Game 89, Mariners at Athletics
DMZ · July 7, 2008 at 6:10 pm · Filed Under Game Threads
The Bus vs. Eveland, 7:05 our time.
I’m watching the Tour de France while I wait for the game to come on. Woooooo!
Pretty normal lineup, Johjima catches, Clement DHs and is protected in the order by Willie Boom-Boom Bloomquist.
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Yesterday was a big day for Willie with 6 PAs. Ichiro also landed at #399 on the all time hit list yesterday and is just 2 hits away from Lou Piniella who ended his career with 1705.
085 – Consecutive games without an XBH
163 – Consecutive at bats without an XBH
188 – Consecutive PAs without an XBH
094 – 2008 season ABs with no XBH
112 – 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
The bus or The bust?
Derek “The Peloton” Zumsteg.
Shannon just had a piece from the clubhouse featuring all the other position players who were put out that they didn’t get to be the one to pitch.
Beltre says he has been trying to get on the mound for years, and he would have been throwing a lot of two-seamers.
unofficially, I think the Clubhouse Chemistry is GOOD today.
Willie Bloomquist is selfish.
With the team’s hitting as it is, all we’ve needed is a little bit more power to win a few games. Look at yesterday – it’s not that we didn’t have men on base, it’s that they’ve been left there.
And why not?
No power bat to knock them in.
It is a well-known fact that hitters trade average for power. You have players who hit for high average but low power – hello, Ichiro! You have players, on the other hand, who hit for high power but don’t have a high batting average – until this year, Richie Sexson.
What this team needs right now is the latter. Sexson isn’t getting it done. Vidro isn’t getting it done.
This team needed a player to step it up. They’d have to sacrifice some of their precious BA, but the team would win more games. Well worth it, right? A player with true grit wouldn’t even need to be asked, they’d just step forward and DO IT, right?
Except – he isn’t.
Willie Bloomquist, hero of September ‘02, the man who hit 15 doubles just three years ago – the man called the face of the Mariners and a “fan favorite” – has yet to hit a single extra base hit this year.
He has selfishly guarded his precious batting average by trying to hit singles, instead of hitting one out of the park. Maybe his average would go down. Maybe he wouldn’t be padding his stats so much.
But we’d win a few more ballgames.
Well, Willie. Are you going to step it up for the team? Or are you going to continue to be a selfish person who has no place on the Mariners roster?
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Well, what do you think? I bet I could give Jay Mariotti and Bill Plaschke a run for their money!
Cervelo has crappy commercials that make me lust after their bikes. How’s that for marketing? I wonder if I’m just so used to the super-slick commercials I see with every M’s game that their commercials-by-engineers is like a sweet salve.
Or it could be that the product is that good
sick nasty!
My girlfriend thinks it’s quite funny that Richie hit a home run and I was unhappy about it.
I think you’ve got it. You’re almost into Steve Kelley territory there.
Feels good to get the breaks
Dynamite Mariotti satire!
Hang on: I missed the “bus” on Wash’s new nickname. Someone explain please!
Wait wait wait.
Sexson hits a homerun in the first.
Washburn has a 1-2-3 inning.
Welcome to bizarro world.
could washburn be making a late career comeback, oh wait, he’s only thirty three and shitee
WFB loves singles night.
Vitalogist – Some weeks back, Washburn strongly insinuated that he was pitching poorly because he “wasn’t on the same page” as his catcher, Kenji Johjima. In other words, he threw Kenji under the bus to take the blame for sucktasticness.
I seriously can’t believe that Niehaus brought up A-Rod’s divorce… and Blowers moved the conversation away from it.
And then Washburn did it again later, just for good measure.
my. wander back to the game 20 minutes in, and they have runs on the board?
Does anyone else have mlb gameday audio? Mine isn’t working.
I can’t say I’m unhappy about Richie hitting the home run. Everyone knows he sucks including him… I’m glad he got a homer, because I feel bad for his psyche.
I swear someone yelled “Noonan!” on that infield popup. Did you hear it?
BTW, what is so bad about mentioning the divorce? Just unprofessional, or is there some unwritten thing I missed?
Sexson?!
Hmmm… I can get the A’s radio broadcast, but not the M’s.
That the highest paid player in baseball is committing adultery (or entered into “an affair of the heart”) with Madonna is hardly family material. Plus, Blowers can see the flashing “YOU’RE ABOUT TO LOSE YOUR JOB” button on the console and Niehaus can’t.
19 – The Mariners broadcast is back up now. All of MLB Gameday Audio appeared to be down for the first 1 1/2 innings.
He seems to avoid discussions about players & personal stuff…
@23: I can understand the not family material part I guess, but I don’t know why they’d fire the guy over it.
24 – Thanks. I just retried it and it worked.
odd there are only about 12 people there to see this game.
Part of Blowers’ job is to baby-sit Neihaus.
25 – Because if someone outed Blowers and we found out about his crush on Willie… well, it would be Take Me Out all over again.
Richie wanted 2.
Thanks guys. I knew about the Johjima saga, just didn’t make the connection. Thats a great nickname- good work.
God, can I just say, I seriously dislike Jarrod Washburn? I mean, what IS to like?
…………the streak continues.
Nice leap Willie
Sel. Fish.
Paul Rodgers, The Voice?
Willie will let other people have doubles.
Paul L:
I would like to get that instant replay and dub “I believe I can fly” over it.
Bloomy’s streak is at 87 now, right? (85 before the game, plus 2 so far)?
He’s now tied for third on the all-time list.
um, some more runs? a little offense? be nice, you know, guys.
well, except for those XBH, Willie.
Too bad the Mariners don’t have a real center fielder on the roster.
42 – Um, Reed. Or rather, Ichiro, with Reed at right.
I would like to point out, though, that Clement started at DH against a lefty. And Vidro and Cairo both started the game on the bench.
Maybe there is hope for Riggleman.
Why do I get the feeling, though, that next time the M’s play against a pitcher who Vidro had two hits off of back in 2004, Vidro will be back to hitting cleanup.
The Prentice, you’re hired!
@38
I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch…the top of the wall…maybe…
43 — I know. I should have labeled it with /sarcasm tags.
Adrian Beltre loves singles night.
47 – Hahaha, sorry, I am so bad at judging internet sarcasm!
Three hits for Beltre!
That is a great ad behind home plate.
OK, then he just did an Adrian and got himself out.
silly Beltre….sigh we still love you!
amazing.
they just keep finding new ways to get out of an inning.
Kenji, come on.
Is there some complex mathematical model we can use to prove that this team is horrible at base running, or is the visual evidence enough?
Kenji did that on purpose, then called Crap Pitch #3 right down the pipe. Should make for some fun in the post-game.
Perfect time to tune in, nice meatball Bus.
Cannot stop the bleeding.
………and waashuburn needs to be pulled!
I think the Fairy Dust has worn off.
Why don’t they serve Rally Fries at away games?
No chance, Ibanez.
@62: I seem to remember them doing that in the past.
just who would you replace him with?
…keeping in mind that Burke is not available.
washburn’s still an asshole
Hiroki Kuroda of the Dodgers, through six innings, is throwing a… shhhh….
68 – and against Jorge Campillo of all people…
Our fastest three players are on base…I think.
But I guess it didn’t help.
it’s a wonder there isn’t more manager- strangling-player action in dugouts across America.
WHO THE FUCK ON THE BRAVES TRIED TO BUNT?!?!?
66… why, he only pitched one inning yesterday.
Sexson … King of the DP!
Bah! Double by Teixeria. Back to the M’s game. Huzzah(???)
Richie Vidro! Without Turbo in the game, somebody has to screw up any opportunities with a DP.
San Diego down by 1 in the 7th, Colorado won. Ues we have a chase to regain the cellar.
Kuroda lost the perfect game because ESPN said he was throwing one.
Vin Scully was talking about it for innings, as it is his job to do. Good announcers ignore that particular tenet of baseball religion.
I don’t understand Riggleman’s platooning/pinch-hitting strategies.
I just turned on the gamecast after not watching the game at all. The first thing I saw was J Vidro hit for Clement. Maybe Clement’s tired from all that hitting yesterday.
Nice outing for Washburn to go 8 innings for us here. Bullpen needed a rest.
Yaay! A-Rod’s kids get to suffer through a divorce! Hooray! Break out the champagne!
Yeah, that was weird and not very nice. But y’all? One of our broadcasters just used “schadenfreude” on the air. That’s got to be a win. Er, a metaphorical win.
83 –
It just infuriates me that the media will be saying what a trooper and team player he is. But he’s an asshole and he wasn’t pitching well, and he got lucky.
And he’ll probably have some more self-congratulatory comments about how awesome he was and how he could truck through eight innings tonight, but the bullpen couldn’t each just eek out one more inning each.
Jim:
J-lo – Don’t wriggle us into extra innings here. Swing for the fences. Home run = good. Single = bad.
And Madonna dumped a guy who, ironically, looked a bit like Jack McDowell for him — if the tabloids are accurate, that is!
Vin Scully was talking about it for innings, as it is his job to do. Good announcers ignore that particular tenet of baseball religion.
That particular tenet of baseball religion is that no one is supposed to mention the no hitter to the pitcher. So as long as pitchers don’t watch the broadcast of their own game, it’s all good.
That particular tenet of baseball religion is that no one is supposed to mention the no hitter to the pitcher. So as long as pitchers don’t watch the broadcast of their own game, it’s all good.
Right, but if none of us talk about it either, then it’s like we’re actually on the team too. Or so we can pretend.
well, he is. It’s one of the few things he seems to have always done, suck it up for the team (in both senses of the phrase)
If we move to the NL West today we would only be 9 games out! Somebody call Selig and make it happen
That tells ya what a powerhouse division the NL West is these days.