Game 136: Mariners at Angels
JMB · September 4, 2005 at 1:07 pm · Filed Under Game Threads
RHP Jeff Harris vs. RHP Bartolo Colon, 1:05pm. FSN & KOMO.
RF Ichiro
CF Reed
LF Ibanez
1B Sexson
3B Beltre
“DH” Dobbs
2B Lopez
C JoeJessica
SS Betancourt
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94 Responses to “Game 136: Mariners at Angels”
Nooooooooooooooo…now he can never be overpaid by the Mariners.
That earns a big “noooooooo” from me as well…
Ohhh Valle…
Do our announcers live in a hole?
So Garret Anderson swings a 36-36 bat; that is, 36 ounces and 36 inches long. Coincidentally, that 36 is higher than his career high for walks in a season (34).
I’m just sayin’.
Apparently they’re some of the best in the American League. -=)
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Wait — what did Valle say?
58: In a nutshell: “Griffey hit a HR in the 1st inning to tie Mantle. It is so good to see Griffey healthy again.”
That sounds like TWO years, Rick.
3-1, what are you looking for Sexson?
3-2: see previous comment.
Hah Shields. Giving Angels fans heart attacks. Beltre will probably look at strike three.
Nevermind…he swung at ball four.
God, Beltre has trouble laying of a ball in the dirt a foot off the plate. He should be given an electric shock every time he does that. Although, I am not sure the Mariners could afford the power bill.
It’s all up to you, “Dobber.”
These are productive outs. Ibanez is now at 3rd base, and can score on a wild pitch!
Beltre likes those low and away balls the way my dog likes a nice dead squirrel. Just can’t say no.
A Ruthian cut!
63. Sexson looked at strike three. Beltre struck out on ball four. Now it’s up Dobbs. Who doesn’t swing a balls out of the zone.
68. Line of the day!
Nor hit them out of the park.
Somebody needs to enroll Sexson and Beltre in “Strikezone 101” class. For Beltre, what NOT to swing at, and for Sexson, what TO swing at.
What an inning. Runner on first, no outs, 3-1 count on Sexson… and nothing to show for it.
I just tuned in. So the M’s “middle of the order” hitters (who actually hit) are now Beltre, Dobbs, and Lopez?
Well, I can’t lay off curveballs and Ultimate Bacon Cheeseburgers, myself. Off topic (kind of): I wonder what the record is for most men left on base by a team during the course of a season, and who holsd this record.
72 was supposed to be in response to 70.
And I wonder what the record is for a single player who left the most men on base in a season? Whatever it is, Boone was going for it before he got cut.
Baseball-Almanac says that data hasn’t been compiled (yet).
Well let’s make the initial entry. Go M’s!
Nevermind, I found the Left On Base records:
Most in a game by a player: 12 (tie), Glenn Beckert ChC 09-16-1972 and Todd Helton Col 04-11-1998
Most in a season, by a team:
AL St. Louis Browns 1,334 in 1941
NL Cincinnati Reds 1,328 in 1976
Most by a team in a single game: 20, AL New York [vs Boston] 09-21-1956
And hey, the M’s show up (and in a good way, even):
The most runners left on base during a nine-inning shutout is sixteen (16). It has occurred twice in Major League history: May 24, 1994, when St. Louis shutout Philadelphia and May 7, 1998, when Seattle shutout Toronto.
But for a rare exception, I would forget adding these .250-hitting 40HR bombers that strike out 200 times a year. (see Sexson). If I were a bald-headed GM I’d stack my lineup with 5 or 6 .280-.300-hitting 15-20HR mid-level contact guys with some speed mixed in. Easier said than done? Probably. But damn we leave a ton of guys on.
That’s why I love baseball. They have records on just about anything you can think of. Thanks for finding that.
“Jose Lopez came on top of the batter, Jose Lopez.” How long have you been doing this, Rizz?
Let’s go Hansen!
But for a rare exception, I would forget adding these .250-hitting 40HR bombers that strike out 200 times a year. (see Sexson).
AUUGGGHHH!
Hypnotized by the strikeout numbers and TOTALLY forgetting the on-base perecentage!
GET those 40HR 200 strikeout guys if they get on base at a .400 clip!
Ball game. Sorry A’s…we can’t even play spoiler properly.
#87.. Dude, what is your value if you’re slow as a slug AND there’s no one around you that can drive you in? I would like to see LOB numbers for Sexson this year and compare to the league avg. Can’t be pretty.
By the way.. His OBP is .358.
Tacoma won! Tacoma won! Congrats. At least there is one winning team in the Org.
Dude, what is your value if you’re slow as a slug AND there’s no one around you that can drive you in?
If there’s no one to drive you in, that’s really not your fault, is it? And if the folks behind you are whacking doubles and HRs, then it doesn’t matter if you’re that slow, is it?
It’s not HOW you make an out, the important thing is that you’re making an an out. Concentrate on THAT.
Reading the recap for the Reds’ game, Griffey was described as having a sprained right foot. “Leg injury” immediately made me think hammy, and that could’ve been really bad. Sprained feet aren’t good, either, but as long as they’re cautious, this shouldn’t have any effect on him next season, and might just cost him a few games in September. It’d be fun to see him hit 40 HR this year, though, just 5 to go.
When Scott Shields came in, he threw one ball at Beltre’s head, and FOUR that BOUNCED!!!!
Beltre struck out….
And he didn’t swing at the one that was pver the plate (if a little in) for a strike
Sexson came in and swang at the first pitch he could after Sheilds had thrown five in the dirt (four to walk Ibanez and one to Sexson)
These guys have got to get smarter to get better
“Swang”? I think this season’s swang done fell right off.
It’s funny, when NY had wild pitchers the M’s were being smart and patient and it paid off. I thought it was a sign of progress. Sigh.