Game 95, Mariners at Tigers
Dave · July 23, 2009 at 10:05 am · Filed Under Mariners
Washburn vs French, Rain Delay, Start Time Unknown
Washburn gets a bit of a test today, agianst a line-up with some bats that can thump lefties and Franklin Gutierrez sitting on the bench. Comerica’s dimensions will help him, but Langerhans/Balentien are no Gutierrez/Chavez, so Wash is actually going to have to pitch well today.
With the Angels playing out of their minds, the M’s have to keep winning. 6+ games back and it’s sell time.
Ichiro, RF
Branyan, 1B
Lopez, 2B
Sweeney, DH
Balentien, LF
Langerhans, CF
Johnson, C
Hannahan, 3B
Cedeno, SS
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Damn Angels.
Of interest, maybe: Felix now leads the AL in the Cy Young Race, according to ESPN’s tool based on Bill James’ calculations.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/features/cy
Over the last two months (since May 23) the M’s are playing at a 97-win pace. We should have made up ground, right?
Wrong.
Over the same span, the Angels are playing at a 108-win pace.
Which should pretty much guarantee it goes to Doc Halladay
Does James’ Cy Young Predictor factor in East Coast media bias?
If the M’s make the playoffs, it would give Felix a leg up–especially if he pitches well in a couple of playoff games. Or do they vote before then?
Christmas in July, what a stupid promotion…
I just hope we are able to decide one way or another by Sunday at midnight. Deals for players like Hannahan and Yuni can get done pretty quickly, but a deal including the top candidates is significantly more complex. They need to allow themselves several days to work out the right deal, because anything rushed may not yield what we desire. Do you think the FO has imposed any deadlines about the buy/sell decision for themselves? If so, when?
I wish this was the radio-only game. I’d much rather have the chance to watch saturday’s game.
Incorrect. We don’t live in an either/or, buyer/seller, binary decision making sort of world with Jack in charge.
Jack will be looking to upgrade the team, in a win-now-and-win-later sort of mode, all the time. Standings are a factor, but not a trigger. His interview with Larry Stone the other day said as much.
With the situation the way it is, the M’s have to practically win every game between now and the trade deadline to stay in the race. They’ve got a week to figure it out.
I’m starting to think it’ll take 95 wins or so to win the division. That’s the pace the Angels are on. If that’s the case, the M’s have to win 45/68, or 2 of every 3 games from here on out. That’s going to be difficult, but isn’t absolutely impossible. Any losing streak of longer than one game will pretty well knock them out of it.
I think Dave may be alluding to the public perception that will subsequently transpire…we all know that it is possible to upgrade the team via trade and still stay competitive this year, but the average M’s fan will see it as a white flag. I think he is just saying, being 6+ back is an “all clear” to trade our guys with expiring contracts or limited roles in the future.
“It can’t rain all the time”
Does it make me a bad fan to root for the Angels to get about 8 games up on the M’s? I want this team built for the next few years…not to ruin it by trying to play out this season.
The Angels are playing this well and they still are not healthy. The M’s will not be able to catch them this season. So let’s build for next year and beyond.
Who might I email a couple USSMariner feature requests to?
The Angels aren’t a 100 win team, they are winning with a lot of smoke and mirrors. I mean look at their lineup and how bad mediocre their bullpen is compared to last year. They will cool off eventually but the M’s have to find a way to keep pace and winning series.
If it wasn’t for the ban, I would say that, yes, it makes you a bad fan. But I can’t. So I’ll say that it seems rational to me to hope my favorite team wins. Hmm…seems like we’ve had this discussion before.
Have you seen our lineup today?
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Game on, apparently. According to Gamecast.
The Aztec god Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli.
Whoa…I’ve actually got audio through 710 ESPN online. Didn’t know I could do that. Sweet.
Dave Niehaus said Ichiro had a two base error by Inge, but then FSN flashed the green hit logo not a few seconds later.
Are we really supposed to be giving the Angels SO much credit for doing so well against two of the bottom three teams in the AL?
Other than the Yankee series (who they apparently always play well). They have been getting fat on the sub .500 crowd…
Welcome back Sweeney!
Sweeney hits a double? Man, that must be a triple for anybody else. Well, except maybe Junior. Or Lopez. Or Johjima.
Man, there are some slow guys on this team.
Anyway, yay!
That would have been a double for even the fastest players as Raburn got to it quickly.
Balentien is such garbage. Can someone remind me why people hyped him up?
Saturday’s game is radio-only? (Looks at schedule…) Fuck!
Well, it’s going to be too damn hot to watch baseball anyway.
Really? You’re not supposed to. Are you sure that it’s not Gameday? What’s the link?
Which is also an intestinal disorder
Not if he switches leagues at the trading deadline…
Balentien is not a major-league player.
Here’s the 710 link:
http://www.mynorthwest.com/streams/streampop_espn.php
Please tell me you had to at least look up the spelling…
Smoke and mirrors? That’s old Angel ball. This team is third in OBP. Yes, they probably aren’t a 100 win team, but that is mostly due to their lousy start.
Hmmm. I wonder why I paid for that service earlier this year.
Gesundtheit.
why people feel we have to be buyer or sellers is bizarre. We aren’t some small market club. Our payroll is 100 million. Save this post, the M’s WILL NOT trade Bedard or Washburn. This team will add pieces in the offseason and build on this year, not throw it away. All this “sell” talk is absurd, quit trying to play GM.
I think someone is just asleep at the wheel. After all, it is only 10:50 am here on the West Coast. That link will probably be shut down soon.
Wow. Nice play by Polanco.
Time for the Angels to regress to the mean, no?
Or Sexson. Or Edgar. Or Olerud. Or Wilson. Or…
“This ball is going to fly away!” (as the ball clearly bounces on the ground and goes over the fence)
Stupid Polanco. Why couldn’t he be just a little fatter and less agile?
I miss John Olerud
You mean where they keep winning to get back to their “normal” annual win percentage?
Dammit, I hate those smiley graphics. Please ignore.
Sims is already flogging “the DA closed the case” — he sure wants to make that catch phrase take off. Which is fine with me — that might help him get a national rep, which Zduriencik can then leverage into another Putz trade. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Who the M’s were facing back when the Angels were doing poorly — the Angels had two series vs Boston and one each against Toronto and the Yankees by the middle of May. And don’t forget their natural rival is the Dodgers, so they had two series against the best team in baseball during interleague play when the M’s were facing the relatively toothless Padres.
They aren’t the 81 win team they looked like on May 31st, either, when their record was 24-24. People talk about them regressing to the mean, but this hot streak is them doing that. They will lose games again, of course, and they do have weaknesses. But they had a lot of things to overcome in the early part of the season, and they’re mostly past that now. Their bullpen is shaky, yes, but that’s not as important when the starters are back and healthy and going deep into games. No, they’re probably not going to win 100 games, but they’re almost certainly going to win 90+.
Wow, French is lousy. Chone predicted a 6 FIP.
Wow, it’s amazing how far behind real time that online link is. Hannahan’s double was posted at mlb.com game day at least a half minute before the online call.
Can anyone really see on TV that French’s change is really that hard to lay-off?
It’s a flyball fest.
Thank goodness for Detroit’s huge boring stadium.
People (and especially people with access to the internet, apparently) tend to think in terms of dialectics. It’s useful in some contexts but can lead to stupid, unnuanced decision-making in others. Not to mention artificial “us vs them” bigotry.
Well, French is getting the extreme outside corner called a strike…so it’s forcing the lefties to reach.
Just like Ichiro did.
Thanks Med. French is hitting his spots according to gameday.
Why is French getting swinging strikes???
LOL. No, I meant that two-months of .667 can’t last. Can it? They’re not the Astros.
C’mon Wash! Use the sinker. Get the DP ball from Polanco.
We need to hold out hope. There is to much looking at what the Angels are doing everyday. They will hit a rut this summer. The M’s need to focus on winning series after series (the same way they got above .500). Put together a couple of 4+ game winning streaks and we are in business.
Wow, only 9 games in MLB today. This has to be one of the slowest days on the schedule outside of the AS break.
Thanks for this link— now I don’t have to watch Gameday!
I think we finally found our stop gap 3B. Now can we please DFA Woodward, and bring Mike Wilson up? He deserves a shot, let’s not forget he had a team record 9 HR in spring training. He would have made the team had Balentien not been out of options. We could platoon Wilson in LF, and DH. While Shelton plays 3B, 1B, and DH. I know he sucks on defense but how bad could he possibly be? Then Balentien becomes the odd man out, which we could then trade him for some middle relief help, or a speedster for the bench, for late inning situations. I also am against trading Mark Lowe. I know this sounds insain but I would trade Morrow before Lowe. I honestly think Lowe has starter writen in his future, much like his older bro. He has 3 pitches, AND USES THEM. He also has decent command. Unlike Morrow.
Nonetheless, these are the moves I would like to see happen.
Also this Tigers lineup resembles the Mariners lineup in a lot of ways, and for a team projected to score 900+ runs I find that hard to believe.
What if we offered Washburn arbitration? What is the worse case? If he accepts, we overpay a bit for another contract year.
What am I missing?
What??? A strikeout and a groundout? Unheard of.
At least this ump is fairly consistent. Both pitchers are getting the inside/outside corners and the high strike called.
Flowin – keep watching gameday. Gameday seems to be staying about 2 batters ahead of the 710 feed.
The $12-$15 million he would get in arbitration (According to Dave.
“He might not get $12 to $15 million for 2010-2011 combined if he hits free agency.”
No, we over pay a lot for another contract year. Arbitrators look at traditional numbers like wins, ERA, and strikeouts. They don’t look much at underlying values, like how much your defense helped you out.
Washburn’s having a lovely year. I thank him for it. Let someone else overpay him next year. He can be someone else’s Carlos Silva.
You know, they could do a lot more to play up the fact that it’s in Detroit. And I’m not just talking about boarded-up buildings hosting graffiti contests behind the stands. How about a kid’s playground featuring the GM Slide Into Bankruptcy? A “Chrysler’s New Corporate Masters” Italian restaurant, with a special on Fiat Fries?
Too soon?
The result is making our replacement-level players look like they belong in AAA.
Don’t look now, but Ford posted a $2B profit for 2Q. GM and Chrysler may be milking the government for every dime, but Ford’s showing that you can do it without ‘em. (And more power to them.)
I never thought I’d say this, but I just might look at a Ford the next time I go to buy a car.
I always feel bad for Detroit. It’s the Nationals/Expos of America.
11 missed bats so far. We suck.
But if not for Detroit, we wouldn’t have artistic achievements like “8 Mile” and “Robocop”!
I’m well aware of that, which is why I didn’t include Ford in my parody suggestions. The best thing about Ford’s relative performance is the light it shines on GM management, who throughout their decades-long decline insisted that only an automotive insider could lead their company because of the complexity of the business. The CEO presiding over Ford’s triumph? Outsider (and former Boeing Commercial Airlines prez) Alan Mulally.
According to Drayer, Washburn was “99% sure” he was going to retire at the end of this season. But now his family is enjoying his performance (no, really: “Now everbody including my family is telling me I can’t do that now that I have figured out how to pitch, (laugh), so things are going so well I might have to play a year or two more.”) They’re also enjoying Seattle, apparently, and Washburn claims it’s not about money (“I have made a lot of money in this game so I don’t need to play any more for money, I have plenty of that I think my family is pretty set.”) We’ll see if that sentiment survives his next phonecall with Boras, but it’s possible this is one of the few (very few) cases where a team might actually get a home-team discount. And regardless of whether Washburn really is a better pitcher this year beyond the benefit from the outfield defense, we can assume the improved outfield defense will continue. If Bedard is gone next year (which seems likely, one way or another) an innings-eater like Washburn benefiting from Safeco and the defense could be an asset… at the right price. Assuming he’s still here at the end of the year, Zduriencik might decline arbitration and instead offer him a one-year deal to stay in Seattle at a more reasonable rate. And (rather than retire or move) Washburn might just take it.
At least they have the Tigers.
Meanwhile, at the game: yay, another run! Sweeney certainly benefited from his time off. For one game, anyway.
Sweeney has a couple of hits. Shelton will be headed back to Tacoma soon.
Maybe he realized he’s a professional baseball player rather than professional BFF. We hired the Moose for that.
And the Lions.
And the Pistons
Yes, the proud legacy of Detroit sports.
(Yeah, they’ve won the Stanley Cup a few times, but they didn’t even manage that this year)
Washburn was on KJR with Mitch yesterday and said he would “consider” a one or two year extension with the Mariners. He feels bad for the last few seasons and would love the opportunity to show “good Washburn” for the next couple years.
I paraphrased that, but I’m sure the link to the interview is on KJRam.com somewhere.
In fact, it is here: click
Pretend I’m posting under another name, because I’m a leeeetle tired of the cougar jokes and stuff: That Hannahan is pretty adorable. I think Guti might have competition for Mariner The Ladies Like The Most.
Why does it seem like every time I watch a game (damn near daily) an ump makes a really, really bad ball or strike call?
Joser, if Washburn does decide to strike a reasonable deal with Z, or go for an extension sometime in the next week, yeah, I’m good with that. I think he’s a league-average or slightly worse pitcher, and if the M’s pay him like that, and he continues to eat innings, then more power to him.
And I’m thrilled to see Ford’s performance, too. Mostly because it sticks a fork in the eyes of GM and Chrysler management, who are claiming that they need government assistance to survive.
I purposely didn’t mention the Lions or the Pistons, because I was trying to think of things that would make the people in Detroit happy.
What would be a reasonable number for it to make sense for the Mariners?
They’re doing it just to mess with DMZ’s head.
“You want automated strike calls, huh? Well, take this!”
I hate day games. Damn east coast bias.
can they please stop talking about the friken “flipper” pitch? ridiculous
For the last three years, Wash has put up win values of 1.9, 1.8, and 1.3. This year, he’s sitting on 2.4 so far, and has a good shot to be ~3 WAR player. (All values per Fangraphs.)
Assume a slide in performance due to age, and he’s about a 1.5 WAR player per year over the next two years, I think. That’s slightly below average, but not bad for what you’d get on the open market. At $4M/win, you’re talking about a one year deal for $6M, or 2/$12M.
“There was also a scout sitting behind us early that was talking to his bosses, and he let it be known that he was here specifically to scout Washburn. I checked, and he was from the Philadelphia Phillies. ”
I suppose if we have to we might be able to take that Jason Werth off your hands, but you gotta pay some of his salary!
I don’t want to jinx him but Washburn is throwing a 2 hitter.
dave sims just said Jarod Washburn with the surgical performance against cabrera.
way to cut him up wash!
duuuuuude
(Yeah, they’ve won the Stanley Cup a few times, but they didn’t even manage that this year)
Yeah… god, they suck.
is lauren still around? i nominate russell for Mariner Women Like To Look At
Hyphen (my wife’s fav) will be back soon to regain his crown. Is it only men who think Guti is a sexy, sexy dude?
ah Hyphen is also on my list
the accent doesn’t hurt
Franklin is a little too pretty for me
Boy, this Washburn guy is really good. The Phillies better pony up some really valuable players if they want to trade for him.
The only reason I’m holding off on getting a Gutierrez jersey is because my wife wants one. That would creep me the f*** out.
What is Washburn’s pitch count?
Please announce Washburn has been traded at the top of the 9th inning
anyone else’s online radio feed go out mid action?
93-55
Yes my feed went down too. I guess they finally figured out the blackout.
Nice performance by Washburn…but not the best of the day. Buehrle perfect game through six.
Someone had the TV on too loud, I could hear a highlight reel from another game on the M’s broadcast.
How about if the Phillies trade us Moyer and Ibanez for Washburn?
me too Liam
Was today the first day that this link worked? I was really getting excited there.
But! He’s reinvented himself!!!
Wouldn’t that make the Royals jelous.
Gamecast – Sweeney struck out swinging.
FSN – Sweeney draws the walk.
Yep, the radio feed is gone.
I blog about why I love Franklin Gutierrez here
MLB Gameday Audio is only $15 for the entire season. Every team, every game.
lowe might have the worst facial hair ever
So are we attempting to showcase Mark Lowe (the Rockies are said to be looking for a RHRP)? Or are we just scared to press our luck by trotting Washburn out for another inning without the stellar OF defense? Or are we just trying to build Mark Lowe’s confidence?
This 3-0 count isn’t helping any of those.
YOU KIDDING ME?!?!
3 strikes were called balls during that Inge AB according to GM
Wasn’t Clete Thomas hitting 4th for them yesterday?
6 balls…
Someone tell me why Wash wasn’t out there for the 8th? Wasn’t his pitch count right around 100?
If we lose this game, the season is over. We have 2 outstanding starters, and we have to win just about every game they pitch from here on out. We can’t afford to lose this one. Period.
I don’t understand why he didn’t at least send Wash out there. Bottom third of the order, 2 hitter, 93 pitches…if he puts someone on base you can pull him but until then why go to Lowe who pitched yesterday and is something of a time bomb out there?
i would’ve put wash out there
The splits on Inge, Ryan, and Everett strongly favor an RHP. I’m sure that had something to do with it.
Couldn’t agree more.
Pitching coach to Lowe: “You throw 98 mph and we’re in a huge park, just throw the damn ball over the plate!”
I think it’s the latter. Last night was probably very impressive and very persuasive. I think the M’s want to get to that situation as much as possible. 7ip from starter then Lowe/Aardsma. Lowe’s had some pretty bad outings and still inspired a lot of confidence.
whoa…um, nice call?
Wow! There’s a call for ya.
DOH!
That was unnecessary.
Lowe did look impressive last night (at least his pitching did).
Or maybe not.
Mark Lowe, Ladies and Gents.
i’m really hoping we can maybe unload lowe…he always makes me nervous
I’m thinking it must be Wak’s love for pitchers throwing complete innings. Wash typically throws 100-105 (was at 93) and might not have made a full inning.
Aardsma for 4 out save?
I don’t want to see any kind of cheap broken bat or bloop hit from Polanco here. He annoys me so much.
Against the bottom of the order maybe, but not to Granderson…don’t walk Inge and you don’t have to face the top of the order.
Bring in White.
Big K coming right here
Mark “Wildman” Lowe, Sean “Dependably boring” White
well i guess the Rockies just got Rafael Betancourt, hopefully someone else wants Lowe.
to the 9th!
You know, there are these things called capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar. Could you use them, please?
Well thank God Woodward wasn’t out there to boot it and then throw it into the stands.
.245, .206, .193, .186… Averages for the guys coming up to bat. An insurance run does not look likely for us in the 9th.
Well, the Rockies just acquired Rafael Betancourt from the Indians, so they may not be interested in Lowe any more.
Has anyone know the record for most 2-1 games in a season in the live ball era?
maybe robby will go yard again lol
This team has cut a year off of my life. At least Wak did not compound his mistake of taking out Washburn by leaving in Lowe.
LMAO!!!
ahhhhh……nOpeE
Fu-Te Ni? Isn’t that the call of the sandpeople from Star Wars?
Fu-Te Ni? Isn’t that the call of the sandpeople from Star Wars?
We are the Knights Who Say…Ni!
6 outs to go for Buehrle’s perfecto!
It’s Aardsma time
Game cast shows two balls to Hannahan as literally right down the mddle. Lol…
this rubber duck commercial makes me giggle
I want the DA that pitched last night.
I <3 DA
It’s the noise the Jawas make after they capture R2-D2. (Yes, really, not a joke. You can look it up when you watch the movie. And yes, I’m working from memory. Oh, and the number on the hatch of the trash compactor is 3263827.)
Somehow I have a feeling we aren’t getting that. With a 1=run lead and the heart of the Tigers order coming up, I am really on pins and needles for this one.
Actually, it’s “utinni!”, and it’s the Jawas.
(How do I know? A), I’m a colossal dork, B) I know one of the main designers for the Star Wars collectable card game, and he had to know and spell out things like that, and C) I’m sure no one cares.)
I’m really, really sick and tired of this Griffey/Sweeney platoon. I’d feel much more comfortable with Shelton batting in Sweeney’s place, and anyone batting in Griffey’s place for that matter. It’s a joke.
No more of that.
YES!
Woah, Sims got overexcited on that popup to Rob.
I care!
(So, Han, what’d you think of her?)
Have you seen the Cardinals lately? The ‘stache brigade is horrifying.
“HUGE OUT IF HE MAKES IT!!!!” Ha ha ha.
Buehrle perfect through 8 on 100 pitches!
Nice catch.
Flashbeak: Amen. We need a DH who can actually, um, H. Sweeney’s hit today aside, he’s not exactly helping much at the plate.
Sure, but sweeney went 2 for 4 today with a double in a one run game, so couldn’t it wait until tomorrow?
that’ll do pig. that’ll do.
Dr. Z’s little puppets do it again.
DA needs to enter to the Law and Order theme at Safeco from now on.
3 more outs for Buehrle…would he be one of the less likely pitchers to have a no-no and a perfecto?
Nice homage to FG by Langerhans to end it.
Man, I don’t think you could have asked for anything better than 5-2 on this road trip. Good work M’s.
Another win in the books – Yikes, at least we keep putting pressure on LA.
Way to pad our 1-run game stats!
Whoa whoa whoa… did anyone hear what Blowers tried to say after Sims gave Felix’ line from yesterday? It was something like Washburn actually *mutter, mutter* then he gave his line for today. Was he going to say Washburn was better?
Is there any reason why whenever we talk about the playoffs it always involves winning the division? We are the same distance back in the wildcard and Boston and Tampa Bay have more difficult schedules (playing each other and the Yankees)…
Thank you.
M’s DH ranking:
OPS 13th
wOBA 13th
ISO 14th
You could make a case that the Royals are worse. But at least they have the good sense not to hit their DHs clean up.
2 outs to go
they are showing it on ESPN
Did anyone just see that catch by Wise in CF for the White Sox!!!! That was Guti-esque!!!
Wow!1
Look for the highlight catch by Wyse to preserve the perfecto. Incredible.
one out to go and it is on MLBTV too
MLB.com is doing a live look-in for anyone at work. Very cool.
2 out!
I might get laughed at for this comment, but when do we start considering the M’s contenders for the wildcard? We are now fewer games back in the wild-card than we are in the AL West division. This is due to a recent losing streak by Boston. So is the 2nd best AL East team really that much better than the Angels?
Buehrle owes Dewayne Wise dinner.
Guillen puts Wise in for a defensive replacement in the top of the inning and first ball hit he has to go over the wall to make the catch.
amazing
Wow enjoyed Hawk calling the reporter honey after her interview…lol
I agree, there was talk earlier of the M’s needing 95 to win the division when 95 has won the wildcard for the past 10 years (or would have, some of the WC teams had more but they were better than the needed to be). The AL East will beat up on each other.
Here’s hoping the Angels don’t make 95 necessary.
If we can manage to outscore our opposition for the season? We’re -13 right now.
For a month. That was an amazing catch, even more so given he’d just entered the game as a defensive replacement.
Congrats to Buehrle and the Sox defense. Shutting down the Rays’ offense isn’t an easy task.
I’ve officially forgiven Armstrong for blocking the Washburn deal last year.
i guess that’s just the play that happens when a perfect game is going on. amazing.
What a special day for the White Sox, that’s the great thing about baseball more than any other sport, you can accomplish perfection on any given day.
P.S. that catch by Wise may be the best play I’ve ever seen, given the ramifications. Wow, just wow!
White Sox also move into first place. Wow. That’s fun.
What a incredible play by Wise, wow! My dad, who doesn’t even really follow sports was jumping up and down haha. Congrats Buehrle.
Awesome game by Wash today as well! Go M’s!
Awesome game by the M’s, and I just saw the Wise catch. Incredible!
People saying we have just as good a chance at the wild card, because we are fewer behind.
But it’s not, because we are fighting several teams, not two. That is why the odds are 6.7 for the division — pretty bad — but are worse for the wild card: 3.4. (site: coolstandings.com)
One thing about watching the M’s this year is you do not have to run, climb, bike or go to the gymn to get you heart rate up.
Fantastic catch to save the no hitter. Worth more like a car than a dinner to me.
Interesting note about Buehrle’s Perfecto….Same plate umpire as his no-hitter.
One of the base umps was in both games as well.
And Buehrle first no-hitter was a near-perfect game: he walked one guy, and picked him off. 27 up, 27 down.
The Mariners win, and history is made. A very good day in baseball.
Yeah, it was Sosa he walked. Apparently he bought all the fielders watches after that game, so this one is going to be even more expensive for him. He’s going to have to buy Wise an entire Swiss watch factory.
Wise, incidentally, was apparently on the bench for Atlanta when RJ threw the last perfect game in baseball history. Buehrle’s is the 18th. Which is amazing wheen you consider over 390,000 games have been played over the last ~134+ years of pro baseball.
Obama already gave Buehrle his congratulatory phonecall. The White Sox are on a boat this year.
“It was probably the best catch I’ve ever made because of the circumstances.
“It was kind of crazy, man, because when I jumped, the ball hit my glove at the same time I was hitting the wall. So I didn’t realize I had caught it until I fell down and the ball was coming out of my glove, so I reached out and grabbed it.â€
Oops, I goofed that quote. I was quoting the earlier poster who called the the best catch he’d ever seen under the circumstances; the subsequent quotes are from Wise, saying the same thing.
“Wow enjoyed Hawk calling the reporter honey after her interview…lol”
I hate the White Sox announcers. Can’t stand them. They are the worst announcers in all of pro sports. They root openly for their team on air, and make up bad things to say about the other team. Totally unprofessional. Also the you can put it on the board crap has to stop too that wears on you over time. And is very, very annoying.