Your 2006 Seattle Mariners. Like I really need to say anything else.
Figgins 3B Ichiro RF Cabrera SS Lopez 2B Anderson LF Ibanez LF Guerrero RF Sexson 1B Rivera DH Beltre 3B Erstad CF Everett DH Kotchman 1B Johjima C The Bad Molina C Reed CF Kennedy 2B Betancourt SS ---------- ---------- Colon (0-0, -.--) Moyer (0-0, -.--)
Community Projections:
Ichiro: .329/.374/.447 +/- .019/.018/.020
Reed: .283/.356/.422 +/- .009/.014/.035
Ibanez: .280/.351/.440 +/- .010/.012/.020
Sexson: .266/.374/.540 +/- .007/.013/.017
Beltre: .280/.340/.494 +/- .015/.020/.045
Everett: .258/.315/.427 +/- .018/.018/.046
Johjima: .280/.343/.438 +/- .015/.015/.028
Lopez: .268/.307/.425 +/- .011/.016/.024
Betancourt: .267/.307/.392 +/- .010/.016/.028
Bloomquist: .256/.303/.353 +/- .010/.016/.032
Moyer: 4.6 FIP, 197.1 IP +/- 0.17, 10.1
Washburn: 4.48, 172.2 +/- 0.30, 47.1
Pineiro: 4.38, 186 +/- 0.16, 24.1
Meche: 4.89, 120 +/- 0.46, 25.2
God: 3.10, 185.2 +/- 0.28, 12
TEAM: 81 wins +/- 8
Brief commentary: Let's pretend, for the sake of simplicity, that it'll take 90 wins to win the Wild Card. In recent years that number has been higher, but as of right now I don't see many "great" teams in the AL, so let's run with it. A team whose "true ability" is 81 wins stands a 9.1% chance of winning 90+. For an 85-win team, that jumps up to 24.2%. The lower significance threshold (5% chance) is 79 wins - by which I mean that, if you think the Mariners, as currently constructed, are a 79+ win team, then they stand a statistically significant chance of winning 90 games and therefore at least getting close to the playoffs. That's cool, and there's no better time to be optimistic than Opening Day, so I'm going to go ahead and say that the 2006 Seattle Mariners are a legitimate playoff contender.
How do the community projections look? At least as far as the offense is concerned, the starting lineup is slated to post a .788 OPS (assuming equal at bats for all nine slots). If you take a few more liberties with bench projections and the like, you end up with a team that should score somewhere around 760-800 runs, which would place it firmly in the upper third of the league. Of course, this all goes to hell if someone gets hurt or traded, but those kinds of things are nearly impossible to forecast, so we'll ignore them for now. If you insist on taking those things into consideration, feel free to bring the projection down a little bit. Meanwhile, the starting rotation has a projected 4.25 FIP in a very disappointing 861.5 innings; clearly, the community thinks that we're going to need a rather significant contribution from a sixth starter, whoever that may be. Which makes a lot of sense, given that all five members of the rotation have their own red flags.
In the end, though, these projections don't really mean much of anything - they're going to be fun to follow, but with the season beginning in six hours, we finally get to stop thinking about our expectations and start thinking about what's actually happening. And as the White Sox showed us last summer, sometimes that can turn out to be a lot more rewarding than you thought.
It's nice to have baseball back.
Go Mariners.
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AHH IT's hear
Thank you for this site. I come here every day and love chatting in the GDThreads, hearing analysis, yelling about Thornton (no more!), etc. Anyway, just thought I'd throw out a little appreciation on opening day since this could be a very long season. Hopefully not and the M's do something.7 hours to go. Let's go M's! I don't want this team trying to play catch up all season.
phil333 - April 3, 2006
and in true internet fashion
I start off the season not knowing how to spell here. Yay. Go M's.phil333 - April 3, 2006
On Opening Day
you can spell what ever you want however you want, and all will be forgiven.BTW...when I was looking at the line-up, I decided to be optimistic for the season (for now). It has the potential to be a very exciting line-up. Where is the weak spot on first look?...DH. No Wilson/Olivo/Borders/Rivera/Torealba/Gonzalez, Wilson Valdez, or Brett Boone to give us pointless at bats. The bench upgrade is amazing. Starting pitching scares me a bit.
Perhaps I am overly optimistic. It is my favorite day of the year. I think I can afford myself some wishful thinking.
anotherjeff - April 3, 2006
Pedantry Corner
the game's at 5.05 Hartford time, but 2.05 out here in the west...pdb - April 3, 2006
Er, whoops.
First day jitters.I have to be the only guy in the entire eastern half of the United States wearing a Mariners jersey right now.
Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
I guarantee
I will be the only one I see today in Kansas wearing my M's hat and Jersey.anotherjeff - April 3, 2006
Officially "East Coast Mariners Fan #2"
2I have yet to get my Felix Jersey - but at least you've got some M's support in the East! Last season I got to see the Mariners for the first time at RFK and had to leave the game early for getting into a screaming match with some stupid Orioles-turned-Nats-fan who was heckling a bit too loud. Orioles fans definitely get my vote for the worst fans in baseball.
I'm hoping I have a better chance of seeing another Mariners fan in DC than I did seeing another Seahawks fan in the District - and that was during the Superbowl!
But I just purchased Mlb.tv for the season!Go M's!!
CecilEltz @ Lookout Landing - April 3, 2006
I've got Chicago covered
Hat, jersey, and 1970s jacket.david h - April 3, 2006
May 3rd
You going to a game during the 2 game series here in May? I will be at the game the night of Wednesday May 3.phil333 - April 3, 2006
Yeah
But the afternoon game the next day - I'll be taking an exam the morning of the 4th, so going to the game the night before, while tempting, is not the brightest idea for me.david h - April 3, 2006
True, since Dave Cameron...
flew out here this weekend...eponymous coward - April 3, 2006
As a heads-up for the curious
For Win Expectancy purposes, I'm going to remove the subjective defensive factor. Where a year ago I gave credit to position players who I thought made outstanding plays, this year I'm going to give that to the pitcher instead, because it's too hard to determine just how good of a play it actually was. I will count errors, but I'll keep these negative contributions and the total offensive contributions separate for each player.Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
Is there a way?
Is there a way to get a rough pythagorean winning percentage from our projections?btw, I would like to point out that last year the White Sox won 98 games, yet their pythagorean wins had them only winning 91 games. What kind of chance is there for a team to win 7 more games than its pythagorean win percentage?
Phil Hatzenbuehler - April 3, 2006
Re: Is there a way?
Any pythagorean record based on our community projections would require a ton of assumptions (people not projected, playing time, etc.), but I can say with certain confidence that because of the way our offense looks, the projections have the M's finishing above .500, if only by a little bit.As for the second thing, I don't really know how to answer that, since there's a ton of debate over what over/underperforming one's pythagorean record actually means. I can tell you that a team whose "true ability" is 91 wins stands a 15.3% chance of winning 98+, for what it's worth, but that doesn't really answer your question.
Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
Ahh!
Enthusiasm and Optimism in the air!I have to go breakout my M's jersey. I live in the middle of the Pacific Ocean now, but I'll always be rooting for my M's!
GO MARINERS!!
VENEZUELA!
MT - April 3, 2006
flyin' the flag
When I worked in Hartford, the three guys to the left of me had Yankee-fied cubicles, including the one guy whose entire workspace was a shrine to Paul O'Neill. There were a ton of Red Sox cubes as well, and in the middle of all that Northeasty baseball, there was my little Mariners cube, complete with Kingdome pennant and Ken Griffey Jr. poster from '96.It was a lonely life, but that was 2001, so it was great until October. At least I got to coast on the 2001 goodness for most of '02 out there...I used to live around the corner from the Half Door, and I'm sure they got sick of me insisting that they turn off YES for a while so that people could watch non-pinstriped baseball...good times.
pdb - April 3, 2006
Ugh
Couldn't they move the game back an hour? I'm gonna miss the first 50 minutes or so because I have a linear algebra lecture.bluemax - April 3, 2006
Yay
The Mariners will win 105 games and Pie is exactly 3.14 !!!!Scruffy Lefty - April 3, 2006
WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
My little sabbatical is over. Major League baseball is here. Minor league baseball is around the corner.Oh happy day!
Devin - April 3, 2006
Don't get too excited.
Enjoy those 8am MLWU's.Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
I love reading
your minor league recaps, Devin. It's like Reader's Digest for minor league baseball. You highlight only the most important elements of what we need to know, so I don't have to spend an hour tracking down the numbers I can read in your post in 2 minutes.Phil Hatzenbuehler - April 3, 2006
Omen (of the very bad sort)...
...Hernandez also had a new jersey number, 34. He wore 59 last season and in spring training. Departed pitching coach Bryan Price, now with Arizona, wore 34 last season.Isten - April 3, 2006
Hey
didn't some guy, Freddy something, wear that number for us too? I heard Felix was a fan of Freddy somebody.Gomez - April 3, 2006
You are correct sir
Scruffy Lefty - April 3, 2006
Hmmm...
Still a bad omen in my book.Isten - April 3, 2006
Okay, roll call.
We've got Connecticut, Kansas, Montana, Illinois, the Pacific Ocean, Washington, and somewhere around DC covered. Let's hear yours.Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
California
As always, it's gonna be the Physioc-Hudler commentary team for me.sactown257 - April 3, 2006
Los Angeles here
Wait does this mean no MLB.tv today? Radio coverage only on opening day?I might have to take the afternoon off...
bluemax - April 3, 2006
I-5 companions
Portland's always Mariner property.jimmimoose1 - April 3, 2006
Bay Area
The Bay Area is covered....or at least one small town in it is.Non sequitor: even as an M's fan, I'm going to miss Bill King.
wgrd - April 3, 2006
Another Bay Area Fan
I'll be listening and rooting from the East Bay. And yes, baseball doesn't seem like baseball without Bill King. Even the weather Gods can't fathom a season without Bill -- it's pouring here and the A's/Yankees series will be lucky to start before Wednesday!kva15 - April 3, 2006
Portland again...
and I'm relatively sure that my family in Tucson is watching as well, so that's Arizona represented as well.pdb - April 3, 2006
HOORAY
Time for opening day, and time to bust out Bargordo <big>COLON</big> jokes. GO MARINERS! DIE ANAHEIM!I'll have the radio on for the game in a Downtown office tower.
BTW, I stepped outside during the USSM feed yesterday at Safeco Field, and saw two twentysomething, very happy and enthusiastic diehard Mariner fans camped outside the home plate gates waiting for opening day. They had hung two paper signs on the gate. One said "We (Heart) Niehaus" and the other said "Go Mariners! 172-0!" Heh.
Gomez - April 3, 2006
wouldn't it be 173-0 ?
or is my math offScruffy Lefty - April 3, 2006
172-0
Before losing four straight and sending us all home in tears.Isten - April 3, 2006
but that would only be 169-0
then losing 4 and sending us all home in tears.Am I crazy or just really bad at math.
We play a 162 games
ALDS win 3 and advance that = 165
ALCS win 4 and advance = 169
WS win 4 = 173 - 0
Scruffy Lefty - April 3, 2006
173-0, it actually said
I remembered wrong.Gomez - April 3, 2006
You're right
One of my synapses fired wrong. The sign actually said 173-0.Gomez - April 3, 2006
Alaska
is covered as well.... got cable in my office, so I get to enjoy opening day with all its fan fare.... even watching the first part of the Mets-Nationals game... switching to the BoSox-Rangers game in a few minutes.MfaninAlaska - April 3, 2006
Hailing from the coast of Washington
Man I missed these game threads.and I missed Mariners baseball.Opening day should be a National Holiday.GO M's!
Goose - April 3, 2006
I am close enough to the boarder of canada
if you want to count themScruffy Lefty - April 3, 2006
I don't.
Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
Brooklyn...
Ain't a lot of Mariner hats here, but atleast they hate the Yankees.Isten - April 3, 2006
I'm in Boston
manyoso - April 3, 2006
Checking in from
North Carolina. I haven't the time to comment on any regular basis, so this may be the last you'll ever hear from me. But, great site you've got here. Started reading it the beginning of last season, and now I wouldn't miss it. Keep up the great work, and go Mariners!Mitchell - April 3, 2006
South Carolina here
Good to see more Carolina Mariner fans.RavingGoat - April 3, 2006
New York
I am hating the Yankees from inside enemy lines.Jerry - April 3, 2006
"The Bad Molina C"
I just saw that. Did you know that Yadier rhymes with nadir?Gomez - April 3, 2006
Nevermind
It's Jose Molina.What's with Anaheim and catchers named Molina?
Gomez - April 3, 2006
Richmond, VA here
One of the few M's fans in this areaAJackson729 - April 3, 2006
I'd like to take back my earlier comment
I wasn't awake and thought my class started at 2 when it ends at 2. I will indeed see the game. Woo!bluemax - April 3, 2006
Philadelphia PA
Matthew - April 3, 2006
Heidelberg Germany Here
Thanks for the site Jeff...I remain a loyal lurker. Last year I was living in AZ watching spring training, now that I am living in Germany I get to enjoy Morning baseball before work. Being a sports fan over here is hell, but its worth it in the end. Go M's!!!Brian2412 - April 3, 2006
Re: Heidelberg Germany Here
I spent 6 years living in Ramstein, Germany. It was tough following the M's because of the 6 hour difference and lack of baseball games on TV. I still couldn't wait till opening game though and followed every game on the internet.AJackson729 - April 3, 2006
NYC Here
I'm posting from work in midtown. I'll start watching the game here and hope it won't be over by the time I get home.Still have to buy mlb.tv. I'd better get on that.
BrianV - April 3, 2006
Mariners pregame show
I forgot how stupid it was.Goose - April 3, 2006
well..
I'm pretty sure I have a lot of Willy Bloomquist in me. I can't hit major league pitching either.BrianV - April 3, 2006
Well, yeah
Fairly talked about his first Opening Day, when he had 3 hits and drove in every run in his team's win.Of course, his team scored 4 runs.
Gomez - April 3, 2006
Grr`
Ok, in trying to get mlb.tv working on one of these machiens here I had to try it a couple of times. Now it's telling me I've logged in too many times and I can't log in again.This sucks! Stupid mlb.tv.
BrianV - April 3, 2006
Did You Know
Alfonso Soriano walked in his first PA as a National.Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
MLB.tv users
Anyone else having trouble with the audio?Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
no
but the video is choppy for me.phil333 - April 3, 2006
can you reduce the video quality
I love the new MLB.tv player but it's almost too good for my bandwith here at school.phil333 - April 3, 2006
re
I'm on hold with mlb.tv and there was a message that they're experiencing audio problems on all feeds and they're working on it.This not being able to log in crap is REALLY pissing me off.
BrianV - April 3, 2006
aye
I'm getting no audio.david h - April 3, 2006
MLB audio...
...works fine for me.pdb - April 3, 2006
LOL
Dude it's T.S. Elliot.phil333 - April 3, 2006
That pepsi commercial
is catchyGoose - April 3, 2006
Now my video is gone
Blah.phil333 - April 3, 2006
Yep Mine too
this is going great.CecilEltz @ Lookout Landing - April 3, 2006
Re-load your MLB.tv feeds.
Worked for me. Everything looks good now.Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
AGH
LET ME LOG IN, DAMN YOU!I'm getting furious sitting here on hold.
BrianV - April 3, 2006
Hasselbeck with a strike
Scruffy Lefty - April 3, 2006
nice pitch by hasselbeck
Goose - April 3, 2006
What is it
with the city of Seattle and Bittersweet Symphony?Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
I'll never get tired
of MLB.tv picking up broadcaster audio during commercial breaks.Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
YES YES YES
ITS HEREFINALLY
AND I JUST GOT A JOB OFFER FROM ESPN NOT 20 MINUTES AGO!!!
LIFE FUCKING ROCKS
Matthew - April 3, 2006
CONGRATS!!
Scruffy Lefty - April 3, 2006
thank you
Matthew - April 3, 2006
Sellout.
Give Skip Bayless a swift kick in the balls for me.Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
He would have to possess balls
for that to be possible, but I will throw sand in his mangina for you and all of Seattle.Matthew - April 3, 2006
You're the man.
Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
Me too
and Gene Wojciechowski I freaking hate that guyScruffy Lefty - April 3, 2006
and while your at it
Give Joe Morgan a chop to the throat.Goose - April 3, 2006
And we are underway!
Goose - April 3, 2006
go m's!
jtopps - April 3, 2006
yeah bitch
that's out one.I'm really hyped up now
Matthew - April 3, 2006
One down
Wootblakec - April 3, 2006
tangent
to mention that I think every single person on my hacking mass team homered today.Matthew - April 3, 2006
Jamie.
Ten thousand years of experience and he still has a horrible pickoff move. Heh.Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
Go back
I think we are changing it from "pick off" to a "go back" move. A more accurate description.blakec - April 3, 2006
K
woot!Goose - April 3, 2006
yeeee-haw
sit down bitchMatthew - April 3, 2006
Jamie
freezing people with 82 mph heatScruffy Lefty - April 3, 2006
Garret Anderson gets under my skin.
Thus, strikeouts are rewarding.Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
Vlad continues to own Jamie
Goose - April 3, 2006
DAM VLAD OWNS MOYER
Scruffy Lefty - April 3, 2006
I'm shocked.
The one guy in this lineup worth a damn...Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
jesus christ
why ever throw him a strike?Matthew - April 3, 2006
Blargh
I guess that was inevitable...bluemax - April 3, 2006
I...
HATE Vladimir Guerrero.chaney - April 3, 2006
Well
Here we go.Gomez - April 3, 2006
im liking
Ichiro's new high sock lookMatthew - April 3, 2006
Lesson learned:
IBB that guy every time. Who's going to make you pay for it?Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
just throw him balls
he'll swing anywayMatthew - April 3, 2006
yes!!!
more broadcaster feedMatthew - April 3, 2006
"Wow, what's new?"
Heh...Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
Vlad is a bad, bad, man
manyoso - April 3, 2006
Alright my bottom of the first perdictions
Ichiro singles, Lopez doulbes, Ibanez K's, Sexson K's (this worked last year when he hit a bomb) Beltre with a 2 RBI singles and Carl Everett dies at homeplate forcing the ump to call him outScruffy Lefty - April 3, 2006
offense is reigning supreme today
except in colorado. Go figure.Matthew - April 3, 2006
Pity the guy at CBS Gamecenter
I'm watching the game there and he keeps listing the pitches as "84/offspeed). Hoss, that IS the fastball. The one at 57 was the change. And BTW, just out of curiosity, is there any other MLB pitcher with a 25 mph difference between their FB and change?Greybear - April 3, 2006
Aaaaaaand Ichi strikes out
I hope this is the exception and not the rule for 2006.Gomez - April 3, 2006
lopez look bigger
to anyone?Matthew - April 3, 2006
This isn't very fun.
Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
have faith
Colon will eventually get distracted by hunger and forget how to strike people outMatthew - April 3, 2006
The 2006 Seattle Mariners: This Isn't Very Fun!
Gomez - April 3, 2006
Uh oh. Lopez K's
Am I hearing some boos from that Safeco crowd? (And I'm not referring to the RAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUL for Mr Ibanez)Gomez - April 3, 2006
MLB.tv out again
Anyone else?phil333 - April 3, 2006
LOL 5000
Colon just struck out the side. Good lord.Gomez - April 3, 2006
hmmm
Kind of feel like cryingScruffy Lefty - April 3, 2006
Awsome way to start the season
Goose - April 3, 2006
ok, Ms look REALLY slow on their swings
they need some uppers.Matthew - April 3, 2006
Pork-Chop-Colon whiffs the side..
manyoso - April 3, 2006
Weeeeeeeeeee!!
Ignore everything I said below the lineups in this post.Now Niehaus is laughing it up between innings. Jerk.
Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
"this has a chance to be ugly"
love you daveMatthew - April 3, 2006
Counting foul balls, now.
I hope they don't start showing commercials, because this is outstanding.Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
far more entertaining
than the actual game so farMatthew - April 3, 2006
Love this team
I mean, that 1st inning was about as bad as one could have imagined, short of Moyer getting absolutely shelled.Gomez - April 3, 2006
Great first inning!
3 K's!And now MLB radio is out :-(
bluemax - April 3, 2006
Damn
I'm getting really choppy MLB.tv servicemanyoso - April 3, 2006
GOLD GLOVE
Matthew - April 3, 2006
haha ..
the announcers have more personality when they are OFF the mic (officially)."This has a chance to get really ugly" ...
Lurker - April 3, 2006
GOLD GLOVE!!!
YUNIESKY JETER!!Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
Sexson
is having serious issues fielding the ball.Gomez - April 3, 2006
It's deliberate.
He's trying to make it look like he's too nervous to perform so Colon throws him a fat pitch next AB.Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
least we wont be in last along
rangers lost toomoyer looks ok, that vlad pitch wasnt bad, hes just a monster
Matthew - April 3, 2006
The game is not over in the first inning!
Have some faith. It's opening day, the one day for optimism.And yes, MLB.TV and Radio are having serious issues, probably because of opening day enthusiasm. I'm sure it will be cleared up by tomorrow, but it does suck.
phil333 - April 3, 2006
finally
I got a hold of a rep after being on hold for 40 minutes. They reset my account and i'm in now.Just for everyone's reference - you can only log in from two locations, which includes two different browsers. If you dont properly log out it will take 2 hours before you can log in again.
BrianV - April 3, 2006
Welcome.
I bet those reps are swamped right now.Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
re
Yeah, the line was busy the first dozen times I called. Plus their subscription database went down.BrianV - April 3, 2006
pineiro
is our #2 starter? scary.Matthew - April 3, 2006
why are putting Felix on the tail end?
phil333 - April 3, 2006
Less pressure, fewer innings.
Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
BELTRE!
"Sir, one more Gold Glove, plz."Gomez - April 3, 2006
heh
Dave likes UCLA.BrianV - April 3, 2006
I'm thinking
Ron Fairly doesn't.At least he better say he doesn't or his Alma mater might not invite him back for anything...
bluemax - April 3, 2006
Fairly
doesn't think they can score enough.Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
In play.
It's a start.Time for Beltre to make up for his 2005 season with one swing!
Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
Yea! Sexson didn't K
manyoso - April 3, 2006
Go Beltre
really get going.blakec - April 3, 2006
Albert Pujols
2-22 HR
4 RBI
He's the Felix of hitters.
Goose - April 3, 2006
there's a way to endear yourself to Seattle
Matthew - April 3, 2006
Everett endears himself to the city of Seattle.
Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
JINX
Matthew - April 3, 2006
Creepy.
Man, that was hysterical.Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
"Tippy Toes" Beltre works a full count
thats good to see... (I am looking for positives by the way)and as I am typing this Everett tries to kill someone that said something about dinosuars
Scruffy Lefty - April 3, 2006
HAHAHAHAHA
Everybody duck the dinosaur!manyoso - April 3, 2006
Carl Everett
He saw a dinosaur in the stands and just had to do something about it.JLC - April 3, 2006
Everett is already going crazy
trying to kill people with his bat.Goose - April 3, 2006
Fan give away from Everett?
Hope the fan is ok.blakec - April 3, 2006
I don't know how Hendu can call a 85 mph slider
from colon a slow breaking ballScruffy Lefty - April 3, 2006
You'd swear
the Mariners were trying to get Hargrove fired.Gomez - April 3, 2006
Wouldn't you?
Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
Well... yes.
Gomez - April 3, 2006
at least they're making Colon pitch
more pitches through 2 than JamieMatthew - April 3, 2006
At least no one struck out that inning
Right?bluemax - April 3, 2006
yup
take that Fat man ColonScruffy Lefty - April 3, 2006
Time for the DP
because there ain't no way I want Vlad batting with someone on base...Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
Rollins extends hit streak
in his last AB with a doubleAJackson729 - April 3, 2006
Jimmy Rollins just doubled
37 straight.Goose - April 3, 2006
walk vlad
Goose - April 3, 2006
Uh ohs
Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
WALK HIM, JAMIE.
Gomez - April 3, 2006
D'OH!!
How could Beltre not even swing at that 3-1 fastball down the pipe? It was like 91 MPH too!xFliPxstyLe657x - April 3, 2006
I hope Vlad
Swings so hard he creates a tear in the space-time continuum and falls into the 12th dimension where he spends the rest of eternity swinging at balls out of the strike zone that can never be hit ever.But a ground out is good enough.
JLC - April 3, 2006
hee hee
I like our defense.manyoso - April 3, 2006
Disaster averted.
C'mon, Kenji!Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
D'oh, Kenji
No luck today.Gomez - April 3, 2006
MLB.com having serious issues
Gamedays not refreshing after innings, MLB.tv/radio down. They better get their act together by tomorrow.phil333 - April 3, 2006
First pitch?
Someone's in a rush to get back to the dugout.Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
Someone please
Get the feck on base.JLC - April 3, 2006
right, LA's not a big media market?
that's why Colon doesn't get the publicity. It's not because, you know, he's really just above average?Matthew - April 3, 2006
And Colon is perfect through 3
FuckGoose - April 3, 2006
I'm changing your sig quote, Goose
In 2006, let's all hit like Willie Bloomquist. ~Mike HargroveGomez - April 3, 2006
Hmm.
Apparently Dave likes to listen to the Aflac duck between innings.Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
Is it too soon to panic?
Because we are through the line-up and not a single Mariner base runner... :(manyoso - April 3, 2006
this is going less well
than last year's ODMatthew - April 3, 2006
On the plus side
no Thornton to ruin Game #2.Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
This game
is much more interesting in Spanish.Still can't get the M's radio feed working.
bluemax - April 3, 2006
glad i didn't take off work for this.
jtopps - April 3, 2006
crap
Goose - April 3, 2006
at least
good play by johMatthew - April 3, 2006
Sharp play by Johjima
Red also made this remark: a lot of catchers would've stayed at home and let the batter take 2nd. Kenji knew Erstad would score and went for the out at 2nd.Gomez - April 3, 2006
ok, we're losing this one
just take the next two guysMatthew - April 3, 2006
*whistles*
Can't wait for Opening Day starter: Felix Hernandez.Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
Cy Young Winner
Vs. one of the worst lineups in baseball last year. It will get better guys. We're still within striking distance.phil333 - April 3, 2006
Time to retire Moyer
Goose - April 3, 2006
I feel bad saying this
but the Mariners ought to warm somebody up.Gomez - April 3, 2006
Huh.
Maybe if the Angels put it out of reach really really quick I won't have to open up a new game thread.Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
I'm going to dissent
There's due to be plenty of venting here if that happens.Gomez - April 3, 2006
and I get back to writing this research paper
due thursdayMatthew - April 3, 2006
Jose Molina
Has no business going 2 for 2.JLC - April 3, 2006
200 posts already
damnGoose - April 3, 2006
New game thread up.
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/story/2006/4/3/18134/62835Let's hope #2 is happier than #1.
Jeff Sullivan - April 3, 2006
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