11-16, Chart

Yeah fuck you too, universe.

These games are brutal. I almost want to break up with the team and tell them to call me back when they are ready to actually put some effort into this relationship because right now I feel like I’m the only one who cares.

I knew our offense wouldn’t be anything special, but this? A two run inning was cause for genuine disbelief here. I remember all those posts about our offense scoring less runs than the team’s wOBA would predict and that this year would be better. Seems like the team has responded by posting a wOBA that looks and smells like they fished it out of the toilet. I know there will likely be regression, but my gut tells me that this is what we get for being the only team with a real-life DH platoon (and giving both spots to players who really have no business playing major league baseball anymore). A lot of teams are moving away from the full-time DH alltogether. Why do we need to give two roster spots to useless players, and then start one of them EVERY DAY? Pitching against the Mariners must be like frakkin’ Christmas. And pitching against our DH (whoever it may be at the time) in a high leverage situation must be like winning the lottery. I hate this. My interest in the Mariners is in serious jeopardy as long as our designated whiffers get to play on a regular basis. If nothing is done about this, my Mariners coverage may go back to being the top right corner of the Seattle Times. I’m not hat a fairweather fan. I just don’t care to follow a team that won’t even put it’s best lineup out on the field most games. Please, Wak, try harder to lose. I’d love to see what that looks like. We have two DHs who can’t H, a C who can’t C, our third best reliever demoted to the minors while the current seventh(!) reliever never pitches, seven relievers when one bench spot is already a black hole, and a lineup that until yesterday looked like some kid made it with those fridge magnets. What would our team look like if Wak was secretly trying to lose? Much the same?

Rant over. See y’all on the next gameday open thread.