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3/31: Opening Day Open Game Thread, Part 2

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This is annoying

STRIKE THIS BITCH OUT

I blame the umpire

Carlos Gomez starts with a 2B off Weaver

BUT HE KNOWS HOW TO PITCH!!!11!

Still doing better than our guy

Not on a per AB basis

I'll take what I can get.

Mechian Performance...

thus far.

800 comments. Good christ.

And that is only the beginning.

What's so good about him?

And some LLers are at the game

I'm kinda glad I didn't go to this game

Felix Day will be much greater

Not with a strike zone the size of a postage stamp

different home plate ump

I will say the GB and K rates are nice

As the year progresses his control will probably get better and better.

Optimism? On LL?

when he's not getting squeezed

pitch count on Bedard?

54

according to gameday. 28 strikes 26 balls.

Damn, he is going to be finished by the 4th

god damn that's a lot.

If our hitters would not just hack at anything

we could probebly get some calls too.

I now wish last opening day never happened.

Because it can never be beaten, which is why being 1-0 after 2 innings is hurting so much already.

If Anyone....

is worried about Bedard's velocity...His average FB was 91.6mph last season. He's right in the ballpark.

According to FSN he's throwing 93-94 mph.

fast safeco gun

More worried about our flailing offense then Bedard at this point.

Same here

They need to wait and not hack at everything

HAHA

I love it... Mike Blowers is awesome. I don't see why anyone doesn't like him

It's his boring personality

and boring voice. That's about it.

When they drew the "George Bush" Strike Zone with the telestrator

on the Opening Night broadcast, the Mariners hitters didn't know which zone was the fake.

Dear Jordan

What is this strike zone you speak of?

Vladimir Guerrero

PROVE US WRONG RICHIE

I really want you to prove us all wrong!

Sexson getting off to a quick start in the K category

What the fuck are you swinging at you stupid shitstick?

Thank you for not swinging at everything

Twins 1 Angels 0

Please get a baserunner

anyone else get a little choked up watching dave

drive around? I did, and I can admit it

They should have a countdown

that says how many days are left till Richies contract expires.

at least the ump

sucks for both teams

Wow, that was payback

Wow. How was that not strike 3?

is he going to draw a walk?

You just K'd Sexson.

Consider yourself lucky.

That was a gift

Worst strikezone ever.

RICHIE WALKS!!!

anyone else get a little choked up watching dave

drive around? I did, and I can admit it

UNBELIEVABLE

BIG RICHIE

Wow lucky bastard

Wow the ump blows for both pitchers

1.000 OPS for Richie.

COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR!!!

HE'S GOT EDGAR'S EYE

finally

small zone pays us back

BIG RICHIIIIIIIE

Thank you, you god awful umpire!

(Gameday watcher)

Did the crowd boo sexson?

No

More suprised, quiet golf claps - a few laughs.

Richie walks!?

Whut?

Wow that was lucky

coo,l a walk, that was probably a k

Lol

Richie Sexson walks? Only with this ump.

Thank you Sexson

Just let the ump get you on

This ump needs more spring training.

Sorry if this has already been covered...

Were the posts going off the bottom of the page and covering post a comment section for anybody else in the old game thread?

we've heard about that before

are you using IE 7?

IE 6 actually

I usually use FF but it's not an option for me at the minute.

Consider me genuinely shocked: Richie Sexson is on base.

BELTRE

AWESOME

KING AWESOME!

BELTRE

My Hero!

kinnnnnggggg awesome

Woo King Awesome!

Umpire is on crack

I think that's the understatement of the century.

This is what daddy likes

More of this please

Wow...

He was way ahead of that one...

I told you Betre would bring us back!

He has Red's bat!

Anyone see the signiture?

BELTRE!!

come on Wilk!

BELTRE!

Who needs a fucking thumb?

1st of many fer Beltre.

My mlb.tv is weird.

the video is 5 seconds ahead of the audio

So my MLB.tv video and audio are way off

yeah same, it just went all wonky on me

HERE COME THE M'S

Wilkerson

This outta be good.

Here's your chance, Brad

Hit into a DP and I'll hate you forever.

DO IT BRAD

or else MIKE MORSE will do your job for you...

Beltre!

Now for the love of God at least score one run.

Lewin and Grieve

suck. and living in dallas blacks me out on mlbtv

HAHAHAHAHA

Grieve not that bad... Lewin is the worst thing that has happened to anything EVER

What?

This strikezone is wack. C'mon Wilkerson.

Make it or break it moment

for wilk. could determine if he gets cheered this season.

A little premature dont you think?

It's his 1st AB of the season

3-run bomb

Former team, right?

I have passed my minimal consolation threshold: the M's cannot get no-hit

well, big sexy ruined the perfecto too

come on Millwood

miss down and in

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD NOBODY SWING!!

Pinch Run for Sexson

Well, Wilkerson fits in quite nicely

I do not like Brad Wilkerson

At all.

don't worry. it's just a matter of time

"Opening Game Thread

...Wilkerson DL"

First of Many.....

Well the new guys are doing fantastic.

Come on Turbo

I have faith

Wilk K's

Fuck, it's Turbo.

Oh great, here comes a GIDP

MIKE MORSE 4 RF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

.500 BA in Spring

OMG!!!!!!1111

Haha get used to that you sorry sons of bitches

Get better, Wlad.

I hate having the comments so ahead of MLBTV

And the sound 8 sec behind the video

No...

that's just Dave.....

Yeah this is killing me

be slower, website.

Turbo funk blast would be fittingly wild

what a call

give turbo a break fuck.

Turbo...

My hope on this inning is dimming.

So...that's a strike?

OK! And that's a foul ball.

Fucking weird day.

Why, exactly, are we booing?

You guys are ahead of the MLB.tv feed for me.

Reading this thread is like staring into a bleak, forboding future.

Yeah when you have MLB.TV

You can't look at the thread till each AB happens.

doesnt matter if youre on the mlb.tv feed or not...

if you are a mariner fan... this is your fate

Wilkerson strikes out

Yeah, I'm going to enjoy watching that 120 more times this season.

+60

I wish the posts still showd the second counter

120? I have him pinned at 180.

I had to account for the Morse platoon.

Turbo Foul Balls

Wilkerson watched strike 3?

Film at 11.

Get ready to see a shitton of this.

I put up with two years of it as a Nats fan.

Ever since Wilkerson went off the juice he hasn't been worth a tinker's dam.

No he didn't

Hacking or not

He's gonna watch a lot of 3rd strikes go by.

FUCK THIS TEAM!

WE ARE PLATOONING THE WRONG GUY

WILKERSON CAN HI...erm...fuck.

I didn't say he could hit righties :(

So...

this officially sucks

Dave Sims

Makes Urkel look like Miles Davis

Full of Suck....

i'd like a turbo rally

for a joh funk blast

Jose Vidro

He's good because he never strikes out. Ever.

I liked last year's OD better.

POWER PITCH

You know what to do Joh

Professional hitter!

You left an s off that last word

At least it was only one out....

My MLB-tv feed

is basically unwatchable. Maybe I'll just listen.

Your 2008 Seattle Mariners

FUCK THIS GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKIN TEAM!

yeah, this is going well

Proffessional!

Kenji will save us

Optimism is dropping very fast

5 1/2 more months until Seahawks season

7 more months until Oklahoma City Sonics

0 more months until Senators season

Go Sens go!

They won't listen

At least I already know to expect disappointment

The M's have taken me by surprise.

guh

nothing worse then popfly rally killers.

well fuck this

Good job, Kenji...

Ah, there's that comfortable feeling.

The warm embracing blanket of Fail.

1st and 2nd, nobody out

What happened to situational hitting?

Productive outs?

Sure seems all that spring traing focus paid off

This

Is fucking hilarious.

Hacktastic....

I fucking hate this offense....this is going to be the worst offensive team in the AL.

At least there's the giants in the NL

i laughed, kenji

1 pitch popout

The Mariners we know and love. :/

Is anyone surprised?

Running in scoring position, no outs

no one scores, I expect to see that alot this season.

We need Bonds, dangit.

fan

fucking

tastic

holy hell

Chan and Li? sweet.

chan and li for pres and vice pres '08

That movie looks awesome.

Yeah, that's pretty much a must see movie for me

I'm beginning to think

the Chokeland Pathetics are your 2008 AL West Champions

Don't use HH 'words' here.

That's been around way longer than HH

I remember seeing it on the internets as early as 2002

Offense is atrocious

fuck Joh

clement.

CLLLLEMMMENNNNTTTT!!!!

FUCK YOU COCKSUCKING MOTHERFUCKS.

DUMB FUCKING WANKERS TAKE SOME PITCHES USE YOUR FUCKING BRAIN KENJI.

Hmm, well I had 4 beers before I was reduced to opening wine...

And I'm on #4 after two innings. This does not bode well for my liver, or my parenting skills.

Keep drinking. Soon the M's will be hilarious.

Parenting has never beens hown to be a repeatable skill anyway

At least

that inning made millwood throw a few more pitches, small victories. That's what I'm all about.

Already over 200 posts in this thread

We will need another by the end of the 3rd

So.........

How about them Rays?

We're commenting on the wrong blog

Time to flood the Rays game thread

We have the manpower

They got 800+ comments today

I'm so proud of them.

That was of the 'epic fail' variety

>:(

Everybody in the showroom just stared at me

I was smacking a chair after that popup from Joh.

Ichiro scores next inning.

I'm calling it now.

unrealistic expectations

Maybe

But with his overdeveloped prefrontal cortex, who knows?

Is this like a call to the bullpen?

he just needs to hit a free throw.

At least comments are slowing down a little.

is that a challenge?

who are you?

drill him right the face with one of those cool curve balls

Who?

The Batter or the Ump?

Where are these pitches?

I'm truly confused.

At least the audio and video synched up.

It's the little things.

I blame the site designers.

These yellow comments is bad karma.

Does anyone have the balls to Z through the comments?

I've been Z'ing through everything

I am...

it works great.

Yeah, this guy

Really no other choice if you want to keep up.

I just like to keep my posts highlighted white to keep track of my posts.

Everyone else's is kind of redundant.

I quit after the first 500 comments.

I'm just reading them as they appear and moving on.

Bye.

Opening day sucks. That is all.

Took you 10 minutes to get that post through

Hey, KKKedard!

when bedard isnt getting squeezed

or giving up hr's hes really fucking good.

Man I'm having a hard time keeping up.

That's what I said to her last night.

Anyone here have this problem before?

This thread is starting to rival some of the

Epic Fark threads I've been apart of.

Fuck Young.

Sit down you hic.

Nice K

Though I'm not confident this team will score any runs today.

Wow MLB TV just showed the first pitch for young

so behind

And Livan loses his perfect game...sad

the druggy wiffs

Nice swing there Josh

This guy has the worse arm tats

I have ever seen.

hey bro. they're mad sick.

Worse than Player A?

Uhh...

Aurilia would beg to differ.

Bah

Spezio. He was the one with the awful pin up.

Player A

'nuff said.

but the goat was so cute

That doesn't make up for the rest of the package.

I really don't get...

Why the Twins traded Garza

i really don't get why we trade jones

Because....

They now have a 3-4-5 of Mauer-Morneau-Young and a 1-2-3 of Liriano-Baker-Bonser

Josh is made of bat speed

and cocaine

bat SPEED!

you're killing me!

SaltyGoesYard says

you guys are fucked... this guy does enough yay for greenies to be obsolete

We were just kidding baltimore, trade backs!

First thing Andy McPhail said

"No tradesies backsies."

Can't blame the ump for that one

Beltre :)

That didn't deserve a smile

even when Beltre screws up

it puts a smile on my face. He's just a fun player to watch

Smart move. Not only wasn't there enough time,

but he knew Jose would have dropped it

what's bedark's PC?

like 65

yeah, this sucks

I want a refund on my purchase of a Bedard

I'm going to get some pepto.

I haven't seen what happened yet (MLB.tv) but I know it's gonna hurt

So McPhail

we weren't playing for keeps, right?

Four questions.

Hey Bedard,

It's the Rangers. Throw some pitches in the strike zone.

It's time to surrender to Duff.

That curveball tickles my insides

Where's Red?

Honestly the ump is really messing up back there

it's hard to call the game with stunner shades on

haha, it did hit him

Nice try board game.

that would hurt like hell

Ahahahah

Fuck off, Bradley.

Huh. That was totally a HBP.

he just hit him on top of the foot

WTF how?

Haha, it's the shoe polish

Hahaha up yours Bradley

Throw him to the ground!

boy this ump is horseshit!

This is the worst HP Umpire

I may have ever seen.

hahah totally hit him

Woops. It did hit him.

The hell?

Onfield delay?

c'mon milton

time to explode!

Boy the umps suck today

Have players ever attacked the umpire for being a retard?

Because I think both teams should take Joyce down

Yep...

Actually the Cheater's Guide discusses a couple incidents.

That totally hit him :P

What was the delay?

Bedard wanted to be a competitor.

This is the worst everything ever

everybody involved in that play, including the fans, is wrong.

haha replacement ump

... wait, he's an actual ump?

Ben is gone!

71 pitches, holy crap

hahahah BEN!!!!!!!

This ump is insane

There's no other explanation for it.

This umpire is fantastic

HAHAHA Ben jawing with the ump!

Ben Got Mouthy

LOL still love ya Ben

OMG this is awesome.

I may be right about the HBP causing a bean war - even if it wasn't called a HBP.

Did Bradley get tossed?

He sure should have for that bat toss....

Milton starting shit in the first game.

vintage acl tearing milton bradley

That umps

facial hair should be a war crime.

Comes in handy at Gettysburg reenactments

Ben, you're still awesome

YEAH JOHNNY MAC

THIS IS AWESOME

Someone get a cap of surprised Ben!

I miss you too Ben

hearts never heal.

I'm not super upset with Bedard

Maybe...half of those pitches should have been strikes.

get the fuck off the field mac

I have no idea whats going on.

baseball is such a show

And Byrd hits himself.

This game is so stupid

Teix 09

When both managers are arguing

Your umps have a problem

This just got retarded

Is McLaren mentally ill?

I'm missing what must be an abortion

I'm ambivalent about whether or not that sucks.

Bedard

Still on track to have a better outing than his last Opening Day start.

I can't believe people are booing Bedard already

Wtf people....

This ump is drunk

One guy chanting "LETS GO MARINERS"

This is truly a sad display.

I was just about to say

It's really lowering the quality of the broadcast.

Soooo, what the fuck just happened?

I don't have audio on my TV here at work. Gets in the way of making deals, or somesuch.

I hope these umps get suspended

for sucking

This has been awful.

Finally got mlb.tv to work...

Just in time.

Related to James Joyce?

I don't really have a joke for that.

WHAT THE FUCK!??!?!?!?!?

STRIKE DAMNIT!

WHAT THE FUCK

Where was that?

Oh fuck this

This umpire is just itching to get spat at

WOW

That is all.

THE HELL IS GOING ON

wow

that looked good

Bedard looks so pissed after every pitch

I feel bad for him

I've lost all control of this game

I have no idea what the fuck is going on

Tell that to Joyce

Bedard should throw at the umpire

Welcome to Seattle Eric.

The weather is horseshit.

Bedard must be so pissed at the ump right now

Johjima

should accidentally miss a fastball, right into that umps fat face.

someone call delmon. we need some justice.

+Dukes

Bradly works, right?

per Grieve:

Joyce is calling a good game aside from the two balls to Sexson

Bullshit! What a homer.

Both sides of the ball is getting out of hand.

HAHAHAHAHAHHA

Finnegan's Wake is for faggots

Portrait of The Artist as A Young Man?

More like Portrait of the Shitty Umpire as An Old Faggot. Am I right?

"Am I right"

always a winner.

so getting up to 80 pitches?

Well great start Erik

Time for some RRS!

Call them back

That was a ball.

Bedard: But he swung at it

Joyce: The fuck he did

How the fuck are we only down 1-0?

Luck.

They've had one hit

The bigger "how the fuck?"

is how the fuck we're only at the bottom of the third after an hour and some change. K-DAR is pitching pretty good, but not getting any calls. 70+ pitches after 3, and only 1 hit? Something is amiss...

Someone want to tell me what BAYDAR's pitch count is at right now?

god that is filthy

Well he's getting out of jams...

These umps are from death

As is that IDIOT who keeps chanting

I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE

So hell throw like 5 innings max?

With the crap calls he's been getting

Bedard is actually been doing pretty good.

its really the ump thats screwing him over, his stuff is good

Decent.

Even if the umpire wasn't made of fail, Bedard really isn't hitting his spots well.

No shit

1 Hit (It was an error, Lopez!) and 2-3 walks. Fucking (g)ump. 80 pitches, and he's still shutting them down

I will not be happy unless someone gets ejected

And it's Joyce

i need a beer but I am but if I leave I'll have to hit z until my finger falls off

Yeah

Note to Clockwerks: We really need a "mark all as read" button

YES

A thousand times YES

we just need 6 3-pitch innings from erik.

Well....

I've seen enough of Bedard to determine that M's fans need to stop being worried about the guy.

The talking heads, however, will focus on the non-important shit though and keep scaring the casual fan base.

That breaking ball...

It's so dreamy

We need to see a brawl.

Miguel vs. Monopoly?

If that was Horacio Ramirez on teh mound

we'd already be down 7.

Then again, it would've taken catastrophy for him to even be the opening day pitcher, so screw my hypotheticals.

How about a fucking run?

Please?

JESUS CHRIST.

who would want one of those? That's ridiculous

do they get to 2 runs?

So, Oakland for AL West champs?

-_-;

I will take this opportunity to pause and reflect ...

about how awsome it is to be watching Ms baseball again.

FUCKING FUCK FUCK UMPIRES SHITFACED FUCKERS

FUCK

Could you tone down that positive attitude a bit?

Nice thing is

I'll get home by the 4th inning

How is it only the 3rd? This game is taking forever...

Joining late

just got out of class

Go back!

While you still can!

Lay off a pitch, will ya YuBet?

Ommegang will make this less painfull

1153 comments

3rd inning....

And that's with us slowing down

:|

Closer to 1300

fuck michael young

Is it just me

or do the M's seem baffled by Millwood's fastballs down the middle?

They're too used to swinging...

At fastballs way off the plate.

Ball

"Yep, that looks like a ball."

"Fuck it. Ball!"

"Ball. Why the hell not?"

Ichiro is going to go 0-700 this year. :(

And the 0-fer continues...

ichiro hurts this team...

wait - never mind

So much for the prediction

that Ichiro was scoring a run this inning

It's still possbile

Just exceedingly unlikely

Dammit

I thought that was getting down

there goes ichiro scoring in this inning

He still might...

Hahaha you're funny Graham

New rule suggestion:

We do away with all Mariner at bats. Henceforth we get credit for one run every time our pitchers keep the other team scoreless in a half-inning.

I'd be down with that

We could make our defense absolutely incredible

Bavasi would still find a way to screw that up

probably trade felix and trot Pepe out to the mound every five days - yay for veteran experience

Give me a reason to like you, Lopez.

Lopez, you asshole.

he looks huggable

I don't hug failures.

My son learned that the hard way.

We should platoon Morse with Ichiro

clearly the man can't hit.

I know what it is, the roof is closed.

Hey, Lopez is taking pitches!

Great inning, y'all!

Let's play two.

how was that 2-0 pitch a strike?

It's Fucking Kevin Fucking Millfuckingwood

Score some runs!

Last night's Nationals game would be like over by now

Remember the first at bat of the game?

Good times.

Ah, yes

Good times.

good, Bedard didn't need any rest

every second is one second closer to Seahawks season.

PULL THE BALL YOU STUPID BASTARD

YOUR BROTHER'S BEEN DEAD FOR A WHILE GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS

Sibling death will continue until morale improves

This is lame

I can't do this 161 more times

Liar. You can and - let's be honest - you probably will. I know I will.

That was just what my internal dialogue was saying to me while I was getting ready to agree with him

shit

You're right

I fucking hate sports

Did I say Ichiro will score this inning?

...ummm...errr......

way to take it the other way jose!

thats what hitting in the 2-hole is all about, after all

Pull. The. Ball.

Goddd

SEATTLE BLOWS.

LET THE GTE FLOW!

Seattle is awesome

The Mariners blow

Not true, in fact.

Hey...

Shut up, PDX boy.

I think I am going to grab some Samoa Ice Cream

Maybe it will change the game around.

Okay Bedard, 10 pitch inning

You can do it.

He has 9 out, Simms

That's not 'many' outs

It is 100% of the Mariner outs to this point in the season

It's between "several" and "a dozen"

4 down and counting

Bedard's velocity is slipping

90-90-92-77-93

Liar.

safeco gun

he was 92-94 at the start

So do you think they're gonna do Rally Fries?

God I hope not.

I propose Rally Beers.

They could hand them out to little kids

and pregnant women

I'd like to see a six-year old's poster for that.

Yeah, work can't end soon enough

I have a fridge full at home waiting for me

Do Rally Beers go to the opponent's dugout?

Probably something similar, I'm sure

But, they'll do them while the Rangers are prepping a big inning

In partnership with new minority owner, the Church of Scientology

Rally Audits.

At least GMJ still sucks

But he hit over .400 in spring training!

>_>

Gives up a HR to Young

Who is a QUALITY hitter

wtf

It wasn't a convincing home run

I will kill one hostage

For every inning the M's don't score.

Please tell me you have taken HH hostage

Can I volunteer?

I don't think there are that many people on earth.

I've always loved The Rock

One's a baby

The other one's black

I can see Beltre running out to the plate

Waving the green smoke.

even the tracer

has those pitches as strikes

"How can you not be buzzed for opening day?"

Uhh, yeah. I think we all are, at this point.

Oh, that's not what he meant.

The ump in particular is buzzed

which is quite possibly an understatement

per Grieve:

Bedard has been really wild - he hasn't been throwing many strikes

Grieve and Lewin are lost

without that creepy guy hanging out in the stands talking to middle school cheerleaders.

Haha, so true.

oooooo

I want that job.

That was a strike.

Get a haircut, hippie kid

He's got the mushroom cut going

Broussard

Keep doing that.

Fuck haircuts

Is that like a normal haircut

but with a happy ending? Cuz that sounds like my kind of haircut

bedards a horse. he's settling into a groove. i'm not worried about him anymore.

it's the other side of our team known as anemia.

90 losses then?

If our offence looks like this the whole season

then 90 losses sounds just about right.

At least Bedard

Misses low.

Is that a President Bush joke? Ha ha.

I miss Fairly.

Rangers working the count deep.

Smart move.

Throw harder, better

faster stronger?

Which one of the Rangers is our black Kate Moss

Ron Washington?

Coke does weird things to a body

cocaine is powerful drug

Damn, they don't make 'em like this anymore.

WTF MLBTV

dsajhdkas111!1!

Big Ben looks Bad.

In fairness, everyone looks bad with that curve

Wicked curve

KKKKK

Owned. Sorry, Ben.

K!!!

poor Ben :(

KKKKK

It's still good! It's still good!

96, very nice.

Will they pull him now?

Isn't he upto like 100 pitches?

Time for some Baek or RRS

Not for me it isn't

MLBTV is about 5 minutes behind.

I like you Broussard

But I'm in love with Erik.

Bedard is kicking ass.

He needs run support

He needs to get through the 5th with the lead.

Damnit

My feed is delayed about a minute

thanks for the spoilers

97 pitches. :(

97 pitches.

I wonder if they let Bedard go another inning.

I remember McClaren awhile back

Saying he wanted pitchers going deeper into ball games, even if it means a higher pitch count

Which basically means

Bedard will pitch til his arm falls off?

Hey Ben

back to the bench?

I don't think "lefty who can't hit Bedard" is a fair standard

So, did we ever settle on a Bedard nickname?

Cuz I'm thinking K-DARD or something. I'm loving it. Although, 97 pitches through 4 is pretty rough. Fucking ump...

no....just no on the nickname

Bedard the Bedard

I got nuthin

No nickname

Not every player needs a nickname. If it doesn't come naturally, then no nickname.

I refer to him as the sound of a jaw hitting the floor

Full of coins.

The best I came up with is "The Bartender"....

A good one will come in time.

Some drunken brilliance on a game thread will make everyone laugh, and we'll go with that.

Even when he's sucking

Bedard is good

With a more liberal strike zone, Bedard would be in good form.

Still the K's are there and so is the speed.

im going to switch to the angel game

because i don't like watching our team fail to hit

Wish I had that luxury.

I only get the Angels game.

Veteran leadership!

Nicely done!

He's such a good role model

My kids do nothing but chew now

And I have 8 of them.

XM is amazing

I'm listening to Dave Niehaus in State College, PA

Oh thank you God!

I get Dave on the radio now.

SWUNG ON AND BELTED AND CAUGHT BY MILLWOOD JUST OFF THE MOUND!

.205 first half, .205 2nd half.

CONSISTENCY!

That was a strike

this is delightful.

thanks ESPN gamecenter chats.

rob neyer says the mariners will win 77 games.

3-1 to Richie

He's trying.

So watching Richie bat

is like watching the Special Olympics?

nah the ump is helping

I'm so sick of Kevin Millwood destroying our lineup

I don't know why, but I have vivid memories of this guy owning our team for the past few years.

Unlike the other 8

Sexson sees that the ump is shrinking the strike zone and letting pitches go.

Uh

The ump is trying to get into Sexson's pants. That's really the only explanation

Here comes the string

There it is.

Nicely done, Richie

Penteland wants you to swing more.

Richie

The only one on the team working the count?

This is dumb.

I'm shocked!

As high as the pitch count is

Bedard is still utterly fooling these batters, other than Young not one Texan has made good contact.

welcome back Richie

Atta boy, Richie. Keep lunging

that's how people get hits

at least someone on the team

is making Millwood throw.

SIGN BONDS

SIGN BONDS

The biggest truth in this topic to date

Pentland is still around?

WTF is Lee Elia then?

Special assistant to the manager

Or some shit.

Classic Sexson

God fucking damn it

The universe is back in alignment.

Yeah it hurts, Richie.

It hurts on the inside, doesn't it?

common beltre

King Awesome is still Awesome.

Get out of my brain fucker

BALL 4 RICHIE

You let that one go next time k?

Beltre = Not made of fail

I like Beltre

King Awesome is still Awesome

Everyone else sucks

Way to set up getting stranded, Beltre!

BELTRE PLEASE HAVE MY CHILDREN

Atleast Beltre is 2 for 2

Not all hope is lost.

Beltre again!

He's carrying the team.

Bell-trey 2-for-2

Don't buy it.

Beltre = bust. Remember?

You jinxed it.

Why do you hate happiness?

At least I was right...

Jeeeez.

beltre's nice with the bat

not so much with the stealing

Beltre

the only hitter who showed up today.

beltre just doesnt get why everyone else sucks

That's it

torn thumb ligaments for everyone

do something sexy brad

That was such a bad contract.

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT

ughhh

I hate this team

oh wow he didn't tag him

Awwww.....geeez...

Not this crap.

way to turn something into nothing, mclaren!

Beltre running = NO

Stealing. With Beltre. With two outs.

Huh.

What the hell

Why even send him there...

Ahhh

Goddamn. We do NOT need to run more, Mac.

Whatever. Not like Wilkerson was going to do anything.

ya but now hes still up next inning.

We're not running enough

we'd be winning by now if we'd run a little more.

if only Bedard ran the pitches up to the plate

the Rangers would never hit him!

out by a mile

he got him...

fuck

Time to get a new thread prepped

for fuck's sake

Just gives Wilkerson

A chance to strike out 15 minutes later than he would have.

I think I forgot how bad our offense really is

wow

These two games are are depressing and hilarious

at the same time.

I think it's RRS time

Oh god, we're gonna be freezing tomorrow.

all together now...

Adam Jones woulda...

caught that

I love how ibanez appeared on my TV after the ball dropped.

Sigh

The official emoticon of the Seattle Mariners

please, DP and K

Almost... but no.

Uhhh.....what?

...and Yuni cockmops us.

cockmops

I like that

Is this 2007 again?

dammit Yuni

You are a magician of bullshit YUBET

He turns hope into pain.

That's not particularly unique

He plays for the Ms

Well at least Yuni's straightened out his D

Ok this is hilarious

Nice.

You keep on showing that gold glove potential while making 50 errors, Yunie.

OW

2007 just whacked me in the forehead

oh my god...

it is 2007 again, yes

Not this again Yuni.... :(

not even close

that was sexson

Was it?

I can never tell on MLB.tv.

No it wasn't

that throw was miles off the bag.

Yup

Yuni bailed on that throw

Well his footwork still sucks

It's Snowing.

The 7th seal has been unlocked.

ok just finish five innings, thats all you need to do

Your city looks cold.

Bedard's best inning off work.

Great debut, I say

Bad umpiring, I also say.

51 strikes

47 Balls

Welcome back, Yuni's arm trouble

we didn't miss you

it will come back

I am not optimistic about things like Mike Morse being successful, but I have a strong feeling that Yuni's defense will be there

Erik survives again

alright

I revoke my hate for Bedard - its the offense that sucks

Erik's night is done.

Now let's get him some run support for the love of god.

Now PLEASE guys

Score some runs and set Bedard up for the win.

I'm still excited about Bedard

It's snowing now

Yeah, you're screwed Texas. You're in our element now.

Snow isn't Seattle's element

We're in Cleveland's element.

Seattle's element is fog, mist, and drizzly rain. Which doesn't really help much in Safeco.

Erik was pretty damn good today

could stand to have better command of his curve, but Joyce obviously wasn't doing him any favors.

love the GB ratio

The first at-bat made me giggle in glee

i did more than giggle

I hope you cleaned up afterwards

its gonna come around...

he looks good, and we're spoiled after Felix's starts last year

Seriously, its Millwood

Just get it done

Pizza hut serves pasta now

and it is delightful.

how do you feel about stuffed crust pizza though?

I actually skipped that thread

because I was on a stuft crust binge and didn't want any else to ruin it for me but myself.

Wilk, turbo, joh

3 pitch inning?

Well, other than averaging 20 pitches an inning, Bedard

looked pretty good.

aimin' for a flamin'

Bedard looks fine

Score a run, you magnificent douchebags

I WILL KILL AGAIN.

Bedard is going to be fun to watch.

Remember, he has struggles in April [and March]. That was still a nice 5IP.

Erik didn't have a bad showing at all

Considering the hime base ump is doing lines with Josh Hamilton in between innings.

Bedard looks Canadian

haha, twins over angels 2-0

LAA 0 MIN 2

Bottom 4th.

Bedard gave up 6 runs last opening day.

I approve.

Wilkerson homerun right here.

2-0 Twins.

*Sigh*

So....with a sane umpire, Bedard probably goes 7 or 8, yes?

Probably 7

But maybe only 6

Uhh that's a wee bit optimistic

but he'd go at least six.

He still didn't have great fastball command

Can't a man be optimistic, Jeff?

Oh hell

Wilk is still up

Hey look

Wilkerson about to strikeout again.

Wilkerson and Sexson

Strikeout partners forever.

JAP Rules.

Oh yeah. M's Action at Work.

What'd I tell you?

And I'm in a Pacific Archipelago that Blacksout.

That shall be left unnamed.

Not bad

Not bad at all.

Pinch run Jimerson

well that's....huh?

This time

let's not call a steal, k?

Holy crap a walk!

fukudome sure looked good today

just sayin'

thanks umpire

Ok

Leadoff walks are awesome

Take advantage PLEASE

Wilkerson: natural base-thief

Just you watch, motherfuckers, just you watch.

Ichiro Bobblehead....

Damn thing looks more like John McLaren

Wilkerson didn't K?

Oh right, he did that other thing he usually does.

there are times that our offense

will look good. still, needs more bonds.

wilkerson striking out will suck all year,

but I will definitely take the walks.

turbo time!! woot

Ahahahahhaahhaah

Thank you, Pepe.

hahah

did not see that coming.

Wow, didn't see that coming

:/

WONDERFUL

Pepe really fucking brings something to this team.

Ahhh

There's the Vidro we know and love.

Sims...

"We've seen that before"

Yes, Dave. Yes, we have.

ahahahahahaha

JEFF CLE-MENT! JEFF CLE-MENT!

ANDY

HAR-GROVE

*clap clap clapclapclap*

Why the fuck is he our DH?

VIDRO

GIDP?????????????????????????????????

Jesus...

Thanks, Turbo. That was as comforting as an ex-girlfriend telling me that I don't understand her feelings.

GOD DAMNIT YOU FAT FUCK

CHOKE ON YOUR MEALS

...the first of many im afraid.

Looked at Bedard's line

MAcPhail must have disguised Cabrera

FUCK OFF VIDRO.

URGHHH

I guess i will never know

If the M's are bringing back th eFunk Blast.

Hail? Can we get a 2008 filibuster?

Simms gets so excited over weather

Clement for DH

that is all

Hail? SWEET. I want to see Millwood get conked on the fucking head

Sims:

"It's hailing now. Ah, you fans are going to have a fun time driving home today, huh?"

I don't think Sims realizes HE needs to drive home.

Vidro would be better at larping

yarp!

Garp!

A vegetable who took a piece of shrapnel, yet somehow manages to impregnate a nurse before dying seems much more appropriate.

that was a nice play

Can that girl play short?

Also, Simms referencing the power pitch

Felix or not , I'm not sure I want to go to tomorrows

game if it means I might have to drive all the way back to aberdeen in snow,ice, and hail.

Wow, Kenji held up on that

REWARD REWARD REWARD GOLD STAR

Another walk

Thank fuck for Vidro, right?

Kenji Walk?

It must be snowing....

holy shit

Joh walked!

We have more walks than hits

Two walks in a inning? By the Mariners?

What the hell?

Hey, another walk!

YUNI'S GOING DEEP

FUCK I HAVE LOST MY MIND

wow, taking pitches

Joh's walk totals within reach

All you community projection fuckers may be right

10 bucks says it's just the ump

YuBet is our most clutch hitter....

so everyone predicting more walks for Kenji was right, haha.

Walks don't win games

Clutch hitting wins games

HERE COMES THE POP UP!

Im sure they scouts said yuni had lots of pop ups in his bat, and the m's heard only pop.

maybe they're actually

trying to be patient...

I hate that kind of swing

yes, garces you've lost your mind

We're watching the end of the world.

Sick....

Blowers is offering to go under the desk...

Alright, I'm not kidding

That's two people in my bathtub.

SCORE SOME RUNS.

That was a fairly lethal curveball

Jeff, new thread.

We have already gone over the first thread limit.

New thread will be open at 5:30

comments here will be closed.

Shit this is looking bad

It's a good thing we can't get demoted to AAA

I think the Giants and the Royals would be relegated before us.

We're out of options....

suckers!

the more things change...

Kevin Millwood is making our lineup look silly

Long year, here we come

it is encouraging to see bedard settle into a rhythm.

i like the word rhythm.

Angels rallying

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

That's what happens when you face the worst pitcher in baseball

And all you bastards thought that was hyperbole

Fuck you Livian

Be a real pitcher.

3 on 0 outs

hit em with the palmball!

We are going to lose

75 1-0 decisions this year.

But our pythag will be amazing.

God this sucks

Green vs. Lefties...

rut roh...

DP

I'll trade a run for two outs there.

One thing I like about Sims

He knows how to stay optimistic and good-natured. I think I need some of that despite all the pessimism I've become so accustomed to.

2-1!

On a bases loaded DP. -_-;

So as I pass the 24 hour mark, the lack of sleep

is starting to catch up to me. The Mariners better hurry up and make this interesting.

No Bedard = out of my comfort zone

Isn't he out? He bunted that ball twice.

ive figured it out

the pitchers are just trying to show the batters how to work the count.

Maicer Izturis = clutch

JOOOOOOHJIMA!!!!

sweet. let's see milton re-enact his shennigans at first.

NEVERMIND HE'S TOO BUSY WALKIN BACK TO THE BENCH.

bitch.

Milton Bradly running = LOL

PAY THAT MAN HIS MONEY

Should have slid for that

I'm excited for

The first annual Bat Sixth night.

The first fan bats in the 6-Hole and plays RF.

And it's tied in the dome.

Ugh.

Fuck Chone Figgins

Green, you tit.

lefties continue to mash green

no surprise there

Behind you green

4 hits for the rangers, only 1 that wasnt a little bitch hit.

Green needs to take a flyer from Maddux

Jesus.

green's got a lot of movement on those pitches

... yeah... we know

their box score

isn't indicative of how frustrated we've all been watching the pitching.

Carlos Gomez > Jered Weaver

fuck you mike young

Best all-around player in baseball

I LOVE YOU LOPEZ

bout damn time!

YESSSSSSSSSSS

RAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUL

YESSS

SLIDER LOW AND AWAY IS BELTRES FRIEND

WOOOOOO

KING AWESOME

fuck yeah king awesome

Thats one way to do it

SEAN GREEN!!

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