Game 25, Mariners at Yankees
Post about the Julio Mateo situation
Jeff Weaver! In a nationally televised game! Because national broadcasts have to include the Yankees! It’s in the Constitution or something! 12:55 our time.
Another Weaver start! WOOOOO! Oh yeah! I know the Yankees are struggling badly, but if he pitches like we’ve seen so far, that offense could chase him out of the game before the ump calls “Play Ball!”. There’s a chunk of the Yankee lineup that’ll destroy him if he brings that weak sauce again. Hopefully, we get to see something else out of Weaver (who in the last week made comments about needing to be himself, so maybe he’ll be ignoring team instruction, which — well, hey, why not at this point, right?).
Today’s challenge: look at the tiny headshot MLB.com puts up for Weaver. Tell me what that expression is.
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C’mon Jeff! Justify your existence.
Very worried about the starting pitching right now.
Funny that Hargrove would undermine him by trading out Beltre for Bloomquist today, of all days. Then again, as flytastic as Weaver is, Bloomquist is likely to field nothing more today than a case of longball whiplash.
it’ll be okay. we got WFB over at third for Beltre and Broussard at first while Richie DHs.
if there is one game they need Mateo, this is the one. I was counting Mateo to pitch 2-3 innings today with Weaver starting. Now they have to find somebody else for that 2-3 innings. Come on Jeff, give us at least 5, doesn’t matter how many runs you give up, just eat up some innings.
First game I get to watch this season and, just my luck, Nightmare Weaver gets the start.
With Mateo out, I hope Sean White’s prepared to pitch like… 8-2/3
Weaver will be asked to go at least five innings regardless of the score. If he gets hit early on, he won’t be pulled.
My girlfriend points out that Jeff Weaver is easily the ugliest Mariner.
8.
Not saying much. He’s no Kei Igawa, that’s for sure.
8–That’s only because Julian Tavarez isn’t on the team.
Weaver’s expression: “I sure do enjoy watching my sister Melba Sue through that hole in the outhouse. Even though she’s only 12, she’s woman enough for me!”
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut every once and a while…go Weaver!
Indians make-up game schedule is now set:
May 21, June 11 and Aug. 30, plus one in Seattle on Sept. 26 as part of a doubleheader.
That means this stretch of May 1 to June 17, including the game with Boston, runs 46 games with just two off days; to June 6 is 35 games in 36 days. And there’s still that Texas game to fit in, too.
This expression to me looks something like “I left a turd in your house, but I’m not telling you where.”
WFB will pitch today!
If Jeff Weaver makes $8+ million for pitching a third of an inning or so every five days, then I should get about $120K a year just for taking my morning dump.
Today’s Lineups
NO. SEATTLE NEW YORK
1. I. Suzuki, CF M. Cabrera, CF
2. W. Ballgame 3B D. Jeter, SS
3. R. Ibanez, LF B. Abreu, RF
4. R. Sexson, DH A. Rodriguez, 3B
5. B. Broussard,1B J. Giambi, DH
6. J. Guillen, RF H. Matsui, LF
7. K. Johjima, C J. Posada, C
8. Y Betancourt,SS R. Cano, 2B
9. J. Lopez, 2B D. Mientkiewicz, 1B
Lopez can’t even get the 2nd spot when Beltre isn’t in? Need that one explained to me…
PR and this year’s Ichiro commercial points to letting him pitch relief! I’d pay to see that.
Poor Ellison really can’t buy a start, can he?
Johjima still gets the 7th spot even with broussard in there!! This is unbelievable. Can anyone help explain why in the hell Grover continues to do this?
Commenting on Mateo, he has been in the league a long time and I have never heard anything bad about him. I hope this proves to be a false allegation.
Why on earth does grover bat Willie 2nd?
is anyone available for pinch-managing today?
22: Speed goes at the top of the order…jeez…surprised you didn’t know that.
Lets hope they can get into that bullpen by the 5th for a fighting chance.
21.
Because if Hargrove moves them and they don’t hit, everyone blames him. He won’t move anyone until we start losing ballgames.
I hope White is already warming up in the pen.
J.J. Putz has no future in television.
Thanks JJ, Sexson is tall!
We get to listen to Joe Buck today! Awesome!
At least on the road we don’t have to see Weaver till the bottom half, we can get 15 minutes of enjoyable baseball in.
Oh yay, Tim McCarver.
GO M’S!
With a worn out bullpen, you definitely want to swing at the first pitch of the game…
26 – nothing against Ben Broussard but he just hasn’t gotten enough time in yet to start hitting well, and having him in the 5th hole today will hurt us.
It would seem to me that any good manager would know that.
Oh wait, we don’t have a good manager, we have a terrible one that is afraid of the unemployment line.
yankee fans or red sox fans, who is more annoying?
Damnit!
Reason 2365 not to live in the Minnesota: Fox is airing the White Sox-Angels game. I was so hoping to finally see a game!
Fly-over country sucks.
9 pitches, awesome.
At least Raul worked him for seven pitches…we need more of that.
Based on sample size, I’ve always found Devil Rays fans to be the worst.
…the one I met was really bad.
Hold on to your butts . . .
Its about to get really interesting/agonizing
Who is Jason Patric?
…Jason Patric?!
hang on tight everybody!
HD can’t even make those stats look good.
AN OUT!! MY GOD AN OUT!!!
This is the first Mariners game I have been able to watch on a full size screen all year!
Glad it’s a Weaver start *eye roll*
43: I don’t know, but apparently Buck and McCarver have a huge crush on him.
and it begins
Jason Patric… star of such films as Speed 2: Cruise Control, others
Why does Buck think that Weaver has great ability?
Is he seeing something I’m not?
hey, alright.
3 up, 3 down (kind of). Shocking.
A SCORELESS INNING! IT IS GOING TO BE A GOOD DAY!
Is that the first time all year Weaver has gotten out of the first with no runs?
Nice!! Chances of Weaver going more than 5 today? For the bullpen sake, I hope he goes at least 6.
Huzzah!
‘Star’ being a loose term.
None of us might need to use our AKs!
Witness regression to the mean, folks – no one can really give up a .500 batting average on balls in play. Sometimes, hitters won’t torch bad pitches.
He’s still throwing crappy two-seam fastballs, though.
Im blacked out except for radio coverage… and I cant believe my ears
is this a joke?
Jason Patric was the hot older brother in The Lost Boys, the Bon Jovi-esque vampires in Santa Cruz movie. It’s been down hill from there.
If he pitches well today, just tell him he’s gonna get released EVERY start.
If Weaver wins…heads will roll in NY
Dear Jeff,
Please continue to regress to the mean.
Your biggest fan,
Ryan
shut up mccarver
When Chien-Ming Wang strikes you out, retire.
So, when’s Sexson going to get around to regressing to the mean?
66- HA HA What would it even mean to be a Weaver fan, not to mention the biggest fan?
Heh. Uh oh, truth in broadcasting.
Broussard is a patient hitter? What?
What on earth was McCarver trying to explain about the relative heights of Wang and Sexson and what it means? Oh never mind. Who cares. Shut up, McCarver.
Wweaver’s ERA just dropped by more then a run. How many starting pitcher’s can do that after 4 starts?
70: it would mean that you were a member of his family.
McCarver just spent a couple of minutes explaining that Sexson’s knees are higher than the other players.
What an insight.
He also noticed that the M’s don’t walk.
Who knows what else he’ll notice.
I love that we hear all these crappy stats the Mariners put up on national TV that we never hear on local broadcasts.
It really makes me want the Mariners to crush the Yankees today.
and mentally challenged/clinically insane
72- He has waited all year to get 15 AB’s, behind a guy hitting .150 without stabbing Grover, that’s patient if you ask me.
Wang is a strikeout machine.
79: word!
hehe Wang…
we’re really making that guy work out there…yikes!
Note to Weaver: Just IW A-Rod 3 times today, please.
The start of this game couldnt be any crazier… 2 K’s for Wang and no runs for Weaver
OK, maybe Weaver can give Julian Tavarez a run for ugliest MLB player.
They need to blur Weavers face on HD, that was just mean.
Jeff Weaver’s analysis of the problems, slightly paraphrased: “It might be the organization, it might be the catchers, it might be anyone but me.”
Presumably Jason Patric has some show on Fox in the near future. And hey, he has something in common with Doyle.
Matsui, meanwhile, would make a good replacement for Schwarzenegger in any future Terminator movies.
They have to like his zip? He’s throwing 86-89, just like always.
He’s got a ZIP today!
That’s the secret!
oh no.
Uh nicely played Guillen.
Damn.
If Vidro is Turbo, then what is Giambi – Lightspeed?
God bless Jason Giambi and his TURBO-like base running abilities.
At least Giambi can’t run.
Giambi and Turbo in a foot race, who wins?
Buck: “Giambi doesn’t run well…”
Video: Giambi pigeon hopping to third, looking like an old time film of Babe Ruth, near the end of his career.
Watching Giambi run just makes me think that there’s a buffet somewhere at the end of his path.
Jaysus. Giambi makes Edgar look like Secretariat.
Giambi runs like his knees are destroyed.
Kenji by an inch over both of them.
Has anyone else today mentioned how much they hate Tim McCarver? ‘Cuz he may be the worst analyst I ever have to listen to. And he sits there and vocally fellates the Yankees all the time. I hate that.
Vidro and Giami on the basepaths together: March of the Penguins.
Well that K was unexpected.
Wow. That pitch that Weaver got Cano to strike out on was filthy.
Niice.
I am not ready for a world where Jeff Weaver is an acceptable option every 5 days. What do we do as faithful Jeff haters?
Uhhh I just saw a Jeff Weaver strikeout?
Does McCarver really not know Hargrove’s first name?
110: I may not be ready, but I’ll take it. I think most of the posters here think Weaver was a bad option, but boy, if he pitches well we’ll take it.
:O
The horrible hitting teams in the league mash up Weaver’s pitching, yet one of the best hitting lineups in baseball can’t get a run in.
Regression? Is that what you guys call it?
I know, and he wasn’t batting in an inter-league game.
The first two innings have been very nice to watch but I dread the next trip through that Yankee line-up.
#105:
See 32, 67, 73, 76
#102:
Are you kidding? Giambi is Secretariat*.
*in 2007.
Very encouraging. Weaver has been successful in the past. It would really be helpful if he could get in a groove here.
Weaver has no idea where the ball is going on any given pitch. All he’s doing is benefiting from a bout of effective wildness and a return to the mean. So far, that is…
And I’d be willing to call 6 runs and 6 innings ‘pitching well’.
121: If he goes 6 innings, that would take some stress off the bullpen. The longer Weaver goes today, the better off the M’s are. They’re in a long stretch, and bullpen management will be tough.
Whoah, must be spring in Seattle. Bunch of crows making a racket so I went out on my deck — an adult bald eagle circling about 50′ up.
And with that Aflac wildlife moment, we now return you to a ballgame already in progress…
Y’know, it’s little vignettes like 123 intruding into the game thread that make me love this place. All of a sudden, -boom- random crap. Interesting random crap, mind you, but random crap all the same.
Dang. thought that might get into the corner.
I still think he gets moved to the bullpen when Felix comes back. He’s just putting a finger in the dike here, so to speak.
And one time through, the mariners offense looks worse than they usually do.
126 – if he appears to pitch well (which he’s currently NOT, just getting lucky), he’ll still be the 5th starter. They’re paying him too much money to not give him another chance if doesn’t give up many runs against this line-up. Unfortunately, I see Baek going back to AAA.
Let’s see Weaver induce a groundball DP here.
Honestly, I think Weaver and Baek are a wash right now, in terms of ability to get major league hitters out. Pick your poison.
RUN THROUGH THE BAG! Argh.
Looked out to me. Another homer BS call.
Preemptive “He is who we thought he was!”
Cabrera never touched first, and Broussard beat him anyway. Terrible call by the umpire.
Oh! He’s out! He stepped on Broussard’s glove! Horrible call.
AWFUL CALL!
F-ck Weaver, if you can’t pitch, at least you can cover first.
HD ump says OUT.
God, that’s an awful call
Dave,
I think Broussard never had his balance, and that’s why he dove. He couldn’t get up and get the motor going to run through the bag.
Weaver rolled his ankle there too.
Mike Reilly thinks that call is terrible.
“He likes it middle of the plate…”
I’m glad they needed a hot box to know that.
God I love his grit and determination.
Yay Willie!
Cue strangled noises from throat in 3..2..1..
IM NOT WATCHING ANYMORE!!!!! Stop Weaver aaaaahhhh!
to quote Lauren, token chick: “AGHH! FUCK!!”
Good job Will-Blo.
…. and that last play brought to you by Grover, the idiot that gave Beltre a day off today and not Sexson.
Is there anything Willie doesn’t suck at?
Back to back fielding screwups.
A Willie dance at third.
Two bad news bears plays?
uh… brown-nosing?
Jeter gets a hit for that? That’s a fielder’s choice. Hometown scorekeeper!
nice strange DP!
This inning is sponsored by slip and slide.
Nobody covering the third base bag. Who screwed that up?
OK…. this is officially one of the most terrible half-innings I’ve ever seen.
If they don’t Willie out of there….
156: Totally. That’s an FC. No way around it.
Bad Baserunning trumps bad fielding.
As Dave said last night:
At least it’s Willie Ballgame out there sliding around, risking injury. I’d rather have him do all that running and banging around than risk Beltre’s hamstrings.
all i can do is laugh at this point
Nice popup.
Cy Weaver gets out of the jam!
Should have been FC with E1 or E5?
Good pitch by Weaver? He hung a slider that A-Rod missed.
Results based analysis is for idiots.
All Willie, all the time.
Wow. That was loony, and we got out of it as well as could reasonably be expected.
GO WEAVER!
Bases loaded, none out, give up one run. That’s not bad. The M’s dodged a bullet there.
Weaver so far: 3 IP, 1 R.
I’ll take it.
wow, only 1 run while having the based loaded with no outs
Yankess WE: 62%
Anyone got a calculation on Weaver’s current ERA. I think it’s dropped about 3 runs.
Lets see if we can get the bats going and the pitch count up in this inning.
Chances the Yankees make the playoffs this year? I’m giving it 10%.
No kidding. Weaver plus bad fielding = only down one run? Better than I dared hope. Now the lineup has to take more pitches so we can get into another Duel of the Questionable Bullpens.
174: I’ll take it, but by all rights it should be a lot worse. Weaver’s not making good pitches and the M’s have made some fielding miscues. They’re not playing well, they’re just getting away with it.
Weaver’s official ERA is now 15.07, dropping more than 3 runs… in 3 innings.
BOOO BONDS
177: Weaver’s ERA: 15.07
I hate this cutaway for Barry Bonds at-bat. That’s crap. I want to watch the game I’m watching, y’know?
Are we going to have to watch every Bonds at bat today?
Why are they doing this split screen stuff? This is bullshit. They’re intentionally walking him. We don’t need to see this.
A-Rod give McCarver and Buck a reach around before the game or what?
We have to watch Bonds get an IBB? Really?
I’m so glad they broke away so I could watch an intentional walk.
Aren’t we going to get enough Bonds cut-ins later this year. Do we really need one when he is still 12 homers away?
I am sooo glad that Fox cut away to show Bonds get intentionally walked. Gawd that was exciting.
#189:
Wait ’till he gets within 2 or 3; they’ll have cutaways to him going to the crapper.
193: Just further reminder that a horrible, horrible day in the history of this sport is fast approaching.
Yankees are on an unbelievable bad luck streak in terms of pitcher injuries.
I’ve never seen anything quite like it.
They need more than that, the offense other than Bonds is baaaad.
I know its been said, but allow me to echo: Fangraphs is way cool.
Well, I’d love to see cut-aways of him shooting up…
Brandon (169), I believe you can have a FC without an out or an error, just like that.
And why the hell are they interviewing Rosenthal in the stands about Hank Aaron’s not wanting to show up, all while the game’s going on.
Seriously Fox, put away the boner for Balco Boy already.
I must prepare myself for the grit that this AB will surely produce.
That was a gritty groundout by wonderful Willie.
Fangraph for last night’s game was pretty cool.
Joser, if I didn’t care about my marriage, I’d print and post all 162 Ms games on my bedroom wall
Many unneeded crappy graphics, useless Bonds coverage, awful Yankee biased commentating brought to you by Fox!
Anti steriod commercial 5 min. after cutting away to Barry Bonds 12 HRs away from the record? Wbhich do you think is a better indorsement?
Yankees WE: 68% and climbing. C’mon ooofense.
89MPH is now a blistering FB.
Can you really blister in a 89 MPH fastball? Joe Buck thinks you can.
Watching Weaver trying to go inside on left handed batters is painful. Somebody’s going to crank one into the seats on him before this game’s over.
208/9: Well, to be fair, 89 is a blistering fastball in your local rec league.
Why should the Red Sox bother to pay Roger Clemens? They already have a surplus of starters. They don’t need him.
These FOX commentators make Dave N. look lucid. Think I’ll be switching to the radio now….
Do they know this is no longer the pre-game show and they in fact can talk about the baseball game going on below them.
Looks like Weaver’s earned another start
McCarver is such an idiot. Why would you “pick the best team in Spring Training and affect the entire season” when you could just wait until the middle of the season and cut the risk of missing the postseason in half? Or maybe even more? Why work the whole season when you can work half and get the same effect with more certainty.
The “What will Roger Clemens do this season?” show will return right after these messages.
This game is a good reminder of why I don’t watch baseball games on Fox. They’re too busy fawning over Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens to actually pay attention to the game that they’re supposed to be covering.
Saturday Fox baseball – catering to the least common denominator of the fan population.
4 IP, 1 R.
212: So the Yankees don’t sign him. Seriously. They appear to make decisions like that.
220: which of course means that Roger Clemens is gonna make $25 million for 4 months of work.
Hold on, FOX; I think you’ve got a little dripping to the right of your mouth.
Wow, that was an absolutely insightful interview with Torre.
okay, Gameday Auio with the TV on mute.
Hey Buck, I think you missed the balls, go down a little farther on Torre!
Thank you for saying “perfect game” there.
this might not work for me, the timing is off.
For once I’m happy about announcers talking about a perfect game. Though judging by that graphic, the Yankees aren’t due until 2010.
Gahhh… the superstition is that it’s bad luck to mention a no-no to the pitcher… many sportscasters play along, many don’t…
Dude! You’re getting no-hit by Chen Min-Wang! This sucks, Butthead.
Wang does not look like that strong a pitcher. Yet we can’t seem to lay a glove on him.
Can’t wait to hear the in-game pearls of wisdom from Hargrove…
The trouble with switching to radio coverage is that the radio runs about 1-2 seconds ahead of the TV. So you either have to switch over to radio entirely, or live with a sort of time-warp happening between your ears and eyes.
232 – Yeah, I gave up.
I love that Hargrove used “discombobulated”.
233 – So did I. Too bad they don’t synchronize these things.
Guillen scares me in right a little, but it works.
My strategy for listening to the radio while watching TV is to primarily listen to the radio, knowing that I can look over at the TV if something worth seeing is happening.
Dude. Who are you and what did you do with Jeff Weaver?
How crazy would that be, Weaver gives up 1 run and still loses.
#238 – He’s still letting up a fair amount of line drives. It’s just that more line drives are finding gloves in this start.
He’s getting Meched.
Let him keep him.
One run in five innings is pretty good, no matter how you look at it.
Yeah, you’re right. It’s just been so weird to see Jeff Weaver getting outs.
It’s certainly distracted our hitters, that’s for sure.
Here is a “power finger” to you McCarver!
Okay, so Wang’s pitching with a pretty serious finger injury. Why do we find out about this in the sixth inning? One would think that a competent broadcast team would find a way to talk about this in, say, the second.
Actually they did mention the finger early on.
246- Talked about it in the first, he has a fake fingernail on top of it.
Seriously, that Arod play was not as good as they are trying to make it out to be. Either that or watching Beltre every day has just numbed me to really good plays at 3rd.
I missed the first. Okay. Never mind me then.
Lopez is going to break this up right here…
Lopez is going to jack this one.
Have they trotted out the “bats are all tired out” bromide yet?
DMZ: I just got that question from my wife, the non-baseball fan.
241: Nice.
229: During the recent no-no by Mark Beuhrle I was able to listen to the White Sox broadcast (I was driving to Michigan and at night you can pull in St. Louis, Cleveland, etc. . .) and not once did they mention that he had a no-no. They did say that Rangers’ line score was 0-0-0 but they definitely didn’t say anything about a no-hitter. All I cared about was that the WS were up by 5 on the Rangers.
I was flipping around the stations that night trying to find out what the hell happened to King Felix and happened to find ESPN out of Chicago and they mentioned that Beuhrle was going into the 9th with a no-no. Naturally, I switched over to that game and caught the end. I love that as early as the third inning Beuhrle was walking around the dugout saying “you know I have a no-hitter right now”.
:Fall ball:
Yankee fans: yeeEAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!
of course I meant foul and not fall…dur
What just happened to Lopez on that play? I saw him go down in a heap. It almost looked like he got tripped.
258- He isn’t a Yankee so we won’t know for a few innings.
Is it possible to jinx an opponent’s perfect game?
Let’s be sure to mention the PERFECT GAME in every post we make.
If Beltre is where he should be that’s an out.
Beltre makes that play in his sleep, of course he is possibly the best in baseball at it.
The myth of Bloomquist’s defense takes another hit… aaaand remains intact.
We are going to try, GO WANG PERFECT GAME!
Who is worse? Tim McCarver or Joe Morgan?
I think they’re actively attacking Willie here, otherwise why not let Abreu swing away against Weaver?
Ah. Here comes Weaver’s implosion…
Wheels, off!
Fire up that bullpen Grov.
Re: “discombobulated”: I imagine Hargrove heard that word a lot while growing up. Parent-teacher conferences, coaches, dates…
OK, he made it through 5. Stop the bleeding before it starts!
Heeess Baaack!!!
See 133…
take your time, Raffy.
Too bad they can’t bring in Mateo for the double-play here.
#266
McCarver
Someone please tell my kids to NOT give me a pink bat for Mother’s Day.
thank you.
Willie’s fumbling attempts at fielding that bunt was like a gawky teenager trying to get his girlfriend’s bra off. Bases loaded, no outs.
I seem to remember talk of a Boone-for-Wang trade back in ‘04 when the Yankees had traded Soriano for ARod and didn’t have an all-star 2nd baseman. That was the year before Boone had fallen off the cliff (though he was obviously teetering if you were paying attention) and got released. I recall being totally in favor of the idea, but was that just wishful thinking at the time? It wasn’t obvious Wang was as good as he is (though his groundball tendencies were already apparent) and Boone was still “Boone.”
haha kerplunk
EVIL WEAVER IS BACK NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
ugh.
Sweet toss Jeff!
There’s the Jeff Weaver I know…
that’s going right after them
Yankees WE: 93%
Weaver regressing to his true mean.
Here comes an 8 run inning for the Yankees.
#282 – I think Evil Weaver was waiting in the wings all along. In the first five innings, Evil Weaver was replaced by Lucky Weaver.
OK I’ve seen enough. Just release Weaver after the game please.
Marbledog, isn’t it a given that if you have kids they’re not going to be getting you anything that qualifies as “lingerie”? Granny gear, sure….
Uh, is this Weaver “eating the inning”?
Ha! Weaver couldn’t strike out half the people in this blog right now!
clutch strikeout!
But for Giambi the score would be 5-0
Buck and McCarver make my head hurt, by far the worst announcers in the game.
I know I’m late to the party, but…
How could you not know who Jason Patric is? The star of one of the greatest 80s movies of all time, The Lost Boys?
How much rope does Weaver have?
294, that’s true, because he’d probsably walk 75% of us.
Weaver’s just strategically messing with Wang’s timing and pace. Clever bastard.
299- Hopefully 13 knots worth.
stupid Fox blackout, gameday shows Weaver getting squeezed. How’s he pitching?
Like batting practice…
299 – enough rope to hang that pitch to Jeter.
When I said “6 runs in 6 innings would be a good outing” I was, you know, kinda kidding.
So, does Weaver still have his job in the rotation?
6 runs in 5 2/3 innings doesn’t cut it.
Bye Weaver.
299: I’m not sure that’s appropriate to joke about
Hopefully that was the last pitch he’ll throw in an M’s uniform.
joser, I said “pink BAT”!! Like the ones they’re advertising.
Although, I guess if you got really creative you might figure out how a bat could double as lingerie.
Those pink bats just make me want to barf.
Just posted a link updating the Mateo situation over in that thread. (It’s not looking good, and they’re still looking for him, apparently).
I bet they point to the first 5 innings as a sign that he is “coming around”. I think he probably just earned at least 1-2 more starts.
306: it could be 8 runs in 5 2/3 innings.
That double was his 108th pitch. Why was he still in the game after walking Melky on 4 pitches?
297: You’ve obviously never listened to a Chicago White Sox game.
You kidding? They’ll look at the first five innings and figure there’s something there to work with.
I really do feel sorry for Wang, having to sit all this time…
glad i’m wrong!
Not that it excuses Weaver’s pitching, but it’s not too hard to imagine Weaver getting out of the inning with less damage if Beltre had been out there to keep Abreu from bunting for a hit. But that’s more a statement about how important defense can be than it is a statement about how we should evaluate pitchers.
Mhmm..How can a team score 15 runs one night and not even get a FRIGGIN HIT the next?? A
T least one positive is that Weaver will never be seen starting again. Without his starts, we could be 6 games over .500!!!!
perfectgameperfectgameperfectgame
What?
The ignitor will break the perfect game!!!
I normally would be pissed off that it took me 6 innings to figure out that the reason mlb.tv had the game blacked out in Virginia was due to it being on FOX.
But now that I turn on the game and see we’re playing our part in a perfect game…ugh. Come on, guys, get a hit! Then we can think about that whole contending thing DMZ talked about earlier today.
That was a gritting swing at a 1-0 ball against a guy throwing a perfect game.
PERFECT GAME!
Dammit, I thought that breaks them up!
311 – if he hit his wife in the face causing her a hospital visit and stitches he needs to be incarcerated and his MLB career should be over.
Ignition failure
Why was WFB allowed to hit down 6 runs in the seventh?
WALK WALK WALK!!
Hit this nice juicy 3-1 pitch Rauuuuuul!!
At least could somebody take a walk. That was bloody low and in!
Perfect game!
FYI, WE=99%
301. Very nice.
I love how the announcers are just watching the game. That’s awesome.
Well, Ibanez tried his hardest for that walk…
Thats at least two people who have swung at ball 4.
Willie’s quite the team leader, ain’t he? Got Raul swinging just like he does.
OK, I have to give some credit to Buck and McCarver there: they weren’t nattering away through that at-bat, they just shut up and let the drama of the moment take care of itself.
Is it just me, or was it nice that they shut up during those last couple of pitches and let the crowd reaction carry the game?
…or was I just glad to have those FOX monkeys not talking, whatever the excuse?
Dear Yankee fans,
You may have a perfect game going through seven innings, but your team is still in last place, six and a half behind the Red Sox.
Thanks to the perfecto, the Fox boys shut up during that last AB. I expect they’ll do a lot more of that in the 8th, too. Nice fringe bennie.
68: That’s already a third of our lineup gone.
Odds of retiring 6 straight batters if we assume they each have the same chance of making an out (1-OBP):
OBP — Odds of 6 straight outs
.100 — 53%
.150 — 38%
.200 — 26%
.250 — 18%
.300 — 12%
.350 — 8%
Yankees,
You only got 6 runs on 5 2/3 innings off Weaver, you are only half as good as the Royals and Rangers among other teams.
Jesus…. Ibanez swung at ball four… only this team… ONLY THIS TEAM….
That’s what you get for throwing at our main guy’s head yesterday.
345: Nice. I like that.
Well, I’ll be honest: the last out of the 8th inning is where I start cheering for the pitcher trying to get the perfect game. Yes, even if it’s the Yankees. And even if it’s against the M’s. The rarity trumps everything else. I’d be the same way if somebody was coming to bat with the opportunity to set the record for most HRs in a game, or something like that.
344: Actual chance of Wang retiring the last six in a row: 100%
we can remian one out of first with a Ana loss
Hello, everyone. New here and loving the fact that it is during a game being announced by the two worst in baseball and the M’s have a PERFECT GAME being thrown against them… ugh. Oh well… can’t be accused of jumping on the bandwagon!
I believe that when you die and go to hell, you will have to ride in a car for eternity with Tim McCarver explaining stuff to you.
Cheering for the Yankees for any reason is a sin. You better be ready to pay some serious penance.
Mr. Buck,
How does pinch running for a designated hitter add to a team’s defense?
353: While Yoko Ono songs are played on continuous loop on the radio. With Teddy Kennedy driving.
353 Gets my vote for comment of the year so far… That is great.
WE: 100%
This is almost identical to how last inning started!
Derby is on if anyone needs a break from the torture.
There is no way I can switch to hoping for the perfect game, if it was any other team sure. But against the Yankees, even if it is 2 outs in the 9th, I don’t think I will be able to bring myself to hope for it.
Who is the last Mariner pitcher to go 0-6 in his first 6 starts? Anybody know? Was there ever a pitcher that bad? I know Fassero had a horrible start one year, but i don’t think he had losses in his first 6.
Whoops 0-5 rather
I’m just not seein’ $14 million for this Sexson guy.
Weaver’s ERA back up over 15.00 again after this game; anyone think he’ll get another start?
Yes, Ben. Thank you.
woot!
BEN BROUSSARD!!!
Broussard on the other hand….
Just release Sexson now.
Ben should have his job.
THE BRUISER!! YES!!! PUT HIM IN FOR SEXSON FROM NOW ON!!! HE’S MY HEROOOOOO
Broussard! Take your perfect game, no-hitter, and shutout, and stick it!
BB!
BROUSSARD!
I’m so buying his CD now.
*clap for Wang*
THANK GOD
Nice way to break up a perfect game. That looked like a total meatball over the plate.
How’d Wang get this far with stuff like that?
Well, Yankee or not, that’s quite an accomplishment for a ground-ball pitcher. Wouldn’t you know it was a fly ball that did him in?
Well, that’s the end of that dilemma. No pennance required. Thank you Mr. Broussard.
And another one, pasta-diving-Jeter. Who turned on the kyrponite?
thank God f
You can thank me for breaking up the perfect game — I got up for piss for the first time and when I came back the wife was pointing to the TV. I apologize for not drinking more.
thank God for Ben. I’m following the game at work and I was about to waste precious work hours doing research into into what the MLB record was from most hits by a team in one game, with a perfect game tossed agsaint them in the following match-up. so, I guess I should put forth my attention to work instead. thanks for nothing Ben!
seriously, when did Joe Blanton get signed by the Yankees?
381- I will take the credit, I was winning 36 bucks on the Kentucky Derby so I missed it.
Actually it was First Cous, the official good luck cat. She specializes in Seahawks games but she jumped on my lap two pitches before the homerun.
JESUS CHRIST SHUT THESE IDIOTS UP.
“Since everything was better back when I played, they should make these fag pitchers throw 250 pitches every day, and make ‘em play without a cup while they’re at it.”
362
If I had to guess I would say Mike Parrott. I used to play Statis Pro Baseball when I was a kid and Mike Parrott was horrible.
Could also be Brossard getting consistent AB’s and is proving he is much better then Sexson.
35- We are glad you were wrong about Brossard.
Well, here’s a bright spot: I’m watching the game!
Luckily the White Sox v. Angles game ended before this one. My first of the year!
Yes, the Midwest sucks.
Well, that didn’t last long.
well, apparently I missed a few things between 8:30 and 3:30 …
We can’t get a replay of the HR??
The Yankees beat the worst pitcher in baseball lets not all get to excited Fox!
Over at NYYfans.com they’re probably voting Yankee “Team Hero” at this very moment…
useless factoid of the day — Jason is the son of semi-pretentious playright/actor (Father Damien in the Exorcist) Jason Miller & the daughter of Jackie Gleason.
In 10m, you can tune into the A’s-Devil Rays game to see
CHRIS SNELLING, CENTER FIELDER
That is not a joke.
well, if you have one of those fancy baseball packages, you can. feh.
wait a minute, wha-wha-whaaaa?
Doyle’s now a *gak* Athletic? its tough to now be forced to have complete idemnity for the guy, but I guess I’ll now have to….
Yes. Try to keep up.
dammit dammit dammit.
I just saw the screen capture posted on the main page.
dammit.
Go Doyle. As long as your team isn’t playing the M’s, or threatening them in the standings, go right ahead and have a 4XBH day.
On the post-game show, Grover just said Mateo has been optioned because they don’t know how long until he’s available and they need arms in the pen.
399: ah, the luxury of being a prick on your own blog…
Wait, Jason Patric is Jackie Gleason’s daughter?
What is it with all these posters being jerks???
403: I seriously hope that was supposed to read as sarcasm. If not, then get bent.
There are so many new posters this season, and it appears that many of them haven’t gotten their GED yet.
wow! what an actor!!!!!
LOL SLICKY SAID PRICK OMG WTF!!!111
Teh funny.
Jeez, I just started commenting off and on here a week ago or something. Even I’m not that dense (and I’m a Yankees fan).
My apologies for Jeff Weaver.
I think the word you’re looking for is enmity.
Personality cults aren’t my thing but I gotta admit that Snelling is making it harder and harder for Vidro to defy all sabermetric probabilities and end up being worth 5-6 million dollars more than Snelling.
He looked really good today, too. Worked counts, ran like hell even though it scares me to see him take off running out grounders — and it pays off, he got an infield single today that way.