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18-28, Chart

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Biggest Suckfest: Ichiro Suzuki

18-28 is still an awful record, but this is the team's chance to get back into the divisional race. Over their next 14 games, six are against the Angels and four are against the Rangers (the other four are against Minnesota). The Mariners need to make up ground during these next two weeks. They absolutely have to.

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12-2 over the next 14 games

I’m calling it right now.

Dissenting opinions are welcome, and should be encouraged, at Lookout Landing. -LL Style Guide

by MT Olson on May 26, 2010 4:10 PM PDT reply actions  

Recorded, good sir

I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul - Invictus

by EequalsMc2 on May 26, 2010 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Mythbusters tested that to see if it's possible to "literally" tear the cover off the ball.

Answer: Yes, but only when the bat and ball have a closing speed greater than 400 miles/hour.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on May 26, 2010 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

You can also "tear the cover off the ball" if it's been used about a thousand times.

I did that to an old softball one time in practice. We had a pool for who would be the one to finally make it explode.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on May 26, 2010 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

The plastic/vinyl baseballs are a lot easier to do this to

I find a bunch in the buckets at the school where I coach and frequently shell the street outside of the field with them. Eventually I’ll get one of those damn cars

by Fuzz on May 26, 2010 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's a great show

I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul - Invictus

by EequalsMc2 on May 26, 2010 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Huh

I stopped following gameday to do chores (play Red Dead Redemption) and came here to look at what I believed was going to be an awfully sad chart.

I’m pleasantly surprised!

by ungoreatstefan on May 26, 2010 4:14 PM PDT reply actions  

You have an odd definition of "chores".

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on May 26, 2010 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

I can't play for just 15 minutes.

I start playing a video game, then three hours later I end up taking a break to pee.

"Fights begin, finger prints are took, days is lost, bail is made, court dates are ignored, cycle is repeated."

by Thingray on May 26, 2010 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

We NEED to sweep Anaheim 6-0 and Texas 4-0.

Especially Texas. Need to get back in this in a hurry by trade time, or sell.

by ARock on May 26, 2010 5:10 PM PDT reply actions  

I dunno about that

But I’d say they need to go something like 10-5

Do you want to hear about my fantasy team?

by Cantu Easley Winn on May 26, 2010 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sorry.

I was being a bit sarcastic due to what I believed to be some hyperbole. But yes they do need to get hot right now.

by TheBishop on May 26, 2010 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

Does it matter much?

It doesn’t matter what we did back in 95 or 01, if we did sweep them at all back then, how would that be any sort of indicator of future success?

by njd.aitken on May 26, 2010 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Went to that game and it was great

good thing my mom knows head of security.

5 MORE YEARS OF FELIX!

by Marinerfanjake on May 26, 2010 6:07 PM PDT reply actions  

A come from behind win in the eighth? Wheee!

Yay for day games and my little Radio Shack transistor radio.

by wazzu93 on May 26, 2010 6:50 PM PDT via mobile reply actions  

Mike Sweeney's hot streak is getting a little crazy

I don’t think anyone on earth saw this coming. He will definitely come back to earth but its going to take a while and his overall stat line will probably still look pretty decent by the end of the year. Its going to be interesting to see how the rest of his season goes. If he can stay decently hot for a month or two and we are out of contention we might even trade him for a decent product. After this hot streak I don’t imagine him getting benched too often unless he gets hurt (likely). Still crazy and I can’t help but shake my head in amazement when thinking about his recent performance.

by Edgar for Pres on May 26, 2010 7:31 PM PDT reply actions  

It's fun to watch a streaky hitter, because you never know when it will come to an end.

I’d like Mike Sweeney to end on an up note; let him have one last hot streak followed by an injury that ends his career and he knows it and retires. The guy deserves that (he played meaningless baseball in Kansas City for too long). I don’t see him getting traded. I see him ending his career gracefully right here with the M’s. Sweeney has been good for the M’s. Let him finish off good and retire. Maybe, just maybe, he can get through to Griffey and let him know that now is the time to walk away from the game. The game has treated both of them well and they’ve both done good things to it, but when it’s time to hang it up, walk away as proud men.

by TrustBaseball on May 27, 2010 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

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