Comments on: Game 92, Mariners at Blue Jays

By: mara

mara — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 04:02:47 +0000

If anyone’s interested, I watched Doyle’s knee survive a game of tag (and subsequent wrestling match) with a teammate in the outfield at PGE Park today. He was gamboling about like a hyperactive puppy. If body language is anything to go by, he is enjoying playing baseball (or perhaps just life? being healthy?) right now.

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 22:58:28 +0000

Oh, yeah, and another thing… (I was away running errands during the last couple of innings of this game, so I missed logging on here)

So, Putz was up a couple of times today, and 3-5 times yesterday (depending on who you talk to)? I’ll bet the only thing missing was the adrenaline rush. He probably pitched a lot more than the 16-24 in-game pitches the other guys in the BP did today.

By: IdahoInvader

IdahoInvader — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:52:35 +0000

That awful Rockies game was the one where Fuentes came in and blew away Ibanez when a simple fly ball would’ve won it. Ibanez never had a clue, as Fuentes is MURDER on lefties. Then Perez was STILL benched in favor Bloomquist…and you know what always happens when Willie is left with RISP…sigh

By: darrylzero

darrylzero — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:44:46 +0000

And my personal favorite: 7/2 vs. Rockies…

You know, the time when Hargrove actually brought in Putz in a high-leverage situation in the 8th and then proceeded to follow him with Mateo and Guardado who lost the game, without seeing Sherrill or Soriano? I’m sure they were tired or whatever, but laughable bench management as well.

By: darrylzero

darrylzero — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:41:34 +0000

Another candidate, 6/23 @ San Diego

Mateo gives up winning run in the 10th, Putz does not pitch.

But it’s hard to be sure which of those we would have ended up winning. Boy, though, bringing Guardado back was an even bigger disaster than I realized.

By: darrylzero

darrylzero — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:33:40 +0000

Of course the aggression on the basepaths has been ridiculous as well, but some of the most egregious errors were mental mistakes by the players, I think.

By: darrylzero

darrylzero — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:30:23 +0000

Yeah, I’m just trying to quantify as best I can, be able say, probably between 4-6 games, something like that, you know?
I remember feeling that way in the past, sure, it’s just hard for me to pin down.

5/30 vs. Texas

Beltre and Lopez on, no outs, failure to pinch hit for Bloomquist down by 2 in the 7th (against RHP Feldman) and next for Everett against LHP Mahay–that’s right, Texas brought in a lefty specialist to face Everett. We do not score in the inning. I guess Ibanez had already left the game and Bloomquist was playing left, but I’m sure we could have worked something out.

Final two outs recorded in the 9th by Bloomquist and Everett with Ichiro on second, against RHP (Otsuka).

By: msb

msb — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:29:57 +0000

after the game, Drayer says that JJ was up 3-5 times yesterday (depending on who you talk to) and twice today, both times without getting in…

By: pablothegreat

pablothegreat — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:28:13 +0000

Watching Mike Hargrove manage this team is more frustrating than watching those terrible M’s bullpens of the 90’s blow saves.

By: IdahoInvader

IdahoInvader — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:22:31 +0000

This is one of those “if you don’t already know or haven’t figured it out then you’ll probably never get it” sorta things imho.

Hargrove has been behind the learning curve ALL YEAR. It merely rears its ugly head in a more obvious way late in close games.