Game 141, Rangers at Mariners
Dave · September 9, 2006 at 5:45 pm · Filed Under Mariners
Tejeda vs Washburn, 6:05 pm.
King Felix has had his start pushed back to tomorrow so that the M’s can split up their no-stuff lefties. No-stuff lefty number one goes tonight instead. The King pitches tomorrow.
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Felix isn’t a very good pitcher anyway! Baek gets results that Felix can only dream about! Baek should be signed to a long term deal while there’s time!
I’m currently removing this game from my DVR schedule. And now I’ll have nothing to watch while I pretend to study tonight. Dramatic sigh.
Well, Ohio St is playing Texas right now
I hope the Buckeyes kick some Texas ass. Then I hope the Mariners kick some Texas ass. But I’d rather the Buckeyes kick some Texas ass.
It’s a great day to be a rabid Ohio State fan. Screw the Mariners.
Not even sex could pull me away from the OSU game.
lol
Man, the Safe looks damned empty on a Saturday night…
Fixed it for you.
Now that the Hardball Times has updated their stats, something interesting pops out:
- Cha Seung Baek –
xFIP – 4.65
That’s… not horrible. Yeah, he’s stranding baserunners to the tune of 92% and his BABIP is ungodly low at the moment, but there’s at least one stat that says he doesn’t suck too horribly bad.
It was a oommercial break.
And I even had free tickets to tonight’s Mariners game that I turned down.
Commercial breaks are the perfect time to make up that sex that couldn’t pull you away from the OSU game.
12-Have you seen the girls in that part of Idaho on a Saturday night? They all come storming in from Fruitland. Even OSU looks good.
Well, Ohio St is playing Texas right now
No, THE Ohio State University is playing Texas. Get it right. It’s the only university that starts with “The.”
Sex with two women, Corco? Of course that’s what we all expect from someone of your legendary status…
Its slightly less annoying when NFL players say THE Ohio State University than when Miami players say “Da U”. Actually, its much less annoying.
14: No, actually, Evergreen officially start with “The”, the abreviation is TESC, The Evergreen State College. (which kinda goes a bit to explain…no, sorry there’s no explaining Greeners…
[i]Not even sex could pull me away from the OSU game. [/i]
Let’s not say things we won’t be able to take back later. That’s just crazy-talk. I think sex would be offended.
I’m not in the middle of Idaho, eleven11, I’m a Tacoman now.
And Sex couldn’t pull me away from the OSU game.
Except when they go and give up the damn lead. Fuck the Buckeyes. They CANNOT go into the 2nd half tied. That would suck.
Aw, darn. I screwed up the tags again.
So, if you adjust for Safeco Canyon, is Sexson even remotely worth holding on to next year? Luckily his hot 2nd half makes him tradable.
Not even sex could pull Richie Sexson away from striking out.
That said, if anybody in the Tacoma area would like to purchase a case of Bud Light for me, I’ll give a US$20 buyers fee.
Up yours. Pay for my gas too!
That’s a bit of an overpay, are you sure you’re not in the Mariners front office?
Bud Light?
Gasp.
No, just desparate. Email davidjcorcoran@gmail.com if interested.
- Robinson Tejeda -
FIP – 6.07
xFIP – 6.36
Gonna be a long day.
Oh, ok Tacoma. Much better.
What kind of college freshman doesn’t know where to find himself crappy beer for free?
informal poll for viewing pleasure on a saturday night
a. mariners
b. longhorns vs buckeyes
c. sharapova going for title
d. kasey kahne’s chase
e. oregon ducks at 7:00pm
f. reading sex chat from that corco guy
If I choose f, am I gay?
Tejeda is perfect through 3…
I am the biggest jinx I know. This should work.
Is it my imagination, or are we the worst fastball hitting team on the planet?
I personally hope that Willie plays every day down the stretch so he can dig himself so big of a hole that he will never be offered anything more than the Charles Gipson Treatment.
Right now: .244/.315/.300 and falling.
33. Besides Johjima, yes the rest of the team sucks.
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Depends on who/what he is having… aw screw it, yes you are. If it makes you feel any better I was leaning towards “f” too.
29: I could if I wanted to, but I’m lazy.
Potentially a little o/t with this…
But can anyone explain to me what the “CW” in CW11 is for? And why the name change?
CBS-Warner Brothers, CBS being the owner of UPN, and Warner Brothers and UPN merging to become one TV station
The best fans in baseball? Does anyone in Seattle really believe that?
Muhaha, nice breakup of the perfect game Ichiro.
We are though. Only Seattle could love Willie Bloomquist.
I don’t want to be Debbie Downer, but after his 2-4 night in TB on the 3rd, Snelling has gone 0-11 with 8 Ks (including tonight’s first at-bat).
Small sample size and all, but still. His approach at the plate is a little screwed up right now.
Those people aren’t from Seattle. It’s several buses from Port Orchard.
32. Nice job jinxing Tejada. Really, thanks.
Bennetcourt? Who is that?
No thanks necessary. Just be glad I use my powers for good and not evil.
Thank god we’ve got that potenet #3 hitter to drive in runs.
I like how Sexson takes the flat first pitch slider, then swings at two pitches out of the zone.
Corco, are you at UPS?
Not even sex could pull Richie Sexson away from striking out.
Oh, wait. I used that one already.
#30. “The Wedding Singer” is on VH1.
50: Yes.
#30. “Scarface” is on AMC. (Nothing more funny than the words they used to substitute…)
52. my apologies, my cable universe is somewhat limited tonight, but that should have made the list
#30
Why is “D” even an option?
56. “d” is an option for those port orchard folks, so they have entertainment between bloomquist strikeouts
Gary Matthews Jr. after the all-star break:
.265/.348/.395
His kept his decent discipline, but it looks like whither goes the average, thither goes the slugging percentage.
“Caddyshack” is on Comedy Central. I guess now we know why there’s nothing on TV some nights.
huh. game started at 6. did I miss anything? Aside from Corco, of course …. speaking of crap beer, the Wall Street Journal had a travel article about Seattle a week or so back where they claimed that Seattle’s “tech whizes” drink Washington State cabernet while its “hipsters/indie rockers” drink Oly.
“Magnolia” just ended on the IFC. What a great effin movie.
I can’t believe we can’t work a gosh-darn fucking walk against Tejeda. Not one. I never thought I’d say this, but the M’s are making a out of conference college footbal game look appealing. Management needs to fire who ever needs to be fired so the M’s stop taking this hack-tastic approach.
57, good point, i tend to forget about the humble denizens of Port Orchard.
Beltre makes that play.
62. That would be Jeff Pentland.
Does anyone drink Oly? That’s equivalent to self-flagellation. If you’re going cheap you might as well go PBR or malt liquor.
think Pentland can change 15-20 years of deeply ingrained hacking in 6 months?
Doyle is a freaking stud.
The person to blame about our team being a bunch of hackers is the guy who constructed the roster.
NICE FUCKING PLAY! Diving at a line drive right at you is damned difficult.
Oly is the most freaking gross beer I’ve ever had. I drank 6 cans of that out of desparation once and wished I had just stayed sober.
I love Doyle.
#66- heck, I don’t know anyone who does– doesn’t Pabst own it now?
Yes, Papst does own Oly
I’m drinking Guinness out of a Nalgene bottle at the moment, and that’s some nasty shit. Dark brews are not my thing.
From one underaged drinker to another:
How in the hell can you not like Guinness?
Good to know you’re so desperate to get drunk you’ll drink things you find revolting.
here comes the Big Inning
Houston we have Ignition!
73: It’s got wayyy too much substance. The barley is too obvious.
74: I don’t even have enough beer to get drunk. I’ve got like 30 ounces/
you’ll drink things you find revolting
Keep that concept in mind when choosing a wife.
Ichiro is a beautiful man. That was awesome!
Why are we bunting here? This makes no sense.
Buuuut, then again, that works!
The more beer you drink, the more you’ll come to like dark beer.
We’re bunting because the Baseball Brain That Is Hargrove could see deeply into the field situation and knew a rushed throw would score a run.
Doyle is a golden god.
I’m not sure if it’s the beer so much as it is that the beer is warm and flat and in a Nalgene bottle.
I can’t believe I posted three times in a row. I feel dirty now.
I would kill for a beer right now, even a warm, flat one in a Nalgene bottle. God I hate working.
good thing beer is on many minds; o’flaherty is up, let the games begin
I would kill for a beer right now….God I hate working.
Dude. Become an air traffic controller, emergency room doctor or some other profession where you can drink on the job. You’ll live longer, even if we don’t.
Huber may give Lowe’s shutout pitching a run for his money.
I used to work in an office building where a few of the suites were defense attorneys. Those guys would hang out in each other’s offices and constantly get hammered on the job.
90, I like the way you think. Do you have a newsletter I could subscribe to?
Or just get any job in the software industry, since drinking on the job is so accepted as to be nearly required.
Kenj Johjima ladies and gentlemen. Base-stealing threat!
I always know when something weird happens. Gameday stops reporting ahead of the internet radio broadcast and I hear it before I see the results.
put a fork in the longhorns
96: Is this magical internet radio broadcast of which you speak found on a website other than mlb.com?
WFB better not fucking bat here…
96: Is this magical internet radio broadcast of which you speak found on a website other than mlb.com?
Hai.
The fact that I’ve had to work all day is slightly redeemed by the fact that my Guest Guesser picks are perfect thus far. I am winning those Super Bowl tickets, dammit.
I hate you, Hargrove.
100: Sorry, but I don’t know what “hai” is. All I could find was “Helicopter Association International”.
Defensive Substitution: T.J. Bohn replaces right fielder Chris Snelling, batting 2nd, playing right field.
Meh.
Wow– Dave Hansen– even if Huber never pitches again, the M’s have gotten their money’s worth from that trade.
Defensive Substitution: T.J. Bohn replaces right fielder Chris Snelling, batting 2nd, playing right field.
I. Hate. You. Hargrove.
huber could even be considered an extended gift from jeff cirillo
100: Sorry, but I don’t know what “hai” is. All I could find was “Helicopter Association International”.
It’s a way of saying ‘yes’ in Japanese, though I think it’s used in more of a ‘repeating the question’ sort of yes, if that makes sense. Not an expert though, that’s all I could say.
108: Thanks for clearing that up. Might you point me in the direction of this website, so I too can listen in on the current Mariner goodness?
This has been bugging me for a while… but how does Gameday assume so quickly whether something is a swing and a miss or a foul tip? If Gameday is accurate, then there’s a lot of foul tipping going on.
108: Thanks for clearing that up. Might you point me in the direction of this website, so I too can listen in on the current Mariner goodness?
Oh, I just knew the answer to your last question about hai. As far as the website, I’m in the same boat as you are.
Wow, mighty confusion! All right, let me backtrack here; Mr. Typical Idiot Fan (#100), might you provide Josh and myself with a link?
108: Thanks for clearing that up. Might you point me in the direction of this website, so I too can listen in on the current Mariner goodness?
Right on the seattlemariners.com website. Should be a link there for audio. You have to pay, but it’s $7.95 for a whole season, for all games played and all audio broadcasts. It’s kinda cool.
113: Thanks, I’ll be sure to look into that.
Nothing inspires confidence like T.J. Bohn.
Hey Hargrove!
Remember that little defensive substitution you did when you removed Snelling from the game for Bohn? The left handed hitting Snelling? When The Rangers called in a righty sidearmer? And now you have a righty batting in Snelling’s, a left handed hitter, place? Remember that?
Yeah, I loled.
Does anyone else here want to see Grover fall into a chipper-shredder?
Oh, Betancourt, you smarmy little commie you!
Putz in. Game over.
118, commies aren’t allowed to be smarmy. Smarminess distracts one from appropriating the bourgeoisie.
shit
Poop.
fuckfuckfuckfuckFUCK!
Wow, I so didn’t see that Matthews HR coming.
Rizzs making it sound like the game was over, and then the home run… oh, I was laughing my ass off.
What!!! I thought Guardado’s season was over!
Damn Goddit. JJ seems to be scared of throwing his splitter for his out pitch. So he throws that damn fastball and some left handed yahoo nails it.
127… but he has to establish the fastball!
Typical Washburn game. Something always seems to get him when he allows two earnies or less. The Putz brain cramp was obviously unexpected, but the offense blowing multiple chances against a relative young nobody sure wasn’t.
127. Well you’re the one who jinxed him so it’s your fault too.
JJ jinx0r’d himself. 96 mph fastballs over the plate are homeruns as long as you put wood on them.
Ichiro Suzuki 3-4
Rest of team: 2-24
Gah…
Sexson to himself: “Any other (#&%()#*%& ballpark…!!!!”
Sexson… almost finishe this game.
Damn you Dave and your near-blindednes. Let’s get Niehaus in the HOF and get him out of the broadcast booth all ready!
Game of inches.
Ibanez double turned foul by inches.
Sexson homerun turned double by inches.
Ichiro Suzuki 3-4
At least that’s a welcome site.
The rest could have nearly been predicted anyway.
C’mon Jose… do something.
135. That’s what she said.
137
Has he since the all star break?
Has he since the all star break?
No. That’s why I’m dying for something here.
good night gracie.
Now watch… this is one of those times when Pineiro decides he can pitch and does so for a gawd awful number of innings so that everybody starts whispering about Joel starting again.
All right… so let me get this straight, as I’ve been drinking Alaska Amber in a North Portland park (oh, and PBR, but that’s the official beer of Portland, right Pablo?)….
but it’s a 2-2 game in the tenth against the freaking Rangers? and they strated Tejeda? shouldn’t at least one team have six runs by now? what gives, besies the fact that no Mariner not named Ichrio can hit the freaking ball?
and I hope Pineiro gets his second save…..
and I hope Pineiro gets his second save…..
Look at the inning and I’ll let the beer tell me why that’s impossible.
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If Piniero can still get a save, then I must have started drinking, lol
If WFB actually leads off this inning, I give up – for approximately the 1,345th time this season.
Holy shnikies! Pineiro survived an inning!
Arrrgggh, intercourse Mike Hargrove.
Why is Willie still batting….
(Rhetorical question.)
Ignition!
Will we actually be smart enough to let him steal? Probably not with Grover…sigh
Way to fucking go, Willie Fucking Bloomquist!
(there, I made a positive comment about the Pride of Port Orchard.tm)
That ninth felt just like the game against Chicago on April 24th, where Guardado got the first two outs in the ninth and then gave up a game-tying home run. Hopefully this game can continue to follow in that game’s footsteps, and we’ll have Betancourt knocking in Bloomquist for the walk-off win.
Well that was unexpected. C’mon, Willie, grit out a run here.
Oh yeah, game’s tied. Whoops. iguess Pineiro will get his second save if the baseball rules’ universe stretches and then snaps…
Why would we effin’ bunt with our only hot hitter today and a guy on 1st who’s ONLY good offensive quality if RUNNING?!
….aaaaaand the sure-thing bat of the Dobber pinch-hitting for Bohn.
So who plays right in the top of the 11th?
Dobbs?
…IS running
Willie is running now. Fo shizzle
Dobbs walk-off.
157. Morse probably.
Crap.
One out, Dobbs at the plate, and Bettancourt on deck?
This is what happens you never use your bench. When you actually NEED it, you can’t use it effectively.
Sort of like your brain.
Thanks, Hargrove.
Whatever the case, between our inept offense and Grover’s brain dead condition, WFB will likely STILL be on first when we end yet another unproductive inning.
Morse K.
ODG WTF, hey is demetrius still in the dugout? maybe he can get an at bat as well?
So now Morse is up, and there is no position player left on the bench, right?
I can just see a pitcher pinch-running in the bottom of the 12th.
153: That was the first M’s game I watched this season, in a sports bar down the road.
If I remember correctly, that was Pablo Ozuna’s first career home run. Such a timely situation to hit it. Dave Niehaus sounded so sad in that game.
YUNI TRIPLE.
Willie still on first…sigh
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Uh…I mean second
Scraptastic!
shit that was close
Oh… NOW Bloomquist steals the base.
Still.. is there an explanation for Washburn’s success vs. the Rangers this year? He stymied them on Memorail Day- but lost to Rheinecker. And, again, he kept the Rangers to one run in six innings- and still won’t get the win?
Thanks Yuni. You belong in the 3 -hole.
Geico, white courtesy phone please…
I mean- isn’t Washburn a fly-ball pitcher, the type that the Rangers should just murder?
Memorail? Is that like the monorail?
(monorail, monorail, monorail…)
Another change eh?
Is Dennis Powell the only one left in the pen or was that Jerry Reed (not the singer)?
ugh..fruto…
166. No, we still have Beltre.
isn’t beltre still in la? supposed to be back after tomorrow afternoon’s game
Why does Fruto seemingly get a free pass for suckitude when everyone is all over Piniero, Mateo and even guys that are acutally doing their jobs (Baek) nuts?
Watch Grover to the first manager in history with expanded rosters to have two pitchers playing out in the field
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Has Fruto had a “job” with the club long enough to really establish himself one way or the other? I wasn’t aware everyone was all over Baek. Mateo’s criticism may have to do with his Ted Williams like average vs lefties and the numerous games he’s blown. I think you know why Piniero is treated like, well…Piniero.
All these pinch-hittings and pitching changes are making it look like we’re playing in a National League game. well, after what we saw in June, that could be a good thing.
183. Whoops didn’t know. But we still do have Rivera and Navarro so yes we do have position players.
Twenty-One Mariners have appeared in this ballgame.
188. Yeah well Boston had 24 players appear in theirs.
Maybe if Texas runs out of hitters they can keep Mahay in the game, lol.
Mahay came up to the majors as a hitter in 1995 (even hitting a dinger) and then as a pitcher just two years later…both with the BoSox
Can anyone think of anyone else that had a transformation at the major league level in just TWO YEARS? Seems like that would be sort of rare.
188. Yeah well Boston had 24 players appear in theirs.
IT’S NOT OVER YET…
Maybe if Texas runs out of hitters they can keep Mahay in the game, lol.
Considering Texas hasn’t pinch hit for anybody yet…
Hopefully my fellow Treasure Valley CC Chukar alum, Ricky Bauer, can end this quickly!
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Yeah, sort of a lame way to fit that little question in, I’ll admit. But I still think its amazing he made it to the majors as both a hitter and a pitcher, let alone just two years apart.
Ouch.
Good to see Lopez is still sticking to his one to two pitch limit per at bat, or so it seems
185. You do have a point, but his limited showing has been pretty dismal – 0-1, 19.0 IP 22 H 12 ER 15 BB. He’s got half-decent stuff, but his control is way too spotty. He’s no Mateo, but he’s certainly done his share of damage (one L, put some games out of reach). As for lefties, they also jump all over Fruto’s pitches to a tune of .429 BAA. With some more minor league seasoning, I see him as a Mateo++..
Felix better put up a Brandon Webb like performance tomorrow night cause he probably won’t get much help from the pen.
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You’re probably right on that one. But like I said, since he hasn’t been up that much, most, like me, haven’t had a chance to get sick of him…yet. I agree he doesn’t look like a future stopper or anything, that’s for dang sure.
This is it boys
Oh great, Bloomquist.
Home run #2 on the year coming up here.
Home run #2 on the year coming up here.
I’ll have what he’s having.
Fruto has enough stuff to be a stopper. Question is does he have enough character to progress to that level? He really looks like he needs to start a conditioning program and work on his command. He’s young but it is gut check time for Emiliano.
Willie Bloomquist: On Base Machine
Ignition once again. Hopefully orbit is reached this time.
perhaps no one is as happy to have extra at-bats as our one-and-only WFB.
Rizzs should be brutally punished when he uses the term “moneybag” more than once during a game
Commence. Verbal. Fellating.
Crap.
Geez, other than Sexson’s almost hr, there’s just been NO power shown at all today by the M’s. Other than that, I don’t think we’ve even had an extra base hit…ugh
Four innings in a row with the winning run in scoring position, and on we go.
Raul & Sexson gets another shot next inning with Broussard.
Broussard fwiw is a cool 10-58 (.172) at Safeco with NO hr’s and a big 2 rbi’s. And lets not forget those 2 walks to go with the 20 k’s.
That means Broussard is due. Game over this inning.
213 i think you mean raul & perez
Man I would hate getting attacked by a brain.
I wish this game would end so I could watch Star Trek Enterprise.
Yeah, I couldn’t help my mistake, I mean Perez and Broussard look so much alike…dang it
(singing) “It’s been a long road…”
true, double true
Platoon advantage regins surpreme…
Any quick scouting reports about this Navarro guy? Is he another guy who walks about once a week?
Why does hargrove insist on having kids making their major-league debut with runenrs on in a tie game.
For chrissakes can we have a brain-dead zombie goat be the mananger? It would do a better job…..
Interesting time to let Navarro get his first MLB at bat.
He will probably just end up being a pinch-bunter.
Lee Harvey Oswaldo!
this is starting to remind me of a little league game where everyone plays. of course in little league you usually get about a week between games–f’ing hargrove–way to look ahead
…which of course is easily countered by the Rangers. Hargrove just doesn’t think.
Not only that, Hargrove subs for everybody on the fuckin team so no one has confidence in their own ability.
Hargrove can see the headlines now: “Brilliant manager of M’s makes unlikely move, uses rookie to win ballgame, secures lifetime contract.”
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vs. Ryan Jack Rupy (ok, that was lame, but it was the best I could do. Maybe if the A’s Joe Kennedy was facing him…)
Oswaldo Navarro
Decent eye, solid plate discipline, great defense, contact hitter, not much in the power department.
A-typical pre-90s shortstop.
for petes sake, first I miss the entire 1st hour, thinking it was a 7:00 game, and now I find there was a whole other hour tacked onto the end of the game? And is Hargrove trying to use every pitcher in the bullpen tonight? Did he forget there is a game tomorrow afternoon?
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Wow! Did I actually read “solid plate discipline?” You mean someone besides Snelling who won’t swing at 90% of the pitches regardless of location?
If I’m not mistaken, Waldo is on the Future 40. Yep, 6 reward 6 risk.
I do believe Joh is making the pitcher work.
work it kenji
They should have IBB’ed him to begin with, we’ll take it.
Nice AB Kenji
Pllleeeeease no double play
Geez if Kenji AND Lopez walk consecutively either the planets have realigned or well…that this pitcher probably just sucks.
let’s give lopez the bunt sign, that seemed to always work early in the year for a base hit.
LOPEZ WINS IT!
That oughta do it…
HUZZAH!
oh Jose Lopez…. way to make up for a night (month) of suckitude….!
M’s win! they have ensured no worse than a .333 home-stand!
Lopez finally does it!!!
so was that snaggle-toothed curly-headed young pup young Mr. Navarro?
I swear that ball bounced over the wall, does that make it a walk off double?
Call me stupid, but for some reason I don’t really feel like celebrating this win too much.
Not because it’s meaningless, but if the Mariners record keeps slowly improving over the last couple weeks of the season, the possibility of the Mariners keeping Hargrove and Bavasi could very well increase.
Will someone please reassure me that they are toast?!?!
Not sure I understand what the point of pinch hitting Navarro was. Who would have been on the field next inning if the Ms hadn’t won it?
Nobody with an ounce of baseball wit could justify keeping Hargove after this season. The team underachieved substantially in the early part of the year and has played better despite, rather than because of his decisions. His in-game management is not just predictably by-the-book, it’s openly inept. Remember leaveing in Mateo to get a ground ball?
Further, Hargove was all over Jurassic Carl like a cheap suit – but that didn’t stop the FO from showing Everett the door. Hargrove will soon follow him into a quiet retirement.
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That is the correct ruling, even though it seems unfair. Per rule 4.11(c):
4.11
The score of a regulation game is the total number of runs scored by each team at the moment the game ends.
(a) The game ends when the visiting team completes its half of the ninth inning if the home team is ahead.
(b) The game ends when the ninth inning is completed, if the visiting team is ahead.
(c) If the home team scores the winning run in its half of the ninth inning (or its half of an extra inning after a tie), the game ends immediately when the winning run is scored. EXCEPTION: If the last batter in a game hits a home run out of the playing field, the batter-runner and all runners on base are permitted to score, in accordance with the base-running rules, and the game ends when the batter-runner touches home plate.
APPROVED RULING: The batter hits a home run out of the playing field to win the game in the last half of the ninth or an extra inning, but is called out for passing a preceding runner. The game ends immediately when the winning run is scored.
MLB.com Official Rules: 4.00 Starting and Ending a Game
250, didn’t he PH for Broussard? So he would have been the DH if his spot had come up again.
#251-I won’t celebrate until it actually happens. Especially with Bavasi as the GM.
For you guys that were interested in listening to the game on the Internet I’m pretty sure it’s streamed through the komo radio website. Found here: http://www.komoradio.com/
It’s free. Hope that was what you were looking for.
It’s not. They play a generalized news reel over the stream. You have to get MLB Gameday Audio.
Yeah. Another win for the Mariners. Only 5 games below .500 now. If the Mariners finish strong against the AL West and end up above .500, that’s another feather in Mike Hargrove’s cap. And the Mariners will be sure to bring him back for 2007. (ducks)
Wow. I go off to the Devo concert and it’s zero-zero in the 3rd. I come out and wander into Vons to see if I can catch some highlights only to discover –WTF!?– the game is still on, it’s the 13th inning, and I’m just in time to catch the Navarro-Johjima-Lopez sequence. Now that’s a ballgame!
And, dare I point out: according to Fangraph’s WPA the most valuable position player on the M’s last night? Bloomquist. The most valuable pitcher (and player overall): Fruto. Clearly that was a game determined by pitching, and the M’s were fortunate to have a better bullpen (one they mostly shouldn’t have had to use if their bats had been even slightly more effective).
PINCH-HITTING NAVARRO (See # 250) – IIRC, Broussard is chopped liver in the hands of lefties–even when bunting. Even though pinch-hitting Navarro would probably bring in a right-handed pitcher, Navarro’s chances of laying down a bunt sucessfully would still probably be a lot better than Broussard’s. [Although some think that he simply went for the match-up, I'm sure that Grover considered all this before he made his move. Ahem.]
BTW, # 253 answers the other concern.