7/25: Open Game Thread
by Jeff Sullivan on Jul 25, 2010 12:23 PM PDT
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After trying to sit through the Hall of Fame induction ceremony for about five minutes, I'm starting to hope none of our players ever get there.
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So we still have too many goddamn first basemen
But hey, who cares about the rook’s development so long as we get Screwface some at-bats.
Is Lopez ever going to get traded?
Do we wait for him to have one good game? Is this just a pipe dream that all Mariners Fans share… but no other team subscribes to?
July 10th.
He had a grand slam against the Yankees.
by kennerdoloman on Jul 25, 2010 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
It's hilarious as long as you don't think about the part where we are stuck with him at least for the rest of the season and won't possibly get something useful for him.
Ignore all of that and it’s hilarious.
Listen to it on the radio. It's kind of refreshing once in a while.
That way you can do stuff and enjoy baseball at the same time. Maybe you could do some drugs simultaneously or something.
Yes, that. Clean up. Not leadoff.
But hitting Lopez leadoff would be bad too.
It's always bad.
This is just one of the reasons it’s bad.
Jack Wilson has the 2nd highest BA of any player in the line-up today for the M's.
What're ya gonna do with those pies, boys?
Plus he's just pretty to look at either way.
According to my calculations, your problem doesn't exist.
by the other side on Jul 25, 2010 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Mariners baseball!
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Well this matchup isn't exactly Sengoku Jidai
Though they sink through the Sea, they shall rise again...Death shall have no dominion...
(Wiggle wiggle)
Though they sink through the Sea, they shall rise again...Death shall have no dominion...
Lopez redeems himself!
…completely…!
Though they sink through the Sea, they shall rise again...Death shall have no dominion...
Guess he's not allowed to walk.
According to my calculations, your problem doesn't exist.
by the other side on Jul 25, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I actually liked that semi blimp camera view.
Way better than the behind the ump camera.
by seattle_since_81 on Jul 25, 2010 2:06 PM PDT reply actions
42?
According to my calculations, your problem doesn't exist.
by the other side on Jul 25, 2010 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Naw, the Ultimate Answer to Life the Universe and Everything
But thanks for playing!
According to my calculations, your problem doesn't exist.
by the other side on Jul 25, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Trade routes.
Though they sink through the Sea, they shall rise again...Death shall have no dominion...
WHY DID SMOAK GET THE GREEN LIGHT? WAK
WHY DID WE GO WITH OUR WORST RELIEVER IN A TIGHT SITUATION? WAK
WHO KILLED THE DINOSAURS? SEAN GREEN, BUT IT’S WAK’S FAULT FOR PLAYING HIM AT THE END OF THE TRIASSIC WHEN THE GAME WAS TIGHT.
by abender20 on Jul 25, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
This sounds like the perfect time to write a fanpost.
According to my calculations, your problem doesn't exist.
by the other side on Jul 25, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm just relieved I've already hit that point where I just don't care anymore.
Though I did still give a mild head scratch.
by SgtSasquatch on Jul 25, 2010 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Justin Smoak as a Mariner
49 ABs: 1 BB, 21 SOs, 0.188 OBP
Yeah, yeah.
It’s a small sample size in which he’s faced 8 pitchers with a WAR of 2.0 or greater (Lester, Sabbathina, Floyd, Buehrle, Lackey, Pineiro, Danks, Weaver.)
C'MOOOON CONDOR
Though they sink through the Sea, they shall rise again...Death shall have no dominion...
Guess the book on Saunders is to pitch him away
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Jul 25, 2010 2:11 PM PDT reply actions
Also, run aggressively
because while most of the time the runner will be out, once in a while there will be a terrific brouhaha in the Mariner dugout and it’ll be worth it.
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Jul 25, 2010 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Unrelated to the game
but the home page for Yahoo! boasted a story about seven jobs that do not require a college degree. Number four on that list:
Nuclear Power Reactor Operator
It's been a while since we've had a meltdown.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Jul 25, 2010 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I spent at least 45 minutes reading Chernobyl-related Wiki pages on Friday, so this is great timing.
I have done this.
Surprisingly in depth.
According to my calculations, your problem doesn't exist.
by the other side on Jul 25, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Q. Why shouldn't you buy Russian underpants?
A. Chernobyl fallout.
by Eyeball Kid on Jul 25, 2010 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
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JoseCanseco I just hit a bomb in. Softball I bet you can t do that
by lemonverbena on Jul 25, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
God I hate everything about Youkilis
His stupid batting stance, his beard, everything.
According to my calculations, your problem doesn't exist.
by the other side on Jul 25, 2010 2:20 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
How do we do that?
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Jul 25, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
WOOO JACK!
Though they sink through the Sea, they shall rise again...Death shall have no dominion...
It's been a while since I've listened to the radio or followed a GT, so perhaps this is oft-discussed
but goodness, Dave sounds frail.
You! Cake or death?
I feel a tiny amount of pity for Sox fans.
No one deserves to sit through a Dice K start every 5 days.
Watching Dice-K pitch is not unlike watching Beluga Tits in action.
Throw a shit ton of pitches and take a really long time between each and every one.
Griffey!
Why do broadcasters always have to like the idea of 3-0 greenlights, regardless of situation?
“Why not?”, they’ll always ask.
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Sims always seems to like it and I don't consider him stupid
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by Griffin Cooper on Jul 25, 2010 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, but it's not always a good enough pitch to hit that it warrants swinging 3-0
Like the one to Smoak, for example
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by Griffin Cooper on Jul 25, 2010 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, I agree.
But the theory is that if you’re a power hitter, well, here’s a fastball
ignacio
5 innings in a blazing 2 hours.
YOU ARE WHAT MAKES BASEBALL BORING DIASUKE
According to my calculations, your problem doesn't exist.
I think Kotchman made the correct decision going for second base
The left fielder just made an outstanding play
I think it might be an acceptable try by others
but Kotchman all season has proven himself abnormally slow
ignacio
It is still the correct decision.
99 out of 100 times Kotchman hits a ball like that that hugs the line, he is going to be safe at second. It took an outstanding play by the LF to throw him out.
I guess it depends on whether an adjustment because so many runners have been thrown out.
Maybe you shouldn’t. Probably you shouldn’t.
ignacio
Reports are the Angels have traded for Dan Haren.
Joe Saunders involved for some reason.
RHP# Dbacks Dan Haren traded to Angels for Joe Saunders, Patrick Corbin, Rafale Rodriguez
Why couldnt the Mariners trade for him.
That annoys me
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by Griffin Cooper on Jul 25, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
This has ONE source at present.
Certainly seem sto me that they could've got a lot more than this.
He has what, three and a half years left on his contract?
I don’t see why they even needed to trade him now.
The more I think about it, the stupider it seems.
It’s impossible to believe that the D-Backs couldn’t have got a better package than that. A starter who blows, a reliever who blows, a 20-year-old pitching prospect in high A ball, and a PTBNL who will probably end up being someone inconsequential? Firing Josh Byrnes is starting to seem like a really bad idea.
by I Lick Squirrels on Jul 25, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
If it's not Trout or that Asian catcher, Arizona has pretty much pulled a Bavasi.
by I Lick Squirrels on Jul 25, 2010 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Hank Conger is the Asian catcher, and he's pretty decent
Not in the realm of Trout, of course, but I’ll wait and see what the official word is. I don’t expect Trout to be included, though.
Trout's really the only thing that would make it a fair trade.
Conger would make it a slight win for the Angles. Anything else is bahahahahahahahaha
by I Lick Squirrels on Jul 25, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Do the Angels have anyone better, though?
Other than Trout, their farm system pretty much blows.
by I Lick Squirrels on Jul 25, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
This is one of the worst prospect packages I've ever seen
by Graham MacAree on Jul 25, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Absolute steal for the Angels
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by Griffin Cooper on Jul 25, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
The comparison between the prospects Arizona gave up to get him vs. those they just received...
Well, let’s hope Trout is the PTBNL
by Graham MacAree on Jul 25, 2010 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought if the Mariners were in on him they would have to give up Pineda.
Would have just taken a package around Fister I guess.
by houseofprime on Jul 25, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Well lets hope those MLB people who talked to Dave Cameron at the All-Star Game were right...
The main issue that was brought up is that he’s a guy whose best skill is command and has achieved most of his success in the National League. There’s a good amount of skepticism about NL arms without top-shelf stuff, and Haren was lumped into that category. Combine that with his escalating salaries (he’s due $40 million over the next three seasons), and I just couldn’t get anyone in the game to get very excited about giving up premium talent to acquire him.
I was pretty surprised, honestly. He started out in the 30s on my original list, but by the end of the weekend, he just missed the cut. The sense that I got in Anaheim was that guys like us like him more than major league teams do.
Let's compare:
Dan Haren: 2010: $8.25M, 2011: $12.75M, 2012: $12.75M, 2013: $15.5M club option ($3.5M buyout)
Joe Saunders: 2010: $3.7M (Arb1), 2011: Arb2 ($6 mil?), 2012: Arb3 ($8 mil?), 2013: Free Agent
This is Karmic payback for the Cliff Lee deal…
GET OUT MARK! GET OUT JUSTIN! GET OUT NOW LIKE JOSH BYRNES DID WHILE YOU STILL CAN!
This is so much worse than anything Bill Bavasi ever did.
You're dead to me.
by Goose on Jul 25, 2010 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
I have
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by Griffin Cooper on Jul 25, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Of course not.
He’s a perfectly good left-hander that will compliment Edwin Jackson very well in the rotation….
He is just painfully bad
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by Griffin Cooper on Jul 25, 2010 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate the wave so much. Especially in close games in a 12 pitch at bat.
There’s a game going on people
I wouldn't worry about it
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by Griffin Cooper on Jul 25, 2010 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Well that didn'twork. First time writing a comment on my phone
How was Fister today?
by LeftArrow2 on Jul 25, 2010 3:47 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Congrats, you made me groan with a smile.
Fans are typically idiots.
by The Typical Idiot Fan on Jul 25, 2010 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
HAHAHA RED SOX YOUR JAPANESE GUYS SUCK
WE GOT THE GOOD ONE SUCK ON IT
by I Lick Squirrels on Jul 25, 2010 3:53 PM PDT reply actions
Not a bunt!
According to my calculations, your problem doesn't exist.
by the other side on Jul 25, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
They totally meant it when they had a moment of silence for the old Mariners.
Fun baseball for the rest of the season!
Correct me if I'm wrong
Since Ichiro was already forced, isn’t the force at home taken away?
Pretty sure Saunders got under the tag and that was a case of “the ball beating the runner to the plate.”
by magistermilitum on Jul 25, 2010 4:00 PM PDT reply actions
No, he tagged him
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by Griffin Cooper on Jul 25, 2010 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
On the thigh.
Foot was already over the plate.
by magistermilitum on Jul 25, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
And the ump was out of position to see it.
Hence the “ball beating the runner” scenario.
by magistermilitum on Jul 25, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Of course it doesn't matter.
Just looking for clarity.
by magistermilitum on Jul 25, 2010 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Pretty sure he missed the plate
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by Griffin Cooper on Jul 25, 2010 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Just logged on,
Saw the Angels acquired Dan Haren (I was pretty surprised) for supposedly a prospect package that isn’t great (this is correct right?) and a PTBNL (that is actually supposed to be good and not Trout). I know Dan Haren is no Cliff Lee, but the Angels are fighting. Also, we’re winning somehow (I guess since Matsuzaka sucks…)!
Milton Bradley is my hero.
Actually, since Okajima sucks
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by Griffin Cooper on Jul 25, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
"Isn't that great" is a huge understatement.
The package absolutely blows.
by I Lick Squirrels on Jul 25, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously, I think we should be angling for Stephen Drew
The D-Backs interim GM is clearly incompetent.
by Fuckmikereilly on Jul 25, 2010 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
If the Haren trade is a baseline, we could probably get him for Luke French and Sean White.
by I Lick Squirrels on Jul 25, 2010 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Fortunately there's a thing called the internet which if invoked would tell you all there is to know about Miguel Montero
by Graham MacAree on Jul 25, 2010 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
BA's Prospect Handbook says that LAA gave up their number 12, 22, and if Skaags is the PTBNL, number 8 prospects.
I want to offer Arizona Doug Fister, Mario Martinez and Julio Morban for Stephen Drew. Now.
That's scary
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by Griffin Cooper on Jul 25, 2010 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
The D-Backs just made one of the worst trades I've ever seen.
And it’s going to fuck us over for years.
by Fuckmikereilly on Jul 25, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I still root for them to be our rivals. After the whole Cliff Lee/Chris Snyder thing, and now this?
Milton Bradley is my hero.
Seriously.
What happened to that A+ prospect package they wanted?
Haren is under a below-market contract through 2012.
by Aaron Campeau on Jul 25, 2010 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Holy shit I forgot about this.
Goddamnit
According to my calculations, your problem doesn't exist.
by the other side on Jul 25, 2010 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't know anything about the prospects, so would this still be a bad trade even if Haren was a rental?
Milton Bradley is my hero.
Yes.
The fact that he’s signed for that long makes this one of the worst trades I have ever seen.
by Aaron Campeau on Jul 25, 2010 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Things that could make this not one of the worst trades I have ever seen:
Trout or Morales as the PTBNL. I don’t see that being the case.
by Aaron Campeau on Jul 25, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Nick Piecoro just tweeted "Told the player to be named in the deal is a top prospect..."
Who ever Piecoro is.
The Angels don't have a PTBNL not named Trout who could make it anything but a trainwreck for Arizona
This is potentially 3 1/2 years of Dan Haren we’re talking about, if they exercise his option.
GOD
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by Griffin Cooper on Jul 25, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Well his 2013 option is for 15.5 mil, so it's not that big of a bargain
But still, 3 1/2 years of Dan Haren… dam it why can’t the Angels just go downhill already?!?
For a player of Haren's caliber 15.5mil is still pretty good
Depending on where they’re at competitively/financially they could easily pick that up.
The prospects look pretty comparable to what the Mariners gave up to get Lee
Plus Joe Saunders is in there for no apparent reason.
by Graham MacAree on Jul 25, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't think anyone is the caliber of prospect that Aumont was
But the PTBNL could be the best prospect in that package.
by Fuckmikereilly on Jul 25, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
The PTBNL sounds like it could be Skaggs, who ~Aumont
by Graham MacAree on Jul 25, 2010 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn't the Phillies send Aumount down to single A after he struggled in AA earlier this year?
I wondered if the M’s messed him up when they converted him to be a reliever. Is Aumount still a top 5 prospect in the Phillies system?
I don't mind that since he did his job
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by Griffin Cooper on Jul 25, 2010 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Although Seddon was excellent
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by Griffin Cooper on Jul 25, 2010 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
That would be pretty biased though.
And the starting pitcher would most likely get the W. Don’t fix whats not broken.
"The Mariners win a ball game!"
I love the joyous surprise in his voice.
Beats the hell out of articles about sleeping.
Maybe Griff and Sweendog should have taken a bat to Wak a couple months ago.
Dear Red Sox Fans
Get back on the eastbound bus and cry in your chowdah. 2010 just isn’t a good year for a pennant race.
That does it...
I’m buying a Jack Wilson jersey.
I feel the need. I feel the need for expeditious velocity.
Save the money on the jersey...
And buy a set of fake hillbilly teeth.
by Henry H on Jul 25, 2010 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh that's right,
I forgot how important it is for your SS to be really attractive, I should just pack it in and become a Jeter fan!
I feel the need. I feel the need for expeditious velocity.
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