Game 25, Athletics at Mariners
DMZ · April 26, 2008 at 5:00 pm · Filed Under Mariners
6:10. The return of Bedard, unless they scratch him at the last minute and don’t tell anyone again. Facing Justin Duchscherer.
As I write this (which is early, because it’s a beautiful day and I’m going to go down to Safeco and see it live! In person!) Bedard requires someone to be taken off the 25-man, and speculation’s run to Baek/Corcoran. We’ll see — they’ll have to make a decision before game time.
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Must have been one hell of a Friday night for JJ. Too much Keystone Light.
Thank you Sweeney! Way to check swing the FIRST pitch after a 4-pitch walk!
Well that was an unnecessary raise in blood pressure. Finally a W.
It’s looking increasingly likely that it will take a terrible year with creaky veterans for management to go into rebuilding mode. Or they could fire Bavasi before that happens…
Kudos to Jamie Burke. I’d give him the Save.
I’m only 21, but I can’t remember a time when the Ms were actually rebuilding. Has to be close to 20 years without really doing it, which is kind of scary.
Shhhhh…Nicole Zaloumis is talking.
Yeah, I remember a time some years back in a game against the Jays where Paniagua got a “save” in a game where we wound up about ten runs up at the end.
Then again, there was also that emergency situation that Wes Littleton of the Rangers found himself in last year where he got a “save” against the O’s — with like a 28-run lead! 🙂
Beckya57, I disagree with you. A terrible year would not make this team rebuild, especially under this ownership. It would lead to trading prospects for mid-level talent–or–too many prospects for decent talent (e.g. Erik Bedard–though I liked the trade, but I don’t want to see a bunch of those types of moves). The best part of baseball is hope.
I am drunk.
I wish MLB wasn’t so reticent to make rule changes. Wins and saves are silly, silly stats that need to be fixed in a bad way.
Yeah, because that will get results. I can never understand why fans would boo their own players.
Yeah, it’s the “beatings will continue until morale improves” form of fan support. I’m sure the player goes “Wait, I’m getting boos! What the… hey, what do you know, I’m sucking! I did not notice that before! Thank you, kind fans, now that I’m aware of my performance, I shall immediately begin to excel!”
apparently Penny’s 95+ pitch went straight past the catcher & smacked Danley in the jaw, and he went straight over backward.
I don’t understand the so-called fans booing the home town team either, as it makes zero sense.
I’d like to see any of these clowns who boo their own players how they’d like to have people booing them at work.
I’m for that idea.
Really, FireBavasi? You’re for firing Bavasi? Who knew?
What saved the game for us is that Sweeney runs like Edgar with a leg brace. No way they’re making any other play on that dribbler.
155: On booing…
The object of booing should not be one’s own players, but one’s own Manager and FO. Of course the player will feel it, too, but we don’t have any other way of letting McLaren and Bavasi know that many of us think that the player in question should no longer be allowed to stink up the joint. Thus booing Sexson from about July onward last year was good and right.
That said…booing Putz STILL makes no sense. The guy hasn’t played much lately and is most likely just shaking off the cobwebs. Did you notice that he hit the exact same spot just high and outside to a left-handed hitter with 97 MPH heat? He’s just a little off right now.
Let’s try that link again:
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/story.html?id=90efe82d-34af-489d-8e73-0cf510b4eae1&k=43192
Hmm…the ‘Nucks go “SABR” before the M’s do…who knew?!
Re: # 111 (and others) –
I’m surprised they would use JJ in a non-save situation.
W/R/T: Dave Sims stated that closers don’t do well in non-save situations.
Does anyone know of any published data on this?
BTW, Anyone: (Bases loaded, a force at every base.) Was Burke in a position to tag the runner coming in from 3rd, or tag the plate?
171 That was my original thought, but the ball was hit slowly, and the runner was already nearly home. On the replay, it looked like it was a safer play to go to first.