Game 43, Padres at Mariners
What’s the use of holding out a work-sore hand to catch some when it turns up empty– what? Sorry, I was listening to something while thinking of Wlad. Oh, hey, lineups are out.
Are you ready for BATTLE OF THE WORST TEAMS IN BASEBALL?
Offense:
Seattle: 11/14 in the AL in batting average, 14/14 in OBP, 9/14 in SLG
San Diego: 16/16 in the NL in AVG, 16/16 in OBP, 16/16 in SLG
Pitching with some defense
Seattle: 6/14 in K/9. 10/14 in AVG allowed, 12/14 in OBP allowed, 10/14 in SLG allowed
San Diego: 9/16 in K/9. 6/16 in AVG allowed, 5/16 in OBP allowed, 7/16 in SLG allowed
Defensive efficiency:
Seattle: 28/30. SD: 18/30
I can feel the excitement.
Young versus Batista!
Now watch, just to spite me, this’ll be a thrilling, defense-dominated low-scoring duel with both pitchers going a full nine innings before Ichiro wins the game in the ninth when he singles and then steals three bases on three pitches.
Sexson’s back, yayyy– wait, uhh…
CF-L Ichiro
2B-R Lopez
3B-R Beltre
LF-L Ibanez
1B-R Sexson
DH-L Clement
C-R Johjima
RF-R Balentien
SS-R Betancourt
San Diego fields
CF-L Gerut
2B-R Iguchi
RF-L Giles
1B-L A Gonzalez
DH-B Clark
3B-R Kouzmanoff
SS-R Greene
C-B Bard (both Padres catchers are switch hitters. That doesn’t happen often)
LF-R Hairston
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well, pre-game they will be honoring the Central University softballers …. that’s sort of interesting
How are we going to win without Cairo? He’s obviously our most clutch player.
When McLaren cooked up this lineup casserole he had the sense to hold the Vidro and the Cairo. It’s unimaginative but with the ingredients given this is as tasty as it gets.
Don’t worry I’m sure we’ll see Cairo out to pinch-hit at some point…
*sigh*
Go M’s!!! 2 in a row would be nice…
Can two in a row be considered a streak? I’d like to think so.
Hey Derek, I haven’t paid much attention to the Padres since I left San Diego last September. Wasn’t Chris Young supposed to be a stud this year?
Cairo spurred the winning streak.
In the would you trade game I can’t think of another team I would only take 1 player(A Gonzalez), maybe Greene for defense if he isn’t overrated in the field. I would take Bud Black in a heartbeat, if only for the reason that he is not McLaren.
I think this deserves a quote from one of my favorite movies “If we win tonight, that’s two in a row. If we win tomorrow, that’s called a winning streak. It has happened before.”
The game is on Sportsnet HD tonight here in BC WooHoo!!!
Gotta keep the Jagerbombs to a minimum tonight cause I have to work…so…Everytime the M’s hit a home run…I’ll down one…who’s with me?
Young a stud? Yeah, more or less, depending on your definition of stud. The distinction between “really good player” and what might have been expected of him was substantial, but pretty good’s fine.
This tidbit from McLaren, courtesy of Baker’s blog:
Really? Genius stuff there, Mac. Sounds like you have it all planned out.
I suppose what they’ve got from him has been fair, considering the lineup they put out there each night.
Billy Jive- I have some crazy strong bock micro brew, I will be with you! If thats not good enough I can make some soco/lime shots.
I still can’t believe that the M’s roster is constructed so as to have only have three lefty bats in the lineup. Turbo is available to PH, but his back is preventing him from playing the whole game, even at DH or 1B. It is hard to fathom that a supreme athlete like Turbo suffers from those type of physical ailments. And when I say “athlete,” I mean it in the context that competitive eaters also refer to themeselves as “athletes.”
Sounds like McLaren had a few Jagerbombs before that interview..I always feel way smarter after a few Jagerbombs too…
I would go with the SoCo Lime shots….bock micro brew gives you way worse hangovers….
If we played one of DMZ’s favorite games here, “Would you switch for them”, Gonzalez for Sexson is sadly about the only switch I’d make.
BillyJive- Fair enough, I think I will change it up a little though. Every outfield assist or double play the M’s turn I will take a shot. I am hoping for fly ball unlucky Beluga Tits.
Too bad baseball rules prevent throwing your helmet at a pitched ball instead of swinging a bat.. Richie might have better luck making contact that way.
How about a Dunkelweizen?
I’m pretty sure it’d be more fun the other way around. How about taking a shot every time a Mariner hits into a DP?
9: Billy Jive – I’m with ya too, bro — though if we all wait on the Mariner HR’s, we should still be sober enough to drive by the end of the evening.
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Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
21… that sounds about as dangerous as the “fourth year fifth” at my alma mater (seniors trying to drink an entire fifth of alcohol during a football game.)
Well like I said I have to work tonight..I figured I was safer to go with HR’s…
Sentinel- Because Richie is back in the lineup and I am not sure if my roomie will be back in time to rescue me from alcohol poisoning.
Gah, that could be suicidal.
How about a Dunkelweizen?
These denigrating nicknames for Willie Bloomquist have to stop.
How about you take a shot each time Blowers says “no doubt about it”? (Don’t listen to the pre-game show, you’ll be dead before the first pitch).
Okay kids, get ready for the Clash Of The Titans!
Too funny!!
Okay if WillieB or FrickenCairo hits a HR we drink triple shots!!!
Show us what your made of Beluga Tits… besides blubber.
Geez, that took all of 90 seconds or so for Miggy to put the game in grave jeopardy.
I Hope Baek is ready to go today.
Are you kidding me? 2 pitches and we are out of this game?
sigh. the 2008 motto:
The Seattle Mariners.
Good For What Ails Ya.
Speaking of triples…..
*sigh*
It’s gonna be a long game…
That didn’t take long.
Wasn’t Wlad supposed to be a decently good fielder? He looks as slow as Raul out there.
F*cking clownshoes.
That was fast.
Does Miguel know this isn’t a throw day and an actual live game?
Derek needs to update his “buzz before the game” post.
Holy crap, I didn’t know Tony Clark was still alive.
Or, what ales ya!
I picked the wrong day to quit drinking…
somehow I don’t think that by the end of this series the Padres will still hold the ‘worst offense in baseball’ honor.
You think we have troubles with Vidro as the best DH this team could find?
I was listening to a Padres/Giants game, Tony Clark* came off the bench, got a hit, and was pinch run for by…Greg Maddux.
*What I love about NL games is discovering that all those players you thought were out of the game years ago are actually moldering on benches.
*sigh* the game is essentially over and my pizza hasn’t even come yet.
Awesome. I’m glad we are well on our to our ‘4 or 5′ six game winning streaks. Good work gents.
Bean Ball Batista.
And now Niehaus is getting frustrated.
‘For Crying out loud, Batista is all over the place’ – Niehaus.
Watching the Mariners is like watching a rerun. You watch it and get a little enjoyment but you know whats going to happen and it is overall just a waste of time.
The 2008 Seattle Mariners- Like watching TV at 3am.
There has been talk of fractiousness in the clubhouse. Is that just a symptom of a losing organization, or are there serious “chemistry” issues? It can’t be that hard to decipher, right? Besides Washburn and Kenji, what the hell is going on here? It seems like there is some real apathy.
LOL–”for cryin’ out loud”
Batista, give up a home run so we can go do something else.
Wow..stellar pitching so far…
I hear the M’s were watching Freddy Garcia pitch…wonder if he’ll be anything close to his old self
So Young should be all stiff now. I love it when a plan comes together.
OKay how many times in the past few games has the opposing team scored three runs against the Mariners? This seems to happen EVERY game?? Am I wrong here?
48: That’s kinda interesting. When he was managing the Tigers years ago, Sparky Anderson used to do the same thing every once in a while with Jack Morris — probably ’cause Jack ran better than a lot of the guys on that team did back then.
Maybe one of those college softball players can pitch.
Like watching TV at 3am.
Isn’t that about the time that guy with the John Waters pencil mustache gets on and promotes his colonic that is supposed to cleanse the “toxins” from your intestinal tract?
Yeah, this is like that.
Baek has pitched or warmed up like 10 games in a row. Shouldn’t he get a rest or bring up Dickey to help him?
Actually, infomercials or Poker After Dark are both more exciting than this team has been lately.
Dammit they aren’t showing the game yet because the MINOR LEAGUE HOCKEY game went into overtime….
Maybe it’s a sign…
Is it possible for fans to file some sort of suit against ownership for pain inflicted?
I will be glad to show them how much the season tickets have cost me.
Garcia may be a good signing if you can get him cheap enough. Plus he’d be great at the Fungo party.
I’m so ready for a Fungo party at this point…
Speaking of great college softball players, I wonder if we can activate Angie Mentink to the roster?!
what the hell is going on here?
What’s going on here is that this team isn’t very good. It’s a badly-assembled collection of mostly mediocre, mostly overpaid parts. Last year they got lucky and played above their true talent level. This year they’re playing a bit below it. But mostly, it’s just a bad team, and we’re getting about what you should expect from that.
I’m willing to bet that 90% of the people there only went for the Putz bobblehead.
The other 10% scored cheap tickets and couldn’t pass them up.
Bloomquist in a FSN/Mariners promo? Oy.
65: That isn’t the CHL Memorial Cup Finals by any chance, is it?
Did the M’s even bat? That was an all-too-fast half-inning.
Is Angie Mentink a LH hitter?
Is it possible for fans to file some sort of suit against ownership for pain inflicted?
If that was possible the Cubs would’ve been bankrupted fifty years ago. And neither Florida team would still be in existence. And actually, the M’s would not have made it out of the 80s.
Yup…The Rangers just won…so they should switch over to the M’s game…
“He is more of a contact guy” Not exactly Blowers, his K/9 is above 8 for his career. But I am really happy you know he holds the ball lightly, cause that is what we need to know.
it’s so hard for me to watch batista, honestly he just throws meatballs and looks sweaty
Uh, barely.
Woooooo! Go Padres!
Gee they switched the game over just in time for that????
*cringe*
No Batista, you’re not throwing batting practice. This game actually counts.
Oh, lord…when Iguchi goes yard on ya, you know this game is hopeless!
Be careful what you wish for…
70 – I think classic description, well put
71 – I think your numbers are rightttt on the money.
The M’s don’t deserve my alcohol consumption.
Are we now officially free to root for our Hated Rivals for the rest of this game?
I don’t think we’ve seen the Mariners all season hit like the Padres have so far. Every hit goes for extra bases, everything hit hard. Batista’s making these guys look like the ‘27 Yankees.
Miguel Batista = Gut Teams Alibi
Somehow we are making an offense that is close / if not as bad as ours look good.
87 -
And she said –
“Tell me are you a Christian child?”
And I said “Ma’am I am tonight” – Marc Cohn
Yes.
Ah, the comeback begins…Woo-Hoo!
91: I’ll betcha half the fans who went to the game tonight wish they were “Walking In Memphis” instead.
93 – indeed. Or riding in a Silver Thunderbird.
As an aside, he’s playing at Zoo Tunes this year.
Sexson really has a way with the bat.
Raul? Really? I don’t know what to believe anymore.
OMG…RAUUUUL the speed demon?!
Quick, check outside for locusts!
Speaking of softball, I wish it was like coaches pitch and Miguel could pitch to the M’s and Young to the Padres.
Jeff Clement can not recognize a changeup. It is sad because I love his swing.
KENJIIIIII!!!!!
WOO HOOO!!!
Raise your drinks fellas!!!
“Kenji will be fine.”
Pretty funny. Gameday says “Raul Ibanez steals 2nd base.” Ha ha. No, seriously. What happened?
KENJI!
Well, there’s that first J-bomb for tonight…
Curse you Kenji! You selfishly killed the rally with your homerun!
Ya know, I was being facetious about that comeback…or so I thought!
What the hell is going on???
WOO HOO!!! Lovin’ it!!!
OMG, A two out Rally !!!
Can the Ichi keep it alive?
scott19- this lineup FEASTS on your sarcasm. Except for Vidro, we’ve established where he feasts.
So is Miguel Descartes the Dominican poet done? Will we be blessed with the chance to win?
108: Hey Mike, I never thought about it, but the Old Country Buffet could probably get Turbo to do some commercial spots for them.
If Adrian could lay off sliders low and away he would win a batting title.
111…and I wouldn’t yell at the TV so much…
111… and I wouldn’t be dead inside…
What was that thing keeping score? And why did we have to see it?
Pretty much any other left fielder would have gotten that.
Mel Stottlemyre is crying right now.
114 Why is that guy pitching? And why do we have to see it?
Maybe we can sign Tanyon Sturtze.
Stottlemyer: “Bring out the gimp”
there has?
well, as apparently Kenji & Washburn have a fishing trip planned, I am assuming not much, aside from them occasionally not being on the same page about what to throw when …
At this point, I think the gimp would be a better pitcher.
oh ok, bobbleheads. I was wondering why there were so many people today. I was scared people were buying into the rivalry.
121 -
I think Ichiro could probably pitch better than our #4 and #5 guys, and I’m not kidding.
122: Plus, it’s finally, uh, WARM outside for a change.
Why Raul, you are quite frisky on the basepaths today.
Ichiro quote from 2007
124 – True, but M’s/Pads is still a pretty hard sell.
117
I was wondering why FSN seems to think that they need to show fans doing random crap at the game, more than well……the game itself. You may have answered that though. I don’t want to see him pitching any more either
In the O’s-Nats game tonight, a guy by the name of Sherrill got his 16th save of the year so far.
Wow…sure glad we didn’t need a guy like that around.
wonder what it would be like to have an inning where they catch up to or surge on past the opposing team …
jspektor,
Be careful who you say that around, you don’t want the “angry little beaver” coming after you.
zzyzx- Are you kidding?! The Fryers make my blood boil! They’re so south and we’re so…north. Ooooh I hate ‘em so much!
i despise rally fries.
133
I’ll drink to that.
129- Your team has to have a lead in order to earn a save. He would be wasted here.
well, it’s not like there are a lot of games to save ’round these parts …
128: Although at least we don’t have Bert Blyleven circling everybody’s head with a tracer like the Twins do.
135/136: True.
Yuni swings at every pitch thrown in a ten mile radius of his bat. Doesn’t matter the situation.
Bard’s so bad, Raul stole a base. I expect at least one from Ichiro whenever he gets on base.
AB certainly has some good leather…
Adrian Beltre with the circus catch, haha. Nice!!
139: Vladdy Guerrero does the same thing.
Wouldn’t it be nice if Yuni made that kind of contact?
143 -
Indeed, a nice thought.
…I am chilling the Jagermeister…
yeah – j- bombs all night tonight. no doubt. at least the city will be poppin off tonight
LOL..I should drink one for that anyways…
I almost would rather watch on ‘Two Girls One Cup’ … on repeat.
(coming back after break)
How can Batista still be pitching?
149 because McLaren is managing
Does Yuni have a new look with the socks, or did he change when I was listening to games on the radio?
You know, we’re at a critical point in the game and FSN decides that now is the best time to give out rally fries? It just makes me sick. We want to see the game, not people begging for food.
152 – couldn’t agree with you more
149 – It is time for me to go out and get hammered. J-bombs for the jive tribe.
120: Replace fractiousness with ‘attitude problems’, I suspect that remedies any misconstuction. Poor diction on my part.
Seriously, a fishing trip? Is my sarcasmdar tango uniform, or is Jarrod seriously going to inspect Kenji’s tackle?
We may have been hosed on that one…
jagerbombs for everyone!!!
Yep…think it’s time to go watch the rest of this at the bar.
Holy cow some defense…or bad base running, either way, benefit much!
Balentien and he switched to the socks somewhere in the Texas series. Last game? And they won, so of course he’ll stick with them.
I always thought he was going to trip over those long pants anyway.
The Wave should be banned.
Um Kenji sort of didn’t catch that?
Whai… wha?
Shouldn’t you burn your best pinch-runner for the TYING or GO-HEAD runner?
Juneau-thanks. I’m a big fan of the socks look, and not a fan of the pants three inches too long.
Well, only four walks given up tonight!
Jesus, how many times can you say it could have been worse? I think I’m already done with that phrase, and it’s only May. I had my hopes pinned on beating Texas and San Diego. Maybe tomorrow…. At least we’ll have the better pitchers the next two days.