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4/13: Open Game Thread, Part 2

Down 2-0. The score in the head is much much worse.

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Someone told me this is a boy.

T/F ?

I believe so

Yeah, it's a young gay man - would you believe that?

He's one of them sugary boys

Make one

About how you get all of your opinions from the blogosphere and can't think for your fucking self.

That'd be funny too.

Down boy, down.

Ooooh, ooooh, that sounds like me

Thinking for yourself is good, unless you're completely wrong

then its OK to go with the blogosphere

Are you related to him?

No other logical explanation here, I'm afraid

I go out to get my car battery replaced

And you guys lose Bedard while I'm out? Jerks. >:(

Bases loaded, one out

Fuck me.

Saunders is not pitching well

BUT HE HAS SUCH A SPARKLY ERA!!!

If we had a competent lineup today maybe that would matter

It's a shame we have such a fucking awful lineup today.

This lineup would make Zito look like a Cy Young candidate again.

Let's not be rash

He looked out

But he wasn't

Tie goes to the asian

Woo stolen base!

Suck a dick, Angels. Take turns.

Ichiro is amazing at eluding those tags..

I imagine him sliding in completly flat against the ground head to toe

No logical explanation for his forward momentum, like he has a skateboard under him or something

I like patient Loafie!

That was a perfect throw

God damn

Ichiro hurts this team by making high-risk steals

No seriously, he does.

That stolen base helps my fantasy team!

And by 'my fantasy team' I mean 'the Mariners'

STOP APPLAUDING THAT YOU FAS BABIES

I like that call

why are they cheering that?

I hate that Lopez probably thinks he had a good at bat there

I dont think that this was a prod. ab per definition.

Not with one out.

Raul vs lefties makes me sad.

Remember when there was talk of us

signing Delgado and playing Sexson in LF?

At least that didn't happen

Jesus Christ

there was a point in time where a much younger me was all over that idea.

I was dubious about it

but at the time I wouldn't have been up in arms if it would have happened

Imagine an OF with Sexson and Ibanez in the corners? wow.

But he's so tall...

Yeah dude

he could pull dozens of home runs back from over the fence

STEAL HOME ICHIRO

I'd like that to happen.

Man that guy looks so homeless

Just saw him.. laughed out loud.

He has such a happy "I am cracked out and like the fun noises" look on his face

At least we're working him

This is probabl te most boring at bat

I've ever seen.

You weren't watching us play Trachsel I take it

It did seem rather boring considering it was a full count with a runner on 3rd

Oh wells..

We have more black ballgirls than we have black Mariners

Yuni is dark enough

To turn a couple guys to the other side.

...

That's true

Yuni makes 98% of Africa look like Anderson Cooper.

God, that hair

So dreamy.

Aren't Yuni and Beltre black?

I can't really tell.

African descent does not black make

What?

They're Afro-Hispanics. Blacks are African-Americans

Oh, I see.

You're insane.

Yeah, they're [arbitrary distinction], whereas

[arbitrary distinction]s are [arbirtrary distinction]s.

No they're those easy to control Latino players.

Fuck Raul.

He can't hit lefties

So that was a good at-bat by his standards

Fuck Squinty?

*shrug*

I don't feel strongly about that at-bat one way or another.

That at bat looked like a hot streak ending.

Eh - it was Raul against a lefty..

He turns back in to Ra_l when that happens

Ral?

Sounds like an Indian pop-star.

You bitches don't need any more fries

Blowers just making shit up now

Those girls

Need rally salads, instead.

Tossed salads

Am I right guys?

those people need rally celery

We are one brain.

That an amazingly parallel group of comments there

honestly, it was a really obvious joke

Sims talks about the Yankees a lot

Those girls have had more than enough Rally Fries

time for a Rally Treadmill

God damn I'm uncreative

Rally Bypass?

I'm taking 5 hot girls to the

You need to finish that sentence

the ________?

I love that place.

Ran out of imagination points?

whoa, didn't post all the way

I'm taking 5 hot girls to the Red Sox series in July. Would this be a good time to get me some rally fries?

I'm taking 5 hot girls to the Red Sox series

in Late July.

Would this be a good time to acquire rally fries?

/sex

HEY, THOSE'RE HIS SISTERS

(so, yes, he IS from northern Idaho)

OR MAYBE HE'S INJURED YOU GLIB FUCKS

Well, I'd do all of them

Yes, I'm sure Bedard's problem is that he doesn't like day games.

His hip is nocturnal

Why oh why couldn't we sign a daywalker

Oh wait Batista

So...he's a vampire?

A gimpy vampire?

Successful pitchout! WOOOOOO!

McLaren is now 1-37 on those I think

He's no longer batting 1.000 =(

Holy crap

I can't remember the last time a pitchout actually worked.

PICKLE WOOO

Howie "The Jet" Kendrick

is immune to pickles

Outmanaged Scioscia!!

Alrighty let's just replace Kendrick at first

STOP BEING OPTIMISTIC

BEDARD IS DEAD

He didn't know the Seattle streets well, being new in town

and got the "Mia Zapata" special.

That hasn't stopped Ibanez.

What an Angels hit

good lord this is annoying

How does this team

get so many hits off of poor swings?

Ever seen Angels in the Outfield?

Yeah. That's reality.

This is the most Angelsy game ever

Death by pussy singles?

That sounds like a horrific disease.

Pussy Shingles

The Tigers are 2-10, we get it they were supposed to go 162-0

If Mathis reaches base, I'm giong to start drinking

God Baek is more worried than normal.

Don't cry it's only two runs!

I don't understand how Baek gets swinging strikes ever

Watchin Lincecum pitch to Pineiro is so pleasing.

Joel is getting owned by San Francisco.

/career

only $13m left on that contract!

Maybe he just felt sorry for them

WTF Yuni take control!

Does Blowers ever sound enthused about anything?

Rally Fries

DING DING

Winner.

Wonder how Mrs. Blowers rates sex with Mike.

That Sims's job exclusively

There is no more fake enthusiasm left after Simms gets through

Well Sims is overenthusiastic about everything...

So I think its a nice balance

He's just tired

I think he's addicted to quaaludes.

Yuni should have showed Cairo over and caught it

Also, why didn't they go with Morse at 3rd and Willie in right?

Because that would have made sense

McLaren's allergic to logic

And shell fish

That gives me an idea for a gift basket

Isn't WFB hurt?

Flu-like symptoms.

Hmm

Yeah, he might have the flu.

I never thought I'd look at the lineup and think to myself

"needs more Willie"

Looked scary off the bat

Thank God we have Morse out there though!!!

So Baek has done his job

Offense - no.

MIKE MORSE IS AN ALL STAR

Good read by Morse

MOOOOOOOOOOORSE

UNNNNNNNNNNGH!

Kenji Johjima is going to hit a home run in this game

I'm batting 1.000 for the season on Kenji predictions, why stop now!?

Yeah, and you're why he's sucking so bad

Cut it out already

I predict Kenji Johjima won't hit a home run today

better?

Kenji Johjima is going to be Japanese in this game.

I can just feel it.

Hey Baek

just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you.

Intentional Nirvana quote?

That

was...not a strike.

At least I have glorious, glorious beer to see me through the day

Is Sherrill a FA this offseason?

Nope, not for a while

Looooooong time.

He was a super two, right? That's means he's under Orioles control until 2011, right?

Something like that

wtf.

ANKLES ARE NOT PART OF THE STRIKE ZONE

They are if you don't have shins.

So that's a strike when thrown to Cotton Hill?

Saunders pitches to righties like Green pitches to lefties

Defense. Wins. Championships.

Yay Angels errors!

Sexson's swing is so ugly.

Cabrera

Wizard of the OC, not missing that guy.

Joel can DIAF.

Defense wins things wooo

Richie's speed caused that error

And yet he somehow got an out on that Yuni hit up the middle

Hey thanks Vidro..

Wow, have both runners EVER been out by so much on a GIDP?

That was classic

fuck you Vidro

Bonds

Barry Bonds.

See what I did there? It's kind of like the Bond, James Bond thing from a famous series of movies..

Yes I saw what you did there.

Anything to get my mind off of Morse, Cairo, Burke I guess..

His OPS in 2004 was greater than Vidro's 2007 + 2008 OPS

Way to take some pitches fuckface

Morse funk blast right here

We traded my favourite player for you you pointless sack of shit

We're really bad at hitting

Richie's slide

reminded me of Willie Mays Hayes.

Come on Mike Morse!

Reach base so next inning won't be Cairo-Burke-Yuni

Blowers' chuckle is unsettling

I miss Ron Fairly.

I never thought I'd say that.

I miss Rick Rizzs' eyebrows

At least Rick Rizs isn't on TV anymore.

Thank god for small miracles.

Hurry up and get out I need to pee

That's what you get for badmouthing Mike Morse.

SQUEEZE BUNT SOMEHOW

Nice AB

Better catch.

Holy fuck Cairo has large ears

We call those "Jeter Handles"

Fuck HGH

Are you guys part of a doublemint gum commercial?

You saw through the scheme.. damn!

Cairo starting

elves everywhere celebrate

Joke's on you, Matthews

he was trying to get out

Damn you HGH

He tried to suck there, but then thought better of it

Joel PIneiro v. SF:

3.2 IP, 8H, 6R, 0K, 1HR

This is an outstanding contract.

Adjusted for legitimate opponent:

3.2 IP, 34H, 49R, 72 HR

That takes talent

Giving up home runs which take away runs from t he battinghb team?

My thoughts exactly.

update

10 hits allowed

Also, has anyone taken a look at the lineup that LaRussa ran out there today?

Schumaker
Miles
Ankiel
Ludwick
Duncan
Washington
Molina
Pineiro
Kennedy

that lineup made me weep

It's still better than the Giants's

which makes me weep more

man, that Sonics commerical is bad

Yea what the hell was that all about?

Not like they're actually trying to appeal to Seattle fans anymore

WE thought we had a 65% chance of winning this game at one point

how cute

Damn you Burke

and damn you taco bar

That was before the Bedard hip thing, right?

I have run out of beer.

This is why God invented gin

At least potatoes gets some no-pressure work in

I wonder if homeless man is a vet

I still wonder if you actually watch these games, Jeff

I watch what I watch, you watch what you watch

maybe we could get him to put Figgens down

He is

And when you deny him pocket change, he throws rocks at you and asks what the fuck you've ever done for your country.

you're so fucking annoying Figgins

Richie

flirting with Chone.

I would like to see a offsping with

Richie's power and tallness, with Figgins' ability to make contact, run, play not horrible defense and name spelling skills.

Quit joking with the enemy, Benedict

But Benedict was a good guy

Quit joking with the enemy, Zdeno Chara

I'm gonna go out on a limb

and predict a ground ball to second

Stop doing this.

Only if Baek stops elevating pitches..

Minor League Wrap-Up is posted below this Part 2 Game Thread

I have found that staying away from Mariner games on bad Mariner days has helped me, so I'll do that for now.

God this AB is taking forever

1st to 3rd's in their DNA

Fuck that gene.

Haha Sims is the man

Baek's eyebrows are in constant A frame

fuck you Cairo, Beltre catches that

NASTY breaking ball..

Walk him!

Hey, fucking genius idea.

I ate a skunk spray jelly bean last night

Watching this game is much like that.

Heeyyyy walking Vlad with first open?

Thankkkkk you!

Jorge Campillo would accomplish this IBB with one pitch

man, GMJ is terrible

Potatoes time!

Soft landing!

Not.

Uh, what?

He can't be done, can he?

That's about what I expected..

Some post in the first game thread sayin 4 or 5 innings - he hasnt thrown much and cannot possibly be stretched out enough to go deep in the game. That being said, He still looked like he had something left - but oh well

I can't believe Baek couldn't get through five

He wasn't bad.

Although better to take him out too early

.... than too late. We can't afford to get far behind with this anemic lineup,

I'm not complaining

it's just weird

No dead classmates to inspire him.

It's alla bout the roles, Jeff.

It's a high leverage situation against a lefty! We need our situation lefty to pitch.

Well that was quick

good job Baek

Joy, potatoes with the bases juiced

So much for no pressure

Ghost runner on third?

Ah nevermind, listening on the radio

Ghost runner = GMJ.

Think about it.

Not loaded.. 1st and 2nd

So...do I watch Potatoes blow this or do I play Super Metroid instead?

I've gotten to the point where I can do a perfect 100% item game in 1h20m.

How do you blow a game you're losing?

Blow it open, I suppose.

Good point.

But really, I just want to talk about how great Super Metroid still is.

McLaren is my hero

I never thought such dumbasses could one day end up being so succesful, even if it is merely in title alone.

Really we should be down by 1, not two

If Morse doesn't lay on his ass for a half an hour.

There were two outs on that play

both runs would have scored

Two words: Jamie Burke

Potatoes

Doesn't have the right mental makeup to pitch in the 5th with runners on first and second and two out.

This is a bad move.

Uh...were the runners going?

Why didn't Cairo try for the around-the-horn DP?

Because its Cairo

Niehaus asking the same question. He seemed to think Cairo had time.

But we shouldn't doubt Miguel's VETERAN INSTINCTS

damn, nice effort Cairo

Not a bad play by Cairo

But Beltre makes that with time to spare.

Nice arm you pussy

Howie Kendrick scares me

I threw harder than that

When I was six.

SWINGING STRIKE ON THE FASTBALL YESSSSS

On HK no less

The professional hitter

Tag Figgins then throw out Anderson you idiot.

FIGGINS IS RUNNING TOWARDS YOU

Didn't Beltre make that exact play two days ago?

Don't question his veteran grit

It'll only hurt your head.

Weeeeeeeee

Jesus.

Oh Mike Morse... Michael Morse...

FUCK YOU MORSE FUCK YOU!

Fuck you Morse.

More lovely Mike Morse defense

WAY TO GO!

OK, that was funny.

It's not as funny when you know it's coming ahead of time

Omg Morse You Tool

Yeah

Mike Morse is way better than Brad WIlkerson

Oh wow

That was beauty in motion.

holy christ Morse

Mike Morse just killed an entire litter of puppies.

MIKE MORSE JESUS CHRIST

Is Morse still better than Wilkerson?

Can they suck equally?

It's not even fucking close, man

I don't even get the argument

No, because they don't

It's SUPER METROID TIME.

Now shut up about Mike Morse already.

He is bad.

... what the fuck just happened

That was funny

Dare I say it?

WFB would have had that?

I would have caught that

Richie Sexson would've had that

Steven Hawking would have caught that

No, it would bounce off him

He'd catch it if we put a cup in his mouth

Unfair advantage.

He has a motorized wheel chair, for God's sake, motorized.

I feel bad for Potatoes

he just got Morse'd in the A.

That's not his ERA

But it's his perception

Oh my God wwe're getting served by the Angels.

Seriously.

I know that never gets ruled an error, but good lord it was misplayed.

Well there's the game.

Ugh this sucks

so yeah, this game is over.

and EOF is going to get the blame for things not his fault. Ditto Baek.

look what you've done Morse

Quick, rub his nose in it, or he'll never learn.

Well, that was fun.

Pile on!

In all fairness, Mac was conceding this game with this lineup, right? Right?

So how many more outings until EOF gets optioned to work on things?

He just looks lost.

it's hard to pitch w/o a defense.

It's also hard to pitch when you're not good at pitching

that's true

but unrelated to EOF

If he disagrees with us that means he's thinking for himself

You're a SHEEP!!!

Wake up, sheeple.

The stats told me you're wrong

The Eqa of this post is below average.

But above replacement

His pythag sucks

You can't use pythag to project the future

wait what are we talking about?

I'm not sure

But I graphed it and it has a downward projection.

Yeah, I failed math.

Below average doesn't mean bad

But maybe if we option him, he'll work on having better defense behind him

Yes, inducing a double play ground and a weak flyout before giving up a line drive

Such terrible pitching

Potatoes has been good.

Po-tat-oes!

Here comes the dinger.

Bring in the long relief!

The long relief started.

"O'Flaherty with another bad outing"

Open your fucking eyes Sims.

I was thinking the same thing man

What you said, not what sims said.

he is opening his eyes

that's the scary thing.

Wow, this game is really unfun

The Mariners Motto this year is "Two outs, so what?"

Unfortunately, it's for when they're on defense.

Today is a dark day in Marinerdom

So yeah, fuck Morse and Cairo.

That's what Bavasi/Mac get

For not understanding defense.

Eh

Cairo made a pretty decent effort on that play.

No.

He should have tagged the runner, then threw to first.

His effort was okay but his ability is not

Can't ask for anything more

It's not his fault that he's out there.

Yes it is

He could open a car wash or something, work on his golf.

The Cairo Car Wash

I'd go!

WHO THE HELL IS GOING TO PITCH THE LAST FOUR INNINGS

Green until his arm explodes

So do people here think that O'face is bad

or is it just the casual fans?

He's fine

Just extraordinarily unlucky.

K

I just talk to my friends who don't read on blogs, and all of them seem convinced O;'Flaherty sucks based on his unfortunate outings in baltimore.

Everybody sucked in Baltimore. And I do mean everybody.

I'm not too worried

This one guy is the same guy who thinks that they should call up arthur rhodes, so I would easily not take what he has to say to heart.

Hopefully just the casual fans.

Without a doubt he's struggling right now, but innings like this? He did what he was asked and got boned by the defense twice in a row.

Goddamn casual fans!

Ruining everything and fucking your girlfriends!

They're fine unless they try to talk to me

Casual fans steal my newspaper

Casual fans steal my "casual fit" button-fly jeans.

It's getting fucking annoying.

Wow!

Heads up play by yuni!

Well at least the defense did -something- right that inning.

whoopdie fucking do

whew

that was close.

ok boys let's learn to hit.

Wladdy time!

The way the lineup is performing

No victory for Bedard either

True

I mean, Morse blew it, but it's hard to win with 0 runs.

Yuni I love you

I think he was safe.

See, if we had Dickey this game would still be fun to watch

Instead its painful

NOOO NOT POTATOES.

Would we have had the same retarded lineup with Bedard pitching?

Or did Mac decide to give up after Bedard got hurt?

That's what I was wondering too

I can see both sides of the argument I guess

Well Morse 1-2 with a K is about what yo expect from Wilk

And a BB and a line drive from Cairo

You could argue that if we had Wilk out there

it would be 0-0, although I don't know if he catches either of the balls Morse missed...

Uhh, he easily catches the second one

The first is debatable, but no starting OF in the league fucks up that second play like Morse did.

yeah i missed the live play

all I saw was a replay of Morse getting turned around like an idiot

I imagine Beltre might have played

But Burkes pretty standard for a sunday afternoon game, and Morse is who they're going to against lefties...

This is one of those must respond innings..

At least get something going offense!

This is what happen when you keep leaving the bases loaded

This is me getting my hopes up

The Royals are going to anhilate us

Especially Guillen

Remember how we thought he'd annihilate the Angels?

[Washburn + Batista]

Those were happier times

But hey, we won the series!

You never know, maybe we'll get lucky and he'll stab Mac

He hit a homer...

and got into a brawl with Steroid McSteroid (Donnelly) who was playing for the Red Sox at the time... does that count?

You have a different definition of "brawl" than I

In the same fashion you annihilated the word 'annihilate'?

If Ichiro doesn't reach, I quit and am playing xbox

Peace out

Okay I'll check back in an hour

I think it's time for more Six Feet Under, myself

Real men watch Dexter

Unless it's on CBS

To hell with that bullshit.

Real men

watch the UK version of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. Okay, Dexter too.

That's a damn fine show.

I'm in Season 5 right now

I thought you're a real fan.

Call Of Duty 4 is beginning to beckon..

Been there... done that...

But my 2k8 Mariners hit about as well as the real ones. And Bonds won't sign with me :(

The annoying thing is when Ichiro retires after the 2009 season..

It has happened to me 3 times now.

Oh wow...

That's really dumb

I can't get around that either.

I had to convert one of my prized shortstop prospects to CF.

That and Yuni wanted WAY too much after the 2009 season so I had to call up Triunfel

I am playing Super Mario RPG now as I listen on my computer

Fuck yeah.

M's on the other end of BABIPness tonight

Saunders has one strikeout

man the current incarnation of their rotation is bad.

Felix/Silva/Washburn/Tits/Baek.

I miss Jeff Weaver

At least we have Felix

Needs more Dickey

Silva, Washburn and Tits are functional

If Baek sucks, we can replace him with Dickey.

What the Angels have is the best they can come up with right now.

OK I'm waking up in less than 8 hours

Welcome to my life

If I keep saying Saunders has a no-hitter even when he doesn't

Will that make him give up a hit?

39 strikes, 37 balls for Saunders

what a gem

I was gonna ask about that

He seems to be throwing an inordinate amount of balls to be having such a good (on the face) game

Hey, I just got here and started watching the game

Can someone summarize what's happened? Did Baek simply blow up or was he just unlucky?

Him and O'Face

It was Morse's fault.

Not really Baek's fault

Costly defensive mistakes mostly

Mike Morse can't play defense and Vlad Guerrero is good

It turns out Morse and Cairo suck.

Who knew?

Thanks guys.

That looked much better hit

Some of us idiots...

need to come to our own conclusions and accept that Mike Morse is good.

Above average at playing the defense even.

you jinxed him! you ass

Morse is useful

I'm confused at those who give him the Bloomquist treatment.

You're wrong

This would make Tim wrong as well

I'm guessing you went after me instead of him because you consider me an easier target.

No, I went after you because Tim was joking.

Stop picking battles for no reason.

Okay, sarcasm meter was broken

I didn't know Tim was joking. It makes sense.

I thought that was gone as well

Sidenote: i was in the wrong thread for the last3 inning or so, stupid me

Ahahahah

OK, I concede.

WOOOO MORSE HURT!

WLAD WLAD WLAD WLAD WLAD

More like WIlkerson everyday and Jimerson returns

This is so awesome.

I hate to cheer an injury

but, good.

Man, Morse, GTFO of the MLB

Uh oh Morse hurt!

False Alarm!

Fuckn Morse

Hurts himself AND get hurt.

He's hurt!

We just got better.

Usually we need to be admonished not to cheer for the injuries of OTHER team's players

And now we're cheering for an injury to our own guy.

How far we've fallen, and how fast.

It was in jest

Oh I know.

And I'm not gonna lie: I was hoping he was hurt too. Just put Wilkerson in for fuck's sake.

Mike Morse really needs to get out of the field.

Morse in RF is Sad Panda

BRING IN BRAD

ahahahahahahahahahaa

So Ibanez D > Morse D???? WOW...just wow.

NO! GO BACK OUT THERE GRIFFIN! GO!

Wow Morse has had a day

A typical* day

there ya go

Morse to the DL

Call up Wlad

ANd he's staying in

God

Wow Morse is bad.

This is why Ichiro doesn't dive. You get there faster running anyway.

Ummm so stop diving?

Corner OF defense

how 'bout a hand

Wow.

Good D. (Sarcasm)

I think we could've picked up on it w/o "(Sarcasm)". Ha ha.

Alright.

I have to remember everyone here is pretty smart.

Oh dear God this OF defense is comical

Raul almost lost thatone, haha

Our outfield defense

Is as awesome as our offense.

We look like a bunch of drunken midgets out there.

...and that just gave me an idea for a new theme night.

Jesus Christ

DEFENSE! Mac fix this fucking team please.

That's asking too much by several orders of magnitude

He's not going to quit

HAHAHA

The worst outfielders

Raul says

anything you can do I can do just as sucky

So... what's up with EOF

he have some kind of injury we're unaware of?

EOF isn't doing anything wrong

I'm not sure I agree with you.

Okay so he's doing some things wrong

but he's deserved much better today.

hes looked fairly bad all year to me...

He's been fine.

Yeah, clearly.

Yeah.

Mike Morse.

An acute case of shittyoutfielderitis

An acute case of line drives

But yeah, that hasn't helped.

Potatoes is fine.

His defense is killing him.

A case of denfensive suckitis

Slow start

which is being compounded by playing a bigger role in the pen than he's suited for.

ahahahahaha weeeeeeeeeeeee

How's Baker going to justify the defense today?

Blame all goes to Potatoes again, right?

Yeah, fuck that asshole!

Why do you care so much about Baker?

if you hate his opinions quit reading his stuff......

I did at the end of last season and I haven't regretted it for a second

Yeah

He's just a fishwrap blogger, not a demigod of any sort.

Hate to break it to you, but

O'Flaherty hasn't been that sharp either. It's a combination of bad pitching and shitty defense that has sunk him.

Today, that is. I'm not saying he sucks overall.

Hunger strike

Until Wlad is called up.

This is pretty disgusting.

And very, very funny.

I never understood that

Why there is an NHL team in south florida and not seattle.

2 in Florida for some reason

nobody gives a shit about the Panthers anyway

This game has sucked, but I have a small sliver of hope

that this will somehow make Mac and Co. realize that Morse should not play the outfield.

Yeah, right.

I think its possible

The ball has really found him out there today, highlighting his craptastic defense. But yeah, Mac probably can't even see past the infield so not like he noticed

Ha ha ha. Funny joke.

Blowers doesn't get hockey at all

This game = no longer worth watching

See ya.

C'mon people, it's not Morse's fault.

This is wholly Squinty McClusterfuck's fault for playing him.

Also, why the fuck do people want Wlad called up? The man needs a regular job to work out the chinks in his game. Sitting his ass on the bench in Seattle won't help him much at all.

Haha

You said 'chinks'

This place needs more sensitive Asians

My girlfriend is a sensitive asian

But probably not in the way you mean

God

This defense makes me want to find my leftover vicoden and use a bottle of vodka to wash them down.

Lincecum pulled

6 IP, 1 BB, 11 K

And I'm done with this game.

To think...

the M's could have him AND Adam Jones.....

poor EOF, STOP BOOING HIM

The casual fans!

Damn the casual fans!

Not like he's even finishing his pitches well.

IMO.

Let the real fans at the game do what they want!

They're paying for our players

They boo failure

If they're gonna boo Richie when he doesn't perform, they're gonna boo the pitcher if he doesn't perform, no matter who it is.

retards need to stop booing o'flaherty

But he's giving up hits and runs and stuff.

It's all his fault

Okay, Potatoes really HAS lost it right now.

There's no excuse for not letting Gary Matthews get himself out.

Holy fuck, this is a massacre.

That wasn't Potatoes' fault either

Someone should have been playing behind the bag, clearly.

We get it, you don't like Potatoes.

Why bother with the games?

Just read the blogs and have your opinions made for you!

That was a ground-ball with the infield up.

Exactly what he wanted to have happen.

Honestly

I don't want to sound like I'm defending EOF with every breath, but that was just a groundball. As meltdowns go, this is a pretty unlucky one for him.

Dude seriously...

Did your wife leave you today or something?

He's backtracking from his endless ridiculous defense of Morse

and parlaying it into a subjective hatred of Potatoes.

And people who read blogs.

I get my opinions from Jim Armstrong

I've got a feeling this is the last game we'll see Potatoes for a while.

Hello waiver-wire gascan.

or Dickey?

I highly doubt it.

Or Sean Green until his arm explodes

wuts up guyz im st3v3 kl1n3

Did we have the infield in there?

For the love of God, why?

You really thnk they would have gotten to that?

If the infield is at normal depth, yes.

You're high.

it wasn't hit that hard, they might have at least kept in the infield

but that's not the point. Down 5-0, Yuni and Lopez should have been at DP depth. Not that any of this matters

It was straight up the middle

quit forming his opinion for him

Watched the replay, you're right.

Still wasn't indicative of a bad performance though. More bad luck.

Some bad luck right there.

ground ball of the glove = base hit

poor EOF, he's getting the Shaun Alexander treatment.

But isn't Shaun not that good

I'm not as educated on football.

yeah, Shaun is awful

After the speed left him, his cutback style failed to work.

Get ball, cutback, dropped for a loss of six.

You forgot the part where he lays down first

Shaun Alexander does suck though.

I'm with you there

Still love the guy, though.

That analogy doesn't work

Shaun Alexander genuinely does suck now.

I'm seriously afraid O'Flaherty is going to come off the field, head to the locker, and weep like a baby

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised.

What's with the booing?

Mariner fans trying to show

they aren't just sheep that follow what the scoreboard says????

People are upset they skipped church to watch this offense

Wrong, nobody's ever upset they skipped church.

Amen to that.

They paid to see Bedard.

And instead they got this. I'm booing at home. Not at EOF, just at the whole spectacle.

Fuck this shit.

This AB with Vlad is NOT going to end well.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaugh

Crowd cheers!

That was unexpected

He's decided to let the defense out of this

Just put Yuni, Ichiro, and Lopez out there

Fuck the corner OF.

Whatever happened to the Hargrove decision tracker?

There would be so much more material for the McLaren equivalent

You know what's awesome?

Not this.

8 run-rally capped by a 530 foot grand slam by Cairo

I feel it in my bones.

Your bones are clearly hammered

That was the least spectacular bad inning in a long time

Singled to death.

Just like that disaster start from Jeff Weaver against the Royals

That set my liver back 15 years.

I left that game after about the 6th

I found a nearby bar and drank heavily.

in the good news department

EOF just lowered his ERA by about 10

Nah, it went from like 20 to 19.

Great outing!

O'Flaherty lowered his ERA one WHOLE point!

So that's the problem!

Potatoes is baked! He'd be doing better if he laid off the herbage.

Just need nine more of those

Hey, we can get those hits, too.

Wait, that's not right... what's his new nickname?

Good start = crappy bounce off homeplate infield single

Loafy!

Now I remember.

Somehow

if Richie homered here, a 7-2 deficit would seem more depressingly insurmountable than 7-0.

7-0 is hilariously awful.

7-2 is just depressing.

Sexson is often both.

But he drinks beer and is a nice guy!

Lay off will you!

I literally just told my friend that..

I don't want a HR here, just a bunch of hits..

Time for another Vidro DP?

Greg Norton on deck for Morse!!!!

Joe Saunders isn't good

it'll be awesome when baseball realizes this.

Woooo no more Morse!

DL DL DL DL DL DL!

AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA!

DFA DFA DFA DFA DFA DFA DFA

11 walks for Richie already?

JoVi...

Get on this.

AND HERE COME THE MARINERS!

Just in time to hit into a DP.

Greg Norton has a chance to make one hell of a Mariner debut here

By grounding into a double play right?

Because that's what Mariners do...

dammit slopez

i woulda made it home...

Well, I'm all caught up. :(

Norton: .637 career OPS vs. lefties

ahahaha

Huh...

I hate it when this team gets my hopes up.

I agree with this statement

BUT WOOOOO NORTON!

Greg Norton, alright!

wooooooooooooooooo false hope

Well that was quick

Hey look shutout over.

Woooo!

Jimenez'd!

Yay...a bench player who isn't worthless!

Holy crap

You just blew my mind. What is this concept?

Shut up Blowers.

oh yeah Cairo

Inning over.

PH KA NEVER GIVE UP HOPE

Thank God

no SO

What's up with every announcer in the world having a massive hard-on for veterans?

They all lost their jobs to younger guys, and they're pissy about it.

all analysts

were, at one point, veterans themselves... and usually mediocre ones.

They know how to pronounce their names.

pinch hit here, gotta pinch hit here, right?

How bad is Beltre's hammy?

BEEN THROUGH WARS

nice honeymooners reference Sims

you're so damn white.

holy shit we're allowed to score too

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo EGYPT!!!

GREG NORTON

Norton > Morse

I hate to be optimistic

But...we just broke into the Angels bullpen.

This thing is a flying piece of melted shit.

We aren't COMPLETELY dead yet

you forget

its facing the mariner offense

Unfortunately Speier is good, Cairo is not

Brian Bocock has a higher OBP than Ichiro

That's depressing.

That deserves another beer

Ichiro has not yet faced Joel Pineiro.

good job Saunders

that's what you get for walking 3, striking out 1 and throwing a 1:1 strike to ball ratio.

Can we just hope Cairo walks?

Prepare to have your hopes crushed.

Hmm

Cairo looks like Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan.

Stop swinging at balls, you ass.

good time to PH Wilk

Thats what I was thinking

Mac is saving him though, apparently

Really, why isn't Wilk hitting here?

Who plays third?

Greg Norton

or Willie Sauce

Nevermind.

I thought Norton was one of those 1B/3B guys.

Ballgame

I believe he's sick

Burke can play 3rd

Johjima can catch

in which case just PH Johjima

This is theoretically true.

Norton used to be a 3B.

I'd put Norton at third

Burke has extensive experience at 3rd in AAA

Did McLaren give him VD?

Oh. I was wondering why Cairo was getting the start over him

when we supposedly acquired Cairo so we could use Willie more.

Willy, maybe?

hopefully our hitters will be in'spier'ed

Here's to hoping the angel's defense mimics the M's

So...

wh's cairo batting still?

LEAN IN TO THAT CAIRO!!!!

WALK INTO THAT

Lean into that!!! Get hit

That's not good to see, Dave.

Sims: "John Mclaren and the Ms have a little bit of a hill to climb"

K2 is a hill

I'm surprised it's this close considering Baek+abortic lineup

FUCK he was safe.

FUCK I am blind.

Imagine...

The day we're hoping Bloomquist would play, as opposed to his older Latino brother...

CAIRO IS GRITTY RBI CAIRO VETERAN

only white people can be gritty

CAIRO IS WHITE AT HEART

OOOOO didn't think he was gonna get him

What's good about that?

3 singles and a walk equals

A MOTHERFUCKING RUN

/late

Cairo can't the hit ball out of the infield?

Come on,

The guy's got 10 years of veteran experience... Give him a break.

I still smile when that face is posted..

Just epic.

I would like another one of those funk wild pitches..

Those are fun

These foul lines are robbing Jamie Burke of potential awesome

5.88 bullpen ERA

Ugh.

Worse than Detroit?

Jesus

Thanks, EOF.

Thanks

Outfield Defense

EOF = Errors by OutFielders

Cmon.... walk him!

Also, the 5th and 6th runs scoring

were a result of the worst OF defense ever.

Runs like a catcher.

Oh well

Jason Kendall

and russell martin disagree

If Cairo were 2% faster and the field were 2% wider...

and if he sucked 98% less...

And our front office were 100% smarter

100 X 0 is still 0..

Could the Angels bullpen be bad enough to blow a 5 run lead?

Possibly, on a day when Morse and Cairo weren't in the lineup.

More evidence that errors are retarded

The M's have 0.

That's just evidence that offical scorekeepers are retarded.

Beltre needs to have a Gibson-esque PH appearance.

That fan handed Burke's foul double to an Angels fan

these are our fans.

My hamstring is a little sore

I can't blog today coach

Speaking of which...Howie...

Interesting timing..

As Kendrick pulls up lame with a hammy problem

Norton in right??

just when you think the Defense can't get any worse....

Is Norton worse than Morse?

I didn't think that was possible

He can't dive and miss at anymore flyballs at least.

well, there's some good news

At least this slideshow of the 50 best british boobs will cheer me up.

This game's already been punted.

A win here would've been gravy.

Ohh....Kendrick's down again.

Kendrick hurt!

Bye bye howei

40+ pitches for Potatoes?

"Everything he puts wood on is a base hit"

That's what she said.

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