Game 158, Angels at Mariners
DMZ · September 24, 2008 at 6:05 pm · Filed Under Mariners
Felix! It’s Felix! Yayyy! Two-game win streak here we come!
Looking at the standings, I take some small consolation from knowing the Yankees won’t be getting a playoff berth either.
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Do we want a streak or do we want Strasberg? I am torn between my long term support of the M’s and their long term needs which are huge. The best compromise is… Go Nationals! Go Padres!
It would only be fitting for this season for Felix to bear the team’s 100th loss tonight.
I wouldn’t want Felix to get hung with the 100th loss. He doesn’t deserve it at all. Even with a losing win/loss record he has been the continual bright spot on this debacle of a team.
Ummm….both? Neither? Trick question?
Honestly, I am over the whole “get Strasburg” meme. Let San Diego or Washington have him. I want Dustin Ackley.
I only care on getting someone that can contribute to this team ASAP. I don’t think Strasburg can. He is more of a projected AAA for the first year. But that is my guess on that. We need a player that is similar to Longoria. A team player that can light the fire under this team and get it going. But that is me.
The really cool part is Steinbrenner junior whining about how unfair the division alignments are because if the Yankees were in the NL West they woul dmake the playoffs.
Really? the league is unfair AGAINST the Yankees? Gimme a break.
I believe Felix has inherited the Jamie Moyer Memorial ND Crown this season …
well, if you can find another Longoria in this draft, do let us know.
I know we’re all rooting for the Strasburg sweepstakes here…but, dammit, I’d love to see Felix at least get to double-digits in wins (not to mention, the 200-inning plateau) tonight after busting his a$$ all season.
J-LO!
Have you seen the in game box score of the Mets/Cubs game tonight? They are in teh top of the 9th and have used 36 players so far. Twenty for the Mets & 16 for teh Cubs…and they are tied so there will be more to come, probably.
Go… Felix… no, it’s not working. I’m still completely burnt out on baseball.
Geez, I wonder if Lou is gonna borrow somebody’s glove and go in to play left field — I mean, since he’s gonna run out of bench guys pretty soon, anyway.
Apparently Felix feels just like I do.
Damn, Joh’s going the extra mile to lose this one.
Bottom of the ninth, no outs, runner on third at Shea. How’s that looking?
How’s it looking? Like a lot of high leverage red to me…
Johjima-san kaji des ne! (”Kenji is on fire!”)
Cairo esta en fuego!
Wait, the Mets get a lead off triple, load the bases on consecutive walks with one out, and they can’t freaking score a run? That’s positively…. Marineresque.
Even Cairo wants Strasburg.
One question needs to be answered about this Strasburg fellow: How well will he fit in with those hilarious Mariners commercials? (I mean, it takes real talent to get “Fungo? Fun GO!” right.)
Hey…if the Ms and Nats finish in a tie, will we be treated to a 1 game playoff?
What the hell is it about the Mets in the last week of the season, anyway? They pulled the same crap last year, too, IIRC.
If so, they’d better have it here. At least we’d draw ~15k for that “contest”…whereas in DC, they’d be lucky to draw 1,500.
Rizzy just said, “ya gotta love Fan Appreciation Night.”
Oh, really, Rick…do we?
It was nice to see that last AB by Balentian. Sure he struck out on 5 pitches, but all three pitches he swung at were right in the heart of the zone, and he laid off a high fastball, and a down and away slider, both with a 2 strike count.
It looks like just another strikeout with RISP in the box score, but it looks like progress to me.
Mets now tied with Brewers for the NL Wild Card. Phillies lost too, though. It should make the weekend interesting.
I sure have been liking the outfield defensive alignment they’ve thrown out the last couple games. It’s so…sensible.
Ooh, instant replay time!
REPLAY TIME!!!!!!
I have no idea how Guerrero even hit that ball that far.
IN-STANT RE-PLAY!!!
That’s exactly what I was thinking. The man’s a friggin beast!
There’s still a surprise or two left in this team.
How Vladdy manages to connect so often with so little plate discipline is simply amazing…
Unfortunately, he seems to be a bit of an “influence” of sorts on guys like Yuni (though tipping my cap to Yuni at the plate the past couple of nights, at least).
msb-”well, if you can find another Longoria in this draft, do let us know.”
I haven’t looked at the potential prospects at all. All I know next year I will be able to at least be able to see a game (in person or american T.V.) (no offense to Japanese but I cannot understand them one bit when they broadcast Mariner games over here.)
Please God let there be a prospect that suddenly appears out of nowhere to lead the Mariners to at least a playoff game.
AMEN
Guerrero has plate discipline. It’s just… it’s non-traditional plate discipline.
Actually, I’ve always thought that the inability to understand the PBP in another language might actually be an advantage — since at least you wouldn’t know when one of the announcers said something really stupid that you might not agree with.
Yeah, some of his home runs off those balls in the dirt or halfway to first are fun to watch, but it’s those 10 or 11 .300 seasons (all caveats about BA noted) that are amazing to me.
Surely, Ron Fairly must have a counterpart somewhere over in Japan who reminisces every game about when he played for the Bay Stars back in the 1970’s.
So on the one night Felix gets some run support, he can’t take advantage of it… So frustrating.
I know it’s little consolation in light of today’s performance, but Felix just crossed the 200 inning mark. Helluva milestone for a 22-year-old pitcher.
and freaky strong wrists & hands.
Yes, that does suck, doesn’t it?
Nonetheless, congrats Felix for reaching the 200-inning club!
so, another ND. sigh.
and everyone is getting hits but Ichiro!, looking for no. 1800.
I think that the annoucers over here just respect the players and try not reminisce about what they did…or didn’t do. But I really don’t know as I cannot understand them except for “HOMERUN”.
Damn, I left the game for 15 minutes and got one of those uh, more traditional Mariner surprises when I came back. I’ll be an Angels fan during the playoffs, but I damn sure want the Mariners to win this series. At least Felix won’t get the 100th loss of the season.
So, Felix genuinely mediocre, or Mariners, defense sucking like usual?
Yeah, he definitely deserves recognition for that. For as young as he is, that is pretty damn impressive. Everyone say it with me: Extension!
Maybe: If that’s the case, that’s cool — and definitely sounds like a bit of an improvement over some of the hacks doing PBP here who often sound like they’re just rambling to hear their own voice.
Here comes Strasbuurrg! Actually, loss # 100, but it’s better to think of Strasburg!
Grant Green
Had to do some research on this Grant Green as I have never heard of him. Here is a bio though for those of you interested.
Niehaus, of course, just mentioned that there was one more game against the Angles tomorrow night before “we wish them well in the playoffs.”
Actually, I’m kinda hoping that the Red Sox will sweep them in three straight again.
which hand did Joh get hit on?
bases loaded…one out…and we can’t get a run. Why oh why?
msb – right hand
Your 2008 Seattle Mariners: Bases Loaded…So What?! >:(
ow. that’s the one with the plate & screws.
Typical. What’s up with Ichiro all of the sudden? He looks pretty bad at the plate…
gamecast showed some inside pitches that were called strikes. But they looked way inside.
Ichiro wants the number one draft pick as bad as the fans do.
in the past he has struggled when he comes up on a milestone number
I’ve seen Grant Green play in person. Unless he became a different player in the Cape Cod League he’s not Longoria.
I suppose that is true. But he already has career # 3000* and his 8th 200+ season…I wonder how big #1800 is to him?
WTF??!?!?
Got home just in time to witness #100 YA HOO
$100 Million + 100 L’s = Strasburg (hopefully)
I love Larry Stone:
“The Mariners are in a weird position, trying to win because of competitive pride,while everyone else — and no doubt themselves, as well — can see the benefit of finishing with the worst record. Just as an aside, I think that Stephen Strasburg is being deified perhaps a tad prematurely, and excessively (an exercise that I freely admit contributing to). He’s a great prospect about whom scouts rave, but he’s had one season as a college starter. Who’s to say if he’s truly going to be the savior of an organization? He might well be, but it’s a big step from striking out 23 against Utah, and dominating the Netherlands in the Olympics, to getting out the Boston Red Sox.
Something to chew on as we prepare for Game No. 158. I’m tingling with excitement.”
Do we want a streak or do we want Strasberg?
I first read that as “Do we want a steak…?” Funny thing is that, when I thought about it, I had a hard time deciding between a steak right now, or Strasburg.
100 losses, $100 million. We did it. Congratulations, Seattle Mariners. You have made us proud tonight.
Strasburg will look quite spiffy in the blue and teal, no?
mmmmmm….”chew” “steak” back to back whoa nelly. Now I need a steak. I’ll take the steak cuz I am starving and I don’t think that the M’s FO would know how to deal with Strasburg.
I was hoping to hear about Joh’s hand– instead I got a caller on the KJR post-game who told Puckett that the FO had no interest in winning, and he knew this because he has friends who’ve been told, privately, by members of the Mariners, that they are running this as a business.
maybe because it’s … a business?
This was followed by Nellie telling the caller that he had no doubts that the FO wants to win, but that they just have no idea how to go about it.
The 100/100 club…YEAH BABY!!!
I’m sure this has been covered, but what if we tie the Nats for the worst record? Do we get #1 pick because the Nats swept us?
Nats had worse record last year, so they get #1 pick if we tie.
Woohoo!!!
100!!!!!!!!