5-5

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 18, 2007 10:27 PM PDT in Seattle Mariners News, Regular

Biggest Contribution: Richie Sexson, +17.2%
Biggest Suckfest: King Felix, -24.2%
Most Important At Bat: Sexson FB, +13.9%
Most Important Pitch: Morneau singles, -9.9%
Total Contribution by Pitcher(s): -22.0%
Total Contribution by Position Players: -8.6%
Total Contribution by Coaching Staff: -19.4%

(What is this?)

Thanks to KnightOfKingK, I now formally introduce Scrappy the Scapegoat, "the pup that laughs when you're down on your luck." Scrappy is henceforth to be blamed for anything and everything that goes wrong with the Mariners, because, just look at that smug shit-eating grin and ridiculous top hat. That guy's up to no good, and frankly, I'm getting sick of it.

Scrappy better hope for Scrappy's sake that Felix gets healthy.

A few bullet points tomorrow if I'm able to muster up the fortitude. Right now, it's probably 50/50, because I feel like I've been repeatedly kicked in the stomach by whatever it is that stomped on Julian Tavarez's face. We'll get through this together, guys. We have to. It's just going to take courage, resolve, and most importantly of all, time. Pray for Felix. It's all we can do.

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Sadness

I was at the game tonight, and first of all I think it's ridiculous that we never received any info about why Felix left the game: of course, I called my friends and found out, but it's weak of the organization not to give any info whatsoever.

Second, it's sadly reflective on where we stand as a sports community that best part of tonight was the Sonics losing by 31, ensuring that they'll have the fifth-most balls in the hopper come lottery time. Of course, even if they get Oden or Durant they're still leaving town, so I suppose I shouldn't even get excited about that...

Fuck.

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by Sportszilla on Apr 18, 2007 10:35 PM PDT reply actions

I can't remember a game

that was a bigger kick in the balls than this since October of 2001. Fuck you, Scrappy.

by Rollo Tomasi on Apr 18, 2007 10:42 PM PDT reply actions

This reminds me a bit too much

of a certain blog that does something simular...

Die Angels Die!
Visting A's fan.

by Zonis on Apr 18, 2007 10:47 PM PDT reply actions

To what are you referring?

At first glance, your post is a bit of a non sequitur.

by Rollo Tomasi on Apr 18, 2007 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions

It would be wise not to incur the wrath of Scrappy

He eats hope and dreams like they are Kibble N' Bits. He is merciless.

Those with healthy elbows are urged to call 206-622-HITS. No donation is to small.

by Robert on Apr 18, 2007 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions

No, see

They blame their own players. We blame a fake dog.

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 18, 2007 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Slightly improved:

by Graham MacAree on Apr 19, 2007 3:45 AM PDT up reply actions

Somebody needs to do Graham a favor

and makes sure that he doesn't wake up.

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by Robert on Apr 18, 2007 10:47 PM PDT reply actions

Quick!

Repost the recap for the last felix game and hope he doesn't notice!

by Gomez on Apr 18, 2007 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Too fucking late, dude

Too fucking late. :(

by Graham MacAree on Apr 18, 2007 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions

Frankly

I went to the game before Felix got injured. I saw him get injured, and almost cried. I just about left, because I felt totally sick to my stomach.

I have never felt so much pain while watching a baseball game.

After Felix went down, I wanted us to lose, and when Sexson hit that home run, I left.

by Corco on Apr 18, 2007 10:50 PM PDT reply actions

Gracias a mi clase de espanol

porque no pude mirar ese aborcion.

by Gomez on Apr 18, 2007 10:53 PM PDT reply actions

Scrappy needs a monocle

by Matthew on Apr 18, 2007 10:55 PM PDT reply actions

After our playoff losses

I can't think of a more depressing game to have attended.

by Katal LM on Apr 18, 2007 10:55 PM PDT reply actions

I'm just going to watch the NFC Championship Game

And go to bed clutching my ticket stub.

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by Robert on Apr 18, 2007 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions

This is slowly setting in

Nothing is safe in Seattle sportsland.

Maybe Felix is being saved from the team of mediocrity. Felix is boarding "Noah's Arc" to sit for 40 days and 40 nights (or the whole season). The Lord rains down and floods this mediocre team, manager, and GM.

We come back next year and begin anew. New Manager, new GM, revamped team. Felix arrives like brand new and ready to go. We contend, make the playoffs, begin the dynasty.

A man can dream....

by ThundaPC on Apr 18, 2007 11:01 PM PDT reply actions

If its the worst case scenario

Can he still be Felix?

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by Robert on Apr 18, 2007 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Ahem

IF IT WEREN'T FOR SCRAPPY'S STUPID FUCKING GRIN THEN FELIX WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THROWING THE SLIDER, AND ICHIRO WOULD HAVE SIGNED A 5 YEAR EXTENSION BY NOW. TRAVIS BLACKLEY AND BOBBY MADRITSCH WOULD EACH BE 3-0 AND WE WOULD HAVE DRAFTED ALEX GORDON AND TIM LINCECUM. SCRAPPY, YOU ARE A DUMB UGLY SON OF A BITCH (SERIOUSLY) AND I HATE YOU.

by chaney on Apr 18, 2007 11:08 PM PDT reply actions

Sorry to interject

but Gordon went before our pick.

Resume yelling at that son of a bitch dog.

by Mariner John on Apr 19, 2007 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions

I KNOW!

BY ONE PICK! THAT SON OF A BITCH DOG MADE US WIN TOO MANY GAMES IN 2004!

by chaney on Apr 20, 2007 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions

Fuck you Scrappy

Go take Jose Guillen off a playoff roster.

The poster formerly known as KnightofKingK

by Robert on Apr 20, 2007 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions

I don't want to go to bed

I want to stay up, hoping that there will be a surprise midnight report from the team, stating that Felix is A-okay, and that it was all a misunderstanding.

by Katal LM on Apr 18, 2007 11:37 PM PDT reply actions

I was just about to post the same thing

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by Robert on Apr 18, 2007 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions

the Twins obviously

did this on purpose to avenge the loss of Liriano.

well....get better soon Felix!

Tomorrow Johan Santana vs the new #1 starter.

by MFAN on Apr 18, 2007 11:53 PM PDT reply actions

Washburn has to avenge our loss

by Katal LM on Apr 19, 2007 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions

ichiro

who swings in a 3-0 count down 2 with 1 on? Huge mistake. Without Ichiro's brain fart we would only have 2 outs in the 9th. I can't believe he did that.

by superdeek on Apr 19, 2007 1:32 AM PDT reply actions

I agree

did Hargrove order it, or was it Ichiro doing his own idiotic thing?

by Rollo Tomasi on Apr 19, 2007 1:50 AM PDT up reply actions

The difference between a...

Popup and a liner isn't much.

Concentrating on such a micro issue of production isn't helpful. You win some, you lose some.

Now go back and pray for Felix like a good little kid.

Detect-O-Vision

Favor the Bold

by IcebreakerX on Apr 19, 2007 2:14 AM PDT up reply actions

Even if he hits a liner

that's not smart baseball. Even if we give up, the players shouldn't no matter what happens to Felix.

by Rollo Tomasi on Apr 19, 2007 2:18 AM PDT up reply actions

Yes,

But at that point you're applying a wide-angled philosophy to an extremely unique player.

Ichiro isn't an Edgar Martinez type player who goes up to the plate with a specific plan, even to the point of setting up a pitcher with a little game theory.

Ichiro is a player who goes up to the plate, sees the holes and tries to put the ball in those holes. To Ichiro, if a pitch looks like a hittable pitch, he swings regardless of the count.

This isn't a debate of baseball intelligence, its a debate of baseball philosophy.

Regardless, I would bet that Hargrove had the green light for him anyways. Good contact hitter? Check. Good pitch recognition? Check. Hitter that has been warming up the last few games? Check. Unique as hell player that Hargrove has no idea what's going through his player's mind? Check. Player that Hargrove respects despite not understanding him? Check.

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Its baseball.

Detect-O-Vision

Favor the Bold

by IcebreakerX on Apr 19, 2007 4:38 AM PDT up reply actions

No matter your philosophy

that was a bad decision. Nathan wasn't particularly sharp, and was having a hard time with his location. Ichiro is mostly a singles hitter, and a walk was as good as a single in that situation.

by Rollo Tomasi on Apr 19, 2007 5:07 AM PDT up reply actions

What do you mean?

A walk isn't the same as a hit. Ichiro's line this season with runners on: .364 / .500 / .545 / 1.045

Even with a single, the runner can advance to 3rd sometimes. Speedy Ichiro on 1st and a runner on 3rd, 1 out.
And before everybody blames Ichiro for the loss, don't forget Beltre not being able to do anything with the 1 out, bases filled chance earlier in the game (K).

I don't buy this scapegoating of Ichiro. The only reason it was close in the first place, is because of those really great plays Ichi made in the 1st, with 2 runners on and the bases loaded.

by Tom C on Apr 19, 2007 7:11 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm not blaming Ichiro

I'm just saying swinging at the 3-0 was a bad idea. And in that situation, moving the runner to third doesn't really matter.

by Rollo Tomasi on Apr 19, 2007 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions

Whatever.

But this is results based bashing.

If Ichiro hit it on the screws, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

The difference between a line drive and a popup when a cylinder is colliding with a sphere isn't huge.

If Ichiro thought the pitch was good enough to swing at, that's fine by me. He's the one with the career .340+ average (with exceptional Batter BABIP) over 7000+ ABs, who's showing very little signs of aging. We're not talking about Adrian "I still swing at low and outside sliders" Beltre or Carl "I died on the job last year" Everett or anything.

Detect-O-Vision

Favor the Bold

by IcebreakerX on Apr 19, 2007 7:29 AM PDT up reply actions

Agreed

Very dissapointed in the result, but I wouldn't want to start putting constraints on how a player like Ichiro plays the game.

by DCMariner on Apr 19, 2007 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions

I like this opinion

I winced after the 3-0 popup, but only because I knew Ichiro was gonna get roasted for swinging away at 3-0. IIRC someone else on this team swung at a 3-0 pitch (Johjima?) and got a hit earlier this year, and very few people panned that swing.

by Gomez on Apr 19, 2007 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions

No it isn't

When someone draws for an inside strait and loses, it's not "results based bashing" to say that it was a bad move. It was a bad move regardless of outcome, just like swinging in that situation.

by Rollo Tomasi on Apr 19, 2007 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Sometimes pot odds dictate that you draw

to an inside straight. Sometimes you let a hitter swing on 3-0 if they are as proven as Ichiro.

by patsfan on Apr 19, 2007 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions

In a sort of scary coincidence

I woke up today with my elbow hurting.

by Graham MacAree on Apr 19, 2007 1:38 AM PDT reply actions

Then

we are gonna have to take you off the donor list. We can't risk going through this again.

Those with healthy elbows are urged to call 206-622-HITS. No donation is to small.

by Robert on Apr 19, 2007 3:45 AM PDT up reply actions

Darn

by Graham MacAree on Apr 19, 2007 3:46 AM PDT up reply actions

sorry everyone...

last night's unfortunate event is my fault. I forgot my Felix jersey in Tennessee when visting the girlfriend last weekend.

I had a bad feeling all day about the game, especially since i was jersey-less...

damnit.

by sirbrianwilson on Apr 19, 2007 4:13 AM PDT reply actions

I forgot to write a backwards K on my ankle

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by Robert on Apr 19, 2007 7:19 AM PDT up reply actions

Hey now

Don't be hatin'

by Scrappy the Scapegoat on Apr 19, 2007 5:53 AM PDT reply actions

Fuck you asshole

by Rollo Tomasi on Apr 19, 2007 5:56 AM PDT up reply actions

Go play on the street.

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 19, 2007 6:13 AM PDT up reply actions

Go eat some chocolate

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by Robert on Apr 19, 2007 7:17 AM PDT up reply actions

Wow, that didn't take long

by Gomez on Apr 19, 2007 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions

This is me in the parking garage at work

this morning

Shop smart......Shop s-mart...... YOU GOT THAT!!!!

by Scruffy Lefty on Apr 19, 2007 7:12 AM PDT reply actions

This is the only thing that makes feel better

Shop smart......Shop s-mart...... YOU GOT THAT!!!!

by Scruffy Lefty on Apr 19, 2007 7:27 AM PDT reply actions

Little bit of optimism on a dark day

Got this in an email this AM and figured I'd pass it along to the masses and hope that it might help give everyone some hope:

"If you recall in his start in Boston, Felix took a liner off his non-plant leg. Because of the temperature and andrenaline, there's a good chance that he finished the game pitching in some pain and may have had to compensate for it. Not only during the game but quite possibly in side sessions this week. Worse case scenario is the obvious. Best case scenario is that this is just tightness, not a serious injury. Believe me when I say this, baseball doesn't need or want this to be serious."

by Trent on Apr 19, 2007 7:42 AM PDT reply actions

This is knightofkingk

I've been thinking of changing my username ever since my friend pointed out it shared a acronym with a famous Aryan group but desperate times call for desperate measures. I'm hoping that by changing its gonna reverse any bad Felix mojo.

The poster formerly known as KnightofKingK

by Robert on Apr 19, 2007 8:45 AM PDT reply actions

D'oh!

By changing your screenname, you lost the honor of being one of Lookout Landing's first 525 registered screennames! Now, it just looks like were were one of Lookout Landing's first 1,062 registered screennames.

Okay, I'm done being weird...for a while.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 19, 2007 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions

How can you check that?

by Graham MacAree on Apr 19, 2007 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions

Just hover your cursor

over the person's screenname. You, for example, are user #50. I'm user #163. Jeff is #2. If Jeff is #2, who is user #1? Blez?

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 19, 2007 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Whoops.

I'm #168.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 19, 2007 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Whoa

The poster formerly known as KnightofKingK

by Robert on Apr 19, 2007 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions

#1

Is someone called 'scoop' apparently

by Graham MacAree on Apr 19, 2007 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm #193

Who the heck is Scoop?

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

by Goose on Apr 19, 2007 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions

Scoop is the guy who made the site.

Scoop is a website publisher, kind of like Wordpress.

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 19, 2007 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions

Kinda like Tipsy McStagger.

He's just a composite of other successful logos.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 19, 2007 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Dang. I'm a crusty past-his-prime veteran LoL'er

I'm in the top 20.

Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on Apr 19, 2007 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions

I have almost everyone beat

I'm behind Scoop, Jeff, Blez, Trent, Jeff #2, someone who's never posted, Healy, someone who hasn't posted since '05 and someone else who hasn't posted.

by Mariner John on Apr 19, 2007 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions

I may be 1,062nd now

but my new neighbor is ScrappytheScapegoat. Who while was created by me, surprisingly enough has nothing to do with me. And I did my part in saving Felix in the process.

The poster formerly known as KnightofKingK

by Robert on Apr 19, 2007 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Ok

So I have a some what funny story, that made me feel a tiny bit better. (makeing fun of people sometimes makes me feel better)

I'm away from home for work, in Oly WA., and I sat at my computer until right before sexson's homerun, I needed to eat. I went to a little bar got a beer and some food. I was kind of depressed about felix I kept hoping they would say something about his elbow.

I said to this guy next to me, "Any word on Felix's elbow". He said, "Nope. but that Rodriguez
hurt himself. I don't know much about him, put it sounds like he was suppose to be pretty good."

I looked at him and smiled. He said he'd been a big M's fan since the 90's.

Later right before Vidro got his hit in the 9th. "He screamed at the T.V. put in Bloomquist, Melvin"

I chuckled a little and said to him, "no wander we suck". And then he said, "yeah because blowers is gone."

by InSpokane on Apr 19, 2007 9:24 AM PDT reply actions