49-73, Three Quick Game Notes
by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 20, 2010 9:07 PM PDT
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Print- King Felix over his last three starts: 337 pitches, 48 swinging strikes. I only got to see a little of him tonight, and I missed however he looked early on, but I had the TV on for the middle innings when he struck out Robinson Cano, Nick Swisher, Curtis Granderson, and Francisco Cervelli in a row. Also had it on when he escaped a bases-loaded situation by whiffing Ramiro Pena and an actual Major League hitter in Brett Gardner, which is impressive given that Gardner makes contact with everything when he swings. Felix definitely conveys the idea that he can strike a guy out whenever he wants. I wonder if that doesn't in some way contribute to the frustration people feel when he gives up a couple runs. "Why didn't you want to strike them out, Felix?"
Some players get shit for not being good. Some players get shit for not being great. You know you've arrived as a superstar when you sometimes get shit for not being perfect. - Thanks in large part to Russell Branyan and Matt Tuiasosopo, the Mariners have hit ten home runs in their last six games. They're now on pace to hit 102 on the year, which is their highest pace since July 24th. I don't know if home run paces are susceptible to the vagaries of momentum, but this pace has all sorts of momentum right now. It can't be stopped! The ice is tilted! This home run pace is running downhill!
- Watching some of the game on FSN, the broadcast was picking up an unusual background noise. Rather than the normal crowd chatter, there was this constant dull, haunting roar, like radio static with the volume down. The Yankee Stadium ghosts aren't gone; they're just stuck in the microphones.
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Is that actually Chone Figgins?
Also, there’s a certain fix-up crew I’m thinking of for that ghost problem…
M's fan in PA, soon to be LA
Ichiro is amazing.
If I was a hungry man with a gun in my hand and some promises to keep...
by misterjonez on Aug 20, 2010 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions
April 2006-May 2009, pretty much
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 21, 2010 8:12 AM PDT up reply actions
One GIDP
One LIDP. I am not sure if the latter is recorded as a GIDP on Fangraphs.
by Fuckmikereilly on Aug 20, 2010 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Serious topspin on that thing. It's rolling into the corner if he gets it past Tex.
If I was a hungry man with a gun in my hand and some promises to keep...
by misterjonez on Aug 20, 2010 11:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Since Felix is Felix...
This quote by Adam Moore on Felix is a pretty good compliment for Pineda:
“Very few guys you get to catch like that but I think catching (Michael) Pineda helped me to see what Felix had because Pineda’s ball cuts and sinks, not quite to the extent of Felix’s, but it did help.” -via Drayer
Felix-lite
I’ll take that.
Karma police, arrest this man.
by wyte_lightning on Aug 20, 2010 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I will take Felix+anything
so long as it comes from Mike Curto’s soothing voice.
Die in a fire
Karma police, arrest this man.
by wyte_lightning on Aug 20, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't know if you're new here or not but no chatspeak please.
Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all
McFAQ for all you newcomers out there.
No politics, shiteyes
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 21, 2010 8:14 AM PDT up reply actions
That qualifies as news?
And a defense?
"Tell my tale to those who ask. Tell it truly, the ill deeds along with the good and let me be judged accordingly. The rest is silence." ~ Dinobot
by beastwarking on Aug 21, 2010 6:02 AM PDT up reply actions
How embarassing
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Aug 21, 2010 8:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Somthing about the tone seemed famliar, and then it came to me: trolling!
What're ya gonna do with those pies, boys?
On one hand that makes me sick. On the other it makes me laugh knowing it will never happen.
Please, God, let it NEVER happen.
Who the fuck still has a netscape.net address?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Someone that looks like a washed up 80s porn star with a name to go along.
No matter where you go, there you are.
I was thinking the hum was some kind of New York vuvuzela
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by Two Rs and Two Ls on Aug 21, 2010 3:11 AM PDT reply actions
That's what I thought at first.
I’m think it was just crowd noise though. Maybe we’re just not used to what a stadium full of people sounds like.
by ScottBrowne on Aug 21, 2010 9:11 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
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