Comments on: Game whatever Angels at Mariners

By: jordan

jordan — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:50:32 +0000

300ZXNA – I hope we do not sign fields, because we then get the 23rd overall pick in next years draft, along with the 1st or 2nd we already have.

By: 300ZXNA

300ZXNA — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:42:35 +0000

My fear about the M’s getting the top draft pick is that it would play out this way:

M’s and Josh Fields can’t come to agreement.

Josh Fields is not signed

Josh Fields re-enters draft

M’s re-draft Fields, citing that the amount he wanted last year was commensurate to the #1 overall slot.

M’s state they are happy they finally ‘got their man’

Josh Fields then demands money equivalent to A-Rod contract, doesn’t sign.

M’s watch Fields re-enter draft next year.

It’s likely enough to happen that it has me scared . . .

By: Some Dude

Some Dude — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:41:54 +0000

These days? I thought the sucking started back on March 31 against Texas.

By: vj

vj — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:08:02 +0000

Another close loss. It must suck to be a starting pitcher for the Mariners these days.

By: Brent

Brent — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:51:55 +0000

I’m hoping more for chasing Stephen Strasburg, but with the M’s desire to follow draft slot requirements, can we even count on that?

By: mln

mln — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:13:10 +0000

Not only are the Mariners the first in team history to sink to 40 games behind a division leader, they are now 1 loss away from achieving a 100-loss season.

Your 2008 Seattle Mariners, Chasing History!

By: Mariner Melee

Mariner Melee — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:01:57 +0000

I’m fully convinced that within 20 years the correct spelling of the verb “to lose” will be with two Os.

Is there some internet-wide meme I’m missing out on?

I apologize for the typo.

But typo ignored, we achieved the goal.

By: scott19

scott19 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:43:20 +0000

Well, congrats guys for making history tonight — according to Niehaus, you’ve become the first Mariner team in franchise history to sink to 40 games behind the division leaders.

Ironically, though the Angles ultimately finished 41 games behind the M’s back in ‘01, they were “only” 36 back after 156 games…

And, good lord, does that ever seem like it was a million years ago now.

By: joser

joser — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:39:16 +0000

Miguel Batista’s blown save Sunday was the 31st of the season for Seattle. It’s a club record and the most in the big leagues this year; St. Louis has 30.
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the Mariners are 39 games out of first place.

Seattle has had some awful performances, particularly in the first decade after the team was formed in 1977, but no Mariners team has ever been 40 games out of first place. The worst games-behind mark in club history is 39 1/2 , on Sept. 25, 1977.

By: killer_ewok18

killer_ewok18 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:18:44 +0000

Trade JJ!