9/15: Open Rainiers Game 2 Thread
by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 15, 2010 4:30 PM PDT
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PrintThe Rainiers took Game 1 over Memphis on the backs of Justin Smoak, Mike Wilson, Blake Beavan, and Andy Baldwin. Tonight, they'll send Mauricio Robles up against Brandon Dickson in an effort to take a commanding 2-0 series lead, but Dickson appears unconcerned about the gravity of the situation:
Based on their profile pictures, eight of the Redbirds' nine starting position players today look like total douchebags, so hopefully catcher Tony Cruz goes like 2-3 and the rest of the lineup goes hitless. Rainiers baseball. Dormant no more.
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ROBLES!
Dickson’s a good pitcher, but this is still a decent match-up for the Rainiers. Starting a lefty is an advantage for Tacoma.
You weren't kidding.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 15, 2010 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Both the Rainiers and the Lumberkings have twice as many runs as their opponents, at present.
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Goin' good boss.
Robles is at 73 pitches through four innings though. I think he’ll get the minimum for the win but not much more.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 15, 2010 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Wins, those are kinda fun.
"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."
by the other side on Sep 15, 2010 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Pretty well.
Robles apparently having some problems finding the strike zone, but that’s just the impression I get from keeping an eye on the GameDay. I’ll defer to JY on this (and any other) point.
He generally does that.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 15, 2010 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Well shoot.
While the Rainiers were scoring runs, it’s now 6-5 Clinton over Lake County. Most four of the five runs against Medina have been unearned.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Four:
Carp, Halman, Winfree, Wilson.
I don’t think of Tuglett as a HR hitter.
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by JY on Sep 15, 2010 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Tug hit 14 with Tacoma in 2008 in ~390 PAs.
He’s not a HR hitter, but he’s not NOT a HR hitter.
I have an image in my mind of Tuglett as a slightly more successful, LH Josh Wilson.
i.e., little fellow who swings really hard. Is that inaccurate?
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by JY on Sep 15, 2010 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions
awwwww....
the Lumberkings bullpen broke :(
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Is anyone warming in the pen for the Rainiers?
Or are we gonna have to suffer through another inning of Snell?
Bases loaded, one out, no one scores.
Marainiers baseball!
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Bases loaded, one out?
Mariners … oh shit JY just beat me to it.
To keep the game exciting.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 15, 2010 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Paredes really does have the best eyebrows in system.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
Based on my exhaustive three image sampling, I think so
I wish I had a bigger version of the first shot though.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 15, 2010 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions
YEAH!
Fairly easy win, so they haven’t used Lueke yet. With a ‘travel day’ tomorrow, the entire bullpen should be fine – they can go to a rested Cortes, an unused Lueke and a resurgent Andy Baldwin in game 3 and save Patterson for game 4.
I understand that AAA production doesn’t make for MLB success, and I understand the mechanics of the 40-man roster and options and all that, but there’s no way I’d rather watch the M’s line-up than the Rainiers line-up. Not seeing Ichiro would be tough, and yeah, Halman might struggle (as would Winfree, Tugger, etc.), but I just don’t give a shit.
I'll take triple-A success over short-season-A success.
Sorry Aquasox.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 15, 2010 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions
To me
Im pretty fascinated that Tacoma is having so much success with younger players. I mean sure there are a few former MLBers on the roster, but when you check a roster like say Fresno’s…top to bottom 27-30 year olds. It seems most AAA teams have more of that variety than ours.
Yeah, that's certainly a positive.
I don’t know… I mean, I recognize that triple-A success is more likely to help the major league team soon, particularly if there are some actual prospects involved, but in the overall scheme of things, I also find that my attention wanes by the time most players get to Tacoma. Part of that is because the team itself is often partially composed of veterans, but it’s also that I’ve been talking about the players for so long that I feel like I’ve already figured them out, more or less, so something like short-season to advanced or double-A is more up my alley. It’s different this season though, what with Smoak and Ackley, Mangini’s breakout, and the constant enigma that is Halman.
"Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett Mariners Minors
by JY on Sep 15, 2010 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions
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