Game 111, Devil Rays at Mariners
DMZ · August 7, 2006 at 6:29 pm · Filed Under Game Threads
There’s only one way the team can compete now. They must win and win and win. They must put together a long stretch of sustained success against every team they face, taking game and then series off divisional rivals and also-rans alike.
7:05, RHP Tim Corcoran versus LHP Jamie Moyer.
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I’m thinking 38-14 gets it done….
To watch or not to watch: that is the question:
I think I will mow the lawn and then later listen to the coughs, sighs and throat clearings of Mike Hargrove in the post game press conference on FSN Live.
I have to admit I will not be watching, as I have a ridiculous amount of book work to do and little remaining time to do it.
I have to admit I will be watching because I have a ridiculous amount of work on one of my book contracts and I like to have the game on while I’m working on them. They’re childrens’ books, and this is contract work, so it can feel as much like drudgery as watching the Ms line-up step into the batter’s box against Barry Zito.
Yeah, I’m going to break down, I think — I have a hard time resisting watching a pitcher for the first time and I haven’t see Corcoran yet.
Which reminds me – if you have a similar curiousity, don’t buy MLB Extra Innings, it’ll ruin your life. Of course, you get to see every pitcher.
I remember Joe Sheehan, a couple years ago, referred to MLB Extra Innings as, “Heroin for baseball fans.”
The thing that has ruined my life is MVP Baseball 2005 and MVP06 NCAA Baseball for the Xbox.
What’s up guys? Long time. In case you hadn’t noticed, Upton is up again and playing 3B. If you want to discuss the game with Rays fans, you are more than welcome to come visit us at raysbaseball.com.
Good attitude, DMZ! I like your attitude… now we just need Dave to feel the mojo and we’ll be set.
IGNITOR!!!
Rewarded for his game-winning 9th inning hit yesterday
9th inning hit? did I miss something?
Mike Hargrove needs to be fired if for no other reason than his obsession with starting Bloomquist in the outfield.
Anyone know whether someone like Dan Rohn would be any different though? Also, at what point does Bloomquist’s union-mandated year set of raises begin to make him too expensive for the role the Ms see him filling?
No more so than the Ignitor did.
Corco, stop blogging from the clubhouse, you’ve got to pitch if the M’s ever get two…
oh.
Bloomquist is on a two-year contract, remember, he’s not headed to arbitration again.
The Ignitor gets us going, doesn’t finish us off.
Well, he did finish us off.
My Ignitor is defective.
Note: I’m not related to Tim, as far as I know.
Crawford, triples master in triples ballpark.
It’s been funny, I keep running into Corcorans doing book research, but I’d never come across one before David J Corcoran the First wandered to USSM.
#15: If I count correctly using the data at http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com, Willie won’t be a FA in the 2008 season. He’ll still have one more arb-eligible year after the current contract expires after 2007.
Yay Ichiro!
I always love watching Ichiro tear after a ball when he’s not entirely sure if he’s going to get to it, before he throttles back so he can arrive there perfectly-timed. He covers so much ground at full speed it’s hard to believe.
I thought you were working on a book tonight, DMZ?
I knew this would happen.
BEELLLLLLLLLTREEEEEE…!
I do love to watch Beltre when he’s on. What are the chances he can keep this rolling into next year?
Corcoran sucks, giving up a HR to Bustre.
Good lord, Valle is just annoying
JOE SHEEHAN – The thing I remember most about him is an observation he made some years ago. “Most GMs would rather pay a player to lose games for them than to stay at home, playing cards with his brother.”
CARL EVERETT, anyone?
Richie smells blood…. Man with those legs he would be a great cyclist
“killa” – I know you’re not around here often enough to pick up on what is/isn’t cool, but we banned use of “Bustre” about a year ago. Please don’t get into namecalling.
Beltre last 21 games – Not including tonight’s game:
87 AB’s, .287, 4 HR, 15 RBI, 9 RS
Not exactly super stud, but much closer to what we would hope to get for the money.
Bad call on Richie… I wish someone kept a state on blown call strikeouts.
Wow… uh, Gomes resembles Upton in that they’re both humans, but beyond that…
Pfff… in a few years Upton could be super-human…
Upton will be a star, and if the Rays have to move him to the outfield, then so be it. He sure can hit, though.
Charo…I suspect nightmares for many tonight.
*Closes eyes as The Ignitor steps to the plate*
Ooooohhhhh… That was close. I thnk the ump made the right call, but that was real close.
This has to be a record year for getting run out of an inning for the Ms. I don’t think that even Melvin was this aggressive. Sheesh.
Rather have Willie just get out to start the next inning, eh?
#39: I’ve watched on HD TiVo a few times. When the ball beats the runner by that much, it doesn’t really matter how close the tag play is.
Someone needs to explain to Hargrove the importance of clearing the pitcher’s spot in the lineup. Betancourt should have been standing on the 1B bag with his hands on his hips waiting for the end of the inning.
And someone needs to explain to the hitters that the TB bullpen is their friend, and that it would help their cause to get a little deeper into counts.
Why is it that every run allowed is originally on two outs with noone on base?
Why can’t he do that when it counts?
Five game hitting streak? Willie?
Whoa!! Those of us watching gameday just all had convulsions!
Nothing slows down a game like speed. Who said that first?
1. I have got to stop seeing Willie in the line-up. I just HAVE to. It’s got to friggin’ stop. His hit just now is irrelevant to me.
2. BELTRE! I’m gonna win my season totals bet on Beltre, I just know it.
3. L.A. sports radio is as stupid as Seattle’s. I just listened to fifteen minutes of “Angel talk” in which I got to hear:
“Fire Mike S.! Get a home run manager!”
“Fire Stoneman! He sucks!”
And my favorite…
“I’ll tell you what this team has to do, it has to sit Vlad. He needs to be benched.”
Are those the first two XBH for Lopez in a long time?
Nice job, Richie, nice job.
Sexson!
Sexson? Not striking out on 3-2? Talking a walk?
What.
Richie didn’t wave at all those outside pitches. A nice change.
Broussard needs a granny now. Choo had one in cleveland. It’s only fair!
49: Lopez had a double on Saturday.
Just not hit hard enough, shame.
I see the Reds picked up Ryan Franklin. Cincinnati’s becoming the M’s castoff team.
#57: Nice line, too, for the kid from Spiro, Oklahoma, in his first appearance in a Reds uniform.
4-1/3 IP, 5H, 3R, 3ER, 2BB, 5K, 1HR.
The fans in Cincinnati are gonna love him.
ugggh. 3-3. This team blows.
Maybe we should have had Franklin pitching tonight. That line’s looking pretty good about now.
Jesus, Moyer! The team is actually scoring runs for you and this is how you repay them?!?!
59. Tonight, it is mostly Moyer who blows.
Whew…’bout time
Maybe we can get them back against David’s “brother” in the bottom half
before the game, Blow reminded us that this isn’t that old D’rays team, that this team has been known to hit the baseball….
Why do people on this site continually break the third commandment?
“Thou shalt not post long links”?
“the right to bear arms”? no, wait….
48. Center Field is our weak spot. To have a decent team, we need somebody good there.
I wish one of the commandments was Willie “resting” on ALL SEVEN days…sigh
#68– that’s some of that there ‘irony’, right?
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
#65, are you sure they are using His name in vein, or where they just praying for Jamie to get out of the inning.
65 – “Why do people on this site continually break the third commandment?”
I also break some specific prohibitions of Islam… which is about as relevant to me as Christian rules. Which is to say, not relevant.
65: God damn it, I can’t find any examples of the third commandment being broken (except for 61).
86 pitches in 4 innings is very un-Moyer-like.
hey, has Ron mentioned his ’score 4-runs for Moyer’ theory yet?
Isn’t Norton an older & obviously BETTER version of Dobbs in almost every way (except Norton is a switch hitter)
Mateo’s up. I think I’ll just throw-up now.
#75– unless he hasn’t quite got his feel, and especially when facing a bunch of young pups he doesn’t know well…
Oh, good. Mateo will make everything better!*
*worse
Mateo! Of course!
I’ve never understood Christians’ fascination with other people following rules intended for them. It’s Corco being offended because I stay out after his curfew.
Jamie just doesn’t have it, yet I’d be wrong not to point out that the last pitch really seemed like a strike
…just doesn’t have it TONIGHT that is
oh, great — Mateo and men on base.
Julio, Gas Can, Mateo, ladies and gentlemen. The Devil Rays need a confidence-building 3-run homer.
81: It’s no different from Muslims getting pissed and rioting when the Dutch put a cartoon of Mohammed in a newspaper. I don’t think that it’s strictly a Christian fascination.
Julio gives dependability and consistency a REALLY bad name, doesn’t he?
John in LA, it’s something you COULD do out of general respect for other people’s beliefs, it is obviously bothering at least one person, and it doesn’t exactly add to your online communication abilities, but it’s up to you really.
I think comment 61 was merely pointing out that Moyer wasn’t being very Jesus-like when he was repaying evil (our offense on most occasions) with evil (tonights pitching performance), which is discouraged in Romans 12:17.
maybe Mateo can find his magical arm slot again tonight.
One of the reasons I like sports is that can involve deep and abiding faith without any concomittant urge to convert the guy on the next bar stool to your way of thinking.
89, haha!
Mateo! Thanks for proving me wrong.
It’s the Miracle of Mateo.
Just another great outing from Mateo! What else would you expect?
Also, since even different religions break the commandments up differently, citing “#3″ as having a particular meaning requires you to agree that that religion’s interpretation is the right one, which is bad news.
Plus, I think “thou shalt not post long links” is more appropriate here
88
True, it should be each individual’s choice. But I think if someone doesn’t want “God” involved in baseball, then not saying His name in vain is always a good start.
Just a thought I guess.
a pleasant surprise. Does that mean he gives it up next inning with his runners on base?
86 – I would say those two things are extremely different. Closer to the outrage over Pis- I’ll just say Mapplethorpe.
88 – Why should anyone be offended if I don’t follow their rules? It would be like a Muslim upset that DMZ was talking about beer. Or a Mormon upset that Seattle is sponsered by Starbucks.
It’s not being offensive, it’s just not following a rule not intended for me.
ok, now I think Ichiro! is in a mini-slumpette…
Well, the argument would be all those rules would be intended for you, whether or not you’re a believer. But really, now, this is distracting from the fact that Hargrove *again* went to Mateo in close game which is a crazy risk to take.
Lately I’ve heard some people would like to see Lowe start. But if that were to happen, wouldn’t two things sorta risky occur?
-Lowe couldn’t possibly be as good as a starter, nor could his relief replacement be nearly as great at stranding runners
-Wouldn’t Mateo get possibly MORE appearances in even MORE CRUCIAL spots?
I’m still waiting to hear why Fontaine thinks Lowe isn’t a starter.
so, the D’rays not so much of a draw as the A’s, huh?
99
That’s only along the same level of offensiveness if the Muslim worshipped the beer or the Mormon worshipped the coffee. Because hypothetically, the example cited someone saying “God” or “Jesus” in vain, not an “immoral” beverage.
99, it is not about the “rule”. It’s about respecting someone’s beliefs. It would be more along the lines of a Jewish racial slur or something slanderous said about Mohammad. But again, take it as you will, just trying to clarify why it would be ofensive to someone.
101 – Ok, I’m back to Hargrove.
BTW, DMZ, I owe you an email. I followed up on what we were talking about. I’ll get that off to soon.
I spell RAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUL with 23 Us!
Rauuuuul etc. !
RAUUUUUUUl! (I realize that this is a waste of bandwidth, but I can’t help it.)
Mateo… time to disengage.
thatsababy.
Well, Richie’s pissed.
I’m fine with leaving Lowe as a reliever. He’s had great luck there and I don’t want a kid coming up from AA straight to the bigs having to face hitters 3 times in a game.
Also lets us use the notion of potentially stretching Soriano out next spring and trying him as a starter, but his shoulder issues worry me.
With Lowe doing well in the pen, it’s just less a chance of Mateo being used in situations where I don’t want Mateo used or him sticking around for much futher.
Either way, yay for kids who come up and have great successes from the pen. I love our cheap, young, flamethrowing pen. (Putz, Soriano, Lowe, Sherill). Everybody else can rot out there for all I care.
FRIGHTENING THOUGHT ALERT!
Ugh…(I can barely even type this)
I just agreed with Valle.
He said everytime the M’s need a big hit, Raul seems to come through. Makes me want to re-evaluate my whole outlook on life!
you know, looking back, Julio is pretty good at vulturing wins…
Raul has had an incredible year. If we had a center fielder that could hit as well as he has hit, we would have a chance.
113
VERY well said
Has anyone else realized that Julio tends to screw the pooch A LOT more in his second inning of work lately?
I don’t know if you’re aware of this, but a high percentage of Raul’s home runs tie the game or give the Mariners a lead.
99: I’m not so sure that those situations are so different. If you’ll recall, many Muslims got mad because a Dutch newspaper published a cartoon of the Muslim prophet, which is against the Muslim faith.
Jar got mad at post 61 because he used the word “Jesus” in vain, which is against the Christian faith.
Am I simplifying the situations a bit? Absolutely. My point is that people tend to expect people to follow their religious beliefs, whether they be Christian, Muslim, Atheist, etc.
Also, Rauuuuuuuul!
nice!
We should have Sherrill in here.
Whichever inning it is, that poor dog has got to be a nervous wreck by now.
Let’s put Julio Mateo in CF and have Willie Boom Boom pitch.
I honestly, honestly, honestly don’t think it would be that much worse.
If the Mariners lose the game I will be forced to sacrifice a manatee.
There is no point leaving Mateo in here when we could have Sherrill, Lowe, Soriano, and Putz for the rest of the game.
I’m scared… hold me
“Look everybody, it’s the sea pig!”
“Um, I’m called a manatee?”
“WHATever.”
128: Manatees are sea cows, not sea pigs.
MATEO!
It looks like Mateo is back to the normal arm angle.
Ok Dudley, time to pull Mateo.
That’s just Julio being Julio.
You don’t want to completely shoot your bullpen wad — isn’t Pineiro due up again sometime this week? And then we have to consider the last 4 innings of Washburn’s next game and there’s the possibility Felix may need a hand….
Meanwhile, the pooch is yelping piteously as Mateo administers his 2nd inning goodies. Will no one take pity on that poor beast?
Aw, pablo, you ruined a very timely Jim Gaffigan reference, which officially bums me out more than Mateo.
Personally, it offends me when people on this site continually covet their neighbors’ donkeys.
99
I do see what you’re trying to say and I agree that it can be wrong for one group to impose their will on everyone else.
I was just specifically referring to someone saying the name of someone’s God, not the issue of having to follow someone else’s relgious rules in general.
The reason I think the best thing overall is to NOT BRING UP the person’s God in the first place, is that way religion isn’t brought into things ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
For instance, if I don’t want Islam discussed in a baseball forum, then I know its best for me to not start using “Allah” inappropriately in front of a muslim. Because it would be ME bringing up religion.
A few D-Rays have already broken the 8th commandment.
One of the really golden aspects of Grover’s ultimate demise will be that I won’t have to watch the lout pick his ears and his g–d— (how’s that for sensitive) nose anymore.
Texas has gotten one back and now only trails the dastardly A’s 6-4. It pains me to note that a fellow TVCC alum, Rick Bauer gave up the last two runs for Texas
In 13 games of A ball, Mark Lowe pitched 29 and a third innings. He started one game. At double A, he appeared in 11 games, pitched 16 and two thirds innings, and started no games. This leads me to believe that his future is as a reliever, not a starter.
Well, I’d have to say that JeffS had the conversation-provoking comment of the year back at 61.
In other news, nice work, Sherrill.
GREAT stab by Sexson
God, Sex and Politics, it will do it everytime.
Sounds like Trip’s daddy’s in the bag there.
Hmm. I’m wondering with the way Grover likes to use Mateo..the BP coach can pull a “Dave’s not here” with Grover when he calls down for Mateo to warm up.
“Julio’s not here maaannn..”
“Get him up!”
“Get who up?”
“Mateo!”
“Julio’s not here maaaannn”
Mark Ellis with 4 RBI? Are you kidding me? It’s seem they have a different hero every game.
God, Sex and Politics, it will do it everytime
Although why anybody wastes their time on God or Politics is beyond me.
Broussard seems to be having a tough time holding onto his bat tonight lol
Johjima’s head would make a GREAT chia pet
142 — that was all because of me? I saw all of the “god talk” and I skipped down to meaningful conversation (i.e. the game). I feel honored
I’m under the slight suspicion that Greg Norton is related to Greg Maddux.
Sherrill missed the target by about three feet And struck him out.
Sherrill just continues to be money
152
I always thought Terry Mulholland and Tony Larussa could be brothers…I mean they both played in the 1950’s, right?
Lowe? Is it Lowe? I’m on gamecast. Please tell me Lowe is coming in.
*new mancrush*
Too early to pull Sherrill, IMO. May as well let him finish the inning.
No, it’s Soriano.
That’s strange… I don’t feel disappointed. What bizarre witch-craft is this?
Good to see him back out there
SIT DOWN !!!
158
Hey don’t offend those Devil Worshippers! (Just kiddin’)
Devil = scary
Devil Ray = not so scary
I’ll offend as many devil rays as I damn well please!
Soriano is only throwing 91-92. I don’t think his shoulder is really well.
We need a Texas miracle tonight.
Has anyone else wondered how Harville continually stays in the league? For some odd reason, I honestly have before.
So its come to this: Willie blows less than Jonesy.
Willie Bloomquist, Starting Centerfielder.
Read it and weep.
I moved to Orlando last month and got MLB Extra Innings to keep up with the M’s. Of course, the games against the D-Rays are blacked out. Sadly, they are not on any local cable stations. In fact, not ONE Florida team has been on local TV since I came here. Every single game is blacked out here. And they wonder why there’s so little fan interest.
He throws hard, Idaho. Or at least he used to.
Since Hargrove was known as “The Human Rain Delay” as a player, might all this aggressive swinging and baserunning be coming from Bavasi?
Soriano pitch velocity to K BJ Upton:
77
90
92
91
Wish I could be hurting and throw in the 90s… but, that’s not a good sign for him.
166 — as much as it hurts for me to say it, but I would rather see Jones learning effectively in AAA… even if it means a large dose of WFB in CF. Although I would be thrilled if we just threw Snelling out there and let him handle the majority of the playing time.
Jeff, I don’t think you’d want to “throw” Snelling out there. It’s like playing dishwasher frisbee with fine china.
166 — as much as it hurts for me to say it, but I would rather see Jones learning effectively in AAA… even if it means a large dose of WFB in CF. Although I would be thrilled if we just threw Snelling out there and let him handle the majority of the playing time.
Sad But True.
Go Ichiro!!
Holy Smokes he outran the baseball.
…Except for the part about Doyle.
94 on that one.
Has Snelling broken out of that slump yet?
Gritty! Where’s your dive?
Get Putz in pleeease!
The Mariner Moose would have caught that.
Crawford’s wearing us out like Thomas was in the previous series.
I dunno. I can take Willie being S**tty, but I can’t tolate him being s**tty without the gritty.
172 — Sadly, if Snelling doesn’t play CF he won’t play. I think it’s a risk worth taking. If we baby him he will sit on the bench and won’t be a factor. Throw him in CF and hope he survives. Is there any other option to get him in the lineup?
178. Tonight he was 0 for 5, dropping his average to .218.
Can you really call getting the go ahead run into second base in the 8th inning “indifference?”
172 — Sadly, if Snelling doesn’t play CF he won’t play. I think it’s a risk worth taking. If we baby him he will sit on the bench and won’t be a factor. Throw him in CF and hope he survives. Is there any other option to get him in the lineup?
Trade Richie, put Perez/Broussard at 1B and DH Snelling?
Talking about next year, of course.
There’s also the chance that Raul will completely drop off the table, and Snelling could play in left.
I really, really don’t want to see him in CF. For his sake and for the team’s.
The Slump is what is keeping Doyle in Tacoma now….
Holy good pen use?
JJ in the 8th!
.218?
I think Snelling needs to make sure he has his stroke in Tacoma, before we proclaim him the answer to ANYTHING here imho.
Especially in light of the fact that his forte is supposed to be hitting for a high average, isn’t it?
Richie isn’t going anywhere… he’s a hometown guy and he’s one of our only sources for power. Raul will be in LF all year next year even if he is having an Krazy Karl type of season. It’s CF or bust for our boy Snelling.
JJ, you are a godly manly men amongst men.
FYI, Oakland won. The only team we can make ground on is Texas.
Snelling doesn’t have the speed to play center field any more. It’s not an option. I don’t know why you think it is, but thinking it won’t make it true.
Yeah, he had a tough angle. It was questionable whether he would have had enough on the throw to get Raul out at first. Uh huh.
Man how would you like to be that kid?
You catch a homerun ball and you have to talk to Matt Morrison? Talk about karmic retribution…
We did see Lawton out there…
Richie doesn’t K!!
Granted, hitting into a dp on a 3-0 count is actually worse
Clearly the green light on 3-0 isn’t the answer to Richie’s plate problems.
Clearly, letting him swing period isn’t the answer.
C’mon JI! I know you were hoping the kid would leap out of his seat and give MM a nice shove off of the wall
I’m surprised Rizzs didn’t say something about how much Lee loves to hit in Seattle.
DMZ — would you rather see a mix of Jones and WFB for the rest of the year? Snelling is the only other possibility. I know Snelling wouldn’t be a good fit in center, but it’s the best option we have for now. It gets Jones back where he belongs and it gets Snelling MLB at-bats.
What a cannon on Kenji to almost nail the lighting quick Lee…sigh
“lightning” that is
How long’s it been since Johjima got somebody at 2nd base? My memory fails.
Lee loves to run here, too!
You’re being obtuse and I’m not going to argue with you. He *can’t* play center. This isn’t a question of “is he the worst of n options”. He’s not on that list of n options. He cannot play center field in the major leagues.
Upton SHOULD be completely overmatched here
Meanwhile JJ’s letting the game dangle by a thread here.
I assume he knows that there’s no reason to throw Johnny “Dave Kingman” Gomes a strike here. The man is a free swinger who is 5-73 since the break.
Thou shalt not repeat thyself more than thrice, DMZ. Thou shalt save thy typing for more important work.
I wish he’d stop with that ‘in the dirt’ thing.
Mmm.. Dave Kingman. I happened across an annoyed sports column this week in which the writer argued how baseball’s stats were becoming meaningless because Kingman was moving towards some career milestones.
C’mon J.J.
Please?
This is scary.
And getting scarier.
As Putz matches his walk total for the season…well you know what I mean. With first base open, I still don’t think it was the worst thing to see if he’d swing at something out of the zone with a rookie on deck.
Marble — hold me
What the crap JJ, I gotta go to bed, finish this already!
Bases loaded. Must be time for Lowe.
urk.
Walking Gomes? C’mon.
Oh shut up Val.
Lets end this thing!
221. To quote the stoner on the Jack in the Box commercials, “That’s just what I was thinking!”
“maybe coming down to just one more pitch”
Hopefully not via offense!
phew
I don’t say this often.
Thank you Willie.
Gritty! That was some kind’a nasty catch!
Good to see someone ELSE screw the pooch with the game on the line…WHEW!
Sodo Mojo!!!!!!
Won’t be seeing JJ tomorrow night I guess. 60 pitches between last night and tonight.
Whew! Only one game back…of Texas.
The important thing is Mateo will be ready…in Grover’s blind eyes
Any word on if Cruceta is stepping in for Pineiro?
The cartoonist who drew Muhammed’s image was Danish, not Dutch.
235 – Where would you get that idea? The M’s seem to be pretty proud about only using 5 guys in the rotation. What would lead you to believe that they would stray from this?
236: You’re right, thanks for the correction!
FWIW, Hargrove pointed out that unfortunately they had to go to the bullpen early the last three games, hence his use of the available bullpen arms…
my, FSN is very very very interested in furthering the careers of the Sonics Dance Team and the SeaGals, aren’t they? Such altruism.
oh, and could we not have Matt Morrison speak off the cuff?
Or speak at all, for that matter.
DMZ, you are now my hero for using the word “obtuse” in a conversation. One of my favorite words to describe peoples’ tendencies in argument. Have you discovered the wonderful world of “disingenuous?” I find it great fun to accuse my friends of being disingenuously obtuse. (Usually it takes a few drinks before I start saying things like that though.)
On topic, is there anything JJ has been doing differently lately? He seems kind of shaky lately. Do y’all think it’s just hitters adapting to the splitter, or just not hitting the strike zone as much, or….? ???
Be careful, calling the wrong person “obtuse” can get you thrown in solitary confinement for two months.
I’m sorry, Jar (105): Inappropriate use of the word “Jesus” is not at all like using a racial slur against Jews. Not showing proper deference to a person’s beliefs is quite a bit different than denigrating a person based on their ethnicity.
The closest parallel would be spelling out “God” (or even worse the hebrew letters, if your keyboard produces them), which is considered sacriligious by the more orthodox practitioners of the Jewish religion. (”Hashem” means “He who shall not be named” roughly.)
It’s not the Lord Voldemort, it means ‘the name’
Well, if you can find me someone to worship who’s equally devoted to destroying that whiny Potter kid, let me know and I’ll sign up. Man, that guy grates. “Oooooh, tests are too haaaard” “Ooooooh, Snape gave me detention for sleeping in claaaaaaas.”
242, what do you mean?