Pregame Notes

by Jeff Sullivan on Jul 21, 2009 2:23 PM PDT in Miscellaneous

A few things going on:

Via Larry Stone, we learn that Mike Sweeney's coming back and Josh Wilson's going away. Wilson went 0-2 with two runs scored during the Mariners' month-long experiment with a 24-man roster, but if Sweeney's to be believed, Wilson brought a lot of heart and energy to this team, so his departure is probably going to cripple our season from the inside. You'd think the front office would be wary of such things, but here we are. This is good news for Chris Shelton, who should now be able to get some much-needed extra beauty sleep every morning without anyone taking notice.

Shannon Drayer's Twitter tells us that Kenji Johjima asked Rick Adair about the Tiger hitters. This is presumably only notable because it's something Kenji doesn't ordinarily do, and that's only notable because holy crap

Brandon Morrow had an ugly start with Tacoma the other day, debuting and then ditching a little mechanical change. Having strong opinions about hand position must be a pre-req for Mariner pitching coach candidates. Salk's right that there are two ways to look at this - either it's bad, because Morrow swiftly went back to his comfort zone when faced with trouble, or it's good, because it was a trial that he never would've attempted with Seattle. Either way, though, it's clear that there's still lots and lots of work to do before this guy is polished as a starter. Have I mentioned how glad I am that RRS is back? For three months he was practically a forgotten man, but now he ought to be our #4.

Also from Salk - Jeff Clement has been cleared to resume catching, which should give us a solid week or two before he has to stop catching.

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God damn it Ponson

Single, Single, Single (RS), Squeeze bunt (RS), Single (RS)
Woooo Royals

by appleshampoo on Jul 21, 2009 2:32 PM PDT reply actions

Angels baseball, everybody.

angels fan in seattle

by Eyebrows on Jul 21, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh noes!

SI (Of all the places) has caught onto to us trade Washburn now! Don’t listen to them look at the ERA the shiny ERA!

Jeff Clement is catching in TAC but he’ll probably be catching for another team in the MLB. =(. Well like Salk said a MiLB catcher who can mash is better than a MiLB DH who can mash.

You got slurved!

Hehehe Mark Reynolds is so awesome.

by Slurvey on Jul 21, 2009 2:34 PM PDT reply actions

Stop being mean to your namesake.

by marinerdan on Jul 21, 2009 2:35 PM PDT reply actions

Chris Shelton definetely needs his beauty sleep

by barabuski on Jul 21, 2009 2:41 PM PDT reply actions

Shelton's beauty is directly proportional to his OBP

Chicks dig the long ball.

by LauraBu on Jul 21, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions

"This is presumably only notable because it's something Kenji doesn't ordinarily do, and that's only notable because holy crap "

from Brad Lefton two years ago:

“Facing inward into the solitude of his locker stall, Johjima’s last action before taking the field is to reach for the small, black journal he logs daily on opposing batter tendencies, pitchers, and himself.”

by msb on Jul 21, 2009 2:45 PM PDT reply actions