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Baltimore Orioles at Seattle Mariners, Aug 1, 2008 7:10 PM PDT


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 up reply 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 actions   0 recs

Cole Hammels is a little bitch.

I fucking hate you Joel.

by JI on Aug 1, 2008 6:20 PM PDT reply 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 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 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 actions   0 recs

I was listening to KJR on the way home.

Groz did a rundown of the playoff races and how they looked to shape up from here on out based on run differential. Then he talked about David Price. It was awesome.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Aug 1, 2008 7:12 PM PDT up reply 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 actions   0 recs

Sherrill with a 'stache???

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

Sit down Jim

He was out of the box.

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

snap

I fucking hate you Joel.

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

He rarely posts at all.

I fucking hate you Joel.

by JI on Aug 1, 2008 7:30 PM PDT up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply actions   0 recs

Well you're wrong

I fucking hate you Joel.

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

Wrong.

Joe Morello is still alive.

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

If Tom Morello

weren’t all about sound wanking….

I fucking hate you Joel.

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

Dude seriously I know a lot about music

I’m saying aside from jazz drummers. Because they are, truly, always the best. Everyone knows that.

by Souther on Aug 1, 2008 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

"Danny Seim > anyone else"

suggests you do not know a lot about music.

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

I was exaggerating on the anyone else part

But seriously, Danny Seim is effing awesome.

by Souther on Aug 1, 2008 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Obligatory reference

of how Matt Cameron is a fucking stallion who is proficient in jazz, brought nutty time signatures to Soundgarden, can sing well etc. etc.

I fucking hate you Joel.

by JI on Aug 1, 2008 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can name fifty off the top of my head.

Brian Chippendale, for starters.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Aug 1, 2008 7:49 PM PDT up reply 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 up reply 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 up reply actions   0 recs

I kid, I kid,.

I love you Luddy.

by JI on Aug 2, 2008 9:02 AM PDT up reply 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 up reply 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 actions   0 recs

Or not...

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

Neat

I fucking hate you Joel.

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

I fucking hate you Joel.

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

I thought it'd be Pierre, Jones, Manny

They could do much worse.

I fucking hate you Joel.

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

Jones was such a shitbomb last year

I can’t even fathom why they signed him.

I fucking hate you Joel.

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

Will he make it to Aug 31?

I fucking hate you Joel.

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

Neat.

I fucking hate you Joel.

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

I take it back.

I fucking hate you Joel.

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

yay

I fucking hate you Joel.

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

Good player?

I fucking hate you Joel.

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

Yeah I guess

Something to do with leadership and grit I suppose.

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

I'm sure they'll let him if he wants to

He has to want to. No injuries, close to 300 wins—I’m optimistic.

I fucking hate you Joel.

by JI on Aug 1, 2008 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Going for win #296 tonight.

One Vision, One Purpose
Peace Through Power

by Goose on Aug 1, 2008 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He may actually get there.

I fucking hate you Joel.

by JI on Aug 1, 2008 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He's only at 292

I fucking hate you Joel.

by JI on Aug 1, 2008 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

drat

I fucking hate you Joel.

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

hahaha

I fucking hate you Joel.

by JI on Aug 1, 2008 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hilarious.

Losers who strike out often like that aren’t allowed on the Mariners, thankfully.

by Teej on Aug 1, 2008 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

TRADE TRADE TRADE

to Tacoma for RRS

by Gomez on Aug 1, 2008 8:21 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

12 baserunners, 3 runs?

I fucking hate you Joel.

by JI on Aug 1, 2008 8:24 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

The past week I have watched two things.

Every episode of How I Met Your Mother and a around 25 viewings of Dr. Horrible’s Sing A Long Blog. I have watched way more NPH then a normal person aught to in such a time frame.

by joof on Aug 1, 2008 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dude come on

It’s boring, not funny AT ALL, and the only reason it’s still on is that cute redhead.

And Jason Segel is funny in everything but this show, joof.

by Souther on Aug 1, 2008 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What cute redhead?

It’s all about Barney and Marshall.

by LantermanC on Aug 1, 2008 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs