Game 120, White Sox at Mariners
BATTLE OF TEH OCCASIONALLY EFFECTIVE STARTERS!111ONEONEONE!!
Danks v Weaver!
What kind of a lineup would you run out against Danks? No no no no. No!
No.
CF-L Ichiro
DH-B Vidro
RF-R Guillen
LF-L Ibanez
3B-R Beltre
1B-R Sexson
C-R Johjima
2B-R Lopez
SS-R Betancourt
Yup! That’s right! You like that bench, Jones, you more-talented option that could improve the defense hugely with a fly-ball pitcher on the mound? You better, because that’s where you get to sit. Yeah!
Game 119, White Sox at Mariners
Future Mariner Jose Contreras v Current Mariner Miguel Batista. 7:05.
The crew that will determine whether or not there’s a trade?
CF-L Ichiro
DH-B Vidro
RF-R Guillen
LF-L Ibanez
3B-R Beltre
1B-R Sexson
C-R Johjima
2B-R Lopez
SS-R Betancourt
mmm… familiarity means comfort. Is beating up on Contreras in the team’s long and short-term interest? Would they be better off if he’s dominant? Who knows.
Game 117, Twins at Mariners
Garza v Ramirez. 7:05.
You want the lineup? Why, you already know what’s coming:
CF-L Ichiro
DH-B Vidro
RF-R Guillen
LF-L Ibanez
3B-R Beltre
1B-R Sexson
C-R Johjima
2B-R Lopez
SS-R Betancourt
BLEEAAAAHGHHGHGHGGGGGG
Game 111, Mariners at Orioles
FELIX DAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.
4:05
Felix versus some Guthrie guy. Whatever.
No Jones in the lineup! Yeah! We get Sexson! And Ibanez! Woooo!
Have you seen this man?
Have you seen this man?
If so, please contact the Mariners immediately, as they are needed for tonight’s game.
Game 110, Mariners at Orioles
Weaver v Trachsel, 4:05, FSN.
Can we pretend Trachsel’s a left-hander for purposes of getting Jones into the lineup? Please?
Game 108, Red Sox at Mariners
This should be a good time. Matsuzaka v Washburn? Possibly the best team in baseball against a hot M’s team struggling to put themselves into contention — sign me up.
Daisuke v Jarrod!
Daisuke: 144 IP, 133 H, 15 HR, 50 BB, 142 K
Jarrod: 129.1 IP, 137 H, 10 HR, 42 BB, 69 K
And one of them pitches in Fenway, the other in Safeco.
Game 106, Angels at Mariners
Felix Day, Felix Day, Felix Felix Felix Day
Jered Weaver v Felix Hernandez. 7:05. FSN.
Usually, I wait to post the game threads until about an hour ahead of time, but what’s the point? The M’s lineup is going to be the M’s lineup.
For pre-game discussion, then — please help me with this: Lopez is hitting really badly. The last time we visited this topic, he was doing well. Previous discussions about how Hargrove’s insistence on having him go opposite-field and ground to the second baseman all the time were held up as examples of how Hargrove had a long-term plan for developing Lopez, and we (and by we I mean us and Jeff Sullivan at LL) were a bunch of morons for doubting his wisdom.
Now, I missed a chunk of the season there, but what happened? Did he fall apart entirely? Is he swinging at everything?
Ah, lineups are out. And… well:
3 RF-R Guillen
4 LF-L Ibanez
5 3B-R Beltre
6 1B-L Broussard (!)
Game 105, Angels at Mariners
Lackey v Weaver. Neither team made a move.
Lineups, meh. Jones still not there.
Lackey’s awesome. Weaver… I missed a whole run of effective Weaver, it looks like, because his ERA is under six (if barely) going into this game. Sure, his K rate’s still bad, and way under career numbers, but the walks are okay, he’s not giving up home runs. That’s not the bounce-back playing-for-a-long-term-contract year they wanted from Weaver, certainly.
Game 104, Angels at Mariners
On returning:
Escobar v Batista. 7:05, FSN.
CF-L Ichiro!
DH-B Vidro. Really? I’m out six weeks and he’s still… okay…
RF-R Guillen
3B-R Beltre. Wow, he tore the cover off the ball while I was out.
LF-L Ibanez. Wait, what? The Cliff claims another 30-something Mariner hitter.
1B-R Sexson. Is that really his stat line?
C-R Johjima. Wooo!
2B-R Lopez
SS-R Betancourt.
Okay, what else… Hargrove’s gone, no one knows why still… Adam Jones still in Tacoma for no discernible reason. The team’s still a couple of games back in the races… Dave’s been on fire for so long those giant tanker planes are dumping water on his place and it turns to steam immediately…
Game 83, Mariners at A’s
Weaver vs Haren, 7:05 pm.
Geoff Baker jumped on the Adam Jones to left field bandwagon. Huzzah. At this point, the only people who apparently aren’t in favor of making this move immediately are the Mariners and Jose Vidro’s mother.
Also, Jason Davis DFA’d to clear a roster spot for Chris Reitsma. Good – now we’re down to one tall, skinny, right-handed reliever with no command of his only pitch.
Be nice if the M’s could steal this one tonight.