15-26, Lightning Round Game Thoughts
by Jeff Sullivan on May 20, 2010 6:23 PM PDT
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PrintSelf-imposed rule: no bullet point longer than one sentence. It's time to have an actual Thursday night. SPRING BREAK WOOOOOOOOOO*
- Jason Vargas was decent again, against a potent lineup, and though the 35:15 K/BB he has on the season now isn't as impressive as the 27:9 he had a few starts ago, this is more representative of his ability.
- Don Wakamatsu wasted his first ejection on a call the ump got right.
- For anyone who missed Wak's ejection, it just looked like typical Wak and wasn't really in any way "fiery," which means those of you who wanted to see him inspire the team by going nuts and getting tossed may remain disappointed.
- With the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, Casey Kotchman drilled a 3-1 fastball deep and just foul, and though this .gif doesn't quite capture it, Kotchman's eyes gave away how fat a pitch it really was.
- Josh Bard's day: walk, well-hit single, well-hit double, well-hit sac fly.
- The third inning saw the Mariners get their 8 & 9 hitters on base, and it saw their 1 & 2 hitters lay down bunts at Wak's behest, which is nutballs.
- The pitch that Junior pulled for the winner was a 2-1 fastball from a righty, belt high, over the outer half, and it as a versatile pitch, as Junior could pull it for a single, and Adrian Gonzalez could've taken it the other way for a dinger.
- Shawn Kelley has thrown 68% strikes in 2010, after throwing 68% strikes in 2009.
- I haven't decided how I feel about Safeco playing that clip from Seven Nation Army over and over in run-scoring situations, but I feel like it's the sort of thing that could get really annoying really fast, so I'll let you know once we start getting into run-scoring situations.
* I'm not actually on spring break, as I am a grownup
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Haha
“That’s horsesh*t” at 42 seconds in the clip
He was actually more enthusiastic in his arguing than I thought he would be. Maybe more to come in situations that matter…
At one point the umpire asked him "do you want to be ejected?" and Wak said "go ahead."
...and now I'm here
I was at the game and instantly could tell it was one of those situations
I didn’t buy it, but it energized the home crowd (and possibly the team), so you could say it was worth it
I was there too.
My cheering was ironic.
...and now I'm here
Man, that was weak. Should have spent his first ejection last month against the Rangers when Kotchman was called out
for running out of the basepath or whatever the fuck the ump made of that play. THAT one was worth throwing a fit over.
Milton Bradley apologist
by sanford_and_son on May 21, 2010 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions
Kotchman grandslam (towards the end of the game recap video)
- That would have been nice to get him out of his funk, good hit ball that went foul.
- I think Griffey’s game winning single could have been a bases clearing double (or a bases clearing single) if happened earlier in the game.
It shows how much Griffey is disliked right now
Griffey lined one into the corner that would have been double if it was needed and the game not ended. Yet, he gets criticized. That is what happens when you play on an awful team and he is part of the reason why it is awful.
I agree, what?
I meant I wish he would have padded his stats more if possible with some RBIs, but the single statement was a joke
That is all I was saying, Griffey hit that ball hard and would have ended up on second if the game had not ended
It was a shot at Griffey, but he and the team have earned it by their play this year.
works for me
I wish I could photoshop in a big exclamation point above his head. Alas, I lack any artistic ability.
You can't be a catcher if you can't catch. Rob Johnson will henceforth be listed as a traffic cone on the roster.
A lot of baseball players look like me
by Jeff Sullivan on May 21, 2010 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions
After looking at the Morgan meme thread daily
I could pick Nyjer out of a crowded room from 300 yards away. Especially if he was prancing.
That third to last bullet point is quite the run-on sentence, Mr.
But anyway, everything about the Wak ejection just seemed weak.
You! Cake or death?
A run-on sentence is two independent clauses joined with missing (or wrong) punctuation
That was not a run-on sentence. I might have removed the last comma and maybe changed that last ‘and’ to a ‘while’, but I would only do that to reduce the comma build-up.
What're ya gonna do with those pies, boys?
Seven nation army
So that started at European soccer matches. Then Penn State starte playing it at football games. Now everyone is doing it, including those bastards a Ohio State who ripped Penn State for stealing it from European soccer matches.
by speedomike on May 20, 2010 7:33 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Let's be unique
Play Felix’s theme instead.
Carlos Silvelite
by OceanBird on May 20, 2010 7:40 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
It could be worse
They could play “Zombie Nation”
I remember that one coming up nonstop in '01/'02
But that was different, because we actually had ocassions to use it.
by Rachmaninoff on May 20, 2010 8:58 PM PDT up reply actions
It seems weird in anything but soccer.
I’m all for anything that tries to get baseball fans to make a little bit of noise, but the M’s have crushed the charm of that chant by playing it twice an inning.
It was kinda okay when Penn State did it
but by the end of the season every college band was doing it. Even my school’s and we already have the most obnoxious repetitive song to play whenever we want to fire up the crowd/annoy the other team.
[DELETED ZOMG NO POLITICS]
I don't believe that anyone using the term 'grownup' is, in fact, one.
No you may not have a rocket ship.
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on May 20, 2010 9:01 PM PDT reply actions
It's almost June, who's on Spring Break?
Mine was over a month ago
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by Griffin Cooper on May 20, 2010 10:33 PM PDT reply actions
The clip of the single on MLB.com shows Milton beaming after the hit
That’s nice to see.
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