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Hypothesis: the Mariners are stupid

Given: continued regular '07/'08 playing time granted to Miguel Batista, Jose Vidro, Raul Ibanez, Richie Sexson despite alleged injuries

Possible Explanations: (1) team telling the truth, (2) team not telling the truth

Method:

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Conclusion: the Mariners are stupid

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Biggest Contribution: Willie Ballgame, +2.3%
Biggest Suckfest: Miguel Batista, -33.2%
Most Important AB: Ichiro leadoff fly out, -2.2%
Most Important Pitch: Wright homer #2, -13.5%
Total Contribution by Pitcher(s): -30.6%
Total Contribution by Lineup: -19.4%
Total Contribution by Opposition: 0.0%
(What is this chart?)

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Comments

Good Lord, Ballgame has the biggest contribution?
Rather appropriately that may be the smallest biggest contribution all year
Has there ever been a game where the biggest contribution was negative?
Not to my knowledge, but it is theoretically possible
50 losses before the All Star Break.

Awesome.

50 losses before July

Even MORE awesome.

Its odd that the team would still lie about players being injured to cover up their suckage

Now that Bavasi is gone, why don’t they just blame him for them sucking?

Pelekoudas and everyone else were members of that front office
Yes, but scapegoats.
This team's shit's all retarded.
I heard it talks like a fag
So what I would do is like...pshaawwwwww...y'know?
Why come you don't have a tattoo?
Felix is unscannable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ZOMG, MY GIRLFRIEND AND I HAVE BEEN REPEATING THIS LINE TO EACH OTHER FOR THE LAST FIVE DAYS

We just saw Idiocracy for the first time on Friday…it was because of all the references on LL…it went over like fucking gangbusters. I LOVE THIS SITE. I LOVE THE TASTE OF ALL Y’ALL FAGS AND RETARDS.

It's bad form to reply to my own comment, but I can't get over how fucking funny "Why come you don't have a tattoo?" is.
I never realized that was a gay thing to say

shit.

Flow charts: always funny
Like all good people, I love me some flow charts.
Flow charts rock
Ah, familiarity.
New special .gif

It is massive so for the sake of those of you with slower connections I will link it rather than post it.

ahahahaha

WHEN WAS THIS???
5/30/06
I don't remember this.

What was he so angry about?

Low called strike three
In case you're wondering I finally got around to reading Saturday's game thread

which reminded me of this.

I remember performing well that day.
That explains the picture quality.
It was the game that spurred our year and a half return to relevancy
I think team leader Raul must have been wound up by all the bad defence he keeps witnessing
That is fantastic.

The first few seconds could be useful alone.

YES, YES, YES, YES.

I remember that one.

He's like a far less intimidating Henry Rollins or something.

I like.

God, the surge of high quality .GIFS (most involving Raul) is one of the great highlights of this shitty season.

It sort of makes me realize how much we’ll miss Raul when he’s gone. I love the guy, he’s a human highlight reel in his own unwitting way.

Bwhahahaha.

I remember that.

Wow

That is massive. Took forever to load on my fast company connection too.

Hilarious though, egghead gone crazy.

YES

Best Raul moment ever.

I was at this game, (sort of) unfortunately.

In the 3rd inning, I got all the drunken frat assholes in my section to start up a “Let’s go Tits” chant. I think only a couple of them got why, but all of them joined in wholeheartedly.

That was the only thing at the game to go well. Well, that and the extremely hot pair in front of me that kept leaning back to stretch, danced to all the music, and heckled back and forth with me the whole game. It was worth the glares from the GF.

And because someone has to do this, it might as well be me.

Hey, what happened to Eric's fanpost about Felix?
Batista throws Bedard under the bus...wahooooooo, its like a soap opera

Per Rotoworld:

“I have to make sure I get myself healthy before I go out there again, because I’m the only guy trying to pitch through it… Everybody else, every time they feel pain, they go on the DL, or they take a rest, and I haven’t he said

Awww, poor baby.

It sure must be hard, going out there and sucking it up, instead of getting healthy and maybe (I know, a long shot) pitching good enough to not drop 8 over 4IP.

I just love the quote...just shows the animosity and division in the clubhouse.

It’s not really all that subtle either. Bedard just got served.

I don't think Bedard gives a crap.

About a 3-10 pitcher “battling through injuries”.

I totally agree...he shouldn't. But when one veteran is ripping another..it makes me laugh
Bedard didn't get served.

Tits just made himself look like a moron and an asshole.

I think it serves two purposes...he looks stupid and at the same time calls out Bedard

I don’t think I’m reading too far into his comments.

That could just as easily be Miguel calling himself stupid
Well he is...but at the same time didn't need to say:

“Everybody else, every time they feel pain they go on the DL, or they take a rest, and I haven’t…”

With the media all over Bedard and his pitch counts (which I don’t buy) and coming out of like 3 games now due to injury, it’s an obvious jab at Bedard.

I don't really think that's what he meant

Because he wasn’t saying he was toughing it out and still doing well, he was saying he was toughing it out and that’s why his performance has been terrible. Calling out other pitchers for not playing through injury would only make sense if he was actually doing well while playing through injury himself, which he’s not (and he acknowledges he’s not) he’s been the worst pitcher on the team, so I think he’s just calling himself stupid for continuing to go out there with injury problems.

I just think he's defending his shitty outtings by saying at least he's trying to work through his injury/injuries

Unlike others on the team….which is where Bedard gets labeled.

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