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8/2: Open Game Thread

First Pitch: 12:05pm PDT

                   

Ichiro RF Roberts 2B Lopez 2B Fahey LF Beltre 3B Mora 3B Ibanez LF Tejada SS Sexson 1B Gibbons DH Perez DH Conine 1B Betancourt SS Patterson CF Rivera "C" Hernandez C Bloomquist CF Markakis RF ---------- ----------

Hernandez (9-9, 4.60)       Bedard (12-6, 3.87)

Erik Bedard's last seven starts:

50 IP, 7 R, 54 K, 11 BB, 2 HR (1.26 RA, 2.22 FIP)

What this probably means is that the M's will chase him by the fourth. I don't even know anymore. If nothing else, at least this way we have an excuse ready in case we get dominated.

LET'S GO MARINERS!

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Chris Widger
was given his unconditional release by the White Sox yesterday. He's 35, but he's still probably a better bet than Rene "I have the luckiest batting average of all time" Rivera.
Plus...
He'd give us another link to the 1995 team.  Imagine the chemistry he'd bring!!!
Or, I should say...
A connection.  The last connection was severed when Dan Wilson retired last season.

I suppose you could kinda equate Hargrove as a link to 1995.  Maybe that's yet another reason we're so cursed.  A negative link to '95...

Okay, I know... Yet another feeble, lame attempt to volley cheap shots towards Hargrove.

Bedard is pretty good
He doesnt have an era over 5 and has good stuff, we may actually have a chance!!
Texas 7, Minnesota 0.
Weak.

Also, Willie Ballgame in center the day after Jones' 21st. Who knew?

What is with blowouts in that Twins-Rangers series
Boof Bonser was recalled just in time to get pasted.
It's OK
Jones probably has a really bad hangover today.
Speakin' from experience, eh?
;-)
Goign out on the town at all in Baltimore
is more than enough to make your head hurt.
good call!!
about Willie-at least hes in against a lefty, so maybe there is some hope.

Kip "CY" Wells is putting the clamps on the Twins.

Fahey's starting!!!
<3
Why, you ask???
Because

is

Not that anyone cares
But Jason Varitek's been placed on the DL and he's going to have knee surgery.  Not sure how long he'll be out for the Bosox.
Bo Sox
I bet they wish they didnt trade Bard for Mirabeli.

Bard has been tearing it up in SD.

Yeah, hindsight's 20/20
When you're as payroll heavy as the Sox, you pretty much ride your veterans and hope they hold up.  Mirabelli ITO was worth losing Bard if it meant Wakefield doing okay every 5 days compared to him suffering 4 passed balls a game.

It's karma payback for boon deals like Heathcliff for Lowe/Varitek.

Widger to RedSox?
It could happen.
MAYBE THE GREAT PAT BORDERS!!!
Carlos Guillen hit for the cycle last night?
Wow, I don't know what to make of that.
Carlos is on my fantasy team
he's been having a real good year. He has been healthy and played in all but 3 games or something like that.

Not quite as good as his 2004 season, but still on pace for .300, 20HRs, 20 steals or something.

Any word yet on the PTBNL?
I bet they just sent cash over
Anyone else watching todays game?
Radio only
so probably not.
ahh good ole mlb.tv
and i always trash it.
I love day games
because I can post in the game threads
I feel bad for these guys
It's so hot here on the east coast this week.
How hot is out there?
Weather is weird at the moment: we've recently had 100 degrees in London.  Yes, London UK.  Of course the rubbish weather has since returned despite it technically still being the height of summer.
100
Feels like 110. You get into lower manhattan with all the tall buildings/concrete you are talking feels like 115.
Not to jinx it
but it's low 70's in Seattle right now.  HOORAY.

(Don't get pissed: we were in 95 degree hell about two weeks ago)

Lopez with a base hit through the left side.
It's 102 degrees at game time in Baltimore.
Bedard over double digit pitches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CELEBRATE!!!!!
BELTRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Woot!
No shut out today!!!!
YO ADRIAAAAAAAAAAN!
See what happens when you see some pitches
fucking morons yesterday.
GREAT! AB by AB
nine pitch home run at bat there!
Ok, WHAT THE FUCK!
We can't touch Rodrigo fucking Lopez, but three batters into the game against Bedard and we got two runs already????
LOL
MLB.TV is about 15-20 seconds behind. LL told me he hit the HR before he hit it. I usually don't refresh until AB's are over. YAY!
I <3 Double-Digit Pitch ABs
Specially from AB!

Almost.

But, then, I like HR's better.

Specially when they bring AB's totals to double digits.

MLB.tv is behind you guys...lol
I saw Beltre hit out deep and foul and I was wtf are you guys talking about.
well after yesterday
we were all pumped for a deep foul ball
Why is Ibanez
batting cleanup against a nasty left hander????

What a waste of an AB!

Yep.
Rohnie HAS to be on this by now.

I guess they still have Xerox'd lineups.  More like etched in stone tablets.

Where's our Moses to smash those things???

Choppy choppy MLB.tv
bleh.
25 pitch inning
Feast or famine, looks like we feast today.
Bedard 25 pitches
Lopez had 28 through 3 yesterday
All right Felix
It would be real nice to see THE OTHER TEAM shutout for once!!!
Nice quick inning!
That was nice
wow
8 pitch, 8 strike inning.
Good way to start.
Hey
So has anyone joined up with that class action lawsuit yet?  
no
but I was thinking about it
Anyone else
falling asleep listening to the Baltimore feed?  They both sound like lobotomy victims.
I <3 Single-Digit pitch count innings
by Mariner pitchers.

Woah.  Did both teams take lessons from Kekich and Peterson???  If so, I wonder who ended up with Anna...

Competent DH?
CRAZY TALK
Hey Yuni
take a fucking pitch once and a while.
Derek Jeter
"The good thing about winnin your division is that you don't have to worry about the wild card."

Cheers Derek, thanks for the tip.

mlb.tv = VHS flashback
The MLB mosaic has about twice the screen size
as going through the website version does.
I liked it better last year
when I could just open the stream in WMP. Haven't tried the mosaic yet.
Clutching at straws
but is the quality any better?
Yeah, it's better.
The resolution is the same as standard definition TV through mosaic. It's still not going to look as good as it does on a standard TV because of the higher resolution of your monitor.
Anti-aliasing effect and all that shiznit
Cool, I'll give it a try.
Paul
does <3 stand for heart or teabag???
Another good inning for Felix!
Only 22 pitches through two!
Keep it up KING
Ichiro:0-13
Minnesota only has 1 run on 11 hits
down 8-1 to Texas.
WTF ICHIRO
STOP SUCKING
Ichiro slumping bad
what's up with that?
Is he approaching a milestone?
Or is this game important to him?

He tends to seize up and slump in those situations.

Lopez
still no power.
who cares...
he's sick and pounding the hell out of the ball.
sooner or later he's going to get some lift.
Ya Lopez
at the beginning of the year wasn't hitting much more than singles
Lopez is sick?
What's wrong with him?
No man,
siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick.
LOPEZ!!!!..hes turned into Ichiro with these.....
singles
WOW WOW WOW
A walk!!!

What is that????

A walk? They know how to do that?
Wow, Ibanez walks against a lefty
I actually have a non-facetious shock face on.
Wow...
Ibanez doesn't make an out against a lefty?

Nice!

Lets go Richie
Get a clutch two out hit!
whats a walk???
I watch to many M's games
I guess Ibby is a
pussy then huh???
LOL..how dare he walk!!!
Certainly is
He should strike out like a real man would!
Ahhhh
That was down around his ankles...WTF
Ah crap
Damned if you do, damned if you don't

To swing or not to swing THAT is the question!

Whiffy Sekkkkson strikes out with RISP
Richie
Tried to walk but he just had too much Mariner in his blood.
Richie sez
"There's no pride in walking."
Fahey time
Hmm, Mosaic doesn't work for me
"Content Unavailable"

Anyone else had the same problem?

Man
Jim Palmer knows his shit...
what did he say???
what'd he say?
Heh
He was talking about Raffy Chaves.  He's drooling all over Felix too, so that's all that really matters...

lol

He's a helluva lot better than Hendu or Valle.

So dry though
His dryness is killing my enthusiasm for this game.
Anyone know
what Felix's velo is like today, he doesn't seem to be getting very many swinging strikes.
don't know how reliable
but sportsline put him at 98...
He just hit 99mph
Baltimore gun called latest pitch at 98mph
Strike his ass out!
99 mph there!
Slider right here
I guess a groudball out works just as well
that's the fastest i've ever heard of him throw...
do you guys think he could reach 100 someday?
Jim Palmer has a serious problem saying
Sexson
Curve Felix
Phew
Nice job Felix
Everyone wants the curve but Felix
Everyone wants the curve but Rivera
'Cos he can't catch it.
Felix has been anywhere from 91-98
They said 99 a couple of times.
I HATE first pitch outs!
Fuck that
He was safe...

Dumbass umpire changed his arm motion half way through.

Rivera on-base!!!111!!!
Enjoy it whilst you can, Rene.
Ahaha
Bedard threw a fastball at COnine's nuts...
Oooo
Willy almost had his second career XBH right there...
Don't
tell me it was a sliding catch.
Diving stop by Mora right by third base.
If Rene didn't touch that cross-up...
The ump would've been decapitated.
WOW
Patterson is fast!
Bullshit
That was ridiculous.  Fix your OF walls dumbasses.
what happened?
Heh
The ball got stuck between the base of the wall and the dirt.  WEAK..
Good job Yu-Bet
Dave made it sound like an almost hit, but it turns out to be a very routine groudball hit to Beltre, I mean lopez, I mean Harold, or is that Omar..No no no that was Betancout, definetely betancourt!
im sure on ESPN
we will here about how Jeter could of done that
120 degrees
Insane.
Hmmm
Palmer said he touched Beltre, and he's big and strong.
Palmer is a very liberal man
At least Felix is trying to fix his GB/FB ratio
He's at 9:2 today.
  1. 67.1%
  2. 56%
MLB.TV?
no it is more like gameday audio
I know
Its a great service but they have had so many issues this year. Last year was so much better.
99 again?
What's gotten into Felix?
I guess he likes the heat!
High heat begets high heat
Another 99 mph FB!
got a couple of K's that inning.

Felix is looking good except a little control issue in the third (opr whatever inning it was that they loaded the bases).

great inning
Starting to look an awfully lot like we are gonna see a 2-0 final score.
Lets hope for some insurance runs!
K Felix returns for an inning
Sucks for the Mets bullpen
Via MLB.com fantasy baseball spam in my inbox:

Mets reliever Duaner Sanchez dislocated his shoulder in a taxicab accident on Sunday, an injury which could sideline him for the remainder of the season. ...

Turn on the heaters at Safeco
on the days Felix starts
Another walk?!?!?!?!?!
What the hell has gotten into Ibanez.

Start calling him pussy man I guess!

hahahahahah
Ibanez is becoming a little bitch!
MLB Mosaic is screwed up for me now
It says content unavailable when I click to zoom in on it, but I can watch it with the 5 other screens. Bleh.
SEXSON with a k
now thats the Mariners we know!!
Eduardooooooooo
Let's go Eduardooooooo
TWO walks in an INNING!!!!
Thats unpossible!
Please yu-bet
TAKE A PITCH
Two walks in one inning
The Mariners are gonna get a stern talking too after the game.
From what I could see on this 1 1/2 inch screen
A couple of those pitches to Perez looked like strikes.
If the Orioles bring in a right hander
to face Yu-Bet, that is actually GOOD, Yu-Bet has been terrible against LHP this year!
Hahhh
This guy sucks...

Betancourt will make them pay!

I hope your right
DAMNIT
BASES ON BIZZALZ!
Lets go Jooooney
It's Enrico Pallazzo!
Except I misheard, and it's Sam Perlozzo instead.  How boring.
DREBBIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
don't swing
this guy can't throw strikes.... were screwed, no runs
Yubet swings at the first pitch
Of course.
This guys name is Julio M.
He has to be terrible.
PINCH HIT FOR RENE
You idiot hardgrove!
Yuni= Momentum killer
Don't suck, Rene.
Or else.
chances of Rene bringing the run home???
Raul
Wheels of London!
The
back of our line-up sucks today.
their 7 million dollar
catcher is batting 8th
Mike Hardgrove is the worst manager
of all time!

Seriously, whoin their right mind lets Rene bat in that situation.  You have already over used Jojima this year whats a few more innings???

We need a Back up catcher who has a half decent chance of not sucking.

His name is
Quiroz, currently with the San Antonio Missions.
Time for a good laugh
The latest Dugout chat
A's, angels tied at 1
130 pitches combined through 4 innings.  Lets hope for a 20 inning game that destroys both team's pens.
Mark Lowe up in the 'pen
Time for Lowe and Putz go 2+ innings
Not in this heat
How about Sherill for an inning, Lowe for 2 innings, Putz for 1? Lowe's been lightly worked and has a rest day tomorrow... Let him stretch his arm out beyond some warm up tosses!
Its not fair to Rene
hes actually a good young player and I like him..but he should be getting everyday AB's in AAA and maybe uping his trade value.

Id rather have Borders as our back-up, I wouldnt care if he sat on the bench and played once a month.

What makes you
think that he is a good young player.  He hasn't hit at any level of the minors or the majors and he is 23 years old.
just going by..
what I saw him do in the bigs last year, your probably right, im just saying.
Felix is losing his command.
Time to pull him
Which means
Grover leaves him in until he gives up the lead, then brings in Mateo to "hold it down"
There is no room for rene at AAA
Jesus Felix can't throw a strike
Strike zone, meet Felix; Felix, Strike zone.
There, now that that's out of the way, you two can spend some more time together.
Bringing Lowe in during the 6th inning.
I'm shocked.
I love how Mark Lowe's
gameday picture looks like it was just snapped in the dugout.
He doesn't have one
on Gamecast... It's ok. I'm picturing baseball Jesus in my head.
Lowe in!
Lets go Mark!
Why not Sherill to pitch to the lefties?
Men on base?
Because our manager is stupid!
Anyone watching Gamecast
Notice the split of our hits vs. our outs? They make lines down opposing sides of the field
Lets go Triple Play!
So much for that record
DARN!
Lowes first IR given up!
Fuck.
It's good for my fantasy team, though...
First inherited run allowed for Lowe
guess
it had to happen someday...BUT WHY TODAY!!!!!!!!??
Sherril gets a K or DP against Gibbons
Hardgrove is a stinking piece of dog poop!
Conine has one of the ugliest swings ever
The next time we play the Orioles
we're gonna get the Ricoh scouting report on Mark Lowe and it's going to read:

Hates to face: Jay Gibbons - 1.000 AVG

Ugh
I hate these early games. Watching on Gameday/Gamecast at work makes me want to hit something out of frustration at the delay vs. even having a radio to listen to...
DOUBLE PLAY!
Haha
Fuck you TEjada
Nice Job Lowe!
Too bad an inherited run had to score, but you know what they say about lead off walks!
No, I don't
Can we get Red to come explain for the next 20 minutes?
LOWE= MVP
Mark Lowe in the low 90s?
I believe the term
Is Lowned. Kudos to whoever coined it.
If only his family name were
Lpwe

(it hurts me more than it hurts you)

And Anahieim ties the game.
2-2, bottom 5.
Good job again by Lowe!
Man I hate watching this on a thumbnail size screen.
Lowe
Still rules.
Wow
Chris Britton looks like a porker in his gameday photo. Is he as big in real life?
He's fucking fat
Is anyone else concerned
That Lowe coming in this early means Grover considers Mateo's new arm slot makes him the go-to set up guy?
Yeah, a little.
No
he came in cause 2 were on with no outs.  For whatever reason hargrove has actually been smart with the way he uses lowe.
not really
I think Grover was just desperate to get us through the inning so he went with Lowe.  I just hope we dont see Green or Mateo later.
WFB walk!
Too bad it wasn't an extra-base walk.
GODDAMNIT!!
I AM SICK AND FUCKING TIRED OF THIS GODDAMN BULLSHIT!!!!!
Melvin Mora is an Asshole!
Ichiro fucking sucks
Ichiro smoked that ball
You can't blame him for that play.
yeah
Just annoying when he slumps since he never walks.
Chris Britton
looks like "Lard-Ass" from Stand By Me doesn't he?

And his facial expression never changes.
Damn
Beltre just missed that one...
Lowe is 1/5 of the way to
the scoreless innings pitched streak Knock on Wood
Who holds the record?
Orel Hershier
I know I probably spelled his last name wrong
He needs only 22 innings to break the
AL rookie mark
hersheiser yes?
HOLY SHIT
At the 102?
Lowe is awesome :-)
102 MPH????????
WHAT THE FUCK?
Lowe = 102 MPH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CAN"T BE RIGHT WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW~
offcial:
Camden Yards radar is off
Hmmm
The Comcast radar was 101...

The stadium gun had him at 102...

Ummmmm
Did Lowe just throw a 101 mph pitch?
Holy Shit
102 MPH.  Mark Lowe > God
was it really???
102!?!?!?!?
The gun must be fast
102 is unreal
About that radar gun...
It's tapped in to the thermometer.
102? Doubt it
Maybe that was the temperature
and they got the numbers mixed up.  Somebody's reading the stadium digital thermometer going, "It ain't 97!"
that gun is all over the place
101!
Yeah, that has to be the temperature.
No way he's touching triple digits.
That was strike 3
Fuck these umps...
I hear superman!!!!
Palmer is bitching about the zone? haha
How did Markakis get to second
on the strikeout?
I think
there was a throwing error on Lowe..which got him to 2nd
He didn't
Lowe threw it away on a pickoff attempt
Ah
Thanks. Gameday chose not to disclose that little fact.
no problem
im on gameday as well..they can get on my nerves sometimes.
Jesus
This ump is extremely inconsistent.
Walking Fahey?
Ugh
FAHEY WALKED??!!?!
WTF??!!
Melivn Mora...meet....GOD
Not quite Lowned, but still good enough.
The Radar Guns could be off
But it is real hot out there making it a lot eaiser to stay loose
Some insurance runs would be nice
Cause Mateo will probably pitch the 8th.
why was
Perlazzo ejected???
I say Lowe goes out for the 8th or Putz
I agree
then if a lefty comes up go to Sherrill, or go to JJ if Lowe and Sherrill cant get it done
Man, watching the Hasselhoff video
Feels like I'm watching a music video of an acid trip.
GET OUT OF MY CAR!!!
ITS JUST WAY TO FAR!!!
haha I've seen that one
tha video
deserves some award for the best music video with a budget under 100 bucks or something
the best is the leg kick
Really would like to see putz close it out
tomorrows an off day, do something good Mike!!!
Huh? Roberts and Perlazzo ejected?
What happend?? Anyone know?
"B. Roberts struck out looking"
I would have to guess it revolves around that.
Roberts... He Gawn!
necesitamos some offense
WTF
Why can't Palmer say "Sexson"
maybe im worng but....
wouldnt going to Broussard be the right choice here
Grover You are a retard
It's called a platoon for a fucking reason you fat fuck.
Saving him for extra innings.
Don't want a All-Star 2002 re-do, and run out of players!
Bavasi
has been trying to explain the concept of a platoon to Hargrove for months...its not taking.
He certainly understood it
when it involved Reed and Bloomquist.
Why wasn't Broussard hitting there???
Lowe still out there?
woa
Stretching him to take over for Joel?
A man can dream.
We have an offday coming up
It's not like he's thrown too many pitches either.  He got the job done...
I think
Hargrove has a man crush on Lowe

Which is a good thing

haha
now that Carl is gone, Grover has to move his love to another man
This is a lot to ask out of Lowe.
Especially in this heat.
The heat makes it better
doesn't have to worry about staying warm
LOL
MLBTV just froze when Palmer was saying "fastballs."  The audio stuck on him saying "balls balls balls balls balls balls balls balls balls balls balls balls balls balls balls balls."

Hahahaha

Hahahaha, yeah.
HA
that happened to me alot when I had MLB.TV

it was funny every time

How did Tejada get out?
here ya go
Miguel Tejada grounds out, shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt to first baseman Richie Sexson.  
He got Lowned!
Grounder to short.
Sherrill > LOOGY
Sherril has thrown 2 pitches in 2 games
all I can say is wow
In 2 days, Sherill has thrown 2 pitches
and gotten 2 outs.
Wow
I guess Dudley wants to win this game?
sherrill...
has thrown 2 pitches of the last two days
Ha Ha Ha Ha...
He's at it again.

Two pitches, Two games, Two outs.

I Hate HATE HATEEEEEEEEEEEE Hargrove!!!!

anyone know
how many pitches sherril has thrown the last 2 games?
He's trying to play "PIG"
He's got "PI" and on Friday, he'll go for the "G"
What an easy inning.
no necesitamos some offense
I can smell it...
with Putz in...

I see Dudley is forgetting about his bench again
Asshole.
GOD DAMNIT!!!
YUNI!  PULL YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR HIND QUARTERS PLEASE AND PRACTICE SOME DISCIPLINE AT THE PLATE!
Why not Broussard here?
simple answer
GROVER
Well.
I guess there's not a blue moon out tonight.  

I'm hopin' for a once-in-a-blue-moon HR by BLoomie.

Damn Willie
Slow the fuck down...you can't turn a single to CF into a double by simply hustling.
C'mon Ichiro.
Earn back that exclamation point!
Bloomie got a hit today.
He must have stolen Ichiro's mojo. Damn that grit!
10 bucks says
Willie will get caught in a rin-down
RUN DOWN..that is
You owe me $10
What's a "rin" down?

Pay up, bucko!

;-)

LOL
i'll ship you the 10..and 5 extra for my terrible spelling
Hey, a hit!
0-15 before that.
COME ON J-LO...rbi time!!!
I would love to see Lopez's power return this AB.
Scot Shields blows.
The Angels were going to win and let the M's make up a half game on the leader.
hes blows when the game is tied
everytime I see him in when the game is tied-he gives up a run.
Broussard here?
Grover can't be that creative can he?
It's 3-2 Oakland in the top of the 8th
If anybody cares.
Damn you Hoff
I can't get that damn song out of my head.
I hate Melvin Mora
Oh well, Putz will take care of it.
Hoping to see a dominant Putz here
Phew
1 down
Great bullpen use
Not so much the bench, but JJ is still a super stud on wheels.
And OK
Are we seeing Lowe getting stretched out to take over Pineiro's rotation spot?
watch this video
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb;_ylt=AgNNb4pzrBW1qxvhTEW5WrQ5nYcB

watch the video thats in the headline about the AL West.  Notice anything?

Its not really new, but considering we were ahead of the Rangers a day ago, and they mention the Rangers as being in the mix...

Wow
Apparently there are only 3 teams in the AL West.  Who woulda thought?
What the fuck?
What, did he have a bad batch of cheeseburgers at one of Seattle's fine fast-food restuarants?
I mentioned this to phildopip in the game thread
Gwynn experienced interleague play his last 4 years, as the fracnhise player of OUR BITTER INTERLEAGUE RIVALS THE SAN DIEGO DEADBEAT PADRES.  Therefore his omission of the future 2006 AL West Division Champion Seattle Mariners was an intentional act of spite against his hated interleague rivals.
Bastard...
2 out of 3, guys.
I'll take a 4-2 roadtrip, thanks. Now, let's repeat that against Oakland and get to .500.
Yeah, I listened to ESPN Radio for a few minutes
During the trade deadline. They were talking about how the Rangers were still in the mix, didn't really mention the M's. They said something like "I guess they're still hanging around". This was with the M's a half game behind the Rangers.

I don't really expect anything different. It's humorous anymore.

The media ignores the M's
In hopes that they don't have to do their homework on this team. That's my best guess.  If the M's drop out of it in August then no problem, they don't have to say anything.  If the M's become a serious threat in September the media is going to be scrambling to come up with something other than "Beltre and Sexson are starting to hit".

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