Lookout Landing

and they win it in the 9th

K-rod blowing a save was awesome though.

Annnnnnnd

Game Over.. fuckin Oakland pen. 3 out in the west.. really could use a win tonight guys! CMON! Or, in Saving Silverman style:

Cmon! COME OOOON! COME ON! COME ON! COOOOOOME ON! CMON! COME ON! COME ON!!

seattlesundevil - July 25, 2007 reply

OT look

Ok here it goes this is going to be a league I should call it "MLB.COM BOARD Poster-Player League-" Ok what we are doing here what this thread was for is we are getting Managers for the league these Managers once we get the "16 Managers" we need,(I will not be participating)we will have a draft thread where the 16 Managers all take turns drafting until they have the required number of players,oh before the draft the 16 Managers will name their teams.I will be making a website that will have the schedule on it, the stats,and the Standings and more!Ok so once the people are drafted the Managers will set how they wan't their lineup to be and send it through an email that I will provide,and also there starting rotations,people can change their lineups after every game,people are required to be there so If they need to do Pinch-hitters and Substitute pitchers in I will make a place where they can ask And I will have them changed.

Then for the players:I will make a thread for the players to sign up If they want to be players and be draft eligible,and when they sign up they will have to give 3 stats that they want there player to be good in such as Power hitting 1st Baseman with Great fielding and Good eye,etc and for pitchers If they are Power pitchers or Finesse Pitchers,and name three pitches that they have. So that means you players will pick your position,etc.

The gaming part:So people will not actually play they will be played through a sim that I will do,that is why I am not participating in it,and I will keep it updated through a kind of Gameday environment.

Sound fun?
Any questions,also sorry If you didn't understand it all.

There is the required number of Managers now 10

Mariners in 07 - July 25, 2007 reply

It's not coherent here either

can't you contain this in the diary you created for it?

pdb - July 25, 2007 reply

Please?

Thingray - July 25, 2007 reply

Is that Esperanto or twin language?

eponymous coward - July 25, 2007 reply

I guarantee a win tonight

If the Mariners lose, I'll buy a drink for the first person to remind me about this next week at the Rainiers game.

ADAM JONES IS GETTING CALLED UP

FOR THE ANGELS SERIES

BANK ON IT

TheMarinator - July 25, 2007 reply

I called my bank,

they hadn't heard anything about it.

Thingray - July 25, 2007 reply

The Bank of B&M Sucks

They will never allow young talent to shine over "proven professionals"

TheMarinator - July 25, 2007 reply

Sorry, my bank charges a fee for Adam Jones

Just got a junk email from ESPN

suggesting possible trades to make:

Trade No. 3: Carl Crawford for Juan Pierre

One gets tons of love and one gets no respect, but over the second half of the year, Juan Pierre is going to be the better fantasy player. I'm sorry. Continue to be the better fantasy player. You saw me mention Pierre briefly in last week's newsletter but let's put those numbers into even more of a perspective.

From June 1 through July 22:

Juan Pierre: 27 R, 24 SB, 0 HR, 12 RBI, .335 average
Carl Crawford: 32 R, 19 SB, 1 HR, 23 RBI, .278 average

The power is better for Crawford, but it's not significant in the grand scheme of things and that's not why you have either guy. Otherwise, they are basically the same, with Pierre hitting over 50 points higher. You could get Pierre plus something else for your Carl Crawford and not suffer any drop-off at all. Again, we play with numbers, not names.

Here is evidence that they are pretty stupid.

Maybe the better player in a footrace

or a limbo contest

I would take Pierre or Crawford over

any position player on our team not named Ichiro

TheMarinator - July 25, 2007 reply

Pierre's terrible.

that just shows how little you understand

about baseball.

Quick, write something half-way intelligent

GO

TheMarinator - July 25, 2007 reply

Juan Pierre sucks balls

there. done.

How would you know that?

Were you in the bedroom holding the camera?

TheMarinator - July 25, 2007 reply

What other reason would he be paid that much?

Matthew wins point

What are you talking about?

Juan Pierre is damn good.

Damn good at making outs that is. He has ranked first or 2nd in outs made every year since 2003 and currently is #1 in 2007.

Nobody cares how many bases you steal if your OBP is .317 and you have a 72 OPS+.

What a fantastically horrible contract.

Goose - July 25, 2007 reply

dodgers are ahead of the padres for #1

'nuff said.

Pierre has every intangible you can imagine and more.

I will even overlook his Frenchiness.

TheMarinator - July 25, 2007 reply

Oh good grief.

Goose - July 25, 2007 reply

Yeah that's right I said intanglible

He also keeps the Dodgers locker room full of chemistry.

TheMarinator - July 25, 2007 reply

I have heard that Juan Pierre

has an abundance of carbon

Carbon=Gritty

I like it

You are a god-damned idiot.

'nuff said.

I dislike Graham crackers

Get it? Graham, and cracker.

TheMarinator - July 25, 2007 reply

Wait

I thought you were required to hate the French

Of course I hate the French

I just have a good reason and don't take it out on inoffensive people who happen to have French names.

They're all offensive

Their B.O. is off the charts. P.U.

TheMarinator - July 25, 2007 reply

Does anyone else realize the irony here?

Juan PIERRE?

Isn't that what this whole conversation is about?

Beltre in the 2 hole.

Vidro dropped down, Ibanez still 3rd.

Ben in Va - July 25, 2007 reply

Whatever

What a load of shit. Vidro has been one of the only people actually contributing lately. I'm not saying he's going to continue that trend, but moving around other pieces while continuing to ignore the black hole of IBANEZSUCK makes laser beams shoot from my eyeballs.

TheMarinator - July 25, 2007 reply

Self Lasik?

Ben in Va - July 25, 2007 reply

yeah he got dropped to the horrible 5th spot

Mariner John - July 25, 2007 reply

I'm on the bandwagon

I am sick and fucking tired of Raul Ibañez in the 3 hole.

Why wont he move ibanez down

Mclaren you fool. Another M's fan down

Lineups aboard!

What's sad is that this constitutes a shake-up in McLaren's universe.

Ibanez still in the 3 hole?

That's my que to find something else to do.

Goose - July 25, 2007 reply

FUCK YOU MAC

Ibanez....#(_#*)@487 q4qu[jda[03

Just thought I'd post this

Vidro: .306/.368/.374/.741
Ibanez: .257/.309/.395/.704 + really shitty defense
(postASB: .140/.208/.186/.394 <= retardedly bad)

I think we can all tell who has been fucking us in the ear lately.

Oh...and I'm not saying we should do it but WFB (career): .261/.313/.334. I'm just saying is shitty defense worth 60 pts of SLG...ADAM JONES!!!

or Ben Broussard

who's equally bad on defense, but at least does hit the ball occasionally.

Reading this thread

is giving me Flashbacks to the Melvin & Hargrove days..... guess all managers suck and lineup construction.

So Ibanez should be at #3?

Mariner John - July 25, 2007 reply

Didn't say that

Just pointing out, that it doesn't matter who the manager is, the lineup is never going to be optimized to the liking of the fans.

personally I would have left Vidro at #2, put Ibanez at #5 and Beltre at #3...

I like Beltre at 2

and Vidro at 5

but Id throw Broussard in at 4, and Adam Jones in at 7

why do idiots think the Ms need another RH

"power arm"?

Lowe to the rescue, at any rate

Niehaus really looks fatigued

Uhh

Ben with a mohawk?

Woo Beltre

I <3 my new Beltre jersey

That sucker was at eye level

McLaren decision may pay off....woops, Ibanez here to fuck up the day

More Lineup Ranting...

So, McLaren was on the pregame show making a big deal about moving the lineup around. He's just as fucking blind as Hargrove.

RAUL IBANEZ HURTS THIS TEAM BY NOT PLAYING DRUMS FOR SPINAL TAP

Okay, I'm making that my new sig...

PositivePaul - July 25, 2007 reply

I would be so excited if Raul weren't AB right now

Blew that 88 mph heater by ibanez

time to retire asshat

Well Jeff Sullivan says you've just been unlucky

Raul.

I still think you flat out suck. Screw your line drive rates.

TheMarinator - July 25, 2007 reply

I thought Ibanez got 4 strikes these days though

And blew another 89 mph heater by him

this is getting rediculous

he is useless

Ibanez

Out.

PLEASE RE-TI-RE

clapclap

clapclapclap

"he does lead the team in RBIs though"

dumbshit texas announcers

Haircuts

According to the Texas announcers, many Mariners shaved their heads (including McLaren) and Ben Broussard has a mohawk now. Oh, they also said WILLIE BLOOMQUIST SHAVED HIS CHEST DURING THE OCCASION.

Ibanez still batting 3rd

Ibanez still sucks.

god dammit

i hate regression to the mean (re: RISP AVG)

Why the hell.

Why the hell.
Why the hell.

Okay. So, yeah, I can see them not wanting to bench guys like Sexson and Ibanez, hoping they will get it going.

But why the hell do these idiots put their worst f'ing hitter in a spot generally reserved for the best hitter.

I wouldn't've bitched about having Vidro batting third, even though in general that's a really bad idea too.

I'm SOOOOOO TIRED of idiotic decisions. Do the leaders of this team pay attention to ANYTHING logical and reasonable???

BOOOOOOOOOO

PositivePaul - July 25, 2007 reply

I'm not really disagreeing

But right now we have, like, 2 or 3 hot hitters right now in Beltre, Guillen, and Vidro. Everyone else is hitting like shit, and we don't have enough hot hitters to break up all the shit clogging up our shitty lineup. I guess my point is that it doesn't really matter. It's shit either way.

1 error in 9 games?

Doesn't feel like it.

It wasnt just a couple players shaving their head

The whole fucking team did it. Ben has a mohawk. Everyone else has a shaved head, minus the bullpen coach and weaver. We're really stretching for this shit now. What the hell

I bet Willy took this further south.

He's not one to keep a dirty purse.

Willie "Landing Strip" Bloomquist.

Has a nice ring to it.

Hahahahahaha

Scruffy Lefty - July 25, 2007 reply

Funny enough

Youre right. He shaved his chest as well. He may be a hairless willie now

I just threw up a little in my mouth

Bavasi was probably like

Instead of actually making some move like calling up AJ lets pull a stunt and shave our heads...and Ibanez said, "look, I'm a leader and already did it" = 50 more games hitting in the 3rd spot

jones

Texas announcers saying that having Adam Jones, another great center fielder, may present a fun problem in that we'll have both he and Ichiro. They also mentioned this will be a problem "in a couple years" -- which is seeming more and more truthful.

good point

the Mariners definitely need to call Adam Jones up within the next few years, 2010 at the outside

i like you miguel

you can stay

Yeah

I'm getting more and more attached.

Tell you what, Dave

I bet you Vidro won't hit a homerun in this situation.

I'll even raise you that he won't reach base.

oh well

Vidro says fuck you

GIDP on the way from Richie

wrong!!!

turbo's success is 99.1% linked to trying to prove the naysayers wrong.

and 0.9% the fact that beltre bet him two ham sandwiches that he wouldnt be on the team after July

You suck at gambling

You free for some poker Saturday night?

Brain Surgery>>>Baseball Game

that guy's like

"oh shit! fuck what do i do? great great, back to you"

Wait, Vidro had a couple HR's off of this pitcher?

and he only has 3?

boo not following the team all year

But yes, he has 2 off McCarthy.

Both in one game off of the slowest hanging curveball ever.

I think his other HR was against Gil Meche, but I cant remember. I know it was against the Royals, though.

I've been here all year

I'm just amazed that he has only 3 HR's this year, but 2 of them were in April. I'm also amazed that a pitcher that obviously was the worst in the history of anything is still in the league after giving up 2 longballs to the April version of Vidro.

AN-DY HAR-GROVE

(you know the rest of the drill)

Richie should have shaved his eyebrows

and soul patch off. At least then he'd be entertaining to look at.

wait, Richie shaved his head too?

Noooooooooooooooooooooo, we lost the mullet?

Be like RaBOOOOOl

Kenji up

Inning over.

<mariner batter up>, inning over.

fyp

cue the DP/pop out

thank you

If I were dating the Mariners

I'd seriously consider cheating on them right about now.

If the M's were my lady...

If the Mariners were a lady at this point --

In the span of weeks have gone from 115 lbs to 280.
Amazingly fun on past dates, now all she wants to do is sit on the couch and watch TV.
You come very, very close to sealing the deal but something always prevents it at the last minute.

Head shaving not working

Try something new, perhaps Adam Jones?

What, you mean like an Adam Jones tattoo?

I don't know what else you can do with Adam Jones.

The real question is

what cant you do with Adam Jones?

I heard his tears can cure cancer

but he never cries

He hasn't proven he can cure cancer

at the major league level. Until then, he's just a cancer-curing prospect.

Kenji must be leading the team in DPs by now.

as of a couple weeks ago,

kenji was leading the team in GIDP%.

i see no reason why that would have changed

Hey Kenji

Be more like Ichiro and Hideki, less like Kaz Matsui.

How does a train run on no tracks?

And not crash into any vehicles in the street?

intangibles!

Jones would have had it

just sayin'

Guess which OFer I hate the most?

Its gotta be ichiro

Jones definetely gets to that

Chalk another one up for the Jones bandwagon.

TheMarinator - July 25, 2007 reply

Chalk another one up for Raul

for somehow managing to stay in the regular lineup after everything he's done.

I'm surprised

Everyone isn't trying to hit it to left field.

Almost got that one...

RA BOOOOOOOOOO L

Adam Jones catches that while

singlehandedly colonizing the outer ring of the solar system

Raul costs us another run

Everyone hates him

TheMarinator - July 25, 2007 reply

Sigh

Batista gets out of this inning with a LF.

Yep, they got the memo

hit the ball to left

god dammit

that was a fucking K.

you suck Ra_l

Hoor-fucking-ray

What's worse about Raul

is to imagine what we could have acquired in a trade for him this past offseason.

Then again, knowing Bavasi, we probably would have gone after Carl Pavano.

If I were a GM in this division,

I'd make sure I had a lineup of RH extreme pull hitters to use only against the Mariners

Remember to call up the AAA guys on Ho starts

give the regular line up some rest.

Triple Axel

Aflack

Back-to-Back-to-Back homers

trivia question?

Lopez, Bocachica, Olivo

I don't remember the order though.

Fuck This Of-Fense

Clap Clap
ClapClapClap

PositivePaul - July 25, 2007 reply

For the love of all that is holy

This is Texas pitching. In a Texas ballpark. IN TEXAS. SCORE RUNS.

Maybe Lofton could wear his hat

not like a fucking idiot.

bpdawg24 - July 25, 2007 reply

yay for speed

now, adrian, keep it up, you need to get an XBH for us to score this inning

The Texas Cameraman

just gave me whiplash trying to follow that non-throw

Michael Young!

Only 4 years and 64 million to go!

Let's revist the lineup again

in order:

Ichiro!-Awesomeness
Beltre-Sometimes Awesomeness
Ibanez-Worthless
Guillen-Sometimes Awesomeness
Vidro-Worthless
Sexson-Worthless
Johjima-Sometimes Awesomeness
Lopez-Worthless
Betancourt-Worthless.

Couldve had 3 there

damn

eh

not that big a deal w/2 outs and Ichiro

This team is like that movie

Where the Titanic was hit by an asteroid. Repeatedly. In the nuts if that was possible.

Yea

We suck.

they're trying to kill our only good player!!!

I love you, Beltre

Whoooooopeeeee

ok, now we just need a single

BELTRE

CARRY THIS TEAM!

1-1

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

Beltre making McLaren look like a genius

2 doubles. Yes, sir

I love you Beltre

I said it first, damn your eyes

You have better punctuation so you love him more

I still love Felix most

BELTRE HURTS THIS TEAM BY.....

WAIT NO HE DOESN'T.

Beltre is awesome

Wow a run

beltre is a fucking god

inning over though

Raul up. Select your hit:

a) Ground out to 2nd
b) Strike out swinging
c) strike out looking
d) ground out to 1st

d

e) Promote Adam Jones

f.

pop up to 2nd.

seriously, DFA him

Ichiro and Beltre

the two biggest "incredibly fun to root for, but maddeningly inconsistent" players on the team batting 1-2.

ichiro

inconsistent?

hmmmm

jimmimoose1 - July 25, 2007 reply

Ichiro has 2 game stretches

Where he makes Ibanez look like a hall of famer at the plate. Then promptly goes on a 20 game hitting streak.

except they'll be like 20 game stretches

for example, check out Ichiro's July.

Oh dear

Popups of London!

That little kid is a jerk!

He shoved that dude in the back and knocked him down, and then sat there and laughed about it.

I could do your job Raul

that's sad.

Raul still making McLaren look like an idiot

FUCK YOU RETIRE YOU BAG OF ASS

Whoa

Raul got it in the air that time.

re fucking tire

How'd that stay in the yard?!

bpdawg24 - July 25, 2007 reply

Intangibles!

honestly

no matter how wrong i am, i truly feel like i could get ra_l out right now

Triple steal?

Holy shit, thats impressive

Triple Steal

Well, that sounds interesting.

Raul

6-for-45

naviomelo - July 25, 2007 reply

ok, someone joked about it before,

but someone really should wear the grim reaper outfit and stand in the LF bleachers, pointing to Ra_l

That image made me laugh

In all seriousness, I agree with it wholeheartedly

i tried, they wouldn't let me in the park with a

sickle

That was me

I plan on doing it August if nessecary

We just can't get this clown out

Raul

.182/.229/.247 in July, 0-for-2 today.

naviomelo - July 25, 2007 reply

This cocksucker Metcalf is killing me

bpdawg24 - July 25, 2007 reply

Wow Travis Metcalf is annoying

Took me a while cause I suck

Wheeeeee!

Ha

I like. And by like, I mean genuinely hate its legitimacy.

bpdawg24 - July 25, 2007 reply

It hurts cause its true.

Raul being Manny

These announcers...

No cup for Beltre?!

Sweet Christ, man. Where's your sense of testicle safety?

bpdawg24 - July 25, 2007 reply

It's obvious that they're made out of titanium

A better question would be why isn't the ball

wearing protection from Adrian Beltre.

... I hate this team

Well

This is not going well.

Hmm. Otis Nixon.

I wonder how much crack he's smoking at this very second.

bpdawg24 - July 25, 2007 reply

i hope kenny lofton dies in a fire

I blame that on Raul

I'm going out to dinner. Something tells me that I'll find doing so more rewarding than watching this game.

jesus christ

get a real ballpark ass clowns

you kidding me?

lofton?

Figures.

Lofton is obnoxious because he's old and has more homeruns than Raul Ibanez.

Guillen

Making the ballgirl run all the way into right field to get the ball. Priceless

Yeah, keep cheering dumbass Texas fans

He's not going to be a Texas Ranger for much longer.

Dont you dare talk about Jones, Blowers

Hes staying here god damnit

In BC

Sportsnet shoving the cheater down our throats.
Usually shoving BJs down our throats.
Not feeling as outraged right about now

koby - July 25, 2007 reply

Hey, at least

the radio will only miss 5 innings!

naviomelo - July 25, 2007 reply

Vidro ready to take the GIDP lead again

Leadoff single

here comes the GIDP/embarrassing strikeout/something else equally furstrating

double play time kenji!

basebliman - July 25, 2007 reply

Were boned

I know it

richie looks funny without his mane

Richie hit the ball? Fair? Out of the infield?

and NO out recorded?

johjima=worthless sack of shit

Look its

Yuni Johjima.

Ugggh... I've never seen a team popup as much as this team does.

My tee-ball team popped up a lot.

Yay, Infield Fly Rule!

No possibility of a disappointing DP

Kenji

Why does his offense have to be like a hybrid of Vidro and Lopez/Yuni.

Maybe they were all made from the same base pairs

yeah, that was a strike

bullshit

Gameday says

it was lower than ball #2

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand

Cry.

cool

Fucky fuck fuck

Paytheline - July 25, 2007 reply

we didn't score??

OMG I AM SHOCKED

Go Hawks!

BaltimoreMarinersFan - July 25, 2007 reply

Use-Less

seattlesundevil - July 25, 2007 reply

It's catching

evidently the offensive woes are spreading down the organization.

Tacoma's being 1-hit thru 6.... AJ has k'd twice in two at-bats... only 2 baserunners, both Rob Johnson single and a walk.

Against Adam Bostick....

Nope, no reason to shake things up with this team

Things are fiiiiiiine.

patsfan - July 25, 2007 reply

Hooters Dream Girl competition preview

I'd rather watch that 30 second clip again than this shit.

Kenny Lofton homered?

Back to my movie

BaltimoreMarinersFan - July 25, 2007 reply

We could pretend

that we are watching a rerun of last year.

koby - July 25, 2007 reply

ok nice job keeping it on the ground yuni

we wont score

don't say that

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

well im glad to be wrong

me, too!

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

Here comes the triple play

BOO MLB.tv

Raul up

Fuck this

We won't score

try that line again

koby - July 25, 2007 reply

works!

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

Thank you

Free run!

beltre rules,

hopefully guillen can come through tto tie it

good job Raul!!

you swung at that and it fooled Laird!

wow

just a digyusting swing, thank you mccarthy

HEY RAUL WOOT

You created an "RBI" on a passed ball. That's all you do lately lol.

2 productive outs in a row

WHaaaaa?

TheMarinator - July 25, 2007 reply

take take take take take take

koby - July 25, 2007 reply

all right Jose

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

jose rules

now lets go vidro

Indians win

This game is essential.

fucking red sox offense

tomorrow's weaver, right?

Yay

Runs!

BaltimoreMarinersFan - July 25, 2007 reply

Mac has to be done after this yr, right?

These lineups are pathetic. Tonight is evident of that. Beltre hitting towards the top is the only positive.

Gil Meche

still not helping us

koby - July 25, 2007 reply

yankees have scored 63 in their last 5 games

Gil Meche is not going to do anything against that

Tampa Bay and Kansas City are formidable opponents

...

well last i checked, gil meche is a royal...

that 3-1 pitch looked pretty good, but whatever

Matcalf will kill us again

Hey guys

That was the lamest 2 run comeback I've seen in a while but I'll take it.

oh cool

really, really cool

Is he hurt?

Whats he doing?

Batista is falling apart.

good lord

Pull him

Something's wrong.

What the CUNT is he doing?

bpdawg24 - July 25, 2007 reply

seriously

i hope kenny lofton breaks his hip in two seconds

freakin' A

what in lord's name is going on

WeeJoe - July 25, 2007 reply

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

Fuck this fucking team

bring in green

get the DP

this is pathetic

I'm out, I'm sure we'll lose by 1 somehow.

we just got swept in 4 games by the freakin Rangers.

come on...

dont get swept by the Rangers... please

Okay team

Time to stop relying on superstitions and start getting the job done.

See that guy puking behind the dumpster?

That's Miguel Batista's performance in this 5th inning.

Simpsons

Texas Announcer: "It's not that I'm not a fan of the Simpsons. I just never watched it."

Logic is obviously not his strong suit.

shit

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

Well, at least we got the other guy

Doesn't mean we're not boned, but still, nice relay.

thank you ichiro and yuni

take miguel out, hes lost it

Are we actually warming anybody up?

Is McLaren a rogue agent for the Angels or some shit?

Interesting theory

Ichiro

Regrets about signing the extension?

koby - July 25, 2007 reply

Gawd

Stop playing that tune.

3-0 count

DUN DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
DUNNN DUNNN DUNNN DUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

Sims: Sammy's got that big knob....

Me: ... PLEASE FINISH THE SENTENCE! WITH SOMETHING NON-OBSCENE

what's going on with Miquel?

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

He can't even bring himself to pitch

PULL HIM

So glad we did something about our

habitual losing...shaving our heads was a great move! I hate this team

Mental brerakdown.

breakdown.

this is awesome, keep doing it Batista

Anybody thinking maybe he's hurt

and trying to buy himself some time?

Yes

Two wild pitches. Can't bring himself to throw pitches. Missing the plate.

I think he's hurt something.

... and you lost him anyway

Basically, the outcome you feared, with an extra 3 minutes wasted.

why don't they pull him....

he's acting so strange...

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

time to try something drastic

moving my mouse upside down

koby - July 25, 2007 reply

would he admit if something was wrong....

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

He's doing pitch selection in prose

It's over.

Wow, what a nightmarish inning, yet we're only down by two runs.

Whew

That should be it for Miguel Batista. Key word is SHOULD.

ITS OVER!!!!!!!

well, at least that inning is over...

can I watch more?

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

Resistence is futile

Accept pessimistic into your heart and you will be happier.

Naw,,,,,not my style....

I am truly an optimist at heart...
and I, (takes deep breath) believe in the M's.

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

Was that his fastball or changeup?

I know what Miguel hurt

my feelings

Heh

Trainer: Miguel, you OK?
Miguel: OW, MY WPA!

He responded in poetry

If I were hurt
and I were alone in the woods
Would anyone hear me
yell

Hey, whats wrong with this?

My yahoo team keeps saying Adam Jones didn't play...anyone know whats up with that? :/

He played for Tacoma

He's on my AAA Fantasy Team and has helped me tear it up in my 5x5 league.

...

:(

I'm kidding

Im aware of the situation but all these "L"s next to teh Mariners games makes me wonder why our best player isn't up..fuck, we gotta try shaving our heads first! OF COURSE

Hmmm...

Sexson defrosting up?

Oh wow

Two hits for Richie.

Also, this is the shortest his hair has been since Cleveland. Maybe he'll hit for a change.

Also, it's clear why the pregame head shaving didn't give Raul any mojo: he has no hair to shave off.

richie...2-4-3 maybe the tide's turning....

now, Kenji....your turn to hit.

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

rally pointing device

working?

koby - July 25, 2007 reply

Next flip your keyboard

And yet we could be in first in a week

I hate hope. Go away. Go far far away.

I hate to say it, Joh

But I would've rather you struck out there.

If you can't hit it, don't fucking swing

Bolded for emphasis

* If you can't hit it, don't fucking swing*

The Mariners still suck more than me

If you can't hit it, don't fucking swing

I wish Ichiro

would chuck a throwing star at Kenji from CF..teach him a lesson on not sucking

keyboard backward

koby - July 25, 2007 reply

ok, ichi...

time to show that HR power....

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

for those not watching on MLB TV

The Texas Announcers are throwing all sorts of "yo momma" jokes out there (talking about Johjima and the "jo momma" jokes that went on last year). The most recent -- "yo momma's so fat, she deep fries her toothpaste."

I think that if they were working for the M's, this would be the last inning they ever called.

They really do that?

Momma jokes during an MLB broadcast good god. A new low for that broadcast team.

TheMarinator - July 25, 2007 reply

Mariners are gonna win, right!?!?

cricket cricket

cricket....

I'm sure they'd be losing at that sport too if they had the priviledge to play.

simms.....wonder what the cricket is saying????

OMG....

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

Rally Cricket

Rally Cricket?

F______!

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

That makes it official

we will be swept! BOOO

Ichiro strikes out

He can't complain about this team.

that was on your fn shoes!

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

I walk away after runners get on 1st and 2nd

come back and see commercials.

I'm guessing the usual happened.

Who do we start of with

for the firesale thats coming? (half joking..but I guess more half not joking)

You know why Ichiro resigned here?

He sees the team parading out Raul and Sexson even though they are clearly over the hill and incapable of doing their jobs, and realizes that he can comfortably end his career here well after his skills circle the drain, and that the team will not only not kick him to the curb or bench hit, but will probably keep batting him leadoff.

Wow Ichiro, that was bad.

WTF is batista doing back out there?

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

Pitching

It's his job

TheMarinator - July 25, 2007 reply

And NOW someone is warming up

As Batista goes right back out there.

McLaren is a fucking plant.

HAHAHA

Does anyone else hear that cricket?

A-Rod puts a fork in Kansas City.

They put the fork in themselves opening day

Conspiracy Theories

Anybody have any good conspiracy theories as to why the M's suck right now? I like the Gomez of idea of McLaren being a rogue Angel employee.

I've seen 9 year olds

manage baseball teams on video games better...horrible job by both the FO and manager(s)...and players..fuck, lets shave our heads..that will solve things

Nothing's going right.

Fate punishing Beltre for no adequate reason

When he laid there on the ground not moving

I thought he seriously injured himself for a second.

I'm not afraid to admit that I almost started bawling.

Yes, totally

I was glad to see he wasn't in any pain.

Uh-huh

I would've had to throw something if that ball from Metcalf left the park.

Somehow, Batista escapes undamaged

I'm actually amazed.

Score 8 runs here M's I want to see Lowe

TheMarinator - July 25, 2007 reply

Lofton should retire

Raul

Didn't suck!?

Rauuul...

way to do something...

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

From one washed up OFer to another

That's not busting out, Sims, that's Raul getting lucky with a bad route by an old man.

Yeah couldn't rob that, Lofton

Suck on it, you athletically gifted old man.

Red approves of Kenny Lofton even less now

Uh,

I wouldn't keep those chairs near Frank Francisco, guys.

FALSE HOPE

He comes the DP

False Hope

stop falling for it guys

Man, why did it have to be Raul doing that?

That's the worst possible outcome--now it'll delay Jones' callup, even if Ibanez is cold another 3 days--they'll just use this 2B as "evidence" he can still hit.

BrettJMiller - July 25, 2007 reply

Wow, Vidro is up

And I'm actually looking forward to it.

FB here Vidro

Earn some money

TheMarinator - July 25, 2007 reply

Sims' impersonation voices are awful

He needs to retire those voices like Raul Ibanez needs to retire from hurting this team.

You can just take 'from hurting this team' out

This team is a like a Noah's Ark of suck

Mound visit

Laird: "Let him hit it."
Eyre: "What?!?!"
Laird: "Trust me. Let him hit it."
Eyre: "....But we play in a bandbox! And there are two men on..."
Laird: "Dude. Dude. Dude. It's Jose Vidro."

Ron Washington

With the useless pitching changing.

You know what really sucks?

Ron Washington is going to get blamed for the Rangers sucking, when it's not his fault that Jon Daniels completely fucked this team up. Like black men don't get a raw enough deal as it is.

Richie Hit A Homer...

Or I'm cutting you from my Fantasy Team's bench...again...

CUT!!!

Guillen better do it

Any game featuring Richie Sexson

Not my idea of a fantasy.

Pin the tail on the fuck face?

And by tail I mean cherry bomb

I hope I don't have to wear a blindfold.

SO MUCH FALSE HOPE

Sexson

.206/.306/.406

unique

f..........................

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

Well Richie made it easy on him...

FUCK

bpdawg24 - July 25, 2007 reply

Comical

by the time we bring up some help/trade for help..it'll be too late

Mother f**********************************

We're about to be swept by Texas.

We need another open letter

to be delivered...to the FO and Johnny "I suck like Hargrove" Mac

They are so clueless

I need some Mark Lowe tonight

Switching to King of Queens

I dont usually want to kill things when I watch this

We're not catching a break.

You moronic announcers.

4yr 64mil

I'd take it over Yuni....

of course I am not too particular about players salaries. :)

Stop sucking, Potato Famine

HAHA Sims

'Eric has Joe's Tracer surrounded' after the Tracer showed Eric missing all over the place.

big league play....???

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

EOF Irish Stacka

Learn how to paint the black.

cool, let's wast Green

this would of been a good time for Lowe.

God forbid he stays in for the 8th.

bpdawg24 - July 25, 2007 reply

Beltre's reluctance to wear a hat

Makes it look like he drank to much nerve tonic

It's like there's a party in my mouth

and everyone's invited!

Terrific

This is as good as it gets without someone dropping their pants and taking a crap on home plate.

...

THAT IS NOT AN INVITATION TO TRY.

I dare that plant to go get Reitsma for the 8th

don't know which is worse...

the M's losing again...
or sims and blowers trying to make it pretty...

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

That kid needs to do the weight-loss dance

Hmmm...

Yankees actually leap-frog us in the wild card standings if we lose this game don't they?

I have tickets for Friday night

I almost gave them away when I found out it was Hydro night

horseshit

Watch that no-talent bitch get on Sportscenter

for horking that throw.

and that is the icing on the cake

nice play by Tex.

LOWE WARMING UP

OMG BASERUNNER

Blowers

"I have a feeling someone is gonna hit one out of the ballpark"

Blowers, however, does not specify which team will hit it.

Well

Lancaster and High Desert ARE in progress...

need some Broussard

We make our stand here

...apparently.

Shut up about the Grand Slam

That was a while ago.

I still like you Ben

Don't fuck that up

Blowers wants so badly to say

WILL ONE OF YOU FUCKERS KNOCK IN A RUN?

Ron Washington

I don't think he'd do too well if the benches clear.

He'd run away

Really fast.

I'll take it.

WOW

That was almost miraculously gone!

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BROUSSARD!!!!!!! BYRD CAN'T GLOVE IT!!!!

Ben!!

shit thought that was gone

DAMN

That looked gone. How are these balls staying in the yard?

BEN!

I shall alert you of the bomb. Notify Felix, Beltre, Putz and Ichiro. Tell no one else

Beltre gets shotgun!!!

C'mon Ichiro

No swing no swing no swing no swing fuck.

damn

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

Ichiro hurts his team

.....yea.

Fuck

Beltre has to cash them in.

Broussard > 5/9 of our lineup

SWEEP SWEEP SWEEP!

FALSE HOpE

Ben you amazing bench bat.

BeltredNOT - July 25, 2007 reply

haha

we're not scoring this inning

glad you're wrong!

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

of all times

for Ichiro to pop out..... he's struggling right now especially with runners on base.

Please Beltre

Just 2 more RBI. That's all we need.

BELTRE!!!

Beltre!!!

Thank you, Adrian.....

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

YES!! ADRIAN FREAKING BELTRE!!!

BELTRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FUCK YEAH MOTHER FUCKERS

WHEN OTHER DOUBTED I NEVER LOT FAITH!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

BELTRE!!!!!!!!

YES ADRIAN FUCKING BELTRE

THANK YOU SIR, MAY I HAVE ANOTHER?!?!?!

finally a hit

yay?

We'll get some more runs next inning

After Raul makes the out.

hey Raul, don't be worthless

Alright, c'mon Rau- oh wait

beltre is a fucking god

4 rbis tonight

OMG, IBANEZ????!!!!!!

HELL YES YOU OLD TIRED FUCK

FREAKIN RAUL!!

ARE YOU FINALLY WARMING UP!!???

HOLY BALLS RAUL ACTUALLY CAME THROUGH

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

RANDOM CLUTCH BASEHITS OF LONDON

FWIW

I Changed my Buddy Icon from the Rally Dino after the game on Friday. I just turned it back before the inning started.

RAUUUUUUL!

finally

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

RaOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!

Never thought I'd scream that again.

Double06 - July 25, 2007 reply

Doubles of London

twice in the same game! wooo hooo!

RAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUL

RAUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHERE IS THIS COMING FROM? WE DON'T EVEN HAVE T3H RALLY FRIES!

Let me guess

Reitsma warming up?

Im gonna kill someone if he is

for the love of god, let us have this moment.

M's are leading!

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

bald ben in the dugout

looks a little like Denny Neagle.

Haha, random Denny Neagle reference.

No prostitute nearby

Not a perfect comparison.

Probably pitches better

RAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLL

holy shit where did that come from?!?!?!?!!?

with the way this series has gone

I'm still not confident

RAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLL!

CLUTCH HITS OF LONDON!

Get Putz up now.

No fucking around tonight.

#2 and #3 hitters

5 doubles between them this game.

I like winning. But I hate that Raul put us ahead

After all, that will mean no Adam Jones for two-three more weeks for this game.

BrettJMiller - July 25, 2007 reply

Sherill warming up

Lowe is up. No Reitsma!

Thank you.

Just don't bring in Reitsima.

You know what?

Let's not take our chances with Lowe. Warm up JJ. Right now. If Lowe puts on two runners, you get him out of there and let-

... wait, now George is up. Okay.

Please do not let that white overpaid Canadian piece of trash warm up.

"white"

necessary? haha

Reitsma is a pasty motherfucker

i am quite glad

i started beltre over aramis ramirez tonight

AB-D 4 Reitsma's spot!!!

Raul's Clutch Double

That hit probably just earned him another week batting third in McLaren's eyes. Ughhhhhh

GreatDane - July 25, 2007 reply

i was just yelling take take take take take take

at my computer when i saw laird move outside.

alas, it didnt work

Time for 'Ze Governator!

if we give up the lead here

that actually might be it for me for a while. it seems that every time we score, we immediately give it right back.

NOT TONIGHT

Green is still in!?

What's this?

Sean Green starts the 8th!

I like this lack of Reitsma on the mound.

why would they feature how R's got their runs....

don't get this broadcast team...

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

i love sean green

No sign of Reitsma in the pen!!!

YESSSS

GreatDane - July 25, 2007 reply

fuck

I still have that bad feeling

fuck you Byrd, stop being the word.

Typical Mariners

making us sweat.

So that's a ball to them?

Thanks, ump.

nice play georgie

GreatDane - July 25, 2007 reply

jesus beltre was like 2 feet from him

if you hurt our best hitter, i will kill you catalanotto

Let Sherrill face Laird, then go after Vazquez?

Time for the Big Guy!

my favorite part of the Sims broadcast

mary - July 25, 2007 reply

Okay, good

Get JJ and let's cut the shit.

hey!

someone covered first!!

JJ!!!!!

Let's do this.

WeeJoe - July 25, 2007 reply

putz

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

5 out save opp again

Willing ness to use JJ for multiple innings

One data point in Mac's favor.

Time to end the skid

PIGO

Putz in. Game over.

time to blast thunderstruck

i've been waiting a few days for this

time for the splitty

He gawn!

Laird just got BLOWN THE FUCK AWAY

J! J!

K!!!!!!!!

suck it laird

That looked faster than 92

GreatDane - July 25, 2007 reply

K!

come on JJ, throw strikes

Ouch.

Wow...

Double06 - July 25, 2007 reply

shit

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JJ?

How could you? I hate this ballpark.

It wasn't the ballpark...

on that one. It just got cranked. Thigh high fastball, right down the middle -- in his wheelhouse -- actually in most everyone's wheelhouse.

The wind was blowing out to left just a little. Not much wind tonight. So that didn't effect it really at all.

ppl4life - July 25, 2007 reply

I just threw up in my mouth

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand.

CRY.

wow

what just happened..

WeeJoe - July 25, 2007 reply

ehhh.

Alright then....

There that goes.

Wow.

oh dear christ

i had a bad feeling going in here

fuck

fcuk

there goes his save record...

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

why god do you hate the mariners so?

GreatDane - July 25, 2007 reply

you have got to be joking

get a real fucking ballpark

Is this the only team he gives up homers too?

YOU'VE GOTTA BE FUCKING KINDDING ME

Chalk that loss up to Johnny Mac

Season is sooooo over

He manages a bullpen as well as

Lindsay Lohan does her alcohol intake

time to say it

fuck you God. I'm now an Atheist.

Jeff isn't watching

That's probably a good thing.

i hate baseball

I really feel like I'm going to be sick.

No joke. Jesus fucking Christ.

bpdawg24 - July 25, 2007 reply

I'm not sure how to react.

I'm in disbelief. It's like hearing that Adam Jones has been called up.

Except in the opposite direction

of wanting to vomit.

Regressing to the mean sucks.

And could not come at a worse time.

texas=JJ's kryptonite

I blame Brian Roberts

Johnny Mac

seriously, throw at Lofton's head

They shouldve never cut JJ's hair

They took away his mojo

GreatDane - July 25, 2007 reply

JJ = Samson

heh

I was thinking the same thing. stupid hair cuts

I can't believe that just happened

patsfan - July 25, 2007 reply

Now you have to wonder

is this the beginning of the end of dominance for JJ?

I'm guessing JJ will end up becoming more like the cockpunch JJ then what we saw last year and the first half of this year.

Saw it starting against Toronto.

shut the fuck up

not fucking needed now

kiss my ass

you little twerp.... don't like what I say... TOUGH Shit....

I'll fuckin say whatever the fuck I want to you little butt pirate.

You blew up all at me for saying

Ibanez should ride a motorcycle on I-5 the wrong way..I take that back now..you should

Wawawewa

wow

you're kind of an asshole, aren't you?

peterpeter - July 25, 2007 reply

only to those

that act like the way he did.

dude fucking relax

im not attacking you you dumbshit

no one fucking needs this pessimism bullshit now

No

JJ will be fine..M's season is done though...too many better teams that will come out on top

haha

Should they just forfeit the rest of the games? jebus we are like what... 3.5 games out of first place oh yeah shizits izover for shizure. Take some paxil and let it calm you.

wadswerth - July 25, 2007 reply

I don't have to wonder

He was pratically the last good closer in the league to blow a save.

I might be missing sarcasm

but because of a couple outings that didn't go so hot, he's reverting back to meh JJ?

I expect that from 70% of the posters here, but not from you MFIA. You're the voice of reason more often than not...

normally

but JJ just hasn't seemed right since before the all-star break. His split hasn't been anything like it was last year, and he's been getting away with alot of fastballs.... its got me concerned.

I agree with you on that

I was chalking it up more to fatigued than anything else, so obviously, I hope you are wrong.

But his splitter disappeared after that elbow injury earlier in the year. Whether that's a factor or not, well, let's just hope its not.

I don't know

If its fatigue.... or if the elbow still bothers him when he throws it... or if he's just lost the feel for it.... but without it, he's not the same pitcher... he's that guy that was not a fan favorite in a setup role.

I hope he figures it out... because with just his fastball and not that good splitter its not a good thing for the rest of the year.

look

how long he went between outings. probably has some rust in the arm from watching so many losing games in a row. i dont quite think he has gone all mike schooler on us yet he has blown this one save all season.

wadswerth - July 25, 2007 reply

I'm not basing it on this one outing

it was also the struggle against the BlueJays... and the fact that his splitter hasn't been nearly as effective as it was last year...
His K rate is down this year... his k-bb is down.. and he's gone from an extreme gb pitcher last year, to nearly even this year... those are the factors I'm concerned with in regards to JJ.

texas has

got 4 out of the 5 earned runs he has given up all year, the only other one run he has given up was against the angels and that wasnt in a save situation. as well texas has all of the homeruns against him this year. texas just has his number we should be glad its texas and not the angels.

wadswerth - July 25, 2007 reply

i am going to be sick and cry and

fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck

vazquez hadn't homered since june 15th??? bullshit

One run loss number 4 in a row!!!

Kick me in the fucking nuts, please!

bpdawg24 - July 25, 2007 reply

All closers suck sometimes.

Even Gameover Gange.

TexGoesYard - July 25, 2007 reply

Who invited you?

God, teasing us as always.

I think God and Adam Jones are the same

always hear about them but never see them

This is beyond depressing

If we lose FOUR 1-run games in a row to TEXAS.. this is suicide material.

WeeJoe - July 25, 2007 reply

Take Ibanez, Sexson, Johnny Mac

and HoRam with you please

oh my lord

I seriously feel like crying. Yikes.

Vidro Sexson Joh...

:(

Due

Vidro, Sexson, Joh

Somebody fucking go yard.

god

sucks

Our season is over.

pathetic

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

Man you people are fucking crazy

No wonder you guys have the highest suicide rate.

TexGoesYard - July 25, 2007 reply

you are an obese state

Well, at least they're getting it over quickly

shut up sims

gblady - July 25, 2007 reply

figures

Putz always contributing in the clutch where Beltre failed to throw in the towel when he should have.

BlueBaron - July 25, 2007 reply

we've lost all 4 by one 1 run

bad luck?? regression?? no Adam Jones??

what do I blame??

Blame Canada

works for me

especially since Reitsma is from Canada. I can kill 2 birds with 1 stone.

Is there a way to get Beltre at the plate here?

Please?

I'll be the voice of reason

Guys - J.J. Putz is an amazing closer. He just blew a save. It happens. All the great ones have blown a save or two over their careers. Yes, this one hurts because of the fact that our team is playing like a bunch of girl scouts. But take a deep breathe. J.J. had a bad day at the office. It's allowed.

I love JJ...Mac blew his load early

and wasted the bullpen away...brough him in too early.

And the offense still sucks really bad.

But honestly, this was kind of the straw that broke the camels back..its done

It was early in his outing

I don't think when he came in had anything to do with it really. It just happened. It was a badly located pitch.

I can live with it

But this loss was a giant kick in the nuts.

honestly

I'm not worried at all about JJ for all the reasons you stated. I think most of us are just pissed at the situation in which it happened, it was just the caper on a disgusting series.

This is unbelievable.

It's hard to believe how excited I was

15 minutes ago.

bpdawg24 - July 25, 2007 reply

This is actually kinda funny

In a Al Qaeda kinda way.

What a bunch of smoked cock

Fuck this entire roadtrip. I hope an FSN reporter get punched in the postgame.

stop celebrating ranger fans

your team blows.

oh my god

ok, im taking a break, ill watch, but the caring is definitely lower

fuck you god

Hey, at least we get to face Dan Haren tomorrow...

Fuck everything.

patsfan - July 25, 2007 reply

luckily, we "own" Haren

and Beltre has made him his bitch

False Hope

enough with it...be resigned to the fact we are a terrible team that management is not helping get better.

Knowing Mac

He'll probably bench Beltre and start Willie or something.

Five of six loses by 1-run

This is beyond ridiculous.

Can we fire Mac and Bavasi...

Immediately? Throw in Richie, Reitsma, and Raul while we're at it?

1-run loses just call for an upgrade

and AJ already has a bald head practically!! He'll fit in..fuckers

I haven't posted since the winter

And I mostly slowed down to not at all because of work, life and my general negative attitude toward everything Mariner. I still watched, but my mom's always said if you haven't got anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.

However, the M's got me interested. This mildly entertaining team had me cheering. My interest was back and now, I fell like I've been shanked by Guillen and I'm pissed. I'm anticipating a rant post soon. Really soon.