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Game 153, Mariners at Blue Jays
DMZ · September 24, 2009 at 3:09 pm · Filed Under Mariners
I know, the season’s all but over. It’s Felix Day, though. You gotta tune in for Felix.
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64 Responses to “Game 153, Mariners at Blue Jays”
JerBear on
September 24th, 2009 6:58 pm
Dammit, Beltre.
Breadbaker on
September 24th, 2009 6:59 pm
According to Pitch F/X, he swung at at least two pitches out of the strike zone that would have been ball four. And not the usual Adrian down and away pitches (he let those two go).
Dave should never have written that column about how Aardsma’s walks have dropped to nothing.
joser on
September 24th, 2009 7:05 pm
Dave should never have written that column about how Aardsma’s walks have dropped to nothing.
I was just thinking that. This one’s totally on Dave. 😉
Breadbaker on
September 24th, 2009 7:07 pm
Phew
Holmes on
September 24th, 2009 7:10 pm
well, at least Felix got the W. But what looked like complete dominance to start, quickly faded
JerBear on
September 24th, 2009 7:10 pm
About damn time. Someone please remind me how the hell Johnson has a job as a major league catcher?
Oh well… nice win!
joser on
September 24th, 2009 7:31 pm
Also, Jack Wilson seems to be taking the Eric Bedard “hate him because he’s injured” memorial trophy.
fiftyone on
September 24th, 2009 8:27 pm
Someone please remind me how the hell Johnson has a job as a major league catcher?
Because Felix has decreed it. He said on the postgame the two of them communicate well. So if Felix is here in 2010, so’s Rob.
More encouragingly, Felix also pointed out his best pitch tonight was his change. That’s pricelessly good news.
Breadbaker on
September 24th, 2009 10:07 pm
Just watched the replay of the Wilson triple. The announcers didn’t say one word about Hall holding up his freaking gloves in his hand. What the heck?
Colm on
September 24th, 2009 10:57 pm
Yeah. Sheesh.
Bill danders home nonchalently holding his gloves in his left hand and nearly gets nailed by the throw.
As the Blue Jays announcer says on the reply on MLB.com: “He’s not running hard… this is a ball he should have scored easily on and he’s almost out at the plate”
joser on
September 25th, 2009 3:12 am
Hall is apparently nursing a quad injury (per Drayer and others). Why he was playing when he obviously can’t run, I have no idea: you’d have to ask Wak.
BTW, the thing with the gloves actually makes some sense if you watch the replay. It’s SOP for a lot of player to run the bases while clutching their gloves: it forces them to keep their fingers closed into a fist, thereby avoiding an injury due to jamming their fingers on a base if they dive in head-first. Hall is apparently one of those players, and he was on first when that play started, so it made sense for him to have the gloves in his hands. However, as he approached home he realized there would be a play at the plate (given how long it took him to get there, he had plenty of time to think about this). He obviously decided he wasn’t going to be putting his shoulder down and going through the catcher; he was going to go around him and slap the plate on the way past. But that required his hand to be open so he could tag the plate with his outstretched fingers if necessary. With that in mind he transferred the gloves to his right hand so his left hand would be free to slap the plate. A smarter player would probably have just dropped the gloves; a faster player wouldn’t have had this problem in the first place. But Hall had to free up that hand, and given how slow he was going he had time to juggle gloves, order a drink, and ask the stewardess for another pillow.
joser on
September 25th, 2009 3:14 am
Hernandez credited an on-form changeup for his high strikeout total.
“The strikeouts, everything was changeups,†Hernandez said. “It was unbelievable today. First time I’ve had a changeup like this.â€
Now that he knows what it feels like, let’s hope he can find it again and again. See Felix? It’s not just about the fastball. There’s another Venezuelan pitcher with great changeup, gets a lot of strikeouts, name’s Santana, maybe you’ve heard of him?
Dammit, Beltre.
According to Pitch F/X, he swung at at least two pitches out of the strike zone that would have been ball four. And not the usual Adrian down and away pitches (he let those two go).
Ah, it’s Aaaaaaaargdsma.
Dave should never have written that column about how Aardsma’s walks have dropped to nothing.
I was just thinking that. This one’s totally on Dave. 😉
Phew
well, at least Felix got the W. But what looked like complete dominance to start, quickly faded
About damn time. Someone please remind me how the hell Johnson has a job as a major league catcher?
Oh well… nice win!
Also, Jack Wilson seems to be taking the Eric Bedard “hate him because he’s injured” memorial trophy.
Because Felix has decreed it. He said on the postgame the two of them communicate well. So if Felix is here in 2010, so’s Rob.
More encouragingly, Felix also pointed out his best pitch tonight was his change. That’s pricelessly good news.
Just watched the replay of the Wilson triple. The announcers didn’t say one word about Hall holding up his freaking gloves in his hand. What the heck?
Yeah. Sheesh.
Bill danders home nonchalently holding his gloves in his left hand and nearly gets nailed by the throw.
As the Blue Jays announcer says on the reply on MLB.com: “He’s not running hard… this is a ball he should have scored easily on and he’s almost out at the plate”
Hall is apparently nursing a quad injury (per Drayer and others). Why he was playing when he obviously can’t run, I have no idea: you’d have to ask Wak.
BTW, the thing with the gloves actually makes some sense if you watch the replay. It’s SOP for a lot of player to run the bases while clutching their gloves: it forces them to keep their fingers closed into a fist, thereby avoiding an injury due to jamming their fingers on a base if they dive in head-first. Hall is apparently one of those players, and he was on first when that play started, so it made sense for him to have the gloves in his hands. However, as he approached home he realized there would be a play at the plate (given how long it took him to get there, he had plenty of time to think about this). He obviously decided he wasn’t going to be putting his shoulder down and going through the catcher; he was going to go around him and slap the plate on the way past. But that required his hand to be open so he could tag the plate with his outstretched fingers if necessary. With that in mind he transferred the gloves to his right hand so his left hand would be free to slap the plate. A smarter player would probably have just dropped the gloves; a faster player wouldn’t have had this problem in the first place. But Hall had to free up that hand, and given how slow he was going he had time to juggle gloves, order a drink, and ask the stewardess for another pillow.
Now that he knows what it feels like, let’s hope he can find it again and again. See Felix? It’s not just about the fastball. There’s another Venezuelan pitcher with great changeup, gets a lot of strikeouts, name’s Santana, maybe you’ve heard of him?