Comments on: Congratulations Brandon

By: edgar for mayor

edgar for mayor — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:53:57 +0000

I have been wating to see Mr. Morrow start since the ASB last year. This was indredible.

There you go Mariners you have been missing that for the entire year. What an organization you are.

By: bratman

bratman — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:41:19 +0000

what a ball game! that was the best. Gotta love a ray of light in such a dark storm.

Great Job Brandon! Maybe the L word will never been said again.

By: John D.

John D. — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:23:32 +0000

Re: I guess you can say that the Mariners now have a Two Aces(tm) rotation after all.

We’re all aware that “one swallow…” etc., but it does seem ironic that we gave so much for an “Ace” when we already…

By: great gonzalez

great gonzalez — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:35:40 +0000

Wow.

By: joser

joser — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:51:52 +0000

In Giambi’s first at bat, the pitch he struck out on broke so hard and so late it was simply unfair. The ball approached the plate in his wheelhouse and ended somewhere around his ankles. I fear for Morrow’s arm when I see pitches like that, but holy crap is it impressive.

By: gwangung

gwangung — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:13:52 +0000

That kind of stuff he was showing, you pretty much have to let him in the rotation to see how often he can repeat that. Finished product or not, he’s in the rotation….

(Felix, Morrow, RR-S, Bedard, Silva and Dickey/Feierabend/Batista is a fairly competent top six)(and you really should go six deep….)

Yes, you’re rebuilding, but astute GM-ship (and no ham-handed interference from the incompetent bosses who only THINK they know what they’re doing) can make that a short rebuild…

By: wrob4343

wrob4343 — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:57:17 +0000

It really is nice to have something to look forward to. As much as management sucks, they know how to not suck up some things, which is good to see. Hopefully that’s one less piece to go looking for in free agency.

By: Lavalamp

Lavalamp — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:49:50 +0000

Wow, that’s fewer fastballs than I thought. I was at the game and it seemed like he was throwing the fastball quite a bit, although he was also mixing in his breaking ball going for first-pitch called strikes like we saw him do as a reliever. I was impressed at his approach to the lefties though; he seemed to be able to mix his change in effectively and keep them off balance. The Yankee hitters didn’t look comfortable at the plate against him.

By: NBarnes

NBarnes — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:47:42 +0000

That’s a pretty hellacious speed differential between his FB and his offspeed stuff. If he can keep hitters from picking up the difference in his presentation before his release, he’s going to make a lot of hitters look really foolish.

By: Colm

Colm — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:40:35 +0000

Can someone get the memo to Felix? You don’t need to “establish the fastball”.