5/6 Minor League Wrap-Up
I was out last night but saw enough of last night's [COATHANGER] to know what happened. Nice work, Mariners. Nice work.
Well, Jeremy Reed is still in Tacoma, but somebody in the org got promoted. It's probably not who you think, though. Whoever it was did figure prominently in a win.
It wasn't Michael Saunders, though he and Mike Wilson are starting to heat up in West Tenn. Mike Wilson also did something rather weird for him at the plate... he apparently drew a 4th ball before drawing a 3rd strike. I'm baffled myself.
It wasn't Triunfel, though he's also starting to heat up... not that it's hard to heat up in the middle of the High Desert. Ricky Orta heated up in the wrong way, more like a car with a busted radiator, and he needed help.
It wasn't Joe Dunigan or Gavin Dickey, though both are starting to thunder at the plate.
Find out who. On to the wrap-up!
A: Wisconsin 6, Great Lakes 0
WIS: 11-17... GLK: 14-17
Nathan Adcock: 7 IP, 5 H, walk, 9 K
Travis Mortimore: 1 IP, walk, K
Ryan Moorer: 1 IP
Juan Diaz: 2-4, R (272/337/321)
Gavin Dickey: 4-4, triple, 3 R (457/500/629 in 35 AB)
Joe Dunigan: 2-3, 3 run HR, 4 RBI, K, SB (235/333/457)
Alex Liddi: 1-4, solo HR, K (227/299/340)
Scott Robinson: 3-4, double
Now THAT is how to respond to getting your butt kicked. Nathan Adcock pitched easily his best game of the season, Joe Dunigan continued his nuclear May and Gavin Dickey vies for more playing time resumes his comeback from injury with an impressive 4 hit game.
Groundballs: 11
Flyballs: 3
Line Drives: 2
Pop Ups: 1
Walks: 1
Strikeouts: 9
A+: Lancaster 6, High Desert 4
Mavs: 15-17... Jethawks: 14-18
Ricky Orta: 3 IP, 6 H, (5 R) 4 ER (2 HR), 2 walks, 2 K, hit batter
Harold Williams: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER (HR), 2 walks, K
Julio Santiago: 2 IP, walk, 4 K
Aaron Cotter: 1 IP, 1 H, 2 K
Jamie McOwen: 2-5, solo HR, 2 R, 2 K (275/342/358)
Carlos Triunfel: 3-5, R (253/295/343)
Travis Scott: 0-4, sac fly RBI, 3 K (325/385/523)
Carlos Peguero: 1-4, RBI, 2 K (280/302/464)
Greg Halman: 1-4, triple, RBI, K (264/314/456)
The Mavs did get 3 runs out of the gate, but the Jethawks jumped all over Ricky Orta, taking him deep twice and chasing him after the 3rd inning. Orta was looking to stretch out a bit, but this was not what he had in mind.
Groundballs: 1 (plus 1 bunt)
Flyballs: 7 (2 HR)
Line Drives: 3
Walks: 2 (plus 1 hit batter)
Strikeouts: 2
Lancaster would not surrender the lead. I will not elaborate.
AA: West Tenn 5, Mississippi 2
WTN: 22-10... MIS: 9-23
Rich Dorman: 7.2 IP, 7 H, 2 ER (2 HR), 5 K
Jason Mackintosh: one out
Mumba Rivera: 1 IP, 2 K
Prentice Redman: 1-4, double, R, K (222/372/400)
Michael Saunders: 3-4, solo HR, 2 R, 2 RBI (324/402/541)
Mike Wilson: 1-3, RBI, walk, K (257/358/514)
Jon Nelson: 1-4, double, RBI, K (273/356/377)
Jeff Dominguez: 1-3, solo HR, K (196/274/286)
Rich Dorman gave up two line drive home runs, but had yet another fine outing. Granted, a lot of flyballs found gloves and he got squared up a lot, but AA is Rich Dorman's bitch, which is great except it's two levels too low.
Groundballs: 8
Flyballs: 10
Line Drives: 6 (2 HR)
Pop Ups: 1
Walks: 0
Strikeouts: 5
Mike Wilson singled home a run in the 4th, and Jeff Dominguez kicked off a 3 run 5th by leading off with his 1st HR of the season. Prentice Redman's one out double set up a Michael Saunders RBI single. Saunders got picked off, but Marshall Hubbard sungled, Mike Wilson... WALKED?!... and Jon Nelson doubled in Hubbard to make it 4-1.
Saunders also homered to lead off the bottom 7th, giving West Tenn a 5-2 lead that Dorman and the bullpen held up.
AAA: Tacoma 5, Iowa 2
TAC: 17-14... IOWA: 13-18
Chris Jakubauskas!!: 5.2 IP, 6 H, 3 walks, 3 K
Cesar Jimenez: 2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, walk, 2 K
Roy Corcoran: 1.1 IP, 1 H, K
Yung Chi Chen: 2-5, R, K
Matt Tuiasosopo: 1-4, double, walk, K (255/331/373)
Jeremy Reed: 3-5, double, solo HR, 2 RBI, K, SB (375/432/598)
Mike Kinkaide: 1-2, solo HR, walk, K (214/323/357)
Shawn Garrett: 2-5, 2 doubles, R, K, SB
Rob Johnson: 3-4, double, R, RBI, SB (258/318/289)
Oswaldo Navarro: 2-4, RBI (296/407/366)
Welcome to AAA, Chris Jakubauskas! Owning AA for a month finally paid off in a promotion, and he gave the Rainiers a solid performance, pitching into the 6th and not allowing a run, despite several line drives. Still, his performance is encouraging enough to look like he can hold up the back end of that Rainiers rotation.
Groundballs: 9
Flyballs: 2
Line Drives: 6
Pop Ups: 1
Walks: 3
Strikeouts: 3
Jakubauskas had help. Jeremy Reed, curiously starting in RF today (/fanning rumor flames), homered in the 1st to make it 1-0 Rainiers. Rob Johnson's one out ground rule double in the 5th set up Oswaldo Navarro... well, so did SS Andres Blanco, who watched a pop up drop to allow Johnson to score and make it 2-0. Mike Kinkaide homered with one out in the 6th to make it 3-0. Shawn Garrett reached in the 8th, stole his 1st base of the season and later scored after Rob Johnson stymied Blanco with a hot grounder to make it 4-0.
Cesar Jimenez got hammered in the 8th for 2 runs and Roy Corco had to bail him and the Rainiers out, escaping with a 4-2 lead. But Jeremy Reed's one out double in the 9th scored Yung Chi Chen to make it 5-2, and Roy Corco had it in the bag in the bottom 9th.
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I don't want to start being "that guy"
but can we please stop referring to games as abortions? I don’t really care about anybody’s stance on the issue (and this is NOT an invitation to start discussing it, as that topic doesn’t belong here), and I don’t say it from a political standpoint of my own – I just think there’s better ways to refer to baseball games…
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You're gonna need to come up with a suggestion though
preferably one word, like say, shitstick or something
Shitstick works
Also
Shitball
Trainwreck
Clusterfuck
Skoorbo (“this Skoorbo of a game” has a nice ring to it)
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by pdb on May 7, 2008 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions
I like Skoorbo.
God, last night was a fucking Skoorbo of a game.
Trainwreck and clusterfuck already have LL lexicon (LLL?) definitions.
Trainwreck – anything posted by F’nA’s (or numerous other people)
Clusterfuck – John McLaren
Raul really Skoorbo'd that fly ball.
I reject your reality and substitute my own!
Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on May 7, 2008 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought we were getting the real Jeff back
we’re still stuck with this imposter?
by seattlebruin on May 7, 2008 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions
I think that one's reserved for Graham, now
in fact I think he might have gotten HELFCK tattooed on his midriff, in Latin-script THUG LIFE style, in his drunken stupor.
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I thought that was tRA
along with some Greek letters representing expected run variables
by seattlebruin on May 7, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
That was across one set of knuckles
he got a lot of tattoos. That was a lot of gin.
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If I was any good at that sort of thing I'd be all over it
but I can barely tie my shoes without a step-by-step diagram, so I’ll leave the photoshopping to the talented.
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Hillascarce is my personal favorite
I’m looking forward to it making its way back into a recap this year.
Feel free to ignore my rantings if you want
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by pdb on May 7, 2008 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Actually, having given this some thought
I shall honor your request. Note a slight edit to this wrap-up.
I wasn't going to continue to talk about it beyond my initial comment
it’s not like it kept me up nights or anything, and I probably won’t give it any thought in an hour or two.
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That was more the point than anything else
you’re right, it kinda had nothing to do with the actual word, just the repetition of it.
I was debating rising to the bait and going off, Skoorbo-style, but I just don’t have the desire to go that far off the rails…
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Jesus.
Is it just me, or is this AJ trade looking worse every day?
by The Alaskan on May 7, 2008 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Kinkade apparently injured himself
on his HR trot, and he was replaced by Brent Johnson in the next half inning.
Mike Wilson’s 11% BB rate places him ahead of Mike Saunders and even Jeremy Reed (better than any rate Reed’s had since 2004).
Reed started in right because the Rainiers seem committed to giving Bryan LaHair games in LF. I still don’t really understand why; I can’t imagine he’d be good out there, and it’s not like moving him to a corner OF spot from a corner IF spot greatly changes his value. It’s not like it gives him a better path the majors, either – he’s a penniless man’s Raul Ibanez.
I’m happy for Jakubauskas – it wasn’t a great game by any stretch, but hey – no runs. He left runners on left and right, but that’s obviously preferable to the alternative. I can’t tell who the R’s dropped. The Rainiers roster is singularly unhelpful, as they show the same roster they’ve always shows, albeit with Jakubauskas moved up… as a coach.
RE: LaHair
That does seem odd, especially considering that LF Mike Saunders seems to be knocking on the AAA door. The only possible reasons I can think of are (1) to increase BL’s trade value and (2) to make a Ibanez-to-1B or DH move (which we all know is ridiculously unlikely).
Anyway, it’s nice to see we have some talent in AA that may only be 2 or 3 years away.
So, when do we give Reed another chance? I can’t quite wrap my head around Cairo still being on the roster when there’s someone doing this well in AAA, who can also do pinch-running duties.
Is it just me, or is this AJ trade looking worse every day?
by The Alaskan on May 7, 2008 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, Reed looks transformed
I’d really like to talk to a scout about this, but I am not the person who commonly chats with scouts.
On LaHair, yeah, it may marginally increase his trade value, but we’re talking about moving from ‘box of baseballs’ to ‘cash considerations.’ I mean, even if Ibanez moves to 1B, you’d probably put Reed in LF before LaHair. Flexibility is a good thing, and it’d be nice to have another OF option, but I keep thinking he’ll be a 1B/OF in the way that Ben Broussard was…. that’s not all that helpful.
One idea...
I know, I know… Still - Churchill would be a good person to ask. Even better - bug him about it in a scouting report request.
Ill Ligitamus Non Carberendum
by PositivePaul on May 7, 2008 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions
Dickey playing time
He isn’t vying for more time. After missing two weeks on the DL, he is being eased back into the lineup by playing every other day…For now.
Note on Dickey: He has at least one hit in all eleven games he has played this season.
Hey Chris
what can you tell us about Scott Robinson? Another guy coming off the DL, rehab or something? Or is it just that he signed late from the indy league?
Robinson
was a 2002 draft and follow by the Astros. Last season he played with the Macon Music and won the MVP of the Independent South Coast League. Seattle signed him in December of ‘07.
Robinson is an bit older than normal for a player in this league. He joined the Rattlers from extended spring training at the start of the last road trip. The Rattlers needed a first baseman after Avila was back to the desert.
Robinson down in Arizona waiting for an opening and he was happy to get a chance to play some baseball.
Interesting note about him. He plays the field as a lefty, but is a righty when he has been called on to catch in the past.
by RattlerRadio on May 7, 2008 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
If you get the chance
Who do you know like/dislike about Edilio Colina?
Go Fo Broke!
Duly noted
And I’m sure you noted this at RR at some point. I should’ve checked. I need to create an RSS feed of Mariner minors news and stuff for my reference, when it’s late and I’m rushing to write these.
Yes
that’s his normal position, though he’s yielded to Prentice Redman and the like at times. Seems like he still plays there about 1/3 to 1/2 of the time.
Does he project to be a decent major league CF,
or will he most likely have to move into a corner as he fills out and matures?
Hahaha.
Edited to [COATHANGER]
Well played. sir.
Rumors?
Is Reed getting called up or traded? I’d heard he might get traded. If we’re calling him up, what’s our lineup?
Oh no, nothing yet
I was joking about how people will see a change in how a player is deployed and immediately get suspicious.
Given WLAD’s green in RF, people are thinking that if he flatlines at any point that the M’s will bring up Reed to play RF with him, though that belies the point that Reed almost always plays LF/CF.
That makes sense
But espn actually says on their rumors page that San Diego isn’t happy with Edmonds and is interested in Reed. Wonder what we could get for him… Any thoughts? Do they have anybody we’d want?
We'd inevitably get lumped with Tony Clark
He’s a veteran left-handed bat, see?
Why must you make me sad?
You’re not very nice.
Sure
but I’m not sure that the M’s have much leverage here. No one’s gonna offer much for Reed knowing that he’ll be free at the end of the year. Some teams may want him now, but there are always options – and they can point out that he’s blocked in Seattle by the likes of Wlad or Raul.
The M’s could possibly get someone well down the Padres ‘spect list, and while there may be bargains there, it’s not likely to be anyone all that special.
Best case scenario: we get, oh, Mitch Canham, the catcher from Oregon State’s nat’l championship team(s).
Worst case scenario: we get the single A equivalent of Tug Hulett
Mid point scenario: a semi-intriguing arm from their DSL/VSL list.
Not want Edmonds? That's crazy talk.
Chris Young. I’ll even thrown in Miguel Cairo!
Is it just me, or is this AJ trade looking worse every day?
by The Alaskan on May 7, 2008 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Not want Edmonds? That’s crazy talk.
Agreed.
DO. WANT.
by JI on May 7, 2008 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
FREE JEREMY REED!!!
.375/.432/.598
5 homes and 6 steals in 112 ABs
More walks (12) than Ks (11)
Significantly better defense than Ibanez. Maybe better than WLAD! too.
Cut Cairo.
Put Reed in LF.
And either:
Platoon Sexson/Ibanez at 1B.
Or put Ibanez at DH and platoon Clement/Sexson at 1B.
Would any part of this not make the Ms a better team?
Yes
Would any part of this not make the Ms a better team?
Cut Cairo.
This would not make the Mariners better. Not one tiny little iota. Miguel Cairo is a hero. A God damn American hero. He fights crime in Gotham and stuff.
And Willie is the capital of Port Orchard
Would you EVER dream of cutting him??
Wait… don’t answer that.
so that's why the M's have him on the bench
apparently Rome and Athens had other offers.
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by pdb on May 7, 2008 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
the part where we un-enslave Jeremy Reed
he’s more valuable chained in the sweatshop making t-shirts.
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by pdb on May 7, 2008 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed
Let’s get the rally monkey dolls sorted first, then we’ll be in a strong position to attract players who might actually trigger a rally.
Eliminate the middleman, hire a team of monkeys
SODO MOJO would have a whole new meaning. PRAY FOR MOJO.
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by pdb on May 7, 2008 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank you
I have that pic saved somewhere but I couldn’t find it. I’d still love to see a team comprised entirely of monkeys.
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by pdb on May 7, 2008 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Magilla Gorilla at your service
with Grape Ape as DH.
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by pdb on May 7, 2008 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Donkey Kong batting fifth
will make sure that Grape Ape sees good pitches. Otherwise the pitcher will get a barrel thrown at his head.
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by pdb on May 7, 2008 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
On the defensive side
We could maximise our simian advantage by putting King Louie (Jungle Book) at shortstop.
Okay, now we're starting to get ourselves a lineup
we’ve got:
Magilla Gorilla
Grape Ape
Donkey Kong
King Louie
hmmmmm NEEDS MORE MONKEY.
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by pdb on May 7, 2008 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't have a name, but...
who’s the ape Michael Clarke Duncan plays in Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes?
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by The Alaskan on May 7, 2008 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought for a second that monkey was being pressed in a waffle iron.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
Eat less monkey waffles.
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by pdb on May 7, 2008 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
excellent question
I’d have to go with maple syrup, though.
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by pdb on May 7, 2008 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
That's crazy.
You speak like a man who’s never had savoury waffles.
There’s a Belgian Patisserie right next to my office – they serve excellent garlic and onion waffles. For desert, I recommend the waffle stuffed with custard and fruit.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
No one in America eats savoury waffles.
Only savory ones.
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by The Alaskan on May 7, 2008 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
You can't spell prejudice without a u.
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by pdb on May 7, 2008 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I just wonder how savoury a monkey waffle actually would be
I’m assuming a somewhat high or at least tangible level of banana content as well (gotta bait the monkey trap somehow).
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by pdb on May 7, 2008 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I raise my waffle monkeys in captivity.
I can flavour them as I see fit.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
Flavor.
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by The Alaskan on May 7, 2008 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
don't be u-ist
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by pdb on May 7, 2008 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
If Webster had had his way, U betcha.
MnmmnbbaAAAAAAA!
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
That's a lot of opinions.
I have a hard time choosing socks in the morning.
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by The Alaskan on May 7, 2008 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
if you were a communist it'd be easier
because you would only have one pair of socks.
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by pdb on May 7, 2008 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Well played.
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by The Alaskan on May 7, 2008 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm a free-range waffle monkey guy myself
but I see the advantages of raising them in a more controlled environment.
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by pdb on May 7, 2008 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I bet you would
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by The Alaskan on May 7, 2008 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Sure.
That’s what you meant.
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by The Alaskan on May 7, 2008 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Where's the sarcasm button?
Can’t seem to find it…
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by The Alaskan on May 7, 2008 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Fortunately, internet sarcasm is in the eye of the beholder
And thus can be easily defended against :-)
I'm named after a brand of maple syrup as it turns out
I only know this because a colleague asked me some months ago why Kanye West was name-checking my mother in one of his songs.
Can I call you Mrs. B
or do you prefer Mrs. Butterworth?
(nope, I have no idea what the Kanye West lyric is)
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by pdb on May 7, 2008 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I prefer Alex to be honest
But you’ve hit on the right sauce.
I was totally kidding
When you said named after I thought you meant first name. But it all makes sense, now. And I swear I will never call you Mrs. Butterworth.
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by pdb on May 7, 2008 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry dude
I will do my best to close this can of worms.
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by pdb on May 7, 2008 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
?
I thought his name was “Butters,” not “dude”
This is me trying to re-bottle the genie
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by pdb on May 7, 2008 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
And this is the Mariners trying to win
I’d say you guys have about the same success level

Actually, a rub is good.
You can throw in a little extra brown sugar, too.
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by The Alaskan on May 7, 2008 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder who wrote the script?
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by The Alaskan on May 7, 2008 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Hahahahahahaahahah
Wow it’s been a long time since I laughed that hard
Alex Liddi, he's that foreign kid
that has almost Tri’s potential, right?
Cheeseburgers are delicious.
Italian
We have separate countries and everything over here in Europe. It’s great.
Wait, did you get permission to have countries again?
when did this happen?
Uh, Liddi is an Italian 3B, but I don’t think any scout would say he had Triunfel’s potential. He has great power potential, but for now, that’s got him in the same boat with a number of players: Greg Halman, Kuo Hui Lo, Carlos Peguero, etc.
Liddi’s the youngest of these, but he’s also not quite produced at the same clip (esp. this year). Lots and lots of strike-outs.
You get cranky when you haven't had your nap, don't you?
by Graham MacAree on May 7, 2008 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Also, searching 'Alex Liddi'
Gives you the following at #1: “Mariners | M’s Farm Report | From Italy to Wisconsin, for love of …”
by Graham MacAree on May 7, 2008 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Where searching for Graham yields at #1:
“Graham Corporation designs and builds vacuum and heat transfer …”
Uh no. But making me sound stupid just because I didn't
know Liddi was Italian does.
Cheeseburgers are delicious.
That's okay.
You can continue the discussion after you get your juicebox.
Have you had your juicebox yet?
I really don’t want to pester you until you’ve gotten it.

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