8/24: Open Game Thread
BEWILDERED UPDATE: evidently John McLaren's idea of giving the regulars rest is to field the exact same lineup every day.

Ichiro CF Catalanotto LF Vidro DH Kinsler 2B Guillen RF Young "SS" Zombie Shakespeare "LF" Byrd CF Beltre 3B Wilkerson 1B Sexson 1B Botts DH Johjima C Saltalamacchia C Lopez 2B Murphy RF Betancourt SS Metcalf 3B ---------- ----------
Hernandez (9-6, 3.94) Millwood (8-10, 5.39)
Reliever Mark Lowe has experienced soreness in his surgically repaired elbow while pitching for Tacoma and has been "slowed down," McLaren said.
I guess there are some important baseball games today. Kinda hard to keep track though, y'know?
LET'S GO MARINERS!!
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We all knew / know he's up against
GREAT!
No, I haven't actually.
Not you, Thingray.
My therapy tonight will be
Extreme boredom at work is a hell of a thing Will.
Also, if Felix wins tonight.
Really, when's the last time it did?
A year is a pretty long time,
<awkward pause>
<awkward pause>
<walks off>
<walks back>
<walks off again>
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!
In the interests of efficiency...
We would've done it every year
If Olerud didn't suck so much.
Baseball-Reference is your friend.
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 24, 2007 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
if only...
alas...
<shakes fist>
damn you marinerds!
I think you guys misunderstood
Perhaps it was an African swallow...
But, it'd be interesting to find out.
I don't have the time to look that up
creepy huh?
Posts like these just prove to me
by seattlesundevil on Aug 24, 2007 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
man, just looked at milb
The good news is that he's pretty much barely thrown at all this year. So if this is just normal soreness rather than surgery didn't take soreness, he should be pretty fresh next year.
If not... Hello Brandon Morrow, it's nice to see you in the bullpen for the next non-ice age eon.
I can't believe I'm saying this...
"Riding the pine"?
by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
What they do on the pine is their business
It gets lonely over there....and men have needs.
This lineup better all be waering batting gloves
BECUZ DEY HAS TEH HOT HANDZ!
<long pause>
come on weekend, 20 min to go
You have a case of coachitis?
by Susheel Ramasahayam on Aug 24, 2007 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
HOT HAND HOT HAND HOT HAND
by tootthekazoo on Aug 24, 2007 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
BLAM!!
Better now?
much
by tootthekazoo on Aug 24, 2007 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Happy to help.
If you have the urge to capitalize your words
by Susheel Ramasahayam on Aug 24, 2007 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
So
I guess that's cool, FSN.
by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 4:55 PM PDT reply actions
You must have a TV feed.
John Olerud
by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 5:00 PM PDT reply actions
Which means....
JOHN OLERUD SUCKED!
Gotta love clever ways to get to the same point!
by seattlesundevil on Aug 24, 2007 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I think this blog is very good at that.
It's pardoned.
McLaren on Felix:
by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Dipshit is french?
Saltalamacchia
by TIF @ Lookout Landing on Aug 24, 2007 5:14 PM PDT reply actions
Seriously on Olerud, I think after Lou Gehrig
So, that weird start that
you ever see that Seinfeld episode
I have not
He's living in a van down by the river
Shooting heroin into his scrotum with John Olerud.
Are you predicting your future with your sig?
It is still a useless stat
by Robert Lintott on Aug 24, 2007 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm waiting for the game to start
I'm not watching ESPN's New York Yankee television show.
aka Dutch?
by Robert Lintott on Aug 24, 2007 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Die Fliegende Hollander?
by Robert Lintott on Aug 24, 2007 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
haha
I'm thinking...
A distant cousin of Wlad.
by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions
damn
Aren't we
by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Ichiro on his hit 5 game hit streak
How do you not score from first on a double?
by Bender on Aug 24, 2007 5:43 PM PDT reply actions
How many of you would take
I was hoping back in July that we'd trade
That said, he doesn't look good so far tonight.
Why?
There are cheaper, better options available. Like Tomko for instance.
Err
Didn't mean to say Tomko is a better pitcher than Millwood, but he's a lot better than HoRam and we can probably get him for nothing so he'd be a better option.
Not better
Brett Tomko isn't good.
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 24, 2007 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions
which is really funny if you've read:
David Wells might be old, broken-down, and expensive, but there is one stat he's off the charts on - his NBT ranking is 112,073%! The NBT, of course, is "Not Brett Tomko". If Wells is pitching for the Blue on Sunday night, that means Brett Tomko is not pitching for the Blue on Sunday night. Considering that at this point, I'd take Dave Dravecky over Tomko (what, too soon?), this is a huge bonus.
I guess I would
by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 5:45 PM PDT reply actions
Get thrown out Richie..please
Sexson's called strike one was a ball.
Ha! And then the next one, called a ball, was a clear strike.
BROUSSARD gets a hit there
Someone relay this message to Geoff Baker
Not necessarily Baker's personal opinion
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 24, 2007 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
At least it wasn't a double play
by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 5:46 PM PDT reply actions
Biiiiiig Suckie!
You suck worse than Bloomquist.
by Bender on Aug 24, 2007 5:47 PM PDT reply actions
Willie Mantooth
by Robert Lintott on Aug 24, 2007 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I have less confidence in Felix in Texas than
I blame that leadoff single on Richie
Whatever happened to that hot pitching prospect
I think his name was Ferris or something like that. What ever happened to that guy?
by Bender on Aug 24, 2007 5:50 PM PDT reply actions
You know..
by Bender on Aug 24, 2007 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Bueller? He took the day off.
...I don't think I'll be eating for a few days.
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 24, 2007 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions
u swallow?
Millwood's only thrown 110+ once
Joe's Tracer=most worthless thing ever
Sorry, I meant RIchie Sexson..but Joe's Tracer
No way, I love Joe's Tracer
And when a call goes against the Mariners and J.T., I get to believe that the umpires have it out for us.
Everytime Michael Young strikes out
by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 5:52 PM PDT reply actions
Man
wow felix is good
Well done Felix.
I'll take 9 oh those, please!
by mark s @ Lookout Landing on Aug 24, 2007 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions
In fairness,
The bottom of the screen read:
Or something like that.
by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
7 strikes, 4 balls, 1 K, 1 GO, 0 FO,
I get the fake blonde!!
She showed her armpits
by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
they keep getting younger and younger
J-Lo is worthless...I dont
I wonder if he'll
Michael Young plays defense
SHUT UP
by Graham MacAree on Aug 24, 2007 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Jose Lopez
<strike>Bret Boone</strike>
<strike>Joey Cora</strike>
<strike>Rich Amaral</strike>
Harold Reynolds.
Fuck, knock him in already!!
ughh..
didnt they give us shit for wearing ST unis
Actually, they did.
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 24, 2007 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
ahhh fuck
Hey Jeff, noticed that Ibanez is now...
And you cannot stop Ichiro.
ok FSN
No way
argh!
<cue slurring Pat O'Day>
are youa drunk?!? wanna stop? why?! come drink with me!!! we'll get hammered and kill some hookers.
<cue static>
okay, the second one is just always how I hear that commercial. I'm sure it's quite different in reality.
"i was tricking copycat boy...
UGH
... except for, you know, 90% of the fans at Safeco...
That's harsh
by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
True, those two are terribly annoying.
Anyone know anything about that rehab center thing? Is it a quackworks or something?
who knows?
Question
Why can't they just toss the ball into the stands and go and sit down? Why?!
by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 6:04 PM PDT reply actions
Well
by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
hahahaha
Jim Knox is holding the camera in his lap
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 24, 2007 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions
At his age
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 24, 2007 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
looks like we may be seeing the king version
by houseofprime2 on Aug 24, 2007 6:12 PM PDT reply actions
Another one
by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 6:15 PM PDT reply actions
AGGRESSIVE BASERUNNING
I love GUillen's fist pump
Ibanez's nickname has evolved so much...
When I first started reading LL srsly...
HEY
by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 6:15 PM PDT reply actions
lol
by TIF @ Lookout Landing on Aug 24, 2007 6:15 PM PDT reply actions
uh-oh
we're boned.
wow were only 3 games off of having the best
by houseofprime2 on Aug 24, 2007 6:16 PM PDT reply actions
if the mariners somehow get the best record
by mary on Aug 24, 2007 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions
If Seattle wins the WS
Let's stop this 2-out bullshit now.
WHY
by LongBeachDave on Aug 24, 2007 6:18 PM PDT reply actions
How did we not score here?
Not one strike
by TIF @ Lookout Landing on Aug 24, 2007 6:19 PM PDT reply actions
What the...
FUCK YIOEUR PE*UDOIJ re-80
richie sexson would be my hero
Well...at least the Nats have a 1-0 lead
This is why we boo you, Mr. Sexson.
by mark s @ Lookout Landing on Aug 24, 2007 6:21 PM PDT reply actions
Seriously, is this guy too much of a hippie?
Sure he can't carry the team but he can keep a beat, that should count for something!
by mark s @ Lookout Landing on Aug 24, 2007 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions
if they had more road courses..it would be
by areacode206 on Aug 24, 2007 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Most frustrating, terrible playoff contending team
I still can't believe that Jose Guillen went
Jose's just crazy enough to do shit like that.
Next he'll try 1st to home on a single to LF.
Piss Guillen off and he will go
Jose's crazy!
No seriously, he's got issues.
by mark s @ Lookout Landing on Aug 24, 2007 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I take it...
God damn
by TIF @ Lookout Landing on Aug 24, 2007 6:23 PM PDT reply actions
That's actually a slider.
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 24, 2007 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Two-seamer
by TIF @ Lookout Landing on Aug 24, 2007 6:25 PM PDT reply actions
Jerry Owens
Gavin Floyd (FR-ROID?) sucks balls.
by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 6:26 PM PDT reply actions
I dont know if you guys have ever seen fsn detroit
by houseofprime2 on Aug 24, 2007 6:27 PM PDT reply actions
.....aren't those supposed to be homers?
Our offense will still let Felix down
Disagree'd
by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
if he keeps throwin like he is now
LL the blog has a myspace account?
by Susheel Ramasahayam on Aug 24, 2007 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Yep.
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 24, 2007 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Four seamer
by TIF @ Lookout Landing on Aug 24, 2007 6:35 PM PDT reply actions
Somehow I get the feeling
Felix has all the run support he's going to need tonight already.
I
Pitch Triangulation system down
by TIF @ Lookout Landing on Aug 24, 2007 6:38 PM PDT reply actions
Felix is making me smile tonight.
by Susheel Ramasahayam on Aug 24, 2007 6:39 PM PDT reply actions
Can good Felix pitch every night?
Raul
Worst. Route. Ever.
Can we do this hitting thing
A-Rod close and late:
Scoring position:
.305/.434/.641
"Hey Beltre!
"HAHA YEAH"
by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Valencia, VALENZUELA?
I heart felix
by Dan @ Lookout Landing on Aug 24, 2007 6:50 PM PDT reply actions
PUSSY HIT
Get a real hit, Rangers.
How was that a homerun?
its sims' fault..he kept talking about it..gay..
by areacode206 on Aug 24, 2007 6:54 PM PDT reply actions
HAHAHA
A few innings ago
I do the sky is falling routine
F*#KIN SLALLHFLJFHALDIA with that half swing!
Fuck.
Meanwhile...
I blame Richie that we're tied.
2nd and 3rd, 0 out
The baseball God's weren't gonna let us get away with that.
So.... Why is Richie still in the lineup?
The last time we got to within 1 game of the
How about not repeating history, eh Mariners?
But then a month later
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 24, 2007 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions
This could be the last inning for Felix..
by seattlesundevil on Aug 24, 2007 7:07 PM PDT reply actions
Argument with the umpire
Ump: He was out.
Washington: That's impossible, he hit the ball up the middle!
Ump: And the shortstop fielded the ball and threw to first in time.
Washington: He what?
That's it, keep swinging at the same goddamn
GUILLEN!!!!!!
LEAD REESTABLISHED!!!
THERE'S A RUN
Well I guess the aggressive baserunning doesn't always pay off.
Got us the lead back at least.
Yep, made it damn close.
Replay from 1B side
Good move there
Pulling back Guillen before he got himself ejected.
I like angry Guillen, I don't like ejected Guillen with 3 innings left to play.
Yeah, well
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 24, 2007 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions
They always looks safe when you don't actually
hmmmmm....
Slightly OT
interesting
by mary on Aug 24, 2007 7:22 PM PDT reply actions
Nah, he was out.
YuBet...
Best player in the american league west
by Dan @ Lookout Landing on Aug 24, 2007 7:23 PM PDT reply actions
Ugh.
sherrill pitching to more than one batter..wow..
by areacode206 on Aug 24, 2007 7:24 PM PDT reply actions
i don't get it
King Awesome
Angels knocking Halladay around in the first
Son of a bitch.
is there a reason
no, it's not one of those
Which might good, since it's 2-0 Angels.
heh yeah, maybe youre right
Is Morrow a reliever for life?
by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 7:31 PM PDT reply actions
i dont think so
That's what I'm hoping
In an OOTP league I'm in, Morrow's second in my rotation.
by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions
My gut says no.
They'll probably stretch him out in winter ball for next year....maybe.
McLaren...
He would only say that there are a lot of internal discussions about Morrow's future. Then Mitch pushed him and he said, "Let's just say that Brandon will probably have a new role in the future."
The M's play their cards tighter to the vest than any team in baseball. It's rather annoying.
That can be both good and bad, I guess
by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I know
by StevenH on Aug 24, 2007 7:32 PM PDT reply actions
Can we PH Broussard for Richie..please
Wooo King Awesome!
Now there is something to put on a Rally Fry sign!
by mark s @ Lookout Landing on Aug 24, 2007 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions
YAY!
Choice:
Pop Up
K
Backwards K
soft single
Funk blast
or
FUCK..this team is worthless
Wow.
HE'S THERE BY 5 FEET!!!
Seriously, there shouldn't of even been a
He
That was a fat load of bad luck
I fucking hate that right fielder's arm.
Fast ball or nothing for Morrow
by Susheel Ramasahayam on Aug 24, 2007 7:45 PM PDT reply actions
I have a bad feeling here
Oops
Meant to say something else here.
He isn't seriously warming up is he? For a 1 run game in the 9th? That's not a very funny joke.
thats right where you want it to get hit
BEST HITTER AT THE PLATE!!!!
by Susheel Ramasahayam on Aug 24, 2007 7:48 PM PDT reply actions
RELIEF!!!!
He
millwood still in
Our offense is as bi-polar
Or like in 'China Town'
We're great. [Slap]
We're horrible. [Slap]
We're great. [Slap]
We're horrible. [Slap]
We're great. [Slap]
We're horrible and great! [fan fall down in tears]
by mark s @ Lookout Landing on Aug 24, 2007 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Insurance Run Plz
Lopez made the all-star team last season
a couple lefties with decent pop
go away bad feeling!
Ugh.
Hahahahahaha
Now I know why Dave Samson and a lot of other clubs hate Ichiro with a passion.
Stuff like that has gotta be sooooo annoying.
Ichiro...
Is Ichiro just screwing with Young?
by mark s @ Lookout Landing on Aug 24, 2007 7:59 PM PDT reply actions
HAHAHAHAHAHA
I jinxed Cruz!!!!
WOOO! Turbo!!!!
for the person who mentioned it earlier...
Come on Mariners. I have to go to work in 15
JJ will help you out
That "Hurry up and win this thing"...
"Great shot, kid, now let's blow this thing and go home!"
Which, of course, reminds me of an earlier line:
"Luke -- you think you'll be able to pull out in time???"
//while flying his X-wing (and with others flying Y-wings) into a big huge orb-shaped body. Hmmmm....
by PositivePaul on Aug 24, 2007 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions
millwood pitched well..but
by areacode206 on Aug 24, 2007 8:01 PM PDT reply actions
Millwood with a Livan Hernandez-type performance
cmon guillen get on
by houseofprime2 on Aug 24, 2007 8:04 PM PDT reply actions
My fantasy team:
:*-(
by PositivePaul on Aug 24, 2007 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions
come on Jose
So that Maroon 5 song...
I guess Maria is just god awful in bed.
What a disappointment.
That story turned out to be fake.
13 hits?
I don't think he pitched so well, he's lucky he only gave up 4 runs.
he's not overpowering like earlier in the year
by areacode206 on Aug 24, 2007 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions
That splitter is amazing
I've seen it a hundred times and it still amazes me to see such an utterly perfect out pitch.
so fastball down the middle upcoming...
How can a team...
Putz WOOOO!
TWENTY GAMES OVER .500!
hell yeah..thank u jj for making it painless..
by areacode206 on Aug 24, 2007 8:16 PM PDT reply actions
Another win!
YES!
GAME!
btw Simms, that's save #37 not 36 dummy.
JJ looked a lot more like his old self tonight.
"When the M's have clutch hitting
Excellent analysis.
Thats all
detroit up 2-0
ah, scoreboard watching
T.th.t..t.th.. what is going on here?
so whens the last time somebody other then
by houseofprime2 on Aug 24, 2007 8:43 PM PDT reply actions
I remember Lou doing that back in 2002
I can't remember why Bo-Mel tried it. I have blacked out memories of the 2004 season.
so i guess willie ballgame will leadoff
by houseofprime2 on Aug 24, 2007 8:49 PM PDT reply actions
mclaren said yuni and ichiro will sit
by houseofprime2 on Aug 24, 2007 8:55 PM PDT reply actions
Yeah
Jones leading off you think? Or Willie?
by Fuckmikereilly on Aug 24, 2007 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions
annoying single
3-0 Angels, this one is probably over.
3-2 Yankees bot 3.
We're not getting first place tonight.
K-Rod walks a couple in the 9th....
by mary on Aug 24, 2007 9:33 PM PDT reply actions
Die in a fire Zaun.
So still 1 back
You got that right.
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 24, 2007 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Why would the Manager let Zaun bat?
Hmm
It's raining
So Tomorrow...
Road HoRam vs McCarthy in a homerun park
And for the Angels/BJ's....
Lackey vs Marcum
....fuck?

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