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3/17: Open Game Thread

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Yay!

OOOOOH!!!!! That was NASTY!!!!!!!!

by bmxnw on Mar 17, 2010 7:09 PM PDT reply actions  

No no no Loafie.

You can swing at pitches that are strike, but good on you for trying to be a little more like Figgins.

by BrianL on Mar 17, 2010 7:20 PM PDT reply actions  

ahem.

who is behind the plate.

by msb on Mar 17, 2010 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

Kotchman

The Good: Line drive back up the middle
The Bad: It looked like he hit the ball about as hard as he could and it didn’t clear the infield dirt.

by Graham MacAree on Mar 17, 2010 7:41 PM PDT reply actions  

Figgins just looks like an excellent fielder on that play. He should prove to be elite defensively at 2b…

by nassfat on Mar 17, 2010 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

Classy

"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34

Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...

by Brian Thomas on Mar 17, 2010 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

That's the Graham I remember

Touchy and insecure.

"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34

Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...

by Brian Thomas on Mar 17, 2010 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

So whats the deal...

On the radio it sounds like Snell is pitching pretty well with 4 k’s. Is his stuff looking pretty good but his control is wonky?

by stredarts on Mar 17, 2010 7:54 PM PDT reply actions  

Borbon just one-upped Figgins with that play.

by nassfat on Mar 17, 2010 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

Haha, whatever. His reputation bought him that ejection.

by nassfat on Mar 17, 2010 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh...

He was. Wow, that is ridiculous.

by Wilder. on Mar 17, 2010 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

So...

I’m sick of Bradley’s special treatment.

by dkulich on Mar 17, 2010 8:01 PM PDT reply actions  

Junior flailing when he can’t pull the ball. Drive off that leg, Kid!

by nassfat on Mar 17, 2010 8:03 PM PDT reply actions  

I'm amazed Bradley didn't blow up on the ump there.

Because he had every right to. And instead he just walked it off and let his manager argue it. I know it’s only Spring training, but it’s good to see that restraint from him.

Now with more lemon bars!

by Fear on Mar 17, 2010 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm thinking he thought he was the third out.

Because he was taking off his batting glove. By the time he realized it was only the second out, he was tossed.

by Wilder. on Mar 17, 2010 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

This part sounds familiar...
That ridiculous policy was apparently still in tact Aug. 8 when Baines was ejected by Foster for dropping his bat at home plate and silently walking to the dugout in protest of a called third strike call.

Now with more lemon bars!

by Fear on Mar 17, 2010 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not a real home run

It’s funny that our team can’t even hit fake ones though

by Graham MacAree on Mar 17, 2010 8:06 PM PDT reply actions  

Yeah, Twitter isn’t working. I was too far behind to do a game update blog. I’d rather come on here instead. My kind of commenters on this site.

by Ryan Divish on Mar 17, 2010 8:10 PM PDT reply actions  

<3

Twitter is killing me. My body doesn’t know what to do anymore when it’s over capacity for more than five minutes.

by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 17, 2010 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's nassfat

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Mar 17, 2010 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

I'm genuinely not sure what I'm looking forward to more

The first game of the season or this .gif you’ve been keeping from us.

by Eyeball Kid on Mar 17, 2010 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

that's one thing pisses me off

None of the stadiums have radar readings on the scoreboards. How fucking tough is to have that. If Cheney Stadium can do it, I would think these other stadiums could.

by Ryan Divish on Mar 17, 2010 8:21 PM PDT reply actions  

Oh shit

David Aardsma: still terrifying.

by Eyeball Kid on Mar 17, 2010 8:25 PM PDT reply actions  

well then

what is this home run derby?

by Ryan Divish on Mar 17, 2010 8:32 PM PDT reply actions  

Grifrey

Dressed as Tiger Woods… says we can win 90-95 games. Must make it true.

by dkulich on Mar 17, 2010 8:33 PM PDT reply actions  

Is there a gate

so Guti can play in that grassy area beyond the fence?

by Droid Rage on Mar 17, 2010 8:34 PM PDT reply actions  

There we go.

League nasty splitter best pitch ever thing for the win.

by dkulich on Mar 17, 2010 8:35 PM PDT reply actions  

"Here you go"

“I saw that”

They have some great lines in this year’s commercials.

"LARGENT! UNLOADED! and he got the ball!

by seattle_since_81 on Mar 17, 2010 8:43 PM PDT reply actions  

Jack Z isn't dumb

He knows that Aardsma isn’t gonna stick. League is closer by end of the year no doubt.

by dkulich on Mar 17, 2010 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm guessing this is Wak's decision

But I agree that is a large part of the reason Zdurencik acquired him

by aussie_chop on Mar 17, 2010 8:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh yeah,

Definitely rooting for Aardsma to end the year as closer, the realist in me (and probably the M’s front office) just doesn’t see it happening. Can never have enough possible closers in your bullpen.

by dkulich on Mar 17, 2010 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

Mmmm bacon....

Because bacon is the candy bar of meats.

Karma police, arrest this man.

by wyte_lightning on Mar 17, 2010 8:56 PM PDT reply actions  

Ah, yes.

I think next year I will have to get one of those…

~I once gave Jose Canseco $15. ~

by section331 on Mar 17, 2010 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hmmm.

$70 is a lot of money to spend to highlight a Rob Johnson that I will eventually have to sell for parts. :(

~I once gave Jose Canseco $15. ~

by section331 on Mar 17, 2010 9:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Maybe you can find one cheap on EBay.

you’ll have to go there eventually to part Rob out.

by msb on Mar 17, 2010 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

NObody will pay for that

It’ll cost me more to list the parts than any return I’d get.
Eventually, I’ll learn from my mistakes.

~I once gave Jose Canseco $15. ~

by section331 on Mar 17, 2010 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

Base 10 makes it so even idiots can measure

The Imperial system requires some semblance of intelligence to calculate

Determined, Jonesing Commentor

by Corco on Mar 17, 2010 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

This is exactly the argument I would expect out of you for taking this position.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Mar 17, 2010 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm all for not catering to the idiots

The initial system may have been idiotic, but idiots have trouble repeating their work, so it requires intelligent people to replicate the thoughts of morons. The metric system is easily repeatable and logical so idiots can figure it out.

Weird concept-
It takes an intelligent person to replicate the works of an idiot but an idiot should be able to replicate the thoughts of an intelligent person

Determined, Jonesing Commentor

by Corco on Mar 17, 2010 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wow,

I think you just explained the Red Sox front office in one sentence.

by dkulich on Mar 17, 2010 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm trying to figure out which of those two concepts you are proving.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Mar 17, 2010 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Both

Determined, Jonesing Commentor

by Corco on Mar 17, 2010 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm saying

the metric system was developed by intelligent people for idiots and the imperial system was designed by idiots for idiots but can only be used by intelligent people

Determined, Jonesing Commentor

by Corco on Mar 17, 2010 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

I told you Divish was gone after Twitter was back!

He’s back hanging out with the cool kids, talking with @BrockandSalk. We need to get them all to hang out over here.

by dkulich on Mar 17, 2010 9:21 PM PDT reply actions  

Salk, yes

Brock can stay where he is.

by Eyeball Kid on Mar 17, 2010 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

He wouldn't last long, it sounds like.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Mar 17, 2010 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

So I take it from the commercials that JITB has decided to appeal direct to the stoner crowd now?

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Mar 17, 2010 9:23 PM PDT reply actions  

I have no clue, I'm on the east coast.

People talked endlessly about some midget cowboy thing last year, and I never ended up seeing it even when I came out west.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Mar 17, 2010 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Between Teixiera, League and RRS

we’d really up the surfer quotient.

by msb on Mar 17, 2010 9:24 PM PDT reply actions  

I wanted to post this.

But I didn’t know the name of the dude pitching. Fucker works well though.

by dkulich on Mar 17, 2010 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh,

It’s still Nippert. Fuck him.

by dkulich on Mar 17, 2010 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well fuck that game. And fuck that ump. And fuck those stupid people.

But hey, I got to hear how Sean Burroughs apparently has daddy issues and it was nice and cool.

FUCK ERIC BYRNES FUCK ERIC BYRNES!

by Goose on Mar 17, 2010 9:47 PM PDT reply actions  

Which stupid people?

And what did they do? Don’t tell me they were mocking Bradley off the field.

by Wilder. on Mar 17, 2010 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

These group of people that were sitting behind me. They spent the first 3 innings on the phone clamoring to whomever that

the game was on tv and that they were there. And they, when the camera crew apparently showed us(after the Bradley ejection?) they went ballastic like it was the coolest thing in the world. Then when Bradley got ejected, they started talking about how he sucked ass, and how he probably did roids in Texas. And they booed him and glared at me when I started yelling at the ump. But Griffey should be the everyday DH because he’s still got some left in the tank! And then they wondered when Vlad signed with Texas. And then they were wondering why the Mariners didn’t keep Snell in the pen like they did last year after they acquired him. And then they started saying Figgins sucks cause he has no power, so I said fuck it and moved farther down the line.

GOD.

FUCK ERIC BYRNES FUCK ERIC BYRNES!

by Goose on Mar 17, 2010 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wow.

~I once gave Jose Canseco $15. ~

by section331 on Mar 17, 2010 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

On the plus side, Erik Bedard is awesome. He was bullshitting with all us behind the dugout before the game

and was signing everything thrown his way and smiling. Not only that, but people would ask for other players signatures, like Ichiro, so he was taking their stuff, getting the other players to sign them, and then throwing them back. He was the talk of the whole section behind the dugout.

FUCK ERIC BYRNES FUCK ERIC BYRNES!

by Goose on Mar 17, 2010 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

WHAT

I WAS AT THIS FUCKING GAME BUT DID I SEE ERIK BEDARD OR GET TO BULLSHIT WITH HIM NO

by royalcurve on Mar 19, 2010 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions  

Hopefully Lopez

takes Nippert deep for and 8 run homer here.

by dkulich on Mar 17, 2010 9:48 PM PDT reply actions  

close.

Outfielder for Clinton last season, and Wisconsin the year before. In other words, he hasn’t escaped the MWL yet. Think about a poor man’s version of Ezequiel Carrera with more strikeout issues than someone with negligible power should have, and you’d be close.

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

by JY on Mar 17, 2010 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

Correct.

Also can’t play center.

But Gillies’ strikeout issues aren’t that bad. 80 last year? Not damning, and that’s nothing on Mendez. Mendez struck out 142 times in 2008, over 393 at-bats. He only slugged .336, with an average of .237.

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

by JY on Mar 17, 2010 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'd suggest Blake Ochoa, but he might have some talent.

Traded one for one with the Marlins for the incredible Danny Santin.

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

by JY on Mar 17, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

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