Series Preview: Southwestern US Angels @ Seattle Mariners
by Matthew on Jun 2, 2008 3:01 PM PDT
in Seattle Mariners Previews
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PrintSeattle: 21-36
Angels: 34-24
GAMES
Game 1: Jarrod Washburn vs Ervin Santana
Game 2: Erik Bedard* vs Joe Saunders*
Game 3: Carlos Silva vs Jered Weaver
Game one is a total mismatch in Anaheim's favor as Ervin Santana has recovered from whatever mental disease he had last year concerning pitching on the road and is now fairly proficient at it. Meanwhile Jarrod Washburn sucks. Erik Bedard in game two gives us an advantage as Joe Saunders hopefully gets to continue his regression act, doubly hopeful by means of Adrian Beltre progressing away from bad luck. Finally the third matchup should be even except Carlos Silva has a defense that's putrid behind him and for his own sake has been worse in 2008 than in 2007. Jered Weaver is by no means a slouch but he is what he is and that is not is what he showed in 2006.
Likely Starters:
C Mike Napoli/Jeff Mathis
1 Casey Kotchman*
2 Sean Rodriguez/Howie Kendrick
3 Brandon Wood
S Maicer Izturis^
L Gary Matthews Jr.^
C Little Bitch
R Vladimir Guerrero
D Garret Anderson*
Howie Kendrick is scheduled to play unless he injures his finger sleeping. Brandon Wood versus Erik Bedard should be hilarious to watch but may just end up being hilariously sad (for him). Brandon Wood against Washburn or Silva will most likely just end bad (for us). I hope the next time Torii Hunter reaches over the wall to snag a homerun I'm waiting for his arm with a chainsaw.
CONTEXT
One way or another, pray for this series to end in a sweep. If by some dark magic we actually sweep the Angels, then we get to live without the final nail for a little while longer which is a good thing to most people. However if we do drop this series and even moreso if by a sweep, then you'd have to be beyond delusional to think they still had any chance this season. A sweep means 15.5 games back roughly meaning to surmount that the Mariners would need to gain a game on the Angels every week for the rest of the season. Not going to happen. Not with this team.
THIS SERIES BROUGHT TO YOU BY:
Scotch Ale
Boundary Bay Brewing. Bellingham, WA
It's nothing out of the world, but it's a solid beer, it's local and after all, we're all connected in that respect aren't we?
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I like the strategy. I don't tihnk this thing can go wildy off topic in only 3 hours.
A sweep means 15.5 games back roughly meaning to surmount that the Mariners would need to gain a game on the Angels every week for the rest of the season. Not going to happen. Not with this team.
We’ve come back from longer odds.
Hey you guys!
Matthew is human
I told you
by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jun 2, 2008 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Keep thinking that.
We’ll see who’s still alive after the robot rebellion.
>.> <.<
mayyyybeee… where did you get this information?
that sounds... coldly logical...
tell me, out of curiousity, what’s your view on puppies and flowers?
annoying shit machines, beautiful but useless
respectively
by JI on Jun 2, 2008 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
A giant robot is being made to put out and contain forest fires
This is the design. I’m sure this can’t possibly go wrong
by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jun 2, 2008 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I have heard that you can contain forest fires by being prudent and up to date with clearing away
low hanging brush and in some cases, by doing what’s known as preventive burning wherein you burn a small patch of land, say perhaps, one tree, and thus prevent old and decaying growth from acting as giant tinderbox….
Remember
only YOU can prevent forest fires!
The world is screwed when I die
by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jun 2, 2008 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
My favorite Smokey Bear sign is the one where he threatens to brush your butt.
by JI on Jun 2, 2008 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
The more I think about it the more I think he just made Smackie the frog up to better suit the joke
by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 2, 2008 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Is it bad that I actually did a google search for Smackie the frog?
by JLC on Jun 2, 2008 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes
because it means you aren’t familiar with Mitch Hedberg.
by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 2, 2008 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
And I'm....fucking surprised
I fucking hate you Mariners
That tips over and is useless about 50 yards into the the firefight.
I like midgets more than I should.
You'll also need one hell of a long hose if those are water nozzles on the upper arms.
I like midgets more than I should.
The robotic uprising of the late 90s.
The distant future, the year 2000…
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 Jun 2, 2008 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Indeed.
Never doubt the ability of LL posters to come back from daunting odds.
by eponymous_coward on Jun 2, 2008 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
No one is talking about who they'd rather fuck
I’d call it a victory.
by JI on Jun 2, 2008 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I dunno, mentioning it is kind of like deliberate usage of Nazis to invoke Godwin's Law.
by eponymous_coward on Jun 2, 2008 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Ouch, man...
Ouch.
Couldn’t you have just killed my puppy or something?
Dogs are cuter than people. Why would I kill one?
by Graham MacAree on Jun 2, 2008 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
This is blatently untrue
I’m a huge fan of cute things.
by Graham MacAree on Jun 2, 2008 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Are you new here or something?
base knocks, dude. Hitting behind runners. Going first-to-third.
You HR types are killing the soul of baseball.
You damn Moneyball types.
Always working walks and sitting on the three-run homer.
/Hendu
ALEX RODRIGUEZ IS SO SELFISH
HE ONLY HITS SOLO HOMERUNS WHEN THE TEAM IS ALREADY AHEAD, OR WAY BEHIND, BUT NEVER DOWN BY THREE RUNS OR LESS AND EVEN IF HE DOES HE’S AN ASSHOLE FOR NOT HAVING PEOPLE ON BASE GOD WHAT A SHELFISH ASSHOLE.
the other angels fan
AROD IS SO UNCLUTCH
THATS WHY JETER ISN’T BFFS WITH HIM ANYMORE BECAUSE IF AROD ALWAYS STRIKES OUT IN THE CLUTCH AND JETER HITS HOME RUNS THAT BARELY CLEAR THE WALL AND THUS ARE THE MOST UNSELFISH TYPES OF HOME RUNS
Could we not talk about Coach's butthole?
/rimshot
by JI on Jun 2, 2008 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
So is the heirarchy Jeff Clement > dogs > people?
by eponymous_coward on Jun 2, 2008 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
There are a lot of other species of fauna and flora in between dogs and people though
by Graham MacAree on Jun 2, 2008 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
There may be things between Jeff Clement and dogs, though
by eponymous_coward on Jun 2, 2008 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
awk sucks
I understand that it’s useful and very fast for text processing but it’s just not my cup of tea.
You should have flagged me without a subject line. DANCE
by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jun 2, 2008 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess they fired the zombie groundskeeper?
by eponymous_coward on Jun 2, 2008 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I still would punch that kid on the face if I saw him on the stret.
I like midgets more than I should.
But what would you do to him if you saw him on the street?
by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jun 2, 2008 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Punch him in the faace.
I like midgets more than I should.
I told you all he was contagious.
Now we have an epidemic on our hands.
I think (hope) it's just lack of sleep,
mind erasing monotonous tasks to do at work, and a distinct lack of booze in my bloodstream.
I like midgets more than I should.
Not willing to take that risk.
I’m recommending you for quarantine as well as JI.
As long as there's access to beer, I don't care.
I like midgets more than I should.
Screw you then.
You’ll have to find me first.
I like midgets more than I should.
Tempting....
Never been a narcotics kind of guy though.
I like midgets more than I should.
that
she looks like Barf from SpaceBalls
If you are in St. Louis check out my band, Griffin and the Gargoyles
(formerly Gargoyle Reign, Gargoyle Lounge)
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:-D
I would post a pic of Barf
If it weren’t for BrianL.
by Fin on Jun 2, 2008 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Wouldn't you like to know.
I like midgets more than I should.
So would I to be honest with you.
Or maybe it’s better than I don’t know.
I like midgets more than I should.
'Make infections yeasterday'
That’d be an awesome slogan for some new antimyotic.
by Graham MacAree on Jun 2, 2008 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish to sell this slogan for 50,000 theoretical dollars.
by JI on Jun 2, 2008 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe 50,000 US Dollars
which would be $6.32 Canadian dollars.
by eponymous_coward on Jun 2, 2008 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
wr9iong
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/1995_sched.shtml
We were 13 games out of first place on August 2, but…
http://www.baseball-reference.com/games/standings.cgi?date=1995-08-02
We were a grand total of 2 games behind in the wild card standings
And if we look on the standings on the morning of August 24, the day of the 9-7 win against the Yankees that started things off:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/games/standings.cgi?date=1995-08-23
4 games back of Texas for the Wild Card, a half game behind Milwaukee.
The mythology that the Mariners were out of the playoff race in August 1995 is just plain wrong. The shocking part was catching the Angels.
by eponymous_coward on Jun 2, 2008 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
I know, I was there.
I was talking about the division.
The real mythology is that the Wild Card was for pussies and we should ignore it.
by JI on Jun 2, 2008 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but we're something like 13 games out of the WC
and 7.5 games behind Texas. This team is toast in June, unlike 1995.
by eponymous_coward on Jun 2, 2008 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
We're all, in some way, connected to the same bank.
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 Jun 2, 2008 3:05 PM PDT reply actions
BB Scotch Ale: much more than 'solid'
This season is summed up in the fact that I comment much more, and have much more forceful opinions, on the beers in these posts than on the match-ups.
I went with pithy because I was short on time
but yes, I really enjoy that beer.
For the LL gathering you guys should all bring 30s of Bud Light
And ostracize the first person to drink it
by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jun 2, 2008 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
30s
the amount of time we could all stand around a case of Bud Light on a softball field before somebody starts hitting it with a bat.
by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 2, 2008 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't care...I'd drink it. I can be a beer snob when I want...and if no one else is drinking it..move outta the way
I fucking hate you Mariners
I'm with you
College has taught me not to turn down free beer, even if it is bad beer. I just wouldn’t pay for Bud Light
Favorite four letter word in college: free
Favorite five letter word in college: cheap
No trust fund for me. :(
by eponymous_coward on Jun 2, 2008 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Favorite four letter word in college: free fart
I’m hilarious
by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jun 2, 2008 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Public out of state college. No trust fund. Cheap is good. Free is better.
There’s my college experience summed up in four sentences.
Yup
My “God, I have to drink SOMETHING, but can’t afford much” beer in college was Rainier Ale in 40s, aka “Green Death”.
by eponymous_coward on Jun 2, 2008 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
A 40oz you stole from a bum in the alley after he drank part of it.
I like midgets more than I should.
Is it wrong of me to hope for a sweep (us getting swept)
so we can start trading/dumping our old/sucky guys?
http://seattlesportsmaniac.blogspot.com
I can't root against the M's (especially with the Angels in town),
but I think being on the wrong side of a sweep would be a long term benefit to the org.
I like midgets more than I should.
I wish I firmly believed that to be true.
And it’s a tough line to tread since that’s where I feel we (as bloggers) get the negative reputation of wanting the team to fail. We don’t want them to fail. We’re just utterly convinced the current management has no clue how to build a winner and thus our first priority is to see them replaced with smarter people in charge.
But that’s nuanced and if soon-to-be 23 years of life have taught me anything it’s that the general populace sees black and white only.
That sounds an awful lot like my #1 life lesson
No matter what you say or how you say it, there will always be people who misunderstand.
by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 2, 2008 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
My #1 lesson was "don't force it"
I like midgets more than I should.
Can't say 'no' if they're passed out.
I fucking hate you Mariners
Man has a point.
I like midgets more than I should.
Not gas chamber passed out
I fucking hate you Mariners
Yeah, the residue really makes your eyes burn.
I like midgets more than I should.
Rubber gloves and gas masks help with that.
by eponymous_coward on Jun 2, 2008 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't like to feel restricted.
“come on baby, don’t make me wear it, I’ll be careful, I promise..”
I like midgets more than I should.
No, her mom walked in.
That’s when the trouble really started.
I like midgets more than I should.
Yeah, I couldn't believe her mom was pregnant.
I like midgets more than I should.
Well, you know the phrase "going commando"
Think going SONDERkommando.
by eponymous_coward on Jun 2, 2008 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
There could be children present.
I was showing some restraint.
I like midgets more than I should.
Why do you have to fly off the handle like that?
Is it because of my age? Because sometimes I say stupid shit? All I see if you blasting me on every thread.
by Matthew on Jun 2, 2008 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Off Topic
Is there still room at “the feed”
And will there be all these beers you guys keep advertising (I didnt’ read the information correctly, it might be a library, not sure if you can bring beer there)
http://seattlesportsmaniac.blogspot.com
Yes, there's still room, see Dave's latest post about it on USSM.
No, no beer in the library.
Don't tell that to the homeless dudes that hang out there
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Jun 2, 2008 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Drink beer before, or after, or both
I’m sure there will be a healthy contingent going to a bar for the game.
by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 2, 2008 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey Matthew, I'm in Columbus, Ohio. I was wondering if there are any interesting local brews that you are familiar with.
by Susheel Ramasahayam on Jun 2, 2008 3:24 PM PDT reply actions
blackout stout
and here’s a link (scroll down to the bottom half) of some others you should check out
Little Bitch, LMAO!
“I’m Torii Hunter and this is my rally monkey. His name is Rusty.”
Good luck in this series guys, it should be fun to watch no matter the outcome.
You realize we don't care, right?
I fucking hate you Mariners
You won't have a chance to get walk-off wins in Seattle. I'm thinking thats reason enough for you to celebrate.
Especially when walk-off wins are full of fail according to some people.
by Susheel Ramasahayam on Jun 2, 2008 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks for being a good sport
but the Mariners are going to lose pretty badly. 3 times.
by Fin on Jun 2, 2008 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
"So you're telling there's a chance?"
the new 2008 Seattle Mariners slogan.
by Fin on Jun 2, 2008 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate BB beer
For the same reason I want to boycott anything used in a Banner Bank commercial. They make me want to claw my eyes out almost as badly as watching a Washburn start. I hope that guy who makes highways gets run over by the truck with the hops, and that the barista girl with the piercings contracts Hep-B from a broken Boundary Bay bottle.
Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!
I think calling them the "Southwestern US Angels"
is an insult to the good peoples of Los Angeles, San Diego, and Phoenix, as well as the greater Riverside and San Bernardino County areas
Hmmm... did I just say "good peoples of Los Angeles?"
I must have been braindead for a minute
No kidding.
I mean, really, Los Angeles?
by eponymous_coward on Jun 2, 2008 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Crowd reaction to Washburn getting shelled tonight
(Apologies to PositivePaul, Red and Beltre)
by Alex B on Jun 2, 2008 3:53 PM PDT reply actions 26 recs
My life is now complete.
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 Jun 2, 2008 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions
WAHOOO...HAHAHA
I fucking hate you Mariners
Fantastic.
Felix Hernandez may be The King, but Justin Upton is a GOD.
1998 Expansion Teams Reign Supreme!
Why does that need an apology...
although I’m half tempted to put the SurprisedGomez on the original…
Ill Ligitamus Non Carberendum
My gf clubbed a seal with an oar, once.
She’s afraid of seals, and one was following her kayak. She panicked.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
Afraid of seals?
Odd thing to develop a fear of.
I like midgets more than I should.
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