Top 50 Mariner Moments, 2007: #29

by Jeff Sullivan on Feb 4, 2008 10:59 PM PST in Seattle Mariners News, Regular

August 13th: Richie Sexson steps in against Matt Guerrier in the bottom of the ninth and sends a 1-0 slider over the left-center fence for a walk-off funk blast.

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Game thread

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Dear Mariner fans everywhere,

Bite me.

Yours,

-Richie

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That was a LL night

We were in the middle of a D-F-A chant as he was taking that swing.

by Robert on Feb 4, 2008 11:12 PM PST reply actions

We then altered it to

M-V-P! M-V-P!

And etowncoug who had claimed all along that Sexson wasn't done flipped us all the bird. Good times.

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by BrettJMiller on Feb 4, 2008 11:20 PM PST up reply actions

I don't know how

that was only #29.

by tristolio on Feb 4, 2008 11:30 PM PST reply actions

That was my 21st birthday night

I had the game DVR-d as I went out with one of my good friends. I had liquor, then beer, then liqour, then beer -- because that's what the bartenders were giving us for free.

Well you all know what transpired.

Then, I came home and watched Richie Funk it up to win on my birthday..

Good solid night.

by andrewgolfsalot on Feb 4, 2008 11:31 PM PST reply actions

Had a friend who came in from Chicago to visit family. He wanted to go see a M's game with me before he left, and I thought what the hell. We were sitting midway up the third base line seats, and when the bottom of the ninth came around, we saw Richie was leading off.

So I sarcastically remarked that he was just going to end it here, launch it out of the stadium. We both had a good laugh until it happened.

That was a really awesome game.

I also went to Felix's first home start as a Mariner with him. Guess I should go with him more often, huh?

by DKCecil on Feb 5, 2008 2:03 AM PST reply actions

Bring him to a HoRam start

And it will be like bizarro HoRam. He'll toss a no hitter with one strikeout.

by seattlebruin on Feb 5, 2008 8:03 AM PST up reply actions

Hmmm.

What is it with Raul and Bloomquist?

Makes "Circle Me, Bert!" take on a whole new meaning.

Also, looking through the comments, how could you neglect to mention this???

Ill Ligitamus Non Carberendum

by PositivePaul on Feb 5, 2008 9:00 AM PST reply actions

Raul looking like Voldemort

n / t

by BlueBaron on Feb 5, 2008 11:27 AM PST up reply actions

Harry Canary

I have a feeling he would have a place in a Lookout Landing Top 5 Moments of 2007. Maybe not a Mariner Moments list, but certainly a list of top-blog moments.

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by Gomez on Feb 5, 2008 1:04 PM PST up reply actions

Ah yes, THIS LL Night

etowncoug flipped us all the bird after Richie doubled earlier in the game. And then, this. First walkoff funk blast, and we got to see it live.

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by Gomez on Feb 5, 2008 9:54 AM PST reply actions

I was at the game

I called it and was very proud of myself.

Was happy to see Felix-Johan that night as well

Here we go Bedard, Here we go...(clap, clap)

by tkballer22 on Feb 5, 2008 11:34 AM PST reply actions

Went to this one as well

I'd forgotten it was an LL night; I got free tickets from a friend, and therefore was closer to the field than I've ever been at safeco.

Walking back to the car, a group of twins fans started heckling us, and we pretty much shut them up by saying, "Nick Punto plays for your team."

There's just no come-back for that.

by marc w on Feb 5, 2008 1:30 PM PST reply actions

Um...

Horacio Ramirez!

Miguel Cairo!

Bill Bavasi!

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by PositivePaul on Feb 5, 2008 2:48 PM PST up reply actions

Miguel cairo ISO

was .75 last year.
For Nick Punto (starting 3B!), it was 61.

OPS+, Cairo: 66
OPS+, Punto: 52

Willie Bloomquist's career LOW OPS+: 62.

It's sort of hard to fathom just how bad Nick Punto, starting corner defender, was last year.

Hell, even HoRam's ERA+ was 'only' 61, which should put the Punto, starting corner defender, figure in context.
Or this: Jeff Cirillo OPS+, 2003: 51. Nick Punto was as bad as Jeff Cirillo in 2003, only Punto got over 470 ABs (to Cirillo's 280).

WOW.

by marc w on Feb 5, 2008 3:32 PM PST up reply actions