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by Jeff on Sep 10, 2007 11:48 PM PDT in Regular News

There was a time at which I would've sat around after this and tried to spit out a full wrap-up. Those days have long since passed. Just once I'd like to have a September where the emotional lift provided by an exciting team with playoff aspirations helps push against the cumulative fatigue of blogging nearly every day at considerable length. This, alas, will not be that September.

Only 20 left to go. Honestly, as much as this year's playoffs are shaping up to be a nightmare, and as dull as the dead points of the offseason can get, I just want this to be over. This is really wearing me down.

Biggest Contribution: Jose Guillen, +6.2%
Biggest Suckfest: Ho, -34.3%
Most Important AB: Guillen homer, +6.0%
Most Important Pitch: Suzuki grand slam, -19.5%
Total Contribution by Pitcher(s): -36.4%
Total Contribution by Hitters: -15.3%
Total Contribution by Opposition: +1.7%

(What is this chart?)

At least we still have Red. And Brett!

The LL community is represented by 25% of the faces in that picture. 37.5% if you count Scrappy the Scapegoat's owner, who's the elderly hobgoblin in the bottom left. That is one committed evil-doer.

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Watching the game with Red was fun.

Even if the result sucked. The old man above the guy in the red hat almost got into a fight with Red over Red putting a Pizza box five feet away from the old motherfucker's feet. It was pretty awesome.

by BrettJMiller on Sep 11, 2007 12:01 AM PDT 0 recs

Thought that was you

You are a lucky, lucky guy, bretticus.

by marc w on Sep 11, 2007 8:43 AM PDT up 0 recs

That is pretty cool

by G_ on Sep 11, 2007 9:36 AM PDT up 0 recs

I can't get really good screen caps...

but I found where my Adam Jones sign made it on TV. AJ and Charlton Jimerson got a kick out of it and gave me a ball, and told me to change "#25 for LF" to "#10 to LF".

by BrettJMiller on Sep 11, 2007 12:36 AM PDT 0 recs

Here you go:

by Jeff on Sep 11, 2007 12:58 AM PDT up 0 recs

Thanks Jeff!

by BrettJMiller on Sep 11, 2007 11:06 AM PDT up 0 recs

I had a "Free Adam Jones"

sign during the Angels series, Monday and Tuesday. I didn't have quite the seats that you did, but glad to see the movement is growing, even if the season is lost.

by tait644 on Sep 11, 2007 11:19 AM PDT up 0 recs

Did Feierabend just earn a rotation spot?

Is that a good thing?

Is .500 a possibility?

Fuck Blanton.

by hcoguy on Sep 11, 2007 12:52 AM PDT 0 recs

Feierabend > HoRam

Bill Krueger was pissing me off on the post game commentary too. He was talking about how Feierabend has earned himself a shot at starting, and that it would be good to give him a start in 1.. 2.. 3.. 4.. Five days (indicating Ho-Rams next start). He said everything except "Horacio Ramirez sucks and needs to be out of the rotation".

Pussy, just say it. We know you're thinking it.

I will not make jokes in my sig. I will not make jokes in my sig. I will not...

by TIF on Sep 11, 2007 4:44 AM PDT up 0 recs

I'm not even paying attention anymore

Thanks Mariners.

by phil333 on Sep 11, 2007 5:14 AM PDT 0 recs

Coulda been worse

You coulda watched the Tardinals-49ers game instead.

Im still reeling about that one.

by Slica on Sep 11, 2007 7:14 AM PDT 0 recs

Reeling? Why?

I am saying this because I didn't see the game.

by Ben in Va on Sep 11, 2007 7:17 AM PDT up 0 recs

Oh dude

it was the worst football game I have ever watched, that wasn't a blowout.

Im definitely not alone on that thought either.

Put it this way, I wanted ARI to win since they are the lesser team, but by the end of the game, I didnt care who won because SF sucked as much as they did.

No defense, probably less than 400 yards combined on offense...it was horrendous. Both teams racked up points because of penalty yards.

Seattle is BY FAR the favorite in the division. It may of been one game so far, but that game told me enough.

by Slica on Sep 11, 2007 7:26 AM PDT up 0 recs

SF

won, for the record...by 3 points.

Oh and one more note...the commentary team was the worst commentary I have ever heard. That should say alot, too.

PFT even quit doing their game notes in the 4th quarter because the game and commentay was brutal.

If you're a masochist, this is your messiah.

by Slica on Sep 11, 2007 7:28 AM PDT up 0 recs

Ah, thanks.

I heard the Mike and Mike duo was going to be the broadcast team. Obviously the wrong option.

Thankfully I live on the East Coast so the game came on too late for me.

by Ben in Va on Sep 11, 2007 7:58 AM PDT up 0 recs

My thoughts exactly on the broadcasters

I thought they were tanked, continually talking over each other with rambling horseshit.

by Paytheline on Sep 11, 2007 10:24 AM PDT up 0 recs

Has Ditka ever been sober since he quit playing?

I doubt it.

by Gomez on Sep 11, 2007 10:46 AM PDT up 0 recs

You make that sound like a bad thing...

"You guys should be in every major city. This is some heavy shit. This is, like, Lone Ranger heavy, man."

by AZSEAfan on Sep 11, 2007 3:48 PM PDT up 0 recs

WE BECAME A TEAM TODAY

WE BECAME A TEAM

by Gomez on Sep 11, 2007 4:59 PM PDT up 0 recs

uh

there was plenty of defense played in that game. Niether team had any respect for the others offense and it was a blitz fest.

Hardly the most boring game I've ever watched

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

by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 11, 2007 5:00 PM PDT up 0 recs

You are

in the minority on that one. And probably alone.

Outside of Walt Harris, there were gaping holes on defense everywhere.

by Slica on Sep 11, 2007 6:06 PM PDT up 0 recs

We were watching at the bar during trivia

We noted that it looked like a battle of who could out-suck one another, of who wanted it less.

Go figure the Cards choked it up in the end, again. THE FORTY NINERS WERE WHO THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE, AND THEY LET THEM OFF THE HOOK. IF YOU WANNA CROWN EM, THEN CROWN THEIR ASS.

That almost-TD catch/fumble at the end by the Niners said it all. Catch, fumble, recovered, should've been a TD but the refs decided SF sucked too much so they put it inside the 5.

by Gomez on Sep 11, 2007 8:52 AM PDT up 0 recs

I saw the end of the game

Where AZ really screwed up was with clock managment. They had two shoots to slow the game down. The first when they took the lead Matt seemed to be in 2 min mode when he had 6 mins left. Then the Sec. The second possession they really could have eat'n more time. Then of course they could have ttried to play D, but the 2 min game is far diff. than the rest of the game.

by InSpokane on Sep 11, 2007 11:32 AM PDT up 0 recs

At what point do the M's officially give up?

Just curious as to when we might see more of Balentien, Clement and Jones.

Or will McLaren continue to run the Veterans out there until the bitter end?

by Ben in Va on Sep 11, 2007 7:20 AM PDT 0 recs

When they're officially out of it.

And really, that's the way it should be.

Blame the team for colapsing as much as it has but they shouldn't give up just because the fans do.

Ichiro says it best. "As long as there is a possibility, you always work for the playoffs," All-Star Ichiro Suzuki said through an interpreter.

And yea, currently, that possibility yealds a 1% chance, but whatever.

We're seeing some of the kids play anyway so it doesn't bother me that they're still trying.

Honestly, I'm leaning more towards Jeff's point of view. I'm looking forward to the season ending so we can put this debacle behind us.

by ThundaPC on Sep 11, 2007 8:55 AM PDT up 0 recs

Guillen's HBP last night ,was his 18th of the

season, breaking Dave Valle's single season franchise record.

These pretzels....are making me thirsty!

by Goose on Sep 11, 2007 9:12 AM PDT 0 recs

I ran some numbers overnight

The results are:

Adrian Beltre: .99 Awesome rating (out of 1.00)

Alan Parsons: -.99 Awesome rating

I would show you my work, but geez, I'm really tired, so I am out of here.

by G_ on Sep 11, 2007 9:18 AM PDT 0 recs

Ah, the games people play

You take it or you leave it.

(also, agreed. The Alan Parsons Project is a blight on our culture)

by Gomez on Sep 11, 2007 9:34 AM PDT up 0 recs

Hmm...

Alan Parsons engineered Dark Side of the Moon and was the assistant engineer on Abbey Road. The Alan Parsons project may suck, but he's a pretty important guy in rock music history.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phildopip on Sep 11, 2007 9:39 AM PDT up 0 recs

All of which makes it all the more baffling

that he was part of the Alan Parsons Project. He must have gotten tired of all that quality music he was producing and wanted to crap out some junk. That's the only explanation I can come up with.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Sep 11, 2007 9:41 AM PDT up 0 recs

Yeah

Many crappy or limited musicians turned out to be great producers. For example, Trevor Horn, he who fronted the Buggles, who performed "Video Killed the Radio Star", actually found a lot more success producing albums for other people.

by Gomez on Sep 11, 2007 9:43 AM PDT up 0 recs

Those who can't, teach

and those who can't rock, produce.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Sep 11, 2007 9:48 AM PDT up 0 recs

1/2 of the talking heads = the tom tom club

Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Sep 11, 2007 10:18 AM PDT up 0 recs

Allan Parsons is not clutch

by Don275 on Sep 11, 2007 10:03 AM PDT 0 recs

Alan Parsons hurts this team

by still recording sucky, archaic technocrap.

by Paytheline on Sep 11, 2007 10:32 AM PDT 0 recs

Alan Parsons is a rock veteran

whose depressive brand of music has been through the progressive rock wars.

by Gomez on Sep 11, 2007 10:45 AM PDT up 0 recs

Yeah but I think he got back spasms...

by marc w on Sep 11, 2007 1:08 PM PDT up 0 recs

Best post-game thread ever.

by hcoguy on Sep 11, 2007 11:58 AM PDT 0 recs

help

Ok this odd, but I need some help. How do you kill apathy, even making fun is not helping.

by InSpokane on Sep 11, 2007 1:49 PM PDT 0 recs

I try not to care about apathy

by Matthew on Sep 11, 2007 3:54 PM PDT up 0 recs

that's pretty funny

by InSpokane on Sep 11, 2007 4:01 PM PDT up 0 recs

all joking aside

and I'm assuming you're talking about apathy regarding the Ms, I am serious that I try not to care.

This has been the tensest season, wire-to-wire that I can ever recall in any sport I've followed. Our numerous close wins, up and down streaky nature, reliance on so many youngsters in the bullpen, inability to ever blow out a team and the closeness of the playoff chase until September has resulted in 5 months of almost constant day-to-day handwringing over what the Ms are doing this very second.

It's been an incredible emotion rollercoaster, and right now, I'm actually fine with being off it. I'm not happy that the Ms have tanked and I'll miss baseball terribly come December or so, but for right now, I'm perfectly to enjoy the waning beautiful Seattle summer. I can go out and do stuff in the evenings without having to make sure I have access to the Ms score.

For example, when I drove across the country (again) this past July I would actually call my dad's cell phone, have him tune a radio to 1000am, and prop the phone up next to it so I could listen to the game while driving across the various states.

I refused to go out to bars in the evenings that didn't have TVs showing the game.

I followed the Ms games online everyday of my vacation in Hawaii.

I checked into LL nearly everyday from internet cafes while I was in Europe.

Yesterday, I left in the middle of the game to go play tennis because it was nice outside. It feels refreshing.

by Matthew on Sep 11, 2007 5:02 PM PDT up 0 recs

Dude

you need satellite radio

by JoshC on Sep 11, 2007 5:22 PM PDT up 0 recs

I could have used it for that trip

but other than that, I don't drive

by Matthew on Sep 11, 2007 6:06 PM PDT up 0 recs

Lol. "Hobgoblin"

My name is Matt Foley. I am 35 years old, I am divorced and I live in A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!

by Coach Owens on Sep 11, 2007 3:36 PM PDT 0 recs

uggh..

Although many of you don't know me and vice versa..I re-boarded the Mariners train this season after being overseas for the past 7 years and eventhough, I have been through the "wars" of Argyros, Smulyan eras, I must say this has to be the most frustrating team/season/management/FO ever..

I am just so spent..

Thank god football season has started..

2007 Mariners epitaph : We played to tease!

by areacode206 on Sep 11, 2007 6:09 PM PDT 0 recs