Game 50, Rangers at Mariners
Dave · May 31, 2007 at 7:07 pm · Filed Under Mariners
Padilla vs Baek, 7:05 pm.
Finally back at Safeco Field and facing a pretty lousy Rangers team.
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(sorry, I suppose I should have said something substantive on the first comment, but really, what’s there to say?)
OK: I predict a Mariners win. 5-2. Baek goes 7 2/3. Padilla goes 5 1/3.
marbledog, your enthusiasm more than makes up for your lack of content.
Note: This only applies to post #1; you’ll be held to higher standards from this point onward.
So, does that mean I’m off the hook for my prediction in #3?
Uh … Cha? When your stuff isn’t very good, could you at least please work DOWN in the zone?
Baek is allergic to the first inning.
Yeah, and that’s what they said about Pineiro, too.
Yeah, I won’t hold your feet to the fire on that one. But you caught me in a good mood.
Sammy Sosa and Craig Biggio … a strong commissioner would kick them out of baseball, because they’re holding their weak teams hostage to artificial milestones and making the concept of winning ballgames irrelevant.
A strong commissioner would also ban Clemens for life for the circus he makes baseball every year.
Also, he’d move baseball coverage to Versus, because it has such a great logo.
Pineiro had an everchanging array of allergies.
Make it 24.
Speaking of artificial milestones. (Isn’t that what baseball is all about?)
F-NK STR–K!!!
—- —–!!!
Neither Biggio or Sosa can play major league baseball. They’re making a joke of the game. Lots of us who can’t really play would love to suit up for a team and take a few hacks at the plate and stand around with a glove. But we don’t get to … why should they?
Come on. Ichiro’s streak is, honestly, at five games. That KC hit was a bad call by the official scorer.
So, when is everyone going to realize there’s a game tonight? I mean, here’s the conversation in our house:
dw: Game’s on.
Mrs. dw: There’s a game tonight?
dw: Yeah. Four game series vs. the Rangers.
Mrs. dw: You sure?
(turns on TV, discovers M’s on)
dw: Let it be known that at least once in our marriage I am right.
Mrs. dw: (rolls eyes forever)
The Rangers didn’t have to give Sosa a roster spot. They chose to. That’s their decision.
Because they put asses in seats.
I’m a pretty negative guy normally, but you’re taking it over the top, dude.
Same as with the umpire: it is not anything until the scorer calls it.
#17
oh well… 32 more..i believe
#18: Sounds like an outtake from “Roseanne.” Do you also have three bratty kids and an irritating sister-in-law?
OK, here’s the current
89ersRedhawks roster. Tell me which OF you’d rather have over Sosa.And before you say Wilkerson, just know he has an .824 OPS in AAA.
Dang, T.J. You’re in another mood tonight! I say huzzah for moody men, who at least move society away from overused on-the-rag cliches.
Why are they sending the runner here? That seems like a terribly good set up for the stike em out throw em out double play.
Also Rizzs is obsessed with the pitcher’s rhythm and speed. I think he thinks thats more important than his stuff.
Comment by Sims on the radio “The Bolshoi will not be calling this guy soon”
Injury Delay?
18 – dw, you’re gonna pay for being right, you know. Big time.
Just to give DMZ a chance to plug the book, I’d have to say A-Rod was out of bounds last night.
I’m here to entertain.
But I took a Midol, so I’ll be more bland and dull soon.
No way. A-Rod was well within the rules. I say the Blue Jays were just poorly drilled on infield popups.
33- A-Rod was obivously within the rules, but not the “unwritten” rules we hear so much about. Has anyone ever seen this happen before?
Midol? Isn’t that for…I must be thinking of something else.
Why is the stadium so empty? Beautiful day, division rivals…
How could Richie blow an inning-killing GIDP opportunity like that? Sheesh.
#34: Unwritten rules are ridiculous. Like the one that says that it was wrong for Ben Davis to bunt in the eighth innings to break up Curt Schilling’s no-hitter. What a load of wet, runny, steaming crap.
This game is going to last five hours.
What happened with A-Rod last night?
Would you say that Padilla is pulling a Weaver?
WHAT is with all the gratuitous shots of the fans? did fsn just buy a new hd camera and feel like playing with it? i’ve seen more fans than players so far!
Ramon Vasquez???? HAH!
42 – Which is hard to do when there are more players at the stadium than fans.
Padilla is basically a Baek who was lucky enough to “win” 15 games when money was getting tossed around wildly.
#34. Blowers said earlier that it had never happened to him.
Padilla up to 40+ pitches in the 1st? Will he last 2 innings?
43 pitches in the first. Wow.
Nine batters, three runs. That’s the bare minimum number of runs expected from nine batters.
47- I hope so.
Yuni!
49- Glad someone else noticed. We should have gotten more.
49 – not neccisarly.
And some say he peaked at 24.
op, nevermind.
That was vintage Betancourt.
LOL CY BaeKK 1-2-3 in 9 pitches. Back to batting practice.
This is the emptiest I can remeber the Safe being. Maybe this will bet the owners attention, and they will get rid of Bavasi at last.
You know, I really like Cha Seung. I like him, because he always looks like he’s really worried, and that’s endearing.
After all, how can opposing batters hope to rattle a guy who already looks like Elijah Dukes just left him a voice mail?
Jim, you’ve seemed pretty grumpy for the last couple of months man.
It’s just my minor-league George Carlin shtick.
Jim, have you tried decaffienated coffee?
it seems like the patience always goes away after the first inning, has anyone else noticed that or am I just making things up?
Great play by the fan.
Why would someone who brought his glove to the game be sitting in an area surrounded b¥ empty seats? Maybe he has looked at Ranger tendencies.
Trivia: Who was the last Mariner to hit an inside the park grand slam?
Dan Wilson.
dan wilson?
correct
you guys are good
Beltre is awesome. I don’t care what his batting average is.
How many dead ex-Mariners can you name?
I wear Adrian Beltre PJ’s to bed.
Hasn’t Beltre noticed his PJs are missing?
Padilla looks like a slightly uglier version of Julio Mateo.
And he wants his thongs back, too.
I am keeping the banana hammocks, they are very musky.
Nice poke by Ibanez, but he is still old and I would like to see Adam Jones.
Raul, showing the steaming remains of his speed.
72- Darrell Johnson , the M’s first manager, died in 2004
Johjima showing that he can run faster than Sexson and Vidro.
I never want to hear the words “banana hammock” and “poke” in the same post again.
Lopez tagged that curveball. Nice swing.
Also: Russ Swan, Rick Anderson, Rod Scurry, Larry Cox, Al Cowens, Joe Decker, Ivan Calderon.
As they say on the Warner Brothers cartoons: Padilla, Padilla, Padilla … that’s all, folks!
Maybe Weaver would look like a good acquisition to the Rangers right now.
Geez, one more run and my prediction goes out the window.
Also, regarding Thom/Jim and his moods: it’s a full moon.
84. Line of the night.
Sorry Marbledog.
Vidro’s gonna be giving Ichiro! some lip when they all return to the dugout for ruining his Double Play.
Is Thom Jimson the evil alter ego of Jim Thomson?
How embarrasing to strike out on a night like this.
I try not to root for failure, but man, Vidro’s killin’ me.
Is Thom Jimson the evil alter ego of Jim Thomson?
I sure hope so! I’d hate to think there are actually two of them…
This almost isn’t fun to watch, but after that Angels series I need them to do this to bring back some hope.
“Padilla is really mad at him self and throws the bat down” Good one Dave.
No, but Thom Jimsen is the evil alter ego of Jim Thomsen.
it is pretty quiet tonight — I at least have the excuse of some pressing after-work beer (Big Time Bagwhan) and nachos. Apparently, though, I can still manage angle brackets, so not too much beer.
1. Texas is bad.
2. Blowers needs to work more innings with Niehaus.
3. Alex’ “hah” maneuver sounds more like something some like Li’l Joey would resort to– which is just a little bush if you are a power-hitting All-Star.
I asked because Jim seems to have positive, interesting, incisive analysis, whereas Thom seems to trade in gloom.
Trivia: Who is the last major league player to have 6 hits in a 9-inning game?
Baek, you just earned my man crush love.
96. I too had my share of Big Time Bahwhan tonight. No nachos though.
For a guy who supposedly does not have a strikeout pitch, so far this year in the majors Baek has a 3/1 strikeout to bb ration: how is he doing this?
Jim Thomsen posts before work from home whilst sprawled on his couch and sipping a cool and refreshing Smirnoff Ice.
Thom Jimsen posts from work, where nonstop deadlines breathe down his neck like a drooling Weimeraner.
98. Roy Hobbs
Didn’t Jose Reyes do it?
102. Glad you straightened that out. It explains everything.
Thom Jimsen’s deadlines would look as bad if…. oh, nevermind, you make me laugh.
98 – Raul
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/6_hits_1_game.shtml
do they have Weimeraners in Bremerton?
Huh. I thought Thom Jimsen was Jim Thomsen after the day’s meds wore off.
Thom just a suggestion, don’t admit you drink Smirnoff Ice in public. Next time try Coors, whiskey, something not Smirnoff Ice or Zima.
Ummm crap, its 5-7.
Trying Ubuntu on this older laptop. ‘Salright. Could do without the brown on brown color scheme, tho.
Giving the opposition a free baserunner in “retaliation” for an unintentional HBP is so stupid…
didn’t we see this game yesterday?
interesting to see just how many guys got 6 hits in 2004 —
111 – It’s 94’s Fault
I blame 94 also…
I loved the SNL skit where it was the 90’s and Lorne Michaels was kicked back drinking a Zima.
So is it slow due to people watching LeBron and the Cavs tring to take a 3-2 lead over the Pistons in the Eastern Conference Championship?
I’m just old enough not to care how my choices appear to other people. It’s great to be freed of that needless burden. I like the taste of Smirnoff Ice. Therefore, I imbibe. Its cultural cachet concerns me not a whit.
I can’t wait for full-fledged curmudgeondom.
Cha Seung “you could have saved 8.5 million even though I allowed five runs in one inning” Baek
DW it’s pretty easy to make it look better. That’s one of the first things I do, after getting all the codec stuff straightened out. Then I went wussy and got a Mac.
For those of you confused by comment 102, here is a link:
http://www.weimclubamerica.org/
119- I like it, its catchy.
the b-ball game was on at the Bigtime in that wacky new HD, and it was just a little freaky to sit all the way across the room and see individual beads of sweat on brow, not to mention the scary reverse soul-patch on Drew Gooden.
114 – yeah, weird huh?
120 – Went wussy or got smart?
i tune over to the freaking basketball game and its 7-5? what happened? btw bron bron became a man tonight. singlehandely winning it for the cavs right now…
I love my macbook, so maybe it was getting smart.
I’m not advocating that Richie might have good luck against anyone… but 0 for 9 certainly seems like a small sample size. It seems wierd when they put the small sample size stats on TV, but making decisions with them?
Unless that airball with 6.6 and a chance to put them away comes back to haunt them.
Even more embarrasing to strike out when the FSN tracker shows none of the pitches were in the strike zone.
119 – How about Sean Green on 05-23-2002
6 for 6, 1 double, 4 HR
Bron Bron also missed two free throughs that would have won it in regulation, so he’s not perfect.
My dad when he turnes around. “7-5?”
Sexson just refuses to get his BA for the year over .200, doesn’t he?
turns*
Two free throws even. See I’m not smart, even with the macbook.
I might get a MacBook next time out. I like the Mac-only productivity software options (Quicksilver, e.g.)
I’m only using this old beast because the main laptop is back at Gateway getting the power adapter port fixed.
136 – They are only machines, you can’t expect a miricle.
Ichiro would have caught that.
I haven’t used windows since college (2001).
The lack of speed in the corner outfield positions is starting to bug me.
139 – Maybe we should put him in RF and CF…
I am not sure if I even know how anymore.
Geez, Sosa. Be a little subtle. What a freaking HR whore.
Quicksilver is seriously all kinds of great. Any time I talk to someone that uses a mac that doesn’t quicksilver I have to explain to them how something so simple can be as great as it really is.
If you have a Mac, and don’t use quicksilver, download it now.
Talk about being fooled. Whew! Sosa looked BAD.
That’s almost as bad as being fooled into signing Crazy Weaver for ungodly amounts of money for a long time.
101- It helps out when you face Strikeout Sammy.
That KC hit was a bad call by the official scorer.
If I recall correctly, Ichiro got another hit later in that game that was legit by any standard.
And don’t forget Joe DiMaggio had the benefit of couple of questionable calls during his streak.
144-
You want subtle? I don’t recall anyone complaining about Bret Boone’s bat toss when he hit homers…in fact, wasn’t it the basis of one of the Mariner commercials?
Complaining about *anyone* being a HR whore when a former Mariner was one of the worst offenders is pretty hypocritical to me.
So, tell me more about this “quicksilver” you speak of.
Quicksilver is a killer app. It baffles me why no one has tried to port it to XP, or at least attempt a Windows clone.
I like GarageBand a lot, too. I used it to write a theme song for work’s podcast in about 30 minutes.
I used to be covetous of iCal, but now I use Google Calendar instead.
Sounds cool, I found it online and downloaded it, I’ll have to try it out.
I am a graphic designer so the mac thing is kinda industry standard.
Boone didn’t swing from the heels at any and every pitch.
interesting note today that Raul has had a bad shoulder that was kept in-house
btw, going back earlier today to do some poking around in the older Seattle papers? I really really really am happy that Geoff Baker is now the Times beat reporter.
There are always dubious calls in any hitting streak. When Molitor had a streak that ran into the 40s in the 80s, in one game his only hit was a single to right where Ivan Calderon got an awful jump and then declined to leave his feet for a ball that bounced no more than 3 feet in front of him.
What did Calderon die of?
Sosa wouldn’t be approaching 600 HRs if he swung ‘from the heels at any and every pitch’.
Please keep the rhetoric to a minimum. Thank you.
Beginner’s guide to quicksilver.
It’s a great application launcher and soooooo much more.
Calderon was murdered.
I complained about Boone’s bat flip every single time he did it. And the commercial in which he did it to death. I thought it was arrogant and showboatish and stupid. I only stopped complaining about it in those last few months when he would do it only to realize the ball wasn’t actually going out. Then I was laughing too much to bitch.
Hey, I’m back (I went to see Marley/Kenyon @ Third Place Books after all) —
If you read the Cheater’s Guide blog, you’ll see that what A-Rod did was clearly illegal, and a smart play. Arguing that it’s within the rules betrays an ignorance of the rules.
145. I just went to quicksilver.com and found only games. Where do you get this killer app?
156- Or corked bats…
#158
Thanks
LOIZA, Puerto Rico — Former major league baseball player Ivan Calderon was shot to death Saturday. He was 41.
Witnesses said Calderon was in a store when two people entered and, without a word, shot the former outfielder multiple times in the back, said police Sgt. Maribel Arzuaga.
Dec. 27, 2003, by the way.
160-
If this had been anyone else on the yankees, it wouldn’t even be a story…but since it’s Arod, and he’s a lightning rod for scrutinity, he gets hammered for it.
How do the Jays’ infielders not know what their teammates sound like?
Also, if this had been Jeter, he’d being praised as ‘being a leader’ and doing ‘whatever it takes’ to win a game and snap the losing streak.
Did we just get asked to look up infield hits by the announcer? Is ussmariner “some website”?
http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/
If A-Rod complained about someone doing it to him, the story would be about how much of a whiney bastard A-Rod is. He can’t win.
What did Calderon die of?
Five bullets to the head.
I just went to quicksilver.com and found only games. Where do you get this killer app?
See, this is why we don’t let Mac users out on teh intraweb. (I keed, I keed).
Is this about ARod and that blonde he was seen with in a hotel that the Yankees weren’t staying at in Toronto? They have rules about that now?
#164 and 165
Probably pitchers still angry over watching Calderon loaf around the outfield and thus stab them in the back.
DMZ, not that I doubt you, but … if what A-Rod did was “clearly illegal,” why isn’t MLB handling it accordingly, do you think?
IIRC, McDonald was recently up from AAA …
so the O’s will be coming in on the first real hot streak of their season? swell.
oh, btw, if you run into Kevin Millwood’s dad at Safeco this weekend, he’s a really affable fellow.
I expect it’s like a lot of things: it’s up the umps to catch it at the time. If they don’t, that’s it. They don’t retroactively retract calls, make calls, or change the outcome of the game.
They don’t overrule umpire decisions on the field after the fact. Pretty much… ever. On something like this, there’s just no way. Umps blew it.
Okay, I know I sound like an annoying 5-year-old, but why are clearly wrong umpiring decisions allowed to stand?
I think it is the (irritating) answer that you usually give an annoying 5 year old:
“because I said so”
Why doesn’t baseball use video review on home run calls and other game-outcome-determining plays?
Same answer, pretty much.
I have this strange feeling that Raul Ibanez will wind up his season with something like 3 HRs and 86 RBIs.
Or, the MLB equivalent: because that’s how we’ve always done it.
But seriously, what sport changes blown calls after the game is over?
by the way, nice yammering yesterday, Derek.
I think they don’t want to undermine their umps.
Because if they started overruling umps you would never get the damn season over with. Pretty much every game would have to be arbitrated.
Hey, thanks!
And the time factor has something to do with it as well. The games are pretty long already. How long do they want to stand around discussing calls and watching replays?
What do they care about time? They just show more ads in the broadcasts like the NFL, bam, more revenue, everyone’s happy. If they wanted games to be shorter they’d shorten the commercial breaks.
Besides, if it were that much of an issue, Toronto would have immediately declared a protest and the review committee would look at the situation. Still, I doubt they’d overturn an ump’s call when there’s no call to overturn.
If they wanted games to be shorter they’d shorten the commercial breaks.
Already did what, 8-9 years ago? It used to be 2 minutes between innings; now it’s 90 seconds. And a pitching change I believe is now 60 seconds where it used to be 90.
Just wait until they stop the Kentucky Derby every quarter-mile for TV breaks.
It’s not just the ads. This will be hard to believe, but there was a time when most games got done in under two and a half hours. And if Jim Kaat was pitching, under two routinely. When you extend an entertainment past a certain point, you start losing audience; even the NFL is concerned about the legth of their games.
I still think it wouldn’t hurt to have a fifth (or seventh in the postseason) ump sitting up in the booth watching the video feeds whose sole job is to whisper into the ear of the crew chief. There would be no automatic reviews or even official replays, no guy staring into a stupid screen while the rest of us go get nachos, but whenever they have one of their little umpire conferences he could add his opinion based on what he (and the rest of us) can see on TV, and when something really obviosuly got missed he could mutter into his microphone “You know, you might want to have a little conference on that play because everybody watching on TV is standing up and screaming at it right now”)
Whoa, are we in a rain delay or something? I logged on to get some updates, and WTH? A-Rod? Graphic designers using Macs and Quicksilver? Illegalities and umpires? Alter egos? This thread needs the brackets treatment, stat.
Hope AB wasn’t too distracting last night. Book signings just aren’t a three year old’s idea of excitement.
7-5, 7th inning, one on, one away, Baek being pulled.
Summarized it for myself.
I love how Rizzs knows right away exactly what a pitcher intended with a pitch. He *knows* if someone meant to hit someone.
Just wait until they stop the Kentucky Derby every quarter-mile for TV breaks
Just wait until the realize they can greenscreen the jockeys’ colors so that they can plaster them with ads just like NASCAR.
well, not as exciting as Dora, anyway.
oh, the Moose and his ‘Navigators’ were gamboling about on Red Square on tuesday — oddly enough, they weren’t finding many gift-recipient candidates wearing Mariner gear on campus, possibly because they had shown up at 4 pm. Not really a big on-campus student population around that time.
Slippery Elmer got into Jim’s angry pills.
Heck, they’re digitally inserting ads onto the playing field in football; they could do the same thing on the horse track too.
Dylan — no worries, it was fine.
it’s the toupee. it reads minds.
Just about every soccer, rugby, or Aussie rules game has digital ads on the field during TV coverage. Fox has been using them with college football. I’m just surprised it hasn’t spread to MLB and NFL yet.
I’ve got a bad feeling about this.
No bueno
dw, a lot of those adds are actually painted on the field at the right angle so as to appear to line up with the camera.
At least they used to be.
Now I’m in the moderation queue. Odd.
Morrow seems to be taking lessons from Paul Spoljaric.
203 – me too….
think I’ll go check on the pecan shortbread.
202. It’s coming along with ads on jerseys.
Sammy’s going to hit into a DP
Just wait until the realize they can greenscreen the jockeys’ colors so that they can plaster them with ads just like NASCAR.
Just wait until they start painting the horses with logos and naming them after their sponsors.
“Bud Light Bullet coming up inside, here comes Money Tree, and on the outside, HERE COMES ELMER’S GLUE!!!!”
Bad Ump!
211. Hilarious!
Take that Sammy!
Let’s be grateful for weak commisioners leaving Sosa in baseball
Wasn’t that a strike anyways?
211 – Elmer’s glue, nice.
Right now, Sammy looks done.
B-Money $!$!$
Seems like Morrow really does well under pressure.
Aaah, that started out strained, but in the end this BM was satisfying and effective.
Must they ruin even “You Are My Sunshine?”
That’s what happens when you drink too much Vodka!
About 80% of the Arizona womens softball team falls under the category of smoking hot, just a lil FYI.
I know it would be great to have Soriano throwing in innings like that..But Morrow is perfect for the position..he is a K machine
I don’t think that it’s Morrow excelling under pressure, I think it’s that he’s a kid with talent putting everything he’s got into every pitch.
Fighting for his time in the show and all that.
225. I try to forget Soriano but with the Braves on TBS it is very difficult to think of what he and Putz could do for the next 5+ years.
Let’s hope Prince doesn’t eat his way out of baseball like his father.
Lowe, Sherill, Morrow, Soriano, Putz. Not a bad bullpen, almost.
dang, dangling brackets.
That was a great AB until the DP part.
OH NO!!! I got BRACKETED!!!! Sheesh. My whole evening is ruined.
I think it adds an air of mystery — I keep imaging just what you might have said ….
imagining.
sigh.
Bring in George!
20,137 in attendance…yeah right
Bring in that floating fat man, the Baron!
238. What? Please explain.
Arizona eg.
It wouldn’t surprise me. All the smoking hot women that are missing from Seattle have to be somewhere, right? (ducks).
Trivia question:
Who was the only Mariner to hit a home-run in his very first major league at-bat?
239… Dune reference.
Bender, yeah, they paint those angled ads behind the rugby try lines, but I was talking about the ones they digitally insert on the field.
Speaking of which, just three months away from the Rugby World Cup. Let’s see what nightmare the US get themselves into this time.
Group A
———
England
Samoa
South Africa
Tonga
United States
Heh. It’s like the AL Central, with the M’s playing the role of the Royals.
Did Duncan Idaho say that?
Er, with the US playing the role of the Royals.
230 – If Bavasi hadn’t had the brainfart of the century and dealt Soriano for Ho-Ram, Morrow would be at West Tenn right now, as a starting pitcher.
It’s the trade that keeps on giving…
Nice drunk rendetion of Happy B-day for Mr. Lofton
George of the Jungle!
Maybe I am not really paying attention but it feels like we haven’t batted in 3 innings.
George W. Strikeout
The Mariners have a pretty good bullpen.
It could be scary good though without Bavasi and elbow injuries.
#252:
Sure, but if you believe the common knowledge around these parts, that ain’t hard to do.
However, if you’ve been an M’s fan for more than 6 years, you know that’s not quite the case.
Yuniesky Binatecourt!
244… no the Emperor. I forget why he said it, but I love that line.
Who’s the last Mariner to steal home?
Question for any Japanaese speakers:
Americans seem to pronounce “Otsuka” and “Daisuke” without the “u.” Is this accurate pronunciation, or is it bastardized?
Who’s that bearded dude with the World Baseball Classic Dominican Republic jersey?
257… it’s accurate, the ‘u’ is dropped or barely audible. “Desu ka” is pronounced “des ka.”
So when converting names to Japanese, they’ll do things like convert “Derek” to “Dereku”.
Nice clutch hit by Ichiro Szki!
256… Rickey?
Thanks, Joe!
Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez?
261. I don’t know myself just thought I would see if anyone knew.
Ichiro is so dreamy
Yes! Remove that GIDP!
I think Hargrove’s been reading the blog. Which would be awesome.
Does Hargrove know how to use the Internet(s)?
I’m listening to the game. Is Garcia gun-shy, or was Niehaus’ comment about Vidro hitting the ball too hard really the case?
I miss the days of the stolen base. It’s a very exciting part of the game that has been replaced by dinosaurs who can only hit HR’s. Here’s an article with Davey Lopes discussing the poor baserunning in today’s game.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AuQaXGkyzFGzrHBhAZsXfmcRvLYF?slug=lopesbaseballsrunninggam&prov=tsn&type=lgns
264… yeah, I don’t know either, except Rickey was here for a year and he probably stole home. It’s not like we’ve had any great base stealers other than Ichiro since.
Who was the only Mariner to hit a home-run in his very first major league at-bat?
That would be the Dobbster, Sept 6th 2004 vs the Indians in Seattle, Dobbs entered bottom of the 9th and hit a lead-off HR off Wickman. Mariners lost, 9-5.
Here’s a trivia question I don’t know the answer to: how many pitchers have thrown a shutout in which they also had at least five hits? I know of one.
Does Hargrove know how to read?
Ben hit that ball so hard he knocked it clean out of Dave’s vision.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/baseball/280533_steal09.html
Dan Wilson stole home? WTF?
269- It was hit pretty well.
See, for Hargrove the internet is not something you just dump something on. It’s not a truck.
It’s a series of tubes.
And if you don’t understand those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and its going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material.
And that’s why Hargrove isn’t reading the blog.
Hargrove for Senate. Alaska ‘08!
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/4846273.html
Aaron Hill stole home with Pettitte on the mound, bwahaha.
The majority of dogs in America live better than people living in third world countries.
Speaking of stealing, what about that commercial for what, Powerade? I hate that it’s Jeter, but I really like the idea behind the ad. It’s way better than that creepy “Damon talking to Mauer while frozen in mid slide” thing.
Crawford did it on 6/6/06: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20060706/ai_n16532489
I miss the old days, when players didn’t know how to hit home runs. Someone should write an article about those players, who sucked.
It’s all working except for the fact that the Angels own the M’s.
280- Are you saying we should stop buying dogs food and keep them outside in mud huts?
281… I keep imagining Torre calling up Steinbrenner, who replies that “The Wolf” will be arriving shortly.
“The Wolf? Sheeeet, dude, that’s all you had to say.”
but baseball is good for the internets, a baseball is round so it can go through the tubes and knock all the porno that is clogging it up out of there.
283. I just prefer a game where you have HR’s and SB’s.
I’m willing to bet most dogs in the US cost their owners more than $1 a day that 1.3 billion people in the world survive on, or even the $2 that 3 billion live on.
And, back to baseball: Yeah, JJ. One good thing about losing games: he’s rested.
I grew up in the era when shortstops and center fielders were not expected to hit home runs. Lots of guys like Omar Moreno and Tim Foli and Bucky Dent and Fred Patek and Gary Pettis and Bake McBride and Lance Johnson and Bobby Castillo and … yeeeeeah.
Why hasn’t “Putz out the lights” caught on as a catch phrase?
283… ah, the classics.
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.sports.baseball.sf-giants/msg/eb8553fa8c02bd2a?hl=en&
290. I grew up in the same era which also had starting pitchers completing games. I miss that also.
Way to hurt Johjima, you are such an ass Putz!
9-5. That’s an Arlington final score–are we sure this game was in Seattle?
“only” 4 1/2 back….
The Yankees are 13 1/2 back…
lordy, y’all must be old.
I grew up in an era when you could hit under 40 HRs and lead the league.
oooh, Weaver Breaks Silence!
FWIW, I agree that the 1980s were a pretty great time for baseball, generally speaking.
That’s pretty funny: “No, there’s no disagreement,” Weaver said Thursday. “It was always something we were going to discuss.”
So, uh, when you get around to discussing it and you don’t agree, then what will it be called?
Also this:
OK, I don’t know much about pitching mechanics or injuries. But I have lifted weights. And I’ve never had a tired joint feel better after lifting. Resting, sure. But lifting?
“When [the injury] happened this time, I’d been struggling,” said Weaver…
NO REALLY?
and he could have played through it, like he did before, but …
The early Eighties, especially, was when little slap-hitters were most in vogue. Everybody wanted a Jerry Remy or Miguel Dilone or Jack Perconte or Alan Wiggins or Cecil Espy.
149: Plenty of people criticized Boone’s bat flip. He was an arrogant showboat. But he was our arrogant showboat, so it’s different
That was a fun game to see live. Baek gets props for drilling Teixeira. Baek is such a comical guy, always confused looking and worried looking as was said before. It was great to see him protect his catcher. If he leaves the rotation for Weaver or Ho Ram it’ll be a tragedy.
As horrible as last night was for a Mariners fan, and as meaningless as this win was tonight, I don’t think we should get all doom and gloom just yet. It’s still very early, and a 4 and half game lead is not insurmountable. We still have plenty of games left against the Angels, so we will have a chance to decide our own destiny. If we can keep guys like Weaver and Ramirez out of the back end of our rotation, we have a shot. I really don’t think the Angels are that good of a team. Their offense far too relient on Vlad and I don’t think their starting pitching is as great as everyone thinks it is.
As far as Weaver returning to the rotation, hopefully if he does then he’ll make his shitty start and be booted right back out.
Brandon Morrow:
20.1 IP, 17 BB, 21 SO, 18.69 Pitches per inning.
Teach this kid some control before he kills somebody.
258:
You mean the crazy red bearded hippie guy confessing his love of Beltre? I don’t know, but he was unintentionally hilarious. If I were his agent, I would mold him into the 2nd coming of Bill the Beer Man.
Brandon Morrow yes does need to learn better control and cut that BB rate down.On that 310 you and I fully argee however having said that you can’t argue with the success he’s had setting up in some instances for Sherrill and for Putz.
I’m convinced his control will improve as he gains more and more confindence and experience with each appearance.
As for the tonight’s matchup I canonly say if the M’s are going to get a shot at knocking Millwood around this is their chance with their bats on fire and Washburn being lights out as he has been.
Here’s Ichiro making it 25 gamer and hopefully the FO will come their senses and just sign HIM NO MATTER WHAT!!!!!
Vidro Awesomeness watch:
Vidro GIDP: 9
Vidro XBH: 8
Next lowest number of XBH from an AL team’s DH’s: White Sox: 13
Mariner ranking in AL DH OBP: 10th out of 14 (AL AVG: .354, M’s: .349- TB is at .335, and there are 3 teams with sub-.300 OBP’s: BAl, KC and LA)
Mariner ranking in AL DH SLG: 13th out of 14 (KC is dead freaking last at .342… interestingly enough, KC’s DH OPS of .626 would be 12th in the AL among shortstops, and 11th among catchers).
Mariner GB/FB ratio: highest GB ratio in the AL (duh).
Sooooooo, I guess you can say Vidro sucks, but he’s not the worst in the AL. Unless his groundballs stop finding holes, at which point, we’re likely looking at a total collapse. I guess we’re reduced to hoping Vidro’s scooting balls through the IF is a repeatable skill…