3/1: Open Game Thread
by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 1, 2009 11:30 AM PST
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PrintListen live at 12:05. Baker'll have the lineups.
To pass the time until the game starts, here's a terrifying article.
Three of the potential [closer] contenders worked during Seattle's 6-4 Cactus League victory over the Giants at Peoria Stadium. Right-hander Miguel Batista retired all six batters he faced, right-hander Roy Corcoran pitched a perfect inning and right-hander Randy Messenger, the camp surprise so far, pitched a scoreless ninth to pick up the save.
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"right-hander Randy Messenger, the camp surprise so far"
hopefully, the surprise is just that he came into camp half-a-Messenger
Here's something else that's scary
—- Wakamatsu said Mike Morse is back after missing a few days with the flu - losing nine pounds in the process - but also won’t play until at least tomorrow.
trying to show up Silva I guess
Phew.
I just realized I’d not run far enough down the radio dial — I was confused myself hearing someone posing the analogy of Jacob & Esau to a computer nerd with a jock brother …
So, I tuned in the right channel just in time to hear Dave & Rick opine that the likely replacements for Bowden were Bob Boone & Mike Rizzo
That would be nothing short of hilarious
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Are any of yous guys listening to the game online?
I have fulfilled all my prophecies; all my predictions are up to date.
My train is right on schedule.
holy balls the Seattle Mariners just walked in a run
I don’t care if it was LaHair- that’s pretty crazy
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TUI TIME
2-0 bitches
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I've been impressed with Tui so far
and yes obviously it’s only a few games in to ST, I know this :)
Eh,
You’re not the only one to be simultaneously impressed and yet know you probably shouldn’t be. ;)
It's the economy, Manny!
He has that Tui allure, I guess.
I notice that it is his picture on the TNTs link to their ST coverage …
I love Spring Training
It’s so optimistic
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Hopefully
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Mar 1, 2009 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah with predictable results.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Mar 1, 2009 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
I'd imagine that even Griffey is better there than LaHair.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Mar 1, 2009 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
He said it in a manner that leads me to believe that he believes Griffey is actually competent there.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Mar 1, 2009 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
Hooray LaHair is almost as good as Ibanez in LF
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Not according to Dave
“That ball was an easy play for Endy Chavez, or even Ken Griffey Jr….LaHair isn’t even a left fielder.”
by appleshampoo on Mar 1, 2009 12:35 PM PST up reply actions
We have to get Jr out there at least once in the Peoria sun
just to remind Dave that it is a long time since Jr was a good outfielder.
Methinks that people will just refuse to admit what they are seeing when he utterly sucks out there.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Mar 1, 2009 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
Some fans didn't think Raul was a bad outfielder.
This makes it obvious that they won’t find Junior to be a bad outfielder.
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Most people haven't watched Griffey play this decade and therefore assume he's still adequate.
by JI on Mar 1, 2009 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
Would it be fair to say that griffey still takes decent routes and has ok instincts?
So while his range is gone, he still looks decent to the casual observer.
Gutierrez is a baller if Niehaus' depth perception is any good
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Damn
It’s aardsma :-(
I should have read the caption.
by appleshampoo on Mar 1, 2009 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
Seriously though
The headline says “Listen LIVE: Morrow makes Cactus League debut” and the picture isn’t of Morrow? Grb. Just trying to rationalize my stupidity.
by appleshampoo on Mar 1, 2009 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
Also...
I just found out that Morrow’s facial hair configuration more resembles a hockey playoff beard…
It's the economy, Manny!
You may want to try using the reply button.
It makes following conversations much easier.
by appleshampoo on Mar 1, 2009 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
That is not a GIF, my good sir.
This is a GIF:
by redwolf75 on Mar 1, 2009 12:52 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I can't look away!
That needs music – perhaps a slower version of that damn Baha Men song they use to advertise 6 Flags…
It's the economy, Manny!
I was hoping this would have to be retired in favor of my update...
You know, this one:
I still hope that one gets used more often over the course of the season.
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Taylor Teagarden is such an awesome name
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Mark Hamburger is better.
"It doesn't look like he's trying. It kinda pisses me off," "He could throw 110 if he tried. The way it explodes out of his hand is really something special." ~ B-Mac on Feliz.
by Kinslerhomer on Mar 1, 2009 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
And he was a monster in the last Baseball Mogul.
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Has there been any footage of Yuni taking ground balls yet?
I’m curious to see if his range is improved at all, after supposedly losing a significant amount of weight.
not that i know of
but i really wonder if cedeno can steal yuni’s job. He isn’t really helping himself right now.
From the boxscores at least, Cedeno is pulling his weight.
The other day he was involved in turning two a couple times along with quite a few groundouts.
I am really rooting for him.
yeah i agree
i’m really not seeing any downside to him yet.
since it's just tightness probably just the rest of the day
and possibly tomorrow?
I'm surprised you haven't been hit with the infamous shift.jpg
If BrianL is lurking in this thread, you are in extreme danger.
It's a image
An image that basically tells you to use the Shift button. I recommend capitalizing the first word of your sentences.
I was looking for it, too
It’s slow, but helpful in between all the milk and muscular dystrophy chatter…I can hardly wait for TV games…
It's the economy, Manny!
It seems pretty fast to me
Could it be your connection?
Bob Condotta with this:
From the Baker blog:
MORROW SAYS HE WAS RUSHING THINGS-Morrow said his wildness was due to rushing his motion, though he said it wasn’t due to being amped up in his first outing of the year. Instead, he said he’s putting an emphasis this year on trying to be more relaxed so he can last longer in games. He said by trying to stay calmer today he was actually forcing his motion a bit, Sounds weird, maybe, but that’s what he seemed to be saying. Anyway, he said he felt fine physically so no problems there.
This whole team looks like they want jobs
Let’s see if they play like they want to keep them once the season starts.
Fr some reason
I keep thinking Chris Magruder when they talk about Chris Woodward.
by msb on Mar 1, 2009 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
I'd like to see Cedeno the starter
but I’m not sure if I would give Woodward the job over Jose Lopez just yet
We're always good in Spring Training :(
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Probably because our starters aren't in the game for very long
by Graham MacAree on Mar 1, 2009 1:55 PM PST up reply actions
I'm considering not following the regular season
And only following Spring Training for the rest of my life
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We've gotta bring home that cactus league championship!
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Exactly!
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That's the one year I went, and we lost every single game I went to, and Richie didn't have his first hit till about three days after I left.
Moral of the story? Fuck if I know.
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Goddammit I LOVE SPRING TRAINING WHY DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A REGULAR SEASON
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REEGIE!
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yep.
"It doesn't look like he's trying. It kinda pisses me off," "He could throw 110 if he tried. The way it explodes out of his hand is really something special." ~ B-Mac on Feliz.
Larry Larue:
“An inning that makes lawn bowling look fast. Vincente Padilla apparently thinks he’s paid by the hour. The Texas Rangers right-hander took a little more than 30 seconds between pitches in the first inning and the Seattle Mariners emerged with a 4-0 lead.
Padilla walked two, tried various pickoff moves, delayed and hesitated and seemed to doze on the mound. The Mariners scored on a bases-loaded walk, an RBI single, a passed ball and a ground out. That ‘rally’ took up 26 minutes.”
RBI single for Omar.
"It doesn't look like he's trying. It kinda pisses me off," "He could throw 110 if he tried. The way it explodes out of his hand is really something special." ~ B-Mac on Feliz.
wrong thread.
"It doesn't look like he's trying. It kinda pisses me off," "He could throw 110 if he tried. The way it explodes out of his hand is really something special." ~ B-Mac on Feliz.
I'll take it.
Especially if I can work my way up to putting together the promotional/crowd-energizing videos.
I'm more like I am now than I've ever been.
Wakamatsu
apparently really, really loves bunting. The first spring training game he commended the team on how well they bunted, and in that article Jeff linked in the post, Wakamatsu said he thought the turning point was a Halman bunt. I wonder if there are ANY managers out there (and excuse me if there is an article or 1000 that talk about this) that realize bunting is, almost always, stupid.
Love it.
I’ve heard Weaver’s name come up in different contexts and wasn’t quite sure his significance, but a quick google search of him and Acta gave me a couple of good articles. I struggled mighty in my acceptance that bunting pretty much sucks as much as anything else in my conversion.
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