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9/3: Open Game Thread

Tiny by Jeff on in Regular News

First Pitch: 10:05am PDT

                   

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

Hernandez (10-7, 4.08)      Clemens (6-5, 4.15)

Offense during the losing streak:

.253/.294/.333, 3.2 runs per game

Pitching during the losing streak:

.337/.400/.542, 6.1 runs per game

I'm right at the top of the list of people who want John McLaren to go away, but it's not his fault everybody on this team simultaneously forgot how to perform. Unless you believe that a different manager would've been able to light a fire under these lifeless assbags, this slump (although maybe 1-8 or 2-7 instead of 0-9) could've happened to anyone. John McLaren sucks because of his philosophies, not because of his results.

I suppose this is another one of our make-or-break series. Because we've done so well in all the previous ones. Let's just get this over with and move on with our lives.

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10 am game on a Monday? Ugh
These pretzels....are making me thirsty!

by Goose on Sep 3, 2007 2:03 AM PDT   0 recs

Go Mari....
ah, fuck it...
I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Sep 3, 2007 2:48 AM PDT   0 recs

Posted on Mon Sep 03, 2007 at 04:58:03 AM EDT
Up early or up late Jeff? Either one probably sucks.

Bold prediction of how the game will go:

Felix will look good, not great, and take a 1 run lead into the bottom of the 8th inning. McLaren will wake up and realize his team has a lead and rectify the situation by bringing in Parrish to set up Putz. Parrish walks 2 men on base and gives up 2 runs without yielding a hit. Mariners put up 3Ks in the 9th to end the game with Lopez batting for himself as the last out.

Nah, that could never happen.

by PDXTai on Sep 3, 2007 6:20 AM PDT   0 recs

Last time I saw Felix live
He threw a one hitter. Let's hope I see a repeat performance at Yankee stadium today.

If any of you see a young guy in a dark Mariners t-shirt and a light blue trident Mariners hat, that's me. Say hi and we can hopefully celebrate the end of a losing streak and gaining a game on the Yanks. Please God. I can't deal w. seeing this team lose 10 in a row, this one in Yankee stadium surronded by those idiots.

by phil333 on Sep 3, 2007 6:25 AM PDT   0 recs

It's already a 2 hitter
and a 1 run deficit...

by LongBeachDave on Sep 3, 2007 10:26 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

We beat the angels twice
Your welcome.

by TexGoesYard on Sep 3, 2007 7:18 AM PDT   0 recs

your company's computer guy!
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Sep 3, 2007 7:23 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

We don't need you to beat the Angels
we need you to beat the Yankees...unfortunately, you don't play the Yankees, but you could help by beating Detroit the 3 games you play them up there...and, oh, we need you to lose 3 to us the last 3 of the season...thanks!

by LongBeachDave on Sep 3, 2007 10:29 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

cheers: Happy Felix Day!
jeers: Rick Ankiel murdering the Reds.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Sep 3, 2007 7:24 AM PDT   0 recs

Grr....
Enough of these morning games.  I may have enough in me to watch the pre-game show and the first 30 minutes of the game but I'm going to bed after that.  Time to play 'nother round of "TiVo that game!"

by ThundaPC on Sep 3, 2007 8:17 AM PDT   0 recs

night-shifter?
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Sep 3, 2007 8:33 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

me too...
I'm in Mountain time so i might make it through a few innings.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Sep 3, 2007 9:06 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

from shannon dreyer's blog. . .
discussing college football.

J.J. is a Michigan fan.  Ouch!

Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Sep 3, 2007 9:18 AM PDT   0 recs

He's not just a fan.
He kinda went there.

by Jeff on Sep 3, 2007 9:58 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I always called him "Joe-Bah."
But apparently it's "Jobba."  And that's retarded.
Caffeinated Confines

by StevenH on Sep 3, 2007 10:02 AM PDT   0 recs

By the way
Did anyone read the thing on Putz in ESPN the Mag?
Caffeinated Confines

by StevenH on Sep 3, 2007 10:03 AM PDT   0 recs

Florida was even worse.
Extremely humid, making it seem even hotter.
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 Sep 3, 2007 10:11 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Ichiro!
We win!

by Jeff on Sep 3, 2007 10:09 AM PDT   0 recs

vidro being vidro.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Sep 3, 2007 10:11 AM PDT   0 recs

Jose Vidro...
You get in this house RIGHT NOW!

by weebs on Sep 3, 2007 10:12 AM PDT   0 recs

See
swinging at a first pitch splitter. That is stupid.

by Jeff on Sep 3, 2007 10:12 AM PDT   0 recs

And we already know,
that's Felix's zone will be the size of a postage stamp. Thank you east coast bias! And thank you elder respect rules of society!
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 Sep 3, 2007 10:15 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

If you take away the 18
GIDP Vidro has hit into this year, he's a pretty good hitter to have up there, with a runner on first and less than 2 outs!
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 Sep 3, 2007 10:13 AM PDT   0 recs

<3 little big league
He's 4th in the American league in batting against left-handed pitchers he's never faced before, in domed stadiums, east of the mason-dixon line! So that's something to keep in mind!

by weebs on Sep 3, 2007 10:23 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

So
do we see Mediocre Felix or Hilariously Embarrassing Felix?

by Jeff on Sep 3, 2007 10:14 AM PDT   0 recs

Hopefully, Hurricane Felix.
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 Sep 3, 2007 10:15 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

yuni has hops.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Sep 3, 2007 10:21 AM PDT   0 recs

i'm an idiot.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Sep 3, 2007 10:22 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Stupid cheap hits.
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 Sep 3, 2007 10:21 AM PDT   0 recs

Finally
I get to see a full game for the first time in about...10 tries.

I feel good luck coming.

Then again, it might be that whole Seahawks will go 14-2, win the SB thing.

by Slica on Sep 3, 2007 10:23 AM PDT   0 recs

Felix has a good two-seamer today.
A shame it won't matter.

by Jeff on Sep 3, 2007 10:24 AM PDT   0 recs

Ok
Good luck AFTER the first run scored.

by Slica on Sep 3, 2007 10:24 AM PDT   0 recs

I hate 2 out runs
by the other team.

by hcoguy on Sep 3, 2007 10:24 AM PDT   0 recs

Felix runs pretty fast for a
guy his size.
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 Sep 3, 2007 10:26 AM PDT   0 recs

NOW!?! they made a Dane Cook M's commercial
Hmmm, wonder if that caused the losing skid

by hcoguy on Sep 3, 2007 10:28 AM PDT   0 recs

There's only one Dane Cook
and he gets on my fucking nerves.

by Gomez on Sep 3, 2007 10:30 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Dane Cook is attracted to losers.
Like dissolves like, and all that.

by Jeff on Sep 3, 2007 10:30 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Man
These hitters have shitty eyes.

by Jeff on Sep 3, 2007 10:29 AM PDT   0 recs

DP coming
Unfortunately.

Come on Joh!

by Slica on Sep 3, 2007 10:30 AM PDT   0 recs

Come on Jlope!
Ben Grieve is jealous of you!

by Slica on Sep 3, 2007 10:33 AM PDT   0 recs

nice bunt, joh.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Sep 3, 2007 10:33 AM PDT   0 recs

Haha, you old fart, Clemens!
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 Sep 3, 2007 10:33 AM PDT   0 recs

Woohoo
Jlope!

: ).

His career...isn't...dead...yet.

by Slica on Sep 3, 2007 10:33 AM PDT   0 recs

Suck on that, roidbag.
You get cheap hits, we get cheap hits. I hope you're injured for life.

by Jeff on Sep 3, 2007 10:33 AM PDT   0 recs

to be fair
we do swing at everything

by Zack on Sep 3, 2007 10:37 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't think he has.
We swing at a lot of bullshit.

by Jeff on Sep 3, 2007 10:38 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Well
at least they didnt take the lead so they can coast the rest of the game.

I have a feeling Yubet wont be doing Ozzie-flips anytime soon.

by Slica on Sep 3, 2007 10:37 AM PDT   0 recs

What happened on that Wild Pitch???
Why didn't Broussard go to 2nd base on that?

by LongBeachDave on Sep 3, 2007 10:37 AM PDT   0 recs

Poor Rocket.
Somebody misses the comically pathetic NL.

by Jeff on Sep 3, 2007 10:37 AM PDT   0 recs

Like HoRam?
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 Sep 3, 2007 10:39 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

ECB.
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 Sep 3, 2007 10:41 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I wish we had talented roiders.
New York gets everything.

by Jeff on Sep 3, 2007 10:41 AM PDT   0 recs

a team of Reggie Willits
but with power. Yuck.

by hcoguy on Sep 3, 2007 10:41 AM PDT   0 recs

Hmm
I wonder why noone pointed out that Selig was always a Yankee fan when Giambi got off with a slap on his wrist?...

by Slica on Sep 3, 2007 10:42 AM PDT   0 recs

bullshit
other than the foul, only two pitches were out of the strike zone
THANK YOU. NOW BENCH RICHIE FOR BEN.

by dbroncos31 on Sep 3, 2007 10:42 AM PDT   0 recs

sweet jesus!
that was awesome.
Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Sep 3, 2007 10:43 AM PDT   0 recs

Im sorry
but I feel awkward saying 'Melky'.

by Slica on Sep 3, 2007 10:44 AM PDT   0 recs

Oh
and why does Felix always get squeezed? You'd think they are over the rookie thing by now.

by Slica on Sep 3, 2007 10:45 AM PDT   0 recs

He's still one of the youngest
pitchers in baseball right now, umpires almost always give the older, more veteran, pitchers a little leeway and squeeze the younger, more inexperienced pitchers.
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 Sep 3, 2007 10:47 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

yay for double plays
THANK YOU. NOW BENCH RICHIE FOR BEN.

by dbroncos31 on Sep 3, 2007 10:45 AM PDT   0 recs

Well that pitch was a huge mistake.
Good thing Cabrera has the power of an eleven year old cub scout.

by Jeff on Sep 3, 2007 10:46 AM PDT   0 recs

ichi.....
200 hit homer!!!!

by gblady on Sep 3, 2007 10:48 AM PDT   0 recs

ICHIRO!!!
Good way to wake up.

by BrettJMiller on Sep 3, 2007 10:48 AM PDT   0 recs

ICHIRO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FUNK BLAST!!!!!!!! 200!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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 Sep 3, 2007 10:48 AM PDT   0 recs