Lookout Landing

Regression stops when you get old

After a certain point you just suck. We learned that the hard way…..like 8 times.

Yeah, but that shouldn't happen to Vlad for a while.

So long as you keep him at DH.

He's been getting worse for the last 3 years or so.

Again, a slow regression is one thing, but he shouldn't fall out

of the sky the way he has.

Old player skills do that.

It’s not surprising in the least.

Lots of players have sudden collapses

When you reach that point where you just can’t cut it anymore, it can be rather dramatic.

2003-2004 Mariners are a good example.

Welcome to us

We lose Vlad and Lackey after '09, don't we?

And Frankie is gone this year. Plus Escobar is iffy. Third base is still a hole. Gary is done. I don’t think Willits is coming back. Garret is gone (done already). That leaves Hunter in the outfield, most of an infield, underachieving at catcher and a questionable rotation.

Welcome back to the top of the division, Oakland.

~~Oakland~~ Texas.

no pitching

But they got Hamilton aka the Natural

Assuming we resign nobody, sure.

But that’s atleast 50-60 million dollars/year coming off the books, too. I think the odds we resign atleast Lackey are good, Vlad will depend on whether he returns to form. Franky is probably leaving, but we’ve got Arredondo and Shields, at the very least. Santana’s not going anywhere, now. Saunders may regress, but he won’t be that bad. Adenhart’s on the way up, and he’ll be good by 2010, I think.

I guess I know why you're called TheOptimist.

Especially long term, I always look on the upside. :P

zing

Joy is where you find it

Yes, losing sucks, but NOTHING will prevent me from finding sweet, sweet joy in the regression of Jered Weaver.

The second Snelling homer off him in 2006 was one of the happiest moments of my life

Good call

I loved that game so very much.

I did until the 8th.

Bad things happened in the 8th

Yeah.

For M's fans

at least M’s fans who grew up with a team that flirted with 95-100 losses each year, the outcome of each game is much less important than some small sign of hope.
Especially this year, I don’t care so much if we win, though it’s obviously pretty cool if we do, but I just want to see something that makes being a fan worth it – a Wlad bomb, Clement’s LD swing, Felix, etc.

Snelling gave me a lot of hope that day, and that hope wasn’t extinguished because we lost the game. That hope was extinguished later, much, much more painfully.

That was the game Soriano got hit in the head

I think we won it

I was at that game.

I felt ill after that liner hit him.

Oh....shit....

that was the same game? Really?

Yes

We didn’t get to enjoy it for very long.

Felix's first career shutout was the day before

I was at both games.

I was at the shutout...god that was glorious

BrettJMiller - June 4, 2008 reply

Yuni leads the league in average amongst Shortstops

Whoo.

Wooo

he’s our second leadoff guy, right?

He gets angry when pinch hit for

That makes him a competitor, too. Whoo.

He might be the best SS in the AL

Laughably pathetic.

Even factoring in his defense?

Isn’t he on pace for like 40 billion errors?

Look at the rest of the AL

Maybe a new GM can trade him for something good.

And then can sign Everett or someone not fat.

YuB took a pitch!

Since I posted it late

in the other thread, the Dodgers only went 9 games not 19 without a hit by a SS.

Lents Park Homer - June 4, 2008 reply

Wrec'ked.

...Richie goes from first to third on a single?

I’m so very confused.

Yuni, doing his bit for the team

with a rally pop out!!

pakipaki - June 4, 2008 reply

Dave seems happy about the nice weather next week..

That’s about all he has to look forward to.

I <3 Ichiro.

25 steals already.

Wow.

And it led directly to a run!

LOPEZ!

CALIENTE!

Lopez!!!

LOPEZ!!!!

Wow.

Loafie!!!

LOAFIE!!

Robert Lintott - June 4, 2008 reply

All-Star he might be!

Loafie pussy hit!

But he is clutch

Wasn't THAT pussy

Just had eyes.

TWSS?

Fail

Loafie now leads the team in OPS

Y'know what this means?

3 week slump.

How about a second half slump?

dear God.

Yikes.

Why do we swing at EVERY first pitch?

And IBanez is a pussy.

Funny I was wondering along this topic not 20 minutes ago

the numbers are surprising.

What? we don't actually swing at that many, or

we swing at an incredible 94 % of first pitches.

the latter wouldn't be surprising

LOPEZ!

LOPEZ LOPEZ LOPEZ to make up for the awesomeness of his that I missed earlier while running away from a tornado.

Slica - June 4, 2008 reply

Are you in the DC area?

Because we have tornado watch here today…

Robert Lintott - June 4, 2008 reply

Im in Maryland

Just outside the bottom left corner of Delaware.

Slica - June 4, 2008 reply

Time for Silva to put this one out of reach again

Just pitch to contact...that should work

Here he goes

pound the zone

and let Safeco do the rest

pakipaki - June 4, 2008 reply

Seems to work for washBUM

doesn't work well

pakipaki - June 4, 2008 reply

I should have clarified..

that’s what wash does only the stands end up catching everything rather than the fielders or the CATCHER

Can you guys have Morrow do a 5-inning save?

mikeA - June 4, 2008 reply

That might stretch him out.

I think that would actually be a win rather than a save

heh

You are an expert on junk stats as well as good stats.

mikeA - June 4, 2008 reply

Watching the Mariners reminds me of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQU1TK6gXg0
Start the clip at the 5:40 mark

Fuck me.

That’s cringe-worthy.

You know it's bad when

it makes a professional boxer cry.

2008 version of Jose Lopez looks just like the 2006 Jose Lopez.

His defense is worse though

DEFENSE DONSN"T MATTER!!!!111

(to the mariners front office)

He defense was good last year too. Why so bad this year? Fielding skills don't deteriorate that badly....

..especially for a youg guy,like Lopez ,unless you get fat and lose range.

*His

Defence is pretty volatile - you'll see a lot of it affected by luck and whatnot

Can we just do away with luck? I hate luck especially when it's bad.

About to suck?

I believe he was this hot at the end of May and early June of 2006 also.

I hope he stays consistent and finish this year strong.

*finishes. I suck at typing today.

Yes that would indeed be pleasant and unforeseen

except he takes pitches now

BrettJMiller - June 4, 2008 reply

Morrow's facial hair.

No

That was Morrow?

I thought it was Dickey-Time again.

They were talking about Morrow and it sure looked like him

I believe you...

But I had the sound off and saw some Grizzly Adams lookin’ mother fucker and thought “Dickey, again?!”

He will probably pitch in this game so we should see him again

Jared Weaver is on pace to have 6 pitch inning.

Nice.

Aw, he missed the pace.

7 pitches instead.

:(

Our no-power DH bats .226 and hits cleanup.

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS . . . . . OF THE WORLLLLLLLLLLD . . . . .

or not

Paytheline - June 4, 2008 reply

I just noticed VIDRO is batting 4th...

DAMN you beat me to it.

YES…!! RANT!!!!

Jose Lopez

is spiting me for not playing him on my imaginary numbers team.

Hey look more flyballs.

How about a groundball you assbag

A reminder from yesterday:

According to BP’s third order standings, the Angels have played like a sub-.500 baseball team.

2008 Angels = 2007 Mariners?

And according to them, how have we played?

Poorly

Last time I checked, the Nationals were the worst in baseball

The Mariners were second worst in baseball and Oakland was the best in the AL West.

discovolante - June 4, 2008 reply

Is 'that why we play the games?' ducks

I believe this is a dead meme

The Los Angeles Angels:

Giving BP the finger since 2002. :P

You guys really need to get rid of Rev.

Ichiro should be on the Angels then.

I've always wondered.

Why a pitcher doesn’t catch pop ups when he’s clearly in the easiest position to make the play. Instead, the first baseman, or shortstop, or catcher comes running out and does it instead.

A couple of reasons

1. He’s coming off the mound which is disorienting
2. The infielders are specialists at catching balls, and have practiced it more
3. MLB pop ups can be rather tricky. They have a lot of movement and are way up there
4. Tradition

IMO

it’s easier to come up on a ball and judge it and catch it rather than be directly under it

Pitchers suck at doing anything besides pitching.

Micha Owings disagrees

Beat me to it.

except Micah Owings

gack

Late.

Silva.

6 groudouts, 10 flyouts.

Yuck.

The second line of that comment was unneeded.

Balls in play are Mariners pitchers worst nightmares.

1,2,3

shhhhhhh, wouldn’t want to wake the kids sleeping in section 104

Wow, it's like the Mariners are swinging at everything just to keep things going so they can move onto the next game (season).

It's like the suicide sequence in Groundhog Day.

lol

I wanted Bill to go on a massacre rampage in that movie.

more despair though

Despair?

I got an anime for that.

blah blah blah

InSpokane - June 4, 2008 reply

Pitch 2: Ball

Pitch 3: [same exact location] called strike

Pitch 4: Auto-strike

Gameday's mistaken.

Pitch 2 was called a strike, for what it’s worth. So the umps atleast consistent.

Carlos Silva's ERA is 6.12

That's bad.

He comes with a free topping!

If you put sprinkes on a dog shit taco, you still have a dog shit taco.

Amen brother!

Get that shiny thing outta my face!

Can you use a better stat to illustrate his suckyness?

I like this one here

if you twist that 180 degrees you get an ERA of

71.9

Now there is a stat that will get through to most fans.

I wonder if they understand what we have been saying all along now?

What the fuck???

ARE YOU SERIOUS?!

LOL

what the fuck'n hell was that

InSpokane - June 4, 2008 reply

HAHAHAHAHAH

Yuni Crashed

JI GIF!

I agree

We definitely need a gif of that

Aggressive Baserunning

Always the best strategy

edddgar - June 4, 2008 reply

That was the dumbest thing I've ever seen in baseball

We find new ways...

Carlos Garcia back at 3B coach?

GODDAMMIT YUNI GODDAMMIT.

Ugh.

Goddammit Yuni.

YAAAAAAAWwwwwwnnniii...

PositivePaul - June 4, 2008 reply

For those of us w/o a radio

what the heck just happened?

Yuni tried to score from first on a single

And was thrown out by a mile. Got decked pretty good by Napoli too.

Yuni ran through the signal to hold up at third and was out by a mile at home.

Niehaus sounded like someone had punctured his heart. Twas sad.

Was the stop sign up?

I didn’t see that.

The stop sign was NOT up

The basecoach was waving him in all the way.

Yuni was going on the pitch, from first

Ichiro singled to left field and they sent Yuni. He tried to fucking score from first on a weak single to left.

Dear fucking god that was dumb.

They did not send Yuni.

Niehaus said that the 3B coach told him to hold at 3rd and he kept going on his own.

Wait, now they're revising. Apparently a green light after all.

Yeah, they sent him.

Nope they definitely waved him around

Ouch,

right in the face. Napoli’s a brick wall, I wouldn’t have done that.

I look forward to this Gameday replay

Did Yuni just try to score from first on a single?

Yes.

Yes

For Christ's fucking sake...I think it's beginning to hurt more than 2004.

Did he run through a stop sign?

NO

With your hottest hitter on deck, how do you send the runner there?

If there was a wave around that's got to be fireable.

According to Dave Simms, he was waved in.

By the way Ichiro just hit a line drive on a pitch a foot off the plate

Reminds me of my running in my softball game last night.

At least we won 17-11.

Dave Simms silence was classic

seriously, what the hell was that?

I thought I detected muffled laughter

I feel bad that his introduction to baseball is the Mariners organization.

Yep, he was waved around

Perlozzo was sending him the whole way

Yuni didn’t run through a stop sign.

yep not Yuni's fault

what the fuck was Perlozzo thinking?

Maybe he'll be the first to be fired.

I have no idea.

There wasn’t a single reason I could think of to do that.

Sam Perlozzo was fired by the Orioles

So in effect we got Bedard AND Perlozzo in the trade?

I hope we lose this game because of that

Maicer Izturis has much more normal eyebrows in this year's Gameday photo

I am disappointed.

You think YOU'RE disappointed?

It’s a tragedy.

i was so happy when i found the hi-res library of all the mugshots.

Yep, its the players who are not performing. Setting them up for failure has nothing to do with it AT ALL.

ASSHOLES

Well

A lot of them are underperforming, too, but yes.

I wish people would realize that this whole organization is the problem, not the players, not just the coaches, not just the manager, and not just the GM. EVERYBODY needs to be fired.

I call thrid base!

And I am automatically fired for having spelled incorrectly.

JI is GM of the team.

You’ll get a raise.

Holy shit, people talk about me when I'm not here.

Hey we need a gif made

Get one of Yuni being waved home.

I call second! I have no arm and I can't hit for much power.

It’s my best shot.

I call first base. I'm no worse than John Olerud.

I don't get it.

John Olerud sucks.

(around here at least)

I know it's all in good fun...

...but I draw the line at fun at John Olerud’s expense!

I'm sure someone can link the reference for you.

We don’t actually think he sucks. Kind of an inside joke.

So I guess Raffy Soriano will be closing again in Atlanta

I give it until June 23rd when he goes down with another injury.

The Mariners' season:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvBkA4ewqVA (not a Rick Roll)

Can we drop the (not a Rick Roll) thing?

It’s not going to help anybody trust you any more or any less.

Think the link is bad anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQU1TK6gXg0

gets good at 5:40.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvBkA4ewqVA

Whoops.

"Another efficient inning by Carlos Silva"

Did I hear that right?

Dammit Gameday I want video

Where's Jl?

As one of the important undecided’s, he’s not helping out in gathering in my vote.

I got bored and I fell asleep.

I love how they keep replaying Lopez's homerun.

Like it is going to count again and again.

Perlozzo waving Betancourt around wasn't him being stupid

It’s clear that they are just desperate to win a game and will do stupid things to get one if they have to.

discovolante - June 4, 2008 reply

So how was that not stupid?

Good question.

It's desperate

He knew it was stupid. We all knew it was stupid the minute we saw Yuni running around third.

discovolante - June 4, 2008 reply

It may be desperate but it was still fucking stupid

Uh

Perlozzo waving Betancourt around wasn’t him being stupid
It’s clear that they are just desperate to win a game and will do stupid things to get one if they have to

Not being stupid, just willing to do stupid things!

Only a stupid person would choose to do stupid things.

Oh, I see

You’re saying he’s not a stupid man, he just does stupid things. That’s an important distinction for someone who we pay to not do stupid things.

I didn't say it in the first place!

my bad.

I was trying to make sense of that logic...

And I forgot mah pic. Would this have helped?

I can't see this image at work but I imagine it's Japanese in origin

Anime

So, yes.

While the inspiration is

This particular thing was drawn by a white guy.

I make tortillas.

I am white, but the food is still of Mexican origin.

Argh.

I’m not getting into a retarded semantic battle. The anime it’s parodying comes from Japan, the picture was drawn in the USA by some dude. Therefore, origin != Japan.

And yet the proximate cause of it is japanese

Hence, japanese in origin.

Die in a fire

Post less anime

That's a fan drawn comic

It’s not anime.

If it looks like anime it counts as anime

That mean no Avatar either?

Don't care about avatars, can't see them

Not that Avatar...Dont you have kids?

I certainly hope not

This Avatar

Not Anime

Not anime,

but still questionable!

You can see the mods avatars.

Just had the same argument with my 18 year old the other day.

TFAD

If you post less anime, you can avoid these kind of debates.

Or

Y’all could just not be dicks. Just sayin’.

Hating anime isn't being a dick

What if it's anime porn?

How can you hate porn (unless it’s furry)

Still anime.

Still porn

Still furry.

You have me there

weakest argument ever

Meh.

Who needs porn if you can get the real thing?

I don't need porn.

I can quit any time.

Besides, the gf likes it.

People who can't get the real thing?

It is more fun when you put them together.

real thing + porn > real thing

Well this subthread is closed now

Clearly spending too much time on here

if you’re making arguments in favor of anime porn.

Kirsten Schlewitz - June 4, 2008 reply

I was just asking

Not really arguing in favor of or against.

Personally I think anime, like anything else, predominantly sucks, but there is some good anime out there.

Seems pretty irrational and arbitrary to me

Thus, being a dick.

It's not irrational

anime sucks and the majority of people here seem to dislike it.

And so they mouth off

Being dicks. Knocking on my personal preference and favorite past time for what?

You'll notice that people around here tend to be vocal about things they dislike

True.

Yeah, I've also noticed how that can

snowball into disliking particular posters themselves.

I always thought you were a particularly respectable poster here.

Well, thought.

Post less anime

Pictures are a privilege, not a right.

If I thought for 5 seconds

that anything I was posting was offensive, not safe for work, or in any other way harmful to the community or Lookout Landing’s reputation, I wouldn’t do it.

But this “anti anime” shit is just absurd.

No it's not

Fine

Make it a bannable offense. Otherwise I refuse.

That's a good choice

I’m going home. Someone else can handle this.

I'm sorry,

were you rambling?

Have you ever lived in Japan, let alone visit it?

I'm in the "don't care for anime" camp, but how is that relevant?

I've never been to Philly,

but I like cheesesteaks. What does one have to do with the other?

Cheesesteaks are not of Philadelphia origin.

Just kidding, apparently they are.

No.

What’s your point?

If you did, you would probably not like anime.

What the fuck does that mean?

You think I’m not aware of the culture of anime fandom in Japan?

Get off my fucking back and quit making idiotic presumptions.

Well said.

Sam Regens - June 4, 2008 reply

I'm not particularly an anime fan either, but seems to be too much piling on here

Some guys like hockey for some reason, and other guys like anime or House, etc. Fine.

(P.S. I’m watching my Buck Rogers DVD now).

Sam Regens - June 4, 2008 reply

Things that are annoying deserve to be piled on

Furries?

::hopeful::

Furries have indeed gotten annoying

Hooray!

Not a very strong argument.

I’m well aware of the otaku lifestyle in Japan and I still like anime. Just because you haven’t lived in an environment/community for X amount of time doesn’t mean you should be barred from enjoying a certain form of entertainment. You don’t see the Irish clubbing me over the head every time I listen to traditional Irish music.

That said, if certain posts bug a majority of an online community, I’d suggest not posting them. A majority of people here find anime annoying. Ergo, don’t post anime.

I wish I had my powers back.

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd290/typicalidiotfan/youlostme.jpg

I linked it before.

It’s completely worksafe:

Stupid things don't help you win

They help you lose

Why is Darren Oliver still playing baseball?

He's actually been pretty good for the Angels

once they took him out of a specialist role and let him pitch an inning or two at a time.

He has only preserved his career with the Angels because he faces the Mariners 19 times a year.

god he was in the Rangers rotation for the only mariners i have been too

in 1996

Sucky pitcher on the mound. It'll be a 1-2-3 inning.

Good, Raul's on base for our cle-GODDAMNIT

Jose Vidro is hitting 4th

No

He’s 4th in the lineup, but I wouldn’t say he’s hitting.

ralphie81 - June 4, 2008 reply

K-Rod already getting warm.

Losing is a foregone conclusion in the 7th inning.

you mean the first

InSpokane - June 4, 2008 reply

Good god Vidro is so terrible

I know everyone realizes this, but it just continues to baffle me that we’ve given him so many at-bats this year and that he’s been batting 3rd or 4th the last month

Cool. Rockies won.

Alright I know who should replace Squinty.....

YES!

What is this from?

I must watch.

you've never seen Terry Tate?

my god.

...

I thought I made this clear.

That's not going to stop me from expressing amazement that one could miss something so awesome.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RzToNo7A-94

Here you go

Ahahhahaha

Sad there are no other episodes.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6EHhwxRls2Y&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=CtJOzE1GJWw&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oVw7jb7M3N8&feature=related

are you kidding?

How can someone NOT have seen this?

I’m jealous that you get to see it for the first time now.

Damn

How about

The real reason Adrian destroys LHP

They can’t throw him sliders low and away.

There's another lineout

Hey could anyone run through the story of the game as far for me?

How has Silva been?

Silva being Silva

Pitch to contact pitchers have ups and downs.

Is he gonna throw a complete game, 5 run loss?

Are they all earned?

How’s the offense been. Sorry I just got home and I didn’t know we had a day game.

gameday

My computer can't handle gameday, and a game thread at the same time.

It’s beyond sluggish now.

Could anyone just give me a basic rundown, and what to think of Silva/the offense on this particular day?

Bad

Silva hasn't changed

nor has the offense

I would suggest reviewing gameday first in the future

then coming here. It only takes a minute or two to get the basic info from it.

Okay.

In order.

Yes.
Yes.
Jose Lopez.

Another HR?

It's too bad there aren't any live boxscore anywhere.

That would be really useful.

Oh good, Carlos is still pitching.

That seems intelligent and well thought out.

Might as well let him keep pitching so he can have a career-ending injury.

Then the Mariners can collect insurance on him.

It's been, what, a week since RRS's seen game action?

(facepalm)

8 days

Oh, even better.

I love it when Squinty has Alzheimer attacks and forgets who’s on his team.

Add that to the list

Honest question,

should we actually make a list? It might be impressive by season’s end.

It might be impressive by MONTH's end.

Assuming, of course, that Squinty makes it through the month with his job.

That would be on the list as well.

I don't think it'd be worthwhile

before long we’d start adding like twenty things a day.

What if we make one of our lackey's maintain it?

Don't trust lackeys, only trust inner circle

Make Devin do it

Slacker does nothing around here.

Devin is too busy being a cop

see? Slacker.

It's fun to hear his stories

teenagers are retarded

So I'm constantly reminded when I come here during game threads.

Have JI do it.

You can add “list has spelling errors” to the list.

Only for pay.

You'll get paid by the spelling error-free posts

hahahahahahahahaha

At least I could put my college education to work.

Or mod capabilities

Can I abuse them?

I'm not yet sold on this idea

Let me know when you are able to edit the content of comments.

I believe I'm curator for a reason

Suck it.

Owned

I'm going to flag everycomment you made in March 05

Didn't we try this for Hargrove last year?

Three groundouts?

Silva usually owns us, the last 4 innings have been way

more typical of him than the first 4.

"If they could only give him a couple of runs"

Because pitchers who give up 5 runs in 8 innings deserve wins

Silva made it through 8 innings?

o.O

Uhh, what about WLAD

Silva's still pitching?

What the balls?

REED!

Slow down.

Reed is okay

Oh wait that was an error

It was?

I just saw him swing, hit it hard, then arrive at first.

Um...

Orlando Cabrera would demand a pinch runner so he could call the press box

He'd lose a chance at Runs.

He’d wait til the inning was over.

Not an error anymore.

Seems like Reed did

Schuxu - June 4, 2008 reply

They're calling it a hit now

Must’ve pulled a Cabrera during the pitching change

I hated him before too..

Reed facing a LHP? Color me surprised.

So, Mac, isn't it time to PH Cairo now?

We like Richie and the energy he brings to us...so on... and so forth.

I guess Gameday doesn't want to show me video of Yuni getting thrown out

I'm disappointed as well.

My internet is shitty at home, so this is my one chance to see it. At least until it lives on in gif form.

Which it surely will before the end of the night

Inning?

Bottom 6

You know it's going to take them ~4 hours to have the archive ready.

Come on you useless pile of Shit

dammit

I assume you mean the one at the plate.

Hard to tell with the ‘08 Mariners.

the most useless pile of shit

the tall one

tallest POS

I would argue the fattest POS is more useless.

JJ is up in the pen, just in case

just in case we want to be down by 4

Huh... so that is Morrow.

The Grizzly Adams look must be the bullpen’s thang.

Open stance DP!

The open stance is helping him make more contact.

So who do you bring in if we take the lead?

Schuxu - June 4, 2008 reply

Ah well, stupid question...

Schuxu - June 4, 2008 reply

The green fairy

ralphie81 - June 4, 2008 reply

The Mariners can take a lead?

That’s crazy talk, son.

fuck you Richie

I would of been down with Willie pinch hitting and bunting.

Lowered expectations!

well thats the game

What the hell, Silva is still pitching?

Or what the hell, I left in the fourth and he lasted 8 innings?

He's hungry for innings.

Delicious...

...delicious innings.

He's an innings eater!

Isn’t that why we pay him all that money?

Mac's saving his bullpen.

Because they’re so worn out, what with RRS on 8 days rest, and Rhodes having faced one batter the last 10 days.

Someone needs to refill Squinty’s Aricept prescription…

Roberto Petigine where are you..

Japan?

being better than richie

Morrow doesn't have his best fastball today.

It's funny how I'm disappointed that Morrow's only throwing 98

eww

There's that 98+ on the outer black again.

Love it.

98 over the middle, not so much.

Worst case scenario:

New Soriano?

Does Morrow have a posse of thugs?

Needs more Latino

This thread is really starting to bog down

FF3 RC1

Amen

i lost my bookmarks from it, but it was worth it

I won the UK lottery again.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

VALUABLE BUSINESS PROPOSITION

I do love Morrow, but...

can I still be annoyed that Squinty can’t keep track of more than 3 pitchers in his bullpen at a time?

Im not entirely convinced Willits bat is real

Holographic bat technology would certainly explain a few things.

Reggie Willit's WNBA sister is the ugliest thing i have ever seen

Reggie Willits has a WNBA sister?

They're the same height.

yes

and she’d probably have more power than him if she played in the MLB

http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/wendi_willits/index.html?nav=page

Wait what?

That's unfortunate.

Remove this pic before I puke on my laptop.

Thanks.

WHAT.

Raul with a nice play?

More like routine play for a decent LFer

For Raul it was

was that impressive?

Niehaus thought so.

ralphie81 - June 4, 2008 reply

Ball hung in the air just long enough for Raul to make a "spectacular" play.

Fuck, there's another month in the field

edddgar - June 4, 2008 reply

another *extension

Doesn't matter, bad season

Oh my God .... Raul made a catch like a big leaguer!

mark sobba - June 4, 2008 reply

HUH?

easymmmkay - June 4, 2008 reply

Best. Username. Ever.

ahem

Uhhh

JI: Best. Username. Ever?

My second choice was

Angela Planbee

but it didn’t want Corco to cyberhit on me.

Fuck, we're going to hear about that one

OMG.

Robbed by Ibanez. Reggie has no luck.

Wrong

He just sucks. His sisters a better ballplayer

Not another rain delay...

MIKE NAPOLI STOLE SECOND?

Fuck Brandon Wood

a little belated, but still, fuck em’

He had quite the wad of tobacco, too

Give him some credit.

M's announcers make big deal over routine play for anyone not named Raul?

Morrow threw that last pitch dead center of the plate thigh high

Willits managed to hit it about 200 feet.

That's a home run in little league!

9 Pitches

Total needed to complete the sweep

Loafie is batting this inning

have faith

You misspelled "false hope"

It's only false hope when Loafie's not up

It's false hope until proven otherwise

We’re discussing the 2008 Mariners here.

Ended up being 10 pitches

Close

Yeah, you win

fucking false hope

Sooo....

This is the team we’re supposed to beat to get into the playoffs right?

Playoffs?

(imagine me saying that like Jim Mora)

Hello Jim Mora!!!

Playoffs?

That's it!

Don Sutton has a huge hard on for Yadi Molina... as a hittter.

Power Swing?

Loafie walk-off jack

Loafie game-tying jack

This is good strategy.

Let's see if it pays off for them, Cotton.

what the hell was that pitch?

Let's go Loaf.

OK, it's Lopez time

We lose?

yes

appleshampoo - June 4, 2008 reply

big time

So we got one of the two sweeps we were hoping for

Strasburg Christmas.

FOR STRASBURG!!!!!!!!!!!

were not getting Strasburg

had strasburg been a month older he would have likely gone first in THIS draft. The Mariners suck, but their not the worst team in baseball. So unless his stock falls a lot we ain’t getting him

Unless we finsih in last/first.

Watch Bavasi fail to sign him.

Then trade Triunfel/Aumont to the Orioles to get him back.

Crystal for DH - June 4, 2008 reply

Lost four straight.

Onward to Fenway!

oh, we lost. i am heartbroken

off to ~~Mario Kart Wii~~ MVP 2005

Strasburg ho!

Who's pitching tomorrow?

Off day

PS: M's lose to Off Day, 5-3

Richie strikes out 5 times at airport

That's not all his fault

BS call from the security guard on the fourth AB.

Crystal for DH - June 4, 2008 reply

Seriously, what an asshole

security guard can’t even give Richie a break and rings him up on an offday. Probably gave him a parking ticket, too.

Couldn't get his hands through the zone in time

those automatic faucets were too quick.

Oh, yes you're right.

The day after?

Bloomquist

Strasburg +1!

FURRIES!!!!11

I'm already tired of furries,

and I didn’t even know what they were until a couple of threads back.

you WERE very lucky

I know.

I know….

It's too bad the original diary was deleted.

Is it really?

The only funny one a saw was the chick with the fake arm.

The original FanPost on DRB was pretty hilarious

I must have missed it.

RJ posted it a while back, but the OP deleted it later that day

leading to another JI going apeshit over FanPost deletion episode. It was amusing.

Yeah I felt cheated when my first FanShot got deleted,

but that wasn’t at all amusing to anyone but myself, so I kept my piece.

I thought you deleted it.

What?

mine

If it wasn't a 4chan meme to hate furries

I wouldn’t say anything. Honestly I don’t give a crap about them. Whatever gets you off is your business.

Now, pedos on the other hand…

...deserve to be paid millions of dollars to throw suck pitches.

This was well played

from butthol… wtf???

Rec’d anyway

Thanks bud.

It was kind of a backhanded compliment, but YW anyway

It's their business what they like or find funny,

I’m just tired of seeing them.

Yeah, I think the meme is starting to die

This’ll be the last one I post

I think "dead meme" about covers it.

At least IMHO.

we have breating room!

we can actually afford to win a game and still be in the lead.

21-39, soon to be 21-45

I don’t see how we win a game in Boston or Toronto

Felix could throw a CGSHO again.

22-44.

Felix 9 IP 3 H 0 BB 0 R 15 K

M’s lose 1-0 in 10

So why don't I give the M's all the money I was going to spend on them this year,

they can take me out behind Safeco and kick me in the nuts, and we’ll call it a season?

(yes, I stole most of that)

For reference:

The 2004 Mariners after 60 games: 24-36

Yes, that’s right, we’re 3 games BEHIND the win pace of the worst Mariner team in nearly 25 years.

Oh wow

This team doesn’t seem THAT bad…but maybe they are.

We're heading towards +100 losses.

If we continue at this May-June rate (which we won't)

we’re looking at making a run at the 03 Tigers

... and it gets better.

The 2004 team was 29-38 at game 67.

Jose Vidro's OPS is .599

Jose Vidro is our cleanup hitter

I think I just puked in my mouth a little.

I had that ready to go.

I heard.

Jose Vidr is our DH

I think I just puked in my mouth a little.

I heard.

I had that ready to go.

That's weird that all showed up twice.

Either that or kentroyals...

Actually, now that I think about it, ignorance is bliss.

Richie: Resign me Bill. I'm better than your cleanup hitting DH.

Crystal for DH - June 4, 2008 reply

Silva went 8.0 innings.

Krueger says that makes him a Warrior.

....oh hey, Rays vs. Red Sox on ESPN!

This scenario truly reminds me of that "mere flesh wound" scene in the Holy Grail.

If he loses all limbs, but lasts quite past due, he must be a warrior. Thanks Bill.

Oooh, supposedly McLaren has erupted

and we can’t hear it because the KOMO post game show is a family program. Nice.

Mt. McLaren?

It's erupting!

Mount McLaren

Itll go out with a whimper, not a bang

Must...refuse...your mom... joke....

Is he saying anything we haven't heard?

Gosh darn it son of a biscuit.

He better be yelling at Perlozzo.

That was unforgivably stupid.

What did Perlozzo do?

(I missed about four innings in a meeting)

tryed to score Yuni from first on a single and he was about by 15 feet. at least

Why would you try and score a runner from first on a single?

Dear God, there better have been two outs when this happened

There was

Still wasnt close

Hit and run was on

Was like scoring from just behind second, with great Yuni speed and Garret Anderson’s arm. All sounds like the scenario where you send a guy, yet he was way out. And now it looks stupid.

I'll let you in on a secret.

GA actually has a pretty good, accurate arm that he disguises by making lazy throw-in’s when it doesn’t matter.

Zu Long - June 4, 2008 reply

Oh?

Alright. Thanks man. I actually didn’t know that, so I did factor it in for the support argument for Perlozzo.

You sound like Management

Using pre-existing conditions/scenarios to justify poor decision-making.

That was unforgivable

With Lopez on deck? He’s been our best hitter lately… not that that’s really saying anything.

The Yuni thing.

they paraphrased it on the radio

apparently the gist of it is that he’s sick and tired of losing. They can’t play the quote though because too much profanity, hopefully we’ll get some details from Baker or something

Oh, and one more thing

It took the 2004 Mariners until game 82 to hit 18 games under .500.

Meaning this season could very well be a [COATHANGER] to end all botched [COATHANGER] Mariner seasons.

I think you mean abortion.

I think you mean Thompson.

ZOMG No politics.

I was just gonna say that

Then clicked preview, waited 20 seconds, then cancelled.

and this post explaining that is somehow better?

You were supposed to be proud of me and my progress.

Refer to my previous posting.

Jeez, I hope I am not being compared to the likes of Coach and butthol now

Nope.

Thank you. I'm so fucking sick of [COATHANGER]

BrettJMiller - June 4, 2008 reply

Get in line

We ride our memes fast and hard.

I see what you did there...

[shopvac]?

I'm going to use this one once [human omlete] gets old.

And then once that gets run into the ground I’m going to work in the Woodland Critter Christmas references.

We're currently pacing the 1978 Mariners (56-104).

Over/Under on days until Squinty loses his job?

I’ll start the bidding at 1.5

Over

You mean 1.5 years?

I might take the under.

Proper use of overr under has been banned.

I believe I should be granted an exception

because I usually pose interesting ones

Rumor is before the roadtrip...?

Under.

Please God, under.

http://www.draysbay.com/2008/6/4/545875/6-3-rays-35-23-at-bos-36-2#6572056

Try as you might

You guys will never top this.

R.J. Anderson - June 4, 2008 reply

yes yes yes

bwhahahahahahahahaha

I don’t understand how he can delete that diary, yet still bring it up…

Well

to be fair, we bring it up, he just repsonds

Tyler - June 4, 2008 reply

Still.

We've been discussing wheter they are both dudes

The sentiment is an overwhelming “Yes!”.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

It seems they are

He said it wasn’t likely that it was a girl.

Tyler - June 4, 2008 reply

That was quite a post

But man do the DRaysBay patrons have a generous sense of humor…

We laugh at nearly everything. You'll be there one day.

R.J. Anderson - June 4, 2008 reply

The gloom of Safeco Field is not a temporary thing...

Someone post the "Dickey Time" image over on DRB in the game thread

Tyler is requesting it

done

much appreciated

Tyler - June 4, 2008 reply

What is Managements plan for Bedard?

Cause their original plan of winning the world series with him as our No. 1 starter this year seems to have fallen through.

Resign? Trade? They couldn’t let him go as a FA…...... could they???

I doubt even this group is dumb enough to just let him walk after next year.

But we don’t have to make that decision right now anyway.

It's not really up to them whether or not he walks

Vidro since being moved to the #3 hole on May 23

.273 / .326 / .386

Context: first three games 7 for 13, after that 5-31. Hot hand got cold really damn quick but, yeah, recognition of the hot hand to not…

Raul in Left Field

mark sobba - June 4, 2008 reply

Goose - June 4, 2008 reply

Bigger.

At least 1280x1024.

Mac going off (video - uncensored)

http://www.king5.com/video/index.html?nvid=251746

ooops - here it is

Another fail?

Or did they yank it already?

Dang! Looks like it got yanked.

It was really raw – I was surprised they posted it in the first place.

I think King yanked the video.

Damn

Really wanted to see that…

anyone want to generally re-iterate what he said?

profanity included plz.

kthx

I'm tired of fucking losing.

That’s about it.

There was a Bobby Knight clip like that

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Yw7KijRfU-c

And here it is

Here it is.. still on the KOMO mariners front page

It’s on the right side of this page

seattlesundevil - June 4, 2008 reply

Err... KING not KOMO

seattlesundevil - June 4, 2008 reply

Damn, that's pretty epic.

They bleeped it out though.

Zu Long - June 4, 2008 reply

Thanks

Even when he’s yelling and cursing he still seems like a pussy.

Like he knows he’s gotta say that stuff so he’s just going through the motions… I get the same feeling each time he’s been thrown out of the game.

It's back with all the cussin' is bleeped out

I don't know how to reconcile that with this

Angie has bigger legs.

It's like their married and she's telling him about her day.

hahaha... so true...

Look at me when I’m talking to you, Jonathan!
That’s it, I’m taking away your masturbation privilages!

uh...

No

See, i have the instincts for this.

forgive me

I will never quote Saving Silverman again

at least wait until it applies to quote it

I don't remember that scene so my bad

Very funny movie.

But the unrealism in it was bothersome.

"unrealism"

?

Sorry that was a badly phrased comment

Little preoccupied.

What I meant to say was that if somebody actually kidnapped a woman and held her in the basement for a few weeks or whatever it was, (barring Stockholm Syndrome), their ass would get jailed. But that’s the only real problem I had with it.

Umm it's a movie.

Bruce Willis probably couldn’t kick a whole terrorist organzation’s ass like 4 times, but the Die Hard series still rules.

Movies are unrealistic, and a comedy about kidnapping will never ever ever be realistic, thank god.

I'm way late.

It's okay

You guys are both right. I lost this one.

Late by like 30 secs

Very true

Unlike Steven Segal movies, which are equally realistic and plausible.

Of course.

BTW I fucking loved Exit Wounds. So bad it was good.

I have the exact same feelings about that movie

and Executive Decision

seattlebruin - June 5, 2008 reply

Bruce Wayne also probably couldn't get his hands on military technology in order to wage war on criminals.

Yet it’s still fun to watch.

true story

but one of Jack Black’s best roles… Steve Zahn too

That movie was just made of awesome

I was just talking about how much I liked Steve Zahn earlier.

And I cited this movie, That Thing You Do, and Riding in Cars with Boys as my favorite roles he’s done.

Stress my usage of rolls.

*dammit, roles.

Hm...

Somewhat of a quandary...

The Phillies game is getting interesting.

I can't remember a mariner manager going off like this at a press conference.

Definitely not family friendly. >:)

I really hate to say it, because I'm sick of hearing people bring his name up...

but didn’t Lou have some epic blowups with the media?

Don't remember.

but it wouldn’t surprise me

I must say I enjoy non-family friendly Mac, though.

Yes, this is the opposite of him crying.

I only hope Riggleman or Perlozzo can be this entertaining after Squinty gets fired.

If Perlozzo is hired

I will sneak into Safeco and crucify myself to the right foul post.

Seems like a stupid idea.

Can we give this fellow the same advice we gave butthol?

You can't crucify yourself to a pole

You can do a striptease to a pole.

I'm going to go watch hockey now

Rays need to suck less, rain needs to stop falling in DC.

Needs more OT

Fuck the Pens, but Game 5 has set unattainable expectations

You could affix each arm to each foul pole.

I don't know how one would type with arms that long

I was thinking long ropes...

...and dangling over center.

So, what happens if a ball in play hits him?

Automatic double?

no he's like the Monster

in-play

Awesome.

but equally as pathetic

profanity not included, but it's not hard to figure out

"We’re playing our (bleep) off every day and got nothing to show for it. I’m tired of (bleeping) losing, I’m tired of getting my (bleep) beat, and so have those guys. We gotta change this (bleeping bleep) around and get after it. And only we can do it. The fans are (bleeped) off, and I’m (bleeped) off, and the players are (bleeped) off. And that’s the way it is. There’s no (bleeping) easy way out of this, can’t feel sorry for ourself, we gotta (bleeping) buckle it up and get after it. I’m tired of (bleep) losing this, (bleeping) every night we bust our (bleep). It’s gotta be a total team (bleeping) effort to turn this thing around, and that’s it."

I think Squinty needs his juicebox and blankie.

Did you really bleep out 'pissed'?

joof - June 4, 2008 reply

The guy filling in for Baker did.

Did that guy filling in for Baker really bleep out 'pissed'?

_>

joof - June 4, 2008 reply

Yes.

> making a quote box is the stupidest thing ever.

joof - June 4, 2008 reply

I agree.

There are children here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv23pqH9iG0

Needs more Lee Elia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RTlT5qW60g

I found it and uploaded it.

That was totally a fuckin team effort.

Favourited.

lol... he sounds like he is using bad words for the first time

Exactly. It sounds very forced.

Like he told himself to insert a “fucking” at random intervals, but didn’t really know where to put them.

We should copy that upload, then go Harold and Kumar on it.

Everytime there’s a fuck or a shit.

/agrees

Like he’s saying it, but not really feeling it. Even when leaves, he just mosey’s to the door instead of storming out.

I'm pretty sure he's been sapped of all emotion by now

Now we need a photoshop with the caption

“Fucking change shit around.”

FUCKIN TEAM EFFORT.

And photoshop his and Raul’s faces on the Strasburg-furries win .gif.

That was my favorite line.

Bavasi was probably saying “Fuck, don’t say that!”

Nothing tops "Fuck Dave Samson"

At least I have that one Bavasi gem to hang onto.

I have never heard that.

I’ve searched diligently, so if anyone knows where to find that I’d be eternally grateful.

It was just a text quote wasn't it?

I never knew it was said out loud…

Well, most quotes are spoken

So it obviously was said out loud.

Well, I always thought it was like an issued statement back to him,

not like in an interview or whatever.

Dude what’s your problem with me? What’d I ever do to you to make you feel like belittling me and making me feel like a dumbass on every reply-to me?

Relax man there was nothing personal

Sorry if it came off dickish.

I thought it was said at like a media meeting/press conference thing

Okay okay

Sorry for snapping, I just am lately really put down by all you guys. And I felt like making a statement about it. Humblest apologies for singling you out there.

That's alright.

It was kinda dickish, looking back at it.

No worries now

At least you’re one to acknowledge it.

Florida Marlins president Dave Samson criticized the Ichiro contract extension

Bill Bavasi said “My momma always told me, if you don’t have anything nicer to say than ‘fuck Dave Samson’, don’t say anything at all”

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/baseball/323737_ichirobar14.html

linky

http://ussmariner.com/2007/07/14/bill-bavasi-awesome-talker/

Thanks man

I’ve seen the quote, but I was hoping for audio of it or audio of Dave Samson’s “OMG THE WORLD’S ENDING BECAUSE ICHIRO GOT A BIG CONTRACT BASEBALLS RUINED” rant

I thought I read somewhere that he said "Screw Dave Samson."

I mean, he was talking to the media. Seems odd that he would say fuck in that context.

I remember it as [Expletive] Dave Samson.

So unless the M’s media is filled with pussies, it was fuck.

Though judging by pissed=(bleeped), it probably was screw.

As someone who edits news stories at a newspaper for a living,

I can tell you that newspapers are full of pussies. “Screw Dave Samson” would not be allowed in our paper.

That should say "many" newspapers.

I don’t mean to completely generalize. But that’s been my experience.

Yeah as my HS sports editor I found some shit to be ridiculous

Obviously not the same as a real paper, but I had to take the word hatred out of one of my articles becuase it was “offensive”

As editor I was able to slip in “Testicle” in like 8 straight issues at one point. Yay for immaturity

I still try to do that.

Who said that immaturity goes away?

My coworkers filled one of my desk drawers with those packing peanuts today. Work immaturity is awesome

I was the editor of my high school newspaper.

A local restaurant tried to sue me after one of my writers published a negative review of their cooking. That was fun.

That actually sounds awesome

Unless of course he won

Oh no, the judge laughed him out of the court room.

Hahah that's good

Food criticism is ridiculous.

You can write that a dish was too spicy, then call the mayor a rapist, and the restaurant will be the first to sue you for libel.

Well it's not libel if it's true....

... a restraurant sued a HIGH SCHOOL newspaper over a review?

I could mayyyybe understand if you were a professional journalist and it was a particularly negative review but…

seattlebruin - June 5, 2008 reply

Yeah it probably was screw.

But without proof I will assume it was fuck, because that’s much funner

I like this policy.

Hm.

I can’t prove that he didn’t. Why is “fuck” odder than “screw” in that context, given they are synonymous?

Just because it's less of an outright "bad word" than screw.

Fuck seems like something you reserve for blowups like Mac’s today, not organized, happy press conferences. I have no way of knowing what Bavais said, though. Just speculating.

Thanks. My computer at work doesn't like the King 5 site.

Que?

Wifebeater no hitter through 6

please stop this

Joey Votto ended it.

One of the many reasons he's awesome...

Didn’t someone mention a possible Putz for Votto++ trade this offseason?

I love JJ, but oops.

Cancer has nothing to do with baseball

shut up

The Mariners gave me cancer.

The gave me the AIDS

How retro of them.

All in the spirit of throwback uniform night.

The Mariners beat my wife, who has cancer.

Thank God we finally traded him

Cancer beat my wife, and the Mariners did their best to Buzzie Bavasi.

Josh Hamilton just gave my computer AIDS

And nice job Penguins. So let’s make this like a 3 OT Detroit winner by Zetterberg

The Wings are kinda like the Spurs of the NHL

They are as boring as they are succesful. Although not as much in recent years.

Or tOSU Buckeyes of NCAA football.

Horribly overrated

and the product of favorable home scheduling, and a mediocre conference thus easily exposed when playing teams that are actually talented?

Exactly.

But I was highlighting the boring style of smashmouth play but ultimate success. (Well aided by the reasons you mentioned above.)

OSUs play style

isn’t really as boring or “smash mouth” as you might like to think.

They line up in plenty of spread formations and attempted all sorts of modern college play making. The issue is that they suck and the only remotely talented player they had on offense last year was Chris Wells.

I could go on and on about how you’re wrong but I don’t think I need to.

Also I don’t think Ultimate success is defined as backing your way into the MNC and getting your ass handed to you 2 years in a row.

They're fast.

They’re the one team nationally (even ‘SC included) that’s as fast as some of those SEC schools (UF, UGA, LSU). I have no idea why they don’t win more because Tressel is somewhere between a good and great coach, and they really do have the athletes. Their secondary has been legitimately fantastic the last three or four years.

I actually think it’s because they just have trouble adjusting to playing teams with as much speed as them and who run interesting offensive schemes (like say the spread) as opposed to very vanilla (besides Purdue and NW Big Ten offenses) (and let’s face it – Purdue and NW don’t have anywhere near the speed necessary to keep up with Ohio State)

seattlebruin - June 5, 2008 reply

The Wings aren't boring at all

I don’t like them (or hate them), but they’re fucking spectacular.

Maybe it's just me...

But it seems like they just play the technical aspects of hockey to absolute perfection. On a list of teams I’d pay to see, they’d be near the bottom. Plus their star players aren’t exciting… Last Red Wing player I liked was Federov in his early years.. or Stevie Y in, well, every year he played.

I'd say Datsyuk and Zetterberg are pretty damn exciting

the thing that’s fun about the Red Wings is precisely that technical perfection. They’re the best puck possession team in the league and you almost never see them make a bad pass.

I agree 100%

Call me a simpleton, but I’d just rather watch an Ovetchkin breakway than the 5 guys in red playing keepaway from the other team.

I would too

but AO isn’t a very fair benchmark. He’s the greatest athlete in North America.

yeah that's true

I was more trying to illustrate the fact I would rather watch a star player on a bad team than the red wings. Some other players I’d pay to see rather than watch the Red Wings include Mike Modano, Joe Thorton, Ilya Kovelchuk, Malkin and Crosby or Jarome Iginla. Granted some of those players are on good teams, this is just off the top of my head of players I have wanted to see, but haven’t yet.