Snarkless morning note
DMZ · June 4, 2008 at 7:41 am · Filed Under Mariners
Day game today, remember. I’m headed there, as I love day games. I will not be wearing the traditional Doyle jersey as I’ll be arriving from work, though.
I wanted to point out that despite the team’s awful record, Bavasi has not handed extensions to either Ibanez or Bloomquist, which would certainly garner the team some distracting positive publicity for a news cycle. That’s good, and I hope this means both that they’re not going to get one and that he’s not going to make decisions like that where placation comes at the cost of long-term harm to the team.
Now watch, just before the game they’ll announce they’ve both been extended and I won’t find out until I arrive at the park.
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I love day games too. Hope the roof isn’t closed there. Have fun!
I’ll get home just in time to see Silva get rocked, Mac make more terrible in game decisions (pinch hitting Cairo? really?)…but at least I’ll get to see the magic if RA Dickey…
as I understand it, Raul is still one of the few players they were getting asked about before the season. Wonder if they will follow their previous kindly inclinations, and get into Raul to ‘a better situation” this trade deadline …
Unfortunately, now that this post went up we can expect that they both will have extensions by the end of the day. Ugh.
I’ll be listening to the game today at work, hopefully the M’s can at least salvage one game of this pathetic series.
In regards to Raul, I hope they trade him ASAP…before his stock falls any more…we know his defense is atrocious, and now it seems he is also losing his bat too…if he continues to slide, he’ll be untradable, and you know Bavasi will re-sign him in the off-season, if not before…
another happy morning sight?
RJ rockin’ the mullet again.
“Now watch, just before the game they’ll announce they’ve both been extended and I won’t find out until I arrive at the park.”
That is exactly the type of Mariners luck I expect day in and day out. At least you might have counter jinxed the jinx with that statement.
I miss RJ, curly mane and all. It’s a point of pride.
That’s no mullet.
Now
that’s a mullet.
Both RJ and Sam Cassell (of the NBA) are close to being tied for the “Most Handsome Man in Sports Award”. It’s close but I think RJ might have it.
I’ve always thought that Cassell looks like the alien (Louis Gosset Jr.) in Enemy Mine…
We love day games too – section 194, row 1, seats 1-5 – “in the front row right in front of home plate!”
Note: For those of you seating section challenged – section 194 is in the $7 cheap seats in centerfield… Right “in front of” home plate instead of right behind it…
I think I will play a game of MLB ‘08: The Show on PS3 and get us a virtual win today. It’s a beautiful thing having Hamilton, Ichiro!, and Sizemore patrolling the Safeco outfield instead of Ichiro! and two stiffs. In fact, my mood has improved dramatically since I abandoned this mid-air collision of an M’s season for the virtual confines of the PS3. I highly recommend it if you have money to throw around.
9 – work in front, party in the back
I’ll be there too, because I have season tickets and I’m stupid. I’m not sure which jersey I’ll be wearing (if any) but I’m almost guaranteed to be wearing my Rays hat. Stop by Section 108, Row 27, seats 21 and 22 (No one claimed this game yet so I may just go alone) if you want say hello. It’s always nice to talk to someone who doesn’t think my negative heckling is a bad thing. Haha
13- I have the game too, and all three of my teams are in the Mariners systems…I’ve turned all the made-up minor leaguers into the guys on the farm…I’m a nerd…I know…I think I should be the GM in real life…all three teams are in first place…Vidro is the best DH in AA history!…too bad they have RSS as a righty and you can’t edit it…
16- I meant Ryan Rowland-Smith…not RSS…my bad…
Comedy. I find myself in that exact same ’stupidity’ boat. What deck you on?
Wisconsin Waterfall, 10/90, Business in front/party in back, Shlong, Ape Drape, Hockey Hair, Normal Neck Warmer. Man, I could go on and on… if anybody on here has not ever heard of the Vandals (punk rock) you should listen to “Ape Drape” (song six I believe) on their “Hitler Bad… Vandals Good” album. Pretty funny song.
I don’t know about Ibanez, but it seems like Bloomquist has slipped down the depth chart. He’s lost his “hustling spark plug” role to Cairo. Maybe it’s Cairo who will get the extension!
Oh and DMZ–if you haven’t bought your tickets yet, you can use my extra one. I can just meet you outside the CF gate around oneish. Let me know, I’d hate to see this ticket go to waste.
“I’ve always thought that Cassell looks like the alien (Louis Gosset Jr.) in Enemy Mine…”
That’s Olden “No really, I’m a police officer” Polynice … you be the judge:
http://www.nba.com/playerfile/olden_polynice/index.html
http://www.cinefex.com/backissues/number25.jpg
Unless this is photo-shopped Don Mossi gets my vote.
Kaman did a good job too
Olden and Cassel must be brothers…
Former Mariner Report:
Brad Wilkerson vs. Yankees last night: 3-4, BB, run.
Not that we ever should have acquired him in the first place, but please don’t let him pull a Carlos Guillen now…
My God. Don Mossi was the BFG BFG
Mossi looks like he wants to tiptoe through the tulips.
Didja see Doyle is back with the Phillies? Reinstated from the DL … and T.J. Bohn sent down. Can he stay healthy for a week? The fate of a nation hangs in the balance.
Based on recent past performance, I find this hard to understand.
Poor Doyle … I still close my eyes and get nightmares.
In Ball Four, Jim Bouton referred to Don Mossi as a taxi going down the street with the doors open.
Speaking of Doyle and MLB ‘08: The Show, he unfortunately sucks really badly in that game. He’s snail-slow and hits for almost no power. Most disappointing aspect of the game, bar none. He sucks so bad I couldn’t even start him long enough for him to snap a tendon.
I thought that was Carlos Guillen.
Watching Frasier at 11:30 pm last night… It was the one where Sam Malone visits Frasier in Seattle. When asked why he was in town, Sam replies, “to interview for the Mariners pitching coach”.
Later, it is revealed Sam is really in town because he ran out on his wedding. Frasier says, “so you’re not in town for the Mariners”?
To which Sam replies, “No ballplayer is in town for the Mariners.”
That could be the slogan for the 2008 Mariners…”No Ballplayers are in town for the Mariners.”
Hope the roof isn’t closed there.
Given the weather the past couple of days, I certainly hope it is. Folks in the stands are going to be freezing their collective asses off, but at least they’ll be dry. (Yeah, I know there are predictions of “sun breaks in the afternoon”; I also know this is June in Seattle. I can’t wait for July 5th, when — with the frigid-gloom-and-mist-dampened fireworks out of the way — the summer officially starts)
That might be the single best TV line of all time.
Ouch, getting dissed by Frasier definitely smarts.
34 – That is great – I can’t believe the team is approaching how bad it was in the Fraiser days. Pretty timely stuff though.
MedicineHat — that’s hilarious. Do you know what year that show originally aired?
Nevermind, it was 1995. And given that it was probably written in 1994, that makes sense.
that would be “The Show Where Sam Shows Up” written by … Ken Levine & David Issacs.
im Bouton referred to Don Mossi as a taxi going down the street with the doors open.
I thought that was Carlos Guillen.
I thought it was someone recently nominated for president. But I don’t want to go there.
That Kaman photo is hilarious. It’s like he’s this decent-looking guy with a normal haircut, and someone snuck up and crazy-glued a full punk mohawk to his head without his knowledge. Hmmm, perhaps this was the look he was after?
written by … Ken Levine
Ok, that makes sense. He must’ve had so much fun coming up with that line. Someone should ask him about it. You know, in light of recent events.
hmm. might be worth checking in with him– I see his last baseball-related blog entry was this one
Great — you probably just reminded Bavasi to extend their contracts, as well as Cairo’s, etc…
43 – Kelsey had a mild heart attack yesterday … wow interesting time to bring up Fraser no doubt.
[off-topic]
MLB 08 The Show is great, I use the actual M’s players though, and wow the game must know the current fate of the real team. For instance, I had Bedard pitch 7 innings till he reached 100 pitches, he left with a 6-3 lead. I bring in Rhodes to face a lefty from the Angels, who then lines a 3-2 slider that Reed can’t get to down the RF line. In comes Morrow, who gets a DP ground ball, but allows hits to the next two batters. I summon Putz to come in and get a 4 out save, yet Kenji doesn’t block the splitter so the runners move up and later score, 6-5. Next frame Vidro lines out and strands the runner on 1st. I stick with JJ and he allows the tying run, blown save. Here’s where the game shifts away from reality: bottom of 9th, Ibanez reaches on a single, WFB pinch runs and steals second, Reed bunts hims over to 3rd, 1 out..”and here comes Sexson”..Richie sends a ground ball up the middle for a base hit..game over. 7-6
I have The Show for my PSP, but it doesn’t get played much for two main reasons:
1) A simply ridiculous amount of passed balls on any sort of breaking pitch. If there’s a man on first, you’re better off throwing all fastballs and hoping for a double play.
2) It’s not unusual to have a batter foul off five or more pitches in any at-bat where the count goes to 3-2; what makes it worse is that the announcer makes a point of telling you that the batter is making you throw a lot of pitches. Thanks, you jerk.
It’s not unusual to have a batter foul off five or more pitches in any at-bat where the count goes to 3-2;
Ah ha! It just doesn’t do that on the Wii then.
You’re right, the passed balls are too much. Also, if you check your swing a lot, you have to hear them comment on it every single time. I check swing on most pitches I take, so it gets tiresome, but I think you can turn the announcers off. Speaking of which, Hudler is God-awful. Someome should take his vocal chords and hide them in a far away place. The foul balls on full counts are gratuitous, as you point out. I avoid it by going outside the zone…results in more walks, but cuts down on the foul-athons by a bunch. Helps to use Felix or Delcarmen or anyone with a breaking ball that starts in the zone and dives quickly out. The fielding is pretty wonky at times, too. All that said, still the best baseball game I’ve ever owned.
49 – Mario Kart Wii (w/ wheel) is the best game I’ve played since both Versions of Ken Griffey Junior baseball (SNES and 64).
“I will not be wearing the traditional Doyle jersey . . .”
OK, but you can pick up a paper bag with two eye holes for a buck on the way into the park. I’m just sayin’ . . .
Is a daytime loss more entertaining than a night one?
“Snarkless morning note”
I’m not sure about snarkless, more like less snark.
Mario Super Sluggers comes out this year. I saw the Japanese trailer this morning and it looks awesome. Chomp Chomps can come out of the outfield grass and eat the left fielder… I have dreams like that.
So I see that Vidro is in the lineup again – not good sign.
Damn, where’s my highschool graduation photo?
again on MLB 08: The Show, Hud is annoying…the M’s hit a lot of singles so you often hear from him “7 hits in the ballgame for them, all singles..someone didn’t eat their spinach…aagga(insert very baYed popeye imitation here). Yeah, there are a lot of passed balls in the game with runners on, they charge them as wild pitches though. The announcers do catch on if you make a strange move, for instance, I have used Rhodes as a pinch-hitter and have I have inserted Washburn as pinch runner, I think they say “well this moves makes you scratch your head”.