Game 102, Mariners at Blue Jays
Jeff Nye · July 25, 2008 at 4:10 pm · Filed Under Game Threads
Batista vs. Parrish.
Sorry for the late game thread; then again, it might not be that fun to talk about.
Have at it, though.
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The Triple Suckfest of Vidro, Cairo, and Johjima!!!! If Ichiro, Lopez, Ibanez and Beltre don’t each have 3 hits, you can put another L in the bag
Suzuki
Bloomquist
Ibanez
Beltre
Lopez
Vidro
Cairo
Johjima
Betancourt
This could be ugly.
F***. I’m fairly certain one or two AAA teams could field a more capable lineup.
John Parrish is a AAA pitcher.
So is Batista.
Bloomquist, Vidro, Cairo and Johjima all in the same lineup.
They’re clearly just trying to make me cry.
Well, it’s not going to work.
DO YOUR WORST, RIGGLEMAN; I can take it!
5-But Batista is an author, a poet, a regular Renaissance man.
I’m just thankful Vidro is finally out of the cleanup spot. Still, with Batista pitching, there’s not much hope, other than that Toronto’s offense might out-suck the M’s.
And an all-round nice guy too, if I remember correctly from one of Baker’s offseason posts about charity work he did in the Dominican.
Unfortunately, though, he sucks at baseball.
Lopez should have a huge game with Vidro protecting him.
Some fun numbers today…
M’s 6-9 batters have an average batting average of .230 entering todays game.
The worst Blue Jay’s average in the line-up belongs to that of former Mariner Wilkerson, he’s batting .232.
This is the only thing that could make this game worth watching.
I hate it that they say they are bringing up the kids to watch them plan and that the kids will get the bulk of the playing time, and turn around and sit the kids in favor of completely crappy veterans.
Another quality at bat brought to you by the good folks at Jose Vidro.
REFUSE TO LOSE (Strasburg)!!!
Dang it. Three of our four ringers forgot to play along!
you know, batista has very pretty eyes.
I hear that Batista is awesome at life.
The ump almost spit up when he saw Robby Alomar in the stands.
OK, I’ve got a dumb question that’s been bugging me for a long time re: the Japanese ads most ballparks have these days.
What the heck is dandy-house.co.jp? That url is intriguing.
This almost sounds like a Chuck Norris line…
There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Miguel Batista has allowed to live.
Miguel Batista can sneeze with his eyes open.
Miguel Batista’s tears can cure cancer. Miguel Batista has never cried.
Okay not as good without Chuck Norris, but we need more then just pitching to sell Batista to other teams.
OMG 2 XBH!
Writing that almost made me spit up.
See Riggleman? See what happens when you put a few real hitters in the lineup in a row, without Vidro in the four-hole?
that was a pretty professional groundout by the can of spam. at least he protect lopez so much he got an rbi, what a game so far!
Hard to make those lines work with most baseball players, ‘cept Babe Ruth and a few others. Easier with a quarterback like Jake Locker or Brett Favre
Yet another quality at bat brought to you by the good folks at Jose Vidro.
[blip!]
Wait, I though that Wilkerson, not Bavasi, was Poochy.
Stairs homers, he now has 10 of them in 255 AB’s and a .700 OPS at age 40.
Turbo has 6 in 290 AB’s and a .600 OPS at age 34.
Neither of them is exactly smoking the wood but………..
Stairs’ 2008 salary: $1.6 million
Baconator’s 2008 salary: $8.5 million
I don’t believe it either.
Guys, why are we still cringing when we see these lineups?
The manager likely won’t be back. The GM likely won’t be back. Is our “optimal” lineup be much better?
What do we want them to win for? Pride? Screw that.
For now on, applaud Riggleman when he puts a head-scratcher of a lineup together for getting us that much closer to a top 3 pick.
/motivational pep talk
For now on, applaud Riggleman when he puts a head-scratcher of a lineup together for getting us that much closer to a top 3 pick.
well said. another gritty veteran groundout to third by cairo. he’s gonna be valuable for this stretch run
I’m still waiting for the M’s to honor my demand of naming Vidro team captain.
Your Seattle Mariners: Building for the Future
Nady, Marte traded to Yankees:
Yankees also will get 4 first/second round picks…
Mariners 2008: At least we’re not the Pirates.
parrish is starting to lock in, we’ve got ourselves a duel here, can you feel the playoff atmosphere?
“You’re worthless Lyle… what kinda name is Lyle… I hate you Lyle!”
I’m thinking after Pittsburgh’s “haul”, Raul’s trade value has to adjusted to about zilch.
Lyle Overbay up, I think I heard a fan yelling “I hate you Lyle!” “You’re a bum!” “You’re worthless!”
Heck, he’s not doing great at the bat, but for the M’s he’d be the cleanup hitter with his OPS of over .780.
It’s a male beauty therapy company based in Minato-ku with a couple of dozen spas across Japan.
/Cairo AB
I hate Lyle Overbay too. Not really sure why.
Would this game have been less interesting to watch during the dual expansion year?
Because as soon as he’s used up all of his potential value and truly honed some vaporous old man skills, the M’s front office will sign him to a hugely overpriced and long term free agent deal…because he’s got local ties.
You know this is true.
Thank you! The mystery of dandy-house has been bugging me for about a season and a half.
Wow, we are so excited about this game.
The Jays have the ugliest uniform in baseball…!
Oh yea, and I like Blue Jays.
*snerk* Sexson in for Giambi in the Yankees / Red Sox game, ‘defensive’ substitution.
This is the second time I’ve see Rig sub for Raul in the field late in the game.
What a concept.
Edit: ..and now someone should say “Willie would have had that”.
Deked by the third baseman with a coach right there? BAD baserunner!
Dang it Putz, DOMINATE! That is the only way that Morrow will get to start this year!
There goes the Batista win…victimized by Putz.
As scrappy as Eckstein is, that wasn’t good baserunning.
BELTRE’d!
34: I doubt they’ll be type A. Maybe Nady, but Marte? He only has 5 saves – which Elias loves.
9th inning, tie game, and we’ve got the 5-6-7 guys up. No problem, right?
It’s Lopez, Vidro, and Cairo, who are followed by Johjima.
Why watch?
Johjima is determined to create some room between him and the Mendoza line -
Edit: Oh well.
Actually, I think it must be Turn Back The Clock night at the ole’ Rogers Skydome…’cause those are the Jays’ “old-school” unis from the late-’70’s/early-’80’s.
I wish I knew. But this reminds me, there was a note in the Washington Post’s Nationals blog about their TV viewership numbers. Turns out, the Nats draw between – get this – 2,000 and 9,000 viewers per game. Yes, that’s right. On a good night, they still have fewer than 10,000 TV viewers.
Needless to say, they have the highest drop in MLB regional TV ratings this season. Second highest, per the Post? The Mariners. Does not bode well for future broadcast revenue streams, which have traditionally been a strongpoint of this franchise.
GRITTY!!!
Wow, look how dirty Evil in Spike’s jersey is compared to Beltre’s.
Why is Beltre starting above Willie again?
ha ha bwilkieson, you donkey sack
Wow…how pathetic! Sure glad MLB saw fit to move that franchise out of Montreal — where they probably had at least better TV ratings than that.
Now that was a bad call. Clearly out at second.
Thank God we have Cairo at first…I mean look at that! Best first baseman in the league!
Baaaaaaaaad baseball…
It’s kind of funny…I’ve only been watching this game half-heartedly, and it seems like Wilkerson is up like every third batter…
I’ve been watching it 1/16th heartedly.
That red soul patch on his GameDay picture sure makes Wilkerson look like the second coming of Scott Spezio, doesn’t it?
(I’m sure it’s been said before, but I had to say it again)
Ye gawds. The bases are loaded. How many ways…???
…can one team lose games…?
(and yes, I edited that, although I was thinking what was likely to happen, and did)
Yet another way to lose!!!
Ummm.. was what we just saw actually possible?
Absolutely hideous!!!
Football has not started…
Raul would have had that.
You gotta be frickin kidding me.
I don’t think so. I’m assuming it didn’t really happen.
What happened?
shite
I hate that wilkerson
Thank you! I’m wondering why he couldn’t work a freakin’ count like that in the 12 or so at bats he had with the M’s earlier in the season.
Uh, the M’s suck again, my friend…sad to say.
Wilkerson did have 10 walks with the M’s. He just couldn’t hit.
Yea, Blame Wilkerson for a F’d Up FO & field staff…
Nice work Brad!
The Good News: If the Nats win, the M’s move into first place!Edit: Never mind, there is no good news.
Hard line drive over Ichiro’s head. Looked like he got himself turned around on his route and flubbed it off his glove when he jumped awkwardly for it.
It was a tough play, but Ichi makes that 99 out of 100.
78- I was hoping for something that couldn’t be gleaned from a box score. 69 piqued my interest.
It appears to be a day spa for men.. Oh my..
Strasburg ho!
And I know he had more at bats than that, too. It just seemed like when he did get a chance to prove himself while he was here, he choked.
And, gee when ya think about it, the M’s can’t even suck in a fun way. With only 60 games left to play, they’d have to go 5-55 to tie the ‘03 Tigers for the worst mark in modern AL history. And if I know these guys, they’ll probably find a way to accidentally win that sixth game so that they couldn’t even get in the record books for losing. >:(
The Seattle Times has taken over the “SI-jinx” … with the front page article today on Ichiro, his glove, and the “master” craftsman! Nice timing!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Green_(baseball)
I did not do this, then again, it could be real
In your face San Diego!
What’s the M’s record for earliest date in the season eliminated from contention?
Even Ichiro! wants Strasburg.
It’d be pretty crazy if they did tie the record for the worst recod ever. Then we’d have the record on both ends of the spectrum.
1) Nationals… .369
2) Mariners… .373
3) Padres… .375
the three amigos… three musketeers… trio of suck…
Most baffling to me tonight is that Riggleman managed to empty the bullpen so quickly. Batista got him to the sixth, which is as good as it is unusual for Batista. Then Riggleman managed to use four pitchers to get the next five outs. It’s as well they lost when they did, becuase Lowe was the last man standing.
That’s the sort of jitterbug management that causes a game to last over 3.5 hours, and gives baseball a bad name for being boring.
And then, within the same decade as well — which would be both ironic and sad!
#93 It’s bad enough that it makes you wonder who’s pulling the strings in this bad management. It’s like having Will Farrell manage your baseball team.
Someone in the M’s heirarchy who knows nothing about managing a baseball team to win must be doing this, like the little girl who cried to her minority-owner papa years ago that she didn’t want to lose Joey Cora, and so the Mariners hung on to him one year too long…
We’re only a half game behind the Nationals now.
I think we’re trying to lose. I hope we are trying to lose.
Hey Karen
The M’s did wind up flipping Joey to the Indians for a young David Bell about 45 minutes before Joey retired, so it didn’t turn out all badly.