Game 126, A’s at M’s
DMZ · August 25, 2009 at 6:16 pm · Filed Under Mariners
Anderson! RRS!
Another day off for Ichiro! And another shake-up in the lineup:
CF-R Gutierrez
3B-L Hannahan
2B-R Lopez
DH-0 Sweeney
RF-R Hall
1B-L Branyan
C-R Johjima
SS-R Wilson
LF-L Saunders
That’s… well, yeah.
Career lines vs. Anderson
Player AB H HR BB SO AVG
Suzuki 3 3 0 0 0 1.000
Johjima 3 2 1 0 0 .667
Branyan 3 1 0 0 1 .333
Sweeney 6 2 0 0 0 .333
Gutierrez 5 1 0 0 0 .200
I miss Ichiro!
The Sweeney handedness still cracks me up.
I kind of/sort of almost like Josh Wilson better than Jack Wilson. Well, at least I like the fluke Josh Wilson better.
Does our opinion on Wakamatsu change if he’s still playing Wak ball next season? (Unoptimized lineups, doesn’t pinch hit, bunts too often)
I liked when Bill Krueger said that the Mariners DH since Edgar had been “sleepy.” (I think someone is still a bit drowsy)
Hair gel fumes are soporific.
Saunders is just fun to watch. He looks like he should be so galloping giraffe like Sexson and then he’s so not.
Endy who? Seriously, remember the sinking feeling you used to have when balls were headed for left field? I miss Raul at the plate (when he’s not hiding an injury) but I don’t miss him in the field. And I don’t miss Wlad either. If Saunders gets his feet under him when it comes to hitting big league pitching, I’ll be quite happy with him holding down LF until Ackley shows up.
R-R-R-RUSSELL!
What hurts more, when Raul makes a good play or when Guti makes a bad play?
According to ESPN.com:
Gutierrez, because Ibanez is a Phil and I don’t like Philly
For as painful as it was to watch Raul at times out in left, he does have one of the smoothest swings of anybody currently in the game.
My goodness Saunders is a good bunter.
Raul’s plays don’t hurt at all because (a) I don’t see them and (b) I know the difficulty factor in LF at Citizen’s Bank park is far lower than Safeco, so whatever good plays be might make wouldn’t be as good here.
Whereas at least a couple of Gutierrez’ bad plays were cases where he outran the ball and surprised himself. If that’s the obverse of his defensive coin, I’ll cash it every time.
You know, I was kind of dimissive of Russel in another thread today. Whatever happens this offseason, I sure love having him on the team when he does that.
He could use more polish on the basepaths however.
RRS is following the Washburn model for success: don’t walk anybody, induce flyballs, let the outfield chase them down, and hope the park holds them. It’s that last part that can bite you in the ass.
Man, the Rangers are one swing of the bat from choking away a 10-6 win in NY.
So Mariners-eque, a four pitch inning for the A’s pitcher. True, there were some extenuating circumstances, but boy….
If I were the Rangers, I would enjoy beating up on the Yanks in this series — since they’re highly unlikely to do so against them come October.
A custom-made cup. Thank god. That’s what I’ve been thinking all along… come on. He makes millions of dollars a year for a multimillion (billion?) dollar industry. They can’t get a more comfortable cup made for the guy?
Also: “I require a *custom-made* cup” is a great line for the minor leaguers to use on the ladies. Take note, young fellows.
I dunno, Lauren, that could go an ugly direction too, if the young lady in question had an imagination. Better to stick with “I need XXL condoms.”
Ugh, Lopez.
It would be so weird to come home with a bat from a game.
Yeah, the A’s third base coach realizes it’s not Johnson at home plate, but a man who’ll actually take a hit and block the plate. With skinny little Ellis running, I can’t see him doing a Pete Rose.
Why did we get Jack Wilson again? Man, I knew he can’t hit, but I didn’t know he really really just can’t hit.
He looks like he should be able to hear well, though.
Michael Wuertz just threw 7 consecutive sliders to Guti. Hey, I would feel pretty comfortable throwing a pitch that has registered the highest swinging strike rate in all of baseball too. But come on, 7?
Redeem yourself, Carlos Lopez.
Yuniesky Betancourt -1.9 WAR
Jack Wilson 1.9 WAR
So Griffey pinch hit for Hannahan. Does Hall now move to 3rd and Langerhans goes into RF?
Wow, the battle of the ineffective offenses.
It’s really hard to tell the difference between safe and out on Lopez’ steal and Branyan’s toss to Aardsma, even after multiple replays on various angles.
The man with three A’s on his back sent three A’s down in order.
C’mon gentlemen, we need one of those roaring crowd and pig pile moments.
Well, technically, in primates teste size correlates to female promiscuity. In species where the male can be fairly certain about the paternity of his offspring, such as gorillas (where an alpha male leads a troop of females and immature males), the testes size is small. In species where the females freely mate with a variety of males, like Bonobos and, to a somewhat lesser extent, chimps and humans, the teste size is relatively large — a natural result of female choice and sperm competition.
So boasting to the ladies about your custom-made cup is, at least indirectly, calling them sluts.
(When it come so penis size, of course, humans are way out of proportion to their body size compared to every other primate. Which presumably, like peacock tails and deer antlers, is all about female choice influencing evolution too. So I guess the whole “custom cup” thing has that going for it.)
Sorry, just came back from the bar and had some kind of “Wild Kingdom” moment for a second there.
The More You Know!
Sadly, more oomph in joser’s post than in Branyan’s hit.
Hee.
I’m feeling a repeat of the August 7 game here for Langerhans.
Gutierrez is being more Ichiro than Ichiro. Would be awesome if he can keep this up when Ichi gets back.
OK, flashbeak. Your win.
flashbeak, indeed! Spooooky….
Langerhans = Death to extra innings!
I kind of like this Langerhans dude. Great sense of timing. Ichiro had his first walk-off hit ever this year; Langerhans now has two.
Perversely, because I can’t stand all that pounding at homeplate for some reason, I thought that was a bit underplayed by the Mariners. (Of course, Sweeney still gives the Big Hug)
Just ‘Oh, Ryan does it again. Good. Let’s go home.’
Now all we need is for Sweeney to pie Langerhans during the post game interview.
LANGERHANS
Nice job!
Interesting that L’hans is pinch hitting for Griffey here…
I wonder if Wak will be a little more willing to pinch hit in key situations after this?
Hmmm. I’m feeling just a bit psychic right now.
My favorite parts of that game were:
1) The fat kid in the red hat behind Russel Branyan in the stands giving the “O” face after the swing.
2) The Asian lady catching the Langerhans home run ball off the bounce after the three frat boys miss it, and right before the A’s fan can get it.
The A’s are now 3 for 12 in extra innings games. That’s the measure of a bad bullpen.
Well, no. Griffey pinch hit for Hannahan. Since Griffey can’t play 3rd, Hall moved there, and Langerhans went out into RF for Hall. So Langerhans was pinch-fielding for Griffey, if anything. It just so happened that spot came up in the order again.
According to pRAA, the A’s actually have the best bullpen in baseball, while the Mariners have the second worst bullpen. That’s results based analysis for you.
Gosh, I missed a fine game thread as well as the game!
ok, next time I’m faced with the opportunity, I’m gonna try each of these lines. I’ll let you know how it goes…
(you may have outdone yourself on that one joser)
We need a USS Mariner Post Hall of Fame, so that joser post can go right up there next to the gay porn thread.
Bonobos. Heh.