Game 64, Mariners at Padres
Felix Day! Yayyyy! Against our hated natural rivals the Extremely Boring San Diego Padres. During the draft, I was bugging Dave (because he didn’t have enough to do and I was watching my super-fortified version of USSM do pretty well against the unwashed internet hordes (you)), and we both kept cracking up when Harold Reynolds would go off on the Padres, who he insisted needed to draft an athlete because they were boring.
Because
a) draft coverage is amazingly hilarious (why do they have charts if all the players are off the charts? Can’t they just get larger charts? of course the guy just drafted is a ballplayer, that’s why they don’t draft mascots, though that might help the boring Padres)
b) he was totally right. You think the M’s are boring? The Padres are super-boring. They’re the unwatchable Mariner teams of recent years boring except they don’t have Ichiro, who I guess is a clubhouse cancer after all now that the team’s swooning, though he wasn’t holding them back when they were doing well… I’m confused again. Anyway.
It’s interesting that the Padres hit a little better than the M’s, but the M’s play vastly better defense and have better pitching. Imagine the 2004-2005 Mariners with one more hitter and two fewer pitchers. Actually don’t, it’ll only hurt your brain. So Betancourt’s back in the lineup too, which is… behind Lopez? And Gutierrez is eighth?
I don’t understand. If anyone can explain why Gutierrez, who with no bat is still somehow hitting better than our middle infielders, doesn’t get moved up the order, can you please let the rest of us in on the secret?
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Easy now Lauren. It was a catch of beauty though.
He’s been able to throw his curveball for first pitch strikes and knockout punches. Thrown some really nice sliders, and he is locating his fastball. Really a great performance.
Blowers just brought up the RZR for Gutierrez during the broadcast.
Sorry Lauren, as you can see we were wrapped up in a critical discussion on the all-important topic of chemistry.
Griffey’s still in the game???
Probably in case he bats in the ninth. If we don’t see Chavez out there in the bottom of the ninth, it’s a black mark against Wakamatsu.
I hope he gets up, gets on, gets pinch run for, so it’s not so much of “hard decision” for the manager. But either way, Griffey’s day in the outfield is over.
Will Felix obey his manager? So far…0-2…and no!
Ackley had two more hits than SD and the M’s combined so far today/tonight.
Get a walk, Felix! Run those bases!
HAHAHAH! Felix!!!
OK, that was awesome. I love watching our pitchers hit regardless, but that was awesome.
Now, that’s humiliating. Your pitcher walks and you strike out.
No way that was strike three.
Is Felix throwing phantom pitches at 1B?
How much you want to bet that if Felix struggles in the bottom of the ninth, Blowers/Dave S. will say it’s because he “had to run the bases”?
What was a fast game has slowed to a slug’s pace…although is oddly humorous now.
There are few things that make me happier than watching that little jerk make an error.
Hehehehe what a wacky inning so far.
wow i was about to get up and walk away from the game but holy crap griffey with Basesloaded!
So that’s why Griffey stayed in.
Its a Wakka Inning!
If I am reading a Mariners clubhouse story, I’ll buy Larry Stone on the subject over Tracy Ringolsby
You’re welcome.
Okay, now the rest of you M’s get out and let’s finish this in style.
Indeed, Breadbaker, nicely done.
Yes yes, excellent.
Yeh Felix! Curves, sliders, chage ups, and a fastball. Yes!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Felix was superb; he always saves his best for the hated Padres.
Huzzah! Two-hit shutout!
Angie Mentink needs to stop trying to make jokes.
Also, if I see one headline about “Griffey has 2 RBIs in Mariners’ victory”, someone’s getting strangled.
Wow, great performance by Felix tonight. I’m curious (and too lazy to look it up), when’s the last time the M’s had a pitcher throw a CG SO?
Felix is good.
That was a thing of beauty, what Felix did tonight.
Bill Kroger is such a ass! Angie without the clevage is hard to take as well.
Looks like Washburn, June 2007
“Felix Day” shout-out to USSM from Pittman
The Associated Press it ain’t what it used to be:
So the wins over the Giants? Just in my imagination?
I’m going to guess the reporter was confused after counting up the Padres’ interleague losing streak, because San Diego was in the sole NL-only series during that initial round back in May.
Just got back to my hotel…awesome, awesome game by Felix…nobody, I mean NOBODY in my section knew who the hell he was…I heard, “Who the hell is this guy,” more times than I can count…they know now…
Griffey was getting nothing but love from the crowd…that was cool…
I got a great photo of the first homer…was explaining the rules of baseball to Irish tourists went Beltre went deep…
Great, great game…I’m hoping for more of the same tomorrow night…
I just got home as well… that was a pretty sweet game. Felix was dealing. It was my 10 month old son’s first game, so I was kind of glad it was relatively short.
After the game though some guy in an Orioles polo behind us said he had to thank us for sending Adam Jones over… jerk. 🙂
Almost got Mike Sweeney’s autograph afterwards… just cause he was the only one out signing. But then his wife and kids showed up and he stopped. Oh well.
Actually, it was in August of ’07 when Weaver (in one of his three decent starts) blanked the White Sox on five hits.
Darn…I was so tempted to say it was Felix’s brilliant one-hitter against the Red Sox from earlier that year, too — maybe ’cause tonight’s game was just about on par with that one.
Great job tonight, Felix! 🙂
I disagree wholeheartedly about the insinuation of the M’s/Padres “natural” rivalry being boring. Sure, the games haven’t meant much in terms of relevance to playoff pushes, etc., but the series has been very competetive — and last night was a great indication of that.
Am I the only one who enjoys this matchup?