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Series Preview: Seattle Mariners @ San Diego Padres

Seattle: 28-50
Padres: 32-47

GAMES

Game 1: Jarrod Washburn vs Randy Wolf*
Game 2: Carlos Silva vs Cha Seung Baek
Game 3: Somebody vs Jake Peavy

Randy Wolf is posting the highest strikeout rate of his recent career while lowering his walk rate from 2007 while tossing more innings than every pitcher on the Mariners aside from Felix Hernandez. Randy Wolf was signed on a one-year deal for under $5 million guaranteed. Too bad nobody thought of that last winter.

The results don't show it, but Chasizzle has done himself quite well in San Diego so far with a fantastic 3.24 tRA in the rotation and a 2.84 FIP. This team gave him away for nothing because they saw more value in Miguel Batista. Incredible. I'm glad this team fired Bavasi before he traded Adrian Beltre to Baltimore for Melvin Mora citing Mora's higher RBI totals as proof that he performs in the clutch.

Everyone has fluke performances, it's not limited to just average or worse pitchers. In fact, there's really no one true dominant pitcher out there anymore who is far and away above everyone else like Pedro was a decade ago or Johan was a few years ago. To that end, take someone like Jake Peavy. Peavy is legitimately awesome, one of the best pitchers in baseball, but his 2007 was flukey just like Washburn's 2005 and this season has seen his core stats return to their established levels. That still leaves him a fantastic pitcher, just not the dominant one he was last season.

Star-divide

Likely Starters:
C Michael Barrett/Josh Bard^
1 Adrian Gonzalez*
2 Edgar Gonzalez
3 Kevin Kouzmanoff
S Khalil Greene
L Scott Hairston
C Jody Gerut*
R Brian Giles*

With Manbeast Gonzalez this is a decent lineup. They were terrible but have, gasp, made changes to rectify some of that. They are getting decent offense from Jody Gerut and Edgar Gonzalez and Brian Giles somehow still manages to produce. There's also Chase Headley(!) and overall they're running a 96 OPS+ after starting the year with a team OPS of .633 as of May 1st. They're still not scoring runs, but they're getting closer to that general area.

CONTEXT

Make no mistake of it, not only is San Diego our heated natural rivals, inflamed by our shared Spring Training complex during which I'm sure the Padres play overly cruel practical jokes on the hapless and bewildered Mariner players, but they are also one of our main rivals for Stephen Strasburg.

He's their hometown boy, their Tim Lincecum (ARGH!!!!!!!) and they surely won't (ARGH!!!!!!!!) make the mistake (ARGH!!!!!!!!) or passing him over (ARGH!!!!!) given the chance. Let's not give them a chance! Let's step up this series and say "Not this time! Not here! Not now!" Let's let them know who's winning this thing and it's going to be us! Let's get out there and get swept! Yeah! On 3!

One

Two

Three

SWEEP US!!

THIS SERIES BROUGHT TO YOU BY:

Stone Brewing. Escondido, CA

Stone doesn't make a bad brew and it would be impossible to pick any single one to highlight, so here you go. Every single one of these deserves your attention.

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Yea the Padres are a bunch of winners

They’re going to cream the Mariners, they are going to take them down.

(South Park reference).

Jl/Robert '08: Promise for a CoachCage tomorrow!

by Fin on Jun 26, 2008 2:47 PM PDT   0 recs

I'd like to win on Sunday.

I’m okay with losing, even tomorrow, when I have good tix…

by seattlebruin on Jun 26, 2008 2:48 PM PDT   0 recs

I like Arrogant Bastard.

Their other beers are meh.

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 Phildopip on Jun 26, 2008 2:54 PM PDT   0 recs

D'oh!

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 Phildopip on Jun 26, 2008 3:09 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

That's...I don't know how to....what?

As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball.

by acblue on Jun 26, 2008 3:22 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah, I dunno what it is.

Then again, I had the IPA and the porter in the same sitting, and came away unimpressed. Maybe the bar had bad batches of both. Should I try again?

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 Phildopip on Jun 26, 2008 3:26 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Yes, definitely.

And while their ‘regular’ beers are good, my affection for Stone is based upon my love for stuff like Ruination, the Imperial Stout, Oaked AB, etc. You’ve got to try the specialty stuff to fully appreciate it.

As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball.

by acblue on Jun 26, 2008 3:31 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Who's Tim Lincecum?

He sounds like he’s pretty good.

by seattlebruin on Jun 26, 2008 2:57 PM PDT   0 recs

His mechanics are awul.

He’ll get injured soon. No need to risk it.

As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball.

by acblue on Jun 26, 2008 3:22 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Drunk Graham?

If so, Christmas come early…

As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball.

by acblue on Jun 26, 2008 3:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Uh oh. Graham has gotten into the gin again.

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 Phildopip on Jun 26, 2008 3:29 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

You should penalty box Jeff, it'll be hilarious.

Give you're propers to the all time rec leader.

by JI on Jun 26, 2008 3:37 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

This is my favorite comment of all time.

As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball.

by acblue on Jun 26, 2008 3:39 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Wow, that was horrible!

Rec’d!

I like midgets more than I should.

by Thingray on Jun 26, 2008 3:41 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

rthe dessert wins was exquisites

ahhh holy fuk i graduate tomorrow my lige is over

by Graham on Jun 26, 2008 3:47 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It's Mad Dog for rich people!

Which, despite how it sounds, is indeed a good thing.

As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball.

by acblue on Jun 26, 2008 3:48 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Mad Dog is not a good thing.

I swear to God, I saw a bottle that got passed around come back with more in it than it started with…

And a bottle of decent port isn’t THAT expensive.

by eponymous_coward on Jun 26, 2008 3:57 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

They're both fortified wine.

That’s, of course, where the similarities end.

And I meant ‘rich’ only in comparison to people who tend to drink Mad Dog.

As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball.

by acblue on Jun 26, 2008 3:59 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Christ us a sandwich ??

I couldn’t translate that one.

I like midgets more than I should.

by Thingray on Jun 26, 2008 3:52 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I see now.

I like midgets more than I should.

by Thingray on Jun 26, 2008 3:53 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Drunk amnesty applies.

As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball.

by acblue on Jun 26, 2008 3:41 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It's pretty obvious that you're faking this, Graham

Maybe others are convinced, but I’m not. Sorry.

by esoteric on Jun 26, 2008 4:09 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Not baiting. I've just been around too many people like Graham when drunk.

Myself included. I know what’s real and what’s a put-on. A few careless errors here and there? Some deeply awkward and unexpected revelations? Yeah, definitely could be drunk. But this? This is a badly-executed attempt at performance art.

by esoteric on Jun 26, 2008 4:28 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Speaking of delicious wine

I’m rather fond of the 2004 Heron Pinot Noir, after about half a bottle.

by eponymous_coward on Jun 26, 2008 8:10 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

...huh.

Did anyone else notice something odd in Mark Lowe’s AB two days ago?

He was batting left handed.

by BrianL on Jun 26, 2008 2:59 PM PDT   0 recs

He throws right, bats left.

I can’t remember off the top of my head who it is, but his childhood hero was a lefty, so that’s how he learned to hit.

I like midgets more than I should.

by Thingray on Jun 26, 2008 3:42 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Oak-aged Arrogant Bastard on tap

Heaven.

Ruination and the Imperial Stout are nice and extreme too. Love for Stone.

Also, this series is lame without Felix v. Peavy. Boo.

by chaney on Jun 26, 2008 3:07 PM PDT   0 recs

Studes picked up on our game thread wackiness.

From his post here.

I will say, I don’t think “NSFW” does that thread justice. That thing is not safe for anyone ever unless you know us.

by Matthew on Jun 26, 2008 3:08 PM PDT   0 recs

I'd say it's probably for the best.

As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball.

by acblue on Jun 26, 2008 3:25 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs