Game 87, Rangers at Mariners

Jay Yencich · July 11, 2009 at 6:00 pm · Filed Under Mariners 

Special Safeco Tenth Anniversary Edition:

As if we haven’t had enough to talk about, there’s another game today. How much the team has changed these past few weeks. How much the franchise has changed in the past ten years.

RF Ichiro!
1B Russell Branyan
2B Jose Lopez
DH Ken Griffey Jr.
CF Franklin Gutierrez
LF Ryan Langerhans
C Rob Johnson
3B Jack Hannahan
SS Ronny Cedeno

Have at you, in a civil and thoughtful manner, of course.

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195 Responses to “Game 87, Rangers at Mariners”

  1. Sam W. on July 11th, 2009 9:34 pm

    Espn said that King Felix is second in the AL Cy Young race just behind Grenkie.

  2. leon0112 on July 11th, 2009 9:34 pm

    That was the good Lowe.

  3. Slippery Elmer on July 11th, 2009 9:35 pm

    Yup.

  4. fiftyone on July 11th, 2009 9:35 pm

    btw, two brilliant pitches there from Lowe, on the 0-2 and the 1-2 counts to end the inning.

  5. WSU_Dave on July 11th, 2009 9:36 pm

    and that Wak was AL manager for the first half.

  6. AssumedName on July 11th, 2009 9:36 pm

    Does Lowe have a third pitch? Split or change? Either way, nice sequence to Hamilton.

  7. Big Bob on July 11th, 2009 9:37 pm

    i hold my breath every time there’s a grounder to SS

    If it’s up the middle or in the hole I expect it to be a single still.

  8. m'schick on July 11th, 2009 9:39 pm

    If it’s up the middle or in the hole I expect it to be a single still.

    (dirty)

  9. leon0112 on July 11th, 2009 9:39 pm

    I read the KC blog. It must be tough to be a Royals fan.

  10. Sidi on July 11th, 2009 9:39 pm

    I miss college. I was young, not too many responsibilities, the Mariners had a good DH…

  11. m'schick on July 11th, 2009 9:40 pm

    I read the KC blog. It must be tough to be a Royals fan.

    when you’re making trades to AQUIRE yuni…you betcha

  12. sniper61 on July 11th, 2009 9:44 pm

    Hannahan!

  13. Sidi on July 11th, 2009 9:45 pm

    Nice little play there.

  14. Breadbaker on July 11th, 2009 9:46 pm

    Nice pitch, Double A.

  15. juneau_fan on July 11th, 2009 9:46 pm

    was this the night that they were going to do the Best Looking Mariner?

  16. m'schick on July 11th, 2009 9:46 pm

    i felt that whiff through the TV!

  17. Slippery Elmer on July 11th, 2009 9:48 pm

    Yes, they did. Speaking as a married, straight man who can still appreciate whether or not a man is “handsome,” it was lame.

  18. m'schick on July 11th, 2009 9:48 pm

    whoa….almost deja vu

  19. Sidi on July 11th, 2009 9:48 pm

    Wow, that man has an arm…

  20. sniper61 on July 11th, 2009 9:48 pm

    Lopez sucks at getting in position

  21. leon0112 on July 11th, 2009 9:48 pm

    Imagine if Raul was trying to field that one.

  22. Slippery Elmer on July 11th, 2009 9:50 pm

    Big whiffa – another nice save by Double-A.

  23. m'schick on July 11th, 2009 9:50 pm

    WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  24. Breadbaker on July 11th, 2009 9:50 pm

    Even with the double, Aardsma has had two good outings after the Wednesday meltdown.

  25. leon0112 on July 11th, 2009 9:52 pm

    The 2008 Mariners won their 45th game on August 7.

  26. finndawg on July 11th, 2009 9:52 pm

    Did Aardsma look good? I’ve been concerned that he only seems to really only have one pitch…but tough to argue with results. He’s been fantastic! Should I be worried??

  27. naviomelo on July 11th, 2009 9:53 pm

    Nice win! 1 more win and we’ll enjoy the break.

  28. Liam on July 11th, 2009 9:53 pm

    Nooooo, Rob being interviewed and they brought up Catchers ERA.

  29. sniper61 on July 11th, 2009 9:54 pm

    and they just called him a “great defensive catcher”

  30. Slippery Elmer on July 11th, 2009 9:54 pm

    AA was in control tonight. Yes, his one-pitch repertoire is concerning, but he did it again nonetheless.

  31. Sidi on July 11th, 2009 9:56 pm

    He looked fine. Got two K’s, but still a throw the ball in there and rely on the defense type.

    The game the other night wasn’t any sort of sign, it’s just what will happen when things don’t go his way.

  32. finndawg on July 11th, 2009 9:58 pm

    Yeah, I’m kind of concerned about the pitch and pray type…but what the hell, I guess enjoy it while it works

  33. Slippery Elmer on July 11th, 2009 9:59 pm

    He’s definitely got the defense to make that approach worthwhile. Good times tonight.

  34. SonOfZavaras on July 11th, 2009 10:00 pm

    If we can take three of four from Texas tomorrow, all I can say is, hey…we gotta think we’re in this thing.

    And it will completely surprise me if Roy Halladay isn’t a Texas Ranger by July 30th.

    You have to admit, who can put up a more attractive package for such a talent than what the Rangers can right now?

  35. Sidi on July 11th, 2009 10:01 pm

    I’d say it makes a ton of sense with this defense. Odds are good that, unless it leaves the yard, someone will get a glove on it. And I love the idea of returnign to a defense that makes pitchers look great…then sell them for something shiny.

  36. finndawg on July 11th, 2009 10:05 pm

    Wasn’t Texas like 11 of 13 against the AL West before this series? For us to double their losses has to already be a bit of a victory

  37. Colm on July 11th, 2009 10:05 pm

    What the heck was that breaking pitch that Aardsma used to strike out Blalock? 90mph, sweeping AWAY from the leftie and dropping out of the zone. That was unhittable.

  38. Colm on July 11th, 2009 10:07 pm

    Dave Simms called it a splitter. If Aardsma figures out how to throw that regularly, he’ll move up to elite closer status – a la 05/06 JJ.

  39. Sidi on July 11th, 2009 10:20 pm

    This team is fun to watch.

    When was the last time we could honestly say that?

  40. Colm on July 11th, 2009 10:25 pm

    2003

  41. SonOfZavaras on July 11th, 2009 10:30 pm

    This team is fun to watch.

    It really is. This team has already given me about five times the viewing pleasure that the 2008 model did.

    The competence in FO moves has been really striking this year. All of a sudden, we’re making moves that used to be made on us.

    If Bavasi had made the Hannahan trade, the cost might have started with Phillippe Aumont.

    OK, that may very well be yet another cheap crack, but I don’t think I’m all that wrong.

    So nice to not have a GM hideously over-matched in trade discussions.

  42. Kazinski on July 12th, 2009 12:42 am

    And it will completely surprise me if Roy Halladay isn’t a Texas Ranger by July 30th.

    You have to admit, who can put up a more attractive package for such a talent than what the Rangers can right now?

    I think it is an absolute certainty that Halladay won’t be a Ranger this year. Halladay makes 14m, and Texas can’t make it’s current payroll without help from the league. The most expensive everyday players they have on the team are Young (13m) and Blalock(6m). So I’d guess that the only way to make that deal is to trade more salary to Toronto than they are picking up, so it just isn’t going to happen.

  43. mln on July 12th, 2009 1:53 am

    This team is fun to watch.

    When was the last time we could honestly say that?

    October 20, 2001. Yankee Stadium

  44. JMHawkins on July 12th, 2009 8:49 am

    I miss college. I was young, not too many responsibilities, the Mariners had a good DH…

    Yeah, Gorman Thomas was pretty good.

  45. Wolfman on July 13th, 2009 2:55 am

    So nice to not have a GM hideously over-matched in trade discussions.

    Amen to that!

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