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Game Who Cares, Mariners at Royals
Dave · September 18, 2008 at 10:57 am · Filed Under Mariners
Greinke vs Feierabend, 11:10 am.
I challenge anyone to try to care about this game.
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73 Responses to “Game Who Cares, Mariners at Royals”
Pete on
September 18th, 2008 3:01 pm
I don’t care if we lose 100 games. Who cares? Seriously, what is the difference between 99 and 100 losses? It looks worse, visually? Does it? 100 really looks worse than 99? That seems awfully arbitrary.
They both look horrifying. I refuse to believe that 99 represents that we weren’t totally disgraceful. 99 is just as bad. Who are you trying to fool?
On top of that, the more losses, the closer to the #1 pick we get. I will take the humiliation of that any day.
I’ll put it this way — if I have to choose from the sheer glory and elation of 99 losses, or the utter humiliation of 104 losses and the #1 pick, I’ll choose the latter every time.
RallyFried on
September 18th, 2008 3:20 pm
Mariner’s 2009 slogan:
We have train tracks outside the stadium and a train wreck inside!
At least it was an 11AM start. I would like to encourage them to try some 3AM starts.
killer_ewok18 on
September 18th, 2008 4:29 pm
Wait. Weren’t we supposed to go on a couple of 6-game winnning streaks?
RallyFried on
September 18th, 2008 4:40 pm
Sign me up for 104 losses. I want them humiliated. I want Chuck Armstrong to cringe with embarrassment when he looks in a mirror.
I can’t wait for my letter from Howard and Chuck this off season. What will they possibly say? Opppsss, we f’ed up again?
Sorry, we’re really bad at managing a sports franchise?
Nope, probably not. But a man can dream. You really think Chuck gets embarrassed when he looks in the mirror??? I don’t. I think he probably laughs and as he mutters the word; “suckers.” He’s got a great paying job that has zero accountability. The guy has hit the employment lottery, and he knows it. I’ll believe he gets embarrassed the day he resigns.
edgar for mayor on
September 18th, 2008 4:46 pm
Nope, probably not. But a man can dream. You really think Chuck gets embarrassed when he looks in the mirror??? I don’t. I think he probably laughs and as he mutters the word; “suckers.†He’s got a great paying job that has zero accountability. The guy has hit the employment lottery, and he knows it. I’ll believe he gets embarrassed the day he resigns.
Beautiful…true words. Such beautiful poetry.
Breadbaker on
September 18th, 2008 5:26 pm
12-0 getaway day afternoon game loss to the Royals. I think the game has significance that not even Chuck Armstrong can spin this into “the team played well for Riggleman.”
scott19 on
September 18th, 2008 7:21 pm
Well, at least you could say it was “vintage” Ryan Feierabend today — a bit like Junior’s “homecoming” game last year, that is.
TomTuttle on
September 18th, 2008 8:43 pm
Help us Pat Gillick!!! Save us from Chuck Armstrong!
scott19 on
September 18th, 2008 8:54 pm
When we’re actually looking to Pat Gillick as some sort of “messianic” figure, ya know we’re in trouble.
Sinking Away on
September 18th, 2008 9:23 pm
Someone, please help us! Our FO doesn’t have a clue.
You and I know that there’s no significant difference between 99 and 100 losses, but the fact is the team and the media have made a big deal out of being the first $100M/100 loss team.
It may be the psychological barrier that gets Lincoln and Armstrong fired (or at least wake the ownership up to the possibility of such – “Hey, these guys really have NO CLUE how to run a franchise!!!”)
And when the team and the media talk about it, so does Joe CasualFan, and 100 losses IS a big deal in the mind of Joe CasualFan, especially as it will set expectations of caring to go to M’s games next year. Attendance lags performance, and as this year’s performance has been so dismal, especially given the off-season hype, the team is going to hit Kingdome like attendance next year if it’s not careful.
Now THAT ought to get the ownership’s attention.
300ZXNA on
September 18th, 2008 11:14 pm
well, at least we’re not the ONLY fanbase who is freaking out. I can only imagine what its like for SF fans, watching Lincecum get ANOTHER complete game. Poor bastard’s arm is going to fall off leaving SF fans to wonder what could have been had he not had his arm thoroughly destroyed.
scott19 on
September 19th, 2008 12:06 am
Wow on the Lincecum line. It seemed like earlier in the year, Bochy was trying to keep his pitch count down a bit more…now, all of a sudden, he’s running him out there for a bazillion pitches every start like Jim Palmer circa 1975 — in games which still don’t mean anything for the Giants.
Lincecum only threw 118 pitches last night. That’s not pitcher abuse. Letting him throw 135+ the previous start is ridiculous but then again, he’s never had arm pain and he appears to be a freak of nature.
Now 100 losses is something I can root for, if only that it continues to drive the point home that this ownership group is clueless.
HWSNBN “has now made 17 starts of at least 110 pitches this year, and he ranks well ahead of every other pitcher in PAP, with an average of abuse points per game that has not been topped since Livan Hernandez’s 2005 season.”
scott19 on
September 19th, 2008 1:17 pm
Can we just assign him a symbol and call him the “Pitcher Formerly Known As…”?
I don’t care if we lose 100 games. Who cares? Seriously, what is the difference between 99 and 100 losses? It looks worse, visually? Does it? 100 really looks worse than 99? That seems awfully arbitrary.
They both look horrifying. I refuse to believe that 99 represents that we weren’t totally disgraceful. 99 is just as bad. Who are you trying to fool?
On top of that, the more losses, the closer to the #1 pick we get. I will take the humiliation of that any day.
I’ll put it this way — if I have to choose from the sheer glory and elation of 99 losses, or the utter humiliation of 104 losses and the #1 pick, I’ll choose the latter every time.
Mariner’s 2009 slogan:
We have train tracks outside the stadium and a train wreck inside!
I cared until I read this depressing thread. 🙁
Slogan: “Two Outs, Uh-Oh”.
Sign me up for 104 losses. I want them humiliated. I want Chuck Armstrong to cringe with embarrassment when he looks in a mirror.
At least it was an 11AM start. I would like to encourage them to try some 3AM starts.
Wait. Weren’t we supposed to go on a couple of 6-game winnning streaks?
I can’t wait for my letter from Howard and Chuck this off season. What will they possibly say? Opppsss, we f’ed up again?
Sorry, we’re really bad at managing a sports franchise?
Nope, probably not. But a man can dream. You really think Chuck gets embarrassed when he looks in the mirror??? I don’t. I think he probably laughs and as he mutters the word; “suckers.” He’s got a great paying job that has zero accountability. The guy has hit the employment lottery, and he knows it. I’ll believe he gets embarrassed the day he resigns.
Beautiful…true words. Such beautiful poetry.
12-0 getaway day afternoon game loss to the Royals. I think the game has significance that not even Chuck Armstrong can spin this into “the team played well for Riggleman.”
Well, at least you could say it was “vintage” Ryan Feierabend today — a bit like Junior’s “homecoming” game last year, that is.
Help us Pat Gillick!!! Save us from Chuck Armstrong!
When we’re actually looking to Pat Gillick as some sort of “messianic” figure, ya know we’re in trouble.
Someone, please help us! Our FO doesn’t have a clue.
Pete…
You and I know that there’s no significant difference between 99 and 100 losses, but the fact is the team and the media have made a big deal out of being the first $100M/100 loss team.
It may be the psychological barrier that gets Lincoln and Armstrong fired (or at least wake the ownership up to the possibility of such – “Hey, these guys really have NO CLUE how to run a franchise!!!”)
And when the team and the media talk about it, so does Joe CasualFan, and 100 losses IS a big deal in the mind of Joe CasualFan, especially as it will set expectations of caring to go to M’s games next year. Attendance lags performance, and as this year’s performance has been so dismal, especially given the off-season hype, the team is going to hit Kingdome like attendance next year if it’s not careful.
Now THAT ought to get the ownership’s attention.
well, at least we’re not the ONLY fanbase who is freaking out. I can only imagine what its like for SF fans, watching Lincecum get ANOTHER complete game. Poor bastard’s arm is going to fall off leaving SF fans to wonder what could have been had he not had his arm thoroughly destroyed.
Wow on the Lincecum line. It seemed like earlier in the year, Bochy was trying to keep his pitch count down a bit more…now, all of a sudden, he’s running him out there for a bazillion pitches every start like Jim Palmer circa 1975 — in games which still don’t mean anything for the Giants.
Lincecum only threw 118 pitches last night. That’s not pitcher abuse. Letting him throw 135+ the previous start is ridiculous but then again, he’s never had arm pain and he appears to be a freak of nature.
Now 100 losses is something I can root for, if only that it continues to drive the point home that this ownership group is clueless.
I think we should start referring to Lincecum as if he were Hastur from the Cthulhu mythos.
HE WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED
CTHULHU FHTAGN!
HWSNBN “has now made 17 starts of at least 110 pitches this year, and he ranks well ahead of every other pitcher in PAP, with an average of abuse points per game that has not been topped since Livan Hernandez’s 2005 season.”
Can we just assign him a symbol and call him the “Pitcher Formerly Known As…”?
Sadly, this is already taken!
Next thing you know, he may start mutating into a giant green Lou Ferrigno when angered.