8/2: Open Rainiers Thread
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 2, 2010 6:39 PM PDT
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PrintThe M's are off, so the Rainiers are on, tonight at 7pm. With Michael Pineda on the hill, and Justin Smoak, Matt Mangini, Greg Halman, and Dustin Ackley all in the lineup, there's more hope there than there is up here.
Note that Josh Lueke should be available to throw today too after taking yesterday off.
Reno has one player in its lineup today who is younger than 26.
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Tacoma lineup for the night:
Woodward SS
Mangini 3B
Smoak! 1B
Nelson DH
Halman CF
Carp LF
Ackley! 2B
Alfonzo C
Wilson RF
PINEDA! P
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I'm still baffled as to why Wilson is batting 9th
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 6:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Yuck
That seems less than ideal
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish this game was on FSN instead of the Beavers
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
You only have so many more opportunities to complain about this.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Aug 2, 2010 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Does anyone else get a waiting for video message box when they click on the Tacoma audio link?
I’ve never been able to listen to the Tacoma feed but the visitors feed always works fine.
Mine is working fine
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Weird.
I’ve tried the Tacoma feed half a dozen times this year and it always gives me a video message. Listening to Reno right now :(
Strange
This is the first time I’ve used it. It opened up Windows Media Player and started playing audio right away. Oh the soothing voice of Curto… Is the Reno broadcast not that good?
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions
At least you get to listen to a third party's opinion on our prospects?
I’m stretching for positives…
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions
For the audio feed, I get
Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file. For additional assistance, click Web Help.
I have the same problem.
It’s not as big of a deal, as I can just turn on a radio, but I’m glad it’s not just me. I’ll tell them about this – not sure if this is a problem with MiLB.com or the Rainiers.
Samesies!
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions
The future is now!
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
Is it wierd that I'm more excited for Pineda's starts now than I am for Felix's?
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Then Rob Johnson is the pair of socks that my aunt that I never talk to got me
Oh, and they’re wrapped in newspaper.
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions
And the socks...
…don’t fit AND get a hole in them the first time you put them on.
Felix represents a possible win in a lost season.
Pineda represents possible future wins in possible seasons that matter.
It’s only natural to be more excited about Pineda.
It sounds like everyone big is at the game tonight.
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
Here comes the Dinger!
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
So close
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Pineda time!
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
Cheese labcoat needlepoint
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions
KKK
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
You dont say
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions
You don't say
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions
You don't say
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions
You don't say
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, but they do.
retrospective upon a milb — my opus.
So Reno has a dude...
named Ed Rodgers who is Dominican.
Who is Reno affiliated with?
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 7:32 PM PDT reply actions
Arizona.
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
by Marinerfanjake on Aug 2, 2010 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Typical Halman
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
Ack-Attack!
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
Ackley channeling Figgins in that atbat
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 7:37 PM PDT reply actions
*which I am okay with
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions
You mean Figgins
Before he was moved from his proper fielding position and place in the order. Good Figgins.
His proper place in the order?
What does that have to do with anything?
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions
No I meant Figgins.
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Wipeout Slider!
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
Guys what happened
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 7:49 PM PDT reply actions
Was there a strikeout, like Gameday said?
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Are we sure that Wak isn't managing the Rainiers as well??
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Daren Brown is apparently a candidate to replace Wakamatsu
So, you know. There’s another prospect to watch, I guess.
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes. Very.
It’s pretty damned massive. CF is 425 away and has a huge wall, so only 2 hitters have ever hit one out to CF. The alleys are deep and the weather make it really tough to hit HRs. It also increases Ks.
Every once in a while, the wind blows straight out, but unless it’s doing that, it takes work to get a home run.
Pulling double duty!
I’m appreciating the USSM posts marc. I just don’t post there any more
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope you get to enjoy the game a bit in between updates.
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Which, according to SC, is twice as unlikely in Cheney as everywhere else in the PCL!
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Well it is the Northwest
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
by Marinerfanjake on Aug 2, 2010 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Off Wilson's glove, though
Would’ve been a great catch, but it went right into the corner in foul territory.
Is Wilson closer to Carlos Lee or Nelson Cruz?
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Used to be the former, now it's more the latter.
He’s been pretty solid in the games I’ve seen. He’s got more speed than you’d expect and that helps make up for some so-so jumps. This play was just terrible luck.
He used to be known as a true defensive black hole, like Victor Diaz bad. He’s not, at least not anymore. But that’s obviously damning with very faint praise.
Still good to hear about a guy with a big bat and a medical file like the OED
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions
It suppresses homers and maybe walks, Statcorner has more detailed factors.
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Here's the
link.
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions
At least it was a legitimate prospect
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions
True.
And he was able to work his way out of it, so that’s a positive.
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah he seems to bear down well with runners in scoring position
Hard to say the way I’m watching but it seems like he goes for the punchout pitching up in the zone and when guys get on starts spotting his stuff down and in. Shades of young Felix.
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I was just thinking the same thing
GET OUT OF MY HEAD!
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions
It feel SO low that our "future" prospects are our ONLY chance for saving us in the future.
(dam you mariners). dam you.
8 straight for Halman
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
Imagine the kinds of records he could set in the MLB.
On that note, what would his MLB line look like if he made 600 PAs next season?
350 Ks, 50 BBs, 20 HRs, and like a .120/.200/.400 line?
Somewhere between 0 and 100%
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions
There are 18 batters in this game
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I just looked up Halman's birthday, wanting to be reassured that he still has a lot of time to learn restraint
He was born in August of 87, so I thought oh, whew he’s still just a kid – plenty of time. Then I remembered what year it is.
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 8:13 PM PDT reply actions
Yeah I was born in 87 too.
And, much like Halman, I too am having to deal with the fact that I may never turn into a real major league player.
by wetzelcoal on Aug 2, 2010 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
You need to learn to check your swing homie
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions
DAMMIT
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
Dammit Yuniesky you continue to haunt us
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 8:15 PM PDT reply actions
We're winning so hard
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Awww....
:( Dammit…
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions
FUCK YOU BAVASI!!!
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions
How has Smoak looked?
I’d much rather Smoak’s confidence is ruined in the Majors than AAA…Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know I shouldn’t fucking worry.
Carlos Silvelite
Well shit, Pineda
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
Too much pressure
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
Not everything....
:(
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Time for an Aaaa-bomb from Aaaackley
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
It's kind of funny that I am watching this game in part because I am so sick of watching the Ms
and… yeah I don’t need to recap.
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 8:20 PM PDT reply actions
Irony
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions
We will have a damn pretty team when he comes up.
Its only a matter of time until we get the Mariners swimsuit calender promotion.
Wrong outcome Ackley
You need to hit the ball!
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
You can't walk your way off the island!
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Uh...This Kroenke guy
he’s a reliever. How embarrassing.
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 8:26 PM PDT reply actions
This team is turning me into a Kroenke old man
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions
At the game
Looks like Lopez got in it with Z in the pregame intros. Not sure why they were both here but blood was defiantly drawn.
by Robert on Aug 2, 2010 8:28 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
What's this?
I thought Pineda was on a short leash today.
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 2, 2010 8:32 PM PDT reply actions
They'll probably let him get to 85-90 pitches
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm guessing he's done now
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Pretty solid inning.
Shame he’s at his count.
Don't tease me
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
by Marinerfanjake on Aug 2, 2010 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you sure?
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Please score a run.
I don’t think I could handle a third shutout game thread.
Yunesky strikes again!
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
Please tell me more
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
If we stop watching then they will score runs!
…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell
This is reality. Just like our DAM Mariners. I'am so PISSED off right now at the Rainers for
being like our FREAKING MAriners. God kill me NOW.
Yes how dare they have a bad night...
THEY’RE IN FIRST PLACE. THE RAINIERS ARE IN FIRST PLACE. If you’re going to constantly bitch and overreact, please do it elsewhere.
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I'am sorry for overrecting today. it kills me inside to continue to see our Rainers be
like our Mariners constantly throwing away chances. Again sorry.
It's hard with the Mariners so hopeless,
to then turn on a Tacoma game and see them losing to and forget the context. But I think they can come alive here yet.
I try and take some solace in our AAA team being loaded with prospects
And they start sucking too! I’m starting to think Bavasi must’ve seriously pissed off a Nigerian witch doctor somewhere along the line.
I concur
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Interesting, yet creepy.
I’m not sure I want to know so much about him, especially with all the pictures.
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Apparently the Speigner's and the Feierabend's are good friends
Families with unusual last names unite!
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by wyte_lightning on Aug 2, 2010 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Ry-Fy's wife Sarah took one of the pictures for the Speigners.
If they were’nt good friends, that would be an interesting coincidence.
Yeah, all the baby photos made me a little hesitant to post it
but, without wanting to violate site rules, his wife makes Mike Sweeney look like a damned heathen.
Man,
I’m following the Rainiers from now on. I don’t remember the last time I was this relaxed listening to a ballgame.
I'll be honest, given a choice between a MLB game and a minor-league game
I’ll take the minor league game.
For the price of a seat in a ML park, you could go see a minor league game and live like a king. Better bang for the buck and a much better chance of meeting a player and chatting with them if you’ve got a seat close to the dugout.
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