Comments on: Game 16, Mariners at A’s

By: Evan

Evan — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:32:12 +0000

MLB.com is calling this “perhaps the finest game of his career”. 2K. Be afraid.

MLB.com doesn’t understand DIPS or BABIP, so that’s no surprise.

By: vj

vj — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:16:34 +0000

Concerning the “terrible” M’s offense:
Isn’t it too early in the season for that assessment? I think we can expect quite a bounceback from Beltre, Sexson, Ibanez, Guillen as well as possibly from Lopez and maybe even Betancourt. They’re all below 300 for their OBP and below 400 in their SLG. I’d expect all of the first four and probably Lopez to be significantly better than that for the season. Even Betancourt ought to be above 300 in OBP.

By: AuburnM

AuburnM — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:54:32 +0000

Another win for the Mariners; one more day that Hargrove clings to his job.

I hope he “clings to his job” forever. It means we are winning.

Washburn’s performance so far is one of many early bright spots. This season could go either way.
Get better, Felix!

By: Lucky Number

Lucky Number — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:35:43 +0000

#232: That just shows how much they wanted the win. I’m beginning to feel a substantial momentum swing in our favor. It’s either that, or the euphoria of an M’s win has clouded my good judgement…

By: S1lent

S1lent — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:32:56 +0000

I think it’s way too early to talk about making drastic changes to the lineup. And lead off is still the best spot for Ichiro.

By: Adam S

Adam S — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:13:26 +0000

Yeah, replay does seem to indicate that he shouldn’t have been out. But they turned that attempted double play extremely nicely nonetheless.
I watched the replay frame-by-frame. Usually that shows me the play was closer than I thought when I saw it live. In NFL terms, there was indisputable evidence that he was safe, as in the runner’s foot is on the base and the ball is clearly not to Sexson yet.

Still that was a great turn by Lopez and Betancourt. When Lopez threw to second I thought it was a bad play — there’s no way to turn two, the lead runner doesn’t matter, just get the sure out at first. Guess they showed me, even if they got some help from the ump.

By: Tak

Tak — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:07:43 +0000

One of many many things to worry about. They really need to shuffle that lineup, mainly moving Johjima up the lineup (5th?) and maybe even look into moving Ichiro, since this lineup is not capable of batting Ichiro in most of the time.

By: S1lent

S1lent — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:54:20 +0000

I’m really starting to worry about Raul…

By: Steve T

Steve T — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:27:00 +0000

82: MLB.com is calling this “perhaps the finest game of his career”. 2K. Be afraid.

By: Phoenician Todd

Phoenician Todd — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:18:25 +0000

Whenever I see a prediction like Dave’s come true, I am reminded how much more they know about the game than myself. Priveledge to read and go Mariners!