7/21: Open Game Thread

by Jeff Sullivan on Jul 21, 2009 3:21 PM PDT in Seattle Mariners Game Threads

Seattle Mariners at Detroit Tigers, Jul 21, 2009 4:05 PM PDT

Lineup

07/21/09 4:05 PM PDT

Seattle Mariners	Detroit Tigers
Ichiro Suzuki - RF	Curtis Granderson - CF
Russell Branyan - 1B	Placido Polanco - 2B
Jose Lopez - 2B	Miguel Cabrera - 1B
Ken Griffey Jr. - DH	Marcus Thames - DH
Franklin Gutierrez - CF	Magglio Ordonez - RF
Ryan Langerhans - LF	Ryan Raburn - LF
Kenji Johjima - C	Brandon Inge - 3B
Jack Hannahan - 3B	Gerald Laird - C
Ronny :(edeno - SS	Adam Everett - SS

Garrett Olson

#49 / Pitcher / Seattle Mariners

Height: 6-1

Weight: 205

Bats: R

Throws: L

Born: Oct 18, 1983

Rick Porcello

#48 / Pitcher / Detroit Tigers

Height: 6-5

Weight: 200

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Dec 27, 1988

Porcello's an extreme groundballer and the Tigers have an excellent defensive infield. Prepare for something annoying.

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I have not been able to watch more than ~10 minutes for two weeks as of tomorrow.

by Aaron Campeau on Jul 21, 2009 3:23 PM PDT reply actions

We have lefties!

by Poochie on Jul 21, 2009 3:27 PM PDT reply actions

Wearing white pants with powder blue tops is a fashion don't

I mean seriously

by Poochie on Jul 21, 2009 3:28 PM PDT reply actions

Better that than powder blue top-to-bottom though

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Jul 21, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions

You are incorrect

by Poochie on Jul 21, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm not a fan of powder blue baseball unis though so there's that.

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Jul 21, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Nor am I

by Poochie on Jul 21, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions

It's before Labor Day though

by OlSalty on Jul 21, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions

I bet seattlebruin

would disagree with you. I hear he loves awful shades of blue.

[DELETED ZOMG NO POLITICS]

by bluemax on Jul 21, 2009 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Wearing blue basketball jerseys with white and red trim and "GONZAGA" on the front

and then crying when you lose a game is a fashion don’t as well

by seattlebruin on Jul 21, 2009 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions

You shut your whorish mouth.

by abender20 on Jul 21, 2009 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions

You must have been raised in a terrible family to say this

by seattlebruin on Jul 21, 2009 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions

My Dad roots for Gonzaga, and was unhappy when JP Batista couldn't keep the ball away from LR-MM

by abender20 on Jul 21, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Both of these starters appear to be very handsome

by Dewey N on Jul 21, 2009 3:29 PM PDT reply actions

We are Mariners fans.

We are always prepared for something annoying.

by waldo rojas on Jul 21, 2009 3:29 PM PDT reply actions

I think that should be this year's motto...

“The 2009 Mariners: Prepare for the annoying.”

It works both for us and for teams playing us.

by SethGrandpa on Jul 21, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Have season slogans always been a product of the marketing department?

‘Refuse to Lose’ and ‘Two Outs, So What’ were brought up recently, and both of those were organic to their respective teams and years. Also created well after the season had started, has the current thing with the like of ‘A New Day A New Way’ coming out before the season starts always been the case?

by Kermit. on Jul 21, 2009 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions

They aren't always, but now marketing departments try to foster them pre-season.

This way they can get in early on maketing them through t-shirts, ect. Of course, I don’t think any of those ones catch on like the organic ones.

by SethGrandpa on Jul 21, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Two Outs, So What was started by the fans.

They have always had a slogan for the year going back to the 80’s when I first started paying attention. They also would have a song for each season.

The slogans themselves are in fact created by an outside marketing firm which is paid millions of dollars to come up with this stupid slogans.

by Sec 108 on Jul 21, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions

"Winn Beneath My Wings"! "Winn, Lose or Draw" !!!

by msb on Jul 21, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions

GETTIN SHIGGY WITH IT

by waldo rojas on Jul 21, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions

YES

by royalcurve on Jul 21, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions

na na na na

by Poochie on Jul 21, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Huh, I was under the impression they had picked up on a vibe particular to the season as it developed

But that really didn’t make sense given how shitty the M’s have been so frequently over the years. Never realized they had an official slogan every year though.

by Kermit. on Jul 21, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions

And Niehaus has to find a way to say it with a twist at the end of each ad ...

by msb on Jul 21, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions

His Sodo Mojo was good, until the M's fell into the cellar

by Kermit. on Jul 21, 2009 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Must be a Seattle thing.

See “MetroNatural”.

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

by ralphie81 on Jul 21, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Every team does it

see the 2008 ones here

by msb on Jul 21, 2009 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions

There are only 12 teams in MLB?

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

by ralphie81 on Jul 21, 2009 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Here is 2001

courtesy of Jim Caple

by msb on Jul 21, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Wow, not only do the Royals take our used, crappy players

they take our used, crappy slogans.

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

by ralphie81 on Jul 21, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions

For a long time now they have had a motto/tag line for the season ...

“you gotta love these guys” , “Sodo Mojo” etc

by msb on Jul 21, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Crack of the bat

Flash of the glove
We’ve got a game that everyone loves
We’ve got a game that’s got it all
And the name of the game is MARINERS BASEBALL
It’s Biiiiig-League stuff
Mariners Baseball (POP), it’s big-league stuff!

by waldo rojas on Jul 21, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions

I love that Mariners baseball was so bad they had to remind people that it was indeed the major leagues

by Poochie on Jul 21, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions

I see how it could have been confusing to a casual observer.

by waldo rojas on Jul 21, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Sidney Ponson is fat and also appears to be a guy who looks like he is smelly

by Poochie on Jul 21, 2009 3:30 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Sidney Ponson looks like he took a quick dip in a deep fryer and drank half the grease.

angels fan in seattle

by Eyebrows on Jul 21, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Gosh I hope it wasn't turned on

by Poochie on Jul 21, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions

I hope it was.

by groovewrangler on Jul 21, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Oh come on his life would have been in danger

by Poochie on Jul 21, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs

but I bet he'd be tasty deep-fried

Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.

by pdb on Jul 21, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Like pork rinds.

by msb on Jul 21, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions

Could use some artichoke though

He’d benefit from Adenhart

by OlSalty on Jul 21, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions

This could be comment of the year right here

by Dewey N on Jul 21, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions

Good for Sidney Ponson

with 7 teams in 5 years he’s become MLB’s resident number 6 starter when a team doesn’t want to pay for a good pitcher and don’t have any young guys ready to go.

by Kenny Knows Sports on Jul 21, 2009 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Okay, so where is RRS?

And let’s face it folks: it’s Porcello. We’re probably gonna get boned.

I don't know how to stop.

by esoteric on Jul 21, 2009 3:32 PM PDT reply actions

Lefties!

by Poochie on Jul 21, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions

Drayer thinks he is likely to be up at the end of the week, as they shift back to the 5-man.

by msb on Jul 21, 2009 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions

The mom used to serve food at Porcello's middle school cafeteria

Apparently he was the nicest kid shes ever met back when he was much smaller. She hates baseball, but I still tell her how he does every time he pitches.

by Limerickx on Jul 21, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Ever since he was drafted, I´ve loathed Porcello.

His start against us earlier in the year, as well as the apparant ambiguity surrounding the pronunciation of his last name have only cemented my distaste for him.

by katal on Jul 21, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions