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Texas Rangers at Seattle Mariners, May 6, 2008 7:10 PM PDT


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Texas Rangers @ Seattle Mariners

05/06/08 7:10 PM PDT

Texas Rangers Seattle Mariners
Ian Kinsler - 2B Ichiro Suzuki - CF
Michael Young - "SS" Jose Lopez - 2B
Josh Hamilton - CF Raul Ibanez - "LF"
Milton Bradley - DH Adrian Beltre - 3B
David Murphy - RF Richie Sexson - 1B
Brandon Boggs - LF Jeff Clement - DH
Frank Catalanotto - 1B Yuniesky Betancourt - SS
Jarrod Saltalamacchia - C Kenji Johjima - C
Ramon Vazquez - 3B Wladimir Balentien - RF


W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Miguel Batista 2-3 7 6 0 0 1 0 32.2 36 17 16 1 18 24 4.41 1.65

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Sidney Ponson 1-0 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.1 13 6 2 0 3 9 1.35 1.20

Team Defense Watch

After 33 games, the Mariners have turned 12 fewer balls in play into outs than expected. This ranks them as having been the second-worst defense in the American League. The worst? Texas, at -20. The Rangers are complimenting a below-average pitching staff with an average infield and a below-average outfield, generating all of the results you'd expect and none of the ones that you wouldn't. Only making things worse is the fact that the pitchers have a collective K/9 of 4.7, meaning that not only is the defense bad, but it also has to deal with a non-stop barrage of balls off the bat. I guess this is one way to keep Josh Hamilton busy and out of trouble.

By the way, I might've been too quick to call Miguel Batista a liar. Ever since he "figured something out," he's put up a staggering swinging strike rate of 23% 16% (three starts), versus 13% a year ago and just 9% over his first four starts of 2008. Whether this actually means something has yet to be determined, but it's absolutely something to watch going forward. Swinging strikes are awesome.

LET'S GO MARINERS!!

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Ponson? Ewww.

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on May 6, 2008 5:02 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Go Clement!

Keep Pepe, Jose and their vesticles in the dugout. Woo.

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by Frosty Raptor on May 6, 2008 5:06 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

LL, like life, has no edit button

I was trying to think of another way to mention the vesting option in their contract.

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by Frosty Raptor on May 6, 2008 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Miguel: "I'm serious... that's it"

Wlad: “You try NOT to hit HRs, in order to develop a reputation as a flexible, gritty veteran who can ‘relate’ to the kids? That makes no sense.”
Miguel: “Swear to god, dude – it’s called the Sojo plan. I haven’t said 3 words to Lopez since I’ve been here, but people assume I’m ‘helping’ or something because I’m from the same country and theoretically play the same position.”
Wlad: “Yeah, I’m going to focus on hitting the ball hard.”
Miguel: “Heh. Worked wonders for Wil Cordero, Raul Mondesi and Henry Rodriguez”
Wlad: “Uh, Vlad Guerrero?”
Miguel: “Fine, go ahead, risk it all for a shot at being the next Guerrero. It’s safer to be the next Miguel Cairo.”
Wlad: ”....I’ve gotta take some BP now. Good talk.”

by marc w on May 6, 2008 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe he is asking for advice on how to get on base.

Wlad’s OBP is 2.38* times higher than Cairo’s.
*if that number is off blame Batista

by nwtrev on May 6, 2008 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The good news is that we return

to our 1-2 punch tomorrow!

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on May 6, 2008 5:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Pseudoscience + Explosions = Awesome

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by Frosty Raptor on May 6, 2008 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Semantics!

But funny. Now I want to read Zombie Survival Guide again.

Coldly devouring reason as if it were a delectable snack

by Frosty Raptor on May 6, 2008 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

House followed by donuts.

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on May 6, 2008 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

All the MLB players from Dutch holdings get that eventually. Andruw Jones was, too.

It’s only a matter of time for Wlad.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on May 6, 2008 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

When I saw that Ponson was knighted, I actually assumed Jones must be as well.

But, I couldn’t find anything on it. All I’ve found for baseball players being knighted is Eugene Kingsale, Calvin Maduro and Ponson.

by borgy on May 6, 2008 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Didn't you see that South Park episode?

Crabs have lived peacefully and undisturbed for generations…

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by Frosty Raptor on May 6, 2008 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I always wonder which dirty fucker has crabs and keeps spreading it

Isn’t that something that should have been wiped out a while ago? I get lice are tough because people share hats and can rub up against each other easier but I don’t see how crabs gets spread and is still around.

by Edgar for Pres on May 6, 2008 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Blue Jays

have lost botch Eckstein and MacDonald to injuries in the same game.

Ouch.

The poster formerly known as Matt.

by bluemax on May 6, 2008 5:58 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Eh.

They can probably live without their scrappy little ball of fire.

by BrianL on May 6, 2008 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I saw that

I’m praying he either goes Saturday or if he does start tomorrow that they push everyone back and Lincecum goes Saturday against Moyer.

by Matthew on May 6, 2008 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

4-3 Halos now

:(

At least my GF will be happy, this will offset her PMS.

The poster formerly known as Matt.

by bluemax on May 6, 2008 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You're dating an Angels fan?

She had better be smoking hot.

by BrianL on May 6, 2008 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

She's actually pretty smart

she’s a research biologist at a sports doping center.

And she is of course attractive.

She became an Angels fan because one of the first people she lived with when she moved to SoCal was a life long Angels fan. I’m working to convert her to Mariners fandom. She actually roots for the M’s whenever they aren’t playing the Angels so that I will be happy.

The poster formerly known as Matt.

by bluemax on May 6, 2008 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Vidro isn't starting!

Woo! Teixeira ‘08!

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by Frosty Raptor on May 6, 2008 6:18 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm looking forward to that.

When Griffey was here, he said he’d only allow a trade to Cincy and thus we, at the time, got a pretty shitty package for him.

Now, Griffey’s in Cincy and will say he’ll only allow a trade to Seattle. Bill Bavasi will trade Cincy more than fair value.

by Matthew on May 6, 2008 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What did that trade land us?

Mike Cameron, Brett Tomko and someone else…

Cameron panned out fairly well, but the rest of the trade was a failure.

by BrianL on May 6, 2008 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Antonio Perez

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by Frosty Raptor on May 6, 2008 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's right.

What happened to him? I remember him being one of the organization’s top prospects at one point in time.

by BrianL on May 6, 2008 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Huh

Looks like he retired?

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by Frosty Raptor on May 6, 2008 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nope, just a free agent.

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on May 6, 2008 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bavasi should sign him and offer him for Griffey

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by Frosty Raptor on May 6, 2008 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And Jake Meyer.

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on May 6, 2008 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Goodbye Triunfel and Aumont!

In slightly unrelated news, searching for Teixeira images through Google with safe search turned off produces some NSFW results on the first go. Rather unexpected.

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by Frosty Raptor on May 6, 2008 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ha. That is awesome

I’m going to go home and try it on booble.com which is definitely NSFW

by nwtrev on May 6, 2008 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Canada has a futbol team and there's a booble.com

I’ve reached my learning quota for the day

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by Frosty Raptor on May 6, 2008 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Huh.

Sure enough.

by BrianL on May 6, 2008 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

"you you're"?

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on May 6, 2008 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rays win!

Only mortals cannot score against Toronto.

by JeffS on May 6, 2008 7:12 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hey, take that down BT.

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on May 6, 2008 7:15 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hey Safeco be quieter

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on May 6, 2008 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey Safeco be quieter.

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on May 6, 2008 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

the joys of weeknights

and two pretty sucky teams playing.

Midnight Baseball - No Lights - Only in Alaska!

by MfaninAlaska on May 6, 2008 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I saw we got a PTBNL or Cash considerations from the braves for Greg Norton

This happened yesterday and I missed yesterday’s game thread, so its news to me

by MsinDC on May 6, 2008 7:17 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

They should get Jason Alexander on BT

to talk with Showalter.

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on May 6, 2008 7:19 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Batista=sucks.

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on May 6, 2008 7:22 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Holy smokes

What a shitshow

by BHP on May 6, 2008 7:22 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Everyone in Seattle

is rushing to Safeco right now. Tits is throwing a no-outer!

by CruzConnection on May 6, 2008 7:23 PM PDT reply actions   1 recs

Crap.

I’ll send Tits five bucks and a clue.

by CruzConnection on May 6, 2008 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey Richie, you're slow.

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on May 6, 2008 7:24 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Wlad helps

the outfield defense.

Midnight Baseball - No Lights - Only in Alaska!

by MfaninAlaska on May 6, 2008 7:26 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

The White Sox need to hurry up and make outs.

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

"I eagerly await the day when I can shit in the living room"
~Robert

by Goose on May 6, 2008 7:27 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

The good news is...

that, at this rate, Batista will be out of the game soon.

And our bullpen will be able to…. oh crap…

by CruzConnection on May 6, 2008 7:28 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Let's go Floyd!

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

"I eagerly await the day when I can shit in the living room"
~Robert

by Goose on May 6, 2008 7:29 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Maybe the game at Safeco shoud be called

due to a more interesting game happening elsewhere.

by CruzConnection on May 6, 2008 7:29 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

one more walk

and he’ll start acting like his back is hurting…..
what he figured out was if he starts off bad fake an injury and you won’t get as crucified.

Midnight Baseball - No Lights - Only in Alaska!

by MfaninAlaska on May 6, 2008 7:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

BOO BATISTA

YAY POSSIBLE NO NO

by deacvision7 on May 6, 2008 7:31 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

i dont believe i can jinx people

that i dont give a shit about.

no if a Mariner was doing this i would STFU

by deacvision7 on May 6, 2008 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

hmmmmm

perhaps i should rethink this stance

nah, i blame swisher and his alcohol abuse

by deacvision7 on May 6, 2008 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

K!

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

"I eagerly await the day when I can shit in the living room"
~Robert

by Goose on May 6, 2008 7:31 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Oh god no. It's the Hawk.

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

"I eagerly await the day when I can shit in the living room"
~Robert

by Goose on May 6, 2008 7:32 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

YES!

SIT DOWN FLOYD!

by Wilder. on May 6, 2008 7:32 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Ah fuck.

Screw you Mauer.

by BrianL on May 6, 2008 7:32 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on May 6, 2008 7:32 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Haha!

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

"I eagerly await the day when I can shit in the living room"
~Robert

by Goose on May 6, 2008 7:32 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Thank god. Those 20 seconds I had to deal with Harrelson was more than enough.

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

"I eagerly await the day when I can shit in the living room"
~Robert

by Goose on May 6, 2008 7:33 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

That's pretty wierd.

Shutout over….no hitter over.

by ThundaPC on May 6, 2008 7:34 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hey look

inning over.

by BrianL on May 6, 2008 7:34 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Only 44 pitches!!!!

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on May 6, 2008 7:34 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Great. No-hitter over.

Now I’m stuck with this suckfest.

by CruzConnection on May 6, 2008 7:34 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

LOL @ the White Sox OF defense.

couldn’t happen to a bigger bunch of douches

by JI on May 6, 2008 7:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Believe it or not

That could have been a lot worse.

by CruzConnection on May 6, 2008 7:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

One good thing about the top of the first

Sidney Ponson is the opposing pitcher

by edddgar on May 6, 2008 7:38 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Ponson's like

I’ll see your sucky and raise it to shitty!

by CruzConnection on May 6, 2008 7:40 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

JOSE!

loving his plate approaches. they make me smile. wide.

by deacvision7 on May 6, 2008 7:40 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Speaking of Lopez,

Baker thinks Lopez’s batting average is empty. He had a good argument going up until he said that. Lopez has had really good ABs all season long.

by Wilder. on May 6, 2008 7:40 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

but with upside

doesn’t he have the lowest strikeout rate so far this season? Plus he’s working pitchers (for the most part), hitting the ball the other way. Although I guess that doesn’t relate to the original argument at all but whatever.

by AtomicGarden on May 6, 2008 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I disagree.

He may not be hitting for power, but he has been doing a great job in the 2-hole. He has worked the counts, moved runners over, and is consistently getting on base. Not much more you can ask of him.

by Wilder. on May 6, 2008 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sure, no denying he's been productive

but not hitting for power = empty average

by Nick S on May 6, 2008 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

But do you look for power from your 2-hole hitter?

Not generally. The 3-4-5 hitters are the ones who provide the power while the 1-2 hitters get set them up.

by Wilder. on May 6, 2008 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

you don't ask for as much

but you still expect some gap power, otherwise Bloomquist would be an ok everyday player if he was in the 2-hole.

Midnight Baseball - No Lights - Only in Alaska!

by MfaninAlaska on May 6, 2008 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd like to ask

for more slugging when he doesn’t have to move a runner over…..

Midnight Baseball - No Lights - Only in Alaska!

by MfaninAlaska on May 6, 2008 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

you are misunderstanding what empty means

also, his OBP coming into today was .297. That is nowhere in the vicinity of consistently getting on base.

by Matthew on May 6, 2008 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd like to ask

for more slugging when he doesn’t have to move a runner over…..

Midnight Baseball - No Lights - Only in Alaska!

by MfaninAlaska on May 6, 2008 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I didn't know

Ponson was still alive much less throwing 95 on the gun…. Maybe it’s Gameday being off?

by Emerald on May 6, 2008 7:42 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

what the fuck Beltre.

BALL GODDAMN FOUR

YOU CAN LAY OFF IT

by Matthew on May 6, 2008 7:43 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Sexson would've GIDP'd anyway

Time to do something else

by JLC on May 6, 2008 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

pretty sure it was

tough to tell with that angle, but that swing seems to scream high

by Matthew on May 6, 2008 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Would've been borderline

I’m just going off Gameday with this one

by JeffS on May 6, 2008 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That whole inning lasted 45 minutes.

We were in the 5th by this time last night.

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

"I eagerly await the day when I can shit in the living room"
~Robert

by Goose on May 6, 2008 7:46 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

And now, please sit back

and enjoy another 40 minutes of in your face Tits

by Emerald on May 6, 2008 7:46 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Who forgot the motivational expert?

Run that out Sexson! Exhaustion is nothing compared to the jaws of lethargy!

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by Frosty Raptor on May 6, 2008 7:47 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

It is 3:48 AM.

At least Clement leads off the next inning?

by Graham on May 6, 2008 7:49 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Mac

will pinch hit for him, just cause you’re waiting to see him hit.

Midnight Baseball - No Lights - Only in Alaska!

by MfaninAlaska on May 6, 2008 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

New thread please?

My internet is choking.

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

"I eagerly await the day when I can shit in the living room"
~Robert

by Goose on May 6, 2008 7:50 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

You know, I don't mind slow pitchers when we're winning

and it’s not so horrible if a fast pitcher is losing.

BUT GOD HURRY THE FUCK UP OR PITCH BETTER ONE OR THE OTHER

by seattlebruin on May 6, 2008 7:52 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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