Game 56, Orioles at Mariners
Dave · June 6, 2007 at 1:12 pm · Filed Under Mariners
Cabrera vs Washburn, 1:35 pm.
Daniel Cabrera struggles to throw strikes, but his stuff is nasty when he keeps it in the zone. The Mariners hitters will go out of the zone to swing at anything they can reach. Not a particularly good matchup for the M’s. Thank God for the famed Orioles bullpen.
Another day with no Beltre, and Kenji gets the day-off as well. M’s go for the sweep, which would put them 6 games over .500 for the first time since 1843.
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Beltre on the bench again. How bad is the injury? Who would be the call-up if Beltre had to go on the DL? But Willie is back to his old .240 self.
May the offense gods lookk down upon us cheerfully.
hahaha, has it really been that long since we’ve been 6 games over .500?
At least 541 games since we were 6 over .500.
Can’t wait for another pre-draft post from Dave! Oh, the Mariners will complete the sweep today against Cabrera and the O’s.
3- Seriously?
I rememeber that vaunted 1843 team. Pretty sure they saved baseball in Seattle.
ah, 1843. that was a fun season.
Wasn’t Don Zimmer our coach?
I skipped the draft post for today because I was asked by a member of the organization not to put anything else up until the morning, when teams have basically made their decisions.
Basically, in their opinion, we’re too widely read, and they’re worried that we’re tipping their hand.
Pretty sure that 1843 team didn’t fair too well in the war.
Dave, without revealing anything about the M’s hand, are you happy or bummed?
must be fun to be important. (yawn) alright back to stocking shelves.
If you are so widely read, then they must read you as well. What a complement. Maybe the team can be run by the blog eventually. : )
Well, I’ll probably be bummed. No one really knows how the top ten is going to shake out yet, so even they don’t know who they are going to pick, but there’s only two guys that are realistic possibilities that I’d be really happy with.
No TV today?
listening on radio, Rizzs has the day off.
#10– actually, it would be nice if y’all really did have that mighty power so that a few opinions were taken to heart over at Safeco.
Crasnick has entertained himself with low-draft success stories, and the AP had a piece about draftees who didn’t pan out, including Ben Davis.
The Angels are already up 4 to zip. Is there no end?
10:
That’s a heck of a compliment to be paid. And I’m glad that you’ve decided to exercise that restraint.
One of the things I like about this site is the responsible way all y’all exercise your sources, and the fact that you’re up front with us when you won’t say something and why. You’ve got more character and ethics than a good many “journalists.”
Considering who’s most likely to be available at 11 (that the M’s would actually possibly pick), I like Beaven most, and Aumont second. I expect to be totally disappointed, though.
Isn’t disappointment a way of life around these parts?
Jay Payton…leadoff hitter?
Anyone being told they are blacked out on MLB.tv for no apparent reason?
KG over at BP has us taking Nick Schmidt, who Dave described as a left-handed Joe Blanton. Ugh.
Ichiro being a ball hog again. Of course, Washburn’s pitchin’ and all…
Don’t we always get blacked out, even if it’s not being televised locally?
Wouldn’t teams create a master list of available players, rank them in the order they would want them prior to the start of the draft, and when each is drafted by another team just cross the name off the list?
What I’m asking is, why would “tipping a hand” just before the draft even matter?
Willie gettin dirty…
I like that Lopez and Guillen have been moved up in the lineup lately. Now if Kenji could just get moved up (when he is playing, I mean).
Yeah — since you can’t trade picks, it probably shouldn’t matter a whole ton. In a sense, I understand the desire for secrecy here, but on the other hand, I think it is more important in, say, football, since teams will move up or down based upon who they think other teams will take with what picks.
Yay, scoreless inning!
RE: future baseball players, not draft picks but Latino free agents…Ozzie Guillen — crazy like a fox. This was a good thing that he did.
(and this time I didn’t forget my closing tag)
GOTTA GET THAT WIN STREAK!!! WIN STREAKS = GOOD
Guillen bunting with one strike, one out? #^%$!!!!!!???!
Ibanez! Comes through.
Minnesota just took the lead, 5-4. The Angels choked away a 4-0 lead.
Fuck the Angels!!! Twins pull ahead 5-4
GOTTA GET THAT WIN STREAK!!! WIN STREAKS = GOOD
I am intrigued by your ideas, and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Does that mean that Losing Streaks = Bad? That is some in depth analysis there.
Raul earning at lest one U back.
Richie… comon dude.
I have not seen Geoff Baker’s views on losing streaks. I would be willing to wager that they closely follow his views on winning streaks.
Sexson Ks, surprise surprise
What’s this about winning and losing streaks?
Sexson is officially back under the Mendoza line.
Perhaps Losing Streaks = Good as well. Perhaps some regression analysis is in order? Its so difficult to decipher!
The Orioles broadcasters are practically accusing the Mariners of cheating by closing the roof.
how can a guy have 33 homers one year, and then 1 in a third of a season the next? While being healthy, I mean.
the collapse of John Lackey…6-4 Twins
Unless movies have lied to me, losing streaks are good, because they force the team to come together and are immediately followed by a win streak, usually set to a rousing, inspirational tune.
I’ve wondered about that on the roof closing. If it was systematic,though, it should be that the roof was almost always closed at the start of the bottom of an inning (when the Mariners were coming to bat).
Wow, look at Washburn. Back to back K’s
Bloomquist = the little white guy who shoots underhanded free throws in Hoosiers?
And he strikes out the side. Good washburn today.
4Ks in 2 innings; let’s hope this is good Washburn today.
But he’s also oughed up several deep fly balls already. I don’t think we’ll win this 1-zip.
Does anyone ever get a chance to watch the M’s hit BP? Any word on Ibanez’s BP sessions…Can he still hit a BP homer? It is quite odd, that article earlier saying all power is lost looks correct, it just seems like an absurd drop off? Any chance he was/is playing hurt and might get a little power bump as the season goes on?
why? distraction?
I forgot to put Lackey in for my fantasy team. He’s usually my best pitcher; not today. Lucky me.
I like batting Vidro behind Sexson…Sexson gets so few singles it lowers the chance for Vidro to double play. And if Sexson gets a HR or Double Vidro is a good guy to have up.
And vidro leaves in the infield again! Did he forget he’s not supposed to get the ball past the infield?
why would burke be batting behind wee willie?
You have to sac in this situation……..
PI, May 30th: “The impact of Ibanez’s injured shoulder is obvious — two months into the season, he has just one home run. He hit 33 last year. But a check swing in a game against the Giants late in spring training caused something to go awry in his shoulder, and he hasn’t been quite the same since.
“That’s the first time I could make a throw and not feel like there was a knife in my back,” Ibanez said. “Right now, I can take a swing without hurting for the first time all season.
“There’s no question that the shoulder has cut down my power. For a long time, I couldn’t hold a bat in my (right) arm without trembling and without pain. It’s only in the last week that I can feel it getting better.”
48. Your guess is as good as mine. His head must be all screwed up after being in a slump for this long. Just imagine what we could do with him swinging the bat well.
Someone needs to slip Turbo a tapeworm or atleast some pamphlets on gastric bypass surgery.
Burke! Mr. Clutch.
Burke! Nice piece of hitting from our backup catcher.
Extremely clutch… what are his numbers with RISP?
Jamie Burke is 10 times better than the average backup catcher, which makes him 10^10 times better than Rene Rivera.
Oh Jamie Burke, you’re the best backup catcher since Joe Oliver. And that’s like being better than 93 backup catchers.
and quite possibly more than that. I remember when the local buffoons on KJR were pumping up Rivera and demanding that he get a shot at the majors.
71. Was that after he was up for a couple weeks and hit .400? I thought the same thing… then I saw him play last year.
Crash Davis, then Lopez. I like this inning.
Only one run on the Lopez! single?
I’ll take it!
Now that’s the WHIP-killing Daniel Cabrera I remember. An XBH here would be nice
Looks like we might get to their bullpen a bit sooner than I thought.
Jesus, what the heck was Guillen swinging at? After someone is missing the zone this inning, he swing at a pitch feet away from the strike zone. DOH!
Our middle infield is swinging hot bats lately. Good to see Lopez in the 2-hole as well, I think he is a great fit there in our lineup.
Also Minnesota has a slight lead over the dreaded Angels.
FC +RBI > DP. Way to hustle gullien
I wonder why Moore hasn’t taken Rivera’s job yet. What a waste of a roster spot he is.
Does anyone else like the job that Hargrove is doing this year? I am pretty pleased with how he is doing. Last year I didn’t watch too many games bc I didn’t have the package all year. Now I have it and he seams to be making pretty sound decisions. He is doing better than last year in everyones mind right?
Washburn plunks ‘em
Brian roberts not in the lineup?
That’s something to rejoice about.
The job Hargrove’s doing? The team is winning in spite of his decisions.
82: Found your package did you?
Sorry, weak I know.
Time for a double play to clear the bases.
#84
Roberts has a sore hammy, he can still play but he probably just needs to rest it a little. It is to the point where he is shutting down his SB attempts.
But any lineup without Roberts is something to be happy about for the M’s… he is swinging a hot stick.
Chris Gomez? oh boy, he was old when i was playing Sega Genesis baseball
The moves Hargrove has made have been of necessity and something a real manager would have done weeks earlier.
He also whines about bullpen owerwork when he has a 12 man pitching staff with endless topups from the AAA shuttle.
The lineup changes and recent bench usage have been forced because of injury. And hey, guess what? The bench can hit…
Again, something a 100 IQ manager would have figured out in spring training.
So far Hargrove is merely not killing the team the way he did last year with the ill thought out “aggressive baserunning srategy”.
Let’s see how you feel after he keeps penciling Weaver in the rotation every five days.
So… anyone want to guess when someone on KOMO or KJR points out that the M’s have gone on a tear with Bloomquist getting hot and playing every day?
Ichiro is gonna be signing a huge contract this offseason
91 – I just hope it’s with us.
63: Wow.
He couldn’t hold a bat in one of his hands, and yet he was out there playing (and making outs and crummy plays in the outfield) everyday?
He should have been DL’d. Some 5th outfielder like Ellison or Reed could have done a better job than Ibanez so far this season.
couldn’t have an M’s game without one of those right?
That’s the most productive Richie’s been in a while. Managed a walk… those pitches must have been way out of the strike zone.
Vidro GIDP? Say it ain’t so!
Turbo DP! Who was it that said it was a good idea to have him hit behind Sexson?
Oh Turbo, I knew that DP was in there somewhere dying to get out.
Say what you want about Richie, but he does take a walk once in awhile. Unlike some other M’s.
Washburn – K machine?
82 – Hargrove is doing better, but it is a low bar. I think he has done better, but his lineup construction is still below par, and his ability to use his bench has been as bad as last year. His use of the bullpen has been solid, and he has been stuck with the starters he has. If the Ibanez statement is true, he should have had him go on the DL until he was healthy. He was right about Sexson, and that is beginning to pay off, but finding him a day off here and there should not have been difficult. But the team is still playing hard, which we should not discount. With Sexson and Ibanez struggling and Felix hurt, Hargrove does deserve some credit for keeping it together.
I hope the day off doesnt cool down the winning streak!!!!
Washburn is on a rooooll
So I’m watching the Oriole telecast, and for the 2nd time in two weeks the out-of town broadcasters mention that Vidro has more hits than any other DH.
Am I just not paying attention at the right time that I don’t get that from our own media?
I wish Dave N would not call WFB “Willie Boom Boom”.
We have Ignition!
gritty 3 pitching looking K
Burke will get on base, no matter what it takes.
Now we have some action! Retaliate! Charge the mound! I’m sure Ichiro could aim a pretty acurate accidently-lets-go-of-the-bat-as-he-swings.
“I wish Dave N would not call WFB “Willie Boom Boom”.”
Yeah, I’m old enough to remember when “Boom Boom” was a stripper name.
And Dave is too….hmmmmm…we may be slipping into manlove territory again!
On a side note, Its funny that for all the attention that the Brewers got early in the year, If the M’s win today..both teams will be 6 games over .500
103: Ortiz has more hits than Vidro, at least according to the ESPN web site.
There is only 6 players that are full time DH’s listed on ESPN, and of those 6 Vidro has the lowest OPS.
So nice to come back from work shoveling all day to the M’s winning and we aren’t even to the bullpen!
111 — Shoveling all day? Do you work in a horse stall?
Anyone watching the O’s broadcast got a chance to hear Buck Martinez call out Burke for wearing an elbow pad during his AB. Funny stuff, well at least for commentators…
Bynum: left handed Bloomquist.
111 — maybe you work in an office cube? that kind of shoveling?
Buck’s feigned indignation…..
Hrmph. Oh well, large leads are over-rated anyways.
Ugh.
Whoever said the score would not be 1-zip was quite obviously right…
No, I am pretty lazy so I got a temp job. But then I got 2 full time job offers for the summer. The landscaping guy called me “The hardest working white guy around here”.
And if the O’s score again everyone can blame me and I will leave. I don’t want to be bad luck.
Man I am so glad I’m not at this game. Kids in large groups terrify me.
Fuck me, have a good blog everyone.
ah, Washburn.
IIRC, supposedly it was Cameron who dubbed Bloomquist “Boom Boom”
Washburn has thrown a first pitch strike to all 5 hitters so far this inning.
Two of them went for hits, the other 3 were strikes.
Responding to post 1 (Who would be the call-up if Beltre had to go on the DL?):
I’d bet Mike Morse, if it came to that. He’s been playing mostly 3B in Tacoma as I understand it. And has a 313/383/485 line going.
I’ll pass but thanks for the offer.
Good Washburn…
ah crap. Washburn’s gone down the toilet in a hurry.
oh for cripes sakes. I check the score, 4-0, no problem — go get coffee — come back, it’s all tied up and they’re threatening to score more? Sigh, I guess I should’ve known, it’s the O’s turn to come from behind.
Washburn regressed to the mean mid game. I don’t notice any change in his approach from the first four innings.
Gotta love Washburn’s Mechean pitch count.
good thing we’ll probably get into the Baltimore bullpen soon.
Ichiro would’ve had that.
Oh, wait.
Ichiro didn’t looks so cool on that play…
Didn’t Baltimore sort of “invest” in their bullpen this past offseason?
If I had control over the stadium music, I’d play the Price is Right’s game-losing sound as Washburn walked off the mound right now.
Good thing we are getting into the Mariner bullpen, you mean.
On the topic of Grover, and whether he’s been smarter this year, one other thing that happened that made him look better is the improvement to the bullpen with the Mateo situation.
are the Os broadcasters still complaining about the roof?
Off come the wheels …
127 – Morse is on the DL himself.
I blame the shrieking small children who are probably doing the wave.
Twins still leading top of 9th. woop
133 – “Mechean” – Niiiice
137 –
Jeff at Lookout Landing mentions the O’s pitching spending in yesterday’s game
wrap up
143- When anything goes wrong, whether it be a baseball game or a failed marriage, it’s always a safe bet to blame the children.
bloody youth of today
Impressive answer here to the five spot.
Didn’t Baltimore sort of “invest” in their bullpen this past offseason?
Yeah. It’s pretty funny.
Ray is pretty good and cheap to boot, not even arbitration eligible yet. He’s the bright spot for bang for buck value.
Danys Baez – 07:$4M, 08:$4.5M, 09:$5.5M
Chad Bradford – 07:$3M, 08:$3.5M, 09:$3.5M
Jamie Walker – 07:$3M, 08:$4.5M, 09:$4.5M
Scott Williamson – 07:$.9M
John Parish – 07:$.575
Look at how much they are on the hook for in 09 for Baez, Bradford, and Walker, and that’s not counting the due raise to Ray. It’s gonna be a near 20 million dollar bullpen, a quite mediocre one at that.
I’m picturing Julio Franco waving a cane and yelling “Get off my lawn!” Except he’s not yelling at the kids in the stands, he’s yelling at the other players.
Just reading back through the posts since I just got here a few minutes ago, and was amused to see #36:
Minnesota just took the lead, 5-4. The Angels choked away a 4-0 lead.
Sheesh, are the M’s destined to be the poorer, uglier twin sister of the Angels for the entire season?
You know, for as good as this offense has been, I still think there’s a problem when I shudder at the thought of our 3-4-5 hitters coming in to respond to a big inning. Pathetic…
Richie now in an 0-11 funk
153: would you call that a “funk bust”
Sorry…had to!
Wait, in 1843 the M’s were still the Cambridge Athletic Association Loyal Mariners of Wednesday Base-Ball. They were named as such because they were often “drowning in small beer like a whaler’s crew in port.” They could not be the Whalers, as that was both Portsmouth teams. And they could not be the Small Beers as that was the Quincy Immoderate Orators of Cicero’s teams. So, they became the Mariners.
And then in 1867 the team was bought by a Methodist church and became the Cambridge Wednesday Temperance Crusaders. Unfortunately, their inability to play well in the old Federal Association led to complaints of their fans being driven to drink by their poor play. Eventually, they were bought by a Utica metal concern and moved to New York in 1869.
And then they fell through a time portal and reemerged in Seattle in 1967. They chose the name Pilots, but eventually ended up in Milwaukee under Selig’s treachery.
Little known fact: They were to be the Milwaukee Small Beers, but locals were concerned that it evoked the image that Wisconsinites, when they drank, didn’t drink a lot. They settled on the Brewers.
154 – sounds about right to me
This is not good, Huber.
Bases loaded with birds. Oh boy!
This lead is not insurmountable…but they need some action right here…
go Ms.
looks like Joh is going to have to rely on the Japanese voters to make the All Star team
Oh man….that was really gritty!
Way to use those leg, BOOM BOOM!
Ignition on!
Any one know what going on in that Twins-Angles game? I’ve been to four or five different sites and it’s been like the top of the ninth forever?
I’m confused about the definitions here…was that a money bag?
They just wasted all that grit!
Really…runner on 3rd w/one out…c’mon you gotta get that run across!
Ichy dud!
Twins won.
Angels lose? No way!
Just about time for our patented (against the Os) late-inning comeback!
Well, here comes the 7th. It’s been good to the M’s lately; here’s hoping that continues. You gotta figure the O’s are dreading the moment the gate to their bullpen opens. Let the meltdown begin!
Angels lose!! Whoo hoo. Come on bats!
has anyone told the Ms that when ‘keeping pace’, if the angels lose, they don’t have to lose as well?
Cabrera throws 40 pitches in the first 2 innings and they let him get through 7 innings. That’s where the M’s “aggressive” approach at the plate kills them.
Pitch 99 clocked at 100 mph. That’s impressive.
Well that was a bad idea.
King of swing … and miss … is up.
Way to deliver Richie. O for 2007 it seems.
“…improvement to the bullpen with the Mateo situation.”
Yeah, it took Mateo getting himself arrested to stop Grover from using him. Again, not a plus point for the Human Brain Delay.
Arrests and injuries have finally forced Grover to use his bench and young pitching. He’s just lucky (as are we) that the right people are being arrested and injured.
Forgot it was an early game, I see we sort of rested on our laurels and did the free swinging approach…ugh
Richie Sexson for Rally Killer of the Year award. I cringe every time I see him up there, waiting for the inevitable weak swing at a ball that isn’t close to the zone.
As for the Angels, I agree, this is like it used to the be with the As and us in past years–the other team gets really hot, and on the occasions where they do lose, the Ms can’t take advantage. Frustrating.
Was that supposed to be a hit and run? Who in that dugout thinks Ibanez has speed? Who in that dugout thinks Richie can make contact?
what happened to end the 7th?
181
The same geniuses that actually expect Weaver NOT to suck this weekend.
a passed ball that only got a few feet behind the catcher, Raul takes off and gets thrown out with no problem at 2nd
Injury Delay on Gameday, can someone watching elaborate please?
Raul takes off…’
&
…gets thrown out w/ no problem
Sort of like 2 + 2 = 4
Huber removed from game, unspecified injury (on the radio)
“walking off, rubbing his forearm”, per Dave
what? What just happened?
Idiot award awarded to Ibanez again. Way to go RAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUL!
Thanks for the info, hope it’s not too serious.
Lets go sherrif.
King of swing and miss coming up again.
This time he homers, now that no one’s on base.
As dan patrick would say “The whiiiiiff”.
I miss that guy. Dan and Keith was the best duo ever.
so, have we had any starters go much beyond the 6th during the last 2-3 weeks?
Thanks for the info, hope it’s not too serious.
Serious or not, it makes him the pretty obvious candidate to go on the DL to open up the spot Weaver will need. Joy.
Going into this game, Daniel Cabrera had issued more walks so far this year than any other pitcher in the AL: 37. He’s also second among AL starters in BB/9: 4.36. (Number 1? Steve Trachsel, also an Oriole, at 4.54) Amazingly, that’s lower than his career rate: 5.35
So while it’s good a sign the M’s got 4 BBs in 7 innings off him, I don’t know how they’ve allowed him to get to the 8th with 100 pitches. If there’s a team where you want to get into the bullpen asap, this is it.
Nope. Which is why JJ Thunda has been getting a lot of 5 or 4-out saves.
Seriously…two outs already??
194: sign up for “The Big Show” podcast, its 30 minutes of Dan and Keith from Dan’s radio show.
In this game, starting in the first inning, I would have fined any Mariner hitter that swung at the first pitch.
Cabrera cruising through eight. Whoduthunkit?
197: yep, lack of plate discipline seems to be killing us today.
That and Washburn’s meltdown.
More fun on the O’s broadcast. Bynum has a mic and there was a priceless moment where Jose and Yuni are speaking spanish with Bynum on second. He looks confused for a moment and tells them both they can’t be speaking spanish when he’s on second.
180 Richie isn’t a rally killer, when the M’s are way ahead, say 4 runs or more, he can usually be counted on to contribute an XBH and an RBI.
193 – Guess I was giving Sexson too much credit. He’s now in a 0-12 funk bust.
Nice. Driving home from a business meeting, I bet my friend dinner that Vidro would ground into a double play today. Kung Pao! I win.
Oh no … it’s … IT’S REITSMA … OH NO!
207
So apparently your friend hasn’t followed one Mariner game this year, lol
So basically Reitsma didn’t exactly waste any time.
And that ladies in gentlemen, is the final nail in the coffen.
Well, at least the Angels lost.
207: can I have your friends number? I’d like to bet him that Richie will go Ofer in one of the next 5 games.
Too bad Keith Olbermann has turned into the most pompous ass in the country…
Melvin Mora looks like he’s 85 years old in his gamecast pic.
215
He’s got Greg Oden disease
214: I won’t totally agree with you…but I will say that Stewart/Colbert get basically the same message across without the same pomposity.
Or as Keith Olbermann used to say…
“He’s 206″
Too bad Keith Olbermann has turned into the most pompous ass in the country
No, that would be G. W. Bush.
214: …or, alternatively, one of the very very few media voices who isn’t either a lying toady or a cringing coward.
Guess it depends on your point of view. I like Olbermann more than ever.
It was a bravado-fueled debate, who hates Vidro more and why, etc. He thought he’d be smart and take the odds. Kung Pao Chicken for me. In fact, I believe “Kung Pao!” has just become the rally cry for a Vidro GIDP in the region between Southeast Richland and Northwest Kennewick.
Two WP by Reitsma in one inning?? What the funk?
I was wrong, one more nail for good measure.
OK, now this is officially an ugly loss. I’m going back to work… sigh.
#214 Signed.
Now I’m worried about Felix and Washburn.
221: I like it. If I were a broadcaster:
Now…the 2-2 to Turbooooo, contact…towards short…to second for one…to first
Kung Pao!!! Double play!
Don’t look at the Fangraph for this game. It is Depressing.
Welcome back Reitsma. Can’t wait to see what Weaver does in his return.
Are you watching Hargrove? Bavasi?
Do you care?
Can we put Reitsma back on the DL please?
There’s no need to worry about Washburn. He’s going to have days like this. That’s the kind of pitcher he is.
he has a 10-year old, and 5-year old quints at home.
You’d look old, too.
RALLY TIME!!!!! GO Ms….someone tell them winning streaks = good!
Ladies and Gentlemen: Are you ready for the boom-boom?
232: quintuplets, really? Holy crap…I had no idea.
Wait for it….
Maybe there was some in-Vidro fertilization!
Rim shot….
Thanks, folks..I’ll be here all week…tip your wait staff!
We need a little grit right now….sweet! Look who’s coming up!
Hmmm, I wonder if that’s a case where the ball could’ve rattled around in the corner for a triple if a fan didn’t touch it, or it wouldn’t have mattered.
Well it’s a start…
Quote of the day:
“Six is enough. We were thinking, when we had the babies, of having another one so we could have three boys and three girls at the same time and close to the same age. Then we’d have four girls and three boys, total, but that was our talking crazy stuff.”
Some unintentional comedy to brighten your afternoon:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2721441
“We thought this was the perfect fit,” Bavasi said, adding that Reitsma is capable of giving Putz a day off from closing if necessary.
“I’m not trying to put any pressure on Chris, but this is a big move for us. When we moved Soriano in the first deal, we did take a bite out of the back part of our game. And this, we think, equals it — and maybe [is] a little bit beyond it.”
Bavasi said Soriano is “a great talent” with a more powerful arm, but Reitsma is more “consistent.”
It’s tidbits like that that keep us reading your comments, msb.
Credit where due: Boom Boom had a good game.
240 – I remember reading that . . . and marveling at the odd sound that emitted from my orifice as I laughed and groaned simultaneously.
Where exactly did the O’s catcher get hit? The head, yes, but where? Sounds like a concussion.
One hit short of another 10-hit game. Darn.
I can hear the Mariner announcers talking about it now.
“Forget that we blew a 4-0 lead. We wanted our 10 hits.”
Hi, Jarrod Washburn here. Hey, watch me regress to the mean!
245 when reading fast, I read your comment
“One shit sort of another 10-hit game”
Might as well have been.
ah, the winning Text Question of the Day on the postgame show:
“do you think his recent batting will get Willie more playing time?”
Schick-Shadle … “they re-adjust your brain with a simple medical procedure”
uh-huh.
“Schick-Shadle … “they re-adjust your brain with a simple medical procedure””
Is there a program for godawful MLB managers?
Retirement.
I was at the game today. It was depressing. A few observations.
The roof was closed during the third inning as the PA announcer said there was a forecast of rain. Figuratively and literally, as I watched the roof close overhead I had a feeling of doom.
Among the non-stop fan entertainment they feel compelled to bombard the masses with is a “Mariner’s Anagram” guessing game. First they do Jose Guillen (JUDGE ONE ILL, DUEL LINE JOG, OLDIE JUNGLE), then Horacio Ramirez (CHAIR ERA RIM ZOO, AIR ARM RICH ZOO, RARE AIR CHI ZOOM) and finally … you got it … Miguel Batista. I kept hoping and wishing but alas – no I AM BELUGA TITS.
Wee Willie is even less imposing looking from row 6, Sec. 135 (right near third base) than he is on TV. He has the perpetual look of a kid who doesn’t belong there but puts himself in the midst of everything. Every mound conference, there he is. Standing on top of the mound, he appeared to still be shorter than Richie Sexson standing behind the mound.
Raul and Ichiro seem to get along quite well. They chatted together during pitching changes, Ichiro brought out Raul’s glove and hat on several occasions.
Microbrews are now $8.
The Future Forty post has been buried, and something reported there was bothering me for some time and I never asked, so if nobody minds, I want to do it now:
Was the report on Jeff Clement’s bat being slow skewed, biased, or in some way miquoted? In April, the report was something along the lines of “he’s stinging the ball everwhere but not finding any holes” and in May it was “his bat is slow and his star is falling”.
Yesterday, he jacked two homeruns in a 5-4 loss. If you look at his splits, he crushes lefties but doesn’t hit righties (which we know isn’t something worth paying attention to, since inverted splits aren’t likely), and he doesn’t hit at home at all.
I’m just saying, perhaps Jeff Clement is still a prospect and just had a really… REALLY… bad month.