Game 153, Mariners at Angels
Washburn v Saunders! Joe Saunders. You know him, right? He’s that one guy.
Jones in left, bats 7th. Ibanez takes over at DH, Vidro takes first.
Also, Dave adds that Jorge Campillo was suspended for four games, and John McLaren for tonights game, as the result of Campillo throwing at Vladimir Guerrero last night. Honestly, I’m not sure four games is enough – what Campillo did was ridiculous and petty. Don’t like Vlad showing you up when you gave up a HR on your 85 MPH fastball? Hit him in the back. Message sent, move on. Throwing at someone’s head shouldn’t be tolerated, and honestly, if Vlad had charged the mound, I’d have been rooting for him to get a few good shots in before everyone broke it up. It’s basically inevitable that a Mariner hitter is going to get drilled in the next few days and we’re probably going to see a fight. Let’s just hope no one gets hurt because Jorge Campillo wanted to be an idiot.
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86 – Well done, sir or madam.
If anyone suggests Bonds going to the M’s, I will hang my head in disgust.
As for who might end up with him, Oakland would be attractive in terms of locality (but not in dollars). The Angels are another possibility, being near home and a team with good shot at a WS ring. Hmmm… as for anyone else, I don’t know. Would the Yanks be crazy enough to give him a try?
Take that you awful awful announcers! My wish came true. See, the Mariners do care.
Jerry Crasnick tonight:
“Where could Bonds wind up? Maybe Texas, Detroit or Oakland can find a way to make things work. If [Bonds’ agent Jeff] Borris is a magician, maybe he gets the Yankees or another big-market club to bite. But all those teams had their shot at Bonds last year and gladly passed.
Borris declined to speculate on whether Bonds might be willing to take a cut from his $15.8 million base salary in 2008. “I don’t think it would be appropriate for me to comment on money,” he said. But the agent discounted the prospect of 3,000 hits as a motivating factor, even though Bonds is a mere 65 hits short.
“Barry’s had only one goal since his first day in the big leagues, and that’s to win a World Series,” Borris said. “Anybody who knows him knows that he’s all about winning and being a good teammate. That’s it.” “
Drayer said that when the press all trooped down to the manager’s office, they weren’t sure if they’d see Goff or McLaren behind the desk in there– and when they went in, it was Boone.
102, 104, the Angels seem like a great fit for Bonds. He can fill in at DH, he won’t be intentionally walked over and over, he gets a shot at Series. I’m sure Beene would also like him and the A’s need to fill holes in their offense, but I don’t know if they want to pay for him. Having him play for the Yankees would make for the best theater (and get a shot at the Ring), if they can fit him in at DH.
I bet the A’s or Rangers land Bonds, and if the A’s sign him, he hits 35 home runs and drives in 100 and Beane is a genius, and if the Rangers sign him, he hits 17, gets injured, and is a bust.
I bet the A’s or Rangers land Bonds, and if the A’s sign him, he hits 35 home runs and drives in 100 and Beane is a genius, and if the Rangers sign him, he hits 17, gets injured, and is a bust.
Drayer said that when the press all trooped down to the manager’s office, they weren’t sure if they’d see Goff or McLaren behind the desk in there– and when they went in, it was Boone.
Bret, Aaron or Bob? I assume it wasn’t Ray or Daniel, or Boone Carlyle?
I’m betting it was billionaire oil man T. Boone Pickens.
I’m still sticking to my guns and saying the Angies wind up with Bonds…it seems like he’d fit right in with them.
I don’t care.
To be honest, I really don’t care all that much, either.
Some idiotic bean counters from Fox who are always on the lookout for “maximized television ratings” ™, however, seem to care a whole lot where Bonds winds up next year…which is why it was brought up on here, I suppose.
I’d love to see Bonds here. Sure he cheated, but he didn’t start it. What’s a player to think when McGuire and Sosa are having their huge roids love fest, the commissioner flying in, all the coverage on all the networks. The people inside baseball all knew what was happening then. The League and the Union repeatedly refused to even make a rule against steroids let alone test for them. So what is a player supposed to think? Obviously Bonds thought that the message was that it was the HR’s that mattered, not the chemicals. Bonds was already a consensus HOF before he started the roids, yeah it should stain his carreer but it shouldn’t obscure his real accomplishments.
113: No argument here — and I think wherever he lands (except maybe PNC in Pittsburgh or Dodger Stadium), he winds up being a marquee draw.
Though I’m not bending over backwards to defend the guy, I think it’s pretty much common knowledge that if he were as media-friendly as McGwire or Sosa, you wouldn’t be hearing nearly the amount of trash-talk about Bonds as you do.
103: Hmmm…I wonder if maybe FSN SoCal/Prime Ticket/Whatever-They’re-Calling-Themselves-These-Days might think about bringing over Marty McSorley from the LA Kings (and occasionally, Anaheim Ducks) broadcast team to do some games for the Angies next year. Sure, he’s never done baseball before, but I bet he wouldn’t be any worse than that bonehead Hudler is.
Hey, everyone? The M’s will finish over .500 for the first time since 2003.
Yeah, the last month has been a historic disaster, but they did finally make it to 82.
And at the start of the year, I predicted 82 wins. So they exceeded my expectations. Even if they raised my hopes then brutally killed them.
Oh, and ESPN mentioned that the M’s were one of the teams who had “shown an interest” in signing Bonds.
I threw up in my mouth a little when I heard that.
IIRC, Bonds mentioned Seattle, not the other way around….
Bingo! you know what a wag he is.
why? he wasn’t drawing fans to the see the Giants until it was the last part of the HR chase. Do you think getting to 3000 hits is as glamorous a stat?
FWIW, Drayer opined that the Angels wouldn’t be in the running, that Moreno is as image-conscious as the Mariners, and seeing how furious he was when he had to stand there at the Matthews’ HGH press conference this spring really makes her doubt his interest in Bonds
* not drawing fans to see the Giants on the road, of course, until the chase got close and folks came out to boo 🙂
sessos, or cessos is brains. Campillo apparently doesn’t have any. But then again, McLaren doesn’t seem too either.
It is raining like crazy down here… I’m skeptical about any game being played today.
Considering how much weather has played a factor in the M’s season, it seems fitting that they get rained out today, have to play a double header tomorrow, with the Angels clinching in the first game, then the M’s have to go out after the celebration. Sigh.
112:
“Some idiotic bean counters from Fox who are always on the lookout for maximized television ratings, however, seem to care a whole lot where Bonds winds up next year…which is why it was brought up on here, I suppose.”
Actually, I brought it up here because I saw it on the NYTimes.com sports page last night while I was watching the game thread and just wondered what people were thinking (I’m not even a big Bonds fan, it was just a casual comment). Consider me an idiotic fan, but at least I’m not a sanctimonious blowhard.
124:
1) For one thing, the news on Bonds was already mentioned earlier in the thread (starting at #39), and we’d been commenting on it after that.
2) I was responding in part to the post directly above that one, and didn’t intend it as any kind of a personal attack. Rather, I was expressing my displeasure at Fox and their obvious bias toward large market teams such as the Yanks, Red Sox and Angels.
Fair enough, Scott. I’m no Fox fan, either, and I just took umbrage at being lumped in with them.