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Baltimore Orioles @ Seattle Mariners


W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Jarrod Washburn 5-9 21 20 1 0 1 0 118.0 135 62 59 14 34 67 4.50 1.43

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Garrett Olson 7-5 17 17 0 0 0 0 90.0 108 60 59 12 39 54 5.90 1.63

Jarrod Washburn arrives at the stadium and bumps into Lee Pelekoudas in the hallway

Washburn: Hey, Lee.
Pelekoudas: You're still here?

Later on, Jarrod takes the field to stretch and passes by Rick Griffin

Washburn: Hey, Rick.
Griffin: Hey, Jarrod.
Washburn: How's it going?
Griffin: Hey wait a minute. You're still here?

After stretching, Jarrod enters the locker room a few steps ahead of Pelekoudas, who's walking and talking with Jim Riggleman

Washburn: Hey, Kenji.
Johjima:
Johjima: yo Lee what the fuck

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Johjima extension

Washburn will hurt us this year (strasburg hoooo) and maybe a little of next year.

Johjima is going to leave us with a big pile of dumb catching instead of Clement for the next 3 years.

by IceStormV1 on Aug 1, 2008 5:58 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They haven't replaced Rhodes yet.

24 man roster. Is it now Willy, Super-Utility guy? or Burke, your new situational pitcher? Wonder why they didn’t call anybody up.

by dpseadv on Aug 1, 2008 6:12 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I really need to spring for a new TV setup.

Any good PCI/USB HDTV tuners on the market?

by BrianL on Aug 1, 2008 6:49 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Is Brad Ziegler any good?

or are these 32 scoreless innings a total fluke?

by MFAN on Aug 1, 2008 6:55 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So for those who didn't hear it earlier

Dave Cameron did a spot on KJR today and it’s available online.

by BrianL on Aug 1, 2008 6:56 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

LL Represent!

Graham & Matthew sitting by Red…

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by PositivePaul on Aug 1, 2008 7:21 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sherrill with a 'stache???

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by PositivePaul on Aug 1, 2008 7:21 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sit down Jim

He was out of the box.

by Souther on Aug 1, 2008 7:24 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

snap

I fucking hate you Joel.

by JI on Aug 1, 2008 7:26 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He talks about looking like a lesbian all the time.

I guess the joke wasn’t as obvious as I thought it was.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Aug 1, 2008 7:35 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm into Indie and all

But even I think Sleater-Kinney’s overrated.

by Souther on Aug 1, 2008 7:36 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well you're wrong

I fucking hate you Joel.

by JI on Aug 1, 2008 7:42 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Me too

and really love Led Zeppelin. But Zeppelin is more special effects, where as SK’s song writing is fucking ace.

I fucking hate you Joel.

by JI on Aug 1, 2008 7:44 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The guitar interplay is just insane.

They can out math some pretty mathy bands.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Aug 1, 2008 7:45 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wrong.

Joe Morello is still alive.

by BrianL on Aug 1, 2008 7:47 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I've never heard him

but I’d be surprised if he wasn’t awesome

I fucking hate you Joel.

by JI on Aug 1, 2008 7:50 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Morello was a damn machine.

Did a lot of work with Dave Brubeck experimenting in odd time signatures.

by BrianL on Aug 1, 2008 7:51 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Tough to compare musicians across genres, though.

How do you say who was the “best” guitarist among, say, Tal Farlow, Chet Atkins, Ernest Ranglin, Dick Dale, Albert King, Maybelle Carter and Tony Iommi? All great in totally different ways.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Aug 1, 2008 7:58 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

So there's an agreement

What do you think of Doug Martsch’s guitar playing? I guess you’d have to have seen him live to really see the skill. In studio he really takes a different approach.

by Souther on Aug 1, 2008 8:01 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He's good.

I prefer Treepeople and Halo Benders to Built to Spill, but he’s definitely interesting.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Aug 1, 2008 8:02 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Which brings up another thing;

Technical ability is one thing, but what about sonic manipulation? There are plenty of people that could play circles around Thurston Moore, but he’s more gifted than anyone alive at getting amazing sounds out of his instruments. And with traditional rock being just about tapped out, it’s going to become even more of an issue going forward.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Aug 1, 2008 8:04 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Good point

Though I try to not take that into account, I naturally gravitate to guitarists with good sounds (Mick Ronson, whoever was Richard Hell and the Voidoids’ guitarist.)

by Souther on Aug 1, 2008 8:06 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Speaking strictly from a technical standpoint.

Morello was freaky gifted. Had an almost other-worldly ability to work with poly-rhythms and play in the funkiest time signatures.

by BrianL on Aug 1, 2008 7:59 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Okay, Jazz drummers are always the best no matter what.

That’s a given, but among rock and pop drummers? Danny Seim.

by Souther on Aug 1, 2008 7:50 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't know who he is

but I’d be hard pressed to find any rock drummer better than Matt Cameron

I fucking hate you Joel.

by JI on Aug 1, 2008 7:47 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You disagreed about him agreeing with you?

I should’ve stuck around for these nonsense things.

I would do cartwheels over my name written in sand

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 2, 2008 5:08 AM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yep.

I got tired of hearing about them because I was dumb, but I’ve been listening to them a lot lately and they’re fantastic.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Aug 1, 2008 7:42 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Meh.

Not bad.

Good to have some OF defense.

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by PositivePaul on Aug 1, 2008 7:28 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Or not...

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by PositivePaul on Aug 1, 2008 7:31 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Neat

I fucking hate you Joel.

by JI on Aug 1, 2008 7:28 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I fucking hate you Joel.

by JI on Aug 1, 2008 7:39 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The Dodgers outfield is apparently Manny-Pierre-Kemp

Andruw Jones becomes the most expensive 4th outfielder ever. Ethier rides the pine as well.

One Vision, One Purpose
Peace Through Power

by Goose on Aug 1, 2008 7:48 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I know Ethier should be playing,

but the fact that Kemp is out there makes me happy. That guy has been given miles of shaft by the organization.

by Teej on Aug 1, 2008 7:50 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ned Coletti gives cowboy boots a bad name.

He’s painfully dumb. You’ve gotta’ be pretty okay with that, though.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Aug 1, 2008 7:51 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And so it begins.

CoJack hits a double, Manny jogs to the ball.

One Vision, One Purpose
Peace Through Power

by Goose on Aug 1, 2008 7:55 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

1st inning-K,groundout,K

One Vision, One Purpose
Peace Through Power

by Goose on Aug 1, 2008 7:58 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Neat.

I fucking hate you Joel.

by JI on Aug 1, 2008 7:58 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

To be fair,

no one was getting to that ball, so he was playing it off the wall anyways.

by Faux on Aug 1, 2008 7:58 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I take it back.

I fucking hate you Joel.

by JI on Aug 1, 2008 7:59 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yay

I fucking hate you Joel.

by JI on Aug 1, 2008 8:01 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ludwick

.302/.389/.598

Good defense for a corner guy.

Freely available talent FTW.

I fucking hate you Joel.

by JI on Aug 1, 2008 8:02 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ryan Howard?

It’s probably less rare than you think.

I fucking hate you Joel.

by JI on Aug 1, 2008 8:07 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

But Ludwick doesn't walk as much as a Howard or a Dunn. I guess that's what I'm getting at.

Looks like a BB% around 10.8% this year, compared with Howard’s 16.8% last year (when his OBP was high, unlike this year) or Adam Dunn’s 16-18% over the past couple of years. (And McGwire’s insane 20%-or-higher seasons.)

by Teej on Aug 1, 2008 8:14 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't really think he is this good

He’s probably closer to being a .270/.350/.540 hitter—the power is legit.

I fucking hate you Joel.

by JI on Aug 1, 2008 8:15 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Even though I once yelled "No one likes you Brian Roberts!

Only stupid kids who don’t know any better would buy a Brian Roberts Jersey!”, I still gotta respect him. Good base stealer, hard out, good fielder.

by LantermanC on Aug 1, 2008 7:59 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

drat

I fucking hate you Joel.

by JI on Aug 1, 2008 8:19 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs