My Two Other Favorite Moments From Game Five
by Jeff Sullivan on Jan 4, 2010 9:15 PM PST
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PrintI've spent the evening actively trying not to think about Adrian Beltre, so to make myself feel better, I watched an old video. Be you warned, for here there be .gifs.
This was David Cone's 147th pitch of the game. According to Baseball-Reference, that was the second-highest pitch count of Cone's career, behind an astonishing 166 in 1992. Nearly the entire bullpen was available. Doug Strange's career OBP over a couple thousand trips to the plate was .295.
Paul O'Neill was a lil bitch.
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Wonderful
But I had no idea Strange was that bad.
Griffey at his best.
And I keep expecting tears from Lil’ Paulie.
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Also check out the Yanks bullpen stats in 1995...
When Bobby Ayala has better stats than most of the Yanks relief corps, I’d have stuck with Cone too.
I'm surprised this is actually on there
I was interested when they first got MLB Content. Was happy to see Felix’s domination over Matsuzaka was on there, but then found out it was the NESN broadcast. What the hell? Fuck Orsillo.
And I hated O’Neil so much, him and David Justice can fuck off.
Carlos Silvelite
I want a copy of the VHS they sold at Eagle Hardware
Mine broke in the late 90’s…sad.
Carlos Silvelite
VHS
I’ve got a copy that’s not in real good shape-cover’s worn, etc.-but the tape plays fine. I can mail it to you if you want, just write me at letters@1995mariners.com
I won a bet on game 5
The winning prize was have my head shaved.
The Army was an odd time for me.
I am not a Supporter
I am not a Fan
I am a Sounder
Sounder At Heart
They played it on MLB Network one day.
I recorded it and watch it with my kids at least once a week. They must be subjected to Edgar and Junior (while he was good).
Say it with me: Washington Capitals. Capitals.
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I hate Paul O'Neill.
That .gif is great.
Say it with me: Washington Capitals. Capitals.
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They replay the game on MLB Network every so often
And a couple of weeks ago, I was hungover and ended up watching most of the game.
What’s amazing is not just how long Cone stays in the game, but how long Lou sticks with Andy Benes. Now, granted, the bullpen outside of Charlton was basically shit, but still, I doubt any current manager would stick with Benes as long in 2010.
I'd rather know a little about a lot than a lot about a little
The bullpen wasn't shit...
Check the stats, in addition to Charlton, Nelson and Risley had great years. They were exhausted from pitching so much in the series. That’s why Johnson pitched in extra innings.
+1
Nelson and Risley were one of the best RH/LH setup combos in baseball that year, and what Ayala did was barely worse than, say, K-Rod’s 2009.
Please do not use +1 or other chatspeak on Lookout Landing
Thanks…it’s one of our rules that we’re pretty picky about.
My mistake. I was bouncing between here and minorleagueball.
The +1 is something I should try to stop doing altogether, really.
It's not that bad so long as "+1" isn't the entire response.
The annoying part of “+1” or “This” is that, by itself, it offers nothing in terms of analysis or opinion.
I too watched this when they had it on MLB network
They had player/manager commentary…Jack Morris and Cone in particular were great. I enjoyed when Cone said he went into the clubhouse and cried like a little girl.
Not that I have anything against David Cone in particular, but it’s a nice reminder that, despite not having a ring to show for it, the Mariners have actually inflicted soul-crushing pain on the Yankees and Yankee fans the likes of which we have subsequently experienced by their hands.
Our sign we took for that game is straight out of the pun wars you all have.
It’s never Benes good as this.
by Sec 108 on Jan 5, 2010 6:54 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
The only bad thing about this memory is
during this game I was studying for a calculus exam and trying to court a cute girl in the class. We started to make out, but then I started to pay more attention to the game than I did her she left before the game was over and we never spoke again. I did well on the exam well though.
Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.
p.s. fuck you angels
2/3 ain't bad.
FUCK THE ANGELS!
by Fuckmikereilly on Jan 5, 2010 7:25 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Nope. I was watching the game.
Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.
p.s. fuck you angels
Chicks come and go.
The M’s are forever. Foooorevvvvverrrrrr.
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Now I have a chick who also enjoy the M's.
Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.
p.s. fuck you angels
Best of both worlds.
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I just realized you made a Sandlot quote.
I will smash your face into a jelly.
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jan 5, 2010 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
I Always Despised Paul O'Neill
I had season tickets in ‘01 and ’02. Whenever O’Neill came to the plate, I’d yell out, “Throw at his head!” That’s the only guy in baseball I’ve ever actually wished harm on. He’s such a self-entitled prick.
Agreed, dude was the worst!
no lead is safe.
by sanford_and_son on Jan 5, 2010 9:35 AM PST up reply actions
And that stupid leg kick he had annoyed the hell outta me.
Just an all-around annoying ballplayer.
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Oh, and Fuck Brent Musburger
That guy spent the whole series as a Yankee homer. He was particularly awful in Game 5. I was in college at the time, or we’d have put Niehaus on the radio and shut off the audio.
It is sad
I have never seen the game. I was traveling from California to Virgina on my ship as it was going to be decommissioned. I missed the whole playoffs that year.
Buy the DVD if you can.
It really is a great series to watch if you’re an M’s fan.
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The other thing about that series...
In addition to the whole improbable season for the Mariners thing, for the national audience the M’s/Yankees series did a lot to bring baseball back from the brink following the strike.
Apparently he cared very, very much about baseball.
Unfortunately it manifested itself in whining about the strikezone, whining about pitchers “throwing at him”, being convinced that managers and other players had it in for him ….
by msb on Jan 5, 2010 11:44 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
He's the symbol of all things Yankee
Overpaid, arrogant, and with a sense of entitlement. (You ever seen the expression on that guy’s face after he’s called out on strikes? Unreal.)
One particular situation stands as an exemplar, of why I hate Paul O’Neill:
I was sitting in the stands the day that Al Martin knocked himself out on Carlos Guillen’s knee. Martin knocked himself out cold in the process of catching the ball on an ill-advised leap on a short fly ball. O’Neill kept rounding the bases after the collision, and held up when the ump verified that Martin had held onto the ball.
The look on his face afterwards was repulsive. It wasn’t, “Oh, wow, that guy could be hurt over there.” No. It was the standard Paul O’Neill pissed-off look of, “I just got robbed!” The one he put on after every called strikeout.
That’s why I hate Paul O’Neill. Spoiled, self-centered, and arrogant. A cancer on the body of baseball. The game’s better off without him.
by robbbbbb on Jan 5, 2010 11:54 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Even my wife
who doesn’t watch a lot of baseball has hated Paul O’Neill for years.
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