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Game 110, Royals at Mariners
Greinke vs French, 7:10 pm.
Well, this is fair.
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Saunders is out because of that collision with the wall last night – hopefully he’s not too hurt.
I’ll just say that this one is a mismatch made in hell if ever there was one.
I dunno… sure it’s Zack Grienke, but he’s got that KC lineup behind him.
You know, pretty much what Texas was saying yesterday – “sure it’s Felix Hernandez, but he’s got that Seattle lineup behind him”.
Yeah, I forgot good ole Drayton DFA’d Jose Guillen yesterday…so the M’s chances of winning tonight have improved from absolute zero to merely infinitesimal.
I’m counting on Greinke for my fantasy team tonight. The M’s make it easy not to bench him. Now if only we could catch Baltimore, only 4.5 back!
Willie Bloomquist batting ninth…that’s working out well for him.
At this point Baltimore is better than the M´s, their lineup is better than the M´s lineup, I think the next week the problem will be Pittsburgh, this team is awful…
Branyan, you don’t get paid to bunt, even with a shift on and you leading off the innning.
Langerhammered!
2 swings, 7 bags… who are these guys?
I kept thinking Wilson was going to get hurt running so hard! But a homerun and triple against Greinke, I’ll take it!
shouldn’t Ichiro have done their beloved suicide squeeze there?
It feels like that octopus from the the World Cup could do a better job of third base coaching.
why didnt ichiro or figgy bunt Jack in
I’m sure glad Figgy waited until August to have the kind of at-bat we’ve been paying him for all season.
Is it just me, or has Figgins been playing like the player we were supposed to get ever since Wak benched him?
That great D on the DP the other day and he looks pretty focused at the plate now also.
(Sorry, I just saw the post above now. It isn’t just me.)
I remember last year that Felix also started pitching like Cy Young after Wak unusually chewed him out.
Wak isn’t too noisy (theatrical) but when he does make a move it seems he does it with great good effect. I like.
I think Lopez took 55 steps to get home
Man, Lopez is SLOW! Unbelievable.
What’s with those tiny little steps anyway?
You’re right Dave, this isn’t fair. French is beating Cy Young and most of my friends put big money on Greinke but I will never bet against my M’s.
Don’t expect Figgy to ever admit it, though. 🙂
Maybe Ichiro can teach him some stretches to loosen those legs up.
Does the umpire have to brush off home plate after every Bloomquist at bat? You know, with all that grittiness and all…
Lopez did make a nice play, actually – even if he didn’t get the guy.
Fair is fair…
It’s been driving me mad for years. I have stubby legs and probably run like that too, but I’m not a highly paid athlete.
I call him Weeble, because he runs like a Flintstone character (mixing my pop culture references there) feet going, going, going, but tipping precariously like he’s going to fall right over if pushed with a fingertip. Will the Weeble fall down? I yell at my TV as he’s ‘running’ the bases.
Love it!
One thing about facing Greinke right now – even if we weren’t having some luck tonight, facing him doesn’t have quite the same “hopeless” feel I remember back when the old Mariners (who actually could hit!) faced the 1999-ish Pedro. I remember some of those games… it wouldn’t matter whether it was Bone at the plate, or Edgar, or whomever – you just knew they weren’t going to do anything.
Yeah, I know I’m sounding like an old man…
Lopez in on fire tonight – Dayton Moore needs to trade Greinke for him before someone else snatches him up!
And Langerhans for Butler too!!
They never beat Pedro until an interleague game against the Mets, what was it, it feels like about 2004 or 2005ish when it finally happened.
Dayton, make it happen! Langerhans is hot, hot, HOT!!
(I like Langerhans a lot – but still…)
When was the last time you saw a Mariner get intentionally walked =P
Now you’re just making stuff up. I’ve watched the M’s all year – there’s no such thing as this supposed “intentional walk”.
….And when was the last time you saw the Mariners make the other team pay for it?
Figgy: Why in August???
yeah, have you noticed that NOW Figgy is starting to catch on fire? He has raised his average all the way to .252! Where was this hitting all year… UGH
Wow I just turned the game on and was shocked to see the M’s actually leading. Miracles …
This is pretty sweet so far today.
Good point! But Figgy should realize that Wak is really a great player’s manager. He would have gotten some pretty harsh treatment from a short fuse, iron fist type manager a long time ago (but whether that would actually be to long term good effect or not is not clear). I prefer Wak’s steady hand.
Langerhans at first base for the rest of the season…
Yeah, I’m sure he was intentionally sucking for 4 months, and just needed an attitude check…
Yes, I think that’s Ichiro’s 10th or 11th intentional walk this year. Ichiro always leads or is near the lead in the AL in intentional walks every year, which is pretty amazing when you consider that he’s not a power guy. Respect.
And last year for example, this was despite having the remaining best hitters on the M’s batting behind him also, like Branyan and Guti.
I am just hoping that Figgy stays hot, and it carries over to next year. I think next year is looking like a .500 ball club, then 2012 is going to be our year!
Kotchman’s playing like a gold glover over there at 1st.
Before the game:
“Hey, Ryan, I’ve got good news and bad news. Good news is that you get a rare start. Bad news is that Grienke is pitching.”
So all he does is go out and hit a homer and a double.
Or maybe it was some well placed Wakamatsu inflicted “fire in his ass.” Some guys play better with a case of the red-ass. Maybe Figgins is one of them.
Then again, it may be neither.
In “reality” it was probably Matt Freaking Pittman calling him a jerk. Figgins is hitting about .360 since Super-Matt went to work.
Matt Freaking Pittman … Good God.
Hm. I go to a game and the M’s win.
If you guys need me I’ll be in my bunker.
You know, originally I thought Dave was being sarcastic with that “well, this is fair” comment – but I guess not.