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by Jeff Sullivan on Jul 9, 2008 10:39 PM PDT in Seattle Mariners Game Recaps

I'm working on another, far more interesting post than could ever be written about this game, so all I'll say is that I blame the 83 pitches RRS threw on Sunday for his lackluster relief effort. Nice going, Miguel. Can't you do anything right?

That Jose Lopez kid is okay.

Biggest Contribution: Jose Lopez, +23.3%
Biggest Suckfest: RRS, -22.4% :(
Most Important AB: Lopez double, +25.1%
Most Important Pitch: Murphy double, -21.4%
Total Contribution by Pitcher(s): +23.2%
Total Contribution by Lineup: +26.8%
Total Contribution by Opposition: 0.0%
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Curse you, Loafie!

"Hole in one, eh?"

by Coach Owens on Jul 9, 2008 10:43 PM PDT reply actions

Curse you for being awesome?

by OlSalty on Jul 9, 2008 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions

We would have lost if he hadn't done well.

"Hole in one, eh?"

by Coach Owens on Jul 9, 2008 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Loafie is awesome in every possible way

by seattlebruin on Jul 10, 2008 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions

Not according to Dave and Derek.

by BrianL on Jul 10, 2008 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm not buying his take on Lopez just yet.

He’s basing it on a really small sample size, and the DER has gone way, way up since Reed was called up. I’m with him on Yuni, though.

by Aaron Campeau on Jul 10, 2008 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions

I have never uttered this phrase before

but Dave and Derek are wrong.

by seattlebruin on Jul 10, 2008 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions

The soprano sax?

Oh, I get it, you think Kenny G is the most fucking badass sax player ever. Oh look at him, he wrote SONGBIRD DAMMIT.

Have you ever listened to Coltrane!? HAVE YOU!? HAVE YOU!? That man was a sax player, KENNY G IS JUST A THIRD RATE HACK WHO DOESN’T UNDERSTAND THE BASIC RULES AND FUNDAMENTALS OF JAZZ

FUCK YOU TITS!

...And for the love of God, heal up and pitch better.

by BrianL on Jul 9, 2008 10:45 PM PDT reply actions

I have my doubts that he'll ever "heal up"

He’s 37, there’s a good possibility these nagging aches and pains will never go away. I think he might be finished as a pitcher quite frankly, there comes a point where your body just can’t take it anymore and I think he might be at that point.

by OlSalty on Jul 9, 2008 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions

Screw that, his choice in sax players bites.

by BrianL on Jul 9, 2008 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions

Doesn't mean we won't run him out there for a year and a half.

by JI on Jul 9, 2008 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Badass sax player = oxymoron?

wlad for president '08

by wongguy on Jul 9, 2008 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions

>:(

It most certainly is not.

by BrianL on Jul 9, 2008 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions

Liking Kenny G is like saying Louis Armstrong was horrible at Jazz!

"Hole in one, eh?"

by Coach Owens on Jul 9, 2008 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions

I like Girl From Ipa Neema

by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jul 9, 2008 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions

That was Stan Getz.

by BrianL on Jul 9, 2008 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions

I prefer

Astrud Gilberto’s version.

by Slica on Jul 9, 2008 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Getz was the sax player on that recording.

by BrianL on Jul 10, 2008 7:42 AM PDT up reply actions

Bossa nova is one of the worst kinds of music IMO.

I love jazz, but I fucking HATE bossa nova.

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 Jul 10, 2008 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions

Oh it's elevator at it's worst.

I prefer uptempo Latin.

by BrianL on Jul 10, 2008 8:08 AM PDT up reply actions

Na na na na na na na na naaaaaa

This is a Kenny Gintervention

Yesterday's Pants
A blog-thingy about the Mariners and stuff.

by BrettJMiller on Jul 9, 2008 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions

STAB STAB STAB STAB A MILLION STABS

by BrianL on Jul 9, 2008 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions

Mike Birbiglia is awesome

His skit on how his mind needs a on deck circle pretty much sums up all my problems

by Robert on Jul 9, 2008 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions

That Jose Lopez kid is okay.

I understand that this is your way of telling me you love me

by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jul 9, 2008 10:46 PM PDT reply actions

God your rapey

by JI on Jul 9, 2008 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions

Rapey, but endearing

He’s like Ted Bundy

by OlSalty on Jul 9, 2008 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions

Ooooh Married With Children reference

well played.

wlad for president '08

by wongguy on Jul 9, 2008 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Wait...what?

That’s Al Bundy, Ted Bundy was the charismatic serial killer.

LFoJL is too insane to be Al.

by OlSalty on Jul 9, 2008 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Whoa whoa whoa

my mistake.

wlad for president '08

by wongguy on Jul 9, 2008 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions

LFOJL is Coach Owens if Coach Owens wasn't so Coach Owens.

by Robert on Jul 9, 2008 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Don't make fun of Coach or I'll kick your rear end >:|

by OlSalty on Jul 9, 2008 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Coach Owens is my new word for cool

by Robert on Jul 9, 2008 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Coach Owens= everything that is awesome

Determined, Jonesing Commentor

by Corco on Jul 9, 2008 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions

I can proudly say I attended the same University as Mr. Bundy

Determined, Jonesing Commentor

by Corco on Jul 9, 2008 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions

I can not so proudly say

I worked for a hotel that was once an apartment complex that Ted Bundy lived in, and since I’ve been in every room, I’ve been in a room where Bundy once killed a hooker. I just don’t know which room it is.

Needs MORE SUCK -- Strasberg '09!

by Double06 on Jul 10, 2008 12:46 AM PDT up reply actions

I know it's not original, or even all that funny,

but as a Coug, I still smile every time I watch the Apple Cup and see a “Ted Bundy was a Husky” sign.

by Teej on Jul 10, 2008 12:57 AM PDT up reply actions

Let us make it clear that he did not graduate from Puget Sound.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 10, 2008 6:57 AM PDT up reply actions

Words are like bullets and I let them pass right through me

by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jul 9, 2008 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions

And you wouldn't have it any other way

by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jul 9, 2008 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions

I just found out yesterday

that my store used to be a Safeway, and Ted Bundy worked in the produce department.

by Aaron Campeau on Jul 9, 2008 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Why do you people make this so easy for me?

http://www.yelp.com/biz/safeway-seattle-8

by Robert on Jul 9, 2008 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Wrong.

And I gave you the address of my store on the 4th and told you to keep it under your hat. Tsk tsk.

by Aaron Campeau on Jul 9, 2008 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions

I don't like my answers being served to me.

I like to hunt my prey.

by Robert on Jul 9, 2008 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm insanely easy to hunt.

You’re making it way too hard.

by Aaron Campeau on Jul 9, 2008 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh Christ, what have I done.

by Aaron Campeau on Jul 9, 2008 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions

See now I'm just going to go after your SSN

by Robert on Jul 9, 2008 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions

I don't have much of an identity to steal. Knock yourself out.

by Aaron Campeau on Jul 9, 2008 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions

I wish you could find out which employees worked at a store online

by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jul 9, 2008 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions

*any store

by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jul 9, 2008 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions

I have had long conversations on this blog about the store I manage.

by Aaron Campeau on Jul 9, 2008 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions

I wish I managed my own store cause than I wouldnt have to worry about being fired for the things that I say here

by Robert on Jul 9, 2008 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions

If your bosses ever read this you would've been fired long ago anyways, so no worries

by OlSalty on Jul 9, 2008 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions

A printout of this site is actually in my coworkers secret file at work.

by Robert on Jul 9, 2008 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions

It's a pretty sweet gig.

All I have to do is identify what needs to be done and tell people to do it, and they pay me and give me health insurance. It’s a lot of work sometimes, but none of it is all that difficult.

by Aaron Campeau on Jul 9, 2008 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions

did you work your way up from bagger?

JI/Robert '08!

by Fin on Jul 10, 2008 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions

I don't work at a grocery store.

by Aaron Campeau on Jul 10, 2008 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions

I am sorry, I must've read the thread wrong

What store do you manage?

JI/Robert '08!

by Fin on Jul 10, 2008 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions

It's a video store.

The complex it’s in used to be a Safeway.

by Aaron Campeau on Jul 10, 2008 12:19 AM PDT up reply actions

You are easy to stalk.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 10, 2008 7:00 AM PDT up reply actions

You and Robert are both Myspace friends.

It would take you approximately one second to figure out where to find me at pretty much any given time.

by Aaron Campeau on Jul 10, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions

Which is why I am puzzled as to Robert's difficulty with this.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 10, 2008 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions

He enjoys making these things more difficult.

by Aaron Campeau on Jul 10, 2008 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions

That was too easy

You’re way too open with your things

by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jul 9, 2008 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions

This is why I hide all of my personal info

I like to ridicule others without being ridiculed myself.

by OlSalty on Jul 9, 2008 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions

LFOJL is the one I really want to crack

by Robert on Jul 9, 2008 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions

This is why I'm never friending you on facebook

by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jul 9, 2008 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions

What if I say please and promise to do nothing with it?

by Robert on Jul 9, 2008 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions

I'll friend you after I come into your store wearing sunglasses and carrying a boombox

by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jul 9, 2008 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions

How will you know about his cheeto habit then?

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 10, 2008 7:02 AM PDT up reply actions

I just don't much care.

I’m not all that private of a person.

by Aaron Campeau on Jul 9, 2008 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Same here

I just get uncomfortable when my full name is used here since I share it with my dad and he does have a name to protect.

by Robert on Jul 9, 2008 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions

His fault for naming you.

by JI on Jul 9, 2008 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions

He should have learned from his dads mistake

I’m actually the third.

by Robert on Jul 9, 2008 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions

If it was possible to change usernames I would change it to my real name.

by Aaron Campeau on Jul 9, 2008 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions

SBN3.0 needs name changes

by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jul 9, 2008 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions

FTNFITEWAC

by JI on Jul 9, 2008 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions

You have me intrigued

Go on

by Robert on Jul 9, 2008 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions

That was Graham's name right before the switchover

by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jul 9, 2008 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm thinking it stood for "Fuck the New Format in the Ear with a Chainsaw"

by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jul 9, 2008 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Wait but how'd he change his name before the switchover?

by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jul 9, 2008 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions

Mods used to be able to do that for you.

by Robert on Jul 9, 2008 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions

I believe it did.

by Aaron Campeau on Jul 9, 2008 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions

He said used to be

by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jul 9, 2008 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions

Google needs a power search

by Robert on Jul 9, 2008 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions

I would.

by JI on Jul 9, 2008 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions

This is what I thought too.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 10, 2008 6:55 AM PDT up reply actions

Quick, totally unrelated question.

~~Will~~ Is there a good chance Putz be traded before next season?

wlad for president '08

by wongguy on Jul 9, 2008 10:54 PM PDT reply actions

No.

"Hole in one, eh?"

by Coach Owens on Jul 9, 2008 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions

You say good things.

wlad for president '08

by wongguy on Jul 9, 2008 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions

If that happens...

Morrow will never set foot on the mound in the first inning at Safeco. :(

by Defenestrator on Jul 9, 2008 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Possible, unlikely

by Jeff Sullivan on Jul 9, 2008 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions

Unless Josh Fields develops into an amazing closer all of sudden, doubtful.

by OlSalty on Jul 9, 2008 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Why Vidro is batting fourth from Baker's Blog (Did anyone else point this out?)

“Even with an OPS of .571, easily making him one of the worst hitters in all of baseball, Riggleman feels that Vidro offers him the best shot at “protecting’’ Raul Ibanez when a righthanded pitcher is on the mound.” Bah, this team is stupid. Please fire Riggleman after this season and hire Joe Girardi after he’s canned from New York.

JI/Robert '08!

by Fin on Jul 10, 2008 12:24 AM PDT reply actions

I know it's officially Jump on Baker Day,

and I feel most of it is fair, but I still love that Baker is capable of making a smart-ass comment like that.

This was also good:

I see some of you are having laughs over Jim Riggleman’s explanation for using Jose Vidro. Hey, what did you expect him to say? That he thought Vidro was the second coming of Barry Bonds? I’d like to see the M’s get this whole Vidro thing over with as well if he isn’t going to hit. But for me, the sad thing for M’s fans is, this is the solution the team feels is its best bet for now. Says a lot about where this team is right now and where it’s headed.

Baker’s OK by me. I don’t read his blog a ton - mostly because I become drawn to the comments and immediately want to either get in an argument with a couple of complete assholes or just go jump of a bridge to make it stop - but when I do read Baker, it’s to get the little things that I can’t get from LL or USSM.

Access to the clubhouse is not necessary to analyze baseball, but it’s not without value.

by Teej on Jul 10, 2008 12:42 AM PDT up reply actions

I wasn't necessarily ripping on Baker

I was just using him as a reference to Riggleman’s stupidity. I think even Baker agrees that Vidro doesn’t belong on the team, let alone hitting fourth. But yea, he does do a good job writing, he just isn’t the smartest when it comes to analysis. Plus, like you said the inside access is pretty cool too.

JI/Robert '08!

by Fin on Jul 10, 2008 12:55 AM PDT up reply actions