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9/13: Open Game Thread

Wbc_029_tiny by Jeff Sullivan on in Seattle Mariners News, Regular

First Pitch: 7:05pm PDT

                   

Harris 2B Ichiro CF Norton DH Beltre 3B Pena 1B Ibanez "LF" Upton CF Guillen RF Young RF Broussard 1B Gomes LF Vidro DH Casanova C Johjima C Guzman 3B Ballgame 2B Velandia SS Betancourt SS ---------- ----------

Hammel (2-4, 6.57)          Weaver (6-12, 6.05)

According to THT, this is a matchup of the two worst team defenses in the AL, and two of the three worst defenses in the Majors (God bless you, Florida Marlins). At a staggeringly bad 136 plays below average, the D'Rays have cost themselves nigh ten wins or so with bad glovework alone. Bandbox ballparks aren't the only thing that keeps pitchers up late at night.

Also, congratulations to Adam Jones, who's big home run last night earned him one of the best spectator seats in the house.

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I love it....
Jones and Yuni win the game last night and they are rewarded with seats on the bench today.

by PLU Tim on Sep 13, 2007 6:37 PM PDT reply actions  

no Rob Johnson
booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

by Matthew on Sep 13, 2007 6:38 PM PDT reply actions  

Well, we must remember
that Jones needs to sit on the bench and learn how the game is played. Evidently his time on the pine led to his four bagger last night. Just think how awesome he will be the last few days of the season after he spends most of the remaining time learning from the bench.

by Coach @ Lookout Landing on Sep 13, 2007 6:41 PM PDT reply actions  

Good point...
Jones is still getting used to eating in 5 star restaurants, sleeping in 5 star hotels, and banging perfect 10s.

It takes time for ones body to adjust to that lifestyle before he can become a productive major leaguer.

by PLU Tim on Sep 13, 2007 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

Good god
I can't even believe the Rays' lineup tonight. I know Crawford's serving his suspension and all, but Maddon had to play stiffs like Velandia, Casanova, and Norton as well? Ugh, that lineup is an embarrassment.

Good luck tonight guys.

by killa3312 on Sep 13, 2007 6:50 PM PDT reply actions  

I know I should be shot for even saying this...
But with the Yankees and Angels losing tonight, wouldn't it be fun to go on a 7 game winning streak and have the Yanks get swept by Boston?  Or would that just be throwing us back into the torture chamber for the last 11 games of the season?

by LongBeachDave on Sep 13, 2007 7:00 PM PDT reply actions  

I dunno
Winning seven straight games only to have the Angels end our playoff hopes once and for all will be hard to swallow.  Not that this isn't bad enough already.

by ThundaPC on Sep 13, 2007 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

Speaking of great D Rays defense
Delmon Young could have easily caught that if he didn't get lost for no reason in the corner.

by Gomez on Sep 13, 2007 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

Weaver is so graceful...
Like a stoned gazelle.
I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 13, 2007 7:13 PM PDT reply actions  

Jesus, that was RIPPED.
I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Sep 13, 2007 7:15 PM PDT reply actions  

So Carlos Pena
is like one of the top five hitters in baseball.

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 13, 2007 7:16 PM PDT reply actions  

Carlos Pena
Why does he all of a sudden have a 1.010 OPS this year? What happened to this guy?

by naviomelo on Sep 13, 2007 7:16 PM PDT reply actions  

Heh
Peña was drafted by the Texas Rangers with the tenth pick in the first round of the 1998 amateur draft. After he debuted in the 2001 season, he was traded in the offseason with Mike Venafro to the Oakland Athletics for Jason Hart, Gerald Laird, Ryan Ludwick, and Mario Ramos. He was then traded again in July 2002 to the Detroit Tigers in a three team trade that sent Jeff Weaver to the New York Yankees and Ted Lilly to the A's.

Late bloomer, I guess.  He always had a big bat.  He just kept getting benched, cut, traded, and playing in Oakland and Detroit sure didn't help.

by Gomez on Sep 13, 2007 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions  

See
there's proof that Ichiro doesn't have one of the best arms in baseball.

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 13, 2007 7:19 PM PDT reply actions  

Jeez, what is it with Weaver?
He gets 2 outs on 4 pitches, then goes 3-2 on the next 2 guys...and what happens?  HITS, that's what.

by LongBeachDave on Sep 13, 2007 7:19 PM PDT reply actions  

Today's Fun Fact:
the Devil Rays are outperforming their current Pythagorean record.

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 13, 2007 7:22 PM PDT reply actions  

You forget
which team we're discussing here. These guys gave up a football score to the Reds.

by eponymous coward on Sep 13, 2007 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't like
that the Mariners are able to take more in-season vacations than I am.

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 13, 2007 7:29 PM PDT reply actions  

Today is the day
We get things turned around, Yanks lose, Angels lose, Lets come back now. They really must think they have a chance by not playing Wlad or Pacman or anyone besides the regulars...even Kenji is back after hurting himself...i dunno how bad that was but still, give him an extra night off...gees.
Everytime Richie gets a hit, a small child is murdered....good thing he never gets a hit.

by shunter160 on Sep 13, 2007 7:32 PM PDT reply actions  

According to Inside Edge
Ben Broussard chases 52% of pitches down out of the zone. For the sake of comparison, Reggie Willits swings at 58% of pitches in the zone.

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 13, 2007 7:35 PM PDT reply actions  

Attempting a circle change
is a great way to bounce 40-foot wild pitches.

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 13, 2007 7:37 PM PDT reply actions  

So
Joel Guzman is beginning to look like a spectacular bust.

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 13, 2007 7:39 PM PDT reply actions  

Yay
Bad Weaver ---> Good Weaver ---> Bad Weaver

Life is a cycle.

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 13, 2007 7:41 PM PDT reply actions  

Sean White warming up
This IS like the Royals start!

by Gomez on Sep 13, 2007 7:42 PM PDT reply actions  

Bullpen up again
Seriously McLaren, just start somebody else.

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 13, 2007 7:43 PM PDT reply actions  

McLaren
"We gotta battle through this!"

by ThundaPC on Sep 13, 2007 7:44 PM PDT reply actions  

Check that out
Willie out to provide some intangibles to Weaver.

by ThundaPC on Sep 13, 2007 7:46 PM PDT reply actions  

Wow
Even the ump feels sorry for Weaver.

by ThundaPC on Sep 13, 2007 7:47 PM PDT reply actions  

According to gameday
that was in the other batters box.

by JI on Sep 13, 2007 7:47 PM PDT reply actions  

Hmmm....
Wonder what our 2008 Starting Rotation will look like.

by ThundaPC on Sep 13, 2007 7:48 PM PDT reply actions  

Also
Appears there are plenty of great box seats available!

by Gomez on Sep 13, 2007 7:48 PM PDT reply actions  

The upside of Mac's idiocy
We won't see a repeat of:

Willie Bloomquist, 2002
Jeremy Reed, 2004

where we hand a job to someone based on Tiny Sample Size.

I think I'd kill myself if Jose Lopez ends up traded for Lenny DiNardo and Nick Green and WFB are out 2B options next year...

by eponymous coward on Sep 13, 2007 7:48 PM PDT reply actions  

My Jeff Weaver fandom was fun while it lasted.
Two times in three nights we've had to go to the bullpen in the second inning. Against the Oakland and Tampa Bay AAA lineups.

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 13, 2007 7:49 PM PDT reply actions  

No kidding.
But Weaver's fine in our rotation!

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by eponymous coward on Sep 13, 2007 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions  

Fucking Stealler

Enjoy your 1-year deal, burnout!

by JI on Sep 13, 2007 7:49 PM PDT reply actions  

Sean White
looks like the unhappy, insomniac version of Bob the Enzyte guy.

by Gomez on Sep 13, 2007 7:51 PM PDT reply actions  

Man
I wish I was in the Devil Rays lineup today.  Sounds like an easy job.

by ThundaPC on Sep 13, 2007 7:52 PM PDT reply actions  

Hey, I'll take that!
Small victories, especially in this neverending litany of crushing defeats.

by Gomez on Sep 13, 2007 7:52 PM PDT reply actions  

Nice.
I like how the pitching totally fell apart in that inning.

by JLC on Sep 13, 2007 7:54 PM PDT reply actions  

good start
on that note... im goin to the bars

by thenatural on Sep 13, 2007 7:55 PM PDT reply actions  

Yeah, but it ain't Fenway
and we ain't the Red Sox, and we ain't coming back from an 8-1 deficit, like the Red Sox did the other night...

by LongBeachDave on Sep 13, 2007 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

Maybe it's just Delmon Young.
Fenway is a very fun stadium to attend, and despite  a third of the crowd being bandwagoners the atmosphere trumps Safeco's even at the Mariners' peak.

by BrettJMiller on Sep 13, 2007 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

Joe Maddon's glasses make him look
like a bigger douchebag than McLaren's glasses do.

by JLC on Sep 13, 2007 7:58 PM PDT reply actions  

Upton and Young are hardly crap
despite the fact that Delmon plays like an idiot at times.

by killa3312 on Sep 13, 2007 7:58 PM PDT reply actions  

OMG SOUTH KITSAP MATCHUP
Rizzs is having an orgasm.

by eponymous coward on Sep 13, 2007 7:59 PM PDT reply actions  

Good thing it's radio only
I don't think I could recover from seeing Rizzs' O-Face.

by JI on Sep 13, 2007 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

Once again, our fearless lineup of sluggers
make a very sub-par pitcher look like the ace of their staff

by LongBeachDave on Sep 13, 2007 8:01 PM PDT reply actions  

Wow
Runner reaches on a simple error, then gets thrown out on the very next pitch.

Devil Rays baseball!

by ThundaPC on Sep 13, 2007 8:04 PM PDT reply actions  

Remember when the M's didn't suck?
Yeah, I don't either.

by eponymous coward on Sep 13, 2007 8:05 PM PDT reply actions  

Japan?
America?

...

Rwanada?

by JI on Sep 13, 2007 8:05 PM PDT reply actions  

Leicester/Hoey/Bradford/Walker
so that's what it takes to keep the Angels in check.

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 13, 2007 8:07 PM PDT reply actions  

Remember....
when Raul was on fire for two weeks? Fun times.

by PLU Tim on Sep 13, 2007 8:15 PM PDT reply actions  

Nice Raul
Swing yourself out of this inning.

by ThundaPC on Sep 13, 2007 8:15 PM PDT reply actions  

Jorge Velandia is 2-2.
These are Velandia's first Major League hits since 2003.

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 13, 2007 8:18 PM PDT reply actions  

What do you want to bet
this gets the old "coaching visit to the mound"?

by LongBeachDave on Sep 13, 2007 8:24 PM PDT reply actions  

Hay fellows, I just got home
...

Just in time to watch Shitdome pretend to be a helicopter and end that inning.

by Jordan of Boise on Sep 13, 2007 8:25 PM PDT reply actions  

Good first pitch..
right over the plate...at his shoestrings

by LongBeachDave on Sep 13, 2007 8:25 PM PDT reply actions  

I had a friend back in Vegas
who as a joke would pronounce my name 'Gomes'

by Gomez on Sep 13, 2007 8:35 PM PDT reply actions  

my girlfriend last night:
"i'm sick of hearing about the rally fries."
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Sep 13, 2007 8:39 PM PDT reply actions  

Just got in from the bar.
Not enough sloots out tonight, and not enough runs on the board, apparently.  What gives?

by bpdawg24 on Sep 13, 2007 8:42 PM PDT reply actions  

OK...did it not seem
that they were trying, at first, to intentionally walk Ichiro?

by LongBeachDave on Sep 13, 2007 8:49 PM PDT reply actions  

Guccione makes the call
I'm pretty sure Ichiro should be out on that somehow.

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 13, 2007 8:53 PM PDT reply actions  

Once again
an awesome play by Yuni won't be remembered by anyone because it didn't turn into a DP.

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 13, 2007 8:56 PM PDT reply actions  

Greg Norton.
Tampa's disintegrating corpses are tearing us apart.

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 13, 2007 8:59 PM PDT reply actions  

Chu-ckah... Olson uhhhh
Those Kia commercials make me change the channel.

by Gomez on Sep 13, 2007 9:09 PM PDT reply actions  

Sparse crowd
But compared to that Marlins game, this is a packed house.

by Gomez on Sep 13, 2007 9:10 PM PDT reply actions  

I wonder if anyone there
was asked to move out of a ticketholder's seats.

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 13, 2007 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

Even when they give away outs
The DRays are still rolling us.

Even Sims is calling right now for Mac to play the kids.

by Gomez on Sep 13, 2007 9:12 PM PDT reply actions  

Also, it was during a Mariners game at NYY
That's awesome.  She got PISSED too.

I've won a couple practical joke wars, but I'm not sure I have the stomach to go that far.

by Gomez on Sep 13, 2007 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'd be pissed
That chick was way too cute for that guy. yankee fandom notwithstanding
This is me not lurking.

by PhilKenSebben on Sep 13, 2007 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

Blowers
You know darn well Broussard would not be playing if Richie wasn't injured.

by ThundaPC on Sep 13, 2007 9:14 PM PDT reply actions  

Fun Fact #2:
When Sexson hit that walk-off homer against the Twins, he started the team's next 14 games.

Adam Jones hit a huge home run last night.

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 13, 2007 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Grant Balfour could eat no fat...
Jose Vidro could eat no lean.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Sep 13, 2007 9:18 PM PDT reply actions  

Free Richie Sexson
As in eat his contract and release him.

by Gomez on Sep 13, 2007 9:21 PM PDT reply actions  

I think it'd be funny
if the DRays blew a 7-1 lead to us after blowing two big leads in a row to Boston.

by Gomez on Sep 13, 2007 9:27 PM PDT reply actions  

RED!!!
yay! rally red!
This is me not lurking.

by PhilKenSebben on Sep 13, 2007 9:29 PM PDT reply actions  

I'll leave
I just cost beltre a hit by posting
This is me not lurking.

by PhilKenSebben on Sep 13, 2007 9:31 PM PDT reply actions  

Is it just this game...
or am I right in thinking that Beltre has been basically worthless the past 3 weeks.

by LongBeachDave on Sep 13, 2007 9:35 PM PDT reply actions  

Beltre in the past 7 days
.333AVG    .379OBP    .704SLG    1.083OPS

Maybe the two weeks before this week?

And awesome defense.

by Emerald on Sep 13, 2007 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions  

If Ryan Rowland-Smith isn't starting for us in `08
I'm going to personally urinate in Bavasi's brainpan. And I don't care if he's not the GM next year.

by Jordan of Boise on Sep 13, 2007 9:37 PM PDT reply actions  

There was one guy behind the dugout
waving his arms to try and start a standing ovation. I don't think anyone would've noticed.

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 13, 2007 9:39 PM PDT reply actions  

Aussie aussie aussie, oi oi oi
So now there's only one rotation spot we have to fill next year

by Nick S on Sep 13, 2007 9:40 PM PDT reply actions  

Haha
Red was shaking the Beltre bobblehead at Raul.  Some girl two seats in front of Red looked back and gave him a train-wreck stare for a long, long time.

by Gomez on Sep 13, 2007 9:41 PM PDT reply actions  

Always makes me laugh
whenever the camera shows a left-handed hitter with Red's ultra-focused blurry face in the background.

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 13, 2007 9:42 PM PDT reply actions  

Wheeler for Wigginton
Yeah, that made sense for both parties.

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 13, 2007 9:49 PM PDT reply actions  

How about
an Adam Jones pinch hit home run????

by LongBeachDave on Sep 13, 2007 9:51 PM PDT reply actions  

bases loaded for Vidro
i'll eat this popsicle stick if he goes yard.

by JLC on Sep 13, 2007 9:52 PM PDT reply actions  

Of course.
Of absolute fucking course.

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 13, 2007 9:53 PM PDT reply actions  

Broussard needs to practice running
while swinging his arms in a windmill fashion and with his eyes closed since if anyone hits him it's their own fault.

by JLC on Sep 13, 2007 9:54 PM PDT reply actions  

Brendan Harris
best reaction to not gloving a ball ever.

by JLC on Sep 13, 2007 9:56 PM PDT reply actions  

sweet jesus!
pinch-hit already!
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Sep 13, 2007 9:56 PM PDT reply actions  

Too bad we didn't turn that DP
back in the 6th inning

by LongBeachDave on Sep 13, 2007 9:57 PM PDT reply actions  

Jeremy Reed again
does Jeff Clement even exist to McLaren anymore?

by JLC on Sep 13, 2007 9:57 PM PDT reply actions  

We could sure use
a Yuni-Bomb here

by LongBeachDave on Sep 13, 2007 9:59 PM PDT reply actions  

Jose Lopez
looking like he just rolled out of bed.

by Gomez on Sep 13, 2007 9:59 PM PDT reply actions  

In retrospect,
It is unfortunate that Vidro GIDP'd.

by Paytheline on Sep 13, 2007 10:00 PM PDT reply actions  

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

by Patrick517 on Sep 13, 2007 10:00 PM PDT reply actions  

YUNINOTQUITEBOMBEDBUTGOODENOUGH
WE ARE MOTHERFUCKING TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIED

by Gomez on Sep 13, 2007 10:00 PM PDT reply actions  

BETANCOURT!
YOU'RE SO MUCH BETTER THAN WII MADDEN!

by BrettJMiller on Sep 13, 2007 10:00 PM PDT reply actions  

BETANCOURT
FUNK CLUTCH DOUBLES OF CUBA

by JLC on Sep 13, 2007 10:00 PM PDT reply actions  

C'mon Beltre
how long has it been since you've been awesome?

by JLC on Sep 13, 2007 10:02 PM PDT reply actions  

I take back everything
I said tonight about Beltre...please????

by LongBeachDave on Sep 13, 2007 10:02 PM PDT reply actions  

Well.
This just demonstrates how very. very bad TB's bullpen is.

by eponymous coward on Sep 13, 2007 10:02 PM PDT reply actions  

Jeff Weaver
gives a tip o' the bong to Yuni.

by Paytheline on Sep 13, 2007 10:04 PM PDT reply actions  

BELTRE!!!!!!!
Joe Madden's life sucks.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Sep 13, 2007 10:04 PM PDT reply actions  

Clutch
and Alan Parson still sucks.

by G_ on Sep 13, 2007 10:05 PM PDT reply actions  

I don't care if this is Tampa Fucking Bay
...this feels really good tonight

by LongBeachDave on Sep 13, 2007 10:06 PM PDT reply actions  

Best 8th inning in a long time
It wasn't just Boston, Tampa.  It wasn't just Boston.

by Gomez on Sep 13, 2007 10:06 PM PDT reply actions  

Remember when Ibanez went bat-shit crazy
on that umpire last year?

Yea this is almost as entertaining.

by JLC on Sep 13, 2007 10:07 PM PDT reply actions  

Way to strike out, Raul
I was saying good things about you

by JLC on Sep 13, 2007 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

Hot diddly damn
Can't believe watching a 7-1 game instead of doing my huge english paper was an awesome decision

by Nick S on Sep 13, 2007 10:07 PM PDT reply actions  

I am NOT going to complain
about a strikeout in a 5 run inning

by LongBeachDave on Sep 13, 2007 10:07 PM PDT reply actions  

oh and
could somebody please remove that fucking scoreboard? robbed two homeruns for us tonight.

by JLC on Sep 13, 2007 10:10 PM PDT reply actions  

dave just recapped very nicely...
what it's like to be a d-rays fan.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Sep 13, 2007 10:10 PM PDT reply actions  

Quit it dude
you will not spoil this night.

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 13, 2007 10:11 PM PDT reply actions  

That last half inning
made my beer taste 150% better.

by Emerald on Sep 13, 2007 10:12 PM PDT reply actions  

YES
That was as good as that play could have gone.

by Gomez on Sep 13, 2007 10:13 PM PDT reply actions  

Get their best hitter
It would be a great finish to a great comeback.

by Gomez on Sep 13, 2007 10:15 PM PDT reply actions  

GAME FUCKING OVER
CONSECUTIVE WINS POSTGAME JJ BODY SHOTS TO JAMIE BURKE WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

by Gomez on Sep 13, 2007 10:16 PM PDT reply actions  

Mariners Moose <<<< Red
Game over!!!!!!!
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Sep 13, 2007 10:16 PM PDT reply actions  

This last hour has been unreal.
AHAHAHAH we win we win we win we win we win we win

by Nick S on Sep 13, 2007 10:17 PM PDT reply actions  

SIT DOWN PENA
AND JOIN US NEXT YEAR FOR 2008 PLEASE WE NEED YOU SEXSON SUX

by JLC on Sep 13, 2007 10:17 PM PDT reply actions  

TWO STRAIGHT!
TWO STRAIGHT!TWO STRAIGHT!TWO STRAIGHT!TWO STRAIGHT!TWO STRAIGHT!TWO STRAIGHT!TWO STRAIGHT!

by Paytheline on Sep 13, 2007 10:17 PM PDT reply actions  

I know it was Tampa Bay...
the team that lost a 5-4 game in the bottom of the ninth after losing an 8-1 lead before that to Boston...but they also went into Yankee Stadium the weekend before we were just there and beat the Yankees 9-1 and 8-2 (and lost 9-6)...I still realize it is stupid to start hoping again, but the Yanks do play the next 3 in Boston....

by LongBeachDave on Sep 13, 2007 10:19 PM PDT reply actions  

I disagree.
Nothing will beat the White Sox game.

by JI on Sep 13, 2007 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

I might have
missed that one. I tend to hide my face when White Sox players are on television.

by Teej on Sep 13, 2007 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

So what if the race is over?
That win was one of the most awesome wins of the year, if for no other reason than the context and just how much shit the M's have had to eat the last 2+ weeks.

by Gomez on Sep 13, 2007 10:21 PM PDT reply actions  

Yes...
they could have easily just given up...at least we won't have to hear ESPN say that "After Boston beat up on Tampa Bay, the Devil Rays went into Seattle and handed the M's their 16th loss in the last 19 games"

by LongBeachDave on Sep 13, 2007 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

At least you guys don't follow the Rays
I tell you, they should pay me to watch this team. It's unbelievable how bad this bullpen is. That's three straight games where they've blown at least a four run lead.

by killa3312 on Sep 13, 2007 10:24 PM PDT reply actions  

Has Tampa Bay
EVER had a winning season?

by LongBeachDave on Sep 13, 2007 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

No, but this is only season no. 10
It'll take 4 more years just to match the M's futility.

by G_ on Sep 13, 2007 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

You guys have an incredible amount of talent
on the way though, the future is going to be bright, a team like the Pirates on the other hand though, now that would be tough to follow

by Eldukey on Sep 13, 2007 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

The way the Rays are going
they'll make fourteen straight losing seasons look small.

by killa3312 on Sep 13, 2007 10:27 PM PDT reply actions  

Won't happen
you have too much talent coming up or already there.  The bullpen is the easiest piece of the puzzle.

by G_ on Sep 13, 2007 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

Get a SS and 2B who play solid defense
call up Longoria... and guess what?  You're gonna have a pretty good ballclub in Tampa.

Decent relievers are actually pretty easy to find.  Your GM just needs to do a better job of finding ones that won't walk your opponents back into ballgames.

by Gomez on Sep 13, 2007 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Maybe
but the Rays have always, save their first season, had terrible bull pens. We could put Mariano Rivera in his prime on this team, and he'd probably magically turn into a crappy pitcher.

by killa3312 on Sep 13, 2007 10:32 PM PDT reply actions  

Lost in all this
RRS picked up his first MLB win.

by Gomez on Sep 13, 2007 10:32 PM PDT reply actions  

Eat some pie!
+ JJ in his undies... somebody tell outsports.com

by Jordan of Boise on Sep 13, 2007 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ahahahahahahahaha
Classic J.J. running around in his underwear and then giving RRS a shaving cream pie in the face

by Emerald on Sep 13, 2007 10:34 PM PDT reply actions  

Jeff Smulyen wanted to take the M's
to Tampa Bay, before Nintendo bought the team...Ron Barr, that a-hole, cried about how "foreign ownership" would ruin MLB, and we should just give the team up to Tampa.  Jerry Reinsdorf used TB to get the Illinois Legislature to build that joke, the "NEW" Comisky Park, literally unplugging the clock in Springfield so they could come up with a financing plan.  Poor TB has been used so often for other teams to get what they wanted...I thought Lou would turn it around for them...

by LongBeachDave on Sep 13, 2007 10:35 PM PDT reply actions  

of course I had to work
during the most awesome comeback of the season.

nice job..Weaver, you suck ass again.

BELTRE, YUNI, J REED??...WOOOO

LET WLAD BAT!!!!

by MFAN on Sep 13, 2007 10:37 PM PDT reply actions  

n/s
obviously I don't think we are going to the playoffs, but we are 5 1/2 back, the Yankees play 3 in Boston and we have 3 at home against Tampa.

We do have a legit chance to at least crawl back into the race this weekend.

LET WLAD BAT!!!!

by MFAN on Sep 13, 2007 10:47 PM PDT reply actions  

I went back to GameDay
just so I could re-live that bottom of the 8th, and remember the despair I felt when Vidro grounded into that DP with the bases loaded, and we were down 7-4.  It was so nice to see a big inning that finally mattered...well, sort of mattered.

by LongBeachDave on Sep 13, 2007 10:51 PM PDT reply actions  

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