They get like 400 applicants for their program, accept only 5, and they are one of the best programs in the country. I don’t think I’m even going to bother applying.
He punted too many drafts, I agree, but he didn’t neglect the farm system. He gets credit for Engle’s work—if Bavasi gets credit for Fontaines, especially…
and i don’t ahave to do anything until then and I admit I’ve kind have been ignoring the Mariners but hey a win that is perspicacious that what that is whoo go winning and go team chirst I’m a little drunk right now but okay yeah this fucking season is over but yeah go WLAD I like that guy,
End. ENNND
Graham MacAree - May 14, 2008
4 threads for this shitty game.
Damn
CapSea - May 14, 2008
How many threads do you think we would have needed for that 22 inning game?
seattlebruin - May 14, 2008
We almost had 2
and we tuned in in the 18th inning. And it wasn’t our team.
So…. many.
CapSea - May 14, 2008
Putz In; Game over!
NO, not that way plz…
PositivePaul - May 14, 2008
You know what's awesome about this?
Nothing.
Omerta - May 14, 2008
To be fair, though,
nothing is REALLY awesome about this.
CapSea - May 14, 2008
This game better end before the season finale of House
Matthew - May 14, 2008
Rashy Ass pic time?
Scruffy Lefty - May 14, 2008
no
Graham MacAree - May 14, 2008
It's never that time
Alex B - May 14, 2008
Goofy time?
PhilKenSebben - May 14, 2008
JI - May 14, 2008
oh god.
chinn - May 14, 2008
PhilKenSebben - May 14, 2008
oh wow
JI - May 14, 2008
Did you just draw that???
Wilder. - May 14, 2008
That is fantastic.
Goose - May 14, 2008
No.
BrianL - May 14, 2008
NO.
Happybelly - May 14, 2008
never
HARRYP09 - May 14, 2008
HARRYP09 - May 14, 2008
HAHAHA Slam that bat Boggs
PhilKenSebben - May 14, 2008
Alright JJ K!
seattlebruin - May 14, 2008
Is the strike zone small today?
Or is espn’s gamecast just off?
GhettoBear04 - May 14, 2008
Gamecast?
Go with Gameday.
Jeff Sullivan - May 14, 2008
Looking through those presentations from the conference
Did they ever mention what clustering algorithms they’re using for pitch identification?
Graham MacAree - May 14, 2008
yes.
MLBAM uses Neural Nets. They also looked at KNN and something else
Matthew - May 14, 2008
So all supervised learning then?
I like neural nets but I wonder how well unsupervised Kmeans would do on the data.
Graham MacAree - May 14, 2008
it does well after the fact, but MLBAM has to do classification in real time
so NN is really their best option.
Matthew - May 14, 2008
Fair play
Don’t have to do real-time stuff in genomics so I don’t know what tricks they’d use there.
Graham MacAree - May 14, 2008
Ugh, bad dissertation memories...
Alex B - May 14, 2008
I had no idea Natscis knew what an algorithm was ;)
Graham MacAree - May 14, 2008
I was a Compsci
:-(
Alex B - May 14, 2008
Poor thing
Graham MacAree - May 14, 2008
I'm still in rehab
Alex B - May 14, 2008
There's a hot compsci in second year now
It’s a bit weird.
Graham MacAree - May 14, 2008
DOES NOT COMPUTE
Alex B - May 14, 2008
HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?
Alex B - May 14, 2008
Because Sidney > other colleges
Graham MacAree - May 14, 2008
I know lots of hot CS majors...
seattlebruin - May 14, 2008
Serial?
The best I ever saw was like a 3 or a 4. yuck. Business majors are where its at.
Fin - May 14, 2008
Liar.
Wilder. - May 14, 2008
UCLA
seattlebruin - May 14, 2008
I don't believe you
Pics or it didn’t happen.
Fin - May 14, 2008
Every girl at UCLA is attractive.
It’s part of their admissions requirements.
CapSea - May 14, 2008
I think you of all people would love UCLA
43% Asian, 55% girls, 35,000 students. You do the math.
seattlebruin - May 14, 2008
43% Asian?
80% of stats are made up.
Wilder. - May 14, 2008
That one is not.
CapSea - May 14, 2008
I'm pretty sure I know the demographics of the college I attended...
seattlebruin - May 14, 2008
I do.
Though UW is 35%, so not far off. But yes, I would love to go to UCLA for grad school.
CapSea - May 14, 2008
Me too, but they'd never let me in :(
seattlebruin - May 14, 2008
Me either.
They get like 400 applicants for their program, accept only 5, and they are one of the best programs in the country. I don’t think I’m even going to bother applying.
CapSea - May 14, 2008
Oh well
they let me go for undergrad, so good enough
seattlebruin - May 14, 2008
I wanted to go to UW, so I was happy.
Still.
I will, however, visit often if I can get some extra $$
CapSea - May 14, 2008
Did a white girl murder your parents?
Jeff Sullivan - May 14, 2008
It's not their fault they're less attractive.
CapSea - May 14, 2008
USC girls >>>> UCLA girls
But all CS girls, no matter the campus, are… well, uh… they have great avatars.
Wilder. - May 14, 2008
I like girls with brains
so that pretty much eliminates USC
Matthew - May 14, 2008
Only if you consider marrying the girl.
Wilder. - May 14, 2008
You just insulted my girlfriend
you and I are no longer friends.
bluemax - May 14, 2008
Isn't she an Angels fan?
Graham MacAree - May 14, 2008
Only because they got to her first
she is a research biologist though and she loves chemistry.
bluemax - May 14, 2008
But she's an Angels fan.
This is like the debate I had with DMZ about whether someone could be smart without being self-critical.
Llewdor - May 14, 2008
Nope
USC girls are very overrated
seattlebruin - May 14, 2008
I need to see a stat.
Wilder. - May 14, 2008
Freshman, 2005
http://www.aim.ucla.edu/Publications/ProfileFall2005.pdf
40%, 59%
CapSea - May 14, 2008
Our compsci department is pretty stereotypical
Graham MacAree - May 14, 2008
Freaks and geeks with high beard quotient.
And it smelt BAD.
Hence why I stayed at home most days.
Alex B - May 14, 2008
I have a very good compsci friend
He pretended to be a historian the whole time.
Graham MacAree - May 14, 2008
(much like I pretend I'm a bionatsci actually)
Graham MacAree - May 14, 2008
Very wise strategy
Alex B - May 14, 2008
Same here
Plus CS sucks which is why I switched to BA
Fin - May 14, 2008
CS
I did the same thing, cs really does blow. Econ ftw
Sorry About Dresden - May 14, 2008
Pft
CS > j00.
Well not really, but I love my job.
bluemax - May 14, 2008
$$
CS is good for the money. Only reason why I didn’t quit it.
Sorry About Dresden - May 14, 2008
Thanks.
GhettoBear04 - May 14, 2008
At least we haven't lost..... yet.
Wilder. - May 14, 2008
Today's game is like a V chord followed by a vi chord.
Just when you think it’s over and about to resolve to a nice conclusive I chord, BAM! that damn vi chord shows up and adds another ten measures.
BrianL - May 14, 2008
Meh, I always liked the V - ii - I progressions, myself...
PositivePaul - May 14, 2008
Rec'd
Because I do that to my friends in the band room all the time… some huge ass progression, and CAD6/4, V, vi…
Suckers… gets ‘em every time
Robert Lintott - May 14, 2008
Uhhh, worse defense in the league
Fin - May 14, 2008
walking the .601 OPSing catcher
to pitch to the .677 OPSing 1B
Matthew - May 14, 2008
Righty vs. Righty
Fin - May 14, 2008
You canlose by 3 or you can lose by 2.
JI - May 14, 2008
yuck, we're gonna lose to Chris Shelton
MFAN - May 14, 2008
GINGER vs. GINGER UH OH
ColeFitz - May 14, 2008
One of 'ems a day walker
Omerta - May 14, 2008
JJ?
Fin - May 14, 2008
Jeff Sullivan - May 14, 2008
Per mlb.com
Did that actually happen??
seattlebruin - May 14, 2008
Yes you can see the replay on gameday, it was pretty cool
Kaorikaze - May 14, 2008
I can't watch the replay I'm at work
seattlebruin - May 14, 2008
make the man a gif
JI - May 14, 2008
What happened to linking things?
Graham MacAree - May 14, 2008
Click on “Videos”
CapSea - May 14, 2008
Oh you've got to be kidding me.
BrianL - May 14, 2008
I read that, too.
One of the few times I will have Sportscenter on and me paying attention to catch a highlight.
Wilder. - May 14, 2008
fuck Boston
MFAN - May 14, 2008
No fucking way, badass!
ColeFitz - May 14, 2008
I don't care what you all think..I love Manny
kentroyals5 - May 14, 2008
Manny has a great personality.... I just hate his homerun trots.
Wilder. - May 14, 2008
93 mph fastball?
yummy.
Matthew - May 14, 2008
At some point do you purposely lose this game?
Just to get it over with before you wear everyone out for the next two weeks?
Thingray - May 14, 2008
No
Jeff Sullivan - May 14, 2008
Not with the way our team has been playing.
We need every win we can get.
Wilder. - May 14, 2008
Like the M's have to purposely lose.
Jed MC - May 14, 2008
I'd prefer this game did end with JJ walking in the winning run.
JI - May 14, 2008
or the opposite
JI - May 14, 2008
You know Chris Shelton actually does look like a fish
Jeff Sullivan - May 14, 2008
Fin - May 14, 2008
SMALLER MOTHERFUCKER
Jeff Sullivan - May 14, 2008
Cheater.
You used to say that to me all the time, now you don’t anymore.
PositivePaul - May 14, 2008
FISH!
Fin - May 14, 2008
Goldfish always creeped me out
Robert - May 14, 2008
Fat face with eyes too far apart
Alex B - May 14, 2008
woooooo
JI - May 14, 2008
And there's your K
Remember when Chris Shelton dominated at the beginning of last year?
ColbyInBoston - May 14, 2008
That would be 2006
Jeff Sullivan - May 14, 2008
Remember when the Mariners were playing good baseball?
Yeah, me neither.
eponymous_coward - May 14, 2008
about five years ago
bavasi is awesome
AtomicGarden - May 14, 2008
I blame Gillick
Robert - May 14, 2008
Good point
He did leave the franchise with no farm system and a major league club filled with veterans who have all fallen off the cliff.
BB did rebuild our minors pretty well. Just can’t form an actual team to win games.
AtomicGarden - May 14, 2008
eh nobody's perfect
Robert - May 14, 2008
Um. He didn't leave the franchise with no farm system.
Felix, Lopez, Sherrill, Hyphen, Potatoes, Feierabend, Balentien, Baek, Jones, Lowe, Putz, and several others say hello.
Gillick did mess some things up, but he didn’t leave the farm system as barren as people believe…
PositivePaul - May 14, 2008
Lowe was under Bavasi
Matthew - May 14, 2008
Whoops, you're right, yeah.
PositivePaul - May 14, 2008
But my point still stands.
PositivePaul - May 14, 2008
Gillick did fine with the intl FA signing (which weren't him anyways)
but he gutted our drafts
Matthew - May 14, 2008
Perhaps
He punted too many drafts, I agree, but he didn’t neglect the farm system. He gets credit for Engle’s work—if Bavasi gets credit for Fontaines, especially…
PositivePaul - May 14, 2008
ok
No farm system is not accurate. I’ll just stick to the big league club being old and crappy without a great backup plan.
AtomicGarden - May 14, 2008
Completely unlike the team is right now.
CapSea - May 14, 2008
I've destroyed those brain cells
by binge drinking after Mariner losses.
eponymous_coward - May 14, 2008
Wasn't that long ago...
...at least we’re still in the same decade…
Omerta - May 14, 2008
Needs a rally goat.
HARRYP09 - May 14, 2008
save this pic
Scruffy Lefty - May 14, 2008
its good luck
Scruffy Lefty - May 14, 2008
Not for the Padres.
HARRYP09 - May 14, 2008
We can use it over at field gulls
Robert - May 14, 2008
Wlad!
Robert - May 14, 2008
Haha
I was like: “Why did those guys have ANGERS spelled out?”
Wilder. - May 14, 2008
Its too bad Franklin German and German Duran can't get married
Then he could be named German German
Fin - May 14, 2008
They can in VT.
Jed MC - May 14, 2008
That was stupid.
CapSea - May 14, 2008
first pitch swinging!!
5 PAs, 6 pitches.
Matthew - May 14, 2008
Vidro averages 9 per PA
MFAN - May 14, 2008
Squeeze? I think so.
CapSea - May 14, 2008
With 2 outs?
Wilder. - May 14, 2008
Wow.
CapSea - May 14, 2008
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
JI - May 14, 2008
CAIRO!?! WTF!?!
basebliman - May 14, 2008
Holy shit Cairo!
Alaska - May 14, 2008
boooo
Robert - May 14, 2008
Cairo in the clutch!
Woot. There’s your 850k’s worth.
Fin - May 14, 2008
Ahahahahahahahahaha
BrettJMiller - May 14, 2008
the hell?
chinn - May 14, 2008
WHAT
Graham MacAree - May 14, 2008
holy shit
cairo hahaha
NOW WASHBURN IN FOR THE SAVE!
we’ve lost this game
AtomicGarden - May 14, 2008
CAIRO!!!!!!!!!!
MFAN - May 14, 2008
now we need 5 more to protect against washburn
PhilKenSebben - May 14, 2008
Wash for the save???
needs more Bedard
MFAN - May 14, 2008
I hope Texas ties it up.
I want this game to go 20.
Goose - May 14, 2008
30
Wilder. - May 14, 2008
40
ColeFitz - May 14, 2008
ONE BILLION
BrettJMiller - May 14, 2008
now you're just being silly
MFAN - May 14, 2008
One Hundred Billion Dollars
Fin - May 14, 2008
No fucking way.
BrianL - May 14, 2008
So Washburn gets to blow the lead.
He won’t be able to throw Kenji under the bus this time.
Happybelly - May 14, 2008
Hit a dong, Beltre
chinn - May 14, 2008
All righties v Washburn.
This will not end well.
CapSea - May 14, 2008
I love how all of Cairo's base hits are slow bouncers that narrowly avoid a fielder.
JI - May 14, 2008
Wait a second, I ducked out and just got back...did Cairo actually hit a go-ahead RBI?
esoteric - May 14, 2008
Yes
BrettJMiller - May 14, 2008
I'm going to ask again, because I don't think you realized what you just said
Miguel Cairo?
Clutch RBI?
Extra innings?
Think carefully before answering.
esoteric - May 14, 2008
Fine.
It was Bloomquist wearing dark makeup and Cairo’s jersey.
Wilder. - May 14, 2008
Yes.
BrettJMiller - May 14, 2008
Slowest walker ever....
ColeFitz - May 14, 2008
Great now Cairo will never be let go
Omerta - May 14, 2008
2 step jog by cairo
PhilKenSebben - May 14, 2008
I get back and we're winning? Must I use this in a non-ironic fashion?
redwolf75 - May 14, 2008
Beltre is so fucking unlucky
Graham MacAree - May 14, 2008
GET READY FOR THE CLUSTERFUCK
chinn - May 14, 2008
Washburn to close?
You’ve been… CLUSTERFUCKED!
BrianL - May 14, 2008
In honor of Wlad's scoring a run
The Typical Idiot Fan - May 14, 2008
nice
chinn - May 14, 2008
i like
AtomicGarden - May 14, 2008
I like my Scotties fat.
JI - May 14, 2008
Fucking rec'd
Goose - May 14, 2008
I forgot we had a daygame what in the balls is going on
Putz at 36 pitches, Washburns throw day… it can’t be, can it?
Nick S - May 14, 2008
Aw shit it can be
Nick S - May 14, 2008
Cairo drove in the go-ahead run?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
God damn ye baseball gods to HELL!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmw6Jne0tAQ
redwolf75 - May 14, 2008
Mac uses pitchers like Tony LaRussa on speed.
Llewdor - May 14, 2008
This is like the opposite of a surprise Felix Day
Robert - May 14, 2008
Y'know, Washburn being used as a one inning pitcher
Makes a shitton of sense. The guy sucks after 90 pitches right? Seems to always do well in his first 25… why the FUCK NOT?
The Typical Idiot Fan - May 14, 2008
decreases his trade value?
i’m still hoping we dump him
AtomicGarden - May 14, 2008
Well trade him as a "dominant closer"
Like GS52.
Or just keep him, use him as a super LOOGY (splits against lefties are good) and stick Morrow, Baek, or RR-S in the rotation instead.
The Typical Idiot Fan - May 14, 2008
Kinsler is an annoying twerp
chinn - May 14, 2008
Washburn in, Game Over?
Goose - May 14, 2008
On way or the other, probably.
BrettJMiller - May 14, 2008
This pic would be perfect if he were wearing an M's uni.
JI - May 14, 2008
CHARGE THE MOUND!!!
CapSea - May 14, 2008
What the fuck?
Cairo gets an extra-inning go-ahead RBI
and now Washburn is one out away from a 1-run save?
BrianL - May 14, 2008
more proof that saves are bullshit
Eyebrows - May 14, 2008
Don't be bitter because we stole Washburn from you
seattlebruin - May 14, 2008
That one out could take awhile
Carl Everett's Dino Farm - May 14, 2008
C'mon Wash it's Gerald Laird
And that was a strike
BrettJMiller - May 14, 2008
You know what I don't want to see?
I don’t want to see Josh Hamilton at bat.
esoteric - May 14, 2008
At least we'd be closer to Stras
BrettJMiller - May 14, 2008
I believe Graham said something about a Young walkoff...
Goose - May 14, 2008
Not for like five more innings
seattlebruin - May 14, 2008
DO NOT WALK
Nick S - May 14, 2008
Here comes the walk to set up the walk off HR
nwtrev - May 14, 2008
I feel strange
is this…success?
Omerta - May 14, 2008
the hell?
chinn - May 14, 2008
Washburn woo?
Goose - May 14, 2008
game overrrrrrrr
LongLiveTheKings - May 14, 2008
Everything I know is fucking wrong.
Thanks a lot, Wash and Cairo.
BrianL - May 14, 2008
Dammit.
I really wanted a WFB inning of Pitching
PhilKenSebben - May 14, 2008
A win. Hurray.
Graham MacAree - May 14, 2008
Wow. Jarrod Washburn comes in to work a pretty damn efficient inning.
WE STILL SUCK, BUT I’LL TAKE IT.
esoteric - May 14, 2008
I hate when we win.
kentroyals5 - May 14, 2008
We win?
Huh, that’s an odd feeling.
Faux - May 14, 2008
Win
Cairo and Washburn are the heroes! Get these men contract extensions pronto!
Nick S - May 14, 2008
We won.
Don’t care.
CapSea - May 14, 2008
a win?? woo hoo!!!!
MFAN - May 14, 2008
Every giant comeback starts with one small step.
seattlebruin - May 14, 2008
So does every massive disappointment
Graham MacAree - May 14, 2008
But so does every comeback!
seattlebruin - May 14, 2008
The over $100 million dollar budget baseball that could...
Doesn’t sound Disney enough.
Fin - May 14, 2008
Win? Ok.
Happybelly - May 14, 2008
And lost in the whole "Manny high fives a fan" is that the Red Sox still lost.
Rays lead up to a full game.
Goose - May 14, 2008
Let's go Rays!
Hey, is LL still down for a stealth invasion of DRaysBay? Not in a hijacking sense, but more in a “dual citizenship” sense.
esoteric - May 14, 2008
Saturday morning, 10am PDT
be there
Jeff Sullivan - May 14, 2008
Aaaah I'm on a gorram plane flight leaving at 11:20
Might there be a part deux in the future?
Nick S - May 14, 2008
Possible
Jeff Sullivan - May 14, 2008
So there.
BrianL - May 14, 2008
GO PADRES!!
kentroyals5 - May 14, 2008
winning feels better than losing...
but I still don’t feel very good
pakipaki - May 14, 2008
If we only had Griffey, this game would've been over by the 11th inning
Lents Park Homer - May 14, 2008
Okay then....
That wasn’t how I expected to spend my work day.
Thingray - May 14, 2008
JI - May 14, 2008
Niiiiiice
seattlesundevil - May 14, 2008
Whoa, that was quick.
Well done.
The Typical Idiot Fan - May 14, 2008
I just fucking threw one of those together..
PhilKenSebben - May 14, 2008
LATE
JI - May 14, 2008
Needs the Final Fantasy box
Also, lower it down to his thighs.
The Typical Idiot Fan - May 14, 2008
just threw it together.
PhilKenSebben - May 14, 2008
Well throw harder!
The Typical Idiot Fan - May 14, 2008
It should say:
“Washburn in? Bullpen Mismanaged”
kentroyals5 - May 14, 2008
This pic will have dual value. We could use it again on Friday.
Fin - May 14, 2008
I'm not that insane on the Washburn = Bullpen Master idea am I?
Washburn:
Pitch 1-25: .239 / .302 / .367 – 16.7% strikeouts, 7.5% walks, 2.7% HR
Pitch 25-50: 244 / .295 / ..393 – 14% strikeouts, 6.4% walks, 2.5% HR
It’s after that things go way down hill. Heck, let him throw an inning or two and dominate.
Am I totally bonkers here?
The Typical Idiot Fan - May 14, 2008
No.
But it will never happen.
Thingray - May 14, 2008
Miguel Cairo to the Mariners blogging community:
Take THAT you haters!
vkut79 - May 14, 2008
Shit, Angie Mentink just tried to compare him to
Stan Javier and Mark McLemore.
I thought that was Willie’s job… maybe we can ditch him now when people aren’t looking.
The Typical Idiot Fan - May 14, 2008
PROFESSIONAL HITTER
PhilKenSebben - May 14, 2008
Then she became pregnant again.
Shawk - May 14, 2008
Willie is not an aged veteran with extensive experience in the wars
vkut79 - May 14, 2008
Fuck yeah I have my last final on friday
and i don’t ahave to do anything until then and I admit I’ve kind have been ignoring the Mariners but hey a win that is perspicacious that what that is whoo go winning and go team chirst I’m a little drunk right now but okay yeah this fucking season is over but yeah go WLAD I like that guy,
Liebkartoffel - May 14, 2008
Our #1 commenting prospect shows up!
seattlebruin - May 14, 2008
My slugging percenatege is through the roof but
my OBP is a little low you manight want to season me a bit the minors.
Liebkartoffel - May 14, 2008
Well
Jeff seems to think you’re ready for the show, and who am I to argue with him?
seattlebruin - May 14, 2008
Well, if he thinks I'm ready, then I'm ready.
I have MVP potential, I swear.
Christ, that took a long time to try to post coherently.
Liebkartoffel - May 14, 2008
God dammit.
Thanks to you I’m now this blog’s WFB.
BrianL - May 14, 2008
Stupid Mariners.
You need to lose.
Coach Owens - May 14, 2008
J-Wash 4 Closer?
ThundaPC - May 14, 2008
If Pinero and Franklin can do it (at least in theory), I don't see why he can't
vkut79 - May 14, 2008
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