Game 17, Mariners at A’s
Dave · April 26, 2007 at 12:24 pm · Filed Under Mariners
Batista vs Kennedy, 12:35 pm.
Standard line-up for the M’s, even with a lefty on the hill.
For all the new readers who think I hate the Mariners.
GO M’s! WIN TODAY! WOO! GO TEAM GO!
Also, Derek’s at Powell’s on Hawthorne tonight at 7, so if you’re Portland, swing by and talk Cheaters Guide, Mariners baseball, and how I’m a horrible person. He’ll also be on KFXX 1080AM at around 6:00 to 6:20 for those of you in PDX, so feel free to tune in and listen to him talk before you go see him talk. It’s all Derek, all the time for Portlanders tonight.
Yea, the Mariners win another game are only 1.5 games out of first place.
The only problem, it means that the Mike Hargrove era continues one day longer.
251. Good point ..
Anyone know when the first of the 6 makeup games will be played?
Oh let’s just enjoy a soft win and accept that Hargrove and Bavasi are probably going to be here all season; let’s hope that there is just enough reason in the M’s executive offices to be sure that they are both gone come November.
At this point, NOBODY in the West looks very good. I point out the 1973 Mets, 1985 Twins and 2006 Cardinals. There’s nothing that says your championship rings are devalued if you only win 85 in the regular season.
Speaking of division rivals, that Anaheim home/away split gapes like the Grand Canyon right now — was gonna go with a more colorful metaphor involving plumbers or even Britney Spears but decided on discretion.
I think they said the Boston makeup game will be on May 3, on the way to the NY series. Texas could actually be kind of ugly, because the next opportunities are a 3-game series in July (weekday games) or a 4-game weekend series in August (they would rather schedule double-headers on weekends, but who wants to play a day game in Texas in August?) Here’s one goofy possibility: the M’s play a weekend series at Houston in June, and there’s a Monday off before coming home; Texas also has that day open (6/18).
There was a bunch of speculation about how to fit in the Indians games but I don’t recall the details and they might be still working them out.
Now that I look at it: what’s up with the Texas scheduling anyway? Other than this week’s two-game series, all the games at Texas are scheduled for July and August. I realize somebody has to go play in Texas in those months, but that seems a little extreme. How about them playing four games in Seattle in August and the M’s going there for 4 games at the start of June, instead. It would be better for everybody, including the fans. (And yeah, I know, that would mean rewriting the entire schedule because otherwise the M’s would be on the road for month from the middle of May to the middle of June).
Go Mariners. They know how to develop a young arm.
there were a just couple of articles about scheduling — the Baker and Hickey
hmm, for those of us not in Portland, looks like a Rainiers/51s game at 7:30 tonight at Cashman Field, and woohoo!! it’s Budweiser Dollar Beer Night!
Sorry, msb. Budweiser is not “beer”. It is BLS: Beer-like substance.
I don’t think anyone’s noted this bit of prescognition from the Stealing Credit thread:
First Dave, then Safeco Hobo call their shots … I’m gathering some betting money and awaiting the next USSM prediction ;).
Oh, piffle. Microbrew snobbery shouldn’t mean you can’t tell the difference between decent American-style beer and crap beer. Budweiser is a good thirst-quenching beer. Sure, I’d rather have Anchor Liberty, but there are a hundred beers — including dozens of microbrews — worse than Budweiser.
The beer is awful on dollar beer nite. Definite headache giver. Plus the lines are long, and the cups are small. We went to Cashman last week on Dollar Beer Night, paid 4 bucks for the good stuff. Worth it. Although tommorrow is Fireworks night, and that’s always a good time. Hope to get some autographs too.
262: It can be argued that Budweiser does not qualify as beer because it uses rice instead of barley. It depends on your definition. Is Zima beer?
Budweiser is like the nectar of the Gods compared to lactic swill like Miller MGD.
What I’m wondering is whether Bavasi and Hargrove getting the axe earlier improves the chances of Ichiro staying around.
#216 msb said:
They do that.
Give me a Honey Porter and I’m a happy fan. Sadly, its so hard to find.
267
True dat. Saw tx/oak in Az in March. They do it very half assed, kinda like they’re obligated to doso. Lame yet funny.
Not unless they win 90.
I don’t think money is (or will be) the main object for him. A championship is. And the only way he’s staying in Seattle is if he sees a substantial step step forward.
A division championship might do it…by definition–since you can’t play for a championship if you don’t get into the playoffs. And, since a championship or 90 wins means a team on the rise (AND would mean Seattle would have the resources to pay him), he sure as heck wouldn’t leave.
242: I completely, absolutely, 100 percent agree.
However, my agreement is not necessarily of how Hargrove will use him, courtesy Geoff Baker:
However, my agreement is not necessarily of how Hargrove will use him, courtesy Geoff Baker:
Wow, that was awkward. How about this:
“However, Hargrove doesn’t.”
It seems that Washburn won this game too.
That’s too funny.
270: But do you think that Ichiro’s assessment of the team’s future prospects is really tied solely to this year’s results? My mental picture of Ichiro gives him more smarts than that.
He can likely get a better chance at winning and more money somewhere else. What if Boston does throw a boatload of money at him? I’m pretty much resigned to his departure. I sure would love to be surprised. Even if we objectively overpay for him. At his best, he’s been the most fan to watch of any Mariner ever, IMO.
fun, not fan. sigh.
Oh, certainly. That’s why I said that if there was a strong upward trend (90 wins or a division championship), he’d probably stay. Strong upward trend with strongly performing rookies on the way means better chance to compete.
If the team scuffles or stays at .500, he has to ask himself if this team is going to turn around soon. He doesn’t have all the time in the world; he has to compete to win in the very near future. If the Ms can’t do it in the next year (a division championship or 90 wins would show that they can), he almost has to look elsewhere.
Some might argue that the firing of Bavasi and/or Hargrove equals a strong upward trend.