Jeff's place of employment, circa ~12:30pm this afternoon:

Jeff: "Anyone using this computer?"
Co-worker #1: "Nope."
Jeff goes to Mariners.com, opens up MLB.tv player
Co-worker #1: "What's that?"
Jeff: "Ballgame about to start."
Co-worker #2 enters the room
Co-worker #2: "Hey Jeff, wanna go to lunch?"
Jeff: "I dunno, hold on a second."
Co-worker #2: "Is that the Mariners game?"
Jeff: "Yep."
Co-worker #2: "Who're they playing?"
Jeff: "Oakland."
Co-worker #2: "Oh..."
Jeff: "Yeah."
Co-worker #2: "So...lunch?"
Jeff closes MLB.tv player, logs off computer
Jeff: "Yeah."
Jeff, Co-worker #2 leave room

Biggest Contribution: Yuniesky Betancourt, +6.5%
Biggest Suckfest: Jarrod Washburn, -37.1%
Most Important Hit: Everett single, +11.1%
Most Important Pitch: Kielty homer, -21.5%
Total Contribution by Pitcher(s): -49.0%
Total Contribution by Hitters: -23.4%

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I'm not going to ruin what's been a terrific night by trying to write about another predictably awful game I didn't watch. That's not laziness, that's me looking out for my own best interests. Besides, a handy rule of thumb is that, if Deanna can't think of a recap, the game was unrecappable. Seriously, the only difference between this game against Oakland and all the previous ones is that this time the A's defense gave us a few runs. I can't remember the last time I was this thankful for a series to be over.

Giants in town tomorrow, with Noah Lowry opposing Felix at 7:05pm PDT. The rotation shake-up (Felix and Gil swapped places) removes the possibility of a Schmidt/Hernandez afternoon duel in two days, but that game was going to be blacked out on MLB.tv anyway, so at least this way I won't feel like I'm missing out on very much come Saturday.