Cactus League Game 30, M’s at Rockies

Jay Yencich · March 29, 2011 at 12:45 pm · Filed Under Game Threads 

Just one more of these after this one and we’re home free.

SS Ryan
2B Kennedy
1B Smoak
DH Cust
C Olivo
CF Langerhans
3B Luis Rodriguez
RF Saunders
LF James McOwen

P Fister

This is a new lineup! McOwen ran off an amazing hit streak two years ago and then dislocated his shoulder early last season and was benched throughout. It’s nice to see him get out there and play. Tomorrow, it’s probably going to be a bunch of guys like him on the field late in the game.

News came out that Franklin Gutierrez will be beginning the season on the DL. Since it’s going to be a retroactive placement, he’ll be eligible to come off on April 6th, though at this stage, we seem to have little idea of what’s going on and what it might take to get him into playing shape.

I’m getting on a Wilhelmsen post which will end up below this one when I’m finished. Edit: hey look, it’s here

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22 Responses to “Cactus League Game 30, M’s at Rockies”

  1. joser on March 29th, 2011 12:51 pm

    I like this lineup from a pure novelty perspective. I mean, if Ichiro isn’t there to lead off — go nuts! Plus the 2-3-4 is actually kind of solid, from a recent-M’s-history perspective. Drops off pretty damn fast from there, though.

    Yes, enjoying M’s baseball is all about adopting the right perspective.
    “I’m at the bottom of a pit!”
    “Yeah, but doesn’t it make that little patch of sky look nice?”

  2. Westside guy on March 29th, 2011 12:56 pm

    Hey it’s televised (FSN)!

    Er, looks like my Tivo is calling it “RTNW” now – I hate that “ROOT Sports” moniker…

  3. TageSavage on March 29th, 2011 12:58 pm

    I wish they’d start Bedard, I’d like to see him.

  4. joser on March 29th, 2011 1:50 pm

    “ROOT” — like what you find under a pile of compost.

    RTNW — R Team’s Not Winning…

  5. Westside guy on March 29th, 2011 2:02 pm

    Ugh, I have this ominous foreboding that watching Olivo behind the plate is going to be as painful as watching RoJo was.

    I really hope Moore forces his way into the primary catcher role this year.

  6. Jay Yencich on March 29th, 2011 2:10 pm

    We scored a lot of runs in an inning that no one apparently cared about.

  7. Westside guy on March 29th, 2011 2:15 pm

    Sorry, Jay, I’m a bit behind realtime. My Olivo comment was while he was behind the plate at the bottom of the second.

    Offensively he’s not reminding me of RoJo, fortunately.

  8. Westside guy on March 29th, 2011 2:18 pm

    Ooh, just saw Langerhans triple!

  9. Westside guy on March 29th, 2011 2:21 pm

    Wow, Rodriguez is tiny!

  10. Jay Yencich on March 29th, 2011 2:22 pm

    I’m following on gameday, so I’m not sure what the tape delay is.

  11. Westside guy on March 29th, 2011 2:31 pm

    The delay isn’t ROOT’s doing – I’m watching on my Tivo (while also trying to work) and started late.

    I’m *almost* caught up now though. 😀

  12. Westside guy on March 29th, 2011 3:28 pm

    CUST!!

  13. Westside guy on March 29th, 2011 3:33 pm

    Oh man, listening to this Rockies’ announcer makes me appreciate our guys more.

  14. Westside guy on March 29th, 2011 4:00 pm

    I didn’t realize Sean White was a local boy.

    Are teams other than the Mariners this prone to blindness when it comes to local kids and their relative lack of talent? I’m glad he’s with the Rockies now, in any case.

  15. groundzero55 on March 29th, 2011 8:30 pm

    They all don’t lack talent…just the ones we get.

    We pass on the good ones, like Tim Lincecum. What would our rotation look like with Lincy and Felix at the top?

  16. Nicbp253 on March 29th, 2011 10:02 pm

    Look at what we well have……Felix, Pineda, Paxson, Cole and Vargas

  17. Jay Yencich on March 29th, 2011 10:08 pm

    We don’t have Cole yet, and may not.

  18. teddyballgame9 on March 29th, 2011 10:48 pm

    If we do draft Cole, how amazing would our rotation look like if we also were able to sign Yu Darvish (who bulked up over the off season and looks even more AMAZING so far in preseason)? We would potentially have a starting rotation of Felix, Pineda, Darvish, Cole, and Vargas by 2013.

  19. teddyballgame9 on March 29th, 2011 10:50 pm

    Edit: Felix, Pineda, Darvish, Paxton, Cole

    That’s 10 years of dominance.

    So yeah, M’s management… PLEAAAAASE do whatever you can to sign Darvish!

  20. wabbles on March 30th, 2011 8:24 am

    OK, hopefully this is a good place to ask this. MLB Gameday Audio is $19.99 PER YEAR. Now that I have my Netbook and my TV is in storage, is there any reason not to get that? (I know some people had problems with the more expensive video but this isn’t much of an outlay.)

  21. Westside guy on March 30th, 2011 9:57 am

    I haven’t had any problems with the Gameday Audio – it’s quite nice if you aren’t always in a spot where a TV or radio is available (such as at work).

  22. joser on March 30th, 2011 11:44 am

    Does Gameday Audio have any blackout issues?

    So yeah, M’s management… PLEAAAAASE do whatever you can to sign Darvish!

    That would be the Yu Darvish of the scary high pitch counts?

    (Yeah, I know that’s normal for Japan. I don’t think that makes it less scary.)

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