Game 52, Rangers at Mariners
Sorry, I just back from DeathRide 2007.
Uh! Loe v Batista! Both have been pretty crappy so far. Wooo!
Game 51, Rangers at Mariners
Millwood v Washburn.
M’s lineup is
CF-L Ichiro
DH-B Vidro
RF-R Guillen
LF-L Ibanez
1B-R Sexson
C-R Johjima
3B-R Beltre
SS-R Betancourt
2B-R Lopez
Texas’ response?
CF-L Lofton
SS-R Young
1B-B Teixeira
DH-R Sosa
RF-B Diaz
LF-R Byrd
2B-R Kinsler
C-R Laird
3B-B Kata
Ew.
Game 48, Mariners at Angels
7:05, FSNW.
Feierabend v Santana.
I predict Mr. Feierabend will have trouble getting his name spelled right. (Wow, Aaron Hill just stole home on Pettitte to take a 2-1 lead. Awesome play.)
M’s lineup is the same as last night, the Angels (per Baker) throw out something significantly different:
LF-B Willits
SS-R Cabrera
RF-R Guerrero
CF-B Matthews Jr.
3B-R Quinlan
C-R Napoli
2B-R Kendrick
DH-R Hillenbrand
1B-L Kotchman
Game 47, Mariners at Angels
Batista v Colon. 6:05, FSN. Dun dun dunnnnnnnnnn.
I’d like to declare, as today’s game thread benevolent dictator, just as an experiment, this thread a funk-free zone. Thanks for your understanding.
CF-L Ichiro
DH-B Vidro
RF-R Guillen
LF-L Ibanez
1B-R Sexson
C-R Johjima
3B-R Beltre
SS-R Betancourt
2B-R Lopez
v
LF-B Willits
SS-R Cabrera
RF-R Guerrero
CF-B Matthews
1B-L Kotchman
2B-R Kendrick
C-R Napoli
DH-R Hillenbrand
3B-B Figgins
Hmm.
Game 46, Mariners at Royals
Swwweeeeeeeeeeeeeep. Swwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.
Washburn v Perez. Hot cha cha.
Mariners offer
CF-L Ichiro
DH-B Vidro (~7 VORP!)
RF-R Guillen
LF-L Ibanez
1B-R Sexson
3B-R Beltre
SS-R Betancourt
2B-R Lopez
C-R Burke
Kansas City’s lineup is a little wonky.
DH-R German
CF-L DeJesus
2B-R Grudzielanek
RF-L Teahan
LF-R Brown
C-R Buck
3B-L Gordon
1B-R Shealy
SS-R Pena
Brown hasn’t been hitting at all this year, and when he did, he was pretty much an AVG/OBP guy, but here he’s fifth. Their DH is batting leadoff, which is rare. Grudzie’s batting third – which in this lineup isn’t that unusual, but he’s not your normal #3 guy.
Q: How do you know your lineup sucks?
A: Mark Grudzielanek’s your best hitter.
Game 45, Mariners at Royals
Baek v Bannister.
On the other hand, only a couple more days until Felix Day again, right? Am I right?
Lineup goodness: Ibanez bats 3rd, Broussard gets a start in right field and bats 5th. Hmm.
Game 44! King Felix vs Gil Meche, Opening Day Starter
Woooooooooooooooooo!!!!
Game 42, Mariners at Devil Rays
4:10. All the Mariners need to do to stay in this, to catch up, to take the division, is win, and win, and win. Today, they need to beat Casey Fossum, and Casey Fossum’s 3-3 with a 7.80 ERA. Win, dammit, win.
Fossum’s not-superficial stats: 45 IP, 10 HR, 12 BB, 26 K
Batista’s not-superficial stats: 45 IP, 6 HR, 14 BB, 26 K
Game 39, Padres at Mariners
Germano v Hernandez. Oh yeah.
Sunday lineup of curiosity:
CF-L Ichiro
DH-B Turbo
RF-R Guillen
1B-L Broussard
3B-R Beltre
SS-R Betancourt
2B-R Lopez
C-R Burke
LF-R The Ignitor
It’s interesting, at least.
Game 38, Padres at Mariners
Greg Maddux, future Hall of Famer, versus Horacio Ramirez. While Maddux is certainly not the absolutely amazing pitcher he used to be, you have to wonder what he might do to carve up this SHOCKING MARINER LINEUP!!
CF-L Ichiro!
DH-B Turbo
RF-R Guillen
1B-L Broussard
3B-R Beltre
C-R Johjima
2B-R Lopez
SS-R Willie “The Ignitor” Bloomquist
LF-R Ellison
What did Hargrove say about lineup changes? That once you started making changes, it was a sign of desperation or something? I forget.