Comments on: Game 48, Mariners at Tigers

By: edgar for mayor

edgar for mayor — Fri, 23 May 2008 09:28:25 +0000

Mariners: Your Slump Busters

By: joser

joser — Fri, 23 May 2008 03:29:53 +0000

Hey slescotts — wherefore the hostility? Reverse red-eye is an airline flight. The M’s have a history of sending down (or releasing) members of the bullpen for no obvious good reason — and one HR certainly qualifies as that sort of specious reason. Given all that, that comment is both sad and humorous, sarcastic and accurate, all at once. I’m not sure what you thought he said, but it certainly seems more appropriate than your little diatribe.

(And if the mods happen back here and just delete #296 — and I think they should — they should delete this as well).

By: slescotts

slescotts — Fri, 23 May 2008 03:10:55 +0000

[nope]

By: Tom in Edmonds

Tom in Edmonds — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:29:38 +0000

198…. My Wife asked me why I still watch these guys day after day……

Only answer I had was, I love the game.

By: edgar for mayor

edgar for mayor — Fri, 23 May 2008 00:20:16 +0000

All I can say is. I am glad I missed this game.

Glad Reed got a hit, though.

By: BillyJive

BillyJive — Fri, 23 May 2008 00:12:02 +0000

Anyone else here wondering if Ichiro regrets signing that extension yet?

By: joser

joser — Thu, 22 May 2008 23:01:48 +0000

The clubhouse has forgotten that they play to win…

That’s the same sort of crap as “they wanted it more.” “Heart” and “want” can’t make up for talent and skill. This team is made up of people who play to win. Unfortunately, they’re mostly not very good at it. This is a badly-assembled collection of mostly mediocre, mostly overpaid players who mostly aren’t being employed in ways that minimize their shortcomings. No amount of desire or chemistry can overcome that.

So, since pretty much absolutley everyone is sucking (even Ichiro is batting below .300)

Ichiro is not sucking. He’s a lifetime .330 hitter, and he’s batting .351 in May. He was .252 in April. For his career, he’s hit .293 in April and .369 in May. So he’s a little below his career line for those months, but he still has a couple of weeks in May. (And offenses in general are down in the AL this year). Every year we are forced to listen to the clueless national media going on about how Ichiro has finally fallen off the cliff and every year they’ve been wrong. I have no doubt that’s the case this year too. Those of us who have watched him on a daily basis for the last seven years have no excuse for making that mistake.

By: SpokaneMsFan

SpokaneMsFan — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:40:58 +0000

That is the most awesome question ever, still laughing 10 minutes later.

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:54:07 +0000

The Nickster asked: Have you guys noticed what McLaren’s favorite expression is about his team? I mean besides, “[Name of pitcher] just didn’t have it today.” It’s this: “feeling good about ourselves.” Every damn interview it’s “We’re starting to feel good about ourselves again” or “we’ve just got to get back to feeling good about ourselves.”

Sounds like Chuck Armstrong signed McLaren up for the 12-step program endorsed by Stuart Smalley in “Daily Affirmations With Stuart Smalley” and demanded he read Smalley’s book “I’m Good Enough, I’m Smart Enough, and Doggone It, People Like Me!”

By: Steve T

Steve T — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:34:49 +0000

Is anybody else getting the feeling that this team might not be very good? I think I am. Just a tingle.