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8/7: Open Game Thread, Part 2

M's on top 5-4 after five, thanks to Tim Corcoran sucking a lot.

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What else
is there to do on a Monday night?
We're all a bunch of obsessed losers with no life
That should answer your question Jeff.
yup
no arguments here.
Ok
that too, maybe
That also explains
the existence of this site in the first place, so I suppose it's only appropriate.
People like to bitch...
I can get frustrated with this team but
it will always be popular with me
I like how
Rizzs got excited about that pop up behind home plate... while Johjima just stood there.
Dan Miceli!
Before he got hurt, he was slated to be the DRay's opening day closer.
I spent a late round draft pick on him in a league
Not a bad pick
though hindsight says otherwise.
Mateo = tricky.
Bouncing those inside fastballs off the bat...
hmmmm
O'Flaherty....sent to AAA.   Is that old news?
yeah i think so.
where'd you hear this?
Missions game
I have a friend that plays on the team so I listen to most games
That's new.
He shouldn't get too comfortable, though, because he's the next guy in line for a promotion.
crawford vs. Mateo
I smell trouble
Mateo
Urge to kill........rising..........
Quit dicking around.
Mateo blows. Find someone who doesn't.
Is this batter #4? I might be dead on here.
holy shit
the dodgers are good. they shoulda been doing this all year.
Can we bring in Sherill?
The guy hasn't seen action in 4 days
Man, the Mariners are going from giving shout
outs to old people, to giving shout out to dead people.

This is getting really creapy.

time for one of those Mateo DP balls
wishful thinking
Cantu was swinging for the stars
Our lineup sucks
you'll escape, don't worry.
Tell me
that Jorge Cantu's Gameday pic doesn't look like Quinn, the shark hunter from Jaws.

Wait, I forgot how young you guys all are. See, "Jaws" was this movie about a big shark and a little boat. You would have liked it because the shark loved the taste of New Englanders....

HAHAHAHHAHAHHA
he does look like Quinn!!..better than looking like Richard Dreyfus
Jaws was constantly on TNT back in the day.
Good times.
Damn Cantu, ruining my predictions
Oh well, maybe it will be  5 batters.
no worries at all now.
Julio Mateo blogging:
I pitch lots of bals good, I don konw how hiters hit
Comments:
11:05 pm PDT

Retire, you assbag.

- LLJeff

Julio Mateo blogging:
I don konw why peopel hurr don like me, I thorw hard an strik out teh hiters
Drives in a run with his glove?
....eh?
I make fun of Richie's defense all the time
but that was a hell of a pick.
more sad news
Mateo would be second on the team in wins if we hold on, correct me if Im wrong.
"Good job, GS
Nice three pitches. See you in a week."

Love,
Grover

Micelli is in
here comes the 10 run inning.
WHO CARES ABOUT THE KID
Call me callous and heartless, but the Mariners overkill with the kids.
Worst interview ever.
Sadly, doing that is someone's job.
The kid's name is "Trip"
i fell sorry for him.
Trip?
<img="http://www.durfee.net/startrek/images/Tucker.jpg">

3 geek points!

Messed up HTML=-2 Geek points
Better than Mr. Bradley naming his kid Milton
Just be glad
that Orel Herschiser's mom wasn't Steve Sax's mom.
Broussard IS possessed by Carl
Broussard blows.
Broussard lets go of bat.
Took over for Carl quicker than imagined.
OH NOES, BROUSSARD STRUCK OUT!
BAVASI IS AN IDIOT!!111!!11! CHOO IS TEH AWSOME!1!

/Mariners Revolution

Heh
CHOO SINGLED!!!  THE MARINERS HAVE FUBAR'D THE FUTURE.

/Sportspot

Has that place degraded that far?
When I was banned from there, the people seemed pretty intelligent. Course that was about a year ago so.....
They can still be intelligent
but they can get soooooo hysterical about the littlest crap.
You shoulda seen the 5 page thread
about Choo after the Beckett grand slam.  I usually don't say too much but even I lost my shit at how much whining there was about the trade.
I'm surprised Mariner Geek didn't ban you.
I lost my shit on Hargrove and he booted me.
I do make one change when posting there
I totally keep it G rated.  I notice they frown on that MUCH more than Dr D does.
Yep
The words idiot is what finally got me banned.
OMG DEM'S FIGHTING WORDS
Okay, that was pretty dumb.
haha
Giants have now hit 6 HRs against the Dbacks tonight.
D'backs
I know I might catch hell for this, but I really like listening to Thom Brennemen(sp?) and Mark Grace...dont know why, but I like them
What?
Are you kidding me?  I only listen to them because they are the only ones on right now!  They are annoying!
LoL
I knew I'd catch hell, but for some reason I like them, just one of those things I guess.
Fuck you Dave Neihuas
Goddamn quit doing that.
I love how
Hummer's new ad campaign is centered around people's insecurities.
Well...if you have a hummer your obviously have
some insecurites....but obviously not about your wallet.
FSN promoting well
doing everything they possibly can to convince people that the Mariners aren't done in the AL West race.
It's funny to me
when people try to hit off George Sherrill.

He's on fire right now.

Edgar has the 2nd longest streak of
consecutive games played for the Mariners.

How is that possible?

DH
Get up, go hit, maybe spend some time on the basepaths, sit down.

It's why Carl had a prayer of continuing to play.

Dodgers up 4 in the 7th
10th in a row? Hmm.

Remember when Navarro was a top Yankee prospect? Heh.

Funny no one's mentioned it here
but Livan Hernandez got dealt to Arizona for prospects.  He's not terrific but he's a durable upgrade for that rotation.
NL-AL
Huh
Arizona's in the NL West.

Or you saying that since it's the NL, it's irrelevant to we AL fans?

It's cuz no one cares about the Dbacks
and their announcers!  hehe!
Sherrill/Soriano/Lowe?/Putz
game over.

Sherrill's line against righties has quietly improved rather dramatically.

He's hitting his spots better with that fastball
Outside, inside, outside, for strikes.  He's a GOOD pitcher when he locates like that.
???????? huh??????
Confused by that move
Soriano just lobbed that one in there.
Is his arm angle okay?
I'll have to check the archived footage later.
Sit down Upton.
Now that's easy heat.
Soriano looked the smoothest I've ever seen him.
Its nice to raffy back!!
JJ, Raffy and Sherrill is like having 3 closers.

I didnt put Lowe in there cause I think he should get a shot to start.

He won't. Time to put that dream to rest.
you really think he wont??
I dont know much about how many games hes started and stuff like that, but I thought that maybe in the off-season they would work on him being a starter??

Maybe im wrong

He's not the same pitcher when he starts.
He loses a good 6mph off his fastball.

Worth a look, but I'm fine with him dominating out of the bullpen for the next six years.

ok thanks for the info!!
I think its worth a shot as well, but your right, I have no problem with him dominating out of the pen
Soriano's Yahoo! profile picture
That of a guy who's just begging for friends.

If he can get me free tickets
I'll be his friend.
In other words
He'll be hanging out with me shortly.  I'm a magnet for such people, for some reason.
Ichiro
Has been crap at the plate lately.
Harville
looks very scared.
I feel strangely comfortable with a 5-4 lead.
It's nice to not play Oakland.
Okay.
Forget what I said about smooth. Soriano doesn't look right.
Valle noted
He was missing a couple mph off his fastball.
Good Lord.
Ichiro just saved a run.
Ichiro could play the entire OF by himself
Good grief
Uh-OH!!!
i see injury delay???...is it raffy??
Umpire.
Froemming took a foul tip off the shoulder. He's fine.
The ump got hit hard with a foul tip
The ump got hit hard with a foul tip
God you suck Willie
Get Lowe in here.
Or JJ, that works too.
That's why you're a "CF", Willie.
What a godawful play that was.
That's why you're a "CF", Willie.
What a godawful play that was.
I think Raffy needs to be rested for the season
no point in using him when he is hurt
Fuck site lag.
This is a pretty bad time to be working on the servers.
Hargrove: the pen's thin
So that's why you used everyone not named Lowe and Woods today.
2-1 splitter.
Putz = ballsy.
K!!
Thats why they let him steal Dave, because it was irrelavant.
WOOOOOO PUTZ!
That's not the end of the game, but it certainly feels like it is.
KK PUTZ
Take a seat, BITCH.
I love j.j. putz.
Some solace?
In Oakland, 9th inning, save situation and Street is not in. The M's made him pitch enough innings that he appears not to be available tonight.
God I love this pen
especially since im watching the giants right now!! lol

Is JJ ok to go 1 1/3 considering he threw 30 pitches yesterday???...well I guess we are about to find out.

Did you see
when they showed "Who's hot and who's not" and the Ms are not???
I know you probably asked 2 hours ago
but I did see that, cause we are 50-98 against the AL west over the last 3 seasons, what do they expect, we've lost 99 and 93 games the last 2 years, which probably means you ain't wining in the division.
If Jesus came up with the bases loaded
JJ would still K him.
I have to admit
Hargrove seems to be showing better sense in his bullpen management and pinch-hitting the last couple of days. Wonder what's gotten into him?
Apologies for the lag.
Due to some lousy planning out network seems tohave outgrown our servers.
USSM Disaster, Part Deux?
Don't say that
If this place went down, I don't know what I'd do.
Gomez: Most annoying Sportspotter ever
That's what'd happen to me.
Nothing that bad.
We just have to put up with some slow loading every so often.
haha
zobrist... what a kook.
Texas loses
Maybe we can shoot for third now...hell, we could even take second...
I certianly think we have a shot at 2nd
That's my goal now that the division title is out of the question.
STRIKEOUT STRIKEOUT STRIKEOUT STRIKEOUT
G-I-D-P!!!
Sexson...just take take the 3-0
You don't need to show
the surprised face, cuz i'm not surprised.
Banner Bank: I've said this before
All those people banking at Banner Bank just goes to show... that the bank has a monopoly on the PNW.
According to Valle
Harville was looking to "stay away from Richie's strength."

Joke's on him, he put that right in Richie's wheelhouse.

JJ's motto should be
Resistance is Futile.
Travis Lee gets around on FB, singles.
Wizzle wozzle?
Lee with a base hit against JJ
Does not compute.
That's right Lee
FEAR the arm of Willie Ballgame!
Okay
That made me a little nervous.
How many God damn switch hitters do they have?
3...in the lineup today
Travis Lee just stole a base
Your arm BLOWS Kenji.
Travis Lee, STOLEN BASE?
WHOZITWHUZZAT?
What a lame-ass fuckin' lob on that SB
That's just embarrassing.
Here comes the split.
It's going to be gorgeous.
or the 97 mph heat.
It was.
Trust me.
J.J. Putz > God
oh shit
that wasn't strike 3
Uh....what's going on?
Okay, time to at least get Lowe up in the pen...
Okay, what's going on?
Two baserunners, one out.
he did throw 30 yesterday..hes got to be tired
COME ON DP
Upton !have a prayer
Phew
One more JJ.
Shiitttttt
Come on JJ...one moreee!
come on JJ...one more!!!
i'm nervous
someone come here and calm me down.
That pitch was too good to get a DP.
Putz vs Johnny "K like Richie" Gomes
Oh yeah baby
If I were Putz
I would not have dived right in the path of a flying broken bat piece with a sharp end.
Putz has a terrible neck tan.
that must be why
he's struggling
Here comes the split
Time end Johnny's life JJ.
One more strike!
Split...come on JJ....Split.
Here comes a splitter.
Take him out
Bring in Lowe.
God damn it JJ!
Fuck!  What's the last time he's walked 2 guys in a game?

That fat red-headed tub of shit sucks.

j.j. is tired.
That was the splitter.
Gomes just didn't chase it like everyone else.
he had no chance to hit it
so you might as well take it
FUCK. 2ND WALK OF THE INNING.
What is up with Putz?  He could have thrown a 2-2 splitter there and at least one other time and gotten his man.
YOU FUCKING SUCK JJ
YOUR MOM IS A WHORE!
We need
A JJ reverse psychology session, post-haste.

You blow monkey nuts, JJ.

WHY IS THIS BIG FUCKER WALKING THE WORLD?
That will NEVER cease to be funny.
We need to give him some support
Your mother doesn't love your lard ass, JJ!
Come on you fat fuck!
I"M GONNA RAPE YOUR SISTER
YOU PIECE OF MONKEY SHIT!
Your poor shift key
Shift key?
He probably just leaves the caps lock on.
Nuh-uh
Otherwise he wouldn't have used "
WHAT'S WRONG WITH LEAVING THE
GODDAMN CAPS LOCK KEY ON!!!

ARRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!

/head explodes.

Who closes tomorrow?
Do you save Lowe for the 9th?
J.J.! Your wife is probably cheating on your
suck-ass right now!
JJ
keeps missing Johjima's glove up by a foot... Tell him to throw a splitter in the dirt and maybe he can paint the lower black
BALLGAME!
IT WORKED AGAIN!
-whew-
Thanks JJ.
FUCK YOU JJ
YOU GOT IT DONE...YOU PIECE OF SHIT!!!!!!!

nice job JJ

cool beans.
GOOD. BALLGAME.
You still got it done, you big fucker.  Nice.
Oh thank heavens.
Give JJ a few days off.
JJ giving us a little drama
Wouldn't be a Mariners game without some blood and tears.
only fiting
that Willie Ballgame catches the final out, what a grity win!
Christ that was close
Did the ghost of Eddie G suddenly inhabit Putz' body when he left?
JJ has pitched more the last 2 days
than Pineiro did his last start.....oh actually NVM Pineiro went 2.2 innings, JJ only did 2.1
I call shenanigans, JJ
You even look blown up in this interview.  You need at least a day off, if not two.
Lowe for closer for the next few days
JJ needs a vacaction.
When you leave 14 men on base
you don't deserve to win. Good game.
yes...good game
actually it was pretty ugly, but a fun game
Give the DRays credit
They play you tough, no matter who you are.  As those kids mature, if they get some more pitching they're gonna get scary good.
Francisco Liriano = busted elbow.
Ruh roh.

In a quiet postgame clubhouse, Liriano, 22, seemed on the verge of tears, and his voice crackled as he described the pain, pointing to the inside of the elbow this time, beneath the muscle and possibly in the joint.

Ouch
Although this isn't really much of a surprise, it sucks to see it happen.
The surprising part
is that it isn't his shoulder.
oh man
seriously, this is not good
That sound you heard
Was thousands of Twins fans blowing their brains out at the same time.
TINSTAAPP
That's the sound Liriano's elbow made when it exploded.
Big trouble in the Twin Cities
Kiss them goodbye from the Wildcard hunt if Liriano goes down... which it appears he will.  At best, they need to shut him down for a few weeks.  By all accounts, it's just increasing soreness as doctor visits have revealed no structural damage, per the article.
Santana has been pitching hurt for a little while.
The Twins are finished.
A beaten man
First Weaver, now Liriano. They are dropping
like flies. But Felix, stands strong.
Funny how
Felix had the weak start and fell off the map... and now, as the other phenoms are dropping, here comes THE KING.
I missed that
What happened to Weaver?

And what's up with the Livan Hernandez trade?

He's been having arm troubles for a month now.
Livan
Post deadline too.  That was kinda weird to me.  Maybe they exposed him to waivers, Arizona claimed him and before DC pulled him back the DBacks said, "No!  We'll send you prospects!"  And given that the Nats probably aren't going anywhere for the foreseeable future and Livan wasn't much more than a workhorse, they bit.
Now Gardenhire
is claiming that it's a muscle issue, and not something wrong with his elbow.

If true, that's great news, albeit still a killer in the short-term.

FWIW
We gain a game on 3rd place Tejas and are now one back of them.  BUT don't get any delusions of jumping in the race, because Tejas lost to... Oakland.
Krueger
going on about why Beltre appears to be back.  I must concur.

Y'all think Adrian has finally figured out the AL?

Beltre will never truly be back till he's slugging
.500+ and hitting 30 homers.

But he's not a bad player anymore.

I think
If we judge him by his contract then no, he will never be that good.

If you just look at him as a player I think he will be very good, infact hes probably putting up real good numbers compared to other AL 3rd baseman.

I just checked Beltre's hit chart
I guestimated that he has 7 "safeco homers."
Beltre since June 2nd:
.287/.354/.539

That's about as good as he can be in this ballpark.

Anybody here what JJ said on Eddie
"He had a game against Atlanta where he had two hits and a walk to load the bases, and he gets a popup and a double play to get out of it," Putz said. "He's out there smacking his leg [with his glove]. It was good to see -- typical Eddie."

whats typical Eddie?? slapping his glove or loading the bases with nobody out???....JJ lest us decided

The leg slap is because
that's the "donut release trigger." Eddie slaps his leg, and a powdered donut drops down his pants leg. Then he bends over to pick up the rosin bag and scarfs it down. And you all thought that white cloud was resin.... Ha, pure sugar!
Hahahahha
Funniest post all week!
HA
It's like Jason Johnson's insulin pump... except it's a... donut pump.
As a heads-up
I think we've got a planned server upgrade going down tonight, so that'll explain any outages that occur.

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