Game 25: Mariners @ Oakland
Jeff · May 1, 2005 at 12:45 pm · Filed Under Mariners
In a rematch, Joel Pineiro takes on Barry Zito today at 1:05. TV: FSN. Radio: Komo.
Last time, the M’s got to Zito late. Hopefully, they don’t wait as long this time.
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Awww…. Look at Ichi chatting it up out there! I’m so proud!
Adrian…..let’s start May off with a bang!
The good news – Beltre has faced Dotel enough to know him.
The bad news – He’s hit .188
Beltre: earn your paycheck
er…break.
Wat a terrible at bat. Beltre sure looked terrible today. When does he start looking like the guy we signed?
there’s no other way to put it: beltre’s been a major disappointment
1 strike to first two batters and Beltre gets nothing but strikes. When is he gonna break out?
Good god that was anti-climatic. BOOOOOO!!!!
that sucks
crap
Good to see all that money living up to the expectations.
Maybe someone should suggest Beltre see Boone’s eye doctor & look into that new fangled lasik surgery. He really soesn’t seem to be seeing the ball all that well.
Damnit! A decent team sweeps that series.
To the Beltre-Haters: Christ, it’s May 1st. Give him time.
That’s another game that we should have won today…being a Mariner fan is so frustrating sometimes…
Wow, that was a swift turnaround. Damn.
Makes the fact that Ichiro was clearly out at second on that steal even more anticlimactic.
The thing is that now Beltre is gonna start pressing to meet the expectations, and it could get worse.
But I am a Beltre lover! I trade Tim Hudson to get him in my fantasy league.
Well that sucked.
The M’s deserved that one. The A’s were lucky.
OK, quiz for you Beltre-haters.
Who would you rather have hitting in that situation:
Beltre
Cirillo
Russ Davis
David Bell
Bloomquist
Yup. Thought so.
Beltre will get better. Remember Ichiro’s .255 April last year? Remember that people were saying he was an overpaid mediocre player at the time? Beltre is one of those players that heat up when the weather heats up.
#120 that’s not really the point. Did we sign any of those guys for $64 million? I am not a Beltre hater, I think he will be worth the money, but that’s a poor argument.
I don’t think it’s so much that we hate Beltre, we just expect to see more from him. We have been pinning a lot of our hopes for this season on signing him this off-season. We really want him to do well, get out of this slump and mete out some punishment, especially on these so-so teams.
#120
David Bell in ’01. He was clutch as hell at .260. A total gamer.
Uggh, two disappointing losses in a row. Oh, well, the team is still a lot more fun to watch than last year’s crew. And Beltre’s just fine. He stings the ball when he hits it, even if those hits only go for singles.
Oh, and did anyone feel the disturbance in the force today, as Santana lost his first game since about 1985?
Actually, if you look at his career numbers May is historically Beltre’s worst month, though I have no idea why. So don’t expect much improvement, and more hatin’ to be directed in his direction, as time goes on. Then, when just about everybody is on that bandwagon, he’ll come back and shut them all up over the hot months. At least, if this season is true to form.
Anyway, is Dave saying that the M’s have the lowest number of errors of any team in MLB? Or some other stat?
Grover is turning out to be not as good as I thought.
1) too many people in the bullpen
2) the bullpen guys aren’t getting enough work because of 1
3) Why not use a bullpen guy to replacement Piniero — because of 1 and who cares about getting him the win. The M’s don’t need rusty pitchers and better rested starters in the beginning of the season will only help the later
4) he is completely ignoring Choo like some unwanted step-child. This is the worst. I think it has been two weeks since he has been on the bench. And one pinch-hit? Poor guy, it must feel like the DL. When, if ever, he gets sent back to Tacoma, he’ll have to really take off the rust.
Rating a defece is like picking out the best flavor of Tony Romas ribs. There are faaaarrr too many glorious factors to weigh.
Am I the only one who thinks Hargrove is an arrogant guy? That’s not always a bad thing for a manager though….
DEFENSE… sorry – me = idiot
Okay, so Beltre isn’t really earning his pay yet. People say give him time. Ok I’ll give hime time, but how much time? When can the fans start to gripe? After 2 months, 3, a season?
I’m curious how much longer it will take fore the media to jump on the whole steroid thing. I mean you go from leading the majors in HR to being tied with Ichiro…
Man my spelling is terrible.
#79–ahaha said: “MSB, Dave didn’t actually give any supporting evidence. But we all believe he has it. It’s a pretty powerful position to be in, actually.”
Guess I should have emoticon-ed there. actually, I was making a teeny joke predicated on the notion that Dave usually does have some numbers in mind.
here, I’ll add a smiley 🙂
you go from leading the majors in HR to being tied with Ichiro…
…and you go from Dodger Stadium to Safeco field. A season is a series of peaks and valleys. Let’s talk about Beltre at the All-Star break. Or in October.
Have you people been watching the same Beltre I have? He’s been hitting the ball hard and had a lot of bad luck. It’ll straighten out so long as he keeps swinging well.
Beltre is getting fooled/making weak to no contact on high and hard and low and outside, and unlike what he did in Lala land, Beltre is not making good use of the entire outfield this season. Does anyone else think that Edgar might be able to help him in a brief “consultant’s” role?
I know Edgar spent at least 2 seasons not being able to hit those 2 trouble pitches either, but he was raking everything across the diagonal until 2001. As for spraying across the compass, Edgar might be an inspiration for that as well.