4/28: Open Game Thread

The Ms are exactly the sort of team

that Gil Meche can/will dominate.

by Matthew on Apr 28, 2007 2:26 PM PDT 0 recs

Tomight's Gams Is the Dream Matchup

I've been waiting all year for.

Screw Felix day, tonight is Weaver v. Meche: two "men" enter, one "man" leaves.

Train Wreck Baseball at its finest.

Obviously, you're not a golfer.

by JI on Apr 28, 2007 2:27 PM PDT 0 recs

Is it just me or is RR getting a hell

of a lot more traffic this season? They're getting game threads in the 600s now too. Clearly this great rivalry has pushed both teams into the forefront of national exposure.

Good thing the national media took a break from our non-stop action to showcase a Yanks-Sox game today. I forget, where do they play?

by Matthew on Apr 28, 2007 2:34 PM PDT 0 recs

It is, but they do great stuff over there so

that's not all that unsurprising.

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

by Goose on Apr 28, 2007 2:37 PM PDT up 0 recs

It's good to see the Yanks and Sox

finally getting some exposure. They actually have some pretty good players out there. Did you hear, the Red Sox just got this new pitcher from Japan? His name is Mitsubishi or something.

by Rollo Tomasi on Apr 28, 2007 2:39 PM PDT up 0 recs

I hate betting on Meche's fragile psyche..

but our offense just hasn't been that good. We are ripe to be dominated by mediocrity.

by Ben in Va on Apr 28, 2007 2:47 PM PDT 0 recs

There's something missing from this post:

vs.

by eponymous coward on Apr 28, 2007 3:04 PM PDT 0 recs

Also:

Is Gil Meche "Missing Fuse" now?

by eponymous coward on Apr 28, 2007 3:05 PM PDT up 0 recs

Someone needs to be kind

And go donate that Gil Meche sign to RR.

by anotherjeff on Apr 28, 2007 3:24 PM PDT up 0 recs

n/s

"That's [the money] not why I play," he said. "To me, it's about the competition. I try to go and beat incredible hitters. I try not to look at the money in any way."

Sorry Gil...I don't speak Mecheian

by MFAN on Apr 28, 2007 3:09 PM PDT 0 recs

This might be

This might be the most excited I have been to see a Meche start. Ok not really.

by Replacement Level Poster on Apr 28, 2007 3:15 PM PDT 0 recs

I've been busy lately, having learned just a few days ago that I have to hop a plane to Norfolk tomorrow and stay over there for two months. Thus, I haven't been privy to many things Mariner recently.

Still, I was sitting here watching the condensed game from last night, and it's all too apparent that the Funk Blast designation is not reserved for Richie Sexson. That considered, surely not every blast can really be a funk blast, right? I think if every Mariner blast is indeed a Funk Blast, there has to be a scale of funkiness. For instance, if Sexson or Beltre reaches the $7 seats in centerfield or hits Royal Brougham, that's a definite 10. If it's a fly ball that looks like a flyout off the bat but flies over the fence anyway, the Funk Quotient goes down. Funkiness could also be adjusted for the given situation during the game.

As for the Sens, an Ottawa/Buffalo series would just be out of control. It'd be the same two teams from the brawl earlier in the season, and every game would end with a score of 5-4 or thereabouts. Too bad Martin Biron isn't with the Sabres so he can come out and fight Ray Emery again.

And remember, kids, good things happen in overtime when you throw the puck into the net. If you're Jeff Cowan last night, you throw one onto the net and it squeezes in between J-S Giguere's right skate and the post. All hail Cowan the Brabarian! That clip's worth sitting through just to see Willie Mitchell's 63-inch (hockey) stick with the, ahem, debris on it.

Sports and Bremertonians. Because we can.

by wackomann on Apr 28, 2007 3:36 PM PDT 0 recs

Bring all your clothes

The weather here can't make up it's mind. The humidity hasn't set in yet though.

by Ben in Va on Apr 28, 2007 3:39 PM PDT up 0 recs

last time

I have May and June this time, I had October through March last time I was in Norfolk. Without looking at extended weather forecasts, I was thinking not-too-hot/humid weather as of yet. July/August I think would be a different story. I hate 80 and humidity in Hawaii, so I could imagine how I'd be if that's ramped up 10 or 15 degrees.

Sports and Bremertonians. Because we can.

by wackomann on Apr 28, 2007 3:56 PM PDT up 0 recs

The humidity is coming

And it is nasty here. Usually it starts in May and lasts till Late September early October. Lots of High 80's low 90's with very high humidity. And lots of skeeters at Dusk.

Saying that Harbor park is a nice place to catch a ball game. It's the Orioles AAA affiliate.

Hello, 911? It's Quagmire. Yeah, it's caught in the window this time

by Ben in Va on Apr 28, 2007 4:00 PM PDT up 0 recs

I Think This Will Help Us Survive The Night

Weaver v. Meche: The Drinking Game

Pitcher falls behind batter 1-0: Drink
Pitcher falls behind batter 3-0: Drink
Pitcher surrenders walk: Drink:
Pitcher allows batter to reach base after reaching an 0-2 count: Drink
Pitcher yields 20 pitches in an inning: Drink (+ 1 drink for every 10 pitches over 20)
Pitcher allows single: Drink
Pitcher allows double: Drink x2
Pitcher allows triple: Drink x3
Pitcher allows homerun: Chug
Pitcher displays poor body language: Chug
Pitcher looks annoyed after allowinh homerun: Chug
Pitcher yields 100+ pitches in fewer than 6 innings: Chug
Pitcher is totally bailed out by spactacular outfield defense and/or ridiculously generous park dimensions: chug.
Pitcher is yanked before he can qualify for win: Chug x2

Obviously, you're not a golfer.

by JI on Apr 28, 2007 3:39 PM PDT 0 recs

Good god. My liver just lurched reading that.

Hello, 911? It's Quagmire. Yeah, it's caught in the window this time

by Ben in Va on Apr 28, 2007 3:41 PM PDT up 0 recs

That's only one side of it

Batter makes on out on first pitch: Drink
Batter swings at a pitch out of the strike zone on 1-0, 2-1, or 3-2 count: Drink
Batter swings at a pitch out of the strike zone on a 2-0 or 3-1 count: Drink x2
Batter makes an out on 3-0 pitch: Chug
1st batter of inning reaches 1st and gets stranded: Drink
1st batter of inning reaches 2nd and gets stranded: chug
Runner on third with less than 2 outs gets stranded: chug x2
Mariners wind up with less than 3 unintentional walks at the end of the game: chug x2

by Rollo Tomasi on Apr 28, 2007 3:47 PM PDT up 0 recs

I'm already drunk

That would end badly methinks.

by Graham on Apr 28, 2007 4:16 PM PDT up 0 recs

Drinking game?

That's more like a suicide attempt.

by Gomez on Apr 28, 2007 4:50 PM PDT up 0 recs

I'm doing it

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

by Scruffy Lefty on Apr 28, 2007 4:55 PM PDT up 0 recs

"Coach ownes

I hope your ahappyu I hate yuou with evey once of my body"

After that, I have to say that I'm looking forward to today's game thread, if you really do follow through on the Meche/Weaver suicide game.

by abelard on Apr 28, 2007 5:12 PM PDT up 0 recs

Iwant to giz in youre eye becuase ouf you

I laughed for a good few minutes after I read that. Good stuff.

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

by Goose on Apr 28, 2007 5:18 PM PDT up 0 recs

Looks like the AL West is 3 for 3 so far

really need a win to keep pace and to guarantee the series win.

Sure miss having Felix go tomorrow.

by Matthew on Apr 28, 2007 4:36 PM PDT 0 recs

Checking in from Downtown

Derek was Derek. I think I embarrassed him a couple times before I realized his Q&A was being aired on KUOW.

I have my ticket. Good thing it's rally towel night: we're gonna need to rally from a massive deficit before Gil even takes the hill. Either that or we're gonna need something to throw in.

by Gomez on Apr 28, 2007 4:42 PM PDT 0 recs

You can use it to wipe the vomit

from your chin after watchinng Weaver pitch.

Hello, 911? It's Quagmire. Yeah, it's caught in the window this time

by Ben in Va on Apr 28, 2007 4:48 PM PDT up 0 recs

or watching

Hello, 911? It's Quagmire. Yeah, it's caught in the window this time

by Ben in Va on Apr 28, 2007 4:48 PM PDT up 0 recs

Off to the game!

I promise to bag on Gil Meche 1000 times.

by Gomez on Apr 28, 2007 5:04 PM PDT 0 recs

Tea Bag?

Hello, 911? It's Quagmire. Yeah, it's caught in the window this time

by Ben in Va on Apr 28, 2007 5:10 PM PDT up 0 recs

According to Hargrove

Morrow is the closer tonight-- Which means he's leapfrogged Moonshot Mateo on the depth chart-- Which also means he's never ever going back to the minors to start.

Obviously, you're not a golfer.

by JI on Apr 28, 2007 5:21 PM PDT 0 recs

Hargrove

knows the game will be out of hand by then. Better to use Mateo while it's still close. He's virtually guaranteed a couple of innings.

by Josh on Apr 28, 2007 5:25 PM PDT up 0 recs

I'm guessing that

if Morrow ever gets switched back to starting, he'll do it in the Majors. Not even the next front office after Bavasi gets fired will have the heart to boot Morrow back to the minors after he spends a year in high-leverage relief.

by Jeff on Apr 28, 2007 5:26 PM PDT up 0 recs