123 Responses to “Game 111, Rays at Mariners”

1. Lauren, token chick on August 9th, 2009 4:46 pm

   Heh. Yeah, I thought of an addendum to that effect. But I sorta like Pam. She is what she is, y’know?

2. Wolfman on August 9th, 2009 4:57 pm

   I thought Pam Anderson was a poor man’s Pam Anderson.

   LOL! Now THAT was funny. Plastic is getting cheaper and cheaper these days.

   Excellent game. It’d sure be nice if these guys could put together a few more of these offensive juggernauts. My nerves can’t take many more one run games.

3. SonOfZavaras on August 9th, 2009 5:05 pm

   The poor man’s Pam Anderson? “Eh” indeed.

   Hey, I’m not rich!

4. Jeff Nye on August 9th, 2009 5:06 pm

   I’m disappointed that none of you ever brought me a limeade.

   I guess I’m no Dave Niehaus.

5. TomTuttle on August 9th, 2009 5:25 pm

   Forgive me if I root for the Yankees tonight.

6. JMHawkins on August 9th, 2009 5:32 pm

   LOL! Now THAT was funny. Plastic is getting cheaper and cheaper these days.

   Excellent game. It’d sure be nice if these guys could put together a few more of these offensive juggernauts. My nerves can’t take many more one run games.

   I mean, it’s okay and all that, but don’t expect your readers to be thinking about the M’s offense when you use the word “juggernaut” right after a Pam Anderson discussion.

7. msb on August 9th, 2009 7:19 pm

   in the same vein, on the radio side Dave N reintroduced Russell as “the salami guy”

   Where’s msb? msb, were you at the game last night? I would’ve said hi if I remembered what you looked like.

   I was there and I wore my Sims hat

   scheduled to be Hernandez vs. Buerhle.

   nice.

8. Lauren, token chick on August 9th, 2009 7:23 pm

   msb: Was that you in the Moyer jersey? Like I said, I don’t remember what you look like! That’s the only Sims hat I saw on a woman.

9. msb on August 9th, 2009 7:26 pm

   ’twas me– and wasn’t that a natty fedora? Plus it kept my head surprisingly warm. Where were you?

10. TomTuttle on August 9th, 2009 7:34 pm

    ’twas me– and wasn’t that a natty fedora? Plus it kept my head surprisingly warm. Where were you?

    Are you going to go Don Cherry on us now and resort to costuming?

11. henryv on August 9th, 2009 7:36 pm

    I think the usually give the batter the benefit of the doubt if the ball is running into the batter’s box.

    Answering my own question here, and I guess that I am right. According to rule 6.08(b)(2)The batter becomes a runner and is entitled to first base w/o liability to be put out when he is touched by a pitched ball which he is not attempting to hit unless the batter makes no attempt to avoid being touched by the ball.

    Knowing this now, why do the umpired just automatically wave them to first. Aybar made no attempt to move, he actually thought about swinging at it. Shouldn’t the ball have been called a ball or strike or whatever and the at bat continued?

    I seem to remember that is something like the last 30 years only 2 hitters have ever NOT been awarded first base after getting hit.

    And I also remember that it was a father that made the 2nd most recent call, and his son made the most recent call to not award a base, something like 20 years apart.

    I could be wrong, but I distinctly remember this from a game a year or two ago.

12. henryv on August 9th, 2009 7:41 pm

    Holy crap! I was right.

    Harry Wendelstedt was the father, who called back a hitter for not getting out of the way of a pitch in 1968, and his son Hunter called back Joe Crede after he leaned into a pitch.

    Fun fact was that the 1968 call by Harry kept Don Drysdale’s scoreless innings streak alive.

13. msb on August 9th, 2009 8:22 pm

    Are you going to go Don Cherry on us now

    Nobody can beat Don Cherry– although, Craig Sager is a runner-up…

14. Lauren, token chick on August 9th, 2009 8:46 pm

    msb: I was sitting directly behind you by a couple of rows, wearing a navy and cream striped sweater and a Mariners hat.

15. msb on August 9th, 2009 8:52 pm

    Tchaw. I was going to turn around and take a picture of the section, but never did.

    Well, one of these times.

16. Lauren, token chick on August 9th, 2009 9:05 pm

    I thought we had already met at that Cap Hill feed a few years ago, but perhaps I am confused. Elephant polo?

17. Farmer Cam on August 9th, 2009 9:06 pm

    From Baker:

    Sweeney told me he went to Wakamatsu pre-game and offered him $100 if he’d let his pitcher throw 100 or more pitches.

    Question: How much is Sweeney paying to hit clean-up?

18. theraven on August 9th, 2009 9:08 pm

    henryv, there was a game earlier this year where the batter wasn’t awarded first after he was hit by the pitch. I think it was a Mariners or Diamondbacks game, since those are what I watch most often.

19. msb on August 9th, 2009 9:23 pm

    I thought we had already met at that Cap Hill feed a few years ago, but perhaps I am confused. Elephant polo?

    well, obviously I do not have the memory of an elephant … bar? pizza? beer? I know I said hey to Gwangung and Deanna, but the rest is apparently a blur. Polo, hmm?

20. Lauren, token chick on August 9th, 2009 9:25 pm

    Hmm it must have been one of the few other female posters in the blogosphere, then, who was telling me a long and curious tale about playing elephant polo. Now I am two for two… not remembering faces OR names.

21. msb on August 9th, 2009 9:52 pm

    I did sit on an elephant when I was about 8 (very prickly, btw) but no polo was played 🙂

22. Catherwood on August 9th, 2009 11:29 pm

    I’m channeling from Baseball Digest back around 1970, but I think the “so you think you know baseball” column dealt with the “not trying to get out of the way” issue on HBP.

    I’ve seen lots of guys leaning out OVER the plate, get hit by a pitch, and routinely jog down to first base. What? If the pitch WOULD have been a strike, then it’s a strike. You can’t just stand on home plate, get hit, and walk down to first base, but I’ve seen a lot of guys “hit by pitch” when their elbow was out over the plate and was grazed by a pitch. Umps need to rein that in.

23. theraven on August 10th, 2009 2:05 am

    Catherwood, I couldn’t agree more. I can’t remember who was pitching a couple weeks ago, but in one of the Mariners’ games the opposing hitter was leaning over the plate and got hit on the elbow and was awarded 1st. At first I thought it was a strike and was disappointed it wasn’t called as such, then it turned out the hitter was awarded 1st (and replays clearly showed him lean his elbow into the pitch, the elbow that happened to have a large elbow pad on it of course).

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