Game 129, Royals at Mariners
DMZ · August 28, 2009 at 6:10 pm · Filed Under Mariners
After last night’s loss, I sat there, shaking my head a little, and sighed. Then I looked at the next game’s pitching matchup and I smiled. That’s Felix Day for you: I don’t care how he’s been doing lately, every time I see his name up for the start I look forward to it.
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Felix Day makes me happy.
I refuse to acknowledge the media groundswell that he must be traded.
Your Kreuger Haiku:
The line in the sand.
He’s not Floyd.
Help them find a way.
Why is Sweeney playing vs. RHP?
Rockin’ the high socks.
Are the Mariners shooting for the worst offensive line up?
Are the Mariners shooting for the worst offensive line up?
Hmm, sorry
According to Dave we can pick up ground on the White Sox tonight. What does fourth place in the wild card get you?
Weren’t we speculating about the effectiveness of a Branyan bunt vs the shift? Glad to see him pull it off.
We are ahead of the White Sox in the WC standings by 2.5 games.
The bunt pays off with a run. Nice decision by Branyan there. Maybe the Royals won’t put the shift on next time.
Hahahaahhaha…sneaky old man base running!
Sweeney, powered by guile.
Branyan bunts… Sweeney sort of steals home (well, not really, but…)
It’s bizarro Mariners tonight.
Someone give that man a hug!
Ha! I don’t know what the hell Sweeney was thinking there, but he got lucky, the M’s got a run, and I got a laugh!
That was some trickiness employed by the old man. I like, I like very much.
Any night other than tonight, I’m pulling for Bannister — he’s the kid who studies advanced stats and tries to use them to his advantage. Of course, Felix has Dave Cameron to do that for him. Not to mention oodles of natural talent.
Hmm.
They appear to be stealing on Rob.
He got him. Anderson was out.
I think the Royals figured out that you can steal on Rob Johnson.
so I see. So, the last two nights, both 2nd base umps missed a tag that would have eliminated a run.
Not that I care about the Cy Young winner, but I’m sure Felix cares, and watching the games with a guy in the running, I keep wondering, how are they judging ‘the best’ pitcher of the year?
Stats? Felix just got a run tacked on his ERA by a blown call. Say he wins games and doesn’t give up too many runs, but pitches poorly–does that help him win the Cy Young? Shouldn’t the voters watch every start of the possible winner to see if they’re truly the best pitcher of the year? Which is ridiculous.
Oh well. My rum and coke is making me ramble.
Rizzs just mentioned the Rays traded Kazmir to the Angels for “two prospects” and a PTBNL.
“left-handed pitcher Alex Torres, third baseman Matt Sweeney and a player to be named later. “
Franklin may have been out. However, I don’t believe that the 2nd Base Ump is going to call anyone out tonight.
Tui Has two AB for Tacoma tonight against Portland and has 2 home runs. Looking forward to seeing him in a week.
It’s nice to play the Royals.
That error by Teahen reminds me of Yuni at short…do the Royals have the worst left side of the infield in the AL or is that my imagination.
Great, now Sims can’t remember what player’s done what when.
At least my memory’s being tested.
The Royals looks so defeated.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
PAPER BOY!
Guti working an at bat, good to see out of the leadoff spot.
Musical chairs?
When Yuni left, didn’t Felix say that he knew just how he was going to get him out?
And done.
There’s no way they could have moved the players around like this a year ago.
Half the defense changed at the beginning of this inning. Amazing.
Hope no one took USSM’s gambling advice…
Guess you know you’re the rookie when no trainer comes running out to see if you’re okay, even though you can barely walk?
Liking the Brannahan platoon at first.
Did Branyan get hurt? I am watching the game with no sound.
Tweaked back.
I’m not surprised that Branyan has back problems. Although I like his batting stance, because it’s so Paul Bunyan-esqe, it also looks stiff and that’s the recipe for hurting your back.
And again, I say, I enjoy playing the Royals.
Make ‘em pay Ryan.
Watching Olivo strike out reminds me how good Felix is.
They are discussing MVP on the TV broadcast. No mention of Joe Mauer of Minnesota. A catcher with that kind of offense. Hard to pick someone else in my mind.
Did they just say it was Sweeney’s 24th rbi?! Yikes. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. I say, let him be our bench coach next year.
Also, nice job of late Bill Hall. Kazmir to the halos eh, that’s no good.
Do you think they’d notice if we had Josh Wilson hit and Jack Wilson field? Just a thought….
I guess the Royals are bringing in Sheik Yabuta to pitch next.
Sweeney has been on base three times and scored two runs. Not bad for a guy who only plays once a week or so.
Mr. Aardsma, please do not try for “interesting” tonight.
Sadly, it’s interesting already.
The D A can’t help but make things interesting. It’s what he does.
The Mariners keep playing like this and they are going to catch the White Sox in the wild card standings (sarcasm).
Nice game. Pretty enjoyable.
What are the odds of the Cialis commercial featuring a song by Ellie Greenwich who passed away yesterday. Why don’t you be be be my baby…
That was the 22nd “quality start” for Felix — the most in the American League this year. Since they look at lots of bogus stats in the Cy Young, that’s got to count for something, right?
He also now has 182 strike-outs which passes his previous career high (176 in 2006) and puts him fourth in the AL behind Verlander and Lester and a certain Mr Greinke we’re going to be seeing very shortly. And who I think would get my vote, simply because he’s getting so little help from the rest of his team (sure, Felix had Betancourt behind him for longer than Greinke has, but the Royals got Yuni because they thought he was an upgrade)