to be a 3B so why not? It does blow big time Tui had to get injured back in April. But Branyan at third and Carp at first is the only way I can see it going down without making the offense even more anemic. Ugh they have overcome so many injuries and obstacles but this one may be the one they can’t overcome. Their lack of minor leauge talent at many positions is beginning to show.

By: msb

msb — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:59:07 +0000

Josh Wilson? Morse?

By: bilbo27

bilbo27 — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:47:46 +0000

“It sounds like he will be DL bound pretty soon”

Well that sucks. That makes Tui’s injury doubly crappy. I suppose on the bright side, we’ll get to see Carp playing a bit with presumably Branyan over at third. And hey, when Yuni’s back, that quasi third he often likes to play for some reason might actually help out with Branyan over there.

Has anybody crunched the numbers to see how much worse off we can presume to be with Branyan at third and Carp at first? I assume Carp’s defense is better than Branyan’s given that I heard in an interview that he has played 1st pretty much his whole life going back to little league (note: i haven’t looked at any numbers to back that up, just going off the fact that he said he played it his whole life, so he’s probably better than Branyan defensively there).

Obviously then we get a pretty major drop in defense from Branyan at third over Beltre, but also get a very nice boost in offense at third with Branyan there, assuming Branyan keeps going as he has.

So has anyone crunched all the numbers to see how it all should come out?

By: Marinerfan4life

Marinerfan4life — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:30:33 +0000

It sounds like he will be DL bound pretty soon….
I can imagine that this shoulder is going to prevent him from hitting with any power. He can’t even swing hard or dive for a ball without a lot of pain. The only good thing I can see out of this is that he would be seen as damaged goods in the FA market and maybe the M’s could get him back for pretty cheap.

By: msb

msb — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:22:36 +0000

Larry Stone had more tonight from that pregame interview with AB

By: kenshabby

kenshabby — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:20:32 +0000

Well, Corcoran’s worn out his welcome. Can’t wait for Shawn Kelley to return. Oh yeah…Ethier was just ethereal tonight (as in belonging to another world).