8-3, Chart

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 17, 2009 10:26 PM PDT in Seattle Mariners Game Recaps

Biggest Contribution: Ichiro, +11.1%
Biggest Suckfest: Yuniesky Betancourt, -20.9%
Most Important AB: Ichiro single, +16.1%
Most Important Pitch: Inge single, -15.3%
Total Contribution by Pitcher(s): +16.8%
Total Contribution by Lineup: +4.5%
Total Contribution by Opposition: +28.7%
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Yuni needs to be Old Yeller'd.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 17, 2009 10:27 PM PDT reply actions

I missed the first half of the game. Just watched that play by Yuni...

I don’t think Old Yeller’d will cut it. They had the decency to take that dog out back and do it… Yuni doesn’t deserve that.

by d0nkey on Apr 17, 2009 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions

Was Old Yeller lynched?

by JI on Apr 17, 2009 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs

I think they took him out back and shot him to put him out of his misery.

"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."

by Fearless Frog on Apr 18, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions

The hand of God came down and touched the M's whilst crushing the Angels today...and I missed it all to watch Dave Letterman with my girlfriend.

I’ve got nobody to blame but myself.

Patriotism, Pepper, Professionalism

by esoteric on Apr 17, 2009 10:28 PM PDT reply actions

Don't worry

I missed the game to see “17 Again” with my girlfriend. Yea.

by Fin on Apr 17, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Zac Efron's hair is amazing.

You got slurved bitch.

by Slurvey on Apr 17, 2009 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh god

I was in the theater with my girlfriend and a bunch of teenyboppers, squealing everytime he came on the screen.

by Fin on Apr 17, 2009 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions

What's hilarious is that the lesson they should take away from the movie should be that Zac Efron will look like Matthew Perry eventually.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 17, 2009 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs

I guess there could be worse things than that.

He got to hook up with Courtney Cox on Friends.

by Fin on Apr 17, 2009 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions

I don't think they actually did it and if they did her ribs and neck bones would cut him

by JI on Apr 17, 2009 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Everyone knows he was hooking up with Jennifer Aniston, the real prize!

"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."

by Fearless Frog on Apr 18, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Anyone have the link where this one started?

I must have missed the origin.

by appleshampoo on Apr 17, 2009 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions

According to the search function:

http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2008/6/18/554585/6-18-open-game-thread-part#6847526

by Wilder. on Apr 17, 2009 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions

In retrospect that comment is hilarious.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 17, 2009 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Right?

by royalcurve on Apr 18, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions

Wow.

I just laughed a lot at that. So many good threads out there in the LL history…

by appleshampoo on Apr 17, 2009 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions

Just about every game thread is awesome when you look back in retrospect.

Seeing “CAN’T STOP PUMPING CUM” green in one of the vs. Angels game threads (sometime after the Ichi-slam) was unexpected and funny.

"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."

by Fearless Frog on Apr 18, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions

It really wasn't that funny.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 18, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions

It being rec'd at least 6 times was.

"Part, fools!
Put up your swords. You know not what you do."

by Fearless Frog on Apr 18, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions

I found that insanely annoying.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 18, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Let me borrow that top.

by royalcurve on Apr 18, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions

What are you saving it for?

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 18, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions

I see you = rightfully - placed blame on Yuni

for that crap play in the 2nd.

by sammy on Apr 17, 2009 10:31 PM PDT reply actions

Actually I didn't

and instead charged him with a fielder’s choice instead of a run-scoring groundout when the catcher dropped the ball.

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 17, 2009 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions

I think you meant:

by Vatinius on Apr 17, 2009 10:34 PM PDT reply actions 6 recs

I think this makes me uncomfortable

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 17, 2009 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Yes

by JI on Apr 17, 2009 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Man I'm ripped

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 17, 2009 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

And omnipotent.

by sammy on Apr 17, 2009 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions

You're also sitting on a pile of naked babies

by OlSalty on Apr 17, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Who knew

that heaven was so uniquely appealing to Jarrod Washburn?

by TheBishop on Apr 17, 2009 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

I think I can see your nipples.

by JI on Apr 17, 2009 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Purrr.

by royalcurve on Apr 18, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

I don't understand and yet it's still brilliant

by seattlebruin on Apr 17, 2009 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions

This has been an awesome start.

Any news on Branyan yet?

You got slurved bitch.

by Slurvey on Apr 17, 2009 10:35 PM PDT reply actions

Re-evaluated tomorrow

Don’t expect him to play this weekend.

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 17, 2009 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions

So we're gonna see Sweeney at 1B huh...

WE could do worse like Cairo…

You got slurved bitch.

by Slurvey on Apr 17, 2009 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions

Or Lopez with Cedeno at 2nd

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 17, 2009 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions

As a temporary solution I like this.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 17, 2009 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions

mikes weeney

by JI on Apr 17, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Bring up Carp and his .1250 AAA OPS

by Rudy4three on Apr 17, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions

A .125 OPS is pretty terrible... :o

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by BrettJMiller on Apr 17, 2009 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions

We can use him for bunting

by OlSalty on Apr 17, 2009 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions

This team would be so much better off without Yuni

by OlSalty on Apr 17, 2009 10:35 PM PDT reply actions

But of the poor animal trainer who would be out of a job.

by Fin on Apr 17, 2009 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh cmon, Yuni has been playing good baseball so far. While I agree that we'd be better off without him,

I will at least wait until he starts playing his usual bad baseball before I get on him.

by Rudy4three on Apr 17, 2009 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions

He has been playing bad baseball.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 17, 2009 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions

He has been swinging at everything as per usual and getting lucky, meanwhile his defensive placement has been awful and he still can't take a goddamned walk.

Patriotism, Pepper, Professionalism

by esoteric on Apr 17, 2009 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions

It's a known fact that he's responsible for that placement? How do we know this?

by Rudy4three on Apr 17, 2009 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, I guess there's no way of knowing whether his positioning is his own responsibility.

I guess I’m relying on the assumption that infield positioning is mostly down to the infielders, whereas OF’ers are more often directed where to be from the dugout. Which is, of course, wholly unsupportable and basically just me making up shit in my head.

Still…it’s just so HARD for me to give Yuni the benefit of the doubt. Help me conquer my hate.

Patriotism, Pepper, Professionalism

by esoteric on Apr 17, 2009 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Burden for the proof of not sucking lies on the player that's sucked for two plus years.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 17, 2009 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions

He's been bad already

by OlSalty on Apr 17, 2009 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions

He's been playing like he gave his two weeks and it's day #13

by JI on Apr 17, 2009 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions

That pretty much sums it up. He gives up on every ball hit near him.

by d0nkey on Apr 17, 2009 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions

This is the best comment of the weekend.

by royalcurve on Apr 18, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Sportscenter just played the Beltre mocking Griffey moment.

by Wilder. on Apr 17, 2009 10:42 PM PDT reply actions

Damn I want to see that

by Rudy4three on Apr 17, 2009 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions

What inning was this?

I’m about to pull up the game on MLB.tv, I want to skip to this.

Patriotism, Pepper, Professionalism

by esoteric on Apr 17, 2009 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions

8th inning.

by Wilder. on Apr 17, 2009 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions

I want to see this.

by Fin on Apr 17, 2009 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions

The anchors had a good laugh at it, too.

by Wilder. on Apr 17, 2009 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions

Did you find it on MLB.tv? Or did they cut it out of the broadcast?

by Rudy4three on Apr 17, 2009 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions

Haven't gotten to it yet.

But it’s guaranteed to be there. You know you can now watch both team’s feeds in the archive now? Fucking awesome.

Patriotism, Pepper, Professionalism

by esoteric on Apr 17, 2009 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Yea, i was watching the archived Angels broadcast on the night Griffey and Ichiro went yard. It was entertaining

by Rudy4three on Apr 17, 2009 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Does anyone else have issues skipping to later innings?

MLB.tv won’t let me skip past the third.

by sammy on Apr 17, 2009 11:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Nevermind. It works if I turn off Nexdef.

Man, Nexdef is buggy. Also, water is wet.

by sammy on Apr 17, 2009 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions

The end isn't archived yet

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 17, 2009 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions

Still waiting for someone to make a gif of this

I'm more like I am now than I've ever been.

by ralphie81 on Apr 17, 2009 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Would you like someone to wipe your nose for you as well?

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 17, 2009 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Give us some god damn time

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 17, 2009 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions

2:14:27 if you haven't marked the spot yet.

by Wilder. on Apr 17, 2009 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions

Here's one

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 17, 2009 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions 7 recs

Silva is loving it. And I like Jak in the background

by Rudy4three on Apr 17, 2009 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions

And here's two

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 17, 2009 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions 7 recs

The only downside of being at the game was that I couldn't see this on the broadcast.

by BrianL on Apr 17, 2009 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Love it

by d0nkey on Apr 17, 2009 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Thanks man.

That’s so awesome

Go Nova

by dbroncos31 on Apr 17, 2009 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions

My contribution for the evening:

by JI on Apr 18, 2009 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions

Griffey is the first black person I've seen high five in a while

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 18, 2009 12:58 AM PDT up reply actions

Sweet

Thanks, Jeff. Sorry for my impatience.

I'm more like I am now than I've ever been.

by ralphie81 on Apr 18, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Here is a preview:

by Wilder. on Apr 17, 2009 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions

Please hide/delete this for everyone's sake.

You can do this for the other ones I put together when you have those posted, too.

by Wilder. on Apr 17, 2009 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions

It's almost like you don't want it at all.

by JI on Apr 17, 2009 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions

Find the shot of the bench telling Beltre to lift some weights back at him

Please

by d0nkey on Apr 17, 2009 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions

I want the happy feet dance that Jr did after he'd crossed the plate.

by msb on Apr 17, 2009 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions

These are screenshots I am doing compiled into .gifs, so the quality isn't great:

by Wilder. on Apr 17, 2009 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions

The new format makes it really hard to get a good grab.

I don’t mean to be mean, but doing this is a lot harder than it was last season so unless someone feels like buying me a new computer I’m not going to be making very many.

by JI on Apr 17, 2009 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Silva checking Griffey's heart and Bedard doing the gear shift would also be good

That whole exchange was hilarious

by OlSalty on Apr 17, 2009 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions

Err, Sweeney*

by OlSalty on Apr 17, 2009 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions

Ah, would have been 10X better if it was Bedard

by Rudy4three on Apr 17, 2009 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions

Go find the .GIF of Felix hitting his Grand Slam

Plenty of Bedard there.

Patriotism, Pepper, Professionalism

by esoteric on Apr 17, 2009 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Best I could do to give you a tease:

by Wilder. on Apr 17, 2009 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions

I just watched the whole sequence on the MLB archive and it's more than just funny - it's downright touching

For whatever reason, the feed doesn’t cut to the the stupid “MLB.TV PREMIUM” commercial screen for a looong time, so you get to see the camera trained on the M’s dugout (as Leyland is making a pitching change) and what you see is awesome: Griffey and Sweeney are leaning up against the railing laughing their asses off about Junior running the bases, jawing at Beltre from second, and smiling like kids. Silva’s standing next to them, participating in the conversation, and then he puts his head against Griffey’s chest, as if to check his heartbeat to make sure he hasn’t seized up or anything. Sweeney’s demeanor the whole time is just infectiously likable — he may not be much of a ballplayer at this point, but it’s easy to see why he has a reputation as a clubhouse guy.

Funny how winning makes everyone like each other, innit?

Patriotism, Pepper, Professionalism

by esoteric on Apr 17, 2009 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions

How are you getting it on archive? I can only get the first 58 minutes

by Rudy4three on Apr 17, 2009 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions

Disable Nexdef

by OlSalty on Apr 17, 2009 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Ah I see. Thanks

by Rudy4three on Apr 17, 2009 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions

I just jump straight to the 5th inning using that big ass button that appears on the center of the video screen when your cursor moves there.

Patriotism, Pepper, Professionalism

by esoteric on Apr 17, 2009 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions

One annoying aspect is that, right now at least, the video seems to be several seconds ahead of the sound so everything's out of sync.

Patriotism, Pepper, Professionalism

by esoteric on Apr 17, 2009 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions

And of course then they recap all of this right after they come back from commercial.

Patriotism, Pepper, Professionalism

by esoteric on Apr 17, 2009 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions

The best part of that..

and smiling like kids.

Sure they are winning, but even after a couple of tough losses to start the season, they are able to bounce right back. Which would never have happened if last year carried over. It really is a new day, a new way. I love it.

by d0nkey on Apr 17, 2009 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Let's not too carried away here

All it takes is a tough losing streak and we could see these people snapping at each other like amped-up box turtles. Winning and losing can both feed upon themselves.

Patriotism, Pepper, Professionalism

by esoteric on Apr 17, 2009 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions

I wouldn't disagree with that.

I think that winning early is having a lot to do with it. But they way they have carried themselves through some pretty tough losses. And maybe I’m biased, but the Morrow blow felt like getting dumped in high school.

I could be jumping the gun, but I get the feeling that everyone is on the same page. Personally and professionaly.

by d0nkey on Apr 17, 2009 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Griffey cleanses clubhouses and purifies souls

And Mike Sweeney talks to foreigners.

by cwel87 on Apr 18, 2009 8:09 AM PDT up reply actions

Felix and Verlander are tied for first in strikeouts.

by Fin on Apr 17, 2009 10:50 PM PDT reply actions

I look forward to our confrontation next week, Mariners.

by Sylar on Apr 17, 2009 11:22 PM PDT reply actions

It was painful to watch Yuni at short.

especially with Cedeno on the bench, most of the game.

by msb on Apr 17, 2009 11:28 PM PDT reply actions

I was looking through some old thread that was linked to in today's thread.

And found this gem:

You know what the worst part is?
You know we’ll have a hammerlock on the #1 pick and then win like 7 in a row to close the season and be 1 game out of the worst record. These bastards would do that kind of bullshit.

-SethGrandpa

http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2008/5/10/507375/14-24#6030782

I’m sure someone has brought this up, just thought it was funny that he called the end of the season (basically) on May 11th.

Go Nova

by dbroncos31 on Apr 17, 2009 11:33 PM PDT reply actions

That's pretty funny

by Rudy4three on Apr 17, 2009 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions

In fairness it's not brilliance on my part...

Really, it was fairly easy to see coming.

by SethGrandpa on Apr 18, 2009 2:32 AM PDT up reply actions

Listening to the replay on the archive, I'll say this much: I never want to hear the phrase "Wak Ball" EVER AGAIN

God is that enervating.

Patriotism, Pepper, Professionalism

by esoteric on Apr 17, 2009 11:43 PM PDT reply actions

Yea it's ridiculous, but when I said this yesterday lots of people seemed to like the term

by Rudy4three on Apr 17, 2009 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions

WHAT THE FUCK WHY DID THE FEED GO DEAD RIGHT AS ICHIRO CAME TO THE PLATE?

Patriotism, Pepper, Professionalism

by esoteric on Apr 17, 2009 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions

MLB.TV was having an arseload of problems during the game.

by ThundaPC on Apr 17, 2009 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions

But what kind of sick perverted timing is this? This is the part where Ichiro gives us the lead and it's JUST MISSING

Patriotism, Pepper, Professionalism

by esoteric on Apr 17, 2009 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions

Wait, it's finally here, after two minutes of dead air

Man this is weird stuff.

Patriotism, Pepper, Professionalism

by esoteric on Apr 17, 2009 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Yea, they cut back to just in time for his single.

by Rudy4three on Apr 17, 2009 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions

The Tigers feed works, though!

:-/

by Wilder. on Apr 17, 2009 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Can't wait to watch the whole inning all over again with the Tigers feed. It'll be funereal.

Patriotism, Pepper, Professionalism

by esoteric on Apr 17, 2009 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions

I decided to watch the inning on the Tigers broadcast.

Hilarious commentary on Yuni’s at-bat.

by Wilder. on Apr 17, 2009 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions

Indeed it was.

That said, the best version of the inning is (unsurprisingly) Dave going apeshit on the radio.

Patriotism, Pepper, Professionalism

by esoteric on Apr 18, 2009 12:49 AM PDT up reply actions

Oh, that was fun.

I don’t listen to Dave enough. His voice is made for radio.

by Wilder. on Apr 18, 2009 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions

Just watching Griffey's single again. Anyone else impressed he turned around a high 95 mph fastball and ripped it

into LF?

by Rudy4three on Apr 17, 2009 11:49 PM PDT reply actions

*RF

by Rudy4three on Apr 17, 2009 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions

I don't see why the general concensus is that Griffey isn't a great hitter anymore

by d0nkey on Apr 17, 2009 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Because the evidence is that he isn't

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 17, 2009 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions

He's Raul with less contact and more walks

by JI on Apr 17, 2009 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions

If we get out of Griffey what we got out of Raul

I will be beyond ecstatic.

by cwel87 on Apr 18, 2009 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions

Yea, I was watching either Baseball Tonight or the MLB Network and somebody was saying that

pitchers found that they can just blow fastballs by him. So it was nice to see him turn on a high fastball like that. I’m sure he has certainly lost bat speed, but he caught up to that one pretty well.

by Rudy4three on Apr 17, 2009 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Generally great hitters hit better than Griffey has

by Graham MacAree on Apr 18, 2009 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions

Well, his results are still pretty good.

Though I will admit I haven’t looked at his process stats recently.

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by BrettJMiller on Apr 18, 2009 12:22 AM PDT up reply actions

He was a below league average hitter last season.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 18, 2009 12:24 AM PDT up reply actions

Well yeah, last season he was clearly and obviously below average.

However, vs. RHP he was pretty good (.841 OPS, I don’t know where you can find LD, BABIP, BB, K ‘s for split stats) and he’s managed a solid small sample size .874 OPS, with a .188 BABIP before tonight (it’s not updated for today)…yeah, his LD is only about 17%, but .188 is still a low BABIP.

I’m not calling him a great hitter, but he can still be above average against RHP. I wasn’t the guy who used “great”, but thus far this season you could call an .874 OPS “great”, even if he is a true talent level above average bat. My issue was with the saying of “Great hitters hit better than Griffey has”…well, I’m sure that’ll be true in a week or two, but an .874 OPS is a great start, low batting average be damned. Great hitters will hit better than Griffey will in the coming weeks, but 11 games into the season, he’s been pretty solid.

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by BrettJMiller on Apr 18, 2009 12:41 AM PDT up reply actions

It was supposed to say LD, BABIP, BB, and K %'s (percent sign and 's if it disappears again)

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by BrettJMiller on Apr 18, 2009 12:42 AM PDT up reply actions

I guess I don't know what we're arguing here.

He’s been fine.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 18, 2009 12:43 AM PDT up reply actions

Graham said great hitters have hit better than Griffey.

I said his results so far have been pretty good.

You said he was below average last year.

So, I did some research to show that while below average overall, he was good vs. RHP last year, and has been good thus far.

I didn’t get “He’s been fine” out of “He was below average last year”…I wasn’t trying to argue, just trying to show that while not great, his results have been close to it even if the process is unsustainable, and it’s likely that he continues to be above average. It was the “He was below average last year” statement that led me to believe I had to say something about how he’s been vs. RHP in the recent past.

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by BrettJMiller on Apr 18, 2009 1:15 AM PDT up reply actions

I guess I thought your initial statement was meant to imply that he was capable of being a great hitter at this point in his career.

Me pointing out that he was below league average last year was in response to that assumption.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 18, 2009 1:28 AM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, I should've articulated myself better.

I was just saying that so far this year he’s been pretty good, even if it is admittedly unsustainable.

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A blog-thingy about the Mariners and stuff.

by BrettJMiller on Apr 18, 2009 1:36 AM PDT up reply actions

My problem with the numbers, is that was while he was a position player.

He is now simply a hitter, and from what I have seen so far has been some really good hitting. Although the numbers so far may not jump out and scream “great”, I feel like his timing is there, and he still has a great eye for the strike zone.

by d0nkey on Apr 18, 2009 12:55 AM PDT up reply actions

I will try to get some facts to back up my argument.

by d0nkey on Apr 18, 2009 12:55 AM PDT up reply actions

I also know it will be a small sample size.

by d0nkey on Apr 18, 2009 12:56 AM PDT up reply actions

Hitters usually see something of a dropoff in production when going to DH full-time.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 18, 2009 1:06 AM PDT up reply actions

I mentioned it in the GT and I was

by JI on Apr 17, 2009 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions

I was really impressed with Lopez's single during the rally.

He took his timing step for the fastball, but read breaking ball mid-flight and kept his hands back an extra split-second, then ripped the ball down the line. You could actually see him recognize and pause before the swing – I don’t think I’ve ever seen him do that before.

by FWombat on Apr 18, 2009 12:27 AM PDT reply actions