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by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 26, 2007 6:03 PM PDT in Seattle Mariners Regular News

I'm going to be honest with you, I've been at a bar for a few hours and it's in nobody's best interests that I try to recap this game. I'll see if I can't get to a few bullet points but uh, I wouldn't count on it. Which means You Write The Recap! once again.

Biggest Contribution: JJ Putz, +29.7%
Biggest Suckfest: Raul Ibanez, Brandon Morrow, -11.2%
Most Important At Bat: Lopez homer, +31.7%
Most Important Pitch: Johnson walk, -12.2%
Total Contribution by Pitcher(s): +41.6%
Total Contribution by Position Players: +0.8%

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Go Pass Out

You Drunk! hahahahahaha!

by anotherjeff on Apr 26, 2007 6:12 PM PDT reply actions

Everyone should believe in something.

I believe I'll have one of whatever he's drinking. :)

by Tom2000 on Apr 27, 2007 7:04 AM PDT up reply actions

One game under .500...

Royals coming into town.. What are the chances this ship stays righted until Felix comes back? We are startin to get those breaks that were goin against us earlier in the season...

by seattlesundevil on Apr 26, 2007 6:15 PM PDT reply actions

Don't tell CoachOwens

The poster formerly known as KnightofKingK

by Robert on Apr 26, 2007 6:15 PM PDT reply actions

Also

The poster formerly known as KnightofKingK

by Robert on Apr 26, 2007 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions

Snooze of a game.

Like I said before, worst sweep ever.

But hey, I'll take it.

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

by Goose on Apr 26, 2007 6:16 PM PDT reply actions

No

The sweep of Texas was the worst sweep ever.

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 26, 2007 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions

it wasn't pretty

but better to sweep than be swept.

by MFAN on Apr 26, 2007 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions

Well, a few thoughts

We got a taste of Brandon Morrow in a high leverage situation, and it wasn't good.

Putz got some more work in, and we got to see the SPLITTER! It lives! It appears that, indeed, Putz was laying off the gas and just saving the big guns for the big situations.

Turbo's 3 hits has him with a 10 game hitting streak and a rather empty .319 average. But still, .319 is way, WAY better than we were expecting out of month one. Still, it's largely a product of good fortune, and he is still fat and slow.

Miguel Batista's line would be just great if he were West Tennessee's #3 starter, but as the M's #3 starter, he gave us way too many scary moments for comfort. To his credit, he held the fort for a few innings after we expected an inevitable implosion.

Also, we used half the bullpen tonight. Damn. Then again, travel day, and with Jarrod going the distance after a day off, it was probably good to get some rust off.

by Gomez on Apr 26, 2007 6:32 PM PDT reply actions

Splitter

You have to think that the arm problems he had at the beginning of the year were directly related to his splitter. It's not like he hasn't been in some tough spots already this year. Hopefully his arm is simply feeling good enough to throw all his pitches now.

Either way, I think its clear that him becoming a dominant reliever was not simply due to his mastering of that pitch. He just has a completely different presence out there than he had a couple years ago, with or without the split.

by Zack on Apr 26, 2007 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Gar Gar Gar

You can't say Vidro is a good hitter on a blog!!!
Rable, Rable, Rable...

by Edgar for Pres on Apr 26, 2007 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions

OK, so can I say this?

Player 1: .319/.355/.417, 3 XBH, 76 PAs
Player 2: .291/.336/.388, 4 XBH, 111 PAs
Player 3: .319/.364/.403, 6 XBH, 77 PAs

Player 1 is Jose Vidro, April 2007. Player 2 is Carl Everett, May 2006. Player 3 is Scrappy McGritty Bloomquist, July 2005.

If Jose Vidro's hitting .319/.355/.417 at the All-Star break, THEN I'll change my mind and think he might be midly useful over the long haul. Until then, he's still a terrible DH.

by eponymous coward on Apr 27, 2007 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions

I suppose

you can say Morrow is not good in high leverage situations, but when he faced the Rangers, that was probably a higher leverage situation with 2 men on and 1 out.

http://seattlesportsmaniac.blogspot.com

by LantermanC on Apr 27, 2007 6:17 AM PDT up reply actions

Chris Ray gets pwnzor'd

It's good to see Putz hasn't gotten the disease which has been infecting most other closers lately.

by Rollo Tomasi on Apr 26, 2007 6:43 PM PDT reply actions

Why we love this guy

"It's something I don't want to do on a regular basis," Putz said. "But sometimes the biggest outs are in the eighth. Today was a good example. When the phone rings, you have to be ready."

Game over.

by Bigfoot Hunter on Apr 26, 2007 7:24 PM PDT reply actions

n/s

I think one of the greatest things about this game is that we didn't have to see the Win Vulture.

by appleshampoo on Apr 26, 2007 7:56 PM PDT reply actions

We got a 3 game winning streak.

What's it going to take now to get Hargrove fired?

Serenity Now!

by Coach Owens on Apr 26, 2007 8:31 PM PDT reply actions

Another 11 game losing streak

by Gomez on Apr 26, 2007 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions

So I'm watching the D-Backs game and I'm

amazed listening to their announcers. Three things they talked about tonight blew me away. 1.Chris Young's LOB %, 2.Jose Valverde's swing and miss %, and 3. Miguel Montero's deception behind the plate.

In an AB with Adrian Gonzalez, montero called for an outside pitcher, stomped his foot on the inside part of the plate, and then quietly shifted to the outside. A-Gon thought it was going to be inside so he made this half feeble swing and weakly grounded out.

You'd never here about this kind of stuff in a Mariners game.

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

by Goose on Apr 26, 2007 9:14 PM PDT reply actions

heh

have you ever noticed during the D-backs games that they show the live WE chart (or whatever it's called) every now and then.

by MFAN on Apr 26, 2007 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions

No I haven't.

But that's awesome.

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

by Goose on Apr 26, 2007 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions

yeah

when I first saw it, I was like "HOLY SHIT!". They showed it all the time early in the year, but I haven't seen it the last few weeks

by MFAN on Apr 26, 2007 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions

You're kidding.

...there's no way. Holy crap.

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 26, 2007 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions

n/s

it wasn't the actual chart like you post, but the percentages, for instance a small screen will pop up and say odds of winning: Arizona 62%
LA 38%

I apologize, I made it sound like they show the whole WE chart. But it's still pretty cool.

by MFAN on Apr 26, 2007 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Even so

sweet sweet Jesus. Of all teams, Arizona?

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 26, 2007 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions

There's no reason

broadcasters shouldn't have it up at all times, like the win% in poker or scrabble.

by Matthew on Apr 26, 2007 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Arizona is clearly

under Bob Melvin's influence.

by JLC on Apr 26, 2007 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions

Okay

I need to catch some D-Backs games, because this is awesome.

by Gomez on Apr 26, 2007 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions

They're fun to watch. And I gotta say the Mariners

are gonna have try damn hard to keep me from watching D-Back games when they are on the same time as Arizona.

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

by Goose on Apr 26, 2007 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions

I forget

Goose did you just pick the D-backs by random?

Shop smart......Shop s-mart...... YOU GOT THAT!!!!

by Scruffy Lefty on Apr 26, 2007 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions

No, I've been a closet fan since the 01 WS

That was the greatest WS I have ever seen in my entire life and one of the best playoff series ever. After 01 I was enamored with this team that FINALLY knocked the Yankees off their throne. So I've been following them off and on for a few years. Then when they hired Byrnes as their GM, and he started making smart moves I became more interested. Recently since they've started fielding this young juggernaut in the making, I've been watching as many games as possible and consider myself a fan.

I even got a D-Backs hat at the start of the year.

I don't consider myself just a Mariners fan anymore, now I'm a M's/D-Backs fan.

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

by Goose on Apr 26, 2007 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions

I picked the wrong 98 expansion team

to be a closet fan of. I'm still waiting for the bandwagon to leave the station.

The poster formerly known as KnightofKingK

by Robert on Apr 26, 2007 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions

Nice

Now can you tell me why Andy Green sucks so much?

Just kidding. I'm only a d-backs fan in that I still like Eric Byrnes :)

Marinerds - a different daily dose of baseblog.

by Deanna on Apr 27, 2007 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions

Same way here

But with M's / Dodgers.

Awful series we just finished. :(

by Garces on Apr 27, 2007 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions

Didn't I tell all y'all...

...not to worry about GS52's horrible spring???

Just sayin'

Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on Apr 26, 2007 10:07 PM PDT reply actions

I did too.

You're not special.

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 26, 2007 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Can I be special?

Hangin' With The Nuss

by Jeff Nusser on Apr 26, 2007 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions

Yes I am.

At least that's what they told me when I rode on the short bus back in my elementary school days.

Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on Apr 27, 2007 8:47 AM PDT up reply actions

Seriously

When is somebody going to make that Baek bit into a LL Image? I want to be able to look at that thing whenever I need to laugh.

Hangin' With The Nuss

by Jeff Nusser on Apr 26, 2007 11:24 PM PDT reply actions

5 minute paint job

Just waiting for somebody to do real makeover in Photoshop

The poster formerly known as KnightofKingK

by Robert on Apr 27, 2007 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions

I don't get

The whole "being a fan of two teams thing". In my book, you root for one time above all else. Sure, you wouldn't mind seeing another team do well, but a fan of multiple teams? Nope.

by Dylan @ Lookout Landing on Apr 27, 2007 8:36 AM PDT reply actions

I agree

I have a 2nd team in all the sports because if you're team is out of the playoff race by the halfway point, the sport gets kind of boring, but even if the 2nd team makes the playoffs, I have a hard time getting real enthusiastic about it.

http://seattlesportsmaniac.blogspot.com

by LantermanC on Apr 27, 2007 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions

Sure.

It helps if they're not both good at the same time.

From 95-03, Seattle was decent, but Toronto was crap. Last season Toronto was decent, but Seattle was crap. Same for the early '90s. Supporting both teams has been pretty easy.

by Llewdor on Apr 27, 2007 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions

Have you lived in the same city your whole life?

I grew up a Phillies fan in Philadelphia, went to college in Pittsburgh, moved to Seattle a few years ago.

I'd love to follow the Phillies more closely, but let's face it, I love baseball and am going to go to games of the local team, and the time zone makes it sort of hard to see Phillies games, so why the hell would I not start following and cheering for the Mariners too?

Still, I'll be out cheering for the Pirates when they come to town, just like I was out in my Phillies jersey when the Phillies came here two years ago.

I'm a baseball fan first, a fan of any particular team second. Hell, I'm a "fan" of 4 out of the 6 teams in the Pacific League in Japan. Fighters first, but I can find reasons to cheer for anyone else in that league except Seibu and Orix, really...

Marinerds - a different daily dose of baseblog.

by Deanna on Apr 27, 2007 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions

This

is exactly the point I was going to make.

I've been living in LA for about 5 years now. I love baseball and the Dodgers games are all on TV, they have a great announcer so its easy to start watching them and eventually start rooting for them since they're not in our league.

That being said, you can't always become a fan of a team just because you live in the town. I live within spitting distance of the Staples Center and can't find myself actively rooting for the Lakers. Kings and Clippers a little but not Lakers.

by bluemax on Apr 27, 2007 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions

I still have a...

Luck the Fakers button. ;)

by eponymous coward on Apr 27, 2007 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions

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by Gomez on Apr 27, 2007 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions

It's easy

I root for the devil Rays when their not playing Seattle, but I would give anything to see the Mariners win. When they play each other its not even close to who I root for.

The poster formerly known as KnightofKingK

by Robert on Apr 27, 2007 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions

Contrast it

with coming from a city like Vegas where there was no local team and everyone had a separate team they root for.

Seriously, in Vegas, there is a sports bar in town designated for the fans of every different NFL team, a Bears bar, a Giants bar, a Jets bar, a 49ers bar, etc. And each one is packed with diehards for that team every Sunday.

As for swearing allegiance to more than one team... yeah, like others said, it's more of a 2nd tier fandom when you take on a 2nd team. You can be a fan of another team, but it's not the diehard fandom that you have for your home or favorite team. It's more of a keen fascination.

by Gomez on Apr 27, 2007 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions

Okay, except for the Cards

They keep the TVs off and suicide counselors are on-hand during game days.

by Gomez on Apr 27, 2007 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions

That's right.

While I like the Jays, and I try to follow them more colsely when they're doing well, I still always check the M's boxscores first to see how they did and whether Ichiro got some hits and whether Richie finally hit a single (not yet).

And only after that do I check to see if the Jays beat the Yankees and in doing so did they injure Jeter.

by Llewdor on Apr 27, 2007 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions