Comments on: Game 129, Athletics at Mariners

By: joser

joser — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:55:27 +0000

Your kid is has more baseball savvy than the entire M’s FO.

By: Phightin Phils

Phightin Phils — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:44:02 +0000

Sorry, please let me add one more grain of sarcasm…

My son asked me who was playing, and then who was pitching. Then he said, “Uh, sorry dad, no. I have summer math homework.”

So much for that family fun the FO so values; hence my ride alone on the bus.

By: Slurve

Slurve — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:39:24 +0000

What matters is we didn’t lose any ground in the Strasburg race.

By: Phightin Phils

Phightin Phils — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:36:17 +0000

I hadn’t been to a game in a while until tonight.

wow.

I’ll add this minor point to the firmament of discussion: watching the people on the bus ride to game was more interesting than watching the game.

By: Paul L

Paul L — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:17:59 +0000

According to espn, our starters haven’t won a game in august.

I knew we were bad but that surprised me.

By: jordan

jordan — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:04:07 +0000

[Sims]

By: juneau_fan

juneau_fan — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:48:58 +0000

Wait, I did see the end of the Mexico/Japan game! The fireballer came in to close, and took a comebacker off his ankle–or was in the knee? Apparently he’d been struck on the leg in another game too. He looked in agony, but kept pitching and they won. His coach was flinging him up in the air, but his face was still crunched up in pain and he limped off. We’ll see what happens in the final!

By: JimThomsen1965

JimThomsen1965 — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:04:54 +0000

Official silver lining to this game:

Through Jarrod Washburn, we may have finally driven a stake all the way through the myth of the “quality start.”

By: Colm

Colm — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:02:54 +0000

Phew thanks. I didn’t hear it cuz I was acually at the game. Fair few devines back in the old country yet.

By: msb

msb — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:59:27 +0000

Please forgive my ignorance of American popular culture – I’m still trying to catch up after 10 years here – but what’s the significance about Andy Devine? I’m dying to get in on Sims’ joke.

it was just a random Simsism after Joey Devine came up to bat last night — I assume because there just aren’t that many Devines in the public eye…