Game 123, Mariners at Indians
DMZ · August 22, 2009 at 3:10 pm · Filed Under Mariners
The M’s bullpen is supposed to be rundown, “achy” with Jakubauskas unavailable. And yeah, if you’re a fan of winning, this might get tough, since in terms of guys who haven’t pitched in 2/3 it’s Lowe, Batista, and Kelley.
And it is Fister. The Indians aren’t quite the offensive juggernaut the 2009 Yankees are though, so if Fister’s orders are to go six or seven at any cost, maybe it won’t work out as badly as it did for Snell.
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Well, add Messenger to the bullpen– they’ve optioned Jak down to give him rest, and give them another arm.
Will Messenger be there in time? I don’t think there are direct nonstops between Fresno and Cleveland.
I thought Baker said that Messenger was there.
Let’s see, which game will be a bigger massacre, the Mariner’s or Saudi Arabia/Japan game in the Little League WS?
I had a misty moment when one of the Japanese player said his favorite player was Johjima. Someone still loves him.
And just to give the Mariners hope today, Saudi Arabia ties it!
Mariners. Or Mariners’. Please.
Didn’t the pre-game show address this particularly relevant question? Or did Bill Krueger manage to do another cryptic Keys to the Game?
> Automatic Backup
> Home Away From Home
> One Stop Shopping
or something?
A good rat trap.
Aint no Laffey-ing Matter.
Locked & Loaded.
I miss watching M’s games, but I don’t miss Herr Kreuger.
Sorry, I’m fully aware it shouldn’t be there. I am part of the World apostrophe police, so I hate when I make errors with their use. However, brain farts are hard to correct with no edit function.
Anyway. Go, Mariners!
So yeah, incoherent as always. Thanks, Bill!
If Krueger suddenly started to make sense, just imagine where we would all be. Bizarro world, that’s where.
Speaking of bizarro world, it’s so weird to hear obsessing about RBIs, like Dave and Blowers were just doing for Lopez. The funny part was were they openly admitted he would need other players to get on base ahead of him. Uh, so what’s his part in padding that stat?
The Grand Branyan sure is majestic.
Boom! Branyan is coming back
I think we all Laffeyed just now when Branyan lock-and-loaded that homerun into the rat trap. Yay!
That was a crushed!
awww, Sweeney gave Branyan a big hug in the dugout.
Were there tickles?
Branyan’s 2009 HR total is now equal to the total HR production the M’s got from first base all last season.
First pitch from Fister is a very questionable ball…I hope that’s not a trend tonight.
I didn’t see Griffey in the dugout.
Back on June 7th, you said that Branyan was only 2 home runs away from the 2008 total. Since then he has hit 17 home runs.
Are we counting those players while playing at first base, or there season totals?
You’re right, it’s 2x now
their
M’s hit 15 HRs while playing 1B in 2008. Also 15 HR at 1B. And 14 at catcher and 2B.
Jeez, sorry about that. I’m playing liar’s dice and drinking Lone Star with my in-laws.
Boy, Derek, you’ve really got your grammar panties on today.
I know that I read my posts over a couple of times before posting, but like any publishing, it’s amazing how the errors don’t become obvious until the submit/send/print button is hit. I’m sure others have the same issue.
It’s sort of pointless to have a game thread, with the flow of a conversation following a continual action on our TVs if we all need to spend 15 minutes proofreading every post.
And yes, I’m thrilled that is seems to be one of the few places for intelligent baseball discussion where standards are demanded. I completely appreciate that, but, eh….anyway.
Go, Mariners!
Ha ha ha grammar panties. Because casual misogyny is hilarious.
3 ground outs for Fister so far.
Hmmm. I am not sure I agree with either the hardcore grammar approach or the misogyny accusations, which is odd because I am big on grammar and not big on misogyny. But I suppose this isn’t my blog. Good lord what is that man wearing.
Oh yeah–it’s not really grammar, more spelling, I’d say. Punctuation, too, but I consider that part of spelling usually.
Oh, I epic failed on the their/there business. I accept full responsibility for my actions.
If I had never seen Josh Wilson play before this week, and had never looked at his career stats, I would think he was some amazing prospect that the M’s had called up.
What a week he is having.
Misogyny? Is that the right context? I was thinking of the parallel to the garment itself, constricting and unsexy for the wearer, as becoming over-obsessive about small details can be, regardless of gender. But I assume that you think I mean it as a slam on your masculinity. Not the case. I find this blog a refreshingly gender neutral place most of the time.
In any case, as fun as this is, I feel my pissiness has reached an unproductive level, and unlike galaxie, I will not apologize for accidentally misusing an apostrophe, but I will apologize for allowing said pissiness to flow out, and take the best course, which is to catch the rest of the game later when it’s repeated, and go fishin’. Time to be puttin’ stores up for the winter anyway.
And this game thread proves beyond all doubt there are dog days of summer, and this is them.
Is this game even on the radio?
Feh, Hafner. Messenger is there– Drayer had a nice ‘how ya doing’ interview, pregame.
8 ground balls versus 2 fly balls given up by Fister so far today.
juneau, I think you’ve been fine, myself. But have fun fishing.
In that case, what would grammar thongs be?
(And if granny panties are the roomy, comfortable, unsexy-but-sensible kind, then would grammar gannies be… what?)
To be perfectly honest, I think Derek and the mods around here sport grammar marble sacks.
Course, right after I typed that about the ground balls, Hafner hits a homer.
The M’s need some more runs soon. Fister is what he is, which is mediocre. They’ve squandered a few too many chances already.
This doesn’t feel quite as comfy a game as it did in the first.
Anyone besides me think that Hall showed some good speed on that bare-handed attempt earlier in the game?
Correct grammar is a relief.
The fan that grabbed it quickly threw it up to another fan, presumably so they won’t be thrown out.
…oh and joser – the game is on 770, since the Seahawks are using the ESPN 710 airspace.
Kenji having a bit of tough luck tonight.. He’s stung a couple balls.
Yes, hitting it hard but right at people.
How did Nick Hill have his 3rd straight complete game at West Tennessee if he only went 6 innings?
Watching Josh Wilson playing like an all-star, I’m reminded of Jack Z’s comments about how he needs to use both scouting and statistics together.
Scottdids, He started for the road team in a 7 inning game of a doubleheader, and the home team was ahead 1-0 after the top 7th. One of the other CG’s was also a 7 inning affair.
Apparently if you vaguely flap the glove at a baserunner, and then wave it in the air with authority, Tom Hallion will take your word for it that you got the runner.
Thanks TVProducer! So does Fister go one more inning?
Say! Did you know that “In Game 3 of the 2008 World Series, Hallion made a call that ruled Carl Crawford safe, when he was clearly out. The call extended the inning and eventually cost the Philadelphia Phillies 2 Runs?”
I think Gutierrez should wear the catcher’s gear while roaming the outfield.
Liam: was the on field delay a result of an injury to Guti? I don’t have access to the radio broadcast right now…
One of the Cleveland players was hit by a pitch. I was referring to the fly ball that Gutierrez caught, but had a close encounter of the Saunders kind.
What is it with ball players and their need to pat each other on the butt?
Gosh, I hope we get some offense for Christmas.
What is it with ball players and their need to pat each other on the butt?
Or the constant need to pat their own crotch, especially relief pitchers. “Uh, yup. Still down there.”
A little late for this, but Saunders has looked a bit out of sorts tonight, hasn’t he?
And yet again!
Kerry Wood is a tragic figure. It wasn’t that long ago that he was a true joy to watch, but these days it’s amazing to me he still has a job.
Langerhan’s sac bunt dropped our chances of winning by 0.8%
Scratch that, the numbers got mixed up. Increased by 0.2%
I really like the Cleveland tv announcers. But this whole runner on third, less than two outs and not scoring thing.
I believe “Aargh” is an appropriate response to this game, thus far.
So are we down to just Batista and Messenger in the pen now?
Is AArdsma not available?
White and Aardsma also in the pen.
Not sure djw, I’m going by the info in the top of the thread.. Not sure if that means the other guys are actually unavailable though.. thinking if this game goes long, you might have to use one or more of them out of necessity.
3-0 popout? Really, Ichi? You may be my hero, but sometimes you do some really inexpicably stupid things.
Messenger’s cap looks sparkling new.
Ah, me.
Good thing our offense is unbelievably clutch!
Well that one hurt, the M’s outplayed the Tribe but couldn’t cash in any runners and let Cleveland hang around, and when you keep doing that eventually you’re gonna lose it. Cleveland you earned that one. Have a good night everyone.
I feel like we gave it away more than Cleveland earned that one.
What’s that? 3 losses in the bottom of the last inning in the past 5 games? C’mon guys! We won the other two. Let’s have a hold for the final 3 outs! We should be sitting on a 6 game win streak.
sigh.
I think we got the Messenger loud ‘n’ clear: Randy’s still a pretty dreadful pitcher. How’s this for a career line (excluding tonight):
174 1/3 IP, 212 H, 115 SO, 80 BB, K/BB 1.44, tRA 4.71.
Blech.
Nate, I said ‘earned’ because Cleveland was able to take advantage of their opportunities. I don’t remember them stranding RISP after getting them there with no outs. Seattle didn’t take advantage at all, and deserved to lose tonight, even though they outplayed Cleveland overall.
But Scottdids, this isn’t anything new, is it?