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by Jeff on Apr 22, 2008 9:52 PM PDT in Game Recaps Comment 61 comments

I'm throwing this up now, because there's a scheduled network outage coming up in a little bit and I'm not sure if I'll be awake when everything returns.

Needless to say, a certain someone is back. And the only thing keeping me from adding "-and better than ever" is the fact that it's not really possible for this certain someone to improve.

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Holy Fuck

Seeing JJ return unchanged gives me so much hope for this team, it’s a great feeling.

by OlSalty on Apr 22, 2008 9:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

What's Corpse doing?

by qrsouther on Apr 22, 2008 9:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Playing Stretch Armstrong

by Jeff on Apr 22, 2008 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lance Armstrong! Neil Armstrong! Neil Diamond!

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on Apr 22, 2008 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A Family Guy reference

not exactly well executed, but I give you points for effort.

by BrianL on Apr 22, 2008 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

what, you're not gonna rec that?

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Apr 22, 2008 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A pain-free 9th inning.

Oh, how I miss thee.

by ThundaPC on Apr 22, 2008 9:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Putz WOOOOO!

Felix Hernandez may be The King, but Justin Upton is a GOD.

GTE of the week:

"SEXSON WANTS TO TASTE THE MOTHERFUCKING CURB"

~Jordan of Boise

by Goose on Apr 22, 2008 9:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm going to Thursday's game.

Wash is starting. Ugh. I was hoping for Dickey.

But there’s the possibility of a JJ sighting. Yay!

by OldFan on Apr 22, 2008 10:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

There's a possibility Bedard will start that game

If he doesn’t suffer a setback, so all is not lost.

by OlSalty on Apr 22, 2008 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought he was set for Saturday?

We don't negotiate with terrorists.

by Mariner John on Apr 22, 2008 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Eh, maybe I'm misinformed.

But Ihis morning the most optimistic reports had him back on Thursday, that could’ve changed since then.

by OlSalty on Apr 22, 2008 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I imagine they'd put off his start

to get him slotted right before Felix again.

by BrianL on Apr 22, 2008 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

JJ just got owned by Lowe.

by BrianL on Apr 22, 2008 10:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Getting Mark Lowe'd > Getting Rick Roll'd

by ThundaPC on Apr 22, 2008 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That was really awesome

I didn’t see it coming at all.

by JLC on Apr 22, 2008 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Explain?

by mariners124m on Apr 22, 2008 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lowe was hiding in Putz's locker during a postgame interview with the media.

Putz was certain someone was going to come in and pie him when he sat down, so he told the interviewers to “form a wall” around him.

However about thirty seconds into the interview Lowe bursts out from Putz’s locker and pies him. No one saw him in there.

by BrianL on Apr 22, 2008 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Haha, nice.

by redwolf75 on Apr 22, 2008 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thats so awesome

I hope someone somewhere puts up a video of this

by thenatural on Apr 22, 2008 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

that

is
fucking
funny.
so funny i required 4 lines. uh…5 lines.

by deacvision7 on Apr 22, 2008 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Make a guy walk around with a pretty pink backpack

And you sew the seeds of your own doom.

Hard work never killed nobody, but I won't take my chances.

by JAH on Apr 23, 2008 1:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He's lucky that's all he got

After all the crap he’s given everyone else

by marinator on Apr 22, 2008 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I fear for Mark Lowe's safety.

by BrianL on Apr 22, 2008 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nothing lifts the spirits

quite like JJ closing out a game Felix started. Well, except for beer. But they work well in tandem.

by melack on Apr 22, 2008 10:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

So...

Where the hell was Blowers?

We don't negotiate with terrorists.

by Mariner John on Apr 22, 2008 10:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Dead, hopefully.

Play golf, most likely.

by BrianL on Apr 22, 2008 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I still like Valle more than Blowers

I can’t be the only one…..Blowers is so fucking depressing to listen to.

by OlSalty on Apr 22, 2008 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Valle is much more personable

Blowers is much less super uber duper positive, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

by marinator on Apr 22, 2008 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I prefer Blowers's monotone voice and the little interest he shows in the game.

by Fin on Apr 22, 2008 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm really not a fan of either.

However I will say Blowers doesn’t add a whole lot to the broadcast. Sims has to prod him into most conversations.

by BrianL on Apr 22, 2008 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think any of the announcers

really add anything to the game for the advanced fans. What could they bring that most of us don’t already know…. most of it is just static noise in my opinion, especially for a tv broadcast.

I’d actually prefer if there were no announcers and you just got an audio feed of the stadium announcer and fan noise.

Midnight Baseball - No Lights - Only in Alaska!

by MfaninAlaska on Apr 22, 2008 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They don't add much in the way of new knowledge/insight

but I definitely think a guy like Sims adds a fun bit of enthusiasm. They’re not entirely without value.

by Jeff on Apr 22, 2008 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, a play by play guy like Sims or Niehaus

is nice to have around. A dumb/dull color guy like Red, Valle, or Blowers is most definitely not.

by redwolf75 on Apr 22, 2008 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Blowers is better than Hendu, though....

by BrianL on Apr 22, 2008 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's like saying

A carrot stick is better than poop

I'm more like I am now than I've ever been.

by ralphie81 on Apr 23, 2008 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fairly wasn't bad.

by JI on Apr 23, 2008 12:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought he was pretty dull, but maybe it's just me.

by redwolf75 on Apr 23, 2008 7:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mariners need

more Mark Grace. He and Daron Sutton here in AZ are entertaining and informative and will even bust out some stats from time to time.

by AZSEAfan on Apr 23, 2008 8:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It must be good to be a Dback fan. Damn.

by redwolf75 on Apr 23, 2008 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fairly was at his best at the end

His last series in 06, he basically just went off about everything.

by Robert on Apr 23, 2008 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I poked a lot of fun at Fairly for his penchant for stating the blinding obvious

but he was a lot easier to ignore than Blowers, Kreuger, Valle, etc.

by Matthew on Apr 23, 2008 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought he engaged Dave pretty well

Blowers basically has no interest in history any of Dave’s stories—and dammit—I don’t care if it makes me sound 100 years old, I like the occasional old timey baseball story.

Fairly wasn’t awesome but he was miles ahead of all these ex-Mariners they’ve been running through the last few years.

by JI on Apr 23, 2008 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

for a radio broadcast definitely

not for TV, most of the time they’re talking over the important action about nonsense…. or getting over excited about something that is not actually an exciting play…

Midnight Baseball - No Lights - Only in Alaska!

by MfaninAlaska on Apr 22, 2008 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm definitely a bit of a minimalist when it comes to broadcasters

but I’m just a sucker for (sincere) exuberance. Matt Vasgersian screeching “SANTA MARIA!!” gets me every time.

by Jeff on Apr 22, 2008 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

when it's a huge play for your side

I love to have somebody getting loud. That’s why Gus Johnson is awesome. Or ask yourself this: ‘95. ALDS Game 5. The Double. Do you want:

-Niehaus’ call
-Crowd noise

I think that’s an easy one. Crowd noise is awesome, but for the rest of my life, whenever I hear Dave’s call on that play, my skin will prickle.

Now, that’s one angle, the dramatic winning plays. That’s when I love having enthusiastic announcers. Another angle, and one that doesn’t come up in baseball, is when the game’s in the bag for your team and they’re just running out the clock, perhaps on a game seven and the crowd is going wild. I’d prefer the announcers just shut up and let you soak in the crowd. Case in point, game 7 BOS @ MTL. That last minute when the crowd was roaring I’d really like it if CBC’s crew would shut their yaps and just let you hear the crowd.

by Matthew on Apr 23, 2008 1:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

also, though I don't have a vivid memory of it (thanks CBS, jackasses)

last minute of NFC Championship CAR @ SEA. Shut up and let Qwest Field do the announcing.

by Matthew on Apr 23, 2008 1:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I prefer crowd noise, but only because that means I was there.

The Niehaus call of ‘95 means much less to me than it does for people who were not at the game. What I remember was me yelling yes over and over.

The user formerly known as Sec 108.

by Sec 108 on Apr 23, 2008 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

On the Fox broadcast of that game

They don’t say a single thing for the last minute. They actually did a really good job of capturing the emotion there.

by Robert on Apr 23, 2008 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They were really sad for the Yankees

Thank God I had the sense to mute the tv and turn on the radio.

by JI on Apr 23, 2008 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

KC -> totally assraped by Cleveland.

15-1

by redwolf75 on Apr 22, 2008 10:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Gil Meche and Jimmy Gobble the prime culprits.

by redwolf75 on Apr 22, 2008 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think there is anything..

not funny about this one..

This is me not lurking.

by PhilKenSebben on Apr 23, 2008 12:40 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Feel the pain of being a less talented ballet dancer be-yotch!!!

by SethGrandpa on Apr 23, 2008 12:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That goes along with the picture of Kenji on his knee seranading to the ump.

Felix Hernandez may be The King, but Justin Upton is a GOD.

GTE of the week:

"SEXSON WANTS TO TASTE THE MOTHERFUCKING CURB"

~Jordan of Boise

by Goose on Apr 23, 2008 1:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Red in the box seats is always a welcome sight.

by JI on Apr 23, 2008 12:46 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Niehaus specifically mentioned Red

while Beltre was up in the 8th. That was pretty cool.

by thewyrm on Apr 23, 2008 3:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sims did too on TV when this screen shot was taken.

by Jed MC on Apr 23, 2008 7:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nice to know the broadcast crew

are giving Red some love.

by BrianL on Apr 23, 2008 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If Red's not in the next set of M's commercials, it's a flippin' travesty!

Ill Ligitamus Non Carberendum

by PositivePaul on Apr 23, 2008 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No kidding.

And thanks to the awesomeness of LL—GS52’s family friend asked if I knew where Red was going to sit. When Red debuted the sign during the game, he pointed Red and his sign. He’s evidently a regular reader, and knew who I was right away when I introduced myself while waiting in the player’s will-call line.

I don’t know how anything could top the awesomeness of this game for me…

Ill Ligitamus Non Carberendum

by PositivePaul on Apr 23, 2008 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs