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7/3: Open Game Thread Part 2

Please be good, Shawn.

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Don't believe the lies Bill!!!! look at the sparkly ERA!!! Sparkly, Sparkly!!! - McCovey Chronicles

by Trenchtown on Jul 3, 2009 6:17 PM PDT reply actions  

Hoo boy.

Now do it again.

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 Jul 3, 2009 6:18 PM PDT reply actions  

Uh....huh.

~I "write" about the Mariners. section331.com~

by section331 on Jul 3, 2009 6:20 PM PDT reply actions  

FUCK

Don't believe the lies Bill!!!! look at the sparkly ERA!!! Sparkly, Sparkly!!! - McCovey Chronicles

by Trenchtown on Jul 3, 2009 6:20 PM PDT reply actions  

I need a cigarette

I hope you die. I hope we BOTH die.

by BRKLN M'S on Jul 3, 2009 6:21 PM PDT reply actions  

I'm actually going to START smoking....

~I "write" about the Mariners. section331.com~

by section331 on Jul 3, 2009 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

So that's a popup in any other stadium

Yesterday's Pants
A blog-thingy about the Mariners and stuff.

by BrettJMiller on Jul 3, 2009 6:21 PM PDT reply actions  

Whew.

So our bullpen is really, really fucked.

by Fuckmikereilly on Jul 3, 2009 6:23 PM PDT reply actions  

Blame White for the dipshit walk

and Rob Johnson for not being able to catch. Learn to do your job ds!

by Sam Regens on Jul 3, 2009 6:26 PM PDT reply actions  

David Aardsma

because Ichiro is about to go yard.

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 Jul 3, 2009 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was wrong in like four different ways.

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 Jul 3, 2009 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Jak's up

but I think it’ll depend on whether we can somehow get a lead.

Fuck Anaheim.

by Eyeball Kid on Jul 3, 2009 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

STOP BUNTING

I hope you die. I hope we BOTH die.

by BRKLN M'S on Jul 3, 2009 6:27 PM PDT reply actions  

Fun fact!

The ostrich is the world’s fastest bipedal animal.

"Why should I stretch? Does a cheetah stretch before it chases its prey?"
-Griffey

by Big Jared on Jul 3, 2009 6:31 PM PDT reply actions  

Is it just me,

Or does Papelbon look like Ricky Schroeder with crazy eyes?

~I "write" about the Mariners. section331.com~

by section331 on Jul 3, 2009 6:34 PM PDT reply actions  

Yay, it's Papelbon.

Either score a run or hit a liner off his face.

by MFAN on Jul 3, 2009 6:35 PM PDT reply actions  

I think it's bloody mary time

Something needs to fix the problem’s I’m about to have…

~I "write" about the Mariners. section331.com~

by section331 on Jul 3, 2009 6:36 PM PDT reply actions  

Here comes Lowe....

Please to be making with the runs now, jerks….

~I "write" about the Mariners. section331.com~

by section331 on Jul 3, 2009 6:38 PM PDT reply actions  

OK, I intensely dislike Papelbon as much as the next Ms fan...

But why are people getting all worked up over him saying he wouldn’t mind playing for the Yankees in the future?

Seriously “Red Sox Nation”, all of MLB isn’t all wrapped up in this rivalry of yours. Let the guy play wherever the hell he wants. If the yankees offer him the best contract, so be it.

by Karma Police on Jul 3, 2009 6:40 PM PDT reply actions  

I understand that...

But if I remember correctly, I don’t think he was the one that brought up the whole “Yankees” part of it. I blame it on the paranoid Sox media making sure their precious players don’t ever wanna go over to “the dark side”.

by Karma Police on Jul 3, 2009 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

Strap in kids,

we’re going to out-do this one tonight.

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 Jul 3, 2009 6:41 PM PDT reply actions  

HORRAY

KEN GRIFFEY MAKES EXCELLENT CONTACT AND IS A GREAT PERSON TO HIT AND RUN WITH

by JLC on Jul 3, 2009 6:43 PM PDT reply actions  

As far as I can tell

The hit and run is fucking stupid.

Fuck Anaheim.

by Eyeball Kid on Jul 3, 2009 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

Just got in.

How’d Felix do?

Addicted To Quack [dot] com; Good luck in the WNBA, Kamyron!

by qrsouther on Jul 3, 2009 6:44 PM PDT reply actions  

3 in 7.

Sean White = regression… again.

Thug Life

by Slow Country on Jul 3, 2009 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

Great

White messed it all up though.

by Karma Police on Jul 3, 2009 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

Above-average

Not his best. Bullpen blew it.

by Wilder. on Jul 3, 2009 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

I have a headache

~I "write" about the Mariners. section331.com~

by section331 on Jul 3, 2009 6:45 PM PDT reply actions  

God I really hope they plunk Nick Green

He is the last person I want to see hitting a walk-off against us

by JLC on Jul 3, 2009 6:48 PM PDT reply actions  

Beatuiful

Don't believe the lies Bill!!!! look at the sparkly ERA!!! Sparkly, Sparkly!!! - McCovey Chronicles

by Trenchtown on Jul 3, 2009 6:56 PM PDT reply actions  

Okay...

If ever there was a time to bunt!

by Fuckmikereilly on Jul 3, 2009 6:56 PM PDT reply actions  

heart attacks kill

Don't believe the lies Bill!!!! look at the sparkly ERA!!! Sparkly, Sparkly!!! - McCovey Chronicles

by Trenchtown on Jul 3, 2009 6:57 PM PDT reply actions  

Oh god RJ is on deck so he'll find a way to fucking GiDP any way.

You got slurved!

Free Tommy Hanson! [FREED]! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!

by Slurvey on Jul 3, 2009 6:58 PM PDT reply actions  

I FUCKING HATE YOU!

You got slurved!

Free Tommy Hanson! [FREED]! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!

by Slurvey on Jul 3, 2009 6:59 PM PDT reply actions  

WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED?!????

~I "write" about the Mariners. section331.com~

by section331 on Jul 3, 2009 7:00 PM PDT reply actions  

I still hate you Rob Johnson.

But thanks.

Yesterday's Pants
A blog-thingy about the Mariners and stuff.

by BrettJMiller on Jul 3, 2009 7:00 PM PDT reply actions  

Love you Lego Man!

Did you fall in love with Miguel Batista? And he rejected you?

by melenious on Jul 3, 2009 7:00 PM PDT reply actions  

I expected that

"Why should I stretch? Does a cheetah stretch before it chases its prey?"
-Griffey

by Big Jared on Jul 3, 2009 7:01 PM PDT reply actions  

AHAHAHAHA

I love Branyan batting second.

by Wilder. on Jul 3, 2009 7:02 PM PDT reply actions  

Dun dun dun.

Did you fall in love with Miguel Batista? And he rejected you?

by melenious on Jul 3, 2009 7:02 PM PDT reply actions  

Is everybody ready for some Mark Lowe?

"I have two normal feet and I can't see the slightest God-damned reason why anybody should stare at them."

by ImaginaryRomances on Jul 3, 2009 7:03 PM PDT reply actions  

Do we have a choice?

"You're so beautiful. You could be a part-time model, but you'd probably still have to keep your normal job."

by nickmo on Jul 3, 2009 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

That would be my vote.

"You're so beautiful. You could be a part-time model, but you'd probably still have to keep your normal job."

by nickmo on Jul 3, 2009 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

Isn't he resting today?

Did you fall in love with Miguel Batista? And he rejected you?

by melenious on Jul 3, 2009 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Mutton Chops in!

Game in question!

You got slurved!

Free Tommy Hanson! [FREED]! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!

by Slurvey on Jul 3, 2009 7:06 PM PDT reply actions  

Mutton chops?

Someone needs to shop Lowe’s face on the Chester A. Arthur’s head in that case.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Jul 3, 2009 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, Lowe's is barely at all.

It’s like beard that isn’t as thick at the chin. But not mutton chops.

I’ll also submit namesake General Burnsides.

Addicted To Quack [dot] com; Good luck in the WNBA, Kamyron!

by qrsouther on Jul 3, 2009 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, I saw it for the first time yesterday.

It seemed like the kind of thing Jeff would make fun of as a poor attempt at facial hair.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Jul 3, 2009 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

Triple digits, sweet.

Did you fall in love with Miguel Batista? And he rejected you?

by melenious on Jul 3, 2009 7:10 PM PDT reply actions  

I just about fucking died.

"You're so beautiful. You could be a part-time model, but you'd probably still have to keep your normal job."

by nickmo on Jul 3, 2009 7:12 PM PDT reply actions  

Muhaha.

Did you fall in love with Miguel Batista? And he rejected you?

by melenious on Jul 3, 2009 7:12 PM PDT reply actions  

Wooo in any other ballpark that looks less scary.

You got slurved!

Free Tommy Hanson! [FREED]! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!

by Slurvey on Jul 3, 2009 7:12 PM PDT reply actions  

Any other 98-100 mph fastball looks a lot less hittable too.

"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett http://mvn.com/marinersminors/

by JY on Jul 3, 2009 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wooooo he missed a bat!

You got slurved!

Free Tommy Hanson! [FREED]! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!

by Slurvey on Jul 3, 2009 7:13 PM PDT reply actions  

Sexy, Branyan

Did you fall in love with Miguel Batista? And he rejected you?

by melenious on Jul 3, 2009 7:14 PM PDT reply actions  

Oh god it's their back-up catcher.

You got slurved!

Free Tommy Hanson! [FREED]! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!

by Slurvey on Jul 3, 2009 7:14 PM PDT reply actions  

Only the best.

Did you fall in love with Miguel Batista? And he rejected you?

by melenious on Jul 3, 2009 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oops, maybe I jinxed that.

Did you fall in love with Miguel Batista? And he rejected you?

by melenious on Jul 3, 2009 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

I CALLED IT WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

You got slurved!

Free Tommy Hanson! [FREED]! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!

by Slurvey on Jul 3, 2009 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

No More Drama!!!!!!

Don't believe the lies Bill!!!! look at the sparkly ERA!!! Sparkly, Sparkly!!! - McCovey Chronicles

by Trenchtown on Jul 3, 2009 7:16 PM PDT reply actions  

And that's gone

Hey dumbass try throwing a fucking off speed pitch for once in your fucking life

by JLC on Jul 3, 2009 7:16 PM PDT reply actions  

Just be a good Lowe...

And just KILL THEM.

Favor the Bold

by IcebreakerX on Jul 3, 2009 7:16 PM PDT reply actions  

Just get it together and close the game, damnit!

Did you fall in love with Miguel Batista? And he rejected you?

by melenious on Jul 3, 2009 7:17 PM PDT reply actions  

I guess if you know a fastball is coming you can hit it REALLY far.

You got slurved!

Free Tommy Hanson! [FREED]! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!

by Slurvey on Jul 3, 2009 7:17 PM PDT reply actions  

FUCK THAT

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Jul 3, 2009 7:18 PM PDT reply actions  

That was a strike?

You got slurved!

Free Tommy Hanson! [FREED]! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!

by Slurvey on Jul 3, 2009 7:18 PM PDT reply actions  

THAT WAS A STRIKE

FUCK YOU UMP YOU PIECE OF SHIT

Fuck Anaheim.

by Eyeball Kid on Jul 3, 2009 7:18 PM PDT reply actions  

AGGGHHHHHHHH

BRING IN THE ROBOTIC UMPIRES

by JLC on Jul 3, 2009 7:18 PM PDT reply actions  

AHHHHHHHHH!

"You're so beautiful. You could be a part-time model, but you'd probably still have to keep your normal job."

by nickmo on Jul 3, 2009 7:18 PM PDT reply actions  

How can anyone argue that human umpires are a good thing.

Yesterday's Pants
A blog-thingy about the Mariners and stuff.

by BrettJMiller on Jul 3, 2009 7:19 PM PDT reply actions  

That ump almost fucked us. Thank goodness.

Yesterday's Pants
A blog-thingy about the Mariners and stuff.

by BrettJMiller on Jul 3, 2009 7:20 PM PDT reply actions  

PHEW

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Jul 3, 2009 7:20 PM PDT reply actions  

Whoa.

"You're so beautiful. You could be a part-time model, but you'd probably still have to keep your normal job."

by nickmo on Jul 3, 2009 7:20 PM PDT reply actions  

Sure you don't wanna call him safe ump?

Sox are paying you good money, theyre gonna be upset

by Karma Police on Jul 3, 2009 7:20 PM PDT reply actions  

Victory!!

Don't believe the lies Bill!!!! look at the sparkly ERA!!! Sparkly, Sparkly!!! - McCovey Chronicles

by Trenchtown on Jul 3, 2009 7:21 PM PDT reply actions   2 recs

Drayer talked to Kelley pregame

He doesn’t have a nickname yet, he’s working on a Spartan helmet, and he left the pink backpack in Seattle (it was at the stadium, he was in Tacoma, and the flight left in 2 hours) and so was expecting to pay for that.

by msb on Jul 3, 2009 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

MIRACLE

I hope you die. I hope we BOTH die.

by BRKLN M'S on Jul 3, 2009 7:22 PM PDT reply actions  

Rob Johnson: Felix didn't have his offspeed pitches working early on:

He threw 13 four seamers in his first 14 pitches. You had no idea what his offspeed stuff was like.

by Decatur on Jul 3, 2009 7:27 PM PDT reply actions  

I've heard that sometimes a catcher will judge how well each pitch is working for the pitcher during the warm-up pre-game and call pitches accordingly.

I’m not sure it means anything, but I’ve heard about it.

Yesterday's Pants
A blog-thingy about the Mariners and stuff.

by BrettJMiller on Jul 3, 2009 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

-

Mariners: Hernandez returns to the scene of one of his best career starts — a one-hitter against the Red Sox at Fenway Park three years ago — on a big-time roll. The ace right-hander has surrendered five earned runs in his past 53 innings, striking out 51 over that span. His two-seam fastball has been his bread-and-butter pitch, and rookie catcher Rob Johnson has not been shy about calling for it.

You got slurved!

Free Tommy Hanson! [FREED]! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!

by Slurvey on Jul 3, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

It was 99MPH so the Ump could be fucking blind and never saw it.

You got slurved!

Free Tommy Hanson! [FREED]! Free Jeff Clement! Free Michael Saunders!

by Slurvey on Jul 3, 2009 7:30 PM PDT reply actions  

Yeah he did

On the postgame show they asked a bunch of players who they thought was the most good looking guy on the team and Branyan said Gutierrez. Guti won the fanpoll too.

The best part was when they asked them where they would rank themselves, and Corcoran said something to the effect of “I’m down, way down [on the list]. My body is just…..a mess. It’s bad…..real bad.”.

by OlSalty on Jul 3, 2009 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Baaaa-aaaaad is the correct pronunciation, I believe.

Sweeney went for the suck-up vote with Zduriencik.

Jr, of course, voted for himself.

by msb on Jul 3, 2009 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ain't that a fact.

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

by Fearless Frog on Jul 3, 2009 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah,

but Morse was pretty useless. At the worst we got someone with a decent bat for the latter part of the lineup and with some above average defensive skills.

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

by Fearless Frog on Jul 3, 2009 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

Haha!

If I texted, I would have a conundrum, definitely…

~I "write" about the Mariners. section331.com~

by section331 on Jul 3, 2009 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh, she just chimed in on the 'most important win so far?' question

mostly it’s just entertaining to hear Pitman say “royalcurve says…”

by msb on Jul 3, 2009 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

Huh. Did I?

I didn’t listen to the postgame show. But I did respond to the Twitter question by saying “darn tootin”. Not radio material, I wouldn’t think.

by royalcurve on Jul 3, 2009 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hrm

I don’t know, but the angle of it in this photo makes it look like he could have…

~I "write" about the Mariners. section331.com~

by section331 on Jul 3, 2009 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

I still don't think Youk catches that ball.

That being said, any game where we win thanks to 3 Rob Johnson doubles is kind of a fluke.

In other news, McOwen extends his streak to 40 games in the 9th! I don’t know if anyone else is even interested, but if he gets to 45, it’ll be the longest professional streak since the 1954.

by Fuckmikereilly on Jul 3, 2009 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

WE SURVIVED!

The Rise of a Superstar:Justin Upton-.425 wOBA, 21 years old.

by Goose on Jul 4, 2009 12:07 AM PDT reply actions  

So seriously I could understand if Ronny hit that homerun off of a 95 mph fastball or something

Since much of the energy would be coming from the pitch itself and would explain where the distance came from.

But that was a mid-60’s knuckleball. And it was low and inside and had a ton of break on it. What the hell Ronny..

by OlSalty on Jul 4, 2009 5:35 AM PDT reply actions  

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