8/9: Open Game Thread
by Graham MacAree on Aug 9, 2009 12:17 PM PDT
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HOW DID THE FEED GO YESTERDAY?!?!?!?!?
Also, Wash allowed 5 ER today … oh dear!
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
It's almost as if he's really not that good of a pitcher after all!
[Gallic shrug]Who knew?[/Gallic shrug]
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By the way, how much do the D-Backs suck, that they're on the verge of getting swept by the Nationals?
I mean, the Nats are blazingly hot right now…but still.
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The Nats are trying to take themselves out of the Bryce Harper race.
FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS!
Riggleman is surprisingly not bad as manager.
Hasn’t done anything stupid, has run out good lineups, and the players are speaking highly of him. He just might get a shot to stick around next year, which is all he’s ever wanted.
In particular, he’s apparently done the same thing in Washington as he did in Seattle, which is sort out a toxic-to-indifferent clubhouse and whip folks into shape.
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At least Mark Reynolds is still awesome.
You got slurved!
The M's are why the suicide rates are so high in the PNW and Japan.
It's weird, because their 9th in baseball with a 16.3 team UZR, but you'd never know it by watching them.
FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS!
Further research reveals that the DBacks team UZR is misleading
Top defenders:
Byrnes:10.4-Injured
Upton-6.7
Ojeda-2.8, bench player
Lopez-2.7, traded
Romero-2.6, bench player
FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS!
Chris Young is Arizona's Betancourt. But at least he'll always have this
FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS!
by Goose on Aug 9, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah the last game of theirs I watched
they had a brutal brutal inning against the Angels.
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I'm at the softball game
Where the hell are you guys?
by Timdor69 on Aug 9, 2009 1:16 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I stayed home from the softball game today because I didn't feel like making the drive...
…from Chicago.
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Become a Nats fan -- they've won 8 in a row and are STILL on track to get Bryce Harper!
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Everyone's at the LL/USSM softball game
And was at the actual game last night.
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Yea, this is true.
Wish I could be at that game, but my stomach has put me on the DL, now I have to watch the M’s game from home.
2009 Safeco Field Record: 5-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 9-4
by Fin on Aug 9, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I was at the game last night
But I feel like shit on a stick today, so I’m not leaving the house.
~I'm on the DA~
The mini BBQ ranch ones?
I tried some for free thanks to a coupon. They’re okay. Actually surprisingly spicy for fast food.
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Reaaaaallly?
This piques my curiosity even more now. They advertised their usage of Frank’s hot sauce, which is basically what Buffalo wings are supposed to be made out of, but nowhere ever gets it right….I think, however, that mini Buffalo Bleu cheese chicken sandwiches might be more appropriate. Don’t mess with the classics….
~I'm on the DA~
This HR allowed regression is getting a bit tedious now.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
GUTZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I AM SO IN LOVE WITH YOU
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If Gutierrez manages to get to 20 homers on the season that would be an incredible value out of the best defensive CF in the game.
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All this plus the sex appeal.
For Sean Green and a broken J.J.
"If I'm in a slump, I ask myself for advice." -Ichiro
Ohhhh yeah.
I think my mind repressed that part.
"If I'm in a slump, I ask myself for advice." -Ichiro
I'm starting to think that Guti is Mike Cameron with a little less power but way more contact.
How long do we have him under club control?
So I'm just throwing this out there...but uh if the Red Sox lose and we hold on to win this, we're only going to be 4.5 games out of the wildcard.
Just saying.
FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS!
I'm not really either, but I was surprised when I looked at the standings because I figured we were at least 8 back.
FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS!
Boston has been tanking lately.
FUCK THE ANGELS!
by Fuckmikereilly on Aug 9, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
But the great thing about the AL East's wealth of talent is that they have to beat up on each other.
Which helps us more than if just two of their teams were great. We just need to take of business against Texas, something we haven’t done.
Or the Rays are just very characteristically patient.
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by Fuckmikereilly on Aug 9, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder if Tigers fans have realized that Jarrod Washburn isn't good yet
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I almost feel bad for Washburn.
He must feel like a putz right now. Or perhaps a Putz.
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How?
We have a better chance at making the WC, and Texas is still ahead of us in that department. I’ve already conceded the division to LAA.
We want the Angels to win.
To win the WC we'd have to leap over two AL East teams.
Don’t hold your breath.
We're pessimists who believe we've got no shot at either
So we’d rather see the Rangers win the division.
FUCK THE ANGELS!
by Fuckmikereilly on Aug 9, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I can see both sides.
On the one hand, you may be correct that our best shot now is at the WC, but it’s early enough in the second half of the season that a few key Angels losses could expose some cracks. Even the best teams slump.
Illegible
According to coolstandings, our chances of winning the WC is 0.7%, and the division is 0.7%
So it probably doesn’t matter.
What're ya gonna do with those pies, boys?
So you're saying there's a chance...?
FUCK THE ANGELS!
by Fuckmikereilly on Aug 9, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Until the Rangers pass the Red Sox in the wild card, I'm going to root for them when they're playing the Angels
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Texas winning today is beneficial to the playoff race.
The best they can do in the WC today is tie Boston. Boston and the Rays are better teams.
They also slow down the Angels by winning.
Texas winning is a good thing.
So Scott Kazmir seems to have decent velocity on his fastball.
Good thing we got to him anyway.
FUCK THE ANGELS!
Does it seem like Lopez is covering more ground lately?
Purely subjective but wow it feels like he’s getting to a lot of groundballs.
If you want to amuse yourselves, folks, be sure to click on the "twitter" tab in Gameday.
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Nooooo. It's almost as bad as Facebook.
FUCK THE ANGELS!
by Fuckmikereilly on Aug 9, 2009 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
SCOTT KAZMIR IS SO HIGH RIGHT NOW.
He’s pitching like he wakes and bakes every morning.
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Scott Kazmir is so high he mistook the rosin bag for a tasty maple-syrup-filled pastry.
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Scott Kazmir is so high he goes to Josh Hamilton for advice on maintaining sobriety.
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Scott Kazmir is so high that he only throws wild pitches because he thinks he's aiming at mischievous elves.
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Scott Kazmir is so high that he thinks he's doing well right now because he's gotten the score reversed in his mind.
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Esoteric is so high that he doesn't realize these jokes suck
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They're hit and miss.
I usually do better on these when I have Jeff to bounce off of.
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They're not that bad, I just really wanted to say it
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Thing is, I always HAVE thought that the rosin bag looks like a delicious syrup-filled pastry.
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That was such a shit pitch for Adrian to swing at, too.
Classic out-of-the-zone Adrian slop hit.
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Let's break this motherfucker open
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I see no reason why the M's can't put more runs on the board than the Nats did today.
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Their inferior offense?
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by Fuckmikereilly on Aug 9, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I was going to follow my post up with this exact sentence, but I got distracted.
The Nats’ offense is something ferocious right now. Zimmerman, Dunn, Willingham and Guzman (!) are all OPS’ing over 1.000 since the All-Star break, and Morgan’s been getting on base at around a .400 clip as well.
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It kind of sucks.
They won’t sign Strasburg, and now they’re winning themselves out of Bryce Harper.
FUCK THE ANGELS!
by Fuckmikereilly on Aug 9, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
They'll sign Strasburg -- they have money coming out of their ears.
But they might just win their way out Strasburg. That lineup is ridiculously hot — and objectively good — right now.
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Deals that are going to be way over slot will happen on the deadline.
Same thing will happen with Ackley.
Kenji is the saddest, wettest fucking blanket in Mariners baseball.
Nothing that he does pleases me in any way.
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No, I actually like Johnson more.
At least Johnson is satisfying to make fun of, and cheap as well. Whereas Kenji is as depressingly gray, colorless, and sub-mediocre as a 48 hour marathon of Garrison Keillor’s “Prairie Home Companion.”
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These are all good points (even though I don't fully understand the last one)
But seeing as they’re pretty much a wash at the plate – even with Rob’s recent improvements – I’d rather have a catcher in there who can actually catch the ball and throw out baserunners on a slightly more consistent basis.
Fuck Anaheim.
If you have no idea how godawful "Prairie Home Companion" is...
…then thank your lucky stars you don’t listen to NPR that frequently.
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Absolute blasphemy.
PHC is fantastic, and Keillor is one of the best storytellers alive.
by Robert Lintott on Aug 9, 2009 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
UNDERCOVER MINNESOTA TWINS FAN ALERT
Someone call the mods and ready the box.
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DAMMIT
How’d I get found out???
Oh jeez…
by Robert Lintott on Aug 9, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
That much I can agree with
The joke show is always phenomenal.
by Robert Lintott on Aug 9, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Chris Woodward
Oh, what’s that you say? He’s with the Red Sox now?
Silva is the only other player I could think of, but I tend to forget he is on the team so he doesn’t bother me so much.
It's funny how I ceased caring about Silva once he completely disappeared.
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You mean Carl Crawford?
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by esoteric on Aug 9, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
If he gets out of this without any more damage, then they'll probably give it a shot.
Because they’ve got room to fuck around.
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I know a guy who tries to catch rare birds at sports events . . .
by DCMariner on Aug 9, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The moose already has enough to worry about
As long as this woman is allowed to roam free.
~I'm on the DA~
My God Gutz is amazing
Average over .300
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Feh, dink singles don't impress me.
That .988 OPS in August so far? That impresses me.
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I think the key to a good Mariners team is a good CF.
Cammy left after 2003, yes?
FUCK THE ANGELS!
by Fuckmikereilly on Aug 9, 2009 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Cabrera and Choo for Franklin Gutierrez
If we still have those two and Cleveland offered that trade, do you do it? I just want to find ways to account for Bavasi’s mistakes!
Carlos Silvelite
Just don't even worry about it. Focus on Jack Z.
FUCK THE ANGELS!
by Fuckmikereilly on Aug 9, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
It would take some Arthur Andersen-style accounting to square the balance sheet up on the Bedard trade.
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YES!!!!!!!!!
GET OUT THE RYE BREAD AND MUSTARD GRANDMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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This is far and away my favorite LL gif of all time.
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Oh my god
oh. my. god.
Why have I never seen this before?
This .gif has gone green on like 4 separate occasions.
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by Fuckmikereilly on Aug 9, 2009 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
So has my Griffey On A Rascal .gif
Rec magnets. Amazingly, this one took me 10 minutes to create (only two frames) and the Griffey .gif took at least 6 hours (159 frames), and people like this one more.
But not the most inevitable.
If you recall Jeff discussing his favorite announcers recently, the Khalil Greene slam vs. the Nats to tie a 9th-inning game with 2 outs was the most inevitable in history.
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This game will greatly help our run differential approach theirs!
Also, 10 runs!
FUCK THE ANGELS!
by Fuckmikereilly on Aug 9, 2009 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I came on just to check the game thread's reaction to Branyan's Grand Slam.
You guys did not disappoint.
It's this type of game that should serve as a reminder
that we’re pretty good this year, and have the potential to destroy motherfuckers next season.
Illegible
What is amazing is that this roster is no longer a Bavasi roster.
Silva and Bedard are about the only two players left. Yeah, Beltre is in there, but that was a good signing and one even Jack Z would have made.
Holy shit, you're right.
It didn’t even occur to me. But you’re right — nearly complete turnover. Ichiro, Beltre, Silva, Bedard, Loafie and RRS are the only major pieces of last year’s MLB team left. Even Joh’s nothing more than a once-a-week backup now.
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I was just counting up the time.
Branyan
Gutierrez
Wilson
Johnson
Snell
Aardsma
Jakubauskas
Kelley
Saunders
And that doesn’t even count Endy or guys who should be gluefactoried like Olson.
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YOU FORGOT FELIX!!!
WHAT KIND OF HORRIBLE PERSON ARE YOU???!?!??!
by I Lick Squirrels on Aug 9, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Unbelievable, though you're right.
Actually, the only reason I forgot him is because I AM him. I’ve been blogging from the clubhouse.
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I am already over the bitterness.
• Guti makes up for Adam Jones.
• Tillman is the bigger loss and I am not worried because we have plenty of arms in the system and a defense to make any pitcher look good (e.g. Washburn).
• Choo is replaced by Saunders and Ackley.
• Cabrera… well, Jack Z has already patched the hole and will eventually find a better long-term fix.
Sore spots: Silva and Bedard; only because we have them here as reminders. Bedard is gone after this season and Silva may never pitch again for the Mariners. Out of sight, out of mind.
That's an interesting way to think of it.
Had Bavasi “won” the Bedard trade (even superficially, by fielding a contender last year) he might have been able to hold onto his job, and continue screwing the pooch in even worse ways (just imagine how he would have filled in our gaps in CF and 1B!). So the apocalypse of Jones/Tillman/Sherrill might just have been necessary to ensure Bavasi’s exeunt.
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It makes a perverted sort of sense if you tilt your head and squint.
In a world where Bedard is healthy and pitches well, and the M’s make a semi-respectable run, Bavasi probably still has his job for at least another year. And we can only imagine the sort of damage he would’ve wrought with one more year. Can you say “Washburn extension?”
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I still have never made it to a game in Safeco.
Although I was at Felix’s great game vs. the White Sox (second game of a double-header) this year. I was the guy who was right by the Sox dugout and kept screaming “HE ONLY THROWS FASTBALLS!” at the White Sox players. Best part was that Felix struck a bunch of them out on curves.
Definitely the in-person baseball highlight of my Chicago years.
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So ignoring the fact that we'd have to overcome Boston
Is 4.5 games close enough for you to believe we could be in competition again?
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True true.
Until we get to within about 3 games of TB, TEX, and BOS, I find it a little hard to believe we could overcome all 3.
FUCK THE ANGELS!
by Fuckmikereilly on Aug 9, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
We don't have good odds, but if we continue to play good baseball, we have enough time
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We also have to pass TB and Texas.
It’s very unlikely all three will plaly badly the rest of the way, especially when they play one another.
What're ya gonna do with those pies, boys?
Oh shit that was Branyan's 26th home run
I just won 10 dollars!
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I have several bets I might be able to collect on:
1.) Dunn hits more than 40 — looking good.
2.) Zimmerman hits more than 32 — looking very good.
3.) Guti hits 20 — could just happen
4.) Branyan past 30 — seemingly inevitable
5.) Pujols to 50 — hilariously enough the only bet that seems like it might not pay off.
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Someone bet me that Jordan Schafer would hit 20 home runs
I think I’m in good shape there
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He'll just keep hitting 40 on the nose from now on?
That takes far more planning and effort than Adam Dunn is seemingly capable of.
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He's always been one of my favorite players for some reason
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He seems like a happy guy.
I know a lot of people think otherwise, and maybe they’re right, but he’s always struck me as someone who has fun on the field. And you can’t knock the hitting skills. It’s too bad he’s such an oaf in the field, or he’d be a superstar.
I want to take a minute and explain...
Branyan, a lefty, hit a ball that hit the back of the bullpen in left field @ Safeco.
Opposite field homers for lefties in Safeco are a rare occurrence. That, however, was a titanic bomb that should be gawked at.
Yessir
Howard-esque.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Aug 9, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Let me go off on another explanation.
The little fucking midget in Boston who goes by the name of Pedroia hit his first opposite field home run of his career the other day at Yankee “Wind Tunnel” Stadium, and it barely cleared the wall.
Quite differing perspectives there on home runs.
Is 'Grand Branyan' the easiest headline in history?
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
I can't believe nobody has picked up on
Can you Snell what the Wak is cookin’ yet….
~I'm on the DA~
by section331 on Aug 9, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Just after he hit it
Though I promise I’m not actually upset by this
by Robert Lintott on Aug 9, 2009 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Not been following today's thread sorry
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Aug 9, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I was joking, though I did say it.
Like I could be angry with you.
by Robert Lintott on Aug 9, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I feel like RRS is the only person from Australia that I don't want to frail.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
Why would you normally want Australians to fail?
Is this some silly football rivalry, or do you still have hard feelings about the whole Gallipoli thing?
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Sorry I meant flail, not frail bloody typo.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Aug 9, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Shawn Kelley's injury really hurt this season.
We’d be an entire game better right now if we hadn’t had to bring in motherfucking Denny Stark in that game.
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They did.
It seems they did it earlier in the season too…weird.
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by Fuckmikereilly on Aug 9, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
The pitcher would have to hit, but they'll propably use a ph.
Can happen if you want your DH to be in the field.
Wak did this in the 9th inning of a game back in April.
Adrian Beltre was the DH and was moved to third at the end of a close game.
So the Nationals swept the Marlins, and the Marlins now have gone to just sweep the Phillies.
Ergo, the Nationals are the best team in the National League East and should be heading to the postseason.
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God the BCS rankings are so retarded.
It’s why I can’t bring myself to care at all about college football.
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I love college football only because all the big rivalries are fun to watch.
You don’t have to have a rooting interest to be entertained.
But, as a BYU and Mountain West Conference fan, I fucking hate the BCS system.
I love how the Mountain West
has probably been better than the Big East the past 5+ years and the BCS still tries to snub them.
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I hope for at least a 2-2 series with them.
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by Fin on Aug 9, 2009 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Gameday: With Gabe Gross batting, Wille Aybar advances to 2nd on defensive indifference
I thought we traded Yuni…
Victorino got tossed today for arguing balls and strikes ... whilst standing in CF.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
To be fair, the call he was arguing was an obvious ball, and not even remotely close to the zone.
But still, hilarious. Wacky umpiring hijinks really seem like they’re on the rise this season.
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Being 5 games back from the wild card, are the Mariners still in it?
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I think the Mariners are a better team than they were before the flurry of moves that they made in July.
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by Fin on Aug 9, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
But unfortunately the Angels are now a much better team than they were earlier this season.
As are the Red Sox, despite their temporary haplessness.
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I was thinking of the Martinez and LaRoche acquisitions
But I don’t pay much attention to them so you’re right, I had forgotten about the injuries.
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Hay is is a dead meme.
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by Fin on Aug 9, 2009 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
What am I doing?
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by Fin on Aug 9, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, you were serious.
This question has been hashed around about a dozen times this series. I thought you were asking out of jest.
The last Mariner to hit an opposite field grand slam was Felix Hernandez.
Apart from he hit it off of Johan motherfucking Santana!
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Aug 9, 2009 3:42 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
First pitch as well!
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by Fin on Aug 9, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
FELIX HERNANDEZ 4, METS 0!
Love love love love that call.
FELIX HERNANDEZ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>johan santana.
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by Fin on Aug 9, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Never has a game alternated between such dizzying elation and such sickening horror quite so quickly.
I still remember what you said:
“I HOPE CARLOS BELTRAN GETS CARLOS BELTRAN’S DISEASE.
SYMPTOMS: YOU FUCKING EXPLODE.”
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This, by the way, may still be my single favorite post in the history of Lookout Landing.
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by esoteric on Aug 9, 2009 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well it looks like he finally did get it, I might add.
I hope you’re happy.
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Gotta start somewhere
I’ll forgive him when Felix does.
And Felix never ever forgives
Felix is like the Old Testament God.
A badass who smites people with fire and lightning bolts and hands down COMMANDMENTS instead of offering pussy FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
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Haha
Cant believe its been over a year now
This team has changed so much between then and now.
I am so happy with the current administration. I am really optimistic for 2010.
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by Fin on Aug 9, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Lets see how Fister does first.
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by Fin on Aug 9, 2009 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN
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Well I bet M's fans were hoping to sweep them too.
Everyone is disappointed.
FUCK THE ANGELS!
by Fuckmikereilly on Aug 9, 2009 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Well two wins against a solid Rays team puts confidence back into this team.
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by Fin on Aug 9, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Good God, Gutz on tv Russell on the radio
I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO
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TAKE YOUR TROUSERS OFF IMMEDIATELY FFS
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Aug 9, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
YES
Love for Mariners >>>>> hate for Yankees
If Yankees winning helps the Mariners, I will cheer for the Yankees.
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by Fin on Aug 9, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I know
They’re like the kid in high school who constantly whined and whined about never getting laid, like you really care or something.
Then he has sex once and suddenly he’s a massive annoying attention whore.
by Karma Police on Aug 9, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions 10 recs
By that logic the Mariners haven't had sex even once.
And the Nationals are probably gay.
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by esoteric on Aug 10, 2009 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
My dad is an enormous Yankees fan (and is from NY so it's not obnoxious)
And this is the first season where I’ve been able to join him in wishing well towards them. Not even just because it aids our longshot attempt to win a playoff berth, but because you just have to prefer a team that works to keep the New Evil Empire out of the playoffs, even if it’s in a “I’ll take Stalin’s Russia over Hitler’s Germany in WW2” sort of way.
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The Stalin to Hitler analogy works pretty well here.
But there is no doubt the Yankees bought themselves a playoff birth this offseason after getting in third last year. Its just that they have gotten so far ahead of their division that it doesn’t affect the Mariners anymore. Not until next weekend at least.
2009 Safeco Field Record: 5-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 9-4
by Fin on Aug 9, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Did anyone else realize that Russell Branyan has a cornpone Midwest/Southern accent?
It’s charmingly straightforward.
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The Royals are playing with the new double play twins today; Yuseless and Willy.
My oh my.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Aug 9, 2009 3:57 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
Watching them turn a double play against the Mariners was painful.
2009 Safeco Field Record: 5-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 9-4
by Fin on Aug 9, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Rec'd for "Yuseless"
Actually Ive never seen that nickname before.
If you invented it, good job sir.
by Karma Police on Aug 9, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
It was me!
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Aug 9, 2009 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Rec'd for being perfect.
That’s his new name in my mind. I can’t believe I didn’t think of it myself……at least a year ago.
"If I'm in a slump, I ask myself for advice." -Ichiro
It was actually used several times.
But yes, I guess English Mariner was the first to use it.
2009 Safeco Field Record: 5-0 ; Overall Safeco Field Record: 9-4
by Fin on Aug 9, 2009 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Click for continuing evidence of Mike Sweeney's insufferable wonderfulness and likability...
Some of you saw Don Wakamatsu say something to Ryan Rowland-Smith as he left the mound in the seventh inning. Wakamatsu was telling him that Mike Sweeney had lobbied on his behalf to have the manager let him go past the 100-pitch mark for the first time this season.
Rowland-Smith had been increasingly telling teammates of his desire to surpass 100, which he did today at 109.
Sweeney told me he went to Wakamatsu pre-game and offered him $100 if he’d let his pitcher throw 100 or more pitches. Rowland-Smith, who tied a career-high with six strikeouts, made it easy for Wakamatsu to do that without being paid.
Still, Sweeney showed up at his office post-game.
“I flipped him a Benjamin,’’ Sweeney said.
Who wants the bet the M’s find a way to bring him back next season, or give him a coaching position, or something?
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I WANT HIM AS A COACH.
In whatever capacity. I love him, but let’s face it – we have a youth movement going on here. Let’s keep him in the clubhouse for morale and personal guidance.
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Can we just create a "Awesomeness Coach" position?
I’d even be fine with cutting into the FA budget to do this.
As far as I know,
you can create a position named, “Awesome Rainbow Unicorn Coach Who Makes Delicious Burgers” in the MLB. I think teams have guidance coaches and such. Heck, make him team Pastor, or some shit.
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Ok Mike, you've won. I don't care how much you suck, you can stay.
FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS!
I think a coaching position might defeat the purpose. Coaches are like bosses.
How about instead, he is hired as a Spanish/English interpreter? Then, he’s just one of the guys in the dugout. He can pick up next year where he left off this year. It’s not even a “made-up” coach position.
I don't see why they can't hire him as a motivational coach
And I’m serious. Everyone would get a great laugh out of it, Sweeney gets to continue being Sweeney.
FUCK THE ANGELS!
by Fuckmikereilly on Aug 9, 2009 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions
My favorite part is Bill Simmons tweet right before the shots...
sportsguy33 Note to America: Meet the Boston Red Sox closer from 2011 through 2015 (and hopefully beyond), Mr. Daniel Bard.
Hilarious.
Then there's this
sportsguy33 OK, this is devastating. Bard was my favorite subplot of the season. I can’t even type.
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I hate how he's been in such a woe are the Sox mode for a while.
Sure they’re struggling but they’re still in a playoff spot. Stupid spoiled fans.
I mentioned earlier in this thread that the Victor Martinez trade came at a high price by trading Masterson away.
Is it irony when Martinez ends up hitting the go-ahead two-run home run and then Bard coughs it up in the 8th (the spot Masterson would’ve been pitching)?
I don't think that's true. Hasn't Bard had been in the set-up role for a while?
If not it’s clear he was going to.
According to Baseball-Referenece,
Masterson was being used in long relief. And it does appear Bard had been the 8th inning guy before the trade.
Nice.
I love the very rare occasions when I’m actually right and not just making shit up in my head.
I'm a bit busy tonight.
Rain check?
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by kevin_ess on Aug 9, 2009 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hilarity note: guess who just got into the game as a pinch-runner for Ortiz?
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Woodward
It wasn’t really a guess though because I saw it
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That's a good description of Rivera.
Will there ever be a closer as good as him? I say no.
FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS!
I find it inconceivable that, for the past 13 years, all he has done is go out there and throw the same pitch, every time.
And his effectiveness hasn’t flagged one bit. You keep waiting for the inevitable collapse, sometimes he starts the season off a little rocky and everyone holds their breath, and then he rattles off five months of flawless relief.
I also really like the fact that Rivera isn’t one of those pussy “one inning only” guys. He takes the ball in 8th all the time, with little if any drop-off in skill.
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Goose would like to refer you to Game 7 of the 2001 World Series.
But yeah, other than that, flawless.
He's 101 out of his last 105 save opportunities.
Let’s be honest and just admit that he’s made of liquid metal.
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Every time Rivera takes the mound, the Yankees should play the "Dun dun dun dun-dun" before he throws the first pitch.
FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS!
If they ever switched to the Terminator theme I might just soil myself from laughing.
It would be fantastic.
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If some team ever does that, their closer will instantly become my favorite closer ever.
FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS!
He has to be reeeeeaaallly good to get away with it.
Mere Papelbonesque talent will not do. You need someone like Mo or Gagne during his record-setting run.
It would also be perfect for Rivera because he usually looks so implacable and stoic on the mound. You almost can believe that he’s a robot underneath that skin.
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It say something to Rivera's career that that game is known for Gonzo's hit, not Rivera blowing the save in one of the biggest games of all time.
Any other closer and people would never forget it cough Jose Mesa 1997 cough.
FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS!
**cough**Trevor Hoffman in every big game he's ever tried to close**cough**
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I actually remember 1997 for Edgar Renteria.
Usually the pitchers are forgotten, unless it is your team.
I remember Mesa because I had $100 riding on the Indians(which as an 11 year old is alot of money).
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Funny how that works.
To me what always sticks out is a guy nicknamed “Wild Thing” living up to his epithet. Oddly enough, even though I know “Joe Carter” in my brain too, I don’t associate it with Williams. They’re like separate incidents in my head.
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Yeah, it's amazing.
And he’s sooo far above every other closer that’s ever been in game. I don’t even consider Hoffman to be in the same league, saves be damned.
FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS!
If he wasn't on the Yankees I think I'd be in love with him
It’s funny that he’s blown some big games in the postseason (2001 and 2004 come to mind), but overall his postseason stats are still absolutely insane.
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by Fuckmikereilly on Aug 9, 2009 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions
The Yankees win! THHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YANKEES WIN!
4.5 back
FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS!
Shit! I knew that would come back to bite us!
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This would require the Angels to suddenly invert their recent record and start finding hilariously unlikely ways to lose.
In other words, it would be even MORE entertaining than a mere Mariners surge.
Make it so.
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Basically what we did in 2002?
With that awesome 6 game losing streak?
Lets find some 2002 parallels!
2002 Mariners = 2009 Angels – COLLAPSE!
2002 Angels = 2009 Mariners – World Series!
2002 Athletics = 2009 Rangers – Playoffs, nobody cares about you!
2002 was so terrible for me. I had just moved down to the Bay Area DURING that 20 game win streak and everyone knew I was a Mariners fan. Go me! At least we all suffer together.
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So....If somebody doesn't post something new on LL soon, I'm think I'm going to snap.
I
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Dave and Derek have their post-USSM/LL event notes up.
That curbed the edge for about two minutes.
I hate what LL has done to my life.
GAAAAHHH!!!! POST! POST! SOMETHING ANYTHING GODDAMMIT I FEEL LIKE A RAT IN A SOCK IN KANSAS CITY
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Sure
We could cut a little hole out of California.
Honestly, who would miss Los Angeles’ non-stop plastic parade?
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