U.S.S. Mariner

20 Apr

Game 12, Mariners at Angels

Batista v Saunders. 7:05, FSN.

M’s field their standard lineup.

CF-B Matthews
SS-R Cabrera
RF-R Guerrero
LF-L Anderson
1B-L Kotchman
DH-R Hillenbrand
3B-B Izturis
C-R Napoli
2B-B Aybar

141 Responses to “Game 12, Mariners at Angels”

  1. 1
    _David_ said:

    Oakland’s padding their run differential against Texas, 10-0, through 5.

  2. 2
    argh said:

    What the bloody hell is going on with Comcast-FSN Northwest? They announced HD broadcasts of all Mariner homegames some time ago and actually did broadcast a few, but now it’s gone dark (HD channel 664). I wonder if some of the dead tree media could bestir themselves to investigate this small question since, you know, perhaps a few people were encouraged to purchase digital cable packages based on the announcement/promise to perform?

    Not that I’m going to file suit. Tonight, anyway.

  3. 3
    _David_ said:

    Pickin’ Machine just homered off of Tom Gordon to tie Reds-Phillies at one, with 2 outs in the ninth inning.

  4. 4
    Tek Jansen said:

    Uhh, argh, tonight is not a “homegame.”

  5. 5
    msb said:

    Drayer was just on saying that, yes, the Ms admit that it was up on mariners.com, a website which is part of mlb.com, but (as was obviously stressed heavily to the media by the Ms) it is NOT the Mariners’ website, and that the writers over there are free to write whatever they want, even if it is wrong wrong wrong :)

  6. 6
    argh said:

    Okay, whoops. But last night was and it wasn’t on HD either (don’t think any of the Minnesota series was).

  7. 7
    David* said:

    Over/Under for times hearing that John Mellencamp song during game commercials tonight is 10.5.

    I’m praying it’s the under, but betting it’s the over.

  8. 8
    Tek Jansen said:

    Drayer mentioned the same thing on the radio broadcast. I was unaware the the “official” (but not so much so, I suppose) M’s website was less trustworthy than 14 year old’s Myspace page. So can the M’s direct me to their secret official website where I can find factual and official probable pitcher listings? I believe the URL is something along the lines of wedon’tknowhatwe’redoing.com.

  9. 9
    msb said:

    I blame Jim Street :)

  10. 10
    msb said:

    so, if the A’s (unusually) get off to a hot start, does that mean they don’t have their usual stormin’ back 2nd half?

  11. 11
    Josh said:

    Well, mariners.org used to be done in particular by the M’s, I believe. Back in the day when they were the first team to have a website. Then everyone got the “official” site and mariners.org (which I still type) redirects to theirs.

  12. 12
    apunetid said:

    They wouldn’t tell me anything on mariners.gov.

  13. 13
    Tek Jansen said:

    I remember the porn industry wanted to use the .xxx ending for porn sites. Maybe mariners.xxx holds all the secrets.

  14. 14
    DMZ said:

    See the new delicious front page post. I wonder if there wasn’t at least some confusion and back and forth in the M’s org about this.

  15. 15
    Josh said:

    Mariners.gov asked me to immediately identify myself or be handed over to federal authorities.

  16. 16
    The Unknown Comic said:

    I wonder if Hargrove has figured out that Mateo sucks yet.

  17. 17
    DMZ said:

    No.

  18. 18
    Tek Jansen said:

    Let’s spread the rumor that Mateo was the one who listed Morrow as Monday’s starter. That could change Grover’s mind about his favorite portly righthander.

  19. 19
    David* said:

    Aggressive baserunning!

  20. 20
    Josh said:

    Uhh…Beltre was in there, not even close.

    Vidro…. nevermind.

  21. 21
    go_cougs said:

    Thats one for the over under.

  22. 22
    _David_ said:

    agressive baserunning! Pineiro warming up to pitch to Yankees, maybe to A-Rod, this is too fun!

  23. 23
    bakomariner said:

    try watching in cali with hudler (worst ever!) doing color…”he was out…not even close” says the wonder dog…guy’s an idiot…

  24. 24
    The Unknown Comic said:

    My prediction for tonights game… Batista pitches decently for 6 2/3 innings and the Mariners lead 4-3 when Batista walks the bases loaded with two outs in the 7th inning. Mateo comes on and gives up a 3 run double on an 0-2 count.

  25. 25
    _David_ said:

    24: even better, it’s Vlad, pitch 1 “fastball” foul ball HR to right. Pitch 2: “change” FB HR to left. Pitch 3: “slider” GS to dead center.

  26. 26
    mark s. said:

    #22 looks like Pineiro will be going against A-rod with a guy on 6-7 boston…

  27. 27
    Zach said:

    did ichiro just perpetrate the no-look catch?

  28. 28
    _David_ said:

    everyone turn on ESPN, A-Rod, down 1, bottom 9, one on, one out.

  29. 29
    _David_ said:

    I mean top 9, and unfortunately Joel isn’t pitching.

  30. 30
    davepaisley said:

    Let’s face it, it was just some guy “writing on the internet”. You know how reliable that is…

  31. 31
    davepaisley said:

    Man, that guy is so washed-up.

  32. 32
    DMZ said:

    “Anderson’s been one of the better hitters in the league for a long time now” — Blowers

    Really?

  33. 33
    _David_ said:

    Hudler: Anderson’s a “premium run producer”

  34. 34
    _David_ said:

    well if you take into account the span of “a long time” and consider “one of the better” to mean in the better half of hitters, and that his career OPS+ = 105, then yes, Blowers is correct.

  35. 35
    msb said:

    oh, just add “against the Mariners” to both those statements…

    sigh.

    Slumping? Invite the Mariners to your next baseball series!

  36. 36
    Tek Jansen said:

    Was Ibanez being doubled off just lousy luck or more Grover-esque agressive baserunning?

  37. 37
    apunetid said:

    Angel Killer!

  38. 38
    argh said:

    Re: 36 Bad luck I think.

  39. 39
    bakomariner said:

    total bad luck for ibanez…if only the entire roster hated the angels as much as guillen does…

  40. 40
    Baker rumors, other nonsense said:

    Bloomquist has intangibles, Vidro has veteran presence, Guillen has hatred. Mariners rock!

  41. 41
    _David_ said:

    Tui 2-2 with a two singles and a walk.

  42. 42
    Brandon said:

    Ouch.

  43. 43
    Tek Jansen said:

    OK, even on the radio, that sounded like Grover-esque agressiveness at play.

  44. 44
    Tak said:

    oh wow…

  45. 45
    _David_ said:

    We’re just building up a store of Karma that will result in a go-ahead HR by Broussard off of K-Rod.

  46. 46
    mark s. said:

    Bloomquist has intangibles, Vidro has veteran presence, Guillen has hatred.

    If only we could have one player with all those qualities? Oh yeah! Carl Evertt! … Whatever happen to that guy?

  47. 47
    Brandon said:

    That was pretty much unlucky as well though he maybe should have gotten back to 2nd.

  48. 48
    _David_ said:

    At least Lopez showed a nice opposite field stroke.

  49. 49
    Baker rumors, other nonsense said:

    If only we could have one player with all those qualities? Oh yeah! Carl Evertt! … Whatever happen to that guy?

    I dunno, Al Martin had plenty of hatred, though he didn’t take it out on players.

  50. 50
    The Unknown Comic said:

    Wouldn’t you know it the A’s score 16 runs tonight and I have Piazza on my fantasy team and he is 0 - 5.

  51. 51
    _David_ said:

    Oakland 16, Rangers 3

  52. 52
    Arkinese said:

    Sometimes when I’m perusing the baseball scores in the paper, it’ll hit me: “Hey, remember that time we had Carl Everett on our team?” “Whatever happened to Ben Davis?” “What about that Miguel Olivo guy? And then the other guy that was just like Miguel Olivo and shared his number and what was his name…?”

    As much as I love baseball, I’m so sick of not being able to know who the hell is on my team anymore—and if they’re any good.

  53. 53
    Tek Jansen said:

    That’s right. Martin took his aggression out on U. of Michigan running backs during his college football heyday.

  54. 54
    Arkinese said:

    Of course, the day Vlad comes back is the day we come into town.

  55. 55
    _David_ said:

    Oakland with 11 walks in 47 plate appearances

  56. 56
    Baker rumors, other nonsense said:

    Martin also had some… er… “domestic violence” incidents. Which wife, I’m not sure.

  57. 57
    _David_ said:

    52 you can basically assume that if they aren’t on the team anymore, they weren’t good.

  58. 58
    Tek Jansen said:

    56

    I knew what you meant. I always assumed that Martin and former Wolverine FB Leroy Hoard were “life partners.” Am I mistaken?

  59. 59
    _David_ said:

    Another killer throw wasted.

  60. 60
    argh said:

    Man, bleeding to death over 162 games is gonna make for a long season.

  61. 61
    Zach said:

    how many more years of Batista await?

  62. 62
    davepaisley said:

    Chaves: “Hey Miguel, pitch luckier, huh?”

  63. 63
    _David_ said:

    3, I think, at 8 per?

  64. 64
    _David_ said:

    So, does this mean that Bautista isn’t “pitching to win” or that he sucks?

  65. 65
    mark s. said:

    wow, I turn the channel for a second and return to this… Maybe I should just finish reading DMZ’s book “The Cheater’s Guide to Baseball“.

  66. 66
    DMZ said:

    It’s okay to savor it.

  67. 67
    Baker rumors, other nonsense said:

    how many more years of Batista await?

    If we could accelerate to 99% of the speed of light, mere seconds!

  68. 68
    Baker rumors, other nonsense said:

    Hopefully they won’t fix the volume problem.

  69. 69
    argh said:

    I wish “easy play” didn’t come so trippingly to the announcer’s lips when the Mariners were batting.

  70. 70
    Tak said:

    come on Angel Killer!

  71. 71
    Baker rumors, other nonsense said:

    Back in ‘04, Honus Wagner hit .349!

  72. 72
    DMZ said:

    @#$@#$@#%@%!!!!

  73. 73
    _David_ said:

    so, this is boring, howabout Sidney Ponson with the 9.31 era, shouldn’t they bring up Garza?

  74. 74
    argh said:

    Back in ‘04, Honus Wagner hit .349!

    What kind of mother could do that to her baby?

  75. 75
    argh said:

    “Easy play, one out here in the top of the 5th.”

  76. 76
    _David_ said:

    Lopez with a nice opposite field stroke.

  77. 77
    argh said:

    To bad the name ‘Pirates’ is already taken given the Mariners penchant for stranding people.

  78. 78
    _David_ said:

    I wonder what the record is for strand percentage by an offense for a season.

  79. 79
    _David_ said:

    Doyle with what could be the game winning hit in 14th inning against FLA

  80. 80
    mark s. said:

    At least Vidro is hitting. That’s a good thing.

  81. 81
    Arkinese said:

    52 you can basically assume that if they aren’t on the team anymore, they weren’t good.

    _David_: with the exception of Rafael Soriano, Carlos Guillen, Freddy Garcia (at least while with the ChiSox), Jamie Moyer….

  82. 82
    bakomariner said:

    this game is terrible in every way…

  83. 83
    Arkinese said:

    And soon we may be able to add Doyle to the list of Exceptions to the “not-on-the-team-not-any-good” rule….

  84. 84
    bakomariner said:

    vidro is the slowest runner ever…ever…

  85. 85
    argh said:

    And yet Vidro’s lack of speed seems to be hovering somewhere around number 319 on the list of problems the Mariners will need to address to move up to respectable baseball.

  86. 86
    argh said:

    At least we’ve helped snap the Angels out of their terrible offensive slump. The Mariners really are a team full of nice guys.

  87. 87
    Jar said:

    Well, on that note. I am going to find something else to do.

    Call me when Felix gets better.

  88. 88
    mark s. said:

    ok so Batista… why did our beloved team sign him again? and why for 3 years?

  89. 89
    Arkinese said:

    Oh, Morrow warming up now? What the hell, Hargrove?

  90. 90
    mark s. said:

    Hargrove THIS IS MATEO’s TIME! Not when the team is leading 2-1.

  91. 91
    bakomariner said:

    so, any speculation now on who starts monday now that morrow is in?

  92. 92
    Arkinese said:

    Guess they’re getting him prepped for Monday…? ;)

  93. 93
    mark s. said:

    shouldn’t Morrow just pitch the last few innings?

  94. 94
    Arkinese said:

    Bets on if Sims or Blowers mentions the PR snafu during Morrow’s pitching time?

  95. 95
    bakomariner said:

    thanks to the idiot fan…

  96. 96
    Arkinese said:

    Maybe the organization will suddenly become aware of how disastrous the Texas start would have been as they’re seeing this…?

  97. 97
    bakomariner said:

    wow…can we get a single break tonight?

  98. 98
    Arkinese said:

    This is turning into the Boston rout the day before the Fabulous Felix game.

  99. 99
    bakomariner said:

    98- too bad we don’t have felix tomorrow…

  100. 100
    bakomariner said:

    i’m going to the next two games in anaheim…i swear, if the next two days are this bad, i might not make it home…

  101. 101
    IdahoInvader said:

    If we ever capture terrorists who are M’s fans, just have the Feds strap them to a chair and watch the last four games. They’ll spill all their secrets!

  102. 102
    DMZ said:

    I have to say, the Good Vidro - the pitch-watching, hitting-in-the-air guy - is so much better than the pound-into-the-ground one it’s ridiculous.

  103. 103
    mark s. said:

    #101 I know I would confess to something if it only meant our guys could start getting some runs.

  104. 104
    Baker rumors, other nonsense said:

    Normally I would wait until the end of the game to say “well, that game certainly sucked.” But why wait?

  105. 105
    bakomariner said:

    nice picture of ichiro in the dugout…you he’s just counting the days to get the hell out of dodge…

  106. 106
    mark s. said:

    #102 yeah the Vidro that doesn’t try to run out grounders is so much better.

  107. 107
    bakomariner said:

    vidro scores from first? wholy shit…

  108. 108
    Tak said:

    so the real question is, is Ichiro going to get traded by mid-season or not!?

  109. 109
    thenatural said:

    real answer… yes

  110. 110
    bakomariner said:

    he’s gone…either way…hope we get something for him…

  111. 111
    Baker rumors, other nonsense said:

    Ichiro for Livan Hernandez. Bookmark this.

  112. 112
    IdahoInvader said:

    Maybe we can geet Creek, Martin and Offerman?

    Oh, never mind, Gillick is in Philly

  113. 113
    mark s. said:

    I thought Guillen was going to use the Dark Side of the force, to feel his hatred, to make his at bats better. Maybe some little girl gave him a flower on the way into the ballpark and he lost the hate. Maybe he will use his emotions better tomorrow.

  114. 114
    DMZ said:

    Theeeeeeere’s the towel.

  115. 115
    Zach said:

    102: Yeah, surprisingly, there are some things that guy can still do

  116. 116
    bakomariner said:

    well, guillen did have two hits…

  117. 117
    frannyzoo said:

    Batista’s ERA went from 8.00+ prior to tonight to a slightly high 8.00+. At least dude is consistent.

  118. 118
    Zach said:

    can anyone confirm or deny that Batista’s three years are all guaranteed?

  119. 119
    mark s. said:

    #116 oh sorry, I missed that. Maybe it is me, and I should just never watch Guillen’s AB again.

  120. 120
    bakomariner said:

    i’m just praying to god that they broke their slump and it’s out of their system…or else ramirez and weaver are meat…

  121. 121
    IdahoInvader said:

    Maybe the next commercial should go something like this:

    “Swinging at the first pitch, hitting into dp’s, running ourselves out of innings, putting in fat relievers…C’mon out to the Safe. You never know what fun lies ahead!”

  122. 122
    bakomariner said:

    so three late rallies in a row…how about we score off a starter for a change…

  123. 123
    Tak said:

    no kidding

  124. 124
    Troy J said:

    scouting report on willy-

    throw fastballs down the middle

  125. 125
    bakomariner said:

    this is ridiculous…

  126. 126
    thenatural said:

    RALLY TIME

  127. 127
    Troy J said:

    looks like it will work out for guillen to hit a slam to take the lead.

  128. 128
    Tak said:

    was taking out Ibanez and Sexson a good idea?

  129. 129
    thenatural said:

    couldnt write a better story than that… i guess im a bit of an optimist

  130. 130
    bakomariner said:

    i’d say at least this is some momentum for tomorrow, but that hasn’t been the case after the last two rallies came up short…plus colon throws tomorrow…ugh…

  131. 131
    Baker rumors, other nonsense said:

    Counting F-Rod thumbing his cap… that’s two…

  132. 132
    bakomariner said:

    i might seem crazy, but did vidro have that beaten out even with a clean catch?

  133. 133
    thenatural said:

    yeah it looked like he was there anyways

  134. 134
    bakomariner said:

    so if grover makes no subs, do we win tonight?

  135. 135
    bakomariner said:

    well, i’ll talk to you all on monday…maybe i can bring some “funk” to the big A…later…

  136. 136
    thenatural said:

    theres a good chance… but the world will never know, it seems like ichiro and ibanez would have been more effective than bloomquist and ellison… give it to Grover to finally make some moves, at the worst possible time

  137. 137
    mark s. said:

    how many loses would it take for Hargrove to get fired?

    I feel like a kid in the backseat kicking father Bavasi in the back of the seat and asking when are we going to get there?

  138. 138
    Tak said:

    sorry, I am probably missing some vital information about the 9th inning situation, but why was Ichiro replaced? (taking out Sexson / Ibanez made sense given the circumstances but…)

  139. 139
    IdahoInvader said:

    We now officially lead the league in one offensive category (besides non-power hitters making outs on 3-0 counts)

    “RISP when the tying run isn’t even on deck yet”

  140. 140
    thewyrm said:

    Every morning I wake up and hope today is the day the entire front office and coaching staff get fired. Day to day they keep doing their best to make it happen, but the descision never comes.

  141. 141
    Gomez said:

    Hey, look on the bright side! High Desert just came back in extra innings to beat Lake Elsinore in 10, 3-2, when Travis Scott made his first plate appearance of the year and knocked home the walk-off 2 run single.

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