10 May
Game 38, White Sox at Mariners
Vazquez v Washburn, 7:10.
I looked at the mini-schedule on the M’s home page today and saw that they were headed to Texas after this series. It gave me a start — I’d forgotten, and being reminded that the team the M’s just went 1-3 against would be their next opponents caused my heart to fall. “Can we just skip ahead to divisional rivals the Padres?” I thought.
Anyway, as this posts I’m likely trudging down Occidental smiling on my way into the game.
Have fun at the game - you will need a lot of liquor to endure.
May 10th, 2008 at 6:18 pmWillie is hitting 2nd. I’m not watching tonight.
May 10th, 2008 at 6:27 pmDid anyone catch tonight’s lineup of absurdness? It includes Cairo and WFB. Liquor indeed.
May 10th, 2008 at 6:29 pmJust have one look at the lineup….frightening.
May 10th, 2008 at 6:31 pmYou know, BoMel didn’t start making out lineups like this until August of 2004. Looks like Mac is getting a jump start on the Mariners’ death march.
May 10th, 2008 at 6:35 pmI’d like to see a nice chart with a regression line that models the amount of drinking due to the Igniter! & Cairo being in the lineup. Blech.
May 10th, 2008 at 6:40 pmdisappointed when on May 10th, a thought pops into my head thinking that my team is mailing in the season … terrible feeling.
May 10th, 2008 at 6:46 pmcoming up on Baseball Tonight, a special report on The Maple Bat: Delicious But Deadly. I think it is narrated by Troy McClure.
May 10th, 2008 at 6:48 pmdespite the lineup, you know it is baseball, you never know…
may be its boom booms night to light em’ up.
May 10th, 2008 at 6:57 pmWow, can we just forfeit?
May 10th, 2008 at 6:58 pmCairo??
May 10th, 2008 at 6:59 pmAgain??
It’s gonna be a long nite…
Okay I don’t have to work tonight so…tonight’s drinking game (because I’m trying to be optimistic AND I don’t wanna get stupid drunk) everytime the Mariners score a run it’s JAGERBOMB TIME. If someone named Bloomquist or Cairo gets a hit..make it a double…
Gawd..the things I do to keep the games interesting the days are hard on my liver…
Oh well…Go M’s!
Did Sexson’s appeal not go through or something? Thought that usually lasted a few days to a week.
May 10th, 2008 at 6:59 pmSexson’s suspension was reduced to five games, starting tonight. Still, it is damning of the organization that the best they can do is Cairo.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:01 pmTek, I don’t think Cairo’s the best they can do, but it’s the best they’re willing to do. There are better solutions, but they would have to jettison Cairo, which for some reason is unthinkable.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:03 pmI’m glad we have Cairo playing first instead of Notron.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:04 pmeverytime the Mariners score a run it’s JAGERBOMB TIME. If someone named Bloomquist or Cairo gets a hit..make it a double…
What if Princess Willie or Cairo hits a double?
May 10th, 2008 at 7:06 pmI better c some bag heads or I will b very dissapointed.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:06 pmThink that tugboat can hit?
May 10th, 2008 at 7:07 pmNo.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:11 pmA double???
LOL
seriously…
If either of them hits a double I’ll drink the whole damn bottle…
What’s Ben Broussard doing these days..maybe he could play first for five days…then when he goes three for three we can release him…
May 10th, 2008 at 7:11 pm…speaking of which…did anyone notice the huge offensive numbers Wilkerson put up today?
May 10th, 2008 at 7:12 pmThe league leading team in HR going up against Washburn. The worst RHP hitting team in the league going up against Vazquez. This will be ugly.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:13 pmWhy don’t u take a shot for every out by Cairo or Willie? Double for a K. That way you get hammered.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:22 pmJust because the Tigers are not meeting expectations does not mean its ok for the Mariners to be below expectations. I hate hearing that statement.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:22 pmLets hope we can put a solid hitting performace up tonight….LETS GO M’S!
May 10th, 2008 at 7:23 pmCairo is playing first right? Hmm…don’t think that would be fair….
May 10th, 2008 at 7:23 pmWlad could be the new face of the franchise with plays like that one.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:26 pmI’d love to hear bob uecker do the broadcast
May 10th, 2008 at 7:26 pmMaybe we should trade for Moyer. Put him at DH. He is hitting .273 with .697 OPS.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:26 pmI think Broussard is back in the studio, working on his next album.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:28 pmFor all you stats guys:
Cairo’s Batting Average .067
Cost of a whiskey and cola (1oz) .67
Combined IQ of Mariner’s FO 67
weird huh?
May 10th, 2008 at 7:28 pmI’m sure Jon Miller will let us know when Broussard’s next album will drop tomorrow night.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:29 pmthe M’s are one White Sox sac fly from being totaly out of this game
May 10th, 2008 at 7:29 pmSo much for a sac fly.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:31 pmthats like 5 games worth of runs in one swing
May 10th, 2008 at 7:32 pmThe Reds fired their GM already, why can’t Bavasi just be fired already? Any day f’in day now people.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:33 pmthe Dangers of The Maple Bat is now on BBTN.
It might be more gripping than watching Wash.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:33 pmi dont mind Maple bats, I just dont want my daughter bringing one home
May 10th, 2008 at 7:34 pmGod damn Cairo.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:34 pmMcLaren should be fired, right now, just for putting Cairo at 1B.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:34 pm37… what about maple bars? Mmmm, maple-y goodness.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:35 pmand even worse, the saturday night line-up on RTN is just as bad as this game.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:35 pmMcLaren should be fired, right now, just for putting Cairo at 1B.
Seriously! wtf?!
May 10th, 2008 at 7:37 pmCairo at first base is beyond bush league. Cairo and WFB both on the field — I think the Rainiers could take us.
I’m sorry, I can put up with bad baseball but Cairo playing at 1B just makes me angry.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:37 pmyou know, baked up some of those Trader Joe’s pecan sticky buns for lunch today with my dad …
May 10th, 2008 at 7:37 pmI see we’re showing off our defense tonight.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:38 pmJones would have had that, er…
May 10th, 2008 at 7:38 pmSo, because Cairo doesn’t get an error on that play, thanks to Lopez & Washburn, The M’s don’t get out of the inning and Washburn gets an earned run.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:38 pmhow in the world can they look at this and believe that they have fielded an above average defensive team?
May 10th, 2008 at 7:38 pmDo you suppose Geoff Baker was watching and will acknowledge that Ibanez’ defense did unquestioningly cause a run to score? That a league-average LF catches that without the drama?
May 10th, 2008 at 7:39 pmDerek may be buying a lot of beers tonight.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:39 pmCan you see anyone in the stands with a bag on his/her head?
May 10th, 2008 at 7:39 pmKenji is the worsed defensive catcher in the league!!!
May 10th, 2008 at 7:39 pmJones wouldn’t have had that.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:39 pmLosing in baseball is so much worse than the other sports. Getting a high draft pick means nothing. unless its gay-rod or Griffey its a crap shoot. The idiot you sign to a 60 million gets it all guaranteed. There is really no silver lining in losing other than hoping everyone involved never works again.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:40 pm…. caused 3 runs to score at this point ….
May 10th, 2008 at 7:40 pmHoly cow! What a train wreck…you don’t like what you are seeing, but you just can’t stop watching it….
May 10th, 2008 at 7:40 pmremember just last week when Washburn had the one-hitter going?
good times.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:40 pmSo what does a pitcher think right now…you’re guaranteed a loss cause there is no way your team can come back and you’ve got no defense behind you. When you are a pitch to contact hitter, it is hopeless.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:40 pmOh god, Baek.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:40 pmSee comment #22.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:40 pmI’m following the action on MLB Gameday because the game isn’t on here until 9pm…
May 10th, 2008 at 7:42 pmWow..perhaps I shouldn’t bother…
and yay!!!
tune in tomorrow for Gavin Floyd’s ‘third-times-the charm’ no-hit bid.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:42 pmI haven’t read the whole thread so if it has been said before I apologize, but geez, Washburn inhales loudly.
ETA: before I could post this… nice play Raul…
May 10th, 2008 at 7:43 pmGriffey went 2-5 with 2 RBIs tonight…
May 10th, 2008 at 7:43 pm61 - Oh, make sure you watch. You wouldn’t want to miss Blowers talking about his mullet!
May 10th, 2008 at 7:43 pmhopefully there is another fight and Cairo and Bloomquist are prominetly involved
May 10th, 2008 at 7:43 pmI come home to this debacle. Whatever. Business as usual.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:44 pmWhat’s the over/under that they sign a contract with Derek tonight?
May 10th, 2008 at 7:45 pmCan’t switch the channel for 5 min to watch the debate on maple bats without the M’s giving up a bunch more runs. The M’s version 2008 are the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked…..
May 10th, 2008 at 7:46 pmI come across the game on WGN for less than ten seconds and get to see Ibanez fail to get to a ball AJ rather easily….blah, blah, blah….NASCAR, friggin’ NASCAR is lookin’ good at this point.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:47 pmThe video of the Pirates coach catching the broken maple bat with his face is scary stuff.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:47 pmWhat channel is the maple bat debate on?
May 10th, 2008 at 7:48 pmHey Vazquez could get a no-hitter tonight.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:49 pmOh well…my Jagermeister is getting really cold…
May 10th, 2008 at 7:49 pmThe maple bat debate was on BBTN on ESPN, but they’ve moved on.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:50 pmI have seen this level of baseball skills only twice in my life ,the 62 Mets and my grandsons T-Ball team. You don’t need to waste time using statisical analysis on this group,they are pathetic.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:50 pmWhat’s the record for least amount of runs scored over a 10 game stretch? In the modern (post-WWII) era?
Over the past 10, we’re 1-9; scored 19 runs and allowed 54, almost a 3:1 margin.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:50 pmWhen a team’s doing bad, the booth guys tend to wander, topic-wise, and my attention tends to wander as well, so it causes these surreal moments of coming back to discover Dave saying things like: He’d put cigarettes out on his wooden leg….
May 10th, 2008 at 7:55 pmGreat throws by Wlad and Beltre.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:55 pmCrede got greedy … got Beltre’d.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:56 pmGood Lord! I just tuned in and Washburn is pitching to contact — and the score reflects it. Has he been walking a bunch or is he just being lit up like a Christmas tree?
May 10th, 2008 at 7:57 pmI’m wearing a paper bag on my head here at home, just to keep the spirit alive. Who wants to join me?
May 10th, 2008 at 7:58 pmTom C — Christmas tree. Long, loud fly balls.
Oh, look, a Mariners hit.
May 10th, 2008 at 7:59 pmOMG!
May 10th, 2008 at 7:59 pmcancel the postgame show
May 10th, 2008 at 8:00 pmHere comes our man!!! Get ready to take a shot. A double after the homer coming right here.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:02 pmLooks like a decent crowd tonight. Did they learn nothing?
May 10th, 2008 at 8:02 pmCairo just looks awkward at the plate.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:03 pmI get the sense that Cairo believes he can hit, the way he just said, “Come on!” to himself as he’s there with two strikes.
I realize supreme self-confidence is necessary to make it in pro sports, but at some point, don’t the numbers tell you the truth?
May 10th, 2008 at 8:04 pmAt the start of the game, we had 5 of the nine hitters batting above .200. Pathetic.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:04 pmHmmm..do I have one here or not..I’m kinda torn…
May 10th, 2008 at 8:04 pmWay to beat that out Mickey.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:04 pmif you are going to bat bloomy 2nd, shouldnt you just bat Cairo 3rd? why spread em out
May 10th, 2008 at 8:04 pmWhat the hell..it may be my only opportunity…
May 10th, 2008 at 8:05 pmCheers everyone…
BillyJive…drink up. There was contact!
May 10th, 2008 at 8:05 pmHere at the game. Went to sit over in right field with my paper bag on. I was forced to move. Apparently, the usher checks “everyone’s” tickets. I wonder what they will do when I sit in my own seat with it on.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:07 pmDoes the JJ Putz bobblehead come with a seat cushion?
May 10th, 2008 at 8:09 pmcairo is such a cunt
May 10th, 2008 at 8:09 pmJust went to check when Dave made his “Five Days” post. It was on May 6th, and assuming we lose tonight we’ll be 0-4 in the first four days.
One could argue that the next 6 innings are our season, and it’s May 10th…
May 10th, 2008 at 8:10 pmI’m getting really sick of this, here’s to another shitty season
May 10th, 2008 at 8:10 pmTomorrow is Mother’s Day. Make her proud.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:10 pmMeanwhile, the Rangers are winning their fifth in a row. The Angels are losing, so we aren’t going to be any further behind at the end of the night.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:11 pmSomeone needs to turn that place into a parking lot
May 10th, 2008 at 8:13 pmkiller_ewok18, what’s the crowd like? How big is it and what’s the mood?
May 10th, 2008 at 8:13 pmMaybe next season will be better
May 10th, 2008 at 8:13 pm103 - judging by being there over the past 4 days, i would be surprised if the crowd even knows they are watching baseball
May 10th, 2008 at 8:15 pmA run! A real run!!!
May 10th, 2008 at 8:16 pmBELTRE !!!!
May 10th, 2008 at 8:16 pmBeltre!
May 10th, 2008 at 8:16 pmwe’re just like the rays, except the Rays are WAY WAY better
May 10th, 2008 at 8:16 pmFUNK BLAST!!!
May 10th, 2008 at 8:16 pmCheers everyone!!!
First nine games in May: M’s 58-296 for a .196 BA. 17 BB’s for a .240 OBP. 12 extra base hits (8 doubles, 4 HR’s).
May 10th, 2008 at 8:17 pmshtick: for the most part, it seems like they aren’t aware we’ve been playing so awful. Crowd goes insane on Beltre’s homer, cheering WFB and Cairo, etc. Maybe they’ve been watching the other Mariners.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:18 pmIf the Rangers are winning their fifth in a row, that means we’ll be 4 games out of 3rd after tonight.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:20 pmso washburn is good 1 out of 5 starts?
May 10th, 2008 at 8:20 pm#112
Once you get kicked out for wearing the bag be sure it reads USSMariner.com. Hopefully that might educate a few clueless fans.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:21 pmMaybe Seattle fans are practicing to be like Cub fans.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:22 pmWashburn is throwing 80 MPH meatballs.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:23 pmquick question, how does a team with a $117 million payroll end up with Cairo at first, Bloomquist at SS, two minor leaguers and Washburn pitching.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:24 pmSims is losing his mind.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:26 pmThe answer:
May 10th, 2008 at 8:27 pmNintendo!!!!!
Haven’t put it back on yet. Will let you know.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:27 pmThis is a broken record, but Raul is really, really slow.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:28 pmIbanez can play first right?
May 10th, 2008 at 8:28 pmRight?
Gawd
120. Good question. The only possible answer is GM incompetence.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:28 pmIs that booing I heard from the crowd?
Probably meant for Swisher, not poor Raul, scurrying around like an old lady after her last chicken.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:28 pmYou could easily make the case that Raul’s defense in LF has cost 4 runs.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:29 pmPersonally, I think Baek would be a better starter than Washburn.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:29 pmOkay, I’m in 328 about halfway up.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:29 pmAn also better than Batista.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:29 pmIbanez is a triple machine, and not in a good way.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:30 pm129-so would Dickey
May 10th, 2008 at 8:30 pmBut it doesn’t much matter who we have pitching if we only score one or two runs a game.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:31 pmClement shoulda let that hit him…I’ll drink for a HBP
May 10th, 2008 at 8:31 pm133. I agree.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:31 pmThis should amuse a couple people…sorry if someone has already posted it.
I was just poking around the Yahoo! fantasy baseball columns and read Andy Behrens’ piece on Richie Sexson’s ultimate worthlessness.
‘That is a gutless, six-foot-seven, .200-hitting, formerly good player’
Bottom of the article links to DMZ’s “Your choice of colors, too” ‘throwin’ in the towel’ post from yesterday. Nice to see Sexson’s suckitude is getting the national recognition it deserves, and that USSM can help the cause.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:32 pmClement is working his way back to the minors.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:32 pmClement: don’t they throw curveballs in AAA?
133: I’d support calling up R.A.D again
May 10th, 2008 at 8:33 pmI feel like I’m watching that scene in “The Natural” where the Knights hire the psychologist to talk to the team….”losing, is a disease”….
And Clement looks like he’s caught it. Wasn’t he hitting something like .390 in Tacoma?
May 10th, 2008 at 8:33 pmI sensed it was time for another homer. But I didn’t mean Homer Simpson.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:33 pm[no]
May 10th, 2008 at 8:36 pmWhy’s Baek pitching? Won’t they need him tomorrow when Batista only lasts three innings?
May 10th, 2008 at 8:38 pmBaek threw 93 pitches on Tuesday. So he is pitching on three day’s rest after essentially pitching a whole game.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:39 pmThey will need him tomorrow…maybe Cairo can pitch too..it might explain why he’s a Mariner…
May 10th, 2008 at 8:40 pm143… you had a point?
May 10th, 2008 at 8:40 pmReed has a 1.017 OPS at Tacoma. I say send Clement down, put Raul at DH and put Reed in left. At least it would be a defensive upgrade.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:41 pmWow! Okay so no to Barry Bonds…
May 10th, 2008 at 8:42 pmIf the Mariners score a run this inning I’m inviting you all for free Jagerbombs…
May 10th, 2008 at 8:44 pmWhy would Barry Bonds want to play on a losing team?
May 10th, 2008 at 8:44 pm143. I guess Mac figures RRS can come in for Batista in the 4th tomorrow. But he did pitch on Thursday.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:45 pmCairo’s OPS: .243
Cario’s salary in 2008: 850,000
Can’t we get a minor leagure who can do a better job for less?
May 10th, 2008 at 8:45 pmFuck Rally Fries. Why won’t FSN grow a pair and show somebody wearing a bag on their head?
May 10th, 2008 at 8:45 pmThunderous applause for Cairo!
May 10th, 2008 at 8:45 pmNO WAY!!!
May 10th, 2008 at 8:46 pmWow..cheers everyone!
That’s a double for BillyJive
May 10th, 2008 at 8:46 pmCairo! Isn’t that his second hit of the season already?
May 10th, 2008 at 8:46 pmMiguel Cairo gets a hit? To quote Kyle’s mom:
“Wha-wha-whaaaa?”
May 10th, 2008 at 8:46 pmWell he got a hit, but I stand by my point.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:46 pmUm..didn’t he play for the Giants?
May 10th, 2008 at 8:47 pmWhere is that shot?!
May 10th, 2008 at 8:47 pmCut out the Barry Bonds stuff, guys.
I know this game is boring to watch but we’ve had that discussion as many times as we can productively have it.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:47 pmHAHAH screw you Anderson.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:47 pmMy ears may deceive me, but I thought I heard Sims say “Drilled by Crede, a single to right”. I guess he two was thunderstruck by the event of a Cairo hit.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:48 pmIt feels weird having runners in scoring position.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:48 pmWow. I just turned on the game. Hwhaaugh!
May 10th, 2008 at 8:48 pm$hit..I forgot..okay…anther shot it is…my tummy’s getting warm…
May 10th, 2008 at 8:48 pmsdkla;fuhsdl;ifgdhi;iuf;dasfhs FUCKASDIOFHDSFHn WILLIE
May 10th, 2008 at 8:48 pmGreat job WFB. What an ass!!
May 10th, 2008 at 8:49 pmjustinh I said they had to score a run..they’re not there yet…*grin*
May 10th, 2008 at 8:50 pmUgh. Captain plastic is in my section.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:50 pmDude, Cairo scored, gotta finish the bottle
May 10th, 2008 at 8:51 pmBeltre!
May 10th, 2008 at 8:51 pmLOL
May 10th, 2008 at 8:51 pmThere ya go two Jagerbombs for everyone…email me for directions to my pub….
Too funny….
Go Beltre! This game suddenly got interesting.
Killer_ewok, are you on a BlackBerry or iPhone?
May 10th, 2008 at 8:52 pmI have completely opposite feelings for Beltre and Willie.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:52 pmWas that the Princess Wille fan club in the stands?
May 10th, 2008 at 8:52 pmCheers everyone…
May 10th, 2008 at 8:52 pmYES! multiple runs at last!
May 10th, 2008 at 8:52 pmScrew it, I’m going to crack open a beer.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:53 pmRAUUUUUL!
May 10th, 2008 at 8:54 pmWho are these guys!?
May 10th, 2008 at 8:54 pmFull credit for this inning goes to BillyJive’s liver, may it rest in peace.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:54 pmWe have a pulse! Rally Pony Time!
May 10th, 2008 at 8:54 pmcairo still is a cunt
May 10th, 2008 at 8:55 pmNo kidding..talk about taking one for the team….
May 10th, 2008 at 8:56 pmHere we go again…
Cheers everyone!
Those were some loud cheers for a sac fly. I feel bad for those fans who will undoubtedly be disappointed by game’s end.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:56 pm[whispers]
May 10th, 2008 at 8:56 pmWe’ve secretly replaced the Seattle Mariners lineup with real hitters! Let’s see what happens!
[/whispers]
How many shots is that for you now, Billy?
May 10th, 2008 at 8:57 pmmy god, down only three runs! quick to the bomb shelter!
May 10th, 2008 at 8:57 pmClement, Clement, he’s our man!
May 10th, 2008 at 8:57 pmIf he can’t strikeout, no one can!
Good time for a bomb! Com’on Jeff!
May 10th, 2008 at 8:57 pm7 and one double although I just did two at once…
May 10th, 2008 at 8:58 pmBut I’ve had 4 Red Bull…
3-1 good count!
May 10th, 2008 at 8:58 pmim not gonna sit here and watch this team score runs, who do the think they are the 27 yankees?
May 10th, 2008 at 8:59 pmSims just asked if Clement had the green light on a 3-1 count…
May 10th, 2008 at 8:59 pmHey Joey Cora! Ahh, good Mariners memories.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:59 pmthe fact clement worked a walk right there makes him the third best hitter on this team already. Anyone else would’ve drove that 3-1 pitch right to shortstop.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:01 pmI still own a JOey Cora jersey!
May 10th, 2008 at 9:01 pmAnd an Edgar
..and an Ichiro 2001 All-Star Jersey
..um..and a Bloomquist
Kenji grounder on the first pitch?
May 10th, 2008 at 9:02 pmSo who are the pinch runners tonight with WFB & Cairo playing, since that is why we have both of them … right?
May 10th, 2008 at 9:03 pmjohjima looks like my baseball coach
May 10th, 2008 at 9:04 pmMyOhMy Meet Turbo Professional Pinch-runner
May 10th, 2008 at 9:04 pmno quality start for Vazquez, moral victory!
May 10th, 2008 at 9:05 pmAh, obviously Turbo and Burke. How could you not know that?
May 10th, 2008 at 9:05 pmWTF is a “4″? And why did it move the 0 out of its place on the FSN scoreboard by the Mariners??
May 10th, 2008 at 9:07 pmWith Dotel in the game, it would be wise to have a left handed bat in the linup. Like Norton, for example. Oh wait. I guess that leaves Vidro.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:07 pmHas anyone seen the difference in opponents average over last couple years when Johjima catches vs. Burke? Every starter has a lower ERA and opponents BA when Burke catches. Johjima calls a garbage game and does not know how to work with pitchers.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:11 pmTwo batters, two 1-2 counts.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:12 pmYes but Burke is a pinch runner..how unfortunate
May 10th, 2008 at 9:13 pmOh, how could I forget Burke?! NICE!!
We wouldn’t want our old #5 hitter (Norton) playing 1B in Richie’s absence … OH NO, let’s play Cairo! At least he plays good D, errr NOT!
May 10th, 2008 at 9:14 pm208. Maybe that’s why Bedard prefers to work with Burke. But I guess one could also plead that Burke presents a small sample size.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:15 pmGood thing we have three catchers!
May 10th, 2008 at 9:16 pm#208 - I’ve wondered the same thing. I agree he calls a terrible game! And didn’t Mac learn anything from Lou as far as catchers go? Who cares if they hit … they need to handle the pitchers first and foremost! I guess the FO doesn’t see that either … 3yrs, $24M
May 10th, 2008 at 9:17 pm211. Norton was traded for a PTBNL.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:17 pmJamie Moyer is my neighbor and he told me 2 years ago Kenji is the worst catcher he ever threw to. I think that is why Bedard is throwing to Burke for sure.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:19 pmOkay same deal as last inning…
May 10th, 2008 at 9:19 pmWhat the hell…it worked the first time…
215 - OBVIOUSLY! I’m saying Norton was hitting 5th in the order when they decided to DFA him. Unlike Cairo who is can’t hit himself out of a wet paper bag and is NOW playing 1B.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:20 pm211-
Im assuming the PTBNL is Soriano????
May 10th, 2008 at 9:22 pmBillyJive, is someone with you who can call 911 if the Mariners have a big inning . . . maybe one of the Funktastic Five?
May 10th, 2008 at 9:23 pmCairo should not be called WFB lite. He should be called WFB heavy.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:25 pmOk, down by three, Cairo up, we’ve got to pinch hit with Turbo right???
May 10th, 2008 at 9:25 pmWrong!
May 10th, 2008 at 9:26 pm218. Sorry, myomy, I misread your previous post.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:26 pmWay to advance the runner for Ichiro. God, bringing up Reed to lpay left and putting Raul at first looks like a Godsend right now.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:26 pmCairo proves himself worthless again……
May 10th, 2008 at 9:28 pmIchiro has to steal here, unless the M’s feel confident Willie can hit a double…
May 10th, 2008 at 9:28 pmI love how WFB’s new song when he comes up to bat is “Rock You Like A Hurricane”. Willie the Hurricane!
May 10th, 2008 at 9:28 pmA walk would be about the best thing Willie could do here.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:29 pmDo you send Willie?
May 10th, 2008 at 9:30 pmBring on Beltre.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:30 pmNo worries Rick. I just don’t get WTF the M’s are doing. They can’t hit so they keep a pinch runner on their bench instead of a guy who can actually hit. It started with 3 pinch runners when you include Jimerson out of spring training …
May 10th, 2008 at 9:30 pmI love it when Bloomquist is smart enough to take a walk.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:30 pmIt would be worth it…but my guts are starting to hurt a little…
May 10th, 2008 at 9:30 pmMuahah. How bad do you have to feel if you’re Dotel after you walk Boom Boom.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:31 pmGod no. Not with 2 outs.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:31 pmNo, not with AB being the tying run.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:31 pmDotel reminds me of Ayala! This must be the feeling other teams had when he was pitching for the M’s.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:32 pm232. I agree with you entirely. Trading Norton who was swinging the hot bat when then have four starters who can’t hit worth a damn is one of the most baffling decisions (along with the Soriano trade) the front office has made.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:33 pmWell that was incredibly bright. Sigh.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:34 pmYup. That’s about par for the season.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:34 pmIs it me or does it seems like the Mariners have angered vast cosmic forces? That was infuriating.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:36 pmGreg Maddux got his 350th career win tonight.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:36 pmFor me that was the season low point right there…
May 10th, 2008 at 9:40 pmI hate to say this guys.. but when WBN Superstation showed the replay of the Ichiro play at the plate, I kinda think the catcher missed the tag. Ichy mighta been safe.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:40 pmCan someone please enlighten me to as why that was not called a balk?
May 10th, 2008 at 9:41 pmspeaking of cosmic forces, every time I try to post, the site crashes.
Oh well. It wasn’t anything important…just as expression of despair, with acknowledgment of heavy drinking.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:41 pmDon’t look now, but San Diego just won.
If the Ms lose, I believe we will officially be the Worst Team in Baseball. My oh my!
May 10th, 2008 at 9:41 pmman.. now they got the good relievers coming. Dotel is hittable. Linebrink and Jenks arent. Game over. PLus, there is no way Batista beats Floyd tomorrow… and we have to hit the road after tomorrow. It might be a looong time before the Mariners win another game.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:42 pmWe weren’t shown a replay on FSN, but it sure looked as though his hand couldn’t slipped by the swipe tag.
Perhaps the FSN producers didn’t want to add to our alcoholism.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:43 pmI mean, ‘could have slipped by the swipe tag.’
(Step away from the bottle…)
May 10th, 2008 at 9:45 pmIt looked like the pitcher stepped off the rubber first, but I couldn’t tell because I was too busy screaming obscenities at McLaren and Boom Boom.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:46 pmHe was safe!
May 10th, 2008 at 9:46 pmEvery day is a new game. I’m just looking forward to the next win, whenever that happens. Just because the Mariners aren’t headed to the post season doesn’t mean there’s not a chance to see good M’s baseball from time to time =)
May 10th, 2008 at 9:47 pmyeah… I mean, it was close either way, and when it happened live, I thought he was out by a mile. But the replay showed that the catcher tagged Ichy as Ichy was touching the plate. It was bang-bang, but after looking at the replay on my computer now, I think he was safe by a hair.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:47 pmClement has been a total bust so far.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:47 pmThat flyball would’ve been a homer in every other ballpark not named Petco.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:48 pmwell.. this game is over. That play at the plate was the game. If Ichy is called safe, then it is 7-5, with Beltre up and Boom Boom is scoring position. Dotel was struggling, and Beltre may have tied the game or continued the inning. Then, instead of a 3-run game, it is a 1 or 2 run game, and everything changes. But whatever… that is the way the breaks have gone for the M’s this season.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:50 pmRRS Warming up. This really leaves us without a long man for tomorrow’s potential Batista meltdown.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:52 pmI would like to apologize, my math was wrong. Even if/when the Ms lose tonight, they still will have a better record than the Padres.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:52 pm259… you gotta be kidding me, right? WHY? We ain’t winning this game anyway, let Green finish up.
@$#@$#$P$%#$ McLaren!
May 10th, 2008 at 9:53 pmSo, the White Sox add Swisher, Quentin, & Cabrera this offseason to get more ‘O’ and the M’s add Wilkerson, Cairo, & Norton. Lovely!
May 10th, 2008 at 9:55 pmIs it me, or do the opposing hitters seem to aim for left field? Raul just keep running around out there, chasing a ball already on the ground.
There was some irony in that ball Ibanez hit to left field earlier, that if he’d been fielding, would have been an easy double, but was caught handily by Quentin.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:55 pmWhy it wasn’t a balk - - -
You can fake to 3rd and then go to 1st when runners on the corners. No balk.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:56 pmTo me it didn’t look like he was faking to 3rd… it looked like he was going home until the catcher popped out and then he went to first.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:59 pmwow.. they are pulling Green.
NOTE TO MCLAREN: This game is over. The Mariners have scored 4 runs all week, how are they gonna