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4/2: Real Opening Day Open Thread, Part 2

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Felix Hernandez.
Felix Herfreakingnandez.

by Jeff on Apr 2, 2007 5:20 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I forgot what it was like
to have an Ace. It feels great!

by bluemax on Apr 2, 2007 5:21 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Greatest opening day ever!
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on Apr 2, 2007 5:21 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Ms baseball fun again
at least 1 day out of 5.

Put it away offense.

by Matthew on Apr 2, 2007 5:21 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Felix will singlehandedly
bring the standing ovation back to Safeco Field.

by Jeff on Apr 2, 2007 5:21 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm texting everyone I know at the game...
Starting a grassroots standing ovation campaign
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by BaltimoreMarinersFan on Apr 2, 2007 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

said it at the end of other thread
felix is a prime greg maddux with an extra 6mph.

by tkjinak on Apr 2, 2007 5:22 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

If Yuni ever winds up an Astro
He'll be hitting 25 home runs a year.

by Graham on Apr 2, 2007 5:22 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

If I
ever became an Astro, I would hit 10 a year! That porch is shorter than the one in my first apartment.
"Did everything just taste purple for a second?"

by Thingray on Apr 2, 2007 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Do you send him back out there
for the eigth???  97 pitches already.
Go M's

by OBF on Apr 2, 2007 5:23 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Churchill says he's on a 110 pitch count
So maybe.
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on Apr 2, 2007 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I send him out.
And I leave him there until either one guy takes him deep or two guys get on.

by Jeff on Apr 2, 2007 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hopefully Felix has a quick 8th
so he can go for the CG.

by anky on Apr 2, 2007 5:24 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

if he doesn't give a standing O
i have officially given up on seattle fans.

by tkjinak on Apr 2, 2007 5:24 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Felix Hernandez extension
Now, please. Or soon.

by JLC on Apr 2, 2007 5:24 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Trade this chump
What a has been.
Mariner Magic http://www.marinermagic.blogspot.com/

by BaltimoreMarinersFan on Apr 2, 2007 5:26 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I just caught up on DVR
Yaay Sexson and Felix.
I'm excited for this season.
Although the fact that Vidro's gotten on base twice, while, say, Yuni or Lopez has not, makes me think that one of them will be this year's failed regular. =(
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by Katal LM on Apr 2, 2007 5:26 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

#12!!!
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on Apr 2, 2007 5:27 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Man,
this ones going to be over in time for 24! Felix to the A's: "WHO DO YOU WORK FOR!!!!"

by DCMariner on Apr 2, 2007 5:27 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

12 ks now!
New personal record for the King!
Go M's

by OBF on Apr 2, 2007 5:28 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

FeliKs
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by Katal LM on Apr 2, 2007 5:28 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Grrr I know
Why are these fans not going ape shit???

by phil333 on Apr 2, 2007 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Somehow they were louder
for that 1-0 game against the Twins where Betancourt tripled. Felix's home debut?

by Jeff on Apr 2, 2007 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yep
was there for that one

by Matthew on Apr 2, 2007 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I tried
but I was about as far away as you could be from him while still being int he 100 level.
Hot potato is an entirely different game when you're starving

by Mariner John on Apr 2, 2007 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

100th pitch
12th strikeout.

by phil333 on Apr 2, 2007 5:28 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

KKKKKKKKKKKK
All hail God-Emperor Felix

by Graham on Apr 2, 2007 5:28 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

That 0-2 pitch was right down the pipe.
Only thing keeping that from being a strike was stark disbelief from the homeplate umpire.

by JLC on Apr 2, 2007 5:28 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Groundballs and Strikeouts!
This Kid is amazing!
Go M's

by OBF on Apr 2, 2007 5:28 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Mateo, Sherrill throwing.
Like dreaming of sex with Eliza Dushku and waking up to sex with your girlfriend.

by Jeff on Apr 2, 2007 5:29 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

You just compared
Mateo to sex.

You need to rethink your similies, my friend.

by Graham on Apr 2, 2007 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Beltre!
Kiss your gold glove goodbye, Chavez. And suck it.

by JLC on Apr 2, 2007 5:29 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Beltre
"That's why they call it the hot corner."

Sorry, had to bring back some now old time horrible one liners.

by phil333 on Apr 2, 2007 5:29 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Die in a fire.
I had to bring back another.

by Jeff on Apr 2, 2007 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dangit Yuni
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on Apr 2, 2007 5:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Yuni
Come on!
Go M's

by OBF on Apr 2, 2007 5:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Poor Betancourt
he pulled a Crosby
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by Katal LM on Apr 2, 2007 5:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Awww...
:(

Oh, well....time for K #13.

by ThundaPC on Apr 2, 2007 5:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Betancourt
Stop making this mildly difficult for Felix.

by JLC on Apr 2, 2007 5:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Wtf Yuni?
E6?  Maybe he wants to let Felix get 13 Ks.

by anky on Apr 2, 2007 5:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

really should be morrow
opening day introduction would be great, have putz warming up in the background.

and wtf yuni.

by tkjinak on Apr 2, 2007 5:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I missed the comments in the other threads
so I don't know if this has been covered, but I really don't mind the new broadcasters so far.
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by Katal LM on Apr 2, 2007 5:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Me neither.
Blowers isn't anything special, but he's harmless.

by Jeff on Apr 2, 2007 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow
The ball hitting Johjima's glove sounded like Stewart made contact.

by Graham on Apr 2, 2007 5:31 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

the ump is ducking away from pitches
65 year olds should not be umping.

by tkjinak on Apr 2, 2007 5:31 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I want Morrow in the 9th.
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on Apr 2, 2007 5:31 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

On second thought
I think I might let Felix try to finish this game.

by Jeff on Apr 2, 2007 5:32 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I agree
Bring him out, have Morrow ready. One guy gets on, it's done-zo.
Mariner Magic http://www.marinermagic.blogspot.com/

by BaltimoreMarinersFan on Apr 2, 2007 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ok.
So we've had, uh, 12 strikeouts, 1 flyout, and 16 groundouts?

by Graham on Apr 2, 2007 5:33 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Er, by 'groundout' and 'flyout'
I meant groundball and flyball.

by Graham on Apr 2, 2007 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes.
Good God yes.

by Jeff on Apr 2, 2007 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

it's early
but it's going to be hard for any pitcher to top this performance this season.

by MFAN on Apr 2, 2007 5:33 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Gameday says
..a 16 inch break and a 98 mph fastball with a 6" break. 11 K's, 3 hits over 7 innings and 2 walks, no runs. Why the fuck can't I watch this? It would almost be easier if he had bombed.
Henry Kissinger ist der Ubermensch

by spittle8 on Apr 2, 2007 5:33 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I can understand the lack of noise at Safeco
What with all the recent success, M's fans have become complacent.
Mariner Magic http://www.marinermagic.blogspot.com/

by BaltimoreMarinersFan on Apr 2, 2007 5:33 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

But it's Opening Day.
Did you hear Kauffman Stadium this afternoon? Place was rocking.

by Jeff on Apr 2, 2007 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

re: Felix going for CG
no way, too early in the year. already at 111 pitches. Get him out.

by Matthew on Apr 2, 2007 5:34 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

111?
My bad, I miscounted.

Looks like Putz, actually.

by Jeff on Apr 2, 2007 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He's out of the game.
His pitch count was about 110.
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on Apr 2, 2007 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Putz warming.
I want Morrow if the M's can score more here.
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on Apr 2, 2007 5:34 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

we all do
but it aint happening

by Matthew on Apr 2, 2007 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I assume to celebrate opening day
I can't imagine that if this was June, and the game situation was the same, he'd be warming up.
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by Katal LM on Apr 2, 2007 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, Felix is done.
Got the catcher handshake.

by Jeff on Apr 2, 2007 5:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

"Food poisoning in Vegas"
Equals too much partying w. the strippers.

by phil333 on Apr 2, 2007 5:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I can't wait until next friday
Felix vs. Texas.
I've only gone to a handful of games at Safeco the last couple of seasons, but I have to attend this.
I might even finally buy a Mariners jersey.
(I feel like such a bandwagon fan saying all this. I'm just a poor college student, is all)
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by Katal LM on Apr 2, 2007 5:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Beltre walks
To leadoff an inning?

Wheeeeeee.

by Graham on Apr 2, 2007 5:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

All this game is missing
is a pointless Lopez bunt.

by Jeff on Apr 2, 2007 5:36 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Beltre Walks
Will wonders never cease?
Go M's

by OBF on Apr 2, 2007 5:36 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Felix's Line
8.0 IP
3 hits
2 walks
12 K's
12 groundouts
1 flyball
111 pitches
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on Apr 2, 2007 5:36 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

"[Vidro] knows his body"
that's impressive considering how much of it there is to know

by Matthew on Apr 2, 2007 5:37 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

WOW
I couldn't stop laughing after I read that post, nice job!

by MFAN on Apr 2, 2007 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Vidro has hit into
2 double plays today :(

by Graham on Apr 2, 2007 5:37 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Crosby
gets the DP on the second try.

Vidro is going to hit into a TON of those this year, mark my words!

Go M's

by OBF on Apr 2, 2007 5:37 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Vidro
done his best to be a DP machine today. He's like Edgar if Edgar tried to play baseball in 2020.

by Jeff on Apr 2, 2007 5:37 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

MLB.tv
can eat a bag, this really sucks

by BrianV on Apr 2, 2007 5:37 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hmmmm
I haven't had one problem with it today or all spring. I didn't order the premium package, just ye olde regular.
Beer...giving my kidneys and liver a job since 1990.

by Ben in Va on Apr 2, 2007 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Vidro 4-6-3 DP
I wonder how many times we will be saying that this year...

by anky on Apr 2, 2007 5:37 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Over/Under
Eleventy Billion
Mariner Magic http://www.marinermagic.blogspot.com/

by BaltimoreMarinersFan on Apr 2, 2007 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Push.
You mean eleventy billion point five.

by Jeff on Apr 2, 2007 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah
Out of the CHWs system, highest level pitched is A+.

by Graham on Apr 2, 2007 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Chad Bradford according to the people behind me
Hot potato is an entirely different game when you're starving

by Mariner John on Apr 2, 2007 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not a save situation Simms.
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on Apr 2, 2007 5:40 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Why Putz?
I want Morrow.

by anky on Apr 2, 2007 5:41 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

game going too fast to break
comment record.

about 150 short right now.

by Matthew on Apr 2, 2007 5:41 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Post game comments will get us there.
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on Apr 2, 2007 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well
a lot of posters are at the game.

by Jeff on Apr 2, 2007 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This Ibanez/Marshall AB
eerily reminiscent of the Ibanez/Fuentes AB in last year's Worst Game Of All Time.

by Jeff on Apr 2, 2007 5:41 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Fuck it Raul
Just get out. I want a win against these Oakland bastards.
Mariner Magic http://www.marinermagic.blogspot.com/

by BaltimoreMarinersFan on Apr 2, 2007 5:41 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Mlb.com
No mention of this game.

Does mention Yankee game and Meche game.

No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on Apr 2, 2007 5:42 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

whenever I look at the hype around Hughes or DiceK
I'm thankful that Felix is on the west coast.
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by Katal LM on Apr 2, 2007 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not to be a buzzkill
but we beat Oakland the first time we played them last year, too.

by Jeff on Apr 2, 2007 5:42 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

We haven't won yet
Don't jinx it!
Go M's

by OBF on Apr 2, 2007 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, but....
Dammit why'd you go and do that?
Mariner Magic http://www.marinermagic.blogspot.com/

by BaltimoreMarinersFan on Apr 2, 2007 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't know.
Please stop me.

by Jeff on Apr 2, 2007 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Blanton's pitching tomorrow
I'm not expecting good things.
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by Katal LM on Apr 2, 2007 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Loaiza sucked
Haren did not, for the most part.  Also, Felix did not show us the pwnage that he showed today.

by Gomez on Apr 2, 2007 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dave Neihaus
keeps calling Jay Marshall "cute"
Go M's

by OBF on Apr 2, 2007 5:43 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

9 pitch AB
your current 2007 Ms record.

by Matthew on Apr 2, 2007 5:43 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

"15 minutes could save you...
... 15 minutes on your car insurance!"

Did I hear that right?

by Graham on Apr 2, 2007 5:45 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Marine Corps roll of honor?
Is that new for this season?

by bluemax on Apr 2, 2007 5:45 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Will Carroll says
JJ looks like he's pitching through elbow pain

by Matthew on Apr 2, 2007 5:45 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I know
I just feel like if I keep mentioning it, it will heal on it's own

by Matthew on Apr 2, 2007 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Uhh JJ...
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on Apr 2, 2007 5:45 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Ellison in.
What a critical substitution!

by Jeff on Apr 2, 2007 5:45 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

wish felix could finish
but putz is good too

.. except when get gives up doubles....

girllovessports.blogspot.com

by mary on Apr 2, 2007 5:45 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Jason Ellison sighting
I'm surprised Bloomquist didn't get the honorary local boy Opening Day Appearance

by anky on Apr 2, 2007 5:45 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Willie's Bff is in...
Spotting Guillen defensively. Should have been Raul, but thats not my call.
Beer...giving my kidneys and liver a job since 1990.

by Ben in Va on Apr 2, 2007 5:46 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Putz is up to 97
You better keep the shutout in order Putz!
Go M's

by OBF on Apr 2, 2007 5:46 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

1 down
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on Apr 2, 2007 5:46 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

GameDay says 98
Is that right?
Mariner Magic http://www.marinermagic.blogspot.com/

by BaltimoreMarinersFan on Apr 2, 2007 5:47 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Two more outs
Make my Monday complete (in about two hours, no less).

by Jeff on Apr 2, 2007 5:47 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

2 down!
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on Apr 2, 2007 5:47 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

88?
What does Putz throw that's 88 miles per hour and flat?

by Jeff on Apr 2, 2007 5:47 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Remember a year or so ago
When we heard 'Putz' and though 'Oh, no'

by Garces on Apr 2, 2007 5:48 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Change???
thats what Dave N says.
Go M's

by OBF on Apr 2, 2007 5:48 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

2 down
wow im slow

by MFAN on Apr 2, 2007 5:48 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

change from putz?
is that new?
Mariner Magic http://www.marinermagic.blogspot.com/

by BaltimoreMarinersFan on Apr 2, 2007 5:48 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Ballgame! Mariners win!
Fucking awesome!
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on Apr 2, 2007 5:49 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Darn a flyball out!
Way to go M's!!!!!!!!!
Go M's

by OBF on Apr 2, 2007 5:49 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

yaaay!
we did it!
we did it together!
yaaaay!
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by Katal LM on Apr 2, 2007 5:49 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

MARINERS WIN!
If your biggest complaint about a game is that you gave up a flyball out...

by Jeff on Apr 2, 2007 5:49 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Emphasis on A
as in a single flyball.

and also the A's suck!

Go M's

by OBF on Apr 2, 2007 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

FELIX IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Richie is HUGE!

Nice win by the M's

FIRST PLACE!!!!!

Go M's

by OBF on Apr 2, 2007 5:49 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

FIRST PLACE
YESSS END THE SEASON NOW IT WONT GET ANY BETTER THAN TODAY!

by bluemax on Apr 2, 2007 5:49 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

ARGHHH
My mlb.tv broke and I missed the last inning!  Apart from that, what a night!  Thanks Felix!

by EnglishMariner on Apr 2, 2007 5:50 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Just about the most perfect...
opening day that could be imagined.

Smile from ear to ear.  Enjoy it folks!

by manyoso on Apr 2, 2007 5:50 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Whoa
Who'd have thought that we'd get the first shutout of the year on the pitching end?

by Graham on Apr 2, 2007 5:50 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

1-0
Warshburn tomorrow. Yep.
Mariner Magic http://www.marinermagic.blogspot.com/

by BaltimoreMarinersFan on Apr 2, 2007 5:50 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I have this big smile on my face
That isn't going away anytime soon.
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on Apr 2, 2007 6:11 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

best baseball day ever
Felix leading candidate for AL cy young.

and Sexson on pace for 162 homers.

One of those may actually happen, can you guess which one??

by MFAN on Apr 2, 2007 6:16 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, that was a pretty sweet game
I'm back at my work office for another hour before trying to get out of downtown.

I have to admit that when Putz came out I was a little worried, but whew, it worked out okay.

Marshall is a lefty sidearmer... there was some AN talk about him and Brad Ziegler, but I had somehow missed the memo that he was on the opening day roster.  So cool.  I love wacky deliveries.

The people with the K signs for Felix were like, right above home plate.  It took me over half the game to spot them.  I guess once there were, you know, like 10, it was hard to miss them.

You wouldn't have known this watching at home (I don't think, I haven't read the other thread), but the stadium scoreboards were all broken from like the middle of the second inning to the middle of the fifth.  Pretty crazy.

That Haren-Crosby muff was probably the total pivotal moment of the game.  I can't wait to see the actual WExp%.

There was this little kid behind me who was yelling things for the whole game.  The best was probably when he wouldn't stop saying "BUUUUUUUCK, YOU SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK".  Of course, this same little kid was asking his dad whether Jimmy Rollins could become another 40/40 player.  I think he may have been a little confused.

Marinerds - a different daily dose of baseblog.

by Deanna on Apr 2, 2007 6:29 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

AN realizes the greatness
they are downplaying their loss by praising the king.  man this is awesome

by tkjinak on Apr 2, 2007 6:42 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

AN is cool
I always enjoy reading their stuff...unlike another AL west blog whos name I wont mention.

by MFAN on Apr 2, 2007 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's comforting to have the opportunity
to hide ineptitude behind brilliance.

Felix was so solid today, and the A's looked lost at the plate anyway. In who else's universe does Jason Kendall lead off?

by Elvez on Apr 2, 2007 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love Felix,
he's so KKKKKKKKKKKKool.
Come on! I've had better runs in my shorts!-Rip Torn, Dodgeball.

by Coach Owens on Apr 2, 2007 6:51 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Ughhhh!
I didn't see the game. I about pooped myself when I saw Felix's Strike out total. Was he mixing his pitches well or just blowing them by? Gurrrr I hate having to ask.

by anotherjeff on Apr 2, 2007 7:06 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Mixing his pitches.
He threw a first pitch fastball down Kendall to start the game. After that, his pitch selection was almost perfect.
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on Apr 2, 2007 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yup beautiful pitch selection
I was worried it was gonna be all fastball and he was going to get rocked but I couldn't have called a better game if I knew the results ahead of time. changeups, curves all over the place and not just when you expected.

by phil333 on Apr 2, 2007 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i thought he used too many first pitch fast balls
later in the game.  they started looking for them as evidenced by the double off the wall.  I also thought he didn't use the changeup enough but all the concerns really don't matter much because the results speak for themselves.  

felix shouldn't have to worry that giving up 1 run loses him the game.  the offense needs to help him out more.

by tkjinak on Apr 2, 2007 7:15 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

pfff
Michael Young grounded into a DP, I just wish it wasnt again the Halos.

by MFAN on Apr 2, 2007 7:15 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Felix Hernandez
first pitcher to strike out 12+ and allow 0 runs on Opening Day since Bob Gibson in 1967.

Wow.

by Happybelly on Apr 2, 2007 7:19 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

To celebrate the Return of the King,
I, a humbled A's fan, have composed an Elizabethan Sonnett comparing Jeff's ass to that of Mark Ellis. Enjoy.
Friendly, visiting A's fan.

by LAXile on Apr 2, 2007 7:45 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Gary Matthews Jr., now with the Angels
Just dropped an easy flyball into center field on the warning track.

I'd like to take this opportunity to say, "neener-neener, ha ha ha-ha ha, suck it."

by JLC on Apr 2, 2007 7:52 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I have returned
HAHAHAHA THAT WAS FUCKING AWESOME.

The one thing I like just as much as seeing a GREAT game like that is to come back and read the thread for it.

Some things:

  •  I also noticed the STUPID COMPLACENT BITCHES who would not stand up and applaud how fucking awesome Felix Fucking Hernandez was today, but by far the most vocal, supportive and active fans were with me in the CF bleachers.  A few rows up, there was this group of frat boys who clearly understood the significance of El Cartelua.  One even had on a HERNANDEZ 59 t-shirt.  They stood up, clapped and yelled EVERY TIME Felix got to two strikes, and sometimes even after one strike, and every Felix K got high fives and serious noise.  They regularly implored surrounding sections to GET UP AND SHOW RESPECT, but to no avail.
  • Just a few seats to my right, another group of guys were also vocal and rowdy, and during that awesome 4 run rally, they repeated this chant:
RALLY RALLY
THE PITCHER'S NAME IS SALLY
WOOT WOOT WOOTWOOTWOOT

I... don't know, but it got louder with every baserunner, and it obviously helped ;P

  • As for those of you wondering about Guillen's arm... Guillen was one-hopping warm-up throws to Ichiro.  Not encouraging.
  • Richie must be hallucinating that he's seeing strikes because I had no idea what he was swinging at half the time.  Still, awesome HR that iced the ballgame.
  • Piazza is fucking DONE.  His bat "speed" makes Carl Everett look like Pujols.
  • I also had a hilarious moment after they drove in the first run.  Everyone was screaming and all, and I turned around to high five the guys behind me.  They just stared at me.  After a moment, I just turned back around and that was that.
  • Meanwhile, I respect the fact that they're at least trying to take a couple pitches before hacking away, but Lopez and Yuni stared at a couple of easy fastballs down the pike.
  • It wasn't raining when they closed the roof.  They just saw the clouds roll in and got paranoid.
-It was a bit warm an hour before gametime, then it immediately got COLD.  Even though the temp was in the mid to high 40's, it felt cold like ice in Safeco.  I can imagine that, after a month in sunny Arizona, that playing Opening Day in this icebox had to be a shell shock.  It makes Felix's amazing performance even more amazing.
  • I totally called that last Vidro GIDP.  God, what a fat useless toad.
  • Man... Felix.  Felix even got screwed by the ump on obvious strikes about 5 or 6 times, at least, and it STILL didn't matter.
  • Trained by years of malaise, I kept expecting Felix to blow it, kept expecting the big innings that years of Meche, Pineiro et al have trained me to expect... and it never came.  I definitely noticed that no balls were leaving the infield or even getting in the air.  I lost count of all the K's after about 5 or 6.  They just kept coming and, with no view of the big scoreboard or the K toter from the bleachers, all I knew was that Felix was kicking ass.
Just... incredible.  Felix was focused this offseason on dominating out of the gate.  Clearly, he's there, and the AL better be afraid.

- I also hung out for a spell at Pioneer Square Saloon with Derek from USSM and a few others, and got him to sign my copy of the Cheater's Guide to Baseball.  I got him to do a hilarious sig: I'll post a pic when I can get one up.

by Gomez on Apr 2, 2007 8:49 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Apparently no one heard
JJ's new song is Thunderstruck.
Hot potato is an entirely different game when you're starving

by Mariner John on Apr 2, 2007 10:47 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Oh yeah
The idea is to get people to chant "J! J!" during the opening.  I think it can catch but it's gonna take some time.

by Gomez on Apr 2, 2007 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That makes no sense
Is it supposed to be in place of thunder?
Hot potato is an entirely different game when you're starving

by Mariner John on Apr 2, 2007 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I dunno
Hearing it in person, it made some sense.

I still think "Feuer Frei!" by Rammstein would be a better entrance song for JJ.

by Gomez on Apr 2, 2007 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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