Game 7, Mariners at Rangers
Dave · April 11, 2010 at 11:30 am · Filed Under Mariners
Snell vs Feldman, 12:05 pm.
Last week, Snell pitched pretty well, but I felt like we needed to see him do it against better hitters before we got too excited. Well, here’s your chance, Ian. If he can get through this Texas line-up three times, that will be impressive.
In other news, Bradley gets the day off today, and because Langerhans was DFA’d, Byrnes gets the start in left with an RHP on the mound. This is one of the reasons why getting rid of Langerhans was stupid. But hey, at least Mascot only struck out twice yesterday.
Ichiro, RF
Figgins, 2B
Kotchman, 1B
Gutierrez, CF
Griffey, DH
Lopez, 3B
Byrnes, LF
Moore, C
Wilson, SS
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I think a trade for Elvis Andrus should be in order.
hahaha Adam is really not helping Ian. That’s two catchers interference when the count was 1-2 and 0-2.
Is this the first time in history a particular batter has reached base twice on a catcher interference?
Rob Johnson is looking pretty good right now..
Wow, fairly good inning. At least Snelling doesn’t seem to be doing the meltdown thing so far this season.
Who did the mask scoop against the A’s? What’s up with our catchers!!
Can someone tell me how Moore is interfering?
I don’t think it’s Moore. It looks more like Murphy was reaching really far back for those pitches. And Guti gets another hit. Man he’s on fire.
That was Moore.
The bat is hitting his glove.
That was also Moore, ha.
He’s reaching out to catch the pitch as the batter swings, and the bat clips Moore’s glove. First time it was pretty obvious, second time, I couldn’t see it in super slow mo.
Come on Junior, make this game at least sort of worth watching.
Makes you wonder if Murphy saw something while reviewing tape that showed a tendency of Moore to reach.
Comment #2:
Er, not.
Lopez is saving his big at-bat for the ninth.
I feel like Lopez is this parasite that infects our entire lineup’s offense. Even though basically everyone is struggling with the exception of Guti, his offensive incompetence stands out the most.
We should have traded Lopez for Liriano when we had the chance and picked up Hudson.
[Sims]
You mean when the game is 12-1 and totally out of reach? Yeah, that makes sense.
Yeah Lopez keeps ending rallies… It’s awful. On a positive note, I seriously can not believe how good Guti’s all around game is. I mean, he’s making insane catches, he makes the normal catches look easy, he gets in great position to make a throw when he needs too, he’s stealing bases, and hitting over .400! He is truly incredible
Yeah Guti’s going to be a good trade chip come summer. Just kidding…
I <3 Guti
You don’t joke about that…. 🙂
Lol I think I’d rather get rid of Ichiro than Guti. He’s going to be a Mariners great for many years to come.
[nope]
Fair enough.
I’m glad to see that Cliff Lee is coming along. We could really use him right now.
Well, this one’s outta reach…
(At least the bleeding’s over for this inning)
I’d say we were saving it for the 9th again, but Feliz is the closer now so it looks like that idea’s shot…
What happened to the beard, Kahuna? (What was the final, designated nickname?)
It’s still really early, but the M’s give off the flavor of not being more than a not-bad team.
I’ll be happy to attempt to retract that statement in a month or so…
After one cycle of pitchers it seems that the win average will stay at 20%
*gasp* Ichiro dived!
I…I don’t know what to think. Byrnes better not be rubbing off on him.
…If I judge it just right, and land OK, and roll properly, I THINK I can jump off the bandwagon without injuring myself. Is April over yet?
I’m not giving up all hope this early in this season but I do think it’s not too early to start making a wish list. I think the biggest thing I’d like to see is acquiring a decent catcher. I mean, if Jack can swing picking up even just a mediocre guy (I’d settle for John Buck at this point) by the deadline, I’ll be happy. I think the offense will pick up steam once guys get comfortable and the pitching has to get better (for the love of god). But the catching has been inexcusable, too many mistakes in such a short season so far.
Ugh. Didn’t last season’s third base coach lose his job over some questionable sends?
Brumley’s made a few bad calls so far. This last one was inexcusable.
Gosh, even Niehaus just said that when you’re down six runs there’s no excuse for getting thrown out at the plate.
If it’s only April and Uncle Dave’s sounding deflated already, that is not a good sign.
Still obsessing over League’s hair. Has he got a fauxhawk under that hat? What’s with the squib of hair hanging out of his cap?
Almost makes you wish Kurt Suzuki would’ve been available during this past off-season…sigh.
A “mullet-hawk” perhaps?
I take some solace in the fact that it did not take all season to weed out many of the weakest links last year. I look forward to seeing what Jack can do with this team. At the same time, it has been frustrating to endure two Aprils in a row that feel like an extended spring training.
I’d forgotten League is one of the tatted players, so he’s probably got something pretty artistic, hair-wise, under there.
Shall we start a countdown clock until Junior’s bobblehead night, assuming he’ll go on the DL after that, freeing up a spot for someone who can still hit?
I went to the games on Saturday and Sunday and here are some random thoughts:
1. The lineup had a good approach at the plate both days. The hits are coming, but at the wrong times. I think this lineup will be fine once this stretch of bad luck runs out.
2. Lopez and Adam Moore looked terrible offensively. I blame a lack of experience for Moore, but Lopez just looks lost. He seemed to be guessing on every pitch, and based on his results he is guessing wrong every time.
3. The Rangers offense went nuts today. Every ball was hit hard and on a line, like they knew exactly what was coming. However, League looked good though as he settled down.
4. Snell confuses me. He went right after the scary Ranger hitters (and lost nearly every time), but nibbled to the weaker hitters at the end of their lineup. His fastball was sitting at 89 most of the time, according to the stadium radar gun. If that’s accurate, I wonder if he is hurt? It’s only his second outing, but if it is consistency we are hoping for from him, we will probably be disappointed.
5. DTFT is absolutely stunning. He gets such good reads and takes such good routes that even Ranger fans were impressed. We are so luck to have him.
6. On Saturday, the first time Washington came to argue a close play at first base, the Rangers fans in my section took this as a chance to ridicule him. The line that stood out the most was “Get ’em Ron… with your 8-ball!” Stay classy Ranger fans!
I forgot to mention, both Kotchman (Sunday) and DTFT (Saturday) had no business being sent home on singles to left field. DTFT was out by a mile, and Kotchman was out by about 3 miles. When is the last time we had a decent 3rd base coach?
Adam Moore has no business being in a major-league game right now.
I’d jump up and down asking for a catcher to come in and replace Moore, but I don’t know who I’d bump off the 40-man roster to do it.
I wonder if Z can talk Dan Wilson out of retirement?
During times like these, it’s calming to know that we have a professional front office that is prepared to take action to improve the team. Adam Moore is likely to be back in Tacoma no later than early May, with Bard the most likely replacement. When Hannahan comes off the DL, I suspect that Tui will go down, although it would be more logical to give Bradley more time at DH and DFA Sweeney. Picking which starter to jetson once Lee comes off the DL may not be easy, given the performances so far. Right now my guess might be for Vargas to move to the pen and for Colome to be sent down.