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DMZ · May 20, 2007 at 12:01 am · Filed Under Mariners
Today is Felix Day.
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Yay!
Starting early huh?
FELIX! WOO FELIX! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO! We gotta take the series from the hated Padres!
I’m setting my alarm clock.
I’m really looking forward to this start. Last week I didn’t expect much (which is why I didn’t start him in my fantasy league). This start I expect the real return of the King.
We have a team that suffers from severe schizophrenia. We never know which line-up is going to show up: Flailing away and looking appaling or flailing away and getting lucky. On the other side of the ball you might as well flip a coin.
With Felix (if he’s truly healthy) on the hill we have a lot more to be hopeful for. Good offense + good Felix = W (duh). Bad offense + good Felix = W.Even Good offense with bad (for) Felix will likely = W.
Felix Day is the one day out of five you have to like the M’s odds.
The chirp of the birds seems just a litle cheerier today.
Coincidence? I think not!
Watch the offense go back to sleep and we lose 2-0.
Felix navidad!
Cumpleanos Felix!
yeah, but is the ignitor starting again?
i hope big ben starts somewhere…
You just know Felix is going to kick it up a notch against our hated interleague rivals.
Since this may be the last Felix Day and I promised it, here’s the Felix/Tek Jansen theme song filk:
King Felix, Mariners pitcher
Facing the future with fastballs!
Striking out batters,
Grounding out batters,
Sometimes striking, then grounding out batters!
King Felix, wearer of long pants,
Throwing the curveball of danger!
Foiling his enemy, Will Carroll
And those affiliated with the Will Carroll Gang!
SHANNON DREYER:
Felix, tell me your game dreams
Put down your 89 MPH curveball with hard sink
And love me through the night!
___
King Felix, Mariners hero,
Super awesome spectacular uber-guy!
Scourge of the AL East
Friend of Dave Cameron
Neutral to the Mets!
King Felix…
____
…aaaand Weaver, replacement level
gettin’ in trouble, pitchin’ real crappy,
guaranteed to make you wretch!
Weaver! And his friend…
___
King Felix, thrower of freedom
Whose exciting pitching would sell millions of tickets!
It is the future!
You are our hero!
FELIX: “Soy el rey Felixâ€
Felix! Yeaaaaahhhh!
Not sure why this would be the last Felix day, but I’m excited since this is the 3rd Felix day I get to attend in person. As stated above, I didn’t expect much on Tuesday, but today should be a real testament to how he is doing.
Wow. That was some good news to wake up to.
I was listening to Will Carroll this morning on ESPN radio. He is convinced that Felix’s arm motion virtually guarantees he will be injured in the very near future. I have never heard this kind of declaration of injury certainty before – is he nuts, or is there something very violent and strange about the way Felix throws?
There’s no reason to care what Will Carroll thinks about anything.
I’m sure Carroll would say the same thing about Lincecum, Willis, or anyone else who doesn’t throw exactly like Jason Davis.
Anyone who watches a pitcher throw a tough slider and then says, “Ooooh, this guy’s arm motion virtually guarantees he’ll have an arm injury,” isn’t providing insight. Carroll can kiss my pasty winter ass.
Happy Felix Day!
Today’s lineup?
Is Felix on a lower-than-normal pitch limit today?
Baker makes some really good points today. All stuff I am sure you guys would agree with:
“One thing I’ve noticed since coming over here last September is that the Mariners use their bench a whole lot less than most teams in the majors. I mean, it would be hard not to notice.
There were times last week when I wondered why the Mariners had even bothered making the Jason Ellison deal. I mean, Ben Broussard already plays less than the average Ellisons of the world and if anything, I’d be looking for ways to work him into games more.
At this stage, I’d rather have kept Rey Ordonez to spell Yuniesky Bertancourt at shortstop a little more. Betancourt is not the same guy I saw in the field at the end of last season. He makes spectacular plays, but he’s also missed quite a few more than would have seemed routine — in his class at least — at the end of 2006. Glad he got a night off. He’s been hitting for more power and he certainly bulked up in the off-season. Wonder if that’s had anything to do with it. Still a fine shortstop, but should not be playing seven games a week. Maybe five.
Bottom line, the Mariners have too many consecutive days coming up and they will have to start employing the backups more often. I wouldn’t mind seeing Richie Sexson sit two days a week if it means he’ll hit .262 instead of .162. We’ll see how this little experiment plays out in the short term. Just keep in mind, most teams do it this way.
The Mariners will need to keep that offense consistent since the first place Angels have figured out how to score runs.”
My memory is that our resident pitching coach, em, also thinks that Will Carroll is full of shit about Felix, and had some specific refutations to Carroll’s complaints about Felix’s motion, but I don’t remember what thread or when.
There’s no reason to care what Will Carroll thinks about anything.
Seriously…a little warning please.
I really did laugh coffee out of my nose at that.
That’s an interesting point about Betancourt adding muscle = work defense. A-Rod says he put on a lot of muscle before last season and he didn’t feel as smooth in the field. He reduced his mucle before this season and says he feels a lot more comfortable in the field.
Ken Rosenthal on FoxSports about Hargrove:
He was a leading candidate to be the first manager fired, but if the Mariners build on their strong start, he could be a leading candidate for A.L. Manager of the Year.
“He was a leading candidate to be the first manager fired, but if the Mariners build on their strong start, he could be a leading candidate for A.L. Manager of the Year.”
“Seriously…a little warning please.
I really did laugh coffee out of my nose at that.”
🙂