8/29: Open Game Thread
Seattle Mariners at Cleveland Indians, Aug 29, 2008 4:05 PM PDT
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You know it's bad when we can't even get a "Happy Felix Day"
because nobody is paying enough attention to the M’s to notice.
Hmm
Felix on MLB.tv
or Army and Temple on ESPN 360.
Army is running the option this year aren’t they? Sold!
If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.
I almost don't even care that Felix is starting.
I just want to leave work.
I'm back to liking midgets too much.
Tumbleweeds here too....
I'm back to liking midgets too much.
I should punch myself in the face.
I'm back to liking midgets too much.
Its like watching a Mariners game with True Blue LA.
If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.
Hey fellas what goes on in here?
Work suuuuuuuuuucks today
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Sorry folks, we're calling this team on account of suck.
by great gonzalez on Aug 29, 2008 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Once you're mathematically eliminated
you shouldn’t have to play anymore.
If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.
I wouldn't mind a rain out.
That way I wouldn’t have to balance between a Felix start and a Seahawks game. Although normally they shouldn’t overlap.
I'm back to liking midgets too much.
Lulz
the Seahawks have no healthy QBs, should be interesting!
If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.
Oh wait, we're playing Oakland
Not really going to matter that none of our QB’s are healthy.
I'm sure that's what they'll do.
But I think Seneca is healthy enough to go if needed as well.
I'm back to liking midgets too much.
NFL.com
says he didn’t even make the trip.
If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.
Are we in Oakland today?
I thought we were back in Seattle.
Yeah, we're at home tonight
Yay for driving home tonight after work. I leave at 9, so hopefully I don’t get trapped anywhere because fuck traffic
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Aug 29, 2008 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
According to my GF, it was already horrific at 3:30 on 405.
I'm back to liking midgets too much.
No kidding
I saw one of the forecast models (EURO) and it plots Gustav to roll right over the NOLA area, and then Hannah (next storm in system) will supposedly roll through there in a couple more days. Oh yeah, and more powerful even. That shit sucks HARD
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Aug 29, 2008 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
LSU kickoff time
switched to 10am!
If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.
Holmgren said before it was completely out of the question.
I'm back to liking midgets too much.
No shit
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Aug 29, 2008 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I suspect that if there was a regular season game today, Matt would be playing.
From everything I’ve read, it sounds like he’s healthy enough to take the field. Of course, this is a meaningless game. Why bother?
Speaking of meaningless games and needless injury risk, Bruce Bochy is an idiot.
Exactly
I want Hass nowhere near the field until the games count. Preseason is bullshit in the NFL anymore, and I don’t even like the thought of any of our other starters playing tonight, after just a couple days rest
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Aug 29, 2008 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe one series, then get them the heck out of there.
I'm back to liking midgets too much.
I'd have them line up, then call timeout
Then, the whole first and second teams will head to the locker room and go home
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Aug 29, 2008 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
If only there were a well run Seahawks blog on the SBN network you could discuss football at.
by JI on Aug 29, 2008 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, that place went downhill, through no fault of Everybody in charge
Just a bunch of knuckleheads that post there though.
TAKE A SEAT
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Aug 29, 2008 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions
It bugs me when people get into lengthy Seahawks discussions in the GT
If you don’t care about this particular game, and are watching the Seahawks… why are you here?
by JI on Aug 29, 2008 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Fair enough, and good point. Sorry JI
Mum’s the word
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Aug 29, 2008 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't divert to my wishes
if it’s ok with everyone else then fine.
by JI on Aug 29, 2008 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I see your point though.
I'm back to liking midgets too much.
However we can talk about the Sens here as a Sens SB blog does not exist
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 29, 2008 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Graham + Nick
Robert and Matthew won’t talk much I don’t think.
by JI on Aug 29, 2008 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
If I gradually turned this into a hockey blog I wonder how long it would be before SBN sent me a cease and desist
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 29, 2008 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder how many regulars would accept hockey
and become diehard Sens fans.
Perez (Oliver or Odalis)
Sign me up, too
After the strike, my Avalanche became a shell of their former selves. As such, I’ve needed a new team. Go Sens!
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Aug 29, 2008 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions
The Sens remind me of the Mariners from the early aughts
I can’t wait for our 2004
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 29, 2008 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I was on board with the Avalanche way back in the mid 90's or so
But it is very hard to follow Hockey here in Seattle, and after the strike I lost touch with the NHL. When they got back to business, the whole team was different. I’m glad to be able to latch to a team that sounds like it will let me down any time now. My comfort zone as a sports fan in Seattle
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Aug 29, 2008 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions
So, uh....
You seem pissy lately.
I think it started when you got your admin privileges. You’ve changed, man. You’ve changed….
That would give a sick advantage to teams who have all their tough opponents early in the year.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
There are ways of balancing it.
If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.
I see you got the music to work this time.
Too bad sunshine and lollipops are the furthest thing away from this game.
Army's triple option
not looking too sharp. They just fumbled and Temple recovered it for a TD.
If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.
If you want to call it that.
I'm back to liking midgets too much.
Jeremy Guthrie's game day picture
is extremely mystic tan.
If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.
Hot damn.
Bought a DVD recorder with RF in, plugged it into my HDMI switch to display on my monitor.
The framerates…oh I missed them.
Holy fucking shit.
This is what a game is supposed to look like on TV!?
My old TV capture card really is a piece of shit.
I see online people who say
“Next Gen games look fine on Standard Def.” but once I went Hi Def I have a hard time going back. Hell I’m stuck with an old TV at work and the difference in how our game looks in HD is tangible.
If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.
The people who claim that next gen games look fine on standard def probably have their machines set at 480p
because they don’t know any better.
I don't even have that great of an HDTV
I see pictures people take of games I have on their sets and feel I’m missing out.
Probably mostly due to me not having my 360 running on HDMI, only the PS3 gets that treatment for now.
If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.
When I set my PS3 to 1080P to play Folklore
my jaw hit the floor.
That game is very pretty
for such an early PS3 title.
If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.
Although if you're not running HDMI on your 360 because you don't have enough ports
check out the Monoprice 5 port switch.
Nah
I have an older 360 that doesn’t do HDMI out.
If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.
Rain Delay?
Good God im starting to forget the Mariners even exist.
Hope all is well with you guys, girls, and/or Jeff.
Hockey is coming up (yay Sakic is back!), NFL is coming up…the light at the end of the tunnel!
I haven't been paying attention to this offseason
have the Kings done anything besides hire a new coach? I know their was a god awful rumor about trading Kopitar but that was the last thing I heard.
If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.
Terry Murray
The new coach.
Kopitar is still there. I had no idea there were Kings fans, no offense.
Its cool
I lived down the street from Staples for 5 years and got FSN so it was easy to pick them up as a team (I got the Ducks games but rooting for them made no sense).
The Kings have some young talent, if they can hold on to it and develop a Goalie I think they’ll be good in a few years.
If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.
Jeff
Since the game is on, ill shut up about hockey now…
But Ottawa sent Andrej Meszaros to the Lightning for Felip Kuba and Alexandre Picard and the 1st rounder we got from the Sharks.
You know more about him than I do…good trade for…whom?
It is not a great trade but Mez wanted way too much money and I think we win here
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 29, 2008 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks once again.
Im still trying to learn the value of players for trades and such in the NHL.
Mez has taken about four steps back since his rookie year
It hasn’t been easy to watch. Plus he looks like a tool.
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 29, 2008 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Im sorry, I dont check out guys.
Yeh I noticed his horrible plus/minus in year #2, I thought we won until I started looking into his career in detail. I liked Kuba, too.
What's all this hubbub about?
Are we playing now?
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Aug 29, 2008 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Hot Dog!
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Aug 29, 2008 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
So according to the announcers
that was either a changeup with a ton of movement, or a really crappy slider.
According to the Cleveland broadcast Felix is throwing more breaking balls than he used to
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I am satisfied when he just puts the ball in play
I am rarely satisfied
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 29, 2008 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Could be worse...
We could have Adam Jones instead. : |
Adam Jones has the second highest RZR in baseball
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 29, 2008 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions
And we hated that trade when we though Bedard was a manbeast...
by JI on Aug 29, 2008 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I had arguments with another Mariner fan
About whether Wlad was better than Jones. This is within the two months following the trade.
I won that argument over him like a breaking ball over Wlad’s bat.
I gues the bright side is that Adam Jones would demand a trade within the next year or so anyways. We already kept him on the bench instead of playing him for a chunk of time last year, and im sure we would do the same again here.
Thats how you know when the Mariners aregoing to trade a good player. They wait until he struggles, bench him, and then sell at lowest possible value. Its called ‘sucking at front office ABCs’.
I dont know about the benching part, but there cant be any deny that they trade at lowest possible value.
Arthur Rhodes*
*Not included.
My favorite part of Gameday is when it breaks
we’ve been stuck having to deal with the reality of Miguel Cairo for three minutes.
Seriously Gameday please stop showing me this
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 29, 2008 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Hell came on strong once it stopped raining
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 29, 2008 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Part of me thinks this would be a horrible idea.
The other part of me wants to see what you’d write while on crack.
I hate The Dugout for making me look less original
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 29, 2008 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Groundball basehit.
I don’t know why, but in infuriates me when those happen against Felix.
Rays 5-0
I got the O’s-Rays game on. 4th inning, 2nd and 3rd with no outs for Rays.
I like to pretend he tanked on purpose as soon as he signed a big contract even though I doubt that happened
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 29, 2008 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions
More likely he was just fat.
Kinda like the player we want Lopez to be.
by JI on Aug 29, 2008 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I cant remember his flame out at all.
I remember him vivdly when he was with the Indians in the mid 90s, though.
Raul is like the city of Cleveland's personal rapist.
Yesterday's Pants
A blog-thingy about the Mariners and stuff.
BACK TO BACK HOMERS
Party going on in Tampa. Gabe Gross.
10-0.
Ramon Hernandez now tossed.
This day should be a Rays holiday.
Damn it Beltre I'd much rather you lead the team in HRs than Raul.
Yesterday's Pants
A blog-thingy about the Mariners and stuff.
I kind of like that he's been so unlucky
makes it easy to distinguish between Mariner fans worth listening to and Mariner fans worth ignoring.
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 29, 2008 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
It's a good thing instant replay is only being used for boundary calls on home runs.
Yesterday's Pants
A blog-thingy about the Mariners and stuff.
I've been wondering this for a while
but whatever happened to QuesTech?
If football weren't so popular I would like it more
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 29, 2008 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I like it just fine
but it’s insane media domination pisses me off to no end
by JI on Aug 29, 2008 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Or you could get into three on three flag football
by JI on Aug 29, 2008 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Supersonicsoul was hyping that up
poor guys :(
If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.
Their day just got a little worse
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3560276&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines
If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.
Arena football is ridiculous
I went to the final LA Avengers home game this season, it was like some crazy future sport out of a bad sci fi movie. And the announcer reminded me of Idiocracy.
“LETS LET THE QB KNOW THAT HIS LAST PASS WAS IN COM PLETE!!!”
If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.
And old people's olympics.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Cairo being up makes my head hurt.
Isn’t there anyone in AAA that we can try out?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
INSUFFICIENT HUSTLE!!!!
Can him, Riggles. His body language was all wrong on that run.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Fuck it, bring up Raben.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
He has Veteraness
You don’t learn that in the minors.
"When I'm a evaluating a player the first three things I look at are: Character, character, and character."
-Charles Armstrong esq.
We're 13th in the league in walks?
What team could possibly get less than us?
To the google!
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Maybe Matsu will regress hard for the last month.
That might be the 4-5 games the Twins/WS need.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
It's because you don't see it much.
The unfamiliar is hard to like.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Fuck that ump in the face with a wooden stick.
I fucking hate you Mariners
Its a good test
Is the ump really telling him that he missed it?
Not really.
He was pretty wild after. He got lucky with that last swing at a bad pitch.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Venerable?
1: impressive by reason of age
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Goddamnit cancer man quit sucking.
"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "
.277/.324/.316
~Juan Pierre
This is the game I'm really worried about.
Mad Max in the pen, I wish they would of started him today instead of Davis, though I guess Petit has earned the right to keep his rotation spot.
And why the hell is Upton on the bench today? Damnit.
"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "
.277/.324/.316
~Juan Pierre
Upton is finally off the DL?
If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.
Activated today.
"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "
.277/.324/.316
~Juan Pierre
Part of a few roster moves made today
Upton—>Activated and called up
Schezer—>Called up
Romero,Rosales/Buckner—>Sent down
Ledezma—>Claimed off waivers from Padres
"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "
.277/.324/.316
~Juan Pierre
So the D-Backs got better today
bleh.
If it wasn't for college football I'd probably have given up on sports.
Johjima too
nothing comes easy except a big contract
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 29, 2008 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions
We need someone to hire someone to just throw breaking pitches to Wlad on the offseason.
Maybe Morrow? He could use some work.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Of course he has Cabrera's command tonight
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 29, 2008 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Dusty Baker may be gone
but his legacy is alive and well.
I can’t believe that shit. Thing is I don’t think it will hurt him. He has a cyborg like quality.
Nolan Ryan regularly topped 200 pitches……in a four man rotation.
"When I'm a evaluating a player the first three things I look at are: Character, character, and character."
-Charles Armstrong esq.
No
What with the G’s in the thick of the playoff race, I can see the sound rationale.
If Timmy does develop arm trouble I’m all for staking Bochy (Bill Cowher?) to the nearest ant hill.
"When I'm a evaluating a player the first three things I look at are: Character, character, and character."
-Charles Armstrong esq.
But quality starts!
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I love when my favorite organization thinks about the numbers
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 29, 2008 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions
It's funny that even when the Mariners try to do statistical analysis, they make things worse
by Graham MacAree on Aug 29, 2008 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't like that they read Geoff Baker
I do like that they don’t like Geoff Baker
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 29, 2008 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions
He's like the Yuni of sports writers.
"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "
.277/.324/.316
~Juan Pierre
He could use a control streak.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
That's how it goes
when you’re not bullpen catching for extra money.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Yeah.
Not the most horrible announcers. Just absolutely fascinated by his shoes, his stance, etc.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I would like to hear them talk about him with the Atlanta guys
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 29, 2008 7:26 PM PDT up reply actions
His stance would be a full-game conversation.
The next game they would have to cover the shoes, and the next the stretching.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Not very eventful:
Cleveland guys: Boy that Ichiro sure is something
Atlanta guys: … and the count is 0-1
Cleveland guys: You know he’s Japanese
Atlanta guys: …look, we just want to make ti through this broadcast with as little conversation as possible
"Suzuki"
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I'm absolutely fascinated by Eyecheero
by Graham MacAree on Aug 29, 2008 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm waiting for the TEX announcers to slip up
and call him “that damn jap”.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I like how most of the time you're just barely after DC in posting about players,
but this time it took you making a post for him to make one.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
If we merged into one blog the content would remain exactly the same
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 29, 2008 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions
This may or may not supposed to have been on the comment above.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I'm also here to keep you from doing something insane.
You don’t want to have Corco sex you.
I would
except i am actually more interested in your local on-off ramps.
by I actually am corco on Aug 29, 2008 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Haha I just looked that up.
Awesome.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Fuck you announcers.
In the ass, with Vidro’s buffet table.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
BAHAH, I love the roll
I fucking hate you Mariners
Raul!
He’s always diving at balls 10 feet in front of him.
The roll added some extra panache though.
"When I'm a evaluating a player the first three things I look at are: Character, character, and character."
-Charles Armstrong esq.
Cock-ran?
Aren’t the home announcers given pronunciation guides to the road teams?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
We haven't won yet?
Hmm.
Seahawks winning, and Howard Schultz dropped his lawsuit against the Sonics.
Rays wrapping up the Orioles right now.
I'm surprised that it doesn't get by him,
seeing as how his eyes were closed almost the whole time.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Does he ever have his eyes open?
Seriously, it’s like he’s playing LF blind.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Aug 29, 2008 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Why'd you cut out the ending when he falls down again?
I fucking hate you Mariners
Ichiro's not up.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Holy crap I thought you were talking about me.
I was like ‘dude…take a pill of the chill variety’.
Cairo knew that crappy breaking ball was coming.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
JJ in!
Game over (either way).
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
So it's less like the love between a man and a woman, and more like the love of a fine Cuban cigar?
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Aug 29, 2008 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Like the love between a man and a woman after it ages several years and the woman becomes progressively less attractive
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 29, 2008 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Still bitter about Eliza?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Placido Polanco's head wouldn't fit on a widescreen monitor.
Sideways or otherwise.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
The curve is back?
Oh no.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
We won?
I haven’t seen one of those in a while.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
DBacks 1: LA:0 Umpires:1
What the fuck is instant replay fucking worth if we aren’t going to fucking use it!
"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "
.277/.324/.316
~Juan Pierre
Make that Umpires:2
"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "
.277/.324/.316
~Juan Pierre
Apparently, use of instant replay is the Crew Chief's call only.
Which means we might as well not even have it around.
DBacks:8 LA:1 Umpires:2
Weeeee!
"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "
.277/.324/.316
~Juan Pierre
So I just got back from the batting cages hitting like 500 balls.
Yeah, I’ve got blisters popping everywhere. The pain is much better than sitting through a Mariners game, even with a Felix win.

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