Upon further review, however, Reed hasn’t been nearly as bad as I thought. For a solid defensive CFer, he’s okay-ish. Not ready to start loving him again, but I guess I can stop making fun of his scuzziness now.
I was going to respond, "How can management allow him to continue in LF?"
and I thought about Sexson hitting .205 for a year and a half, and Vidro hitting 4th, and on and on.
Can’t we draft an email with all those lovely images attached and send it to fancare? Call it ’Raul’s a good hitter’.
He just can’t be our Lf’r next year. DH/1B great, he’s welcome, but if he’s going to pull that entitled bullshit or the delusion theory (that he’s good in LF) he’s got to go. A true Mr. Mariner would help his team by becoming a DH/1B, not by costing us an ungodly amount of runs. 3-4 last night. I guess I should ask first, would anyone else (besides Ichiro) have thrown those runners out at the plate? I remember seeing Felix in the background on one of them, turning away and putting his face in his glove. Sure he gave up the hit, but clearly Raul doesn’t have much reputation if the runners are going home over and over. I guess making it safely proves them right. He CAN’T throw them out, even with a sizzler right to him.
Manny might have made it. I give manny the same chance and yet Manny is known for terrible D. How can this be ignored(by FO, not informed bloggers here)?
Those are the kind of balls in play Felix is too good to allow on a regular basis. If Raul had gotten an error on the play, it would be an example of errors being a dumb statistic.
I just don’t feel bad for the pitcher in a situation like that, because the ball was hit well. It’s not a Yuni not getting to easy ground balls situation.
I like how after Felix grimaces, Ibanez has that look on his face like "Yeah kid, what the fuck do you want huh?"
Goose - September 10, 2008
You seem to underestimate the number of local charities this man contributes to.
TheBishop - September 10, 2008
Maybe he should take more pride in that and less in this
Jeff Sullivan - September 10, 2008
You say tomato...
TheBishop - September 10, 2008
Maybe we should establish a Get Raul Some Legs Foundation
Jeff Sullivan - September 10, 2008
Get Ibanez, Raul Legs Soon.
Aaron Campeau - September 10, 2008
Other thoughts:
Get Chuck Armstrong a Brain For Kids
The Willie Bloomquist Foundation for the Talently Challenged
Mike Morse Doesn’t Know Where The Ball Is.
TheBishop - September 10, 2008
I'm not sure how we'd go about making Mike Morse better through his foundation
seattlebruin - September 10, 2008
In a country as rich as the United States, how is it that baseballs STILL don't come with bells attached
so that Mike Morse can find them?
Is that acceptable in the year 2008?
marc w - September 10, 2008
Needs more flashing lights and GPS
seattlebruin - September 10, 2008
Like our opponents' offense
Gomez - September 10, 2008
I heard this play on the radio and instinctively knew that something hilarious had happened.
Aaron Campeau - September 10, 2008
It looks as if Raul doesn't even move until the camera pans to him.
Jeremy Reed ran over to back up in a hurry….
Jaejo - September 10, 2008
Reed is actually good at defense.
Aaron Campeau - September 10, 2008
Reed also knows that Raul isn't.
Jaejo - September 10, 2008
Reed has eyes.
Aaron Campeau - September 10, 2008
And legs.
TheBishop - September 10, 2008
And perfectly mussed locks.
Aaron Campeau - September 10, 2008
-Player A.
TheBishop - September 10, 2008
Reed is still kind of on my shitlist, but yeah, he's certainly no Player A.
Aaron Campeau - September 10, 2008
Not comparing them
Merely noting that Player A would approve of Jeremy’s flowing locks.
TheBishop - September 10, 2008
That he would.
Upon further review, however, Reed hasn’t been nearly as bad as I thought. For a solid defensive CFer, he’s okay-ish. Not ready to start loving him again, but I guess I can stop making fun of his scuzziness now.
Aaron Campeau - September 10, 2008
I like to think that Reed had positioned himself anticipating the fumble
Alex B - September 10, 2008
Raul's Defense Wins Championships
ThundaPC - September 10, 2008
When
Jeff Sullivan - September 10, 2008
1806
pdb - September 10, 2008
He was a defensive replacement in 2000,
JI - September 10, 2008
Their's
Gomez - September 10, 2008
I knew this thread would be here.
And thank little baby jeebus for that.
That ball was in the air for almost long enough for Reed to get to it, and STILL Raul jumps…horrrrrible.
Montucky - September 10, 2008
Are all those Raul 'defense' plays from this year?
Montucky - September 10, 2008
You betcha
Jeff Sullivan - September 10, 2008
Isn't one from the Cincinnati series last year?
BrianL - September 10, 2008
I remember seeing that .gif but I don't believe it is sidebarred
Jeff Sullivan - September 10, 2008
You are correct
JI - September 10, 2008
This one has also been edited for theatrics
JI - September 10, 2008
The one thing that is clearly evident to me
is all the damn runners scoring. Over and over and over…yeah, chew that gum, that’ll make you an outfielder.
Montucky - September 10, 2008
I was going to respond, "How can management allow him to continue in LF?"
and I thought about Sexson hitting .205 for a year and a half, and Vidro hitting 4th, and on and on.
Can’t we draft an email with all those lovely images attached and send it to fancare? Call it ’Raul’s a good hitter’.
He just can’t be our Lf’r next year. DH/1B great, he’s welcome, but if he’s going to pull that entitled bullshit or the delusion theory (that he’s good in LF) he’s got to go. A true Mr. Mariner would help his team by becoming a DH/1B, not by costing us an ungodly amount of runs. 3-4 last night. I guess I should ask first, would anyone else (besides Ichiro) have thrown those runners out at the plate? I remember seeing Felix in the background on one of them, turning away and putting his face in his glove. Sure he gave up the hit, but clearly Raul doesn’t have much reputation if the runners are going home over and over. I guess making it safely proves them right. He CAN’T throw them out, even with a sizzler right to him.
Montucky - September 10, 2008
I mean, that's not an easy catch
but come on…
seattlebruin - September 10, 2008
Reed/Wlad make that catch.
Manny might have made it. I give manny the same chance and yet Manny is known for terrible D. How can this be ignored(by FO, not informed bloggers here)?
Montucky - September 10, 2008
How did I miss this?
This is spectacular!
JI - September 10, 2008
THIS DIDN'T GO FOR AN ERROR?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
??
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
??
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
??
If the Brewers are willing to appeal for the no-hitter, the Mariners need to appeal for Felix.
Un-be-liev-able
Wilder. - September 10, 2008
Mariners: "Come on guys, have a heart. Felix sucked but he didn't suck that badly...."
ThundaPC - September 10, 2008
You think that's bad you should have seen Derek Jeter's "triple" last night
seattlebruin - September 10, 2008
Any time a pitcher allows a ball to be hit that hard, he deserves whatever he gets.
Aaron Campeau - September 10, 2008
Felix allowed the ball to be hit hard enough to allow his defense to get under the ball.
And I don’t know if Felix allowed anything to happen. The guy just hit the pitch.
Wilder. - September 10, 2008
Under the ball, but just short of the LF wall.
Those are the kind of balls in play Felix is too good to allow on a regular basis. If Raul had gotten an error on the play, it would be an example of errors being a dumb statistic.
Aaron Campeau - September 10, 2008
It would have also been an example of "you still should have caught it"
seattlebruin - September 11, 2008
Yes, he should have caught it.
I just don’t feel bad for the pitcher in a situation like that, because the ball was hit well. It’s not a Yuni not getting to easy ground balls situation.
Aaron Campeau - September 11, 2008
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