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Wbc_029_tiny by Jeff Sullivan on in Seattle Mariners News, Regular

First Pitch: 4:05pm PDT

                   

Ichiro CF Damon CF Beltre 3B Jeter SS Vidro DH Abreu DH Ibanez LF Rodriguez 3B Sexson 1B Matsui LF Guillen RF Posada C Johjima C Cano 2B Betancourt SS Cabrera RF Lopez 2B Mientkiewicz 1B ---------- ----------

Baek (0-0, 4.22)            Igawa (2-1, 6.08)

The last time Cha Baek faced the Yankees, we smiled. I enjoy smiling and would like to do it again.

LET'S GO MARINERS!!

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I hope we see another
Badass game saving takeout slide again.

by Graham MacAree on May 4, 2007 10:51 AM PDT reply actions  

And not another
Mateo Win Vulture...
Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 4, 2007 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions  

Mateo win vulture
Does have the silver lining of us beating the Yankees.

by Graham MacAree on May 4, 2007 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

Was this the Beltre HR
that he hit out, in spite of the pitch being nearly above his eyes?

Yeah, that was awesome.

by jtopps on May 4, 2007 11:16 AM PDT reply actions  

Dear Sports God:
You've pissed me off enough this week, please at least let the M's be in the game when I get home from work.  Amen.

by The Beer Baron on May 4, 2007 11:16 AM PDT reply actions  

I heard this morning
That UW baseball was playing Oregon State at Safeco tonight at 7:30.

by Gomez on May 4, 2007 11:20 AM PDT reply actions  

they are
And I was considering attending.

I haven't been to a college game since i was in college.

by arbeck77 on May 4, 2007 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions  

The M's winning
at least two of these games will really make my weekend.
Top 5 Greatest Players ever: 1. Josh Gibson 2. Cool Papa Bell 3. Babe Ruth 4. Matty 5. Ty Cobb

by Coach Owens on May 4, 2007 11:28 AM PDT reply actions  

Mariners went on a tear
after that win didn't they?
Top 5 Greatest Players ever: 1. Josh Gibson 2. Cool Papa Bell 3. Babe Ruth 4. Matty 5. Ty Cobb

by Coach Owens on May 4, 2007 11:35 AM PDT reply actions  

Felix, this time last year:
1-4 5.40 ERA, WHAT???????????
Top 5 Greatest Players ever: 1. Josh Gibson 2. Cool Papa Bell 3. Babe Ruth 4. Matty 5. Ty Cobb

by Coach Owens on May 4, 2007 11:37 AM PDT reply actions  

Untrue
Measuring a pitcher based on how many letters are in his middle name is worse than both W/L and ERA.

by Graham MacAree on May 4, 2007 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

But middle initial is fair game
Example 1: Felix A(wesome) Hernandez
The poster formerly known as KnightofKingK

by Robert on May 4, 2007 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

I agree, but still.
He sucked big time this time last year.  I took my son to his first game at Safeco last year, with Felix on the mound, and he was completely bombed.  He wasn't pitching much differently than Weaver.  Well, he was missing a few more bats, sure, but the hitters were really making hard contact and blasting his pitches deep.
Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 4, 2007 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

After the game in Chicago last May
I talked to the team's physiologist and he basically told me that all our fears about Felix approach were true. Hargrove was going against Chaves and telling Felix to establish his fastball first and that as the season went on he would be able to throw his other stuff more often.

He also said that Felix would get lackadaisical at times and would go ADD on the mound when things got too easy.

The poster formerly known as KnightofKingK

by Robert on May 4, 2007 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

Actually no
wins actually do correlate okayey to a pitcher's talent level (for example to FIP). There's just no reason to use them because there's FAR better metrics.

by Matthew on May 4, 2007 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Mateo...............
Hello, 911? It's Quagmire. Yeah, it's caught in the window this time

by Ben in Va on May 4, 2007 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Dear sir,
You are correct.  We are elite pitchers.

Signed,
Former 21 game winner Russ Ortiz and former 18 game winner Kent Bottenfield

by Gomez on May 4, 2007 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

However, I bet we will not see Baek smile
He seems incapable of it.

Also, uh, Kei Igawa, sweetie, you're still just as funny-looking as you were in Nishinomiya.  The sunglasses and new haircut haven't helped.

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by Deanna on May 4, 2007 12:08 PM PDT reply actions  

Baek
What is the over/under on the inning that Baek finally sheds a tear tonight? 4th?

by jtopps on May 4, 2007 12:35 PM PDT reply actions  

1st.
After the Yanks score 20 runs and A-Rod hits 2 grand slams.
Top 5 Greatest Players ever: 1. Josh Gibson 2. Cool Papa Bell 3. Babe Ruth 4. Matty 5. Ty Cobb

by Coach Owens on May 4, 2007 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

Dammit
Can't get the picture to post. Sorry.

Anyway, that must've been why he confounded the Royals so bad. But now the joke isn't funny anymore, so I'll go away.

Hangin' With The Nuss

by Jeff Nusser on May 4, 2007 1:39 PM PDT reply actions  

In our own minds we can.
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

Most of the time
I just shoot for not being a total failure. Screwed that up today ...
Hangin' With The Nuss

by Jeff Nusser on May 4, 2007 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

That's some lofty goals you set for yourself!
Of course with it being Friday and all, my only goal is to make to the end of the work day, and haul ass to the local watering hole.

And if Josh Hancock is listening somewhere, I have transportation already arranged, so I DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE AFTER I'VE BEEN DRINKING.

"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

For a Good Chuckle
came this quote from Ross Gload after yesterday's KC win...

"I got a couple of hits, got lucky a couple of times," Gload said. "Gil made a commitment to come here. We want to play good for him. He works fast. He gets outs."

by MfaninAlaska on May 4, 2007 1:48 PM PDT reply actions  

Goodness me.
How bad is your standard frame of reference when Gil Meche seems quick and efficient?

by Jeff Sullivan on May 4, 2007 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

Can't resist (with a twist)
I wonder if Gil's wife says the same thing?

Ba-dum-bump!

"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 1:51 PM PDT reply actions  

Gomez?
I kid.
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by Christian on May 4, 2007 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

After I posted that I thought:
"Wait a minute, that was cheesy (which is okay), but I don't even know if Gil's married or not.."
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't think he's married...
or at least he shouldn't have been a couple years ago.  My wife flirted like crazy with Gil one day so he'd give her a ball during BP.  Yes, she was my wife then.

by Manzanillos Cup on May 4, 2007 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

I should think before I joke!
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

what
Gil Meche has been married for a while, he even has a couple of kids.

That didn't stop me from having a crush on him a few years ago.

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by Deanna on May 4, 2007 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

At least the basis for the joke was correct,
even if the joke bombed.
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'll have to go back and check.
But I seem to remember one of the old M's cookbooks having a picture of Gil Meche with a woman.  I don't remember if it was his wife, at least at the time, but I definitely remember him having an entry in at least one of the M's cookbooks.
Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 4, 2007 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

Or, yeah.
You could just ask Deanna.  She'd be the one totally up on the marital status of the Mariners...
Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 4, 2007 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

I swear I saw Gil
on some pre game thing on Fox a few years ago where he was back home with his family and that included his wife.

by bluemax on May 4, 2007 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

well, and there's the Mariners Wives
they're always out there doing some charity event or another.  I don't always catch who is who, but I remember some of them being really nice, some of them being really gorgeous, some of them being like "what the hell am I doing here", etc.
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by Deanna on May 4, 2007 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm pretty sure
He got divorced, and that was part of him wanting to leave Seattle.

(Of course, we all know he was shoved, but that's what he said.)

Hangin' With The Nuss

by Jeff Nusser on May 4, 2007 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

oh, maybe you're right.
I do remember hearing about that, but thought it was just separated, not divorced.
Marinerds - a different daily dose of baseblog.

by Deanna on May 4, 2007 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

M-I-E-N-T-K-I-E-W-I-C-Z
Sing it with me!
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by Deanna on May 4, 2007 3:10 PM PDT reply actions  

Who?
Jody Mientkiewicz?

Oh, you're talking about Monkey Witch.

Heh.

Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 4, 2007 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

It doesn't seem right
to have Mientkiewicz in an infield without Mark Grudzielanek.

by Jeff Sullivan on May 4, 2007 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think it funny
that, $200 million later, Doug Mientkiewicz is their starting 1B tonight.

by Gomez on May 4, 2007 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think you mean Thompson
And, $100 million later, Richie Sexson is ours. And that he's batting 5th.  I'd rather have Mientkiewicz batting 9th than Sexson batting 5th.
Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 4, 2007 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, I know.
The rest of that "dream infield" would be AJ Pierzynski behind the plate, Kevin Kouzmanoff at third, and Troy Toulowitzki at short, right?
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by Deanna on May 4, 2007 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hmmm.
And Piazza as DH, and Putz as closer...
Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 4, 2007 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

Nah
It'd be like, outfield of Scott Podsednik, Rob Mackowiak, Ryan Langerhans... Jason Isringhausen would be the closer.  Justin Duchscherer would be in the bullpen, of course.  Rotation would be like, Rick Vanden Hurk, Tom Gorzelanny, Wes Obermueller...
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by Deanna on May 4, 2007 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wow
Your ability to recall bizarre baseball names at every position on command is pretty impressive

by appleshampoo on May 4, 2007 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, well
In 1989, my mom took my brother and I up to Cooperstown to see the HoF for the first time.

I could spell Yastrzemski.  They couldn't.

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by Deanna on May 4, 2007 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

Don't forget she can rattle off the names of all
the players in Japan too!
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

And write their names in kanji.
There are many other slightly less useful things that could be filling this brain of mine, I'm sure, but alas, I had to be obsessed with baseball.
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by Deanna on May 4, 2007 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

I have the same problem
Just not to the extent that you do. But half of my brain's storage capacity is wasted with movie quotes and sports stats.
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh...and he's wearing #11
Fitting, in my mind at least, since I think he'll end up being the lefty version of #11 for the M's.
We'll Always Have the Kingdome:

by BrettJMiller on May 4, 2007 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

See Beane now your just being a dick.
Is that really necessary?
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on May 4, 2007 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

(cockpunches Beane)
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Uh, no.
You don't wanna cockpunch Beane.  That'll only make him better.

Take Putz, for example...

Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 4, 2007 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

Damn!
(Cockpunches self)
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not for me it wasn't!
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

Speaking of which...
my wife (jokingly) said she was going to cockpunch me the other day.
I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on May 4, 2007 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

Did she pick that up here, or
was it just a random phrase?
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

She picked it up indirectly from here
She doesn't read the site, but I talk about it enough that she starts to pick stuff up.
I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on May 4, 2007 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'd probably
Laugh until I crapped my pants if my GF  said she was going to cockpunch me. Just because hearing her say it would be so hilarious!

Then she'd probably actually cockpunch me for laughing at her!

"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

At least he didn't choose 8 like the Nationals did
That number has been worn by such Mariner greats as Rich Amaral, Yorvit Torrealba, and Carl Everett, and was a much more heinous offense.
We'll Always Have the Kingdome:

by BrettJMiller on May 4, 2007 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

July 5th
Next meeting against OAK... in McAfee Cavern.

by Gomez on May 4, 2007 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Do you mean
the Al Davis Reconfigurable Hole?

by Llewdor on May 4, 2007 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

Or that
By any name, it's a giant hole in an even bigger hole.

by Gomez on May 4, 2007 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

So... many.... jokes in my head......
must...  resist..  temptation...
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Jose Guillen...
... is a vampire?

After his 3 for 4 yesterday, I was checking his stats

He cant hit in the day time this year.

Day games, 32 AB, 094 .147 .281 .428
Night games, 39 AB, 359 .405 .513 .918

His strikeout are 7 and 5 for day and night, respectively, so maybe it just a fluke.

Any good reason why he sucks in the day and is good at night?

by ypmaj on May 4, 2007 3:47 PM PDT reply actions  

"Flu-like symptoms"?
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

cool
MLBTV is showing John Mcenroe play tennis!

by MFAN on May 4, 2007 4:01 PM PDT reply actions  

At least it's not that guy that sings God Bless
America. I hate that guy.
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on May 4, 2007 4:07 PM PDT reply actions  

ahh...
nothing quite like a game on the YES network!

by MFAN on May 4, 2007 4:07 PM PDT reply actions  

If the Mariners don't score at least 4 runs off
this guy, I'm gonna be pissed.
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on May 4, 2007 4:10 PM PDT reply actions  

Come on Ichiro,
get a hit.
Top 5 Greatest Players ever: 1. Josh Gibson 2. Cool Papa Bell 3. Babe Ruth 4. Matty 5. Ty Cobb

by Coach Owens on May 4, 2007 4:10 PM PDT reply actions  

Dave and Blowers
Still pissed about Manny.
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on May 4, 2007 4:12 PM PDT reply actions  

your not you
the spelling woes contine

by MFAN on May 4, 2007 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

[pineiro]!
Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 4, 2007 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well.
You're the one that spells in funny colours...
Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 4, 2007 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

you colonials don't know what's good for you
in my day, we paid our taxes and didn't rebel! And then we went to the pub and consumed ale and all was right in the world,

by Graham MacAree on May 4, 2007 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

How many of us
Have a stroinger throwing arm than Johnny Damon? I've going with everyone.

by Graham MacAree on May 4, 2007 4:13 PM PDT reply actions  

Even me!
I'm left-handed and throw like a girl too!
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by Deanna on May 4, 2007 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

I can say with absolute certainty,
that I can throw a limited flight softball farther than Damon can throw a baseball.
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

He might as well try throwing righty,
he couldn't be much worse. I'm trying to think of a CF with a worse arm than his, and I'm drawing a blank...
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

Randy Winn?
...eh.  Not quite, but.
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by Deanna on May 4, 2007 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

He's not playing center anymore though, is he?
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't think so, no
but he was the first other "throws-like-a-girl centerfielder" that popped into my mind.
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by Deanna on May 4, 2007 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Kenny Lofton's
isn't good really.
Top 5 Greatest Players ever: 1. Josh Gibson 2. Cool Papa Bell 3. Babe Ruth 4. Matty 5. Ty Cobb

by Coach Owens on May 4, 2007 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Damnit
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on May 4, 2007 4:14 PM PDT reply actions  

Heh. NY Announcers said
Robby Cano went deep into the hole.

He said "hole" heh heh; heh heh; heh;

Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 4, 2007 4:15 PM PDT reply actions  

Pujols
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by Deanna on May 4, 2007 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

I had to put up with that all through the WS
with Josh from book club, and another friend of ours.  Literally.  Every time the announcer said "Pujols" it was like another episode of Beavis and Butthead had started.
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by Deanna on May 4, 2007 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

It must be Friday..
Seems like everyone has the giggles.

or

Who got into Jeff Weaver's stash?

"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wow
Derrek Lee is hitting .422...
I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on May 4, 2007 4:17 PM PDT reply actions  

Our groundballs get gobbled up
Their's go through.

I see how this game is going to go.

No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on May 4, 2007 4:17 PM PDT reply actions  

Dear Jose Vidro
Please stop trying to hit homeruns to center field. It's just not going to work.

Signed,
Captain Obvious

by JLC on May 4, 2007 4:18 PM PDT reply actions  

Don't ask me why, but that made me think of
Captain Caveman.

One of the greatest cartoon characters ever.

"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

Captain CAAAAAAVEMAAAAAAN!
I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on May 4, 2007 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Amen!
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

I know sometime tonight,
after a few drinks, I'm going to end up yelling that.
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

WOO!
Captain CAAAAAAAAAAAVE MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!

Betty Rubble was hotter than Taffy Dare...

Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 4, 2007 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

I have Jeter on my fantasy squad
You notice I didn't say I benched him.

by Gomez on May 4, 2007 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

I benched Michael Young.
Screw him and that "AL Best" crap he rode in on.  0-for-9 yesterday.
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by Deanna on May 4, 2007 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

I have him on my other H2H team
I should've benched him for JJ Hardy.  Nope.  Keep saying, "Oh, he'll blow up today."  Never learn.

by Gomez on May 4, 2007 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

sigh
JJ Hardy is really cute.  I think my drafting strategy must have gotten slightly screwed up.
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by Deanna on May 4, 2007 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Cha Seung Baek looks like he's about to cry
He must know Jeff Weaver is pitching tomorrow.

by JLC on May 4, 2007 4:21 PM PDT reply actions  

Class Action Guy says:

Pickoff moves don't work!
I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on May 4, 2007 4:21 PM PDT reply actions  

I think Class Action Guy might also be a
proctologist.
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

n/s
not enough grit on that one.

by MFAN on May 4, 2007 4:21 PM PDT reply actions  

This isn't looking good.....
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on May 4, 2007 4:22 PM PDT reply actions  

I can see where this game is going...
Can I go Baek to the future?
I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on May 4, 2007 4:22 PM PDT reply actions  

Hello butthead!
I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on May 4, 2007 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

You are my density....
I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on May 4, 2007 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's like kissing my brother....
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

OOOOOOHHHHH SHHHIIIIIIIT!
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

So I've got MLB.tv and a Mac, and I recently
switched from watching it in Firefox to watching in Quicktime. This works so much better. Plus, and I probably should have known this about Quicktime, but I can watch the game when it's minimized in the dock!

Technology!

by Slozbury Stouvre on May 4, 2007 4:23 PM PDT reply actions  

MACS!
I loathe having to use my Windows laptop at home now.  I can't believe how much slower it is than my 4-year-older Mac laptop.  

Now, if I can just find a suitable, free, easy-to-use alternative to MS Access that works on the Mac, I'd be 100% converted at home...

Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 4, 2007 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

pfff
auto out a-rod is up.

by MFAN on May 4, 2007 4:23 PM PDT reply actions  

A-Rod vs Baek
Hilarity to ensue! Twill be amusing like an amsuing duck

by Graham MacAree on May 4, 2007 4:23 PM PDT reply actions  

What the flying fuck
why is the YES Network showing me a bad movie from the early 80's?

This displeases me. >:(

by Jeff Sullivan on May 4, 2007 4:23 PM PDT reply actions  

Mound Conference
Johjima: "These are good hitters."
Baek: "Oh, right."
Johjima: "Throw your strikeout pitch."
Baek: ::sad face::
Johjima: "...Uh......okay, let's do this."

by JLC on May 4, 2007 4:24 PM PDT reply actions  

Y'know, I don't think it's Safeco field
Whenever and wherever the Mariners play the crowd never gets excited about anything.

by JLC on May 4, 2007 4:26 PM PDT reply actions  

Ugh.
Cha was lonely last night, so he looked up Ho for some company. Looks like he walked away with an STD.
I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on May 4, 2007 4:27 PM PDT reply actions  

I need to see healthy Felix again soon.
Watching the rest of this staff is too painful.

by Happybelly on May 4, 2007 4:27 PM PDT reply actions  

F U Kei Igawa
you don't deserve to have this type of lineup giving you run support.

by MFAN on May 4, 2007 4:28 PM PDT reply actions  

YEAH
Get a haircut and get a real job!
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by Deanna on May 4, 2007 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

WAIT
Maybe I mean get a job and get a real haircut.  Nevermind.
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by Deanna on May 4, 2007 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

That's okay
It just means you inadvertantly quoted George Thourgood.
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

'Johjima and Baek...
... don't speak very well English' Nice call, asshat.

by Graham MacAree on May 4, 2007 4:28 PM PDT reply actions  

WTF?
"Johjima, Baek, don't speak very well English."

Neither do you Yankees dude.

by bluemax on May 4, 2007 4:28 PM PDT reply actions  

If the entire Yankee lineup injured themselves
right now, we might have a shot at this.

Crap.

by JLC on May 4, 2007 4:29 PM PDT reply actions  

So.
I've forgotten.  Whose drunkenness made for a hilarious game thread last year???

Heh.  Don't drink and blog.  

Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 4, 2007 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

that's the key
you can't just be drunk, you have to be completely obliterated in order to pull it off.

BTW, I ended my undergraduate education today, this weekend might see a reappearance of a thread like that.

by Matthew on May 4, 2007 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Finished my last lab report tonight.
Classes ended on Tuesday. Two finals early next week and I'm totally done myself. I wonder what drunken vomit looks like on the internet.

by Jeff Sullivan on May 4, 2007 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

CELEBRATION TIME
There's a lot of c/o 2007 members here.

We should have a party in Seattle in say mid/late June (for the west coast grads).

by Matthew on May 4, 2007 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

Speaking of Seattle
I need to work out a way to get up there this summer.

by Jeff Sullivan on May 4, 2007 8:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

sometime when i'm actually in town plz
yeah, I know, it's my own damn fault for taking trips during the summer.
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by Deanna on May 4, 2007 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'll have to coordinate something with Devin.
He's gotta be in town, too, which I don't think he's planning to be at all. But I can be persuasive.

by Jeff Sullivan on May 4, 2007 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well Count me in!
I suppose it wouldn't be too off to celebrate my 10th anniversary of graduating from college...
Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 4, 2007 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Holy balls
Any concrete post college plans?  Or do you just mean done for the school year?

by Gomez on May 4, 2007 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

No, done with college.
Going back to San Diego to work in a chem lab (hopefully Scripps) until I work up the courage to go to grad school. Or until I start getting enough money from this website to forget my education and sit at home writing like a fatass.

by Jeff Sullivan on May 4, 2007 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

Can we go back to playing bad teams?
That was fun.
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on May 4, 2007 4:30 PM PDT reply actions  

So.
Remember.

Boston came back against Ho-Ram.

Igawa isn't Daisuke...

Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 4, 2007 4:30 PM PDT reply actions  

And we're not Boston
Or New York
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on May 4, 2007 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

So.
Hands up, you punk!
Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 4, 2007 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Posada
hits 7th in their lineup...he'd easily be our best hitter.

by MFAN on May 4, 2007 4:31 PM PDT reply actions  

ROFL
I know I shouldn't enjoy Weaver jokes as long as he's still in the rotation, but I do.

by Llewdor on May 4, 2007 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

D-Backs start in a few hours.
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on May 4, 2007 4:32 PM PDT reply actions  

The way things are going, me and you are gonna
be at each other's throats come September when our two teams are battling for the division title.
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on May 4, 2007 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ok, obviously drunken graham is a bad
locuk thing fro the m's. I shaklltake my inebriation elsewhere

by Graham MacAree on May 4, 2007 4:32 PM PDT reply actions  

Jesus
By the end of this road trip, our bullpen won't have any arms left.

by appleshampoo on May 4, 2007 4:32 PM PDT reply actions  

SHAEK AND BAEK
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by Deanna on May 4, 2007 4:33 PM PDT reply actions  

Damn Mariners
This is the worse blurnsball team in the history of the game!!

by JLC on May 4, 2007 4:34 PM PDT reply actions  

wow
that was the luckiest hit ever.

by MFAN on May 4, 2007 4:34 PM PDT reply actions  

Is Baek TRYING
to break Meche's record for most pitches thrown in one innng?

by Llewdor on May 4, 2007 4:34 PM PDT reply actions  

Infield pop-up
Lands for a hit. Bull. Shit.

by JLC on May 4, 2007 4:35 PM PDT reply actions  

Quick.
Someone grab the Delorean and throw this Cha Cha in, and send him back to 2005.  I want the 2006 version, please.
Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 4, 2007 4:35 PM PDT reply actions  

YAY!
Mientkiewicz still sucks!

by Llewdor on May 4, 2007 4:35 PM PDT reply actions  

I love these 5 run innings.
Can we get them all back in the 2nd?

by ThundaPC on May 4, 2007 4:35 PM PDT reply actions  

We can still win this
If Manny hits a walk-off HR for us.

by JLC on May 4, 2007 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

I SAID MANNY RAMIREZ
NOT HORACIO!!!

DAMN YOU BILLL!!!!

Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 4, 2007 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm not smiling.
Enough with this draek.  

by marc w on May 4, 2007 4:36 PM PDT reply actions  

And the inning is over.
I'm out.
No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on May 4, 2007 4:38 PM PDT reply actions  

Finally.
Top 5 Greatest Players ever: 1. Josh Gibson 2. Cool Papa Bell 3. Babe Ruth 4. Matty 5. Ty Cobb

by Coach Owens on May 4, 2007 4:38 PM PDT reply actions  

Cha Seung Baek?
More like Cha Seung BLECK. Am I right? Am I right?

by JLC on May 4, 2007 4:39 PM PDT reply actions  

So.
Can we call a pitcher up from Tacoma and activate him during the game???

Someone check the Tacoma pitching staff.  I'm quite certain someone's about to get on a plane and fly to NY.  Campillo pitched yesterday.  Jake Woods -- he can he pitch on 3 day's rest.  Wait.  We've already tried the JW followed by JW thing.  How about someone in AA?  

Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 4, 2007 4:39 PM PDT reply actions  

Possibly ignorant question here
Since I don't really follow MLB that closely.  Is there any thought to instant reply in baseball?  It's worked well in the NFL...

by appleshampoo on May 4, 2007 4:43 PM PDT reply actions  

I'm excited to watch Weaver tomorrow
And this is why:

http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/mariners/2007/05/weaver_going_to_freelance_it.html

Read to the part where Weaver talks about his new approach. It could either be great, or it could be a disaster.

Either way, it will be spectacular.

Hangin' With The Nuss

by Jeff Nusser on May 4, 2007 4:43 PM PDT reply actions  

hold on guys,
I thought Weaver was pitching TOMORROW....

by tworsandtwols on May 4, 2007 4:43 PM PDT reply actions  

Johjima!!!!!!!!
FUNK BLAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Top 5 Greatest Players ever: 1. Josh Gibson 2. Cool Papa Bell 3. Babe Ruth 4. Matty 5. Ty Cobb

by Coach Owens on May 4, 2007 4:43 PM PDT reply actions  

Okay, Johjima
4 more of those and we're back in this thing.

by JLC on May 4, 2007 4:43 PM PDT reply actions  

Haha Neihaus
That call was as bad as Horacio's control.

by JLC on May 4, 2007 4:45 PM PDT reply actions  

Shut your mouth
He is an untouchable god. I don't care if he's senile.
Hangin' With The Nuss

by Jeff Nusser on May 4, 2007 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

After all the great set-ups for that line
earlier in the comments, you wait until now to break that one out? :)
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

WTF Neihaus
"I think he got under that a little bit too much although it's carrying Hideki catches the flyball well OUT THERE AND THAT BABY IS OUT THERE...uhhh...caught at the fence."

Worst call ever!

by ThundaPC on May 4, 2007 4:46 PM PDT reply actions  

I'm with Nuss.
Leave Dave alone, he's the only good thing this franchise has had going for it for most of it's existence.

He gets a free pass for as long as he wants to talk into a microphone.

"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

That's up to you, but
Dave could read me the back of a cereal box, and it would make me smile.
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

EXACTLY
He's seriously on the list of five people on this planet I do just about anything to have dinner with. The stories ... man, the guy's voice just reminds me of every summer of life, since I was born in '77.
Hangin' With The Nuss

by Jeff Nusser on May 4, 2007 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

1974, so same here
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

YOU'RE SO ANCIENT
sigh, I'm turning 30 on Monday.  this sucks.
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by Deanna on May 4, 2007 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

Baek
Huh?  Where was this in the first inning?

by ThundaPC on May 4, 2007 4:53 PM PDT reply actions  

BELTRE
FUNKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go M's

by OBF on May 4, 2007 4:59 PM PDT reply actions  

BELTRE FUNK BLAST
That was jacked. Okay, MAYBE we have a chance.

by JLC on May 4, 2007 4:59 PM PDT reply actions  

Anybody have a good picture of Igawa?
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

That's sort of like asking
If anyone has video of a dominating Ho.

Still, the photoshop opportunities are huge.

by JLC on May 4, 2007 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, I walked into that one.
Let me try again. Does anybody have picture that clearly shows his ugliness?
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

He is a bit of a gomer, isn't he?
Thanks for the link.
"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on May 4, 2007 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

why are you suprised Igawa??
you suck, Beltre doesn't...there was nothing surprising about that AB.

by MFAN on May 4, 2007 5:02 PM PDT reply actions  

Is Baek crying?
There's no crying in baseball.

by ThundaPC on May 4, 2007 5:07 PM PDT reply actions  

CANO AND CABRERA
THE BEST YOUNG HITTERS IN THE GAME!!!

by MFAN on May 4, 2007 5:10 PM PDT reply actions  

Richie
At least you hit it out of the batter's box this time.

by JLC on May 4, 2007 5:13 PM PDT reply actions  

Dave Simms
must be a Sox fan, he sounded pretty excited about the manny homer.

by MFAN on May 4, 2007 5:14 PM PDT reply actions  

Fer cryin' in a bucket...
Please. Get. Richie. Out. Of. The. 5. Spot.  

I wouldn't mind benching him a day or two, really, either.

Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 4, 2007 5:16 PM PDT reply actions  

WHAT THE BALLS
JOHJIMA DID NOT GO. DAMN ESPN UMPIRES.

by JLC on May 4, 2007 5:17 PM PDT reply actions  

Betancourt!
WOOO!!! Safe!

At least the second base umpire is on our side.

by JLC on May 4, 2007 5:20 PM PDT reply actions  

TIE BALL GAME I LOVE KEI IGAWA
FUNNNNNNNNNKKKKK BLAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSTTT!!

by JLC on May 4, 2007 5:21 PM PDT reply actions