Game 60, Mariners at Orioles
Mike Snow · June 11, 2009 at 3:56 pm · Filed Under Mariners
Olson v. Uehara, 4:05? (weather permitting)
RF-L Ichiro
1B-L Branyan
3B-R Beltre
DH-L Griffey
2B-R Lopez
SS-R Betancourt
LF-R Balentien
C-R Quiroz
CF-L Chavez
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No Gutierrez. I hope that’s just them being extra-cautious with a minor bruise than an indication of anything more serious.
And I guess we’ll see if Yuni’s increased focus lasts more than 24 hours.
Baker says he could be back against the Rockies.
Was it the two groundballs to short that were evidence of increased focus, or the two groundballs to third?
Junior is done.
gettin’ rocked early, atta boy.
Jak better get his arm loose. Listening to Rizzs, it sounds like Olsen is getting tagged, even on the outs. This could be a really, really quick outing.
Yeah both outs so far have been at the wall. Olson looks horrible right now.
I hope Hyphen has a great next outing in Tacoma…we need him back bad if we are going to stay in this thing…
Another Betancourt popup.
This could get ugly fast.
Every time I see Adam jones and his numbers it makes me want to hunt down Bavasi and show Bedard down his throat.
That looked kind of… unnecessary.
Can we all agree that Olson as a starter isn’t a good idea?
Good grief.
I can’t believe how fast the ground crew got the tarp out. It took less than 5 minutes by my clock.
give Olson a rest… probably won’t help..
Has anyone been given a time when they think the game will resume? Mind you, the way Olson was throwing, a rainout doesn’t sound too terrible.
The M’s twitter feed says the game will start again at 8:30ET/5:30PT.
That’s one way to come out of a rain delay!
ANOTHER betancourt popup. FML
Well, yeah, but he did take one pitch.
Ugg, damn rally killer. I can’t stand that Yuni is still on this team, esp. after all the hope yesterday morning that he was getting sent down.
Olson is still getting hammered though, just its getting hit right at people. Hopefully they can keep scoring runs. Or it keeps getting hit at the outfielders.
Has Olson given up a ground ball yet?
This is amazing.
Answered my own question at Fangraphs, 9 FP, 0 GB
I think Dave was just saying that no, he hadn’t yet had a ground ball. Pretty amazing.
That groundout by Quiroz was only the second groundball out for Uehara.
Dude… M’s just got hosed on that call.
olson is a fly-ball pitcher. he’s doing fine.
Damn, that looked painful… hope he’s ok…
Ha ha ha, Balentien.
There we go, 10 FB given up by Olson before a GB.
Way to complete a good catch, Balentien. Wait, you didn’t. Dammit Wlad.
Ouch. That looked like his hand broke off.
I hope Balentien isn’t hurt from that, it looked bad on the replay. He got it in his glove, which came off his hand when he hit the ground.
That’s good. I’d have been really pissed off if that bad call had scored!
Career he is 0.68 GB/FB, which does indeed make him a flyball pitcher.
Today he has given up 12 FB to 1 GB.
I wouldn’t call that “doing fine”.
I would call that, “getting hit hard”.
he’s getting outs, boys, what’s your beef??
Yeah, me too. It’s bad enough that Olson had to throw so many pitches. That easy fly ball that Endy caught should have been the end of the inning.
A stand up triple? Wild.
nathanp2112, look beyond results based analysis.
[P-I blog is that way ---->]
Gee, thanks for reminding us. We tend to lose sight of the “big picture” a lot around here. Good thing we have people around to remind us of what really matters!
“They could’ve hooked a brother up with a day game today!” from Sims.
Er? Although I did assume that it would be a day game and was pleasantly surprised.
nathanp2112, look beyond results based analysis.
How are we winning this game?
Amazingly the M’s are one game from being a .500 team.
I think it was Baker who pointed out that Seattle is something like 20-8 when it scores 4 or more runs. So, don’t blow it M’s.
Holy smokes, Lopez!
Nice play, Lopey.
No, that’s not what they are after. Innings pitched and earned runs do not tell the complete story on how well the pitcher preformed.
http://ussmariner.com/2006/08/29/evaluating-pitcher-talent/
quick!look at gameday! Jak and Zaun’s pictures look like they’re playing in a rec softball league. I swear, these photographers have it out for some players. Way off topic, couldn’t help it.
Branyan makes me happy. Seriously, has there any frustrating moments with him this season (yet)? No endless, ranting threads, not hair pulling, no muttering under the breath. Can we say that about anyone else on the team, Ichiro included? (’cause there’s always playa haters.)
branyan is a fucking monster man.
we have been bringing it since the rain went away.
Olson pitched well enough to win, and that’s good enough for me.
Branyan is a monster, what a great pickup. We need another 2-3 like him! The only critique that I can give is that on occassion his glove isn’t the best, but he still does a decent job at first.
Wow, Griffey right behind Beltre.
cmon, Yuni
Why, why, why is the baserunning a clown parade!??!
And there’s our grinning Betencourt, having a great time! Whoo-hoo!
Uh, nathan, P-I’s blog is still, that way >>>>
Even when Yuni does something good he still manages to screw it up. Ugh.
Only Yuni can take something as beautiful as an RBI double and F it up!!
fine juneau, if y’all only want someone who agrees with you 100% of the time, I’m out. Enjoy your little party and I’ll enjoy the game………
damnit Yuni, were you not looking at all? why did you round 2nd so hard??? you dumbass.
Could Griffey had made it to home plate had the third base coach not stopped him? I was away at the time and didn’t see it.
Probably not.
i’m visiting my parents for the day/night, and my mom seems to think Griffey could have made it, i thought he coulda been picked off, though im not sure.
Tough to tell, the throw never went home since he had stopped running, it would have been very close if he kept running even though he was right on Beltre.
It did look as though Griffey wasn’t running that hard, so he may have made it if Beltre wasn’t in his way. Beltre’s running has always looked so labored and painful to me, but now to see some old, banged up man nearly lapping him while at a jog *really* made him look bad.
heh. pitchers in the batting cage, getting ready for the NL.
So you’re saying we’ll get better production out of the DH spot now?
At least when it’s Felix Day we will…
I thought this site was a way to try to educate the casual fans? Immediately jumping on someone for making a foolish comment without trying to educate them is kind of counterproductive to what I thought this site was about. Not trying to single you specifically juneau_fan, because I’ve seen this before a time or two. I guess I’m just trying to say we could all try a little harder to be nicer to the ‘newbies.’
If someone told me we would be at 500 in the middle of June in the offseason I woulda laughed.
But here we are…
Now if those stupid Rangers, A’s and Angels would all go on some massive losing streaks that would be great!
Any chance we can get Felix in the Colorado series? Love to see another Grand Slam…lol
Go M’s!!!!
Quiroz in his 4 ABs only saw 7 pitches. I imagine they were all in his wheelhouse and he would have been stupid to not swing at such watermelons.
Quiroz…hmmm..we picked him up a couple of seasons ago on waivers from TO right? And then he was with Baltimore…how did we end up with him again…and don’t we have enough catchers in the system?
Quiroz was just following the example of his idol, Yuniesky Betancourt.
Considering the starter is on the DL and the backup is too hurt to play, and the two that are playing weren’t on the opening day roster, the answer would apparently be “no.”
Well, one thing about tomorrow night: Washburn will get to help his own cause by standing in at the plate. Can’t bitch about run support if he’s the guy not providing at least 1/9th of it.
Nothing would make me happier than if Jarrod supplied all the offense in an M’s victory. For one thing, it would allow Sims to mention it whenever the M’s didn’t score for him in a DH game.
And, unfortunately, the M’s don’t quite have the technology available just yet to construct androids to catch for them. (*New twist…since I was wearing out my “Spinal Tap” analogy pretty quick.
)
Courtesy of Rumblings and Grumblings. Think about it. A guy we traded along with an All-Star and two guys who look to be rotation starters would, in this unnamed guy’s opinion, be worth more today than Stephen Strasburg. I may vomit.
We also have Moore and Clement (still a catcher at this point technically) my question was simply why did they bother to bring Quiroz back into the M’s system with all the catchers we have….
Quiroz has never seemed to be much more than a back up to the guy that backs up the back up catcher….
Quips aside, that catching situation is a bit of a head-scratcher at the moment…
Paging Adam Moore…please report to
Safeco(the visitors’ clubhouse at) Coors Field.Quiroz has never seemed to be much more than a back up to the guy that backs up the back up catcher
That’s what he is alright, and as we’ve seen, you need that guy.
There’s nothing strange about the catching situation. They’ve said they want to continue developing Moore. If they brought him up now they’d be burning an option year on him and he’d spend most of it sitting on the bench not batting and not calling games (GQ has been in, what, three games so far?) This is a nice contrast to the Bavasi era, when guys were rushed up without proper development (hello, Mr Morrow).
And of course Clement’s knee isn’t letting him catch in Tacoma so he’s certainly not able to catch in the majors.
So, as Mike Snow says, the fact that GQ is here is proof that such a guy is necessary. It just so happens Rob Johnson was already that guy, and he got hurt while he was filling in for Johjima.
BTW, according to one press account I read, that HR by Branyan tied for the 6th longest ever hit at Camden Yards.
Breadbaker,
I saw that comment about Adam Jones too and had the same reaction.
I will never forgive Bill Bavasi for that trade. I was really looking forward to watching Jones play for the M’s.
BUT …
I think it was Dave C. who pointed out that the Adam Jones trade effectively brought us Jack Z & Company in the FO, Wak as the manager and Guti in CF.
So when you look at it from that perspective, it’s a lot easier to take.
Nevertheless, Dave Cameron said at the time the trade was going down that he wouldn’t swap Bedard for Jones straight up. He was widely ridiculed by many commenters here and elsewhere at the time, but given that Bedard departs this year (or costs a lot of money to retain) whereas Baltimore gets to enjoy AJ for another 3+ years at little more than the league minimum, I’d say he’s being proven correct.
And Bedard is a far more proven quantity than Strasburg (to get back to the point of that original quote).
WOW (today in the pre-game interview) Wak revealed Bedard will miss his next start with shoulder inflammation. Further:
“The second part of the bombshell is that Brandon Morrow will make the start in Bedard’s place. He will be limited to 60 pitches. Wakamatsu messed with Morrow by calling him into his office and saying, “:You ready to start?”
Morrow, thinking he was headed to Tacoma, replied, “Yeah.”
Wakamatsu said, “Here?”