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Wbc_029_tiny by Jeff Sullivan on in Seattle Mariners Regular News

First Pitch: 4:05pm PDT

                   

Ichiro CF Sizemore CF Vidro "2B" Cabrera 2B Guillen DH Hafner DH Ibanez "LF" Martinez "C" Beltre 3B Garko 1B Sexson "1B" Peralta "SS" Johjima C Gutierrez RF Jones RF Michaels LF Betancourt SS Gomez 3B ---------- ----------

Ho (8-4, 6.67)              Laffey (2-1, 4.76)

By my unofficial count, there are three precious few soft-tossing left-handed groundball starting pitchers in the Majors right now. Here are two of them. Guess which one sucks.

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Who's the third?
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 2:34 PM PDT reply actions  

Not really a "groundballer"...
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

He's still pitching?
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

I must be thinking of somebody else then...
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

guess
Probably former Twin Pat Mahomes.  
Sports and Bremertonians. Because we can.

by wackomann on Aug 30, 2007 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

That's it!!
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oooo! I know! I know which one sucks!
Pick me! Pick me! I know the answer! The one with the plasticky wife???
God. Dammit.

by CapSea on Aug 30, 2007 2:37 PM PDT reply actions  

Yes Librocrat?
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

Trick question
They all do!

This has 11-12 shoot out written all over it. Other interesting queries:

Since we're facing a lefty does Jones get a start in LF? If he goes 0-4 with 3Ks does McLaren just super glue a pine board to his back side? Is AJ a better fielder than Raul with 6' of pine stuck to his pants?

Inquiring minds want to know.

by PDXTai on Aug 30, 2007 2:41 PM PDT reply actions  

I've got $5
Jones does not start.
Still not making fun of Willie.

by carcinogen on Aug 30, 2007 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well Son of a Bitch!
I will note that he's starting in right against a left hander....which is really good tactical decision making...because Jose doesn't his lefties...uhhh...what was my train of though?

Fuck you McLaren!!!!

Still not making fun of Willie.

by carcinogen on Aug 30, 2007 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Guillen...
McLaren makes my Brain hurt.

Good manager throws out this lineup.

Ichiro CF
Vidro DH
Guillen RF
Beltre 3B
Johjima C
Sexson 1B
Jones  LF
Yuni   SS
Ballgame 2B

And I only say that b/c they "want" to send Lopez a message...otherwise...

Still not making fun of Willie.

by carcinogen on Aug 30, 2007 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

what happened to
Kris Benson? the guys been rehabbing for a good 2 years now

by marinerschas2 on Aug 30, 2007 2:52 PM PDT reply actions  

I'd be in rehab too,
if I had his wife.
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

Torn rotator cuff.
Will theoretically return next season.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

I almost tore my rotator cuff
while staring at a picture of Benson's wife.

by JoshC on Aug 30, 2007 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wait, no, found some more.
Zack Duke, Lenny DiNardo, and usually Joe Kennedy. Loewen and Rheinecker just missed the "soft-tossing" threshold.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 2:56 PM PDT reply actions  

They're all groundballers too?
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

"Soft tossing" threshold
So...many..comments..

But seriously. What would that threshold be? Throws less than 90?

by Ben in Va on Aug 30, 2007 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

Loosely, yeah.
I'm looking for guys who generally sit at 90 or below.

This is hardly an official survey. I guess the point is that "soft-tossing lefty groundballer" is an unusual profile, so it's weird to see two such pitchers facing off.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

Then Loewen
shouldn't count.  He sits faster than 90, right?

by marc w on Aug 30, 2007 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

No kidding....
Why do they insist on putting bad defensive players in when Ho pitches?

Wouldn't you want to give him every advantage possible?

"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well
Why do they insist on putting in terrible pitchers when Ho pitchers?

by chrisisasavage on Aug 30, 2007 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

terrible "STARTING" pitchers
Of course w/ Rick White in the bullpen we could very well see plural terrible pitchers when Ho starts.

by chrisisasavage on Aug 30, 2007 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Because they are:
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Unfortunately
The world is full of morons.  They breed like rabbits, except without cute ears and fluffy tails.  Ifear Idiocracy may be prophecy, not just a silly movie.

by chrisisasavage on Aug 30, 2007 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

If you're gonna punt defense,
is it better to do it when Felix is on the mound? Washburn? Not a clear choice to me.

by sammy on Aug 30, 2007 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

It should be
when Ho is not on the mound.  Mostly because Ho should not be on the mound.

by chrisisasavage on Aug 30, 2007 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

Vidro at 2nd????
Seriously....fuck you McLaren.  This is ridiculous.
Still not making fun of Willie.

by carcinogen on Aug 30, 2007 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

for the past two months i've been thinking,
lopez at second?  Come on McLaren. Fuck you, dude.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Did I hear that Willie is starting in LF?
Thought I heard Mac just say he was starting in LF today.

by Don275 on Aug 30, 2007 3:30 PM PDT reply actions  

yep
and he's calling out lopez for his mental lapses.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Willie in left?
Jeff's lineup said Ibanez in left..

Back spasms maybe?

"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

McLaren said Raul needed a rest.
He said Guillen and Beltre don't like days off so he put Guillen at DH.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Maybe Mac can't tell them apart and has been
starting Ibanez thinking he was getting Willie's speed in the outfield for the past two months.

by Don275 on Aug 30, 2007 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

MLB.com
Should compile and make publicly available pitch speed data.  That would be cool.

by Manzanillos Cup on Aug 30, 2007 3:33 PM PDT reply actions  

Shaking things up
for McLaren is keeping Ibañez in LF.

Funny how he illustrates the Jeremy Reed Principle: when you see a Mariner make some diving catches, you think a lot more highly of his defense than you should.

by Gomez on Aug 30, 2007 3:34 PM PDT reply actions  

how do you post videos?
I know how to do pictures. I wanna post the double. I wanna be cheered up at the moment.
Ho is this years Aaron Sele? Don't let him pitch big games!

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 3:42 PM PDT reply actions  

References LL HTML on the left.
i don't think anything cheers me up at this point though.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not a good idea to post videos
in the game thread. It can slow things down.
I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Aug 30, 2007 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

I
can't get it to work anyway.
Ho is this years Aaron Sele? Don't let him pitch big games!

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

Don't feel bad.
Even with a "cheat sheet" I can't make videos work on here either.
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

i know its been mentioned before
hows the whole proxy thing work? in my experience, most proxies seem to be really low speed.

whats the link, i want to watch this

by marinerschas2 on Aug 30, 2007 3:44 PM PDT reply actions  

Prediction
A-Cab goes 8-for-9 with six HRs.
Caffeinated Confines

by StevenH on Aug 30, 2007 3:48 PM PDT reply actions  

If the Ms were in a pennant race
...there's no way McLaren puts Vidro at 2B. Thus, the Ms are not in a pennant race.

by VaughnStreet on Aug 30, 2007 3:48 PM PDT reply actions  

Goddammit
I JUUUUST missed out on the Blinged-Out Cabbage.  The Bolivian Olympic Committee.  Bandolier O' Carrots...

Stupid weak-assed web servers that can't handle 6,000,000 hits per second...

In other notes, Manny Ramirez is out for the next week at least.  And no DL, since rosters will expand.  Not only am I out a roster spot on my Yahoo team, I'm out my top pick, when I'm trying to hang on to the last playoff spot in the final week...

Who'm I kidding? BOOOOOOOOO RICHIE!!! FREE BROUUUUUUUSAAAARRRRDDD!!!!

by PositivePaul on Aug 30, 2007 3:51 PM PDT reply actions  

I found this
slightly funny. I googled Horacio Ramirez. And like the 4th or 5th picture is of a woman on a mound. I thought that was funny. I mean she is wearing a braves shirt and the title under it says girl plays catch with Horacio....but i still find it funny.
Ho is this years Aaron Sele? Don't let him pitch big games!

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 3:58 PM PDT reply actions  

Ho, is that you?
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Amen!
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

Crap! Crap! Crap!
Forget I said anything!
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

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

I think it's radio only....
But don't quote me on that.
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't have a TV in my office,
so I was going to miss most of it anyway. But hey, at least the Seahawks are on TV tonight!
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Lopez sits?
That's one good thing that McLaren has done.

Sucking like Sexson is one thing, but sleepwalking out there and making multiple careless, moronic gaffes is anoher. Lopez's recent mistakes were really deflating the momentum of the team imo.

Vidro may not be great defensively, but I'd even rather see WFB out therenow compared to the recent Lopez.

The J-Lo we love will be back, but after he's had some time to get straightened out, refreshed, or whatever his problem is.

And I also hope the platoon of Sexson/Ben is now written in stone.

by Tom C on Aug 30, 2007 4:08 PM PDT reply actions  

The 11th commandment
Thou shalt platoon Big Richies sorry ass with a capable LHB.

by chrisisasavage on Aug 30, 2007 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

DEAR GOD VIDRO'S AT SECOND?
We are boned.  Boned to the max.  His D was godawful last year when I saw him with the Nats...I can't imagine what it's like this year.  I seem to remember a couple of games where he managed to sneak by, but his luck is gonna run out.

by esoteric on Aug 30, 2007 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ichiro
With a ROCKET to second base
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 4:09 PM PDT reply actions  

Yay
More GIDPs for offense.

by ThundaPC on Aug 30, 2007 4:12 PM PDT reply actions  

HoRam retires Sizemore
There, the only good news of the day.  Downhill from here.

by esoteric on Aug 30, 2007 4:15 PM PDT reply actions  

Joe-Jee-Muh
behind the plate for the M's.
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Aug 30, 2007 4:16 PM PDT reply actions  

wow
1-2-3? i didn't know he could do that.
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 4:18 PM PDT reply actions  

HA! 1-2-3 Inning. Ramirez is FIXED
it was his STRIDE all along, and you guys are just too caught up with being negative to see it.

He is who Bavasi thought he was - a GB pitcher who can excel in this league given proper coaching.

He's turned the corner, people.   Enjoy it.

by Vidro4MVP on Aug 30, 2007 4:19 PM PDT reply actions  

You really shouldn't drink embalming fluid
It can cause brain damage
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Aug 30, 2007 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

that was hit hard
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 4:23 PM PDT reply actions  

Richie
Why does he always hit the ball TOWARDS the baserunner so they can't go anywhere?

by ThundaPC on Aug 30, 2007 4:23 PM PDT reply actions  

WHERE DID ALL OUR RUNS GO?
We forgot how to hit.  We forgot how to swing.  We never knew how to take a pitch in the first friggin' place.

I know, I know...too early for defeatism.

by esoteric on Aug 30, 2007 4:24 PM PDT reply actions  

he used to thrill the fans in cleveland
now he disappoints the fans in seattle.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 4:24 PM PDT reply actions  

Clap Clap Clap
Way to give the Ho some run support...
Who'm I kidding? BOOOOOOOOO RICHIE!!! FREE BROUUUUUUUSAAAARRRRDDD!!!!

by PositivePaul on Aug 30, 2007 4:25 PM PDT reply actions  

What, did he catch it in his back fat?
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ummmm......
Nope.     :)
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

No, he botched the DP.
Actually, the M's announcers are saying it was actually a GOOD play on Turbo's part...saying it was a shitty throw by Beltre that Vidro was lucky to snag and prevent from going into the outfield.  Can't tell whether that's just kindness or really was the case.

by esoteric on Aug 30, 2007 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

Nothing Vidro could do.
Crappy throw by Beltre. Should've been a DP.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Listening on XM
PO'd the Indians announcers...
Who'm I kidding? BOOOOOOOOO RICHIE!!! FREE BROUUUUUUUSAAAARRRRDDD!!!!

by PositivePaul on Aug 30, 2007 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh boy
HoRam could've used a 2B-man there.

by ThundaPC on Aug 30, 2007 4:31 PM PDT reply actions  

how would
a second baseman help that play? Adrian threw it wide.
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

He needs a "manzier",
or a "bro"?
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

"Bro" is such a better term.
Holy shit, HoRam K'ed a guy?

Figures it would be looking.

by esoteric on Aug 30, 2007 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

He's fixed
problem solved.  Let's work on something that needs fixing.  
Nothing to see here people, except an Ace at Work.

by Vidro4MVP on Aug 30, 2007 4:34 PM PDT reply actions  

The pitcher
Good pitchers allow doubles to the part of the park that minimizes their value.  
Also, you look over and see Garko running, you can allow a double.  It's not taking a batter off, it's smart game management.  Spread your doubles out when they can't really hurt you.

Ryan Franklin used to do that w/doubles AND homers, but YOU guys thought he was terrible.  

by Vidro4MVP on Aug 30, 2007 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

Are you serious?
"Good pitchers allow doubles to the part of the park that minimizes their value."

No pitcher gets to "choose" where his doubles go, or when he gives them up (based on having a slow runner on).

Get real man.

"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

Are you saying I missed the joke?
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

"WHOOSH" = the sound made as the joke...
...flies right above your head.  That's the idea, at least.  

I suppose there are enough stupid people out there that it's sometimes hard to tell who's kidding and who's not.

by esoteric on Aug 30, 2007 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

He's not even close to being serious, dude.
He first appeared in Jeff's old "who is the M's first half MVP?" thread, and was a fucking stone riot.  Check that thread out, he's just spinning out hilarious post after post.

by esoteric on Aug 30, 2007 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

My bad, and my apologies then.
Apparently my sarcasm meter isn't working too well today.
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 4:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

Aw man, this is awesome.
This was before my time at LL.  Thanks for the link.

by esoteric on Aug 30, 2007 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

*smacks sarcasm meter on desk*
It seems to be working again now.
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

Inevitable late-august swoon impending...
run for your lives!!!!!
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 4:35 PM PDT reply actions  

IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE HO IT.
And Niehaus blasts the "terrible throw by Adam Jones."

by esoteric on Aug 30, 2007 4:39 PM PDT reply actions  

That throw was a rocket.
It was high but it didn't cost the team anything.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

Announcers are saying even a half-decent throw...
...would've nailed the runner at the plate.  And this one went all the way to the backstop.  Much as I wish it weren't the case, AJ boned it.

by esoteric on Aug 30, 2007 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

Are you watching the game?
I'm stuck with the radio feed.  So I grant that you might have a better vantage point.

by esoteric on Aug 30, 2007 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm watching.
The only reason it looked like a good throw could've had him is because Jones uncorked a laser.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

Guillen
might have gotten him, a plus arm would have had him with a good throw. I'm sure Ichiro's "overrated" arm wouldn't have gotten him.
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

Any successful throw there
would've had to be (A) really strong, and (B) really accurate. That's asking a lot.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

Accurate....
i think within the catchers reach would have been accurate enough. Im sure he would have been out.
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

Anyone else get the feeling
that AJ is just trying to hard lately?

He thinks he has to make the great play every time he gets out there, to try to force his way into the lineup?

"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

A half-decent throw would not have
A laser, like the one Jones threw, would have.  He just threw it a little high, but man what an arm.

by patsfan on Aug 30, 2007 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

he would have been out
The throw would have beaten the runner.
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

this thing needed to be shut down before
bavasi traded for the guy.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 4:39 PM PDT reply actions  

Okay, he's just a bit rattled
I think he's probably drifting into Old Habits.

I swear he was fixed there for two innings; he just needs to get his stride fixed again, and everything will be fine.  

by Vidro4MVP on Aug 30, 2007 4:40 PM PDT reply actions  

yay
prospect jones! great throw....that hsould have beat him EASY! He doesn't play everyday....maybe that will help him if he does...but he hasn't impressed me while playing.
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 4:40 PM PDT reply actions  

Winning recipe
Terrible pitcher with terrible defense.

by ThundaPC on Aug 30, 2007 4:42 PM PDT reply actions  

Anybody warming up yet?
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Aug 30, 2007 4:42 PM PDT reply actions  

gameday and the umpire
not agreeing on about every other pitch today....this is one of the worst displays i've seen in a while.  consistently missing pitches both in and out of the zone

by jimmimoose1 on Aug 30, 2007 4:43 PM PDT reply actions  

Asdrubal Cabrera 0-2
hey..something to smile about!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 4:44 PM PDT reply actions  

Huh.
So, you figure we'll be ahead of Detroit by the time we get there for the series next week?

The good news is the rosters expand to 40, so there REALLY isn't any excuse to start Ho again, other than being a pure dumbass.

Nice time to do an extended faceplant, boys.

by eponymous coward on Aug 30, 2007 4:44 PM PDT reply actions  

At least
Ass-dribble can't hit Ho.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

AJ
did better when i called him Pacman. So i'm gonna call him pacman now.
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 4:48 PM PDT reply actions  

seeing 7 pitches
isn't a total waste.....sigh!

by jimmimoose1 on Aug 30, 2007 4:48 PM PDT reply actions  

One thing we always knew
was that Jones was gonna K a lot and often look foolish doing so.

We just didn't expect him to be awful in every other goddamn aspect of the game (not saying that this is 'real' Jones, just that this is Jones we've gotten thus far)

by sammy on Aug 30, 2007 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

AJ's average is now lower than Richie's
Yeah yeah yeah, sample size I know.  But still, ugh.

by esoteric on Aug 30, 2007 4:48 PM PDT reply actions  

Is the chair still in the pool?
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

Just in time to torch it after this game?
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

Fuck that
I'm leaving soon. I need a break from this.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

You deserve a break today.
At least that's what McDonald's used to say.
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

"Fans here letting Ichiro have it"
Is that what that was? Because it sounded like silence.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 4:49 PM PDT reply actions  

Awesome.
I think tonight's drink needs to be the "Adios, Motherfucker". Because that's what you can say to the M's playoff chances.

http://www.webtender.com/db/drink/5629

by eponymous coward on Aug 30, 2007 4:49 PM PDT reply actions  

Do I have reason to BE an optimist?
I'm going to go with "not so much right now".

Now, win the Yankee and Tigers series, and I'll be happy. But looking like crap for 3.3 consecutive games against teams we will see if we make the playoffs, with 6.7 more to follow in the next 9 days?

At this point, it's win or go home- and we're running out of time to win.

by eponymous coward on Aug 30, 2007 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Remember when we swept Boston
and you said we were lucky?

I don't think you enjoy success.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

This team WAS lucky.
I take Pythag pretty seriously as an indicator of team quality... as well as how teams perform blowing other teams out.

The nice part is they don't make you give back wins you get being lucky, though. As I've said many times, the Florida Marlins and their championships say "Hi".

A lot of my anger and pessimism stems from the misuse of Jones, Broussard, Ho and War Veterans. This is a season where the Mariners had to be lucky and had very little margin for error- and they've made a number of unforced ones.

by eponymous coward on Aug 30, 2007 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

I didn't say you were wrong.
But at no point has it seemed like you were enjoying the season. That Boston sweep might've been our peak and you immediately took to being the wet blanket.

Being a pessimist is fine, but all the time? That's gotta be depressing.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Are you crazy?
I thought we were in decent shape before starting the faceplant in Texas.

You can't ASK for anything more than controlling your own playoff destiny in August and September- and less than a week ago, we were very much in control of it, and all we needed was a non-suck finish. The problem is we're blowing it.

by eponymous coward on Aug 30, 2007 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

Have you ever actually had one?
are they good? Seems like it would taste too sweet for that much alcohol.

by sammy on Aug 30, 2007 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sounds like a date rape drink.
No one drink needs that much liquor in it.
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

well, if you look at the quantities,
it's actually 3:4 parts liquor to non-liquor, not including the ice. It pales in comparison in alcohol content to a Long Island.

I'm just fine with bloody marys, vodka martinis, and scotch.

by sammy on Aug 30, 2007 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

I know....
I just like the old fashioned drinks. Rum and coke, scotch and soda..  That kind of thing.
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

GROVER!!!
COME THE FUCK BACK!!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 4:51 PM PDT reply actions  

On the plus side
Ho's groundball out/flyball out ratio so far is 7:0.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 4:56 PM PDT reply actions  

Thanks M's for making
this last hour of the work week just this much more enjoyable....turds.

by Don275 on Aug 30, 2007 4:56 PM PDT reply actions  

solid out Ho
that wasn't crushed or anything.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 4:58 PM PDT reply actions  

Dear God, this sucks.
last year was painful this year could be deadly.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 5:02 PM PDT reply actions  

Sweet!!!
The M's have become the team that we thought they were.

THEY ARE WHAT WE THOUGHT THE WERE! IF YOU WANT TO CROWN EM THEN CROWN EM!

by PLU Tim on Aug 30, 2007 5:03 PM PDT reply actions  

::opens browser::
::checks score::
::not surprised::
::leaves gratuitous comment on LL illustrating this::
::goes back to work::
::realizes workday is over::
::goes home, tries to forget Mariners exist, if only for an hour::

by Gomez on Aug 30, 2007 5:03 PM PDT reply actions  

this team...
looks dead. Where is life. Every hit seems to become a double play. Or we are just hitting soft grounders. Where are the hard hit balls?
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 5:04 PM PDT reply actions  

This is what I was afraid of.
If we got swept by the Angels. my fear was that we'd go into a death spiral.

I'm not sure if that's what this is, but it sure looks close.

"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

I figured out the problem.
AJ said he's been learning a lot from Willie on the bench.

No wonder he blows.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 5:05 PM PDT reply actions  

Pardon me but, Jesus Christ.
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

My mistake.
I thought it was him, turned out to be Elvis.
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

HAHA
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

Lovely
but if he isn't going to get legit playing time, I would expect this production.

by Slica on Aug 30, 2007 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

Because what this team needs
is another gritty, singles hitting 25th man.

by eponymous coward on Aug 30, 2007 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

Did Gameday only Quit on Me
I still have Raul up with two strikes, and I have for about 10 minutes.

Score? Still 3-0?

God. Dammit.

by CapSea on Aug 30, 2007 5:12 PM PDT reply actions  

I can't see from here I can't!
My Gameday is frozen as well.
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

No, it's busted for me too.
Score still 3-0.  Eric Wedge tossed from game for protesting non-call on an obvious Ho balk.

by esoteric on Aug 30, 2007 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

maybe
that will get the M's fired up??????? Something needs to. Go light Willie on fire. Watch him run and burn for a bit.
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 5:13 PM PDT reply actions  

Damn you're cold.
What did Willie do?  He's not the one in the game these days.

by esoteric on Aug 30, 2007 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

somethign
to get the team FIRED up.
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

haha
ho balked..and he was safe
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 5:14 PM PDT reply actions  

not that it matters
since Laffey has made us his bitches.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Man
We just DESTROY left-handed pitching....

by ThundaPC on Aug 30, 2007 5:15 PM PDT reply actions  

What??
My Gameday is frozen, what are you talking about?
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

Laffey has this straight change
that he's putting on the outside corner against righties. It's brutal when it's located.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

Is that what AJ struck out on before?
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh boy
Why do they keep swinging at 3-1?

by ThundaPC on Aug 30, 2007 5:18 PM PDT reply actions  

Please groundout more.
I need to see more groundouts. Not enough groundouts.

by JLC on Aug 30, 2007 5:18 PM PDT reply actions  

sweet jesus
that is a depressing look for Richie.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 5:19 PM PDT reply actions  

Ho Ram is to Major League Pitcher as
Nicky Hilton is to Positive Family Image
Wal-Mart is to good for the economy
Lookout Landing is to supports Richie Sexson
God. Dammit.

by CapSea on Aug 30, 2007 5:19 PM PDT reply actions  

Wow
We're the Saved By The Bell to their Seinfeld.

by Slica on Aug 30, 2007 5:19 PM PDT reply actions  

For your information
Saved by the Bell was a kick ass show, and it had a message in every episode.  
Why do people look at me funny when I tell them Carl Everett did more for the M's than Griffey ever did?

by RED29 on Aug 30, 2007 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

I find it
as an embaressing representation of reality.

Maybe if they weren't the only ones involved in everything at the school, I wouldnt hate it as much as I do now.

by Slica on Aug 30, 2007 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

I loved it as a kid
but in hindsight, it does nothing for me.

by Slica on Aug 30, 2007 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sure, it sucks now
but so does everything we enjoyed as children, except Legos and bourbon.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

It was Scotch for me.
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

That was my point
I shoulda just said 'Full House'.

I liked that show as a kid, too.

by Slica on Aug 30, 2007 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm 33, and I totally missed it growing up.
I only know the characters from "Dancing with Stars", "Celebrity Boxing" and "Striptease"..
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

Huh
Both Sexson and Kenji swung at way low ball fours.  

And Richie is channeling Steve Balboni.

by Paytheline on Aug 30, 2007 5:20 PM PDT reply actions  

Man I suck....
Better pretend I'm hurt, quick!
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Its too bad it took him this long
to fake an injury.  Why couldnt he do that in May?
Why do people look at me funny when I tell them Carl Everett did more for the M's than Griffey ever did?

by RED29 on Aug 30, 2007 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

and....we have ignition!!
Willie is in.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 5:21 PM PDT reply actions  

Sexson hurt?
I'm not one to wish harm on somebody, but this could be the guilt-free way for the F.O. to sideline him for a while
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)

by tootthekazoo on Aug 30, 2007 5:22 PM PDT reply actions  

FREE BROUSSARD!!!
I have a Jeff quote on my facebook!

by andyboi on Aug 30, 2007 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sexson to DL
Acute suckitis.

by eponymous coward on Aug 30, 2007 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

Indian announcers are making fun of HoRam.
The fewest hits he's allowed in a start is when he went two innings in Tampa Bay they said.

by ThundaPC on Aug 30, 2007 5:24 PM PDT reply actions  

very crafty Ho
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 5:26 PM PDT reply actions  

damn
yahoo is confused, every refresh there is a different batter or team up to bat
Be quiet, Brain, or I'll stab you with a Q-tip

by wadswerth on Aug 30, 2007 5:28 PM PDT reply actions  

In Cincinnati
Bases loaded, Encarnacion hits a single - griffey on third heads home, Dunn rounds second and heads home, 2-1 Reds.  But wait, Pitt appeals.  It seems that Adam Dunn forgot to hit third base.  Adam Dunn out, 1-1.  No, wait, appeal continues.  It seems that Griffey wasn't home yet when Dunn skipped the bag, so his run doesn't count. Dunn out, 3 outs, still 1-0 Pittsburgh.

I think they may have borrowed our third base coach for that game.

God. Dammit.

by CapSea on Aug 30, 2007 5:31 PM PDT reply actions  

thanks for filling me in . . .
my girlfriend took the XM today.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

U.B. Jesus!
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 5:31 PM PDT reply actions  

Yay Adam Jones!
still we are losing.

but they got AJ-aculated on.

by PShwa on Aug 30, 2007 5:31 PM PDT reply actions  

PACMAN!!!!!
I said he didn't do good when i called him AJ so now his name is PACMAN!
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 5:32 PM PDT reply actions  

Fuck Gameday.
Jones Homerun??!?
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 5:33 PM PDT reply actions  

yup!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 5:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Woohooo!
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Way to fake them out
with the bunt attempt.
I'm more like I am now than I've ever been.

by ralphie81 on Aug 30, 2007 5:33 PM PDT reply actions  

Baker's blog:
Hey, Adam Jones would have made that throw! Oh, wait...he just did.

Love the guy.

by Garces on Aug 30, 2007 5:33 PM PDT reply actions  

hey now!!
a rally???
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 5:33 PM PDT reply actions  

guess not.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

this team
can't buy a rally
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

Umm...
Did McLaren really just remove Sexson for Ballgame?  Not that it's a bad idea, but it seems way out of character.  Did Richie hurt himself?
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Aug 30, 2007 5:35 PM PDT reply actions  

He's hurt.
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

Richie limped to first. The Yanks better watch out
No Richie= VICTORY johnny drama style
I have a Jeff quote on my facebook!

by andyboi on Aug 30, 2007 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh, nevermind, he did it a while ago...
GD is slow as ** tonight...
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Aug 30, 2007 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

anti-jinx
Go Guillen!
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions  

omg a freakin flyball
You may run like Mays but you hit like shit

by houseofprime2 on Aug 30, 2007 5:37 PM PDT reply actions  

Guillen!!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 5:38 PM PDT reply actions  

WOO
Guillen! Come Rauul we need George Clinton in the house.
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 5:39 PM PDT reply actions  

Richie
Announcers say he left with a tight left-hamstring.

by ThundaPC on Aug 30, 2007 5:39 PM PDT reply actions  

Wow. two runs AND Broussard in!
Actually, I sorta like Richie as a guy, however crappy his baseball output, so I shouldn't be cheering his injury.

by esoteric on Aug 30, 2007 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

No Broussard.
Willie. Which actually isn't that bad, when lefties are involved.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

Dear god I feel dumb.
I logged off for a second, didn't realize I missed so much, and relied upon Gameday which has been acting up.  

I have shamed the family.

by esoteric on Aug 30, 2007 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

I hate Chris Gomez.
Have for more than a decade. Fucker's useless.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 5:40 PM PDT reply actions  

ADAM JONES/JOSE GUILLEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU. NOW BENCH RICHIE FOR BEN.

by dbroncos31 on Aug 30, 2007 5:40 PM PDT reply actions  

Sexson leaves the game and the M's start scoring
Coincidence?
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Aug 30, 2007 5:41 PM PDT reply actions  

About goddamned time.
OK, team, let's get up off the floor.

by eponymous coward on Aug 30, 2007 5:42 PM PDT reply actions  

From M's Website:
Ramirez aims to continue momentum vs. Tribe

For some reason that statement doesn't inspire much confidence.  What kind of momentum?  The balls continuing into the seats?  Not slowing down on being the crappiest pitcher in the AL?

by chrisisasavage on Aug 30, 2007 5:42 PM PDT reply actions  

Cmon mac don't push ur luck
Ho has survived 5 innings thats enough
You may run like Mays but you hit like shit

by houseofprime2 on Aug 30, 2007 5:43 PM PDT reply actions  

Jones' home run going opposite field
makes me feel better about his long-term chances in Safeco.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 5:43 PM PDT reply actions  

wasn't that a large reason the org.
was always much higher on him than on Wlad? Didn't we always know he had power to all fields?

by sammy on Aug 30, 2007 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

That's part of it, yeah.
The other part is that Jones is just better.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

I curious.
Mariners win this game: Yay or Nay? Or if you wish, give me a percentage (i.e. 75% chance they pull it out)

by sammy on Aug 30, 2007 5:43 PM PDT reply actions  

I have no f'ing clue.
But damnit, I would LIKE to see them get off the floor and gut it out the rest of this road trip. Despite what impressions I may have given, I like seeing my team do well- even if they are lucky.

by eponymous coward on Aug 30, 2007 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

WE says 29.8%
Jeff says, without Richie, it's more like 150%.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

I won't say this very often
but Horacio has not been that bad today.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 5:44 PM PDT reply actions  

our pen is exhausted.
i'm not even mad that he's still out there.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

right as you say that
a monster foul. Terrible breaking pitch...and then strikes him out.
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't blame pitchers for fouls.
If a ball is hit foul, the pitcher did something right.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

ok mac thats 103 pitches
You may run like Mays but you hit like shit

by houseofprime2 on Aug 30, 2007 5:47 PM PDT reply actions  

lets say
goodbye to Ho please? THANK YOU!!!!!!
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 5:49 PM PDT reply actions  

And out comes Ho.
Eh, mild pat on the back, Ho.  

by esoteric on Aug 30, 2007 5:49 PM PDT reply actions  

Probably time to bring in a reliever.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Aug 30, 2007 5:49 PM PDT reply actions  

Peace, fool
I don't think Ho knows what it means to walk off the field with your chin up.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 5:49 PM PDT reply actions  

Nice work HoRam,
Quite a change from his useless "double-digit ERA on the road" days.

by ThundaPC on Aug 30, 2007 5:49 PM PDT reply actions  

i say stick w/ ho for another batter.
it's the bottom of the order. oh well.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 5:49 PM PDT reply actions  

I left to get some food
and come back just in time for an Adam-bomb.  this game is turning around, right now, i'd love to see it continue.  

come on green!  i'm a little worried about him, lately, but he's the right call here....

by jimmimoose1 on Aug 30, 2007 5:51 PM PDT reply actions  

Seriously, M's fans...
against a team that's been as hot as Cleveland the last week, this isn't a bad game from Ramirez.  Green needs to hold the Indians here, though.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Aug 30, 2007 5:51 PM PDT reply actions  

Betancourt error?
Can't see it, was it a bad error?

by JLC on Aug 30, 2007 5:53 PM PDT reply actions  

he was hit hard
and took a bad hop.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

it was hit hard, not he
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

An absolute laser that short hopped
and ate his lunch.  Probably should have had it, but a tough bounce, nonetheless.

by bpdawg24 on Aug 30, 2007 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ouch
That ball completely ate up Yuni.

by ThundaPC on Aug 30, 2007 5:53 PM PDT reply actions  

ughh
that 0-2 pitch looked good, and then THAT happened.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 5:53 PM PDT reply actions  

Just got changed to a single...
apparently the scorer changed his mind.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Aug 30, 2007 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

anyone watching this one?
was that a base-hit or an error?
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 5:54 PM PDT reply actions  

a hit.
it was a bullet that took a wicked hop right into betancourt's knee.

by sammy on Aug 30, 2007 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

thanks...
i should have refreshed instead of posting.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

changed to a hit
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 5:55 PM PDT reply actions  

Haha
We aren't the only team that swings at garbage.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 5:55 PM PDT reply actions  

Gameday is still screwed,
is it 3-2?
"Every Halloween, the trees are filled with underwear. Every spring, the toilets explode."

by Thingray on Aug 30, 2007 5:55 PM PDT reply actions  

yeah,
green just K'd the last out.

by sammy on Aug 30, 2007 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Nice pitch.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Aug 30, 2007 5:56 PM PDT reply actions  

Beltre
Double, Bloomquist bunt either sac or for a hit. Pacman second homerun of the night.
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 5:57 PM PDT reply actions  

no clue about Lewis
but I'm pretty sure Perez is awesome.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

bloop!!!
please get him home!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 5:59 PM PDT reply actions  

Come on WILLIE
Avoid the DP
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 6:00 PM PDT reply actions  

Well, there goes the sac bunt option...
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Aug 30, 2007 6:00 PM PDT reply actions  

Nice job, Willie
way to prove you're better than Lopez at slapping singles around.

by JLC on Aug 30, 2007 6:00 PM PDT reply actions  

Come on Pacman
make this guy your bitch.
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 6:01 PM PDT reply actions  

nvm
kenji is up
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

Stolen base, plz
Victor Martinez' arm strength = t3h suck.

by JLC on Aug 30, 2007 6:02 PM PDT reply actions  

Kenji!
You da man!
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 6:02 PM PDT reply actions  

MOJOHJIMA
WE MIGHT SCORE 3 WHOLE RUNS IN ONE GAME.

by JLC on Aug 30, 2007 6:03 PM PDT reply actions  

Ok pacman
NOW make him your bitch.
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 6:03 PM PDT reply actions  

damnit
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

Laffey gawn!
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 6:03 PM PDT reply actions  

My thought exactly.
And I love it, quite frankly, save Raul.

by bpdawg24 on Aug 30, 2007 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

Starter has been yanked.
Makes up for earlier deficiencies.

by ThundaPC on Aug 30, 2007 6:04 PM PDT reply actions  

Kinda surprised the Indians
haven't gone to their pen, yet.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Aug 30, 2007 6:04 PM PDT reply actions  

No sooner said
than he gets the hook.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Aug 30, 2007 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

Kenji never misses middle in.
If a slob at a keyboard can see that, why do they keep pitching him there?

by Paytheline on Aug 30, 2007 6:04 PM PDT reply actions  

U.B. Jesus! x2
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 6:07 PM PDT reply actions  

Please
just put it in play
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 6:07 PM PDT reply actions  

AJ!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Don't call him pacman, this AJ isnt a complete cunt.

by Dan @ Lookout Landing on Aug 30, 2007 6:08 PM PDT reply actions  

PACMAN!!!!!
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 6:08 PM PDT reply actions  

ADAM JONES!!!!!!!!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 6:08 PM PDT reply actions  

Adam Jones!
Funny...I just saw him on TNA.

by Slica on Aug 30, 2007 6:08 PM PDT reply actions  

*DANCING*
Wow, feels like the first lead in forever.

by esoteric on Aug 30, 2007 6:08 PM PDT reply actions  

Yooooooni!
Wooo!

by Dan @ Lookout Landing on Aug 30, 2007 6:08 PM PDT reply actions  

YUNI!!!!!!!!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 6:08 PM PDT reply actions  

Man, I have waited so long
to be proud of AJ.

BETANCOURT!!!

by sammy on Aug 30, 2007 6:09 PM PDT reply actions  

YUNI!!!!!!!
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 6:09 PM PDT reply actions  

M's lead. :)
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Aug 30, 2007 6:09 PM PDT reply actions  

Can't say...
that I see anything in this Jones guy. He's a bust.

[/a lot of people here]

by PLU Tim on Aug 30, 2007 6:09 PM PDT reply actions  

This is the
team i have been watching almost all year. Minus some games. Come Ichiro!
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 6:10 PM PDT reply actions  

Adam Jones is too young to handle a pennant race
I mean, just look at that clutch base hit. Sure, he does the "big things" that "show up" in the box score, but he just doesn't bring that veteran presence to the team. He drove in that run in a totally non-veteran way.

by stoatboy on Aug 30, 2007 6:10 PM PDT reply actions  

Hmmm...
Turbo time!
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 6:12 PM PDT reply actions  

wow these fans don't like Ichiro
hey Cleveland fans..the Browns suck.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 6:12 PM PDT reply actions  

boo ichiro
hooray beer
THANK YOU. NOW BENCH RICHIE FOR BEN.

by dbroncos31 on Aug 30, 2007 6:12 PM PDT reply actions  

It's nice that they take pride in that.
Because striking out Ichiro is really going to change his mind about your boring suckbag city.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 6:13 PM PDT reply actions  

well atleast we got the lead
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 6:13 PM PDT reply actions  

hey, only 9 outs to go
against a deadly lineup...this should be easy :(
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 6:14 PM PDT reply actions  

You're a goddam hero Jones!

Earning some playing time tonight I see.

by Notor on Aug 30, 2007 6:15 PM PDT reply actions  

He's not ready...
nor is he really any good. So I've been told by a few here....

by PLU Tim on Aug 30, 2007 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

thanks rizzs...
who are they making the change to?
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 6:16 PM PDT reply actions  

8 outs to go
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 6:16 PM PDT reply actions  

Who's better at first base?
Vidro or Raul?  Is either passable/better than Sexson?  Because if those two HAVE to stay in and Richie really is injured, I might pull for AJ instead of BB.

by Fuckmikereilly on Aug 30, 2007 6:19 PM PDT reply actions  

my mlb tv
just died on me or something
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 6:21 PM PDT reply actions  

Jose Vidro stepped in front of the camera
that doesn't explain the lack of sound though.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

The Mariners paid 14 million to look at the
baseball player equivalent. You've got it pretty good.

by JLC on Aug 30, 2007 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

shit
I hate gameday, the silence is annoying.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 6:25 PM PDT reply actions  

c'mon george!
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 6:26 PM PDT reply actions  

everytime i load
mlb tv it freezes my screen.
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 6:27 PM PDT reply actions  

Coaching visit to mound
Tell me they're not bringing in Rick White.

by ThundaPC on Aug 30, 2007 6:27 PM PDT reply actions  

two out rallies
Seem to be make or break moments for this team- that is, whether they allow them or not.

by Paytheline on Aug 30, 2007 6:28 PM PDT reply actions  

SQUEEZING HIM
Stop it, blue.

by bpdawg24 on Aug 30, 2007 6:29 PM PDT reply actions  

gameday says
Sherrils getting squeezed.

by Dan @ Lookout Landing on Aug 30, 2007 6:29 PM PDT reply actions  

ballsack
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 6:29 PM PDT reply actions  

our bullpen
is not as dominate as it once was.
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 6:30 PM PDT reply actions  

thats ok
i like being corrected. i'm just dumb
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

According to Gameday
the game plan against Martinez was "pitch low". The last pitch was not low.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 6:31 PM PDT reply actions  

This wasn't going to be easy.
The team we're facing is on a five game winning streak after all.

by ThundaPC on Aug 30, 2007 6:31 PM PDT reply actions  

Lets go 35 game losing streak!!
Get Bavasi and Mac out of here!  Do it!
I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Aug 30, 2007 6:31 PM PDT reply actions  

MLBtv going dead was a message from God
I apologize for not listening.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 6:32 PM PDT reply actions  

There's no pitch speed data for Gameday.
I feel so removed from this game all of a sudden.

by bpdawg24 on Aug 30, 2007 6:33 PM PDT reply actions  

it's morrow
just imagine all fastballs

by Eldukey on Aug 30, 2007 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

FUCK

5-4 Indians.

That's why you don't play Ibanez in left.

by Notor on Aug 30, 2007 6:34 PM PDT reply actions  

That ball was smoked
I know Ibanez is a lousy LF, but that would have been a tough play for just about any LF.
A's fan, living in Oakland

by Soaker on Aug 30, 2007 6:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

Curiously,
Rizzs is calling a nice game solo.

by Paytheline on Aug 30, 2007 6:34 PM PDT reply actions  

well crap
I really can't bear to listen to this shit anymore

by JLC on Aug 30, 2007 6:35 PM PDT reply actions  

FUCK
http://seattlesportsmaniac.blogspot.com

by LantermanC on Aug 30, 2007 6:35 PM PDT reply actions  

hey cool
this is what rock bottom feels like.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 6:35 PM PDT reply actions  

Yeah, I'm leaving.
I'm pretty sure I know what just happened, and I'm not wasting a perfectly good Thursday night.

by Jeff Sullivan on Aug 30, 2007 6:35 PM PDT reply actions  

Are you kidding?
He's a rookie.  We're not seeing him hit again tonight.

by Fuckmikereilly on Aug 30, 2007 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oddly enough, yes, I was kidding
but I've got a feeling that this game has a few more runs left in it

by Nick S on Aug 30, 2007 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

Guillen, Ibanez, and Beltre
maybe a funk blast.
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 6:38 PM PDT reply actions  

biggest suckfest: Mlb.tv
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 6:38 PM PDT reply actions  

God is just playing with us now...
My name is Matt Foley. I am 35 years old, I am divorced and I live in A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!

by Coach Owens on Aug 30, 2007 6:39 PM PDT reply actions  

Stopped the bleeding...
they need to come back right away, though.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Aug 30, 2007 6:40 PM PDT reply actions  

WOOOOOo
Strike out...way to get the inning going!
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 6:41 PM PDT reply actions  

I believe he relinquished that title a while ago
Now he's just a Jester in the court of King Awesome.  Of course, no Mariner has been able to supplant Beltre, even with the power vacuum and all...

by Fuckmikereilly on Aug 30, 2007 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

cool, MLBtv is back
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 6:47 PM PDT reply actions  

3 Ks.
This game is dead.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 6:49 PM PDT reply actions  

Lol
Jones can hit this guy but the veterans cant.

I think we're losing the war.

by Slica on Aug 30, 2007 6:49 PM PDT reply actions  

Rick White has severe PTSD.
only way to explain the beard.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

Perez is fucking filthy
Doesn't make it annnnyyy less goddamn frustrating, though.  I wish it did.

by bpdawg24 on Aug 30, 2007 6:50 PM PDT reply actions  

I have some hope if they keep at 1 run
Borowski isn't exactly automatic.
You may run like Mays but you hit like shit

by houseofprime2 on Aug 30, 2007 6:50 PM PDT reply actions  

ugh
it's so annoying that we're getting beaten by the Indians' freaking bullpen.

by JLC on Aug 30, 2007 6:50 PM PDT reply actions  

Next inning we got it.
Willie "deep threat" Bloomquist. Kenji and Pacman. No worries...i'm just worried if our struggling pen can handle one more inning without letting it get out of hand.
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 6:50 PM PDT reply actions  

As much as losing this game would suck
This is a much better played game, sans the terrible ABs early in the game.

by ThundaPC on Aug 30, 2007 6:53 PM PDT reply actions  

hit Lofton in the face
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 6:53 PM PDT reply actions  

Great job...
we claw back, take the lead, our bullpen gives it back, and we stare adversity in the face and show our mettle...with 3 strikeouts.

by LongBeachDave on Aug 30, 2007 6:53 PM PDT reply actions  

Just got home from work
to see the Indians retook the lead. Who's to blame?

by sammy on Aug 30, 2007 6:54 PM PDT reply actions  

Jay
and Mlb.tv
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

FUCKING 2 OUT HITS
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 6:55 PM PDT reply actions  

ugh.
chris gomez hit the ball?
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 6:56 PM PDT reply actions  

alright just bring in jj to blow cabrera away
its been too long
You may run like Mays but you hit like shit

by houseofprime2 on Aug 30, 2007 6:57 PM PDT reply actions  

Morrow
isn't throwing 97...he is throwing 87, why? Bring on the heat.
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 6:58 PM PDT reply actions  

91?
What's up with Brandon's velocity?

by bpdawg24 on Aug 30, 2007 6:58 PM PDT reply actions  

BENNY!
Hit time.
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 7:01 PM PDT reply actions  

you get first base
when they throw 4 balls?
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 7:04 PM PDT reply actions  

good AB by Ben
Shin Soo Choo sucks.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 7:04 PM PDT reply actions  

WALK!!!
KENJI NO DP!
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 7:04 PM PDT reply actions  

it would be
a Game Winner not a walk off. A walk off is when your batting in the bottom of the 9th.
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

Niehaus is doing his best
to subtlely diss Joe Borowski.  "He's no JJ Putz."

by Gomez on Aug 30, 2007 7:06 PM PDT reply actions  

do it AJ!
be the man
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 7:07 PM PDT reply actions  

HAHA
Lofton looks like he needs a walker.

by sammy on Aug 30, 2007 7:07 PM PDT reply actions  

Jones!

0 outs, 2 on.

Too bad he's probably going to have to bunt here.

by Notor on Aug 30, 2007 7:07 PM PDT reply actions  

COME ON PACMAN!!!!!!
PACMAN PACMAN NO DP NO K
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 7:08 PM PDT reply actions  

NO BUNTING PLEASE!
Not with our blazing speed on the bases.

by sammy on Aug 30, 2007 7:09 PM PDT reply actions  

3-0
You think Jones gets the green light?  LOL.

by Gomez on Aug 30, 2007 7:09 PM PDT reply actions  

3-0

This is very, very good.

by Notor on Aug 30, 2007 7:09 PM PDT reply actions  

A walk
would work just fine..

by krb on Aug 30, 2007 7:09 PM PDT reply actions  

Big spot for Jones....
He needs to come through.  3-0 count's a good start.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Aug 30, 2007 7:09 PM PDT reply actions  

good job AJ
please get a hit Yuni..please!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 7:10 PM PDT reply actions  

okay, whatever.
Let's win this thing already. C'mon Betancourt.

by JLC on Aug 30, 2007 7:10 PM PDT reply actions  

oh well.
perfect bunt, at least.

by sammy on Aug 30, 2007 7:10 PM PDT reply actions  

way to go to PACMAN!
COME ON YUNI!
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 7:10 PM PDT reply actions  

Yuni
You better not pop-up.

by ThundaPC on Aug 30, 2007 7:11 PM PDT reply actions  

I HATE sacrifice bunts
Never liked the idea of giving up an out for 90 feet.

by tait644 on Aug 30, 2007 7:12 PM PDT reply actions  

...umm
Well, Sac bunt wouldn't have been MY move for a guy who hit a HR earlier...
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Aug 30, 2007 7:13 PM PDT reply actions  

Holy crap
Yuni's pitch selection is scaring me on Gameday.

by Slica on Aug 30, 2007 7:13 PM PDT reply actions  

sweet!
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 7:13 PM PDT reply actions  

TIE BALLGAME!!
Can we please get another runner in?

by Gomez on Aug 30, 2007 7:13 PM PDT reply actions  

Gameday says Yuni is excited
I have a Jeff quote on my facebook!

by andyboi on Aug 30, 2007 7:13 PM PDT reply actions  

WOO HOO!
come on Ichiro!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 7:13 PM PDT reply actions  

C'mon Speedro!
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 7:14 PM PDT reply actions  

YESSSSSSSS
sigh. thank goodness. come on ichiro...even though they will walk him....come on turbo!
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 7:14 PM PDT reply actions  

ok...plase get a hit Turbo
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 7:14 PM PDT reply actions  

Betancourt WOOOOOOOOOOO
HOLY IMPROBABLE COMEBACKS BATMAN

by JLC on Aug 30, 2007 7:14 PM PDT reply actions  

Tied it up!
Ichiro FTW!
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Aug 30, 2007 7:14 PM PDT reply actions  

IBB
FTL.  Professional hitter time.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Aug 30, 2007 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

IBB to Ichiro
Turbo FTW!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

If I ever had to go to Cleveland

I'd punch myself in the face too Ichiro.

by Notor on Aug 30, 2007 7:14 PM PDT reply actions  

WOO cuban power
Crap, their manager knows not to pitch to the team's best hitter in important situations

by Nick S on Aug 30, 2007 7:15 PM PDT reply actions  

They're booing Ichiro for his brilliant remarks.
"punch myself in the face, etc."  

One of Ichi's finest moments.  Niehaus is recounting it with relish right now.

by esoteric on Aug 30, 2007 7:15 PM PDT reply actions  

As bad as Ichiro looked on that last strike out...
I guess walking him is the smart move..hope it backfires

by LongBeachDave on Aug 30, 2007 7:15 PM PDT reply actions  

I bet so
McLaren needs to make sure that Putz gets some work tonight. He's had a lot of time off.

by Katal LM on Aug 30, 2007 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's not a save situation,
so of course Mac won't put him out there...

by tait644 on Aug 30, 2007 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

i wish.
Squinty McClearlyretarded disagrees.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 31, 2007 1:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

Good thing
Vidro's been through the wars...

by tait644 on Aug 30, 2007 7:16 PM PDT reply actions  

Whoever plays cleveland next
needs to thank us for wearing down the tribe pen.

by sammy on Aug 30, 2007 7:17 PM PDT reply actions  

DAMN
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 7:17 PM PDT reply actions  

JJ please

Boroski is toast for extra innings.  JJ is rested.  JJ please.

by Notor on Aug 30, 2007 7:17 PM PDT reply actions  

We got Jose Vidro because he never strikes out
Ugh. That had better have been a bad call by the ump.

by JLC on Aug 30, 2007 7:17 PM PDT reply actions  

Huh,
I thought Vidro was on fire...

by tait644 on Aug 30, 2007 7:17 PM PDT reply actions  

ARRRRRGGGHHH
How can you take a pitch in that situation????

by LongBeachDave on Aug 30, 2007 7:18 PM PDT reply actions  

Wow.
Generous call for Borowski.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Aug 30, 2007 7:18 PM PDT reply actions  

Hafner, Martinez, Garko
this should be easy....:(
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 7:18 PM PDT reply actions  

If we go to extra inning
the pitchers left in the pen is an alarming thought.

by krb on Aug 30, 2007 7:19 PM PDT reply actions  

Oh, O'Flaherty.
Don't blow this.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 7:20 PM PDT reply actions  

The Irish.
I'm comfortable with that decision.

by sammy on Aug 30, 2007 7:20 PM PDT reply actions  

Why no JJ here?

He's had so much rest....Why not save O'Flaherty for tomorrow?

by Notor on Aug 30, 2007 7:20 PM PDT reply actions  

Well, if we do take the lead,
someone is still going to have to pitch the bottom of the frame.

by sammy on Aug 30, 2007 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

this game is all kinds of racist.
those war drums are obnoxious.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 7:21 PM PDT reply actions  

We can hope
to give Eric another win, though.

by krb on Aug 30, 2007 7:22 PM PDT reply actions  

I'm glad we tied it
really, I am, but man, 1st and 2nd, no one out and a 3-0 count on Adam Jones...we should have scored more than one run.  They got their 2 in the 7th with 2 outs...

by LongBeachDave on Aug 30, 2007 7:22 PM PDT reply actions  

C'mon EOF
Shut 'em down and let's win this in the 10th.

by bpdawg24 on Aug 30, 2007 7:22 PM PDT reply actions  

Ah C'mon Refs!!!
Sheeeit, that was pass interference if I've ever seen it!!!!

//sorry, wrong thread...

Who'm I kidding? BOOOOOOOOO RICHIE!!! FREE BROUUUUUUUSAAAARRRRDDD!!!!

by PositivePaul on Aug 30, 2007 7:22 PM PDT reply actions  

I like Burke in for Vidro instead of Lopez
We get a + defender for an absolutely crucial defensive inning instead of a -

by Nick S on Aug 30, 2007 7:23 PM PDT reply actions  

Eric
Please get through this....and this is just what this team needs. Extra Innings for a team that is in the middle of playing 44 games in 45 days
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 7:23 PM PDT reply actions  

Damn

Double play pleeeease.

by Notor on Aug 30, 2007 7:23 PM PDT reply actions  

DP
for the love of god.
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 7:24 PM PDT reply actions  

o good an 0-2 HBP
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 7:26 PM PDT reply actions  

Don't worry
Bringing White into a time game with RISP hasn't bit on on the ass in least six hours!

by Jordan of Boise on Aug 30, 2007 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Please
let the new pitcher be JJ.

by krb on Aug 30, 2007 7:27 PM PDT reply actions  

RICK WHITE
YEEEHAAAAWWW!! HE'S BEEN THROUGH WARS!

Surely we can't lose now...

by ThundaPC on Aug 30, 2007 7:28 PM PDT reply actions  

Rick White= White Flag
I have a Jeff quote on my facebook!

by andyboi on Aug 30, 2007 7:28 PM PDT reply actions  

RICK WHITE NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
WE ARE DEAD LIKE CIVIL WAR VETERANS

by Gomez on Aug 30, 2007 7:28 PM PDT reply actions  

Damn...it is white
Maybe he can get a dp. maybe....
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 7:28 PM PDT reply actions  

is it reall White coming in?
are you fucking kidding me Mac?

JJ hasn't pitched in like 10 years.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 7:28 PM PDT reply actions  

My guess is...
we're trying to use every pitcher we have tonight...

by LongBeachDave on Aug 30, 2007 7:28 PM PDT reply actions  

Bring in Putz
got nothin to lose at this point.

Way better option then White, who we have seen TOO MUCH of lately.

by Slica on Aug 30, 2007 7:28 PM PDT reply actions  

wtf the war vet in this situation?
You may run like Mays but you hit like shit

by houseofprime2 on Aug 30, 2007 7:28 PM PDT reply actions  

LOL RICK WHITE

This is a joke.  Such a goddam joke.

No use holding JJ when White is gonna lose it here.

by Notor on Aug 30, 2007 7:29 PM PDT reply actions  

RICK WHITE!!
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

by Paytheline on Aug 30, 2007 7:29 PM PDT reply actions  

FUCK
RICK WHITE AGAIN??????????

No FUCKKING WAY

by thenatural on Aug 30, 2007 7:29 PM PDT reply actions  

Lima Time!
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 7:29 PM PDT reply actions  

I swear.......
this is the most idiotic move...
is McClueless getting paid by the opposing team?
unfucking believable...

by gblady on Aug 30, 2007 7:30 PM PDT reply actions  

Dear Lord

One more out, is that so much to ask?

by Notor on Aug 30, 2007 7:30 PM PDT reply actions  

FUCK FUCK FUCK
I HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE WHAT OUR FUCKING RETARD MANAGER IS ON.

by Manzanillos Cup on Aug 30, 2007 7:30 PM PDT reply actions  

I can't even fucking believe
McLaren brought White in.
I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Aug 30, 2007 7:30 PM PDT reply actions  

Looked away for 5 minutes...
looked back and Rick White is pitching.  What the HELL is wrong with McLaren.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Aug 30, 2007 7:31 PM PDT reply actions  

i love you, adam
don't know if i say it enough, but its true

by thenatural on Aug 30, 2007 7:31 PM PDT reply actions  

Damn
both those first two pitches were strikes

by LongBeachDave on Aug 30, 2007 7:32 PM PDT reply actions  

PTSD time.
Rick White is evil.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 7:32 PM PDT reply actions  

PUT JJ IN NOW

CHRIST MCLAREN YOU JACKASS

by Notor on Aug 30, 2007 7:33 PM PDT reply actions  

shit, anyone but Lofton
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 7:33 PM PDT reply actions  

This is a lose-lose proposition.
Either White loses this game, or he "proves" himself and we see another month of the veteran.

by sammy on Aug 30, 2007 7:33 PM PDT reply actions  

4 pitch walk beautiful rick
You may run like Mays but you hit like shit

by houseofprime2 on Aug 30, 2007 7:33 PM PDT reply actions  

Oh god
Just one more out guys....just one more out.
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 7:33 PM PDT reply actions  

hit lofton in the face
don't let him enjoy his walk-off.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 7:33 PM PDT reply actions  

Is there something
wrong with bringing in your best pitcher for the most important AB of the game?

Am I missing something?

by tait644 on Aug 30, 2007 7:34 PM PDT reply actions  

Wow
Does White have pictuers of McLaren with small children or something. WTF?
I can't take this.

by MFanNYC on Aug 30, 2007 7:35 PM PDT reply actions  

Bases loaded, walked the last batter...
on four pitches, and he's STILL IN WITH THE GAME ON THE LINE?
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Aug 30, 2007 7:35 PM PDT reply actions  

Seriously....
I take back everything bad that I said about Hargrove.

John McLaren is a fool. A god damn fool.

He is totally inept. A fucking moron.

by PLU Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:35 PM PDT reply actions  

wow, just wow
no GTE here..fuck you Mac.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 7:35 PM PDT reply actions  

Jeff
can you do a post on Johnny Mac?  I'd love to see it
I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Aug 30, 2007 7:35 PM PDT reply actions  

3-2 count.
Watch him walk in the winning run.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Aug 30, 2007 7:36 PM PDT reply actions  

Towel.

And Jeff wonders why I'm pessimistic.

by eponymous coward on Aug 30, 2007 7:37 PM PDT reply actions  

I don't believe my eyes.
By Einstein's definition, McLaren is officially insane (doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result).

by ryanhealy on Aug 30, 2007 7:37 PM PDT reply actions  

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
Fuck you Mclaren and fuck you Rick White.

by Happybelly on Aug 30, 2007 7:37 PM PDT reply actions  

Rick White
Rick fucking White.

Bavasi had to take away Julio Mateo because Hargrove kept using him.  Rick White is worse.  And McLaren won't stop using him.

How much is Arte Moreno paying John McLaren?  I wanna know.

by Gomez on Aug 30, 2007 7:37 PM PDT reply actions  

I blame this on Norm Charlton.
If he weren't hunting buddies w/ Rick White we never would have seen him.

McLaren is an idiot.

Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 30, 2007 7:37 PM PDT reply actions  

AHHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHSHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Aug 30, 2007 7:37 PM PDT reply actions  

God fucking damnit.
Someone in the clubhouse needs to sock McLaren in the face.

by krb on Aug 30, 2007 7:37 PM PDT reply actions  

What. The. Fuck.

Fire this fucking idiot now.

by Notor on Aug 30, 2007 7:38 PM PDT reply actions  

well.....
knew the minute I heard White's name...
I cannot believe a human being can be that stupid.

by gblady on Aug 30, 2007 7:38 PM PDT reply actions  

FUCK THIS SHIT
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Aug 30, 2007 7:38 PM PDT reply actions  

Thats it
What can you do?  What can you FUCKING say?!  This is some kind of sick joke.  

by Manzanillos Cup on Aug 30, 2007 7:38 PM PDT reply actions  

HAHAHAHAHAHA
just fuck you Mac, fuck you, fuck you and FUCK YOU.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Aug 30, 2007 7:38 PM PDT reply actions  

I just cannot, cannot believe this,
I cannot understand WHAT THE FUCK OUR MANAGER WAS THINKING ABOUT????

by LongBeachDave on Aug 30, 2007 7:39 PM PDT reply actions  

ahahahahahah
beautifuck.

hahahahahahahahaha im at my wits end.

look at me, imc razyyyyyyyyy

by Slica on Aug 30, 2007 7:39 PM PDT reply actions  

End of Season.
Began in Cleveland, Ends in Cleveland.
Detect-O-Vision

Favor the Bold

by IcebreakerX on Aug 30, 2007 7:39 PM PDT reply actions  

fucking god dammit
fuck you rick white... i hate you

by thenatural on Aug 30, 2007 7:40 PM PDT reply actions  

Rick White
The War Veteran ladies and gentlemen.

by ThundaPC on Aug 30, 2007 7:40 PM PDT reply actions  

fuck
thats all i can say. fuck mclaren, fuck white, fuck, fuck fuck

by Nick S on Aug 30, 2007 7:40 PM PDT reply actions  

CAN WE PLEASE
put Rick White to bed once and for all...literally...let's just send him to a home for aged pitchers and put him to sleep

by LongBeachDave on Aug 30, 2007 7:41 PM PDT reply actions  

STFU RICK RIZZS
WE DIDN'T LOSE BECAUSE THE BULLPEN IS TIRED.  WE LOST BECAUSE WE USED THE WORST RELIEVER IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IN A TIE BALLGAME.

by Gomez on Aug 30, 2007 7:41 PM PDT reply actions  

In short,
We lost because of John McLaren.

Again.

by tait644 on Aug 30, 2007 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

This is fucking ridiculous
I motion for an extension of game thread emotion until:

a) the Mariners manage to win a game

b) McLaren is fired

c) someone puts a harpoon in Orca White's ass and drags him back out to sea

by Jordan of Boise on Aug 30, 2007 7:41 PM PDT reply actions  

ahh man. This is some hillarious stuff ;)
I don't think I've laughed at the M's losing like this in a while.

The ineptness is just hillarious.

by BeltredNOT on Aug 30, 2007 7:41 PM PDT reply actions  

I give up
I can't take watching Mac destroy the season day by day.

by krb on Aug 30, 2007 7:41 PM PDT reply actions  

You had RRS and Putz sitting in the pen.
Why the ** don't you either bring them in or leave Irish in?
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Aug 30, 2007 7:42 PM PDT reply actions  

As awful as this was
It's ten times as funny.

I'm not even upset, at this point.  I literally laughed when my mlb.radio or whatever feed told me White walked in the winning run.

Season's over, but Goddamn.  

HUSKIES TOMORROW!

by Garces on Aug 30, 2007 7:43 PM PDT reply actions  

Bottom of the 9th...
one single, one hit batter and two walks....and we are concerned about the playoffs????

by LongBeachDave on Aug 30, 2007 7:43 PM PDT reply actions  

Seattle Media are such softies too.
He would be shot coming out of the stadium in NY or Boston.

by Manzanillos Cup on Aug 30, 2007 7:43 PM PDT reply actions  

If anyone...
cares to defend John McLaren please leave your address here so that I can show up this weekend and punch you in the fucking face and when I am done punching you in the fucking face, I will punch your wife in the fucking face. When I am done punching her in the fucking face, I will punch your kids in the fucking face.

by PLU Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:44 PM PDT reply actions  

Yeah
I would love to see Baker try and fucking explain this gem away

by Nick S on Aug 30, 2007 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

I wanna see
Baker claim we lost because of our lack of veteran relief pitching.

...

by Gomez on Aug 30, 2007 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't wanna see
McLaren say that HoRam pitched a fine ballgame.

by Sec 108 on Aug 30, 2007 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

He didn't
...but he did get in a dig to everyone by saying "let the second guessing begin"

by LongBeachDave on Aug 30, 2007 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

But don't punch the dog
Because then you will end up in jail.

by Ben in Va on Aug 30, 2007 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

Why
Just punch McClaren in the face.  Punch him right in his fucking vagina too.

by Manzanillos Cup on Aug 30, 2007 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well the members of Detectovision please
step forward!

Hilarious Tim, best comment of the thread.

These pretzels....are making me thirsty!

by Goose on Aug 30, 2007 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

Your cool Ice, you get a pass.
These pretzels....are making me thirsty!

by Goose on Aug 30, 2007 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

Man
Your arms are gonna be tired.

by Gomez on Aug 30, 2007 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'd like to be a realist
and point out that we are just a game out of the WC, but let's be honest:

So long as McLaren runs this team, it has no chance.

by tait644 on Aug 30, 2007 7:44 PM PDT reply actions  

Not exactly.
Julio Mateo didn't pitch ninth innings.

More like:

Bobby Ayala:Lou Piniella::Rick White:John McLaren

by eponymous coward on Aug 30, 2007 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm sensing a shift on here
Its kinda funny to about half of us...its like someone else's kid acting out and making a fool of his parents.

Then there are the other half that really want to choke the kid to death but can't because the other half is staring and laughing

Whatever the case...I remember  a post not too long ago (by Jeff perhaps) about how its entertainnent, and you know what, pitching White in this game tonight was HILARIOUS!!!

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Aug 30, 2007 7:45 PM PDT reply actions  

It's the half of us who realize
the season's officially over.  I guess I figure we shouldn't have been here anyway, sooo...

Blame Hargrove?

by Garces on Aug 30, 2007 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

rick was blaming horam....
Not a f'n word about White...
who lost the game...
I am furious...

by gblady on Aug 30, 2007 7:47 PM PDT reply actions  

He even blamed the 'tired bullpen'
Uh huh, because we didn't have a well rested closer that we could've given the ball to instead.

by Gomez on Aug 30, 2007 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

Man
RRS is a lefty.  You think he's gonna get Lofton out?  Lofton's a lefty for Christ's sake.  It just doesn't happen.
Caffeinated Confines

by StevenH on Aug 30, 2007 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

RRS pitched quite a bit before this...
still no excuse for white.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Aug 31, 2007 2:00 AM PDT up reply actions  

Baker: hilarious
Eric O'Flaherty hits Ryan Garko with an 0-2 pitch, putting two on for...Rick White. Start your moaning engines please! Thing is, I know John McLaren's logic here. He's saving J.J. Putz for a save situation. Rick White is what he's got otherwise. If this blows up, it's going to look really bad. I'll tell you what, if White blows it here, I think we'll have seen the last of him in these types of late-inning situations. I'll stick to what I said earlier, White hasn't pitched all that poorly in high-leverage outings. This is what he's here for and they're using him. Let's see what happens.

Well, let's see.

White, on the mound during 3-3 tie, losing pitcher in 5-3 loss.
White, on the mound when 6-5 goes to 10-5, in a game we lose 10-6.
White, on the mound during 5-5 tie, loses 6-5.

Yeah, brilliant pitching in close games, there, buddy. I can't imagine why he got waived from a last-place NL team.

by eponymous coward on Aug 30, 2007 8:00 PM PDT reply actions  

Um.
That's three strikes.

by rtang on Aug 30, 2007 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

As well as...
retarded logic.

JJ pitched ZERO innings in those games. He's the BEST GODDAMN PITCHER ON THE TEAM.

As I said, this is like pinch-hitting WFB for Ichiro with a runner on second, down a run with two out in the ninth.

by eponymous coward on Aug 30, 2007 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh come on....
Baker seriously thinks that Rick White was brought in specifically to pitch in high-leverage situations? Who in the fuck told him that? They need to be punched in the fucking face.

This wasn't a 2 outs and no one on base situation for fuck's sake.

by PLU Tim on Aug 30, 2007 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

No, Plaschke's an idiot.
Baker's just wrong in thinking that veteranness means anything other than you pitched in some ballgames.

Skillset's what's important, and Rick White's skillset translates to sucking. I mean, COME ON, he hasn't played on the same team two years in a row for years. You think if he was any good at all they MIGHT keep him around?

by eponymous coward on Aug 30, 2007 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

I really wonder...
if White has something on McLaren, some Larry Craig kind of thing- to blackmail him into putting him out there?  Why else would any human being with a functioning brain put him in that 9th inning with a situation like that?  

by LongBeachDave on Aug 30, 2007 8:48 PM PDT reply actions  

Bring Back Bobby Ayala...
...those were the days!  8-3 lead gone in 10 pitches!

by LongBeachDave on Aug 30, 2007 8:49 PM PDT reply actions  

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