Comments on: Game 79, Mariners at Red Sox

By: vj

vj — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:28:09 +0000

So, seven games into the road trip of doom the M’s have won four. Even if they end up losing the next two at Boston I’d say that’s quite satisfactory for the trip.

By: kenshabby

kenshabby — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:10:48 +0000

Watching M’s games in bars during happy hour is much more fun than at home, I’ve discovered. Though the urge to throw my beer at the TV is greater.

By: mln

mln — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:34:52 +0000

Mean little squirrel. Heh.

By: silverbook

silverbook — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:42:55 +0000

Wakefield doesn’t have a good fastball, he just throws it a lot in 3-0 counts when guys are taking. Thus making it seem like his fastball is effective. Check out the swinging contact rates for proof.

By: gwangung

gwangung — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:53:22 +0000

GRAVY TIME!!!!

Heh. Guess this year has been pretty darn good compare to last year.

By: chbrody

chbrody — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:52:14 +0000

I gotta admit, i was skeptical with langerhans coming in, but he’s done great….another great move by Dr. Z

By: TomTuttle

TomTuttle — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:51:45 +0000

WOOHOO!

By: Utis

Utis — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:49:41 +0000

Mission accomplished! Now they are playing with house money for the road trip. We might need Jamie Burke tomorrow, however. Any chance they bring up RRS or someone else up from Tacoma?

By: bilbo27

bilbo27 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:39:33 +0000

“I’m totally ready for robot umpires”

It’s only a matter of time before umpires are fazed out. Eventually they’ll probably have one guy out there for no other purpose but to relay calls by the tracer and various other play tracking devices, as well as to keep the peace when fights break out.

It’s not really a knock on the umps. They have to make pretty incredible split second decisions and it’s amazing they can do it as accurately as they can. But as technology advances and we can put systems in place that can be significantly more accurate than the umps, it seems clear that the umps need replaced.

It will never happen in the Selig era, but the technology isn’t quite where it needs to be right now to replace the umps at any place except calling balls and strikes anyways. I give it 20 years and umps are more or less a thing of the past in baseball. Anybody want to bet??

By: littlesongs

littlesongs — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:33:28 +0000

I am surprised that somebody hasn’t dropped a “RoJo Mojo” reference into the postgame show.