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Mini All-Star Thread
DMZ · July 14, 2009 at 6:37 pm · Filed Under Mariners
Sorry, worked late, thought I had time. What in the world is going on with Ryan Franklin’s facial hair?
Copy and paste from my iPhone showed my comments were in the box. Sorry.
joser on
July 14th, 2009 9:23 pm
Joe Morgan makes me seriously wonder how someone could play the game so long and be successful like he was, yet can know so little about baseball in terms of what makes players/teams successful.
It’s just proof that you can be a really good player from the neck down, and still be a really good player. AKA the Big Dumb Jock rule.
“what’s going on with Ryan Franklin in the All-Star Game?â€
He’s learned how to throw a cutter and turned into Mariano Rivera Jr apparently.
ESPN just commented that Ichiro! went to visit Sisler’s grave. Thought that was interesting… paying respect I imagine.
It was better when they showed Rivera’s son spitting into Jeter’s ear. (I know that must not have been what he was actually doing — he was well behind Jeter, for one thing — but it amused me to no end that that’s what it looked like he was doing. Good thing it wasn’t Damon — he would spit back.)
Copy and paste from my iPhone showed my comments were in the box.
First Apple doesn’t include a fundamental feature. Then they add it, and run TV commercials trumpeting the fact that they now have something that should’ve been there all along. And then somebody actually uses it, and it breaks the site. Way to go, Cupertino. Way to go, Evil Steve Jobs and your smug minions.
joser on
July 14th, 2009 9:32 pm
Franklin. Meche. Thornton. Pineiro. Sometimes I wonder what’s up with the M’s pitching coaching.
I don’t know about Meche (and Thornton? Really?) but Pineiro, like Franklin, is throwing a new pitch. And Putz learned a new pitch while he was with the M’s and Zduriencik managed to turn that into Franklin, Chavez, Cedeno, and several prospects, so it’s not entirely a one-way street.
msb on
July 14th, 2009 10:04 pm
I believe Ichiro’s shoes were silver.
Big Bob on
July 14th, 2009 10:18 pm
Pineiro and Franklin are pitching in the NL….enough said.
SequimRealEstate on
July 14th, 2009 10:32 pm
Joser copy and paste from your phone. Might be word press.
Patrick517 on
July 14th, 2009 10:36 pm
It’s nice to see the All Star Game MVP win for a play on defense. (small victories)
SequimRealEstate on
July 14th, 2009 10:38 pm
Right you are Patrick.
Axtell on
July 14th, 2009 11:50 pm
Wow, it’s apparent joser is a bit irate. Let me guess, Verizon user? Sprint? Jealousy sucks, huh?
But before you jump to conclusions, I’m not an exclusive iPhone user, I run both an iPhone and blackberry bold (I’m putting that out there before the obligatory ‘fanboy!’ comment comes down). Yes copy/paste should have been there from the beginning, but then, you could say that intuitive touch screen interfaces should be on every phone, that simplified menus should be on every other phone, that a host of features that the iPhone did first are just now coming to other stores (app stores for blackberries and windows mobile phones! whee!)
It goes both ways.
As far as the game goes, am I the only one who found it odd the game was shorter than the ridiculous home run derby? The derby needs to be changed, it goes on way, way, way too long.
IP on
July 14th, 2009 11:53 pm
Franklin looks like he was picked up on the way to a Civil War reenactment. Or a homeless shelter.
Breadbaker on
July 15th, 2009 12:12 am
It’s nice to see the All Star Game MVP win for a play on defense. (small victories)
The quintessential example of this is Dave Parker in the 1979 game in the Kingdome, where he had two outfield assists. I was sitting in the right field stands in the 300 level and never saw either play because of the angle of the stands meant we couldn’t see the right fielder.
John D. on
July 15th, 2009 1:22 am
Franklin looks like he was picked up on the way to a Civil War reenactment. Or a homeless shelter.
I have it on good authority that the chin growth is actually a curse that was laid on him because of his propensity to argue with base-runners that get to 2nd base, and relay the catcher’s signs to the batter. (A practice that has been going on for well over a century.)
Curses await other players who demonstrate similar ignorance.
Were there enough Former M’s and current M’s to field a team last night? Thats not even including the former player from the UW. Another Win by the American League, which just goes to show you the best players play in the AL!
BBOneFive on
July 15th, 2009 7:20 am
Maybe Franklin made a deal with the devil and was turned into half goat in exchange for the ability to get people out?
Paul B on
July 15th, 2009 8:15 am
which just goes to show you the best players play in the AL!
While I agree that the AL is better, the evidence I would use would be the records in interleague play, rather than the result of the All Star game.
Slippery Elmer on
July 15th, 2009 8:26 am
While I agree that the AL is better, the evidence I would use would be the records in interleague play, rather than the result of the All Star game.
I think he probably meant “the best stars play in the AL!”
Beniitec on
July 15th, 2009 8:50 am
I love the Ichiro quotes in this article about Obama at the All-Star game.
And by “Thornton? Really?” I meant “You really care that much about a guy who throws ~60 innings a year, mostly in low leverage situations?” Thornton may have improved since he left the M’s, but he hardly matters.
Nik Aitken on
July 15th, 2009 11:14 am
Love this part:
Which leaves the NL hoping for some kind of a miracle. Ichiro was asked how much he believes the speech has contributed to the AL dominance that has stretched more than a decade now.
After the game, Ichiro said he was thankful that the Junior Circuit prevailed despite the fact that he wasn’t able to do what has become a hilarious pregame motivational talk in which he demonstratively delivers some choice English slang words to his teammates.
“For the pregame, they always had me say a few words, but this time I didn’t say anything and we still won, so I put a period on history,” Ichiro said. “I’m kind of glad to get that over with.”
Meanwhile, Obama talks about meeting Ichiro (“He’s an impressive guy”) in the video on this page (“Obama answers players questions” — note to DMZ: they left out the apostrophe, not me)
harry on
July 15th, 2009 12:26 pm
From fangraphs:
F Gutierrez WAR 2009: 3.1
A Jones WAR 2009: 1.5
That takes some of the sting out for me…
msb on
July 15th, 2009 1:33 pm
I think it was Big Papi who always insisted Ichiro give his speech.
Could it be a red squirrel that has attached itself to Franklin’s chin?
ayoon on
July 15th, 2009 2:13 pm
Anyone read the ESPN article on Ichiro visiting Sisler’s grave? Ichiro also wanted to say “what’s up” to the President…
ESPN just commented that Ichiro! went to visit Sisler’s grave. Thought that was interesting… paying respect I imagine.
Franklin. Meche. Thornton. Pineiro. Sometimes I wonder what’s up with the M’s pitching coaching.
Mariano Riveria is pitching in the 9th inning of the all star game. The camera pans to his 14 year old son who has his head down not watching Dad but texting. Of course this is Dads 10th All Star Game. Just like the other 7 full innings he has pitched Dad did not give up s run. Life can be so..so…, boring.
Copy and paste from my iPhone showed my comments were in the box. Sorry.
It’s just proof that you can be a really good player from the neck down, and still be a really good player. AKA the Big Dumb Jock rule.
He’s learned how to throw a cutter and turned into Mariano Rivera Jr apparently.
Larry Stone covered this (linked from an earlier thread here at USSM).
It was better when they showed Rivera’s son spitting into Jeter’s ear. (I know that must not have been what he was actually doing — he was well behind Jeter, for one thing — but it amused me to no end that that’s what it looked like he was doing. Good thing it wasn’t Damon — he would spit back.)
First Apple doesn’t include a fundamental feature. Then they add it, and run TV commercials trumpeting the fact that they now have something that should’ve been there all along. And then somebody actually uses it, and it breaks the site. Way to go, Cupertino. Way to go, Evil Steve Jobs and your smug minions.
I don’t know about Meche (and Thornton? Really?) but Pineiro, like Franklin, is throwing a new pitch. And Putz learned a new pitch while he was with the M’s and Zduriencik managed to turn that into Franklin, Chavez, Cedeno, and several prospects, so it’s not entirely a one-way street.
I believe Ichiro’s shoes were silver.
Pineiro and Franklin are pitching in the NL….enough said.
Joser copy and paste from your phone. Might be word press.
It’s nice to see the All Star Game MVP win for a play on defense. (small victories)
Right you are Patrick.
Wow, it’s apparent joser is a bit irate. Let me guess, Verizon user? Sprint? Jealousy sucks, huh?
But before you jump to conclusions, I’m not an exclusive iPhone user, I run both an iPhone and blackberry bold (I’m putting that out there before the obligatory ‘fanboy!’ comment comes down). Yes copy/paste should have been there from the beginning, but then, you could say that intuitive touch screen interfaces should be on every phone, that simplified menus should be on every other phone, that a host of features that the iPhone did first are just now coming to other stores (app stores for blackberries and windows mobile phones! whee!)
It goes both ways.
As far as the game goes, am I the only one who found it odd the game was shorter than the ridiculous home run derby? The derby needs to be changed, it goes on way, way, way too long.
Franklin looks like he was picked up on the way to a Civil War reenactment. Or a homeless shelter.
The quintessential example of this is Dave Parker in the 1979 game in the Kingdome, where he had two outfield assists. I was sitting in the right field stands in the 300 level and never saw either play because of the angle of the stands meant we couldn’t see the right fielder.
Franklin looks like he was picked up on the way to a Civil War reenactment. Or a homeless shelter.
I have it on good authority that the chin growth is actually a curse that was laid on him because of his propensity to argue with base-runners that get to 2nd base, and relay the catcher’s signs to the batter. (A practice that has been going on for well over a century.)
Curses await other players who demonstrate similar ignorance.
“Franklin’s goatee is a Cardinal sin”
Were there enough Former M’s and current M’s to field a team last night? Thats not even including the former player from the UW. Another Win by the American League, which just goes to show you the best players play in the AL!
Maybe Franklin made a deal with the devil and was turned into half goat in exchange for the ability to get people out?
While I agree that the AL is better, the evidence I would use would be the records in interleague play, rather than the result of the All Star game.
I think he probably meant “the best stars play in the AL!”
I love the Ichiro quotes in this article about Obama at the All-Star game.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thornma01.shtml
No, it has nothing to do with that, and everything to do with Ichiro’s annual pre-game speech.
And by “Thornton? Really?” I meant “You really care that much about a guy who throws ~60 innings a year, mostly in low leverage situations?” Thornton may have improved since he left the M’s, but he hardly matters.
Love this part:
Though (on further review) it looks like he didn’t do the speech this year after all:
Meanwhile, Obama talks about meeting Ichiro (“He’s an impressive guy”) in the video on this page (“Obama answers players questions” — note to DMZ: they left out the apostrophe, not me)
From fangraphs:
F Gutierrez WAR 2009: 3.1
A Jones WAR 2009: 1.5
That takes some of the sting out for me…
I think it was Big Papi who always insisted Ichiro give his speech.
Could it be a red squirrel that has attached itself to Franklin’s chin?
Anyone read the ESPN article on Ichiro visiting Sisler’s grave? Ichiro also wanted to say “what’s up” to the President…
Yes, we’ve linked to it like 1m times already.
“Not silver. Platinum.”