6/30: Open Game Thread
by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 30, 2009 3:12 PM PDT
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PrintSeattle Mariners at New York Yankees, Jun 30, 2009 4:05 PM PDT
That picture does not help Joba in his quest to be less than 100% completely hateable.
Speaking of hateable, our lineup! The rain clouds are projected to go away, revealing Griffey in left and a Yankee order with seven lefties. Expect little.
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I was going to make a snide comment about how you should have used Joba's mugshot
but then I think you did.
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
I guess Joba was buying from his mom.
You got slurved!
Free Tommy Hanson! [FREED]! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!
That's either the remains of a shiner under his right eye or he's been crying.
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
I predict the Mariners demolish the Yankees.
A victory for the ages. One that puts August 20th, 2007, Texas v. Baltimore to Shame!
...and now I'm here
If Russell Branyan hits any less than 4 home runs tonight, I'll be a little disappointed.
by Fuckmikereilly on Jun 30, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Griffey with 2 home runs, including one 30 park no doubter is always based on series, not on game.
Give the man some rest, Gesus.
...and now I'm here
Pinstripe Alley predicts a potential pitcher's duel. Huh.
If there were a game in this series for Griffey to start in left though, isn’t this one it? Certainly don’t want him out there with Wash or Vargas giving up most of their flyballs to left.
I sent those bastards answers to questions and they never put them up
Time is money, dammit.
by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 30, 2009 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
He's above average so far this year....
which probably doesn’t last, but there you are.
He was around average last year too
Still, skeptical that he will maintain that considering how bad he was before.
He has a UZR/150 of -5.8 since 2002
that’s…quite a bit better than I thought.
by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 30, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
And includes his defensive ragnarok - 2007.
I mean, -16.0 range runs? Mike Morse is better than that.
Update from Baker
Langerhans is going to see plenty of outfield duty against righthanded pitching, sort of in the role that Endy Chavez — who will have his surgery on July 9, by the way — was doing before tearing up his knee. We told you earlier that Ken Griffey Jr. was starting in left field tonight. With all of this wet grass, though, I would not be shocked to see a lineup change if the game does get played. Griffey’s knees should not be running around on this grass.
Said this in the other thread
But the team site has Langerhans on the 40-man but not yet on the active roster. Take it for what it’s worth; maybe there’s a day’s delay for him to be activated.
Also from Baker
On to more roster news, Ryan Langerhans is here, as we told you and he’s been activated on to the 25-man roster, with Beltre hitting the DL to clear room.
by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 30, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Sorry
Just saw that on the other thread as well.
Also from Baker
On to more commenter news, calim did, in fact, read the other thread. He is also currently here and active, but I would expect that at some point during the evening he ventures at least into the bathroom for a short stint, or possibly to the grocery store to pick up some beats and garbanzo beans.
...and now I'm here
by CapSea on Jun 30, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
Sledgehammer to the face.
...and now I'm here
"What was his bet? $700? Okay, I'll bet $701."
...and now I'm here
Harold Reynolds is arguing that Ben Zobrist shouldn't be an all star because he starts at multiple positions
and there is no room for utility players on an all star team.
I saw him at the golf course once.
He has a Corvette convertible with the license plate “HENDU”
And his golf swing is…unique.
by Rachmaninoff on Jun 30, 2009 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I guess willfully ignorant is better than flat out dumb
but “better” is a relative term.
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
Yeah, didn't he "cover" the draft, too?
Caliendo’s Barkley: Turrible.
by kentcheesehead on Jun 30, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Pouring here in NY
Expect at least some delay to the start of this game
Star mlbtv as normal then hit CRTL+ALT+DEL and disable nexdef
Turn the video quality to max and you get HQ picture at “4 bars”, in real time, and the picture doesn’t lag at full screen. Sadly, you lose the all important and functional DVR function.
Wowzers!
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Jun 30, 2009 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
The first game I watched on Chrome was April 7
Giant Timmy!
He could, probably.
But he’s probably off doing other things.
That was yesterday.
I bet he is doing something else today.
He's dancing around in his boyhood Mariners uniform
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
Chrome seems to work much better with mlb.tv but I'm going to be curious how FF 3.5 handles it
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
Anyone know where one might listen to the game on the internets?
Besides the MLB.com pay thing?
Nowhere
and that’s not snark, it’s just a fact. MLB cracks down pretty hard on such things.
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
Unless you're a YES network subscriber
and then you can pay YES again on top of what you pay for cable, to stream the games to you. Great!
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
I see
Just stuck late at work and thought maybe there was a loophole
You can find pirated feeds
but they’re generally poor quality
by Bearskin Rugburn on Jun 30, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I love Chrome for everything
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
Clearing up here.
I bet they start on time.
by Bearskin Rugburn on Jun 30, 2009 3:55 PM PDT reply actions
Watching it on YES...
tarp is still on the field…
by SebastianPruiti on Jun 30, 2009 4:00 PM PDT reply actions
Looks like Yuni may be coming back kind of soon
That could be huge for our lineup, sadly.
by Fuckmikereilly on Jun 30, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Seeing as it's 4.10 PST, that wouldn't really make sense, now...
by Rachmaninoff on Jun 30, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Least it's not yellow.
Ronny, TAKE
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jun 30, 2009 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
How is Griffey breaking his wrist one of the "Top 10 Junior Moments?"
...and now I'm here
Great catch.
It’s certainly one of the more memorable because of its impact, and maybe that’s why.
by Fuckmikereilly on Jun 30, 2009 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate that!
They always show that catch as a greatest catch ever.
NOOO!!!! You bloody morons! That catch almost ruined baseball in this city!!!
Or, looked at another way,
it set up the most dramatic saving of baseball in any city ever in the history of mankind!
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
So was LoLCats night a joke or did it get cancelled?
Because I don’t see it anymore.
NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!
I think they are moving it to coincide with the USSM/LL night at Safeco just to amuse Jeff.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Jun 30, 2009 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
So, is the plan to still desert LL for the evening that night?
by eponymous_coward on Jun 30, 2009 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I heard that Jeff will mod whoever posts the best Mariner LOLcat in that night's gamethread.
angels fan in seattle
by Eyebrows on Jun 30, 2009 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
He can join my family.
NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!
by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 30, 2009 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
I want to post a picture so bad.
NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!
by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 30, 2009 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Jeff is going to ban all of us when he reads this subthread
by seattlebruin on Jun 30, 2009 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Nothing can cure us.
NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!
by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 30, 2009 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Your honor, I submit before the court that the following comment is clearly designed to incite.
I heard that Jeff will mod whoever posts the best Mariner LOLcat in that night’s gamethread.
The prosecution rests.
If I don't goto the game I'm pretty sure that night will be the end of me.
NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!
by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 30, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
ban *.*.*.*
Friend of mine used that on a message board once for April Fool’s- banned the entire internet. It was a funny-once joke, pretty good, actually.
by eponymous_coward on Jun 30, 2009 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah so its a group event.
NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!
by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 30, 2009 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Ow my brain
It’s a Cheezburger Night wif the Seattle Mariners(Safeco Field on Thursday, July 9) Bring awl of ur frends and familee 2 dis fun event. We will haz sum awesum pre-game festivitiez and u can meet sum noo Cheez Frends! And if u buy ur tickets thru dis speshul offer, u git a FREE Cheezburger Nite t-shirt! Woo hoo
C u awl der!
Woooooooo baseball!
You got slurved!
Free Tommy Hanson! [FREED]! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!
Flat brims are the single douchiest thing anyone can wear.
by Matthew on Jun 30, 2009 4:56 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
You just broke George Sherrill's heart
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
I dunno
Pink polo shirt or button up shirt with the collar popped is up there.
Paris Hilton, Burberry plaid, reality TV, mullets, Zima, Dubya, and the Sonics being sold to Oklahoma City. - Yahoo Answer results for "7 Signs of the Apocalypse"
So who are the girls on the field with the yanks?
You got slurved!
Free Tommy Hanson! [FREED]! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!
Dave talking over that montage was one of the most hilarious thing's I've seen in a while.
Did anyone capture the a/v for that?
For EM
or anyone else who happened to be at Glastonberry.
I saw this this morning
it seems like it would be really hard to remember which tent was yours.
Paris Hilton, Burberry plaid, reality TV, mullets, Zima, Dubya, and the Sonics being sold to Oklahoma City. - Yahoo Answer results for "7 Signs of the Apocalypse"
Having a current player throw out the first pitch is gay...
by SebastianPruiti on Jun 30, 2009 5:04 PM PDT reply actions
Again with the using of gay non-ironically
by Aaron Campeau on Jun 30, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I have literally never seen anything gayer
by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 30, 2009 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I once saw some gay porn which was pretty gay
by Aaron Campeau on Jun 30, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Should he have said 'faggy' instead?
I fucking hate you Mariners
I had to reload and now my video is hiccuping a little bit
by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 30, 2009 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I went and loaded it from the Media page, and it works.
For some reason the front-page link is broken. Success!
This game needs to start before my 15 minutes of internet access runs out.
by .Taylor on Jun 30, 2009 5:07 PM PDT reply actions
He's gonna cut you bitch!
You got slurved!
Free Tommy Hanson! [FREED]! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!
Unfortunately
Your opinions aren’t going to help us.
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
by .Taylor on Jun 30, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Anyone who pays $2500 for a ball game that isn't WS
Is a sucker!
~I "write" about the Mariners. section331.com~
That stance solidifies Griffey as my all time favorite player.
Of course such a comment would probably put even Silva in my top 5…
I will never play for the Yankees.
And I’ve never sucked as a pitcher for the Mariners. Where does that put me?
angels fan in seattle
Is anyone having problems with MLB.tv besides me?
On my computer, MLB.tv is telling me I’m blacked out (I’m in Australia and have never seen this error before). On my iPhone, the game is supposed to be a featured live video game, but when I try to play it, I get the Red Sox and O’s.
Is it just me?
Some people are having this problem
keep logging out and logging back in.
by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 30, 2009 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions
This just worked
I usually only use this page for archived games or condensed games. Normally, I use the link on the main page or the link within gameday.
iPhone feed still doesn’t work, but that’s only a backup anyway.
Thanks
I don't understand why the fans are making all that noise
Must be those loud, obnoxious New Yorkers. Here in Seattle, where we’re more civilized, you won’t hear us cheering that early
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
Hey wait I thought everything hit into the air by a lefty was a homerun in the new stadium
I want to poop at your house - Thingray
We're gonna lose aren't we?
You got slurved!
Free Tommy Hanson! [FREED]! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!
I guess depending on your perspective that may not qualify as a poison
by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 30, 2009 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions
This seems like a plus
Ronny, TAKE
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jun 30, 2009 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
That was a long time ago.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Jun 30, 2009 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Too fucking bad you homosexual who chose to be inferior to the rest of the world's population in every way
by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 30, 2009 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
No one would ever choose that.
And if they did, they would deserve your pity. Not your scorn.
Were they just booing Mike Sweeney?
How is Mike Sweeney hatable?
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. -- P&P&Z
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Jun 30, 2009 5:25 PM PDT reply actions
It's New York?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Jun 30, 2009 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions
They believe it too.
Sweet Jesus, do they believe it.
Even if they don’t go more than two blocks outside of their apartment for any reason other than work, they believe it.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Jun 30, 2009 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions
A couple guys I knew grew up 2 blocks from each other, and never met before the army.
Blew my mind, I can’t imagine that kind of density
Yankees announcers
So the Yankee announcers just said that our defense is terrible because he lead the league in erros. When are people going to learn that erros are a terrible way to measure defense?
Well, our infield defense is terrible
At least as of today
People measure defence in erros?
That’s so pseudo-700 BC of them
by Graham MacAree on Jun 30, 2009 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions
ERROS is a new saber stat
Estimated Runs Returned Over Stats
It’s how many fewer runs you’d allow if your players didn’t spend the whole game obsessing over their fantasy team.
he he
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
SUCK IT JETER!
You got slurved!
Free Tommy Hanson! [FREED]! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!
Yeah nice little hop Jeter
Nobody’s impressed
I really thought they'd call him out.
Due to deference to Jeter.
Yeah we don't need Clement at all.
You got slurved!
Free Tommy Hanson! [FREED]! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!
I wish Kenji would die....seriously.
I fucking hate you Mariners
Morrow has allowed three hits, but the good news is that every ball in play has been a groundball.
Today’s loss will be painful.
In retrospect these walks aren't very funny.
You got slurved!
Free Tommy Hanson! [FREED]! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!
WTF
Gameday has been a blank screen for the entire inning.
I got it?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Jun 30, 2009 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Now the Yankees commentators are praising one another for pointing out
we are a bad defensive team
God I hate Michael Kay
I hope he eats plenty of shit this week.
Wow, Jeter smokes it Woodward .
It ricochets off him and right to Cedeno who throws out Jeter with time to spare
Oh my God.
"I have two normal feet and I can't see the slightest God-damned reason why anybody should stare at them."
by ImaginaryRomances on Jun 30, 2009 5:43 PM PDT reply actions
Woodward sucks
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
Two more months of that
Somebody stab me in the head
How does one feel about that play?
a) Hatred for Woodward
b) Mild appreciation for Cedeno
c) Utter bewilderment
"I have two normal feet and I can't see the slightest God-damned reason why anybody should stare at them."
by ImaginaryRomances on Jun 30, 2009 5:43 PM PDT reply actions
Jeter hits it right at Woodward on the ground.
Woodward plays the ball like a moron. It richochets off his glove and into Cedeno’s bare hand. Cedeno throws out Jeter.
"I have two normal feet and I can't see the slightest God-damned reason why anybody should stare at them."
by ImaginaryRomances on Jun 30, 2009 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions
ricochets*
"I have two normal feet and I can't see the slightest God-damned reason why anybody should stare at them."
by ImaginaryRomances on Jun 30, 2009 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Deflected off Woodward.
To be fair, it was smoked at him and would have been a hit if Cedeno hadn’t made the play
Cedano would hit a homerun right here.
If he hit the ball – holy shit, he actually did!
Must be part of their mystique.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Jun 30, 2009 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Reason 12309757 why ER sucks as a stat
There were zero outs at the time so the error doesn’t keep him from getting out of the inning.
I bet they change it to 1 ER
The sac fly wouldn’t have scored a run if not for the error.
.
My Beltre lies over the ocean,
my Beltre lies over the sea,
My Beltre lies over the ocean,
O bring back my Beltre to me.
Bring back, bring back, O bring back my Beltre to me, to me:
Bring back, bring back, O bring back my Beltre to me.
by d0nkey on Jun 30, 2009 5:46 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
CEDENO!?!?!?!
You got slurved!
Free Tommy Hanson! [FREED]! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!
You got slurved!
Free Tommy Hanson! [FREED]! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!
Cedeno = MVP?
Sorry, no. Just kidding. But still…YAY.
"I have two normal feet and I can't see the slightest God-damned reason why anybody should stare at them."
by ImaginaryRomances on Jun 30, 2009 5:46 PM PDT reply actions
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERE'S RONNY!
You got slurved!
Free Tommy Hanson! [FREED]! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!
Hey, it could be a new name. Last Fan of Cedeno. Only Fan of Cedeno.
Cedeno, Better Than Our Other Options? Work with me here, I’m not good at this
Work with me here, I'm not good at this?
by seattlebruin on Jun 30, 2009 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Hopefully it's not the hookers' nickname
by seattlebruin on Jun 30, 2009 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Shut up Final Fan of Jose
Ronny, TAKE
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jun 30, 2009 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Dear Dave, Thunder Struck was the song that went Thunder, Thunder and played really load in Safeco for a few years.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
THAT WAS RIGHT NEXT TO YOU JETER SUCK IT!
You got slurved!
Free Tommy Hanson! [FREED]! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!
But he got dirty so he wins
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
What do you call a grounder hit towards Jeter?
Base hit to left field.
What a dive by Old Man River at shortstop.
"I have two normal feet and I can't see the slightest God-damned reason why anybody should stare at them."
by ImaginaryRomances on Jun 30, 2009 5:48 PM PDT reply actions
(sad face)
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Jun 30, 2009 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions
The guys at YES just said that Russell is getting his shot due to injuries...I want to punch them in the face...
by SebastianPruiti on Jun 30, 2009 5:49 PM PDT reply actions
The Mariners are actually on TV tonight (I'm in England)
but I’m having to watch on my laptop to avoid the YES broadcast.
Fuck Anaheim.
Paul O'Neal is lost.
“Branyan got his job cause of injuries”
Guy should shut his mouth if he knows what's good for him.
Mariners are known for kicking his ass.
Note from LaRue
By next week, the Mariners might be using a new-look infielder of 1B Russell Branyan, 2B Yuniesky Betancourt, 3B Jose Lopez and SS Ronny Cedeno.
Interesting
Better than the alternatives given this roster, I suppose
that reads like a sitcom...
hilarity ensues…
by SebastianPruiti on Jun 30, 2009 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
That does not make me feel any better.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
You make a good point.
NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!
by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 30, 2009 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
BIIIIIIG FISH
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Jun 30, 2009 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Why hasn't he been sent down if he isn't going to play?
NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!
by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 30, 2009 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
THERE ARE BEARS IN THESE WOODS, YANKEES!
by Decatur on Jun 30, 2009 5:50 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Cedeno, seriously, wow...
Yankee Stadium really does give up HRs to anyone.
Proud member of Duck nation!
WPA Credit for Cedenno's D
Jeff, you should convert the -WPA for Woodward booting that last ball in the inning and letting another run score and give the difference to Cedeno for picking him up.
So, um, what's up with the big ugly face of the guy pitching against us tonight?
Birth defect? Bridge diving accident? Eating too much of Willy Wonka’s blueberry gum?
"I have two normal feet and I can't see the slightest God-damned reason why anybody should stare at them."
by ImaginaryRomances on Jun 30, 2009 5:51 PM PDT reply actions
Joba's best pitch
is his slider…for God’s sake, he gets Pedroia and Youk to swing at that thing just as he got Ichiro in his last at bat.
It’s a respectale pitch to be struck out on.
I JUST WALKED IN BUT RONNNNNNNNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ronny, TAKE
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jun 30, 2009 5:53 PM PDT reply actions
I guess your name speaks for itself.
NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!
by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 30, 2009 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions
He shoots. He scores!
"I have two normal feet and I can't see the slightest God-damned reason why anybody should stare at them."
by ImaginaryRomances on Jun 30, 2009 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
The YES announcers are trying to make me double-Van Gogh myself
I’m sure of it.
Apparently Ichiro has just learned English, but Hideki Matsui only keeps the translator around because he doesn’t want to be bothered.
But you can't pitch around him!
He’s our CLUTCHiest hitter!
"I have two normal feet and I can't see the slightest God-damned reason why anybody should stare at them."
by ImaginaryRomances on Jun 30, 2009 5:54 PM PDT reply actions
I want to be a part of it
Watching the Mariners beat New York, watching the Mariners beat New York, I want to wake up in the city that doesn’t sleep to find the M’s are king of the hill, top of the heap.
Proud member of Duck nation!
I just thought you were channeling Ichiro's statement.
I fucking hate you Mariners
Yeah what a shitty commenter that Jeff is
by seattlebruin on Jun 30, 2009 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I know. >:(
The mods should ban him.
by eponymous_coward on Jun 30, 2009 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
And hangs out in Enumclaw.
NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!
by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 30, 2009 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd suspect a lot of black people have hung out in enumclaw.
I fucking hate you Mariners
I was referencing horse sex.
NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!
by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 30, 2009 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Cause he hit 83 HRs one year.
NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!
by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 30, 2009 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks Dennis Green.
NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!
by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 30, 2009 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Joba's pitch count
can be easily inflated if you wait him out, but aggressive hitters can’t lay off the slider no matter how “bad” it looks.
Better get Joba quickly though
His velocity right now is 91-92 because he’s being overly conservative to save his strength.
If he gets towards the end of his innings, he’ll decide to empty the tank and he’s perfectly happy to start pumping 95 mph heaters.
Remember: as a reliever, he was cap[able of 99-101 nightly.
He can.
But he doesn’t.
The last thing he needs is to hurt himself by overextending himself which would reset his innings limit by 2 years.
He doesn’t need that, and the Yankees don’t need that so he is being VERY careful not to overthrow.
Joba is inexperienced
he doesn’t know where his strength and stamina taps out, so he doesn’t know how to distribute his pitches over a large number of innings.
Again, he was a star reliever for much of his short major league career.
Joba sounds like it is a silly name too
by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 30, 2009 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Kind of reminds me of that guy from Star wars.
NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!
by Scruffy Lefty on Jun 30, 2009 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Like Jabba the Hutt?
Interesting! I never made that connection!
Oh, and for the Yankees announcers:
Yankees’ 2005 team defense: 137 runs BELOW average. That’s the worst team defense in the FanGraphs era by 60 runs.
Wow two errors?
The things you miss when you are texting a sexy lady.
by Poochie on Jun 30, 2009 6:00 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Has anyone checked out the dip in effectiveness Joba's fastball has experienced in 2009 vs. 2008?
Referencing FanGraphs pitch values.
"I have two normal feet and I can't see the slightest God-damned reason why anybody should stare at them."
by ImaginaryRomances on Jun 30, 2009 6:01 PM PDT reply actions
He's throwing it 64% of the time.
And the pitch is worth -6.9 runs below average as opposed to last year when it was somewhere like 6-8 runs above average.
"I have two normal feet and I can't see the slightest God-damned reason why anybody should stare at them."
by ImaginaryRomances on Jun 30, 2009 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
You could be a pitching coach.
I fucking hate you Mariners
WHY AREN'T THESE WALKS SILLY!
You got slurved!
Free Tommy Hanson! [FREED]! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!
You know before that
I always thought it was legal to drive drunk in Nebraska
I don't think it is against the law have sex with animals in Nebraska
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
Are the groundballs a result of him locating the balls lower in the zone?
It looks like the balls are buzzing their way to the plate, breaking bats in the first inning and lots of weak groundballs
by superJAYdude7 on Jun 30, 2009 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Morrow throws like a girl.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
That would be very impressive, texting while you're pitching at Yankee Stadium
by eponymous_coward on Jun 30, 2009 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Hell I could do that unitl I got a touchscreen phone
it’s easy
by seattlebruin on Jun 30, 2009 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
So that would mean Morrow wouldn't be wearing a glove?
Or I guess he could do it Jim Abbot-style.
by eponymous_coward on Jun 30, 2009 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Why do I feel like it is just automatic outs when we get to the bottom third of our order?
by eri_yoshida_is_a_stud on Jun 30, 2009 6:08 PM PDT reply actions
Subject line please.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
Once saw Joba vs. Scherzer in college
Dueling CGs, 2-1 Scherzer and Missouri over Joba and Nebraska
I love Johjima?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Jun 30, 2009 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Joba dialing up his fastball
He usually does this at around the 80-90 pitch count so it’s interesting that he’s doing it at the mid 50s pitches.
His velocity since coming from the Pen
has usually been 92 and 93 at best.
He doesn’t throw 99 anymore to avoid overthrowing.
95 is enough to blow it by most hitters.
I would guess that he doesn't throw 99 anymore because he suffered a shoulder injury
but keep believing it’s by plan
How is losing 6 MPH off your fastball a good thing?
I can believe losing 2-3 MPH, OK, but if he’s lost that much…
by eponymous_coward on Jun 30, 2009 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions
You'll see it more often
Once Joba finds his comfort zone.
His PRIMARY concern (and it can’t be emphasized enough) is to reach his innings limit this year.
If he doesn’t, it’ll set him back in the Yankee organization on his dream job: to become a FULL-time starter (and no, he’s not that yet)
Throwing 99 just to show off
isn’t simply a waste of energy, it’s also a risk he can’t afford.
Throwing 95 mph heaters for 6 innings is also too risky for him.
Small steps.
All I know is he kisses wedding ring before he points.
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
I've noticed the Yankees broadcast team seems to think every play made by a fielder
is a great play. That was a routine ground ball
What ever happend to the "Looks Like They Smell" list
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
Is Joba already on it?
I am no longer in Spokane, but I think I'll keep the name anyway.
He hasn't started dialing it up yet.
by Manzanillos Cup on Jun 30, 2009 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Huh.
He usually waits till about 90 pitches in.
by Manzanillos Cup on Jun 30, 2009 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Possible suggestion for a Johjima moving .gif meme
Meet Joh Black. Doesn’t the main character (Brad Pitt) get destroyed by a car in that movie? Would be funny to have Joh’s face on the Brad Pitt character for that scene? Just so Johjima knows when he checks LL that his screw ups are not taken lightly here. Is this way too obvious?
"I have two normal feet and I can't see the slightest God-damned reason why anybody should stare at them."
by ImaginaryRomances on Jun 30, 2009 6:13 PM PDT reply actions
Dang.
Well I tried. Going to quit the meme business forever forever.
"I have two normal feet and I can't see the slightest God-damned reason why anybody should stare at them."
by ImaginaryRomances on Jun 30, 2009 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Neither is Brad Pitt.
"I have two normal feet and I can't see the slightest God-damned reason why anybody should stare at them."
by ImaginaryRomances on Jun 30, 2009 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions
One of my favorite movie scenes of all time.
I bought the movie just so I could watch that clip every once in a while.
I remember watching it for the first time and I couldn't stop laughing.
Rewound a dozen times before watching the rest of the movie. I was disappointed to find out the movie wasn’t a comedy after that point.
Morrow has been so much better than Joba
I’m actually surprised we’re losing this game
MARINERS BASEBALL
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/
by JY on Jun 30, 2009 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions
GOOD GOD
I feel like we’re playing the Angels
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