Game 99, Red Sox at Mariners
Dave · July 25, 2010 at 11:00 am · Filed Under Mariners
Matsuzaka vs Fister, 1:10 pm.
Man, that was an exciting game last night. Did you see that _______ (play) by ________ (player)? That was terrific. Of course, we all could have done without _______ (baserunning mistake/error/double play) by _______ (Lopez). That kind of sucked, right? Oh well, hopefully __________ (young player in the line-up) does well today.
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LOVE IT!!!!!
It’s eerie how accurate that was!
Are the Mariners really this formulaic? Oh yeah they are…..
They’re a predictable bunch…especially Lopez.
When was the last game he had where he didn’t mess up?
Tweeted lineups by therealmariners
M’s
Ichiro
Figgins
Guti
obligatory Lopez
Smoak
Kotchman
Saunders
Johnson
Jack Wilson
Boston
Scutaro
Drew
Ortiz
Youkilis
Beltre
Hermida
Cameron
Hall
Brown
I added the obligatory to Lopez not therealmariners if anyone gets ruffled.
The pitchers are:
Fister vs. Matsuzaka
@result_list = (“grounded into double play”,”hit a weak pop-up”,”struck out swinging”);
$outcome = int(rand(3));
print “The Mariner half of the inning ended when Jose Lopez $result_list[$outcome]“;
How long is Branyan gonna milk his curtain pulling injury?
How long before the front office figures out that “showcasing Lopez” is counterproductive to “trading Lopez”?
Man, that was an exciting game last night. Did you see that POOP (play) by BUTT (player)? That was terrific. Of course, we all could have done without WIENER (baserunning mistake/error/double play) by ASS (Lopez). That kind of sucked, right? Oh well, hopefully BOOBIES (young player in the line-up) does well today.
Mad Libs are fun.
I heard that Lopez goes by Ass instead of Jose in his native Venezuela.
Mariners Mad Libs…I love it!
Awesome, I ________ it. That was the most _______ game thread of the season. You totally _______ the _______ on the head.
And yeah, I can’t believe _________ is still doing the same old ________.
If he doesn’t get _________ by the deadline, I’m gonna ________ myself. Or somebody else. Seriously.
But hey, it’s still _______ to ________ the Red Sox.
______ M’s!
I hereby pronounce this the funnest game thread EVER!
Apparently he actually goes by “Celestino” (his middle name). I’ve occasionally seen an ass that could be described with that word, mostly on beaches outside the US, but that’s something else altogether.
Of course, Jose frequently has us looking to the heavens for answers (or at least as an alternative to watching him pop-out to left / ooze along the basepaths) so perhaps it is an appropriate moniker in its own way.
Apparently you missed the gay porn titles thread
Hey I’ve only been participating for a few months, what can I say.
I still remember that. (not sure if that’s a good or bad thing.)
Mrs Dave Niehaus and all the little Niehauses are thrilled to hear that the best day of Dave’s life was the day he got into the HOF.
WHY DOES LOPEZ SWING AT THE FIRST PITCH???
WHY?
WHY?
WHY?
I hate Lopez!!!!
One pitch, one out…
Lol that was a good one.
But really. Again Lopez with a first pitch infield popup.
Shocking. Other teams with loafers to first on DP’s?
Jose Lopez: Working to keep your pitchcount low!
Since Dave is away I thought I’d throw up a link to Jeff’s commentary on last night’s game over at LL partly because it made me laugh three separate times, but mostly because of this:
Or, there’s always this fun multiple-choice variation:
With Brandon Inge, Magglio Ordonez, and now Carlos Guillen all on the disabled list, the Detroit Tigers seem destined to be searching for an extra bat in the near future. Jose Lopez could become available to them for ________.
A) a couple of prospects
B) a bag of equipment
C) a party pack of Little Caesars’ ™ Pizza
D) all of the above
Personally, I’d rather it be a party pack of Domino’s, but with it being Lopez I guess we can’t be too picky.
I note that _________ (Figgins) is hustling his __________ (ass) off today.
I went to last night’s game, and there was a deja-vu-all-over-again moment when Saunders overthrew Wilson. Not sure if it made it on TV. Figgins didn’t have to move much to get in front of it, but it short-hopped him and skipped away, and he quickly ran it down. Some of us yelled our approval, accented with a little sarcasm.
Aye Smoak, swigging on a 3-0 count? Hmmm
Aaaaaand, J-Lo clutches out…woohoo!
We’ll have to revise that trade ante to include two orders of Crazy Bread as well.
Damnit, we get all that and only score one run, and Boston gets 2 already.
Geez, Daisuke slows the pace of the game down to somewhere between that of a golf tournament and watching paint dry.
Man, Ichiro sure is struggling. Can’t blame him though, must be hard to stay focused when your team is horrible and all of the players around you are putrid.
You know, watching today’s and last night’s games made me realize what an underrated player Jack Wilson is. He is a very determined player and always plays with intensity..
Also what’s up with Josh?
He’s gotten almost no playing time since Jack has been back.
I like how they have a stop watch on Dice-K now.
Not trying to be impatient, so I’ll just casually ask.. anybody know when Justin Smoak is supposed to start hitting?
It’s no wonder Daisuke hasn’t gone very long in games this year…Francona probably starts falling asleep in the dugout waiting for him to throw pitches.
@Jephdood
Wak has been urging a lot of patience with Smoak since they got him. He’s a young guy and he still developing, but he was shown a lot of power. It’s gonna be a year or two until he’s a full fledged power hitter like we hope he’ll be.
Okay, that time I wanted a fan to pick up the damn ball.
Ichiro is slowly starting to look slightly like the rest of this lineup, just uninspired/hopeless =/
At least Figgins has looked great the last two games…
Why is Kotchman so slow? It’s not as though he’s build like Lopez or has Edgar’s aged hammies.
I swear, Kung Fu Panda could beat him in a footrace.
Yeah — now that he’s got grill marks on his rear end courtesy of Wak!
Or, even a three-toed sloth probably could too, for that matter.
Chris Seddon could replace RRS?
We’ve got to look at the positive of this series. The Mariners have kept the high-scoring Sox to just a couple of runs in most of the games, and remained within a run or two in all of them.
To bad they haven’t been able to push past in three out of the four so far.
But it’s looking promising here!
Just to show us, Kotchman beats out that bunt!
Odds on them scoring here?
You now have two wishes left, O Master of the Bottle!
Thank the gods! Wak is *finally* beginning to pinch hit for Johnson in close games!
Why does an error have to be physical? That was an error by Okajima.
Saunders!
Nice job, Condor!!
CONDOR!!!!!!!
WHO IS THIS TEAM??
*falling out of chair* I’m not going to argue with a run, but you pinch-hit with Bradley and bunt!?
Thank those gods shining on us today that Okajima is totally crapping the bed.
Youkilis looked pretty use-less on that play…
I love the idea of Wilson showing bunt. Okajima is clearly rattled at this point.
I’m actually not thrilled with Ichiro up here. Prove me wrong!
Damn, apparently the M’s just need to brawl in the dugout a little more often….
Uh-oh…it was just announced that the Angels picked up Danny Haren from the D-Backs for Joe Saunders…
I supposed that all of a sudden that makes them the “odds-on favorites” to win the division again in the eyes of the media.
Dammit, I smelled the double-play coming!
BTW, Johnson, that’s how to block the plate without getting hurt and breaking the rules.
Ichiro is having his worst month in his career… I really hope he can turn it around soon…
Not sure Saunders didn’t beat the tag there.
One more reason to be bored with Ichiro..
Yeah, Ichiro is really on the skids at the moment…
I’d much rather be ‘excited’ by Lopez.
This isn’t the “high-scoring Sox” though. This is the Red Sox* the cheap imitation of a lineup without Jacoby Ellsbury, Dustin Pedroia, and Victor Martinez.
And the top of the lineup makes that little streak of hits crash and burn…
If this team had more “wa” and less “waah” it might be easier for Ichiro to hit a groove. Griping about a bad month for #51 on this team is like criticizing Superman for an awkward landing in a 70 knot crosswind.
yeah, ichi is a bore. I love how M’s fans want wins, yet whine about one of the only winners we’ve had on the team in the last 7 years.
Milton is a “slugger” so he bunts. Wilson is the #9 hitter so he shows bunt and then swings away. This double-reverse psychology is causing tufts of hair to fall on bar floors all over Boston
You were saying?
It usually takes two or three years of pro ball before a guy even sniffs the majors. Joe Mauer was drafted in 2001 (as an 18 year old) and didn’t reach the majors until 2004; ARod was drafted by the M’s in 1993 and played the next year but didn’t really “start hitting” until 1996. Most players aren’t anywhere that quick. Smoak was drafted in 2008, so….
Boston has serious bullpen troubles.
Wow…two come-from-behind wins in a row!!
I can’t remember if that’s even happened so far season yet.
Every year Ichiro has a stretch where he goes three or four games without a hit, and people start writing his career obituary. And every year Ichiro makes them look foolish. And they shut up for a while (until the next time).
Some players have a couple of stretches like that every month. But should Ichiro at any point have a couple of days when he’s not counting up to Dimaggio’s hits record…
I’ve been following the M’s off and on (as life allows) since ‘77. I got “devoted” again in 2001 because of Ichiro. When he’s finally gone from the Mariners, I may quit baseball again at least for a while.
…and League vultures another win.
joser, you are comparing HS graduating signees to a 22-year old signees. He should develop more quickly.
I stopped following the thread because I had to run some errands (How did I survive before Tivo?). So I’m finally getting caught up here, and…
Are people really complaining because Ichiro is 5 for his last 27? Are we still getting caught up in the drama of small sample size theater?
If it weren’t for Ichiro’s two infield hits the other night he might be under .300. It seems he never hits the ball hard.
I don’t think anyone is complaining about Ichiro. I think the rest of the lineup is so horrible that we’re all just a pessimistic bunch. Therefore when Ichi slumps a little, we are all fearing for the worst.
You’re kidding, right, Rick74?
How long have you been watching Ichiro play? If you want a guy who will hit the ball hard, you need to look at another player.
This _____ fan is from _______:
A. Reds, 1971, Rose
B. Yankees, 1942, DiMaggio
C. Mariners, 2010, Ichiro
Ichiro is now 50th in the AL in OPS at .748. What a bargain for $18 million.
Don’t feed the troll.
Love Saunders the kid just oozes potential. He has been very clutch of late and has had a great month of July. Lets just pencil this kid in LF next year.
Now lets bring up Moore to see what he can prove. I don’t know what else he has to prove in AAA. Bring him up Z!!
Nom. Nom. No… No Nom.
Best advice ever.
Ichiro is better than your ______. Beyond Pujols, you’re wrong.
What if he were to choke on some dry fact biscuits? I mean, everyone should know by now that Ichiro has earned and is still earning every penny of his salary.
How many other Mariners players are generating ticket sales? The Mariners are pull out your eyes terrible at home and #17 in attendance so far. Those figures include scattered Lee and Hernandez starts, and Dave Sims Hat Night, so make the necessary adjustments.
According to the folks at FanGraphs, Ichiro is still a pretty good bargain for $18 million on the field too.
The man is a warrior. He has played his heart out for years on a series of bad teams in the grand tradition of Ted Williams and Ernie Banks.
If you want to single out a guy who is not part of the problem right now, you can hate on Mark Lowe for sucking in Tacoma last night.
Sorry, make that Sean White. The barbecue is delicious, but a distraction. Happy Felix Eve!
Wow, the Mariners earned a split from the Red Sox.
Shocking.
Speaking of vulturing, it stunk that Pauley got pulled with 2 out in the 6th last night and missed out on his first big league win. The consolation prize is that it was vultured by Seddon for HIS first.
He can suck all he wants down in Tacoma! Just stay away from Seattle!
Figgi doesn’t sound all that repentant or intimidated to me. From Shannon Drayer:
Seems to me that one of the two will have to go by next year.
Divish mentioned short man’s syndrome and Figgy in the same sentence (he also mentioned that he – Divish – is 5′8″ and has been given that label once or twice).
Figgy is listed at 5′8″, but he was probably wearing platform shoes that day. For some reason shorter athletes seem to need some level of exaggeration wrt height (not sure if it’s them or the team’s doing, to be honest). It’s like, way back in the day, when I ran into Downtown Freddy Brown – one of my childhood heroes. The Sonics listed him as 6′4″, but he was barely taller than my dad (who was 6′0″). To me it made him even cooler – here was a guy, barely taller than my dad, who still was the best 6th man in the NBA!
Anyway, whatever the reason – Figgy does seem to carry a chip on his shoulder whenever anyone refers to his performance in less than flattering terms. If it motivates him to prove everyone wrong, then I’ve got absolutely no problem with that. If it means he won’t listen to the manager, then it’s Jack Z’s problem rather than Wak’s.
“Seems to me that one of the two will have to go by next year.”
I dunno.
Earl Weaver said he didn’t care if the players liked him or not. I’d agree, to the extent that the manager shouldn’t pal around with the players, because the manager has to make decisions that individual players won’t like.
Otherwise, the manager ends up like John McLaren in 2008.
So when a reporter says something like the manager is “going to lose the clubhouse”, I’m not sure how realistic that is, and whether that’s just to make a fuss to get people to read the article.
The manager has one big tool, the lineup card. Players want to play, and the manager decides who plays.
PaulB: Actually, I hope you are right. It just seems really weird to me.
Never thought about it, but there might be something to that — keeping in mind both a certain unnamed current NHL player who’s 5′9″ on skates as well as David Eckstein, who claims to be “5′8″ minus an inch-and-a-half,” here.