Game 141, Mariners at Tigers
DMZ · September 9, 2007 at 9:48 am · Filed Under Game Threads
Felix offers the team a good chance at a win. He faces Bonderman. 10:05, FSN.
McLaren figures out how to put Broussard and Sexson in the lineup with Bloomquist!
CF-L Ichiro
3B-R Beltre
LF-L Ibanez
RF-R Guillen
1B-L Broussard
DH-R Sexson
C-R Johjima
2B-R Bloomquist
SS-R Betancourt
That takes some creativity. McLaren for Manager of the Year!
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Tell me that this complete collapse will be enough to cost McLaren his job. I don’t necessarily have any hope that the FO will bring in anyone significantly better, but I can’t take another season of Mac.
Mac getting fired seems more and more realistic with each loss.
“seems”
#2 There is a reason he has never been a MLB manager up to this point.
Wow only 4 posts, this site has really died down since the M’s free fall. Well, there is also the Hawks game, which i will be at later today
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Since August 26th, Broussard’s hitting .296/.387/.370
So no power (wheeeeee) but that’s a pretty huge upgrade on Richie.
I just got in, was pleasantly surprised to see the M’s up 2-0, and now there’s two Tigers on base. Make that three. Come on Felix, you may be our last hope today. And it’s still the 1st.
I was joking around yesterday that Sexson would be
at DH today with Bloomquist playing too. And
well there it is. I also had Reed playing.
McLaren is a genius, going to any and all lengths
to avoid starting Adam Jones.
I stand in awe.
I guess it didn’t register that both Broussard and Sexson are in the line-up until this minute. Richie as DH. Way to make DH Vidro look sparkling.
Is that Felix or is that Weaver in a Felix outfit?
How can the whole entire team suck at once?
I hope the Yankees lose today.
This is depressing. My cousin (M’s fan from LA) emailed me asking me what has happened to the team, so now I have to think about it all over again to write him back… So I turn on today’s Felix game to cheer myself up – wow.
Well at least Felix only threw 34 pitches in the 1st
inning. He should last at least two.
Quick hook on Bonderman.
“Quick hook on Bonderman” = Leyland thinks his Tigers can regain the lead against Felix and wants Bonderman out of there before the score is….well, like yesterday’s, only reversed.
What’s more useless than a DH who can’t hit?
They didn’t reckon on Sexson’s big bat being back
in the line-up. How we’ve missed him.
Thank God he can DH for us.
I am very tired of Young Curtis.
I was listening to the radio earlier, wondering if the number of pitches thrown could be attributed to the strike zone, but Moses said (Johnny Moses, not Moses) that Bonderman was consistantly 3-4 inches off the plate…
oh, it’s never good when the word “historic” can be applied to your team’s losing streak.
um, historic
I hope Gary Sheffield gets his usually-deadly batting eye back some time after this game, for the rest of the season…
I kind of like the fact that Sexson is .000 for the month. He is the kind of hitter that has a legitimate chance to to continue on the pace.
I fear that when the M’s are mathematically eliminated from the playoff chase he will lose focus and start to hit.
Willie B apparently does a funny imitation of Jeff Pentland, which I’m sure is a knee-slapper if you actually know what the hell Jeff Pentland sounds like.
“what an at-bat there by Willie Bloomquist” sez Rizzs.
22. wtf. wfc about wfb
For Willie a weak grounder to first =
grand slam in bottom of 9th game 7 world series
to any other MLB batter (Sexson excluded)
I think this year on Fan Appreciation Night they should give things to ALL the fans, not just to the lucky seatholders.
I could still use a new TV.
#24– he also does a killer Ron Spellecy
When I see Slow-jima “run”, all I hear is
roll em roll em roll em, Rawhiiiide!
But hey a run is a run! Good job Yuni.
boy, the Tigers sure don’t want Ichiro! catching Maggs, do they …
It would be awesome if Willie did a great impression of Mariner front office figures.
As Bavasi: “McLaren, you’re fired. Clear your locker out and go.”
…
As Lincoln: “Armstrong, give that Bloomquist kid another extension. I don’t care, just get it done. Whatever he wants!”
Hey, wait.
Adrian you dont have to actually swing at every pitch out of the zone. . .
saaaaaay.
did anyone ever actually SEE Howard when that extension for Willie came through????
belated, I know, but that Infinity ad that Rizzs reads every 1st inning? I think the Infinity dealership needs to re-think that one– it doesn’t make one want to run out to buy an Infinity (if one ever would) to have some nail-biting action interrupted by Rizzs cheerily saying “say, friends…”
Ok for one moment anyway. . .far too late. . Rauuuuuuuul. . .
give that man some UUUs.
Richie should be known as the DB instead of the DH – designated batter. I can see how those ABs would have aggravated the hamstrings…
And now Ral has to go and ruin the cool three way tie for team lead in rbis on a 0-2 pitch against a left hander no less. When will this guy stop pissing me off?
stop giving gifts to fellow venezuelans.
msb: who’s ron spellecy ?
he’s the Mariners traveling secretary.
another sure-fire laugh-getter.
so, are they PHing Richie because his hammy is still iffy, or because he stinks?
41 – Do they know he stinks? I haven’t seen any evidence of that.
40.
good thing the ignitor has a skill that’s helpful to the cause.
Rizzs and Moses are telling Matty Sinatro stories.
Imagine my surprise when it turns out that Johnny Moses’ nickname isn’t “Mosey”
where the hell were all these runs the last two damn weeks?
The Tigers announcers were saying after WFB’s error that this is the kind of opening the Tigers, “built to come back”, could come back from.
With the M’s bullpen in the shape it’s in, I can believe it. Felix is at nearly 80 pitches, bottom of the 4th.
It’s football season, why not a football score?
with Alex looking like he’ll have at least 60 HRs this season, any way Boras lets him stay with the Yankees?
focus, Felix.
Prepare for the bullpen again.
Alex’s September OPS: 2.106. (27 ab)
#47. Yeah, but Boras is adding on that $100,000 per HR to his contract extension amount, remember.
(my supposition at this point in time, but I’m just waiting for another press conference by Boras to announce how much more valuable ARod is after he wins the MVP)
Felix is certainly making it interesting.
For the season, A-Rod’s line: .317/.424/.669 going into today.
Pay-Rod, indeed.
I bet the Gilt-Edged MVP Portfolio is at the printers as we speak.
oh, Jeremy. Make the most of your limited Big League at-bats.
51. Yeah, remember the booklet they put together last time with some fairly amusing stats included? No need to stretch anything this time around.
So I was at the gym, watching the game on closed captioning, and…has this always been the case? Has Bloomquist always translated into MorningQuist on closed captioning?
Hardly the phenom vs phenom pitching duel we might have expected even just a couple of months ago.
Yes!!
RIZZS + BLOOMQUIST = TONGUE BATH
Is McLaren in the toilet?
46: Now that you mentioned it, that’s a typical (Detroit) Lions game for ya — a day late and a touchdown (or MORE) short!
‘Bout time, McLaren.
Oh, boy, Sean Green. Like the Tigers haven’t seen him already…
Maybe we should start resting Felix for the offseason now. He’s worrying me.
why the hell did mac put felix in for the 6th? pitch count was already at 105 and we’re up big…
Where is everybody, anyway? I have to admit, I don’t follow football at any level, but is that where our Faithful are? Logged onto some football blog.
I’m a newbie, but I’m around. There just isn’t that much to say.
Oh, look, a balk. That wasn’t what I was waiting for.
63: That would be my guess.
I’m starting to lose the feeling that the Mariners will let this game slip away. But I still can’t muster any enthusiasm. Maybe when they get out of Detroit.
We finally get a ton of offense in a game, and yet:
1) Where was it about 15 games ago, when we really needed it?
2) The pitching staff seems bound and determined to STILL make this a close game.
I hate to sound like a downer, since I know it’s not officially over, but…jus’ sayin’.
Good to see Reed do that.
I’m sure Richie could have hit that triple if he’d still been in…
WFB with the extra point…
Seahawks 14, Lions 7!
C’mon AB…go for the cycle!
#69– he might have hit it, but I bet he couldn’t run it.
sheesh. you’d think Adrian doesn’t want the cycle.
#63– having shoved the cat out of it, I had to go lay in a little patch of sun for a while.
wow. that is an annoying umbrella.
another topic for discussion.
does Mac leave JJ out in the pen because it isn’t a “save”?
72 – Hmm, turning a triple into an out. Could have been another formidable Sexson tool.
sheesh. hadn’t thought about a future outfield with Maybin and Granderson in it…
Maybin for Granderson? Doesn’t Leyland realize that with the Mariner staff, he’s still in the ballgame?
How long’s it been since JJ pitched?
These are mercy substitutions. How far back do Leyland and McLaren go?
looks like JJ was last out there monday, also in a non-save situation Felix game.
Since Mac has worn down every other arm in the bullpen, I would definitley use JJ here, just to give him some work. A closer doesn’t get much work during a long losing streak.
On the other side, I guess Raul needs some more at-bats in order to prove himself. Sorry, Wlad.
Jones at bat!
I agree with the JJ use. I would have used him a time or two during the losing streak, but that just brings up bad memories.
I hope Sheff is looking around the field and enjoying watching all those young fellas in the outfield and on the basepaths ….
Nice work, AJ. How long will it be before we see him again?
Jones with a Belte-like swing at a ball in the dirt, and he gets a hit.
I admit I am trying to get the comments up to 100.
JJ!
If Mac really cared about JJ, he could have put Parrish in to give up four runs so JJ could get a save.
so, it is Blanton, Braden & Haren to start the homestand, right?
Clevlen looks a little like Russell Davis…
what the hell mac? putz when we have a 7-run lead? not pinch-hitting clement for ibanez when you were going to replace him with jimerson? feierabend/parrish/white can all hold a 7-run lead… i hope
when else is JJ going to get work?
over, it’s really over
This year’s version of the Road Trip Through Hell is over. Let’s hope they find a way to bury this tradition next year.
so, let’s see, if they win the Felix games, that means they go about 3-18 the rest of the way, right?
97. Unless they shut Felix down to protect him from the damage, physical and psychological.
I’ve got to feel bad for the players going through this, since they clearly don’t know why it happened or how they can change it, but they have to go on the field everyday. It’s got to be tough to be so bad at your job in front of so many thousands of people.
I don’t know. I can think of some players who need not go on the field every day, though the manager has trouble thinking of them. And others who rarely get on the field but probably are now as fresh as they are going to be, as well as blameless for the tailspin.
How could he have psychological damage? He WON this game (mind boggled)!!
Yeah, that’s right. 5.0 IP, 10 hits, 7 runs, 6 earned runs, 3 BBs, 4 Ks, 1 HR given up. Win #12, wow.
100 – I agree, but I don’t think that responsibility falls on the individual players. In order to play professional sports, you have to have a huge ego, so having them take themselves out of the line-up doesn’t seem like a feasible option to me. I’ve been riding Richie for two years, but I never expect him to take himself out.
I certainly don’t have any problem with the comments, frustration, and anger directed toward any level of M’s management.
The M’s Pythagorean win expectancy level didn’t improve from 85 with this win, even with the 14-7 score. Their run differential is still -13.
Fuuuu…
Hernandex 5IP, 112 pitches, 6 ER? Am I the only one with serious doubts about his long-term potential?
104 – Yes, you are.
Or, at least you should be.
74: The way this game was going there for a while, you’d think maybe JJ would qualify for a save. After all, Wes Littleton got that “save” against the O’s a few weeks ago when he finished the game with a 27-run lead!
Let’s be positive here.
The Mariners scored 14 runs, the most of the 30 teams playing today.
104: I really wouldn’t be overly concerned about this one. Hard-hitting offense + playing at home + frustration over recent struggles (Tigers, too) sometimes = Coors Field linescores.
Drayer says Sexson did reinjure the hamstring (no word on how bad it is) and Joh entertained his teammates after the game by wandering into the clubhouse with his head completely wrapped in an ace bandage.
fetish – half the things you’ve posted on this blog suggest that you aren’t the wisest baseball analyst out there, so we’ll let that comment slide.
Nah, changed my mind.
fetish: Are you really suggesting that we should doubt the future a 21 year old baseball player because of his performance over the last 5 innings? Because that’s what it sounds like, and that’d be dumb.
By the same logic, based on their most recent performances, Bonderman’s washed up and no organization in baseball should want him, and Roger Clemens is a junkballer who doesn’t belong anywhere near the Hall of Fame.
1. teats on a boar
2. professional cheerleaders
3. mattress tags
4. warnings on McDonalds coffee cups that state: “this product is served hot”.
5. speed bumps on the information superhighway
6. trade rumors passed off as news
7. sportscenter?
8. sportscenter!
9. Michael Vick’s rookie card.
10. A pair of mens size 74 classic 1 inch cut Solar 1 Speedos (I mean really if it’s not useless it should be illegal).
Who is Jimerson?
Good Day. Both M’s and Seahawks won, even though it appears Felix’s start wasn’t a gem. I was going to say today if they lost that the Mojo Fallin’, but i think it already has.
I love how even when we are up, what 5 runs? guys like Johjima and Ichiro, Guillen, and Ibanez are still in. I mean, lets get Clement or Johnson some time behind the plate. We’re out of contention, up by a ton, and the “Vets” are still in. Why aren’t we seeing WLAD in right? Jones in center?
I mean, I know they’ve looked for every reason they could find to NOT play Jones when we could have used him… but now that it just doesn’t matter… why is their hesitation?
ohhhh yaaaaa
Great news, everybody. With today’s win, the Mariners’ playoff chances have increased from 1% to 1.4% according to Coolstandings.
Lolla-Blue-Za is back!
Speaking of Bloomquist. Has anyone ever noticed that (acording to the radio and television) he never makes any ordinary plays?
Something’s strange here.
oh, well, that explains it.
“Bonderman may be done for the year with elbow problem”
My thoughts exactly, msb (I just got back home after being out all day, and read the same thing).
The only way the M’s broke their losing streak was to come up against an arm-lame pitcher whose season probably should have been done before he started Sunday’s game.
I just hope the team is going into tonight’s game against Blanton still “upbeat” after such a lopsided victory. (wry irony emoticon)