Game 101, Red Sox at Mariners
DMZ · July 23, 2008 at 12:40 pm · Filed Under Game Threads
1:40. Buchholz vs Felix.
Happy Felix Day!
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happy happy Felix day
The highlight of my week, Felix Day!!
I look forward to annoying, arrogant Boston fans learning what a good young pitcher actually looks like, while their newest pretend good young pitcher continues to get exposed.
Man, I’m still debating going to this. It’s Felix, so I should. If it was sunny, I definitely would. But I really don’t like the idea of biking down there and then freezing my ass off in the stands.
If I had A.) Money to buy a ticket and B.) Enough gas in my car to get there and back (which is exasperated by point A), I’d definitely head up there to soak in the one great starter we have right now.
1) San Diego… –
2) Seattle… 1 GB
3 Washington… 1 GB
I was starting to get scared there for a while, but we’ve managed to get right back in it. We do have some stiff competition though.
How did the Padres even get close to the post-season last year?
Ouch, yesterday Ryan Divish was on KJR saying that the M’s should send Yuni down to Tacoma. Well, they decided to one up that idea and replace Yuni with WFB today. If that doesn’t get his attention then nothing will.
Boy do I love me some Felix Day! Woooooooo!
Lineup:
RF Suzuki
2B Lopez
LF Ibanez
DH Vidro
3B Beltre
CF Reed
C Johjima
1B La Hair
SS Bloomquist
Manny’s out for Boston with a sore knee. Let the Felix domination begin!
Ouch, yesterday Ryan Divish was on KJR saying that the M’s should send Yuni down to Tacoma. Well, they decided to one up that idea and replace Yuni with WFB today.
How does that “one up” the idea? If they sent Yuni down, who do you think would take his place on the field? This looks like “one down” on the idea. Sending him down to Tacoma would get his attention. Replacing him with Bloomquist (especially in a day after night game) just looks like a rest.
Does anyone else want Felix to bat for Vidro?
Hey, don’t forget the M’s were “close” to the post-season last year too…
I look forward to seeing Felix shut down the Red Sox while their fans sit in their seats and gape at his awesomeness.
Today’s predicted final score-
Red Sox-1
Seattle-0
W-Bucholz-6 IP,12 H
L-Hernandez-9 IP,15 K,0 ER
LOB Boston 0, Seattle 17
E- Lopez, Ibanez, Bentancourt
(Ichiro! goes 5-5, Vidro strikes out 4 times. After the game, Riggleman praises Vidro for “valiantly going down swinging each time.” He also adds that Vidro will hit 4th again tommorow.)
In other news, we are 38-0 when scoring more runs than the other team.
Go Felix!
DP DP DP DP DP, come on.
well, this is off to such a promising start.
The word you wanted there was exacerbated.
Whether or not he exacerbated doesn’t seem like any business of yours…
Sorry…the thread’s slow…couldn’t resist.
Oooh, Vidro’s up. I just *know* he’s gonna give us a good at bat! My feelings tell me so!
Whoops, that’s what I get for posting during a sugar crash…
Am I the only one who saw Joh drop his bat while swinging in the on-deck circle when they were showing that closeup on Reed?
Ouch, after such a nice catch.
Aaaand that’s not how you play defense.
Ichiro! just wanted to make sure he gave a proper example of both.
Anyone know what the “on-field delay” that I saw on gameday is?
What are these on-field delays MLB gameday is telling me about?
Probably a couple argued calls at first.
They called LaHair safe when he looked out, and Francona argued.
Then they called Ichiro out when he looked safe and Riggleman argued.
Raul is on fire! Any team in contention should be lining up to give the M’s several good prospects for him, more than the M’s could get in the draft.
Good call not having Clement in the lineup today. And hearing the announcers trying to justify it makes it that much worse. Leadership behind the plate? Seriously? That must be why all the pitchers just love throwing to him…
Here’s where we are today after 5,000 games.
2,355 Wins, 2,643 Unwins and 2 Ties.
Nice. I know that I do.
sadly, when facing the Mariner offense the exposure gets delayed.
So I checked in and learned it as Felix Day. Yay! But wait, it’s Felix Afternoon Day and the game is half over. Boo! And Gameday says “error by Right Fielder Ichiro! Suzuki”. Error? WTF?!
Following the game on Gameday is extremeley frustrating. Many of these pitches called “balls” are located within the strike zone. Some are even right over the heart of the plate. What gives?
Following the game on Gameday is extremeley frustrating. Many of these pitches called “balls” are located within the strike zone. Some are even right over the heart of the plate. What gives?
you can feel the potential in that single
TURBO!!!!!
Woohooo! Vidro comes through! How does that saying about blind squirrels go?
There is a DH for you.
Ortiz Shmorteez
weird. i hope we dont trade the baconator, he’s the heart of our team. see how he hits HRs all the time?
Ah crap, I spoze that means the gritty Turbo will be around even longer because obviously he is hitting better than his numbers show.
OK, I’mat the game, and can’t believe Turbo hit that. Of course, it came as I’m badmouthing him to my neighbor. Maybe he heard me.
As in Schmorteez-bord!!!!
What the hell is the difference between using JJ in this high leverage situation, or using him in the 9th?
This is how you “ease” a guy back in?
Someone please tell me Batista is not available to pitch today.
I watched the first few innings before I had to head out to do errands, and the ump had a frustratingly inconsistent strike zone. Seriously, Buccholz at one point put three pitches in about the same place, just off the upper outside corner. Two were called strikes, the other a ball. Oddly, the ball was the closest to the *actual* strike zone of the three.
sounds like many batters are equally baffled.
I noticed this early on too. He called a curve ball from Buchholz on the outside strike 3…2 pitches later he called the same pitch a ball…then he kept calling fastballs low & away strikes…
what a matchup on friday batista vs john parrish. its yet another bavasi wet dream…no question. no question at all. not a single goddamn question about anything
This is how you “ease” a guy back in?
I don’t know, but past practice seems to have been that easing a guy back in only applies for one or two outings, and in any case J.J. appears to be back in form.
Ellsbury came out of nowhere for that catch. Is that how a left fielder is supposed to play?
48: no a rookie should always respect a veteran and a LF should always give way to CF, how dare ellsbury catch that? ibanez usually lets those drop because hes a professional, i guess jacoby’s got a lot to learn before he can be a mariner
gritty groundout
Awesomeness from Ichiro!
One hell of a play by Ichiro.
ive got an idea for fsn’s ‘amazing sports stories.’ how about the DH who couldnt hit?
Morrows gone more than 1.1 IP for the first time all season today!!!
i want to see him go 2 more innings…wishful thinking
I look forward to annoying, arrogant Boston fans learning what a good young pitcher actually looks like, while their newest pretend good young pitcher continues to get exposed.
How’s that working out for you?
The speed of Turbo is feared around the league.
Wow. Things might be going Vidro’s way today.
“Vidro isn’t a blazer” – Sims
Quote of the game.
Only 130-150 ABs until Vidro’s option vests!
Should we have a PR for Vidro?
NOOOOOO, WTF??? Why isn’t Johjima bunting????
Clement is not pinch hitting.. why?
Is it sad that I actually hoped that popup would be in play so Johjima would only get himself out?
Double play Joh to the rescue!
Double play Joh to the rescue!
Or a sac fly…
My DirectTV went out just in time, so I missed the doubleplay.
Wow.
Does someone keep records for number of devastating double plays hit into in a season? For a team that has so few men on base, Johjima is startlingly bad.
God, Kenji is a POS this year.
With one out already? Yes, lets give away outs with zero gain.
AL ground into double play leaders
Betancourt is the team leader.
Why is Bloomquist in center again?
Nice one, Princess Willie.
OK Willie! Great time for your third error…
I can’t remember the last time Johjima tried to protect the plate.
Johjima isn’t bunting because that’s one of two things he does worse than hitting and catching.
For those of us at work – describe WFB’s error, blatant? Valliant Effort?
78 – ugly is the word I’d use. Did it hit his head?
it was a gritty error. he made a gutty effort but low and behold, had the ball go right off his glove. nice try though, he’s a real asset
As painful as it is to get swept by the Red Sox, and as annoying as “Red Sox Nation” is, the Sox fans who dropped by this site to make comments on the game threads have been nothing but polite and courteous.
Wait.
Willie got an XBH on the 10th? How did he finish historically?
78 – It was a deep fly ball. He was slowing down while on the run. He was very much “camped” under it. Even he makes that catch 499 out of 500 tries.
Crap. The HD feed just ended. Now I have to watch this suck in sucky analog.
FOX HD just went to New Orleans.
Wish I went with them…
what’s really sad is that 100 [ahem] games into the season, as Joh came up to bat, I had no confidence that Joh would get the run in, and all the confidence in the world that that at-bat was their last chance to win the game.
Anyone feeling confident in Vidro?
Sims, “Vidro is the game winning run.” Oops. It is not to be.
Sigh… of course not.
Rizzs was actually talking about Turbo & grand slams in the same breath.
Vidro… World Class DH!
REFUSE TO LOSE (Strasburg)!!!
Probably because, at this point, they just feel sorry for us.
1-5 since the break. 5 straight loses. 38-63.
Go M’s!
any updated reports on his thumb?
It’s an interesting dichotomy to read the game thread here and the one over at Sons of Sam Horn.
USSM-Hopeless Vidro!
SoSH-You’re pathetic Hansen! Pathetic!
Except for the level of expectations, there’s not much difference.
Oh, yes there is, James… A lot of profanity is only one of the differences. Puerile-ness, for another (if there is such a word).
There, not here.
Statheads reign at both sites, but here, at least, the discussions are understandable by the average blog reader. There…? Threads sometimes are practically unreadable, they’re so filled with acronyms for obscure stat analyses, and raw stats presented in unreadable form because someone doesn’t know how to blockquote or code/endcode.
ah, the answer to my question from Danny O’Neil:
“Jeff Clement didn’t require any stitches for the nail that tore off the thumb nail on his throwing hand early in Tuesday’s game. He was sore, though, and isn’t in the lineup Wednesday. Kenji Johjima is catching with Jose Vidro as designated hitter. Manager Jim Riggleman said Clement can swing OK, but throwing is the issue. He didn’t completely rule out Clement playing on Friday, but said since the Mariners are scheduled to face left-hander John Parrish in Toronto, Clement’s return likely will wait until Saturday.
“If he’s totally 100 percent we may get him in there,” Riggleman said. “But if he’s anything less than 100 percent I might wait until Saturday when a right-hander’s pitching.”"
Gah, I guess Cito doesn’t want to win that game very badly, does he?
Then again, Gas Can Parrish will probably look like the Second Coming of The Big Unit against the M’s.
Sexson with the #10 Sportscenter “Top Play.”
the Daily News:
“The Yankees signed Richie Sexson mainly for his righthanded bat, but he contributed heavily in the field Wednesday, including a terrific 3-6 double play to end the fifth inning. He also made a stunning stop on a grounder by Mike Redmond to end the sixth with a runner on second. He was involved in 12 of the 15 balls put in play by the Twins that went for outs.
Sexson said he takes pride in defense. “That’s an area of the game that kind of gets overlooked,” he said.”
[now were these stunning in contrast to who else has played at 1st this year? or because he is now a Yankee, in NY?]
Well, considering how much of a butcher Giambi is at 1B, Richie probably looks like Olerud out there by comparison.