Game 80, Mariners at Padres
DMZ · June 28, 2008 at 6:05 pm · Filed Under Mariners
Carlos Silva, free agent extravaganza, versus Cha Baek, who the M’s discarded for no reason early in the season. 7:05.
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Ah, CSB…taking it to the M’s tonight for his first MLB shutout.
Vidro hitting clean up, look out!
No Willie in the lineup tonight. Here is where he stands at game time after last night’s 0-3 with 2 walks:
77 – Consecutive games without an XBH
149 – Consecutive at bats without an XBH
171 – Consecutive PAs without an XBH
80 – 2008 season ABs with no XBH
95 — 2008 season PAs with no XBH
Unofficial records:
100 – Consecutive games without an XBH – Greg Gross
223 – Consecutive at bats without an XBH – Jose Valdivielso
266 – Consecutive PAs without an XBH – Larry Lintz
124 – Full season ABs with no XBH – Dwain Anderson
144 – Full season PAs with no XBH – Dwain Anderson
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this could be interesting
RF Suzuki, Ichiro
2B Lopez, Jose
LF Ibanez, Raul
1B Vidro, Jose
3B Beltre, Adrian
CF Reed, Jeremy
C Clement, Jeff
SS Betancourt, Yuniesky
P Silva, Carlos
WTF. Willie is not in the lineup. That’s outrageous.
Doesn’t Riggleman know that WFB is chasing baseball immortality in not 1 but 5 distinct statistical categories?
Let’s hope Silva can bat better than he pitches…
Why isn’t Reed playing in his natural position, 1B?
Because nearly $30 million / year worth of starters couldn’t make it out of the fifth three nights in a row and the team wouldn’t consider sending one of their sorry butts to the bullpen as an emergency long-man if the next guy followed suit. Really, a pathetic move, not just because it highlights how little they understand replacement level or value cheap guys, but because it came about because of repeated failures of their high-priced FAs.
Great a fat tub of goo pitching and the Baconator playing first and batting cleanup…
Do the M’s just draw straws for their lineups??
Oh well..go M’s..
I hate the management this year. What is Vidro doing in the clubhouse to cause this. Any idiot can see Vidro is not fit to hit third…or fourth…or NINTH!
God I am pissed.
How long until Vidro’s option vests?
My team sucks.
…I like how they are trying to down sell Baek now.
“Oh yeah he’s not that good, he can’t go very long before he implodes”
Please just say it.
“Bavasi gave away good cheap talent for NOTHING, probably a mistake”
Sorru for the double post there
Who is this Baek guy? He sucks…
*sigh*
I’d be mad about Vidro, but since they “fixed” Sexson’s swing, he’s basically a tall version of Vidro, so it doesn’t matter who is starting between the two.
Of course just because you have to play one of them doesn’t mean they have to be put into clean-up. Ugh.
Opposite league week sucks so very very very much, it’s less exciting than the WS, and after #11 put things into perspective, it’s time to clean the filing cabinet…except watching the game C.S.Becks career launched from, against the M’s, didn’t see that coming, makes it worth it.
Putting Felix on the DL is stupid.
I think everything the Ms front office has done this year qualifies as “stupid.”
(Except for canning Bavasi and McLaren.)
my that was a pathetic showing in the first.
either that, or a lot of guys had Memphis in the NCAA championships and still owe Cha.
I suppose it would be more appropriate if I saved my Pyramid Curve Ball for tomorrow, but ….. nah.
Geezus..looks like Silva has been hitting the gym…
…and by ‘gym’ I mean the drive thru
Aye.
Acceptance. The final stage of grief.
I keep cycles through the pissed off and laughing stage…but I already accept that we suck.
Weak Grounder to second…check
Error…check
if Silva had worn one of last night’s throwback unis, it might have actually fit like the ‘78 uniforms were supposed to …
I love watching fat guys run…
An infield hit rally, without Ichiro even.
Poor Clement.
I keep cycles through the pissed off and laughing stage…but I already accept that we suck.
The word you are looking for, my friend, is Schadenfreude.
I think everyone remembers how Baek was pitching when last they saw him, so they keep swinging at the first pitch.
oh, for petes sake.
that was just piss poor.
WTF was that?
good think I didn’t pick ‘base running’ as a drinking game this season.
The 2008 Mariners…
Finding new creative ways to suck
Heh, not quite. I laugh because we are comically bad, not because I enjoy losing.
I hate losing
anyone seen “Sport” Sullivan & Arnold Rothstein hanging around?
Silva’s ERA is 5.92 but his FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching) is 4.65, a number which is more consistent with the rest of his career.
Hi-ho Silva.
A different hero every night. So to speak.
Ok, I hate to jinx him, but Silva looks good tonight.
Indeed. The pain is ours as M’s fans. and I for one take no pleasure in it.
Does having a sandwich in-between innings make you an ‘innings eater’?
I always wondered why they called Silva that…
I was writing my Baek rant while that rundown occurred, and I thought “should I just delete this and write ‘Vidro has just been tagged out in an inning-ending rundown between home and third…’ then write “My team sucks’ ten times and call it a post?”
hey! you don’t have to forego that gas-guzzling behemoth! We’ll just sell you all that gas for cheaper! C’mon! Join us!
cool. Kendall on the trivia question.
who was it who said i love watching fat people run?
Ha…It is pretty funny to watch…
…and kinda sad….
Nice bunt
And ichiro gets fucked…Go 2008
msb — the even weirder subtext of that ad is “Let’s refuel America” which seems to imply that everyone should band together and fill up a couple times, and everything will be great again, gas cheaper than water, Ford Excursions selling well, the whole package.
That was a swing? C’mon blue, we have a hard enough time getting hits already. Don’t take the bat away from one of our only real hitters.
Nice..the game just came on here in BC..
Now I can watch the M’s suck in HD
Two failed pitcher bunts, one cost two outs,one cost one out.
Hmmm.
Nice bling Silva..
wonder when his crappy rap album is coming out..
Oh you don’t have it yet.
Its decent, the word suck pitch is used 447 times though.
wonder when his crappy rap album is coming out..
Maybe Silva can do a tour with “Sandfrog”?
Sandfrog broke up, unfortunately for our purposes
LOL
…what rhymes with ’suck pitch’
LOL
Duck Ditch?
That was pretty…
*sigh*
I just turned the game on, has Silva eaten anyone yet?
pshaw– just because you screw up your marriage by catting around with a “model” … sheesh, you’d think your brother-in law could overlook something like that for the sake of the art, and keep the band together.
These two offenses, in Petco Park. This could be a very long night.
And no Sandfrog? Just when I thought things couldn’t get worse.
Sandfrog broke up, unfortunately for our purposes
Surely this calls for a reunion tour?
oh.. what about fu-
no…
61- Silva has not eaten anyone yet
He just looks like he has…
Beltre!
Beltre!!
Actually, unlike Shaq, Silva can probably rap better than he can play.
Reed!!
Yay Reed!
Nice hittin’ there, Jeremy!
Spiezio speaks out through music:
Addresses depression and chemical dependency on album
*sniffle*
well, no one that we know of …
Damn.
Yayyyyyyyyyyy more Sandfrog! I’d despaired when I heard of their demise. I’m glad to hear they’ll keep on rocking.
I’m pretty sure that Rubik’s Cube was passé by 1989.
I feel like every at bat Clement doesn’t get a hit, johjima is that much closer to returning to the catcher spot.
BTW I am really getting tired of seeing platoons.
Darren McCarthy of the Detroit Red Wings fronts a band called ‘Grinder’
Maybe they could tour together…
Platoons rock.
Or maybe Jack McDowell can hire Silva and Spiezio as roadies for Stickfigure.
Awww, you really think so?
if the Mariners are wearing their 1989 uniforms, I want them to actually FIT like the 1989 uniforms.
I also want either the 19 year old Jr. in center … or a trade for RJ.
Mmmmm Grinders. Haven’t had one in years.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/photos/photo.asp?PhotoID=71440
good photo of scotty
I wonder what happens if that second wife divorces him
A well-constructed platoon makes the most of both players’ abilities. Say you can find two cheap left-fielders, one lefty, one righty, both with severe platoon problems, and you can combine them to get Babe Ruth. That’s awesome.
Platoons are the product of accumulated baseball knowledge since its inception, and have been used effectively by nearly all of its great managers.
Presumably he finds a new brunette one and has the hair re-inked.
K let me reprashe DMZ, I hate our platoons
I can’t type tonight…fail
While we’re on a rock-n-roll jig, Rizzs had mentioned the other day that the guys from Pearl Jam, who just happened to be in NYC, were out at Shea hitting the ball around with the M’s during BP prior to the game.
Too bad they weren’t available for the game to help out the lineup.
It would be nice if we could play like 1989- but 73-89 right now seems out of reach
Yeah Eddie Vedder has some pipes…I’ll bet he can hit
awwww. “The emotions and the lyrics are very deep. It turned out pretty good.”
I assume the band has a new rhythym guitarist, then.
Actually, I’d heard that a few years back, too, though I’ve never heard any of their music.
I’ve got it — let’s get all these guys together for a Jock Rock Fest!
The Sandfrog web page is still dead-in-memoriam though
[check first]
Nope it’s not that…oh well..maybe myspace
Is it just me, or is Silva wearing one of those Life Alert necklaces? What is that yellow thing? “Help, my meat pitch is coming in pre-tenderized, and I can only make these guys look like the Padres for so long!”
Ben Broussard wasn’t bad. Bernie Williams is a very talented guitarist.
Now Ruben Sierra, on the other hand…
Sandfrog on Youtube:
here
old song though
I assume the band has a new rhythym guitarist, then.
Perhaps in the hoosegow?
That hit Lopez in the root-beer belly!
I think Boonie needs to get a band together now that he’s retired.
I guess the treatment didn’t work out so well.
Regarding platooning LF’s — how special (or asked another way, are these guys hanging around AAA waiting to be picked up) does a hitter have to be to be platooned only against lefties and still hit productively? Or is the fact they’re sitting ~75% of the time not germane?
Raul!!
dang, they also seem to have lost their lead guitarist
Sean Kinney of Alice and Chains played with Sand Frog during one show.
Alice in Chains is one of my favorite bands, needless to say, i was dissapointed with Kinney.
don’t lets forget Bronson Arroyo
Bases loaded and AB up to bat..
WOO HOO!!
Time for tha FUNK!!
I’ve heard he does some great smooth jazz.
Beltre is the Seattle Mariners offense.
Bases loaded and Reed up to bat…
We want the funk!
I guess the treatment didn’t work out so well.
It’s always like Intervention. The addict is confronted, agrees to go off to day camp. Cut to a month or two later, they look happy and say they feel terrific and don’t need the drugs anymore. Cut to three months later and they are stealing shopping carts for the scrap value.
Bad luck in two at bats for Clement tonight
He should’ve gone to Schick-Schadel!
More Failure with RISP
now, that’s material for a song or three.
Refreshing cocktails at Duffy’s Bar!
btw, tonight’s pregame words of broadcaster wisdom?
Silva is a sinkerballer, so he needs to keep his pitches down.
He hasn’t been doing that.
Wow, Boonie sounded pretty good in the radio booth. The part where he and Dave talked through Vidro’s at bat, until Dave mentioned he’d just drawn a walk was awesome.
Meister, Spiezio’s agent, believes the Cardinals’ decision to release his client is a mistake, robbing Spiezio of not only his profession but also his hopes and dreams.
“He has been clean and sober for some time now,” Meister says.
“For some time” = “Three minutes, or so”
I was never a Spezio fan when he played for Seattle but you hate to see a guy throw it all away like that…
I hope he can land on his feet
I think Silva had a point there..that last pitch stunk
Oh, BTW, did we have a pre-game chemistry report?
(not to be confused with Spiezio chemical dependency report)
I wonder if his lawyer gets called Mister Meister.
LOL
Mister Meister..
Whatever happened to those guys..they were like TOTO lite.
Anyone else getting a little erked with the inconsistant strike zone?
Yeah efm..it’s pretty bad tonight
you know, I think that lopez is pretty decent, is he safe from the impending rebuilding?
I think Lopez may be but I hope Yuni is not..I’m tired of waiting for his D to come around
128… not enough to lose my head over.
As one of our few good pieces I doubt it and I hope not.
Indeed. :S
Awful pun…gross story
I’m thinkin’ it might be time for Silva to hit the buffet table
the same on the tv side– his own hair color, looked in great shape; they were just visiting on the tv side, wandering off into golf, as he & Blow are golf buddies. Sounded happy and grounded, and (Boone?!) humble.
That would have been #1 on SportsCenter.
Shoot.
OK Carlos, nice game, but there’s a delicious array of Uncle Lee’s Baggie Eggs waiting in the clubhouse.
Jose Vidro *Health Up*
Turbo with a double??
Wow..guess who’s going to Sizzler after the game…
139… America’s Test Kitchen is supposed to have an article in next month’s issue about which baggies are the best for making Baggie Eggs.
Smooth move, Ex-lax.
DOUBLE FAIL>
Booo…boo
Now if the Baconator had still been on 3rd…he never would have been so far off the base…
Who poped up? Cairo or Reed. I failed to look
Nevermind
Reed…damn, now Bloomquist is going to play everyday for you.
Nice DP!!
Some one needs to tell Clement he isn’t going to get sent down. He is not comfortable…
Clement is totally impatient.
Oh, NOW I know why we gave Silva that huge contract.. Because he’s a “gamer”.
says one of the announcers. That, a poodle and a couple of labrador retrievers would sure explain the disappearing belt-buckle problem.
I hope Clement starts hitting soon.
That a win…Morow need to be starting. Saves dont’ fucking matter at this point.
Morrow!!
Another M’s win!
I could get used to this…
*sigh*
Have a good one everyone…gotta serve beer to the masses…
LIGHTS OUT! Gotta love Morrow.
If you care, ESPN is covering the quasi-no hitter in LA.
Quasi because the Angels are losing it and 8 innings won’t count.
A no Hit win…WOW
This game proves one of the points I try to make periodically, which is that single gsmes of baseball can show off skills that are not indicative of a player’s longterm worth, and when front offices base decisions on those games, they make serious errors. Silva clearly outpitched Baek tonight. Lopez made an absolutely WebGem-worthy play on the flip to Yuni (whose barehand was spectacular as well). That doesn’t mean that signing Silva was the right move, or that DFAing Baek was the right move, or that Lopez is a great second basemen. No one is in the major leagues who can’t have a game where they’re pretty good to great in the course of nine innings. The reason you use both statistical analysis and a knowledge of baseball fundamentals together is to avoid making choices based on single instances like this.
I was at the Dodgers game. Jered Weaver got the loss and Reggie Willits struck out to end the game. As a M’s fan that might have been the highlight of the year for me.
Only 17 1/2 games out and if we win the next 20, the M’s are .500 again. Don’t give up yet M’s fans!
pfff….
Good game tonight though…
ah well, its been fun playing the crap teams.
now we get Peavy & Halladay, right?
As much as I loathe the Angels, though, I gotta kinda feel for Lil’ Spicoli — the poor bastard finally gets his name in the record book for something and he still loses!
Let’s put a (sort of) in the record books for Weaver…didn’t realize he only went six in that game. >:(