Monday! Monday! Monday!
It still strikes me as a little surprising how close Opening Day is. It's also a weird feeling that April 6th represents a pretty crucial deadline for me at work as well, so I've been looking to that day with a mixture of both giddy excitement and stress filled dread.
Anyways, we have word from the always awesome Larry Stone on the pitching match up. Felix Hernandez is opening up for the Ms as we have known for a while, but his expected opponent has changed from Scott Baker (now on the shelf with shoudler soreness) to Francisco Liriano.
Which means, YES!, Griffey facing one of the sickest left-handers in baseball on Opening Day! Remember when Raul Ibanez faced Brian Fuentes in 2006? How would you like to see that three times instead of just once? Well then, good news!
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YES FELIX IS BACK IN COMMAND
Robert - April 2, 2009
ahahahaahahahahhahahhaha
FUCK YOU HARGROVE
FUCK YOU IN YOUR SLEEP AND IN YOUR WAKING STATE
Jeff Sullivan - April 2, 2009
Boy I've missed a lot at LL, haven't I?
JI - April 2, 2009
The best thing about that was we had traded for Eduardo Perez like the week before
Graham MacAree - April 2, 2009
No shit
Jeff Sullivan - April 2, 2009
No, the best part was where we lost.
Matthew - April 2, 2009
Didn't Jeremy Reed's career die that day too?
Graham MacAree - April 2, 2009
In extras!
Jeff Sullivan - April 2, 2009
Jeremy Reed's career died that day he decided to be loony.
Matthew - April 2, 2009
My favorite part about Bill Bavasi was that despite how much retarded emphasis he put on mental this and that
His marquee trade was centered around getting somebody nutso el gutso.
Robert - April 2, 2009
My favorite part about Bill Bavasi was
FUCK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Matthew - April 2, 2009
Are you saying fuck you to Lincecum, Jones, Tillman, Carlos Guillen, Player A, Carlos Silva, Miguel Batista, Jarrod Washburn, Jose Vidro, Richie Sexson, or Horacio Ramirez?
Graham MacAree - April 2, 2009
I wish he would have listened to Brett and signed Milton Bradley
Robert - April 2, 2009
Except that part provides amusement to me so its hard to get angry about that.
Robert - April 2, 2009
I'll amuse your face.
Matthew - April 2, 2009
Looks like somebody is touching a girl this month!
Robert - April 2, 2009
...
It’s not often you hear a male refer to himself as a girl.
Kirsten Schlewitz - April 2, 2009
It think you have it backwards
JI - April 2, 2009
Can't hurt.
royalcurve - April 2, 2009
Graham might disagree.
Matthew - April 2, 2009
You've managed to mock multiple persons and hit multiple levels with these three words.
Well done.
Kirsten Schlewitz - April 2, 2009
My jokes are NP-complete.
Matthew - April 2, 2009
I was going to say that I didn't get it but I realised that's more your style
Graham MacAree - April 2, 2009
And somehow I'm one of them.
royalcurve - April 2, 2009
The best part was throwing away a chance at first place.
ThundaPC - April 2, 2009
ARGGHHHHHH
Robert - April 2, 2009
.
ThundaPC - April 2, 2009
More
ThundaPC - April 2, 2009
,
Robert - April 2, 2009
One my favorite W/E charts.
Goose - April 2, 2009
This announcment made Fain's day ...
because Felix is the most important player on the M’s. Ichiro? Overrated— not even one of the top 25 players in baseball.
msb - April 2, 2009
We are looking at either Silva or Washburn for the home opener aren't we?
Sec 108 - April 2, 2009
Yep
Graham MacAree - April 2, 2009
FUCK
Jeff Sullivan - April 2, 2009
I'm not paying you fuckers back for the ticket
Jeff Sullivan - April 2, 2009
I'm really hoping for Washburn + Griffey in left
Graham MacAree - April 2, 2009
Who's the retard now.
Robert - April 2, 2009
Cool, I can make way more scalping it.
Matthew - April 2, 2009
nonononono
Aaron Campeau - April 2, 2009
Come on, back spasms.
BrianL - April 2, 2009
The worst part is that he's our third best starting pitcher.
Aaron Campeau - April 2, 2009
FUCK.
royalcurve - April 2, 2009
Either?
It’s Silva.
Matthew - April 2, 2009
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Jeff Sullivan - April 2, 2009
HEY SILVA MAYBE TRY EATING A STREAK YOU BEANPOLE MOTHERFUCKER
Jeff Sullivan - April 2, 2009
This will be a terrific afternoon. I can tell.
royalcurve - April 2, 2009
I plan to start drinking at noon.
Aaron Campeau - April 2, 2009
I'll be at the Ale House at 11...
seattlesundevil - April 2, 2009
I rarely if ever drink before 5:00 (at the earliest) because I hit the wall and I hit it hard.
Aaron Campeau - April 2, 2009
Drink early, drink often, have a nap, get back to it.
abender20 - April 2, 2009
Who the hell passes out at a big sporting event like this?
Robert - April 2, 2009
Right.
I would like a sustained level of just drunk enough that Silva is hilarious rather than infuriating.
Aaron Campeau - April 2, 2009
As would I.
Kirsten Schlewitz - April 2, 2009
I passed out at a usc-UCLA football game once
seattlebruin - April 2, 2009
There's a ucla joke in here somewhere
but I’ll refrain from making it.
bluemax - April 2, 2009
I passed out before the Texas / Michigan Rose Bowl while sitting in the stands
Granted, we were like 4 hours early.. but still
seattlesundevil - April 2, 2009
Well I meant pregame hard for multiple hours, nap, then go to the game and keep drinking.
abender20 - April 2, 2009
I find napping a terrible idea when it comes to drinking
and also it seems like it misses the whole point of celebrating the day by sleeping through a good portion of it.
Matthew - April 2, 2009
30 minute drunken power nap to ward off the sleepies.
Makes the celebrating part easier.
abender20 - April 2, 2009
My feeling is that if you have to take a nap then you're doing it wrong.
Matthew - April 2, 2009
The last time I "napped" when drinking
was when I passed out during the Eagles/Patriots Super Bowl from drinking four cans of Sparks on an empty stomach. This was the last time I intentionally got drunk during the middle of the day and the last time I employed power napping as a strategy to continue drinking.
Aaron Campeau - April 2, 2009
Oh I don't have to, but ac started this subtread by saying he hits the wall hard during early drinking.
abender20 - April 2, 2009
So I'll just pace myself.
Aaron Campeau - April 2, 2009
That's just silly
abender20 - April 2, 2009
Yes responsible drinking sure is lame.
Aaron Campeau - April 2, 2009
No one make a car key joke.
Aaron Campeau - April 2, 2009
I'd forgotten about that.
Until now.
royalcurve - April 2, 2009
Maybe he should just hand over any keys, hats, cookies
or other valuable items on Monday night. It’s really saving him from himself.
Kirsten Schlewitz - April 2, 2009
I agree.
royalcurve - April 2, 2009
I ate the cookie and got the hat back.
Aaron Campeau - April 2, 2009
LLLJ
Jeff Sullivan - April 2, 2009
whoops-a-doodle
Aaron Campeau - April 2, 2009
Owned
Robert - April 2, 2009
It doesn't count if I'm repentant.
Aaron Campeau - April 2, 2009
Ain't that the truth
JI - April 2, 2009
When will you learn that absofuckinglutely nobody cares about your personal life
Dewey N - April 2, 2009
I agree
The front page is not your personal LLLJ.
What type of probation are moderators subject to?
JI - April 2, 2009
Great job on this post Jeff.
Sorry to hear about the deadline.
Faux - April 3, 2009
There are millions of times and places for responsible drinking.
Watching Carlos Silva pitch for a Home Opener is not one of those combinations.
abender20 - April 2, 2009
There are exactly zero times for irresponsible drinking
Matthew - April 2, 2009
Quantity, not quality...
PositivePaul - April 3, 2009
This.
“Nap” after drinking turns in to “awake the next day wondering where yesterday went.”
Aaron Campeau - April 2, 2009
Besides, I don't really enjoy binge drinking.
Aaron Campeau - April 2, 2009
You will when you see Griffey flailing after Silva's latest jamba juice cocktail of shit.
Robert - April 2, 2009
Just because it's necessary doesn't mean I'll enjoy it
Aaron Campeau - April 2, 2009
:(
royalcurve - April 2, 2009
Silva and Washburn make me want to drink.
If you drink enough for long enough your body eventually becomes remarkably efficient at processing alcohol. This eliminates the need for napping, pacing, responsibility et al.
It’s like any other sport: You’ve got to train hard to be great!
Big Jared - April 2, 2009
This is quite untrue in my case.
Aaron Campeau - April 2, 2009
I find this works for me also. The nap is essential.
royalcurve - April 2, 2009
I will be swilling the hooch myself.
royalcurve - April 2, 2009
I momentarily forgot Wash refuses to follow a lefty so I guess Silva has to be our #3.
Sec 108 - April 2, 2009
"The best pitcher we've ever had." - Sojo
ThundaPC - April 2, 2009
GOD
BrianL - April 2, 2009
Jesus Christ Stone almost gave me a heart attack
When I didn’t pick up the comma after Felix Hernandez and thus didn’t realize that it was Scott Baker, not King Felix, going on the 15-day disabled list.
Decatur - April 2, 2009
Oh, crap.
now Softy is baffled that Ichiro isn’t stealing 56 bags a year, like he did in 2001.
It is a font of Baseball Wisdom right now.
msb - April 2, 2009
We've been over this before, but there's only one man at KJR that deserves to have a job
and he doesn’t even have his own show anymore.
BrianL - April 2, 2009
I don't understand why Groz hasn't tried to get a time slot at 710 ESPN Seattle yet.
Or why they haven’t offered him one.
BrettJMiller - April 2, 2009
There's a reason that only opinionated loud mouths get radio shows.
And for the vast majority of people, they have to cover far too much to have any real knowledge in anything.
Look at the LL Podcast. Do you think the general public would want to listen to stuff like that for 2 hours every weekday?
Matthew - April 2, 2009
There's an LL Podcast?
BrianL - April 2, 2009
On the sidebar.
Matthew - April 2, 2009
Without any trace of irony
it’s about the Sens.
:-/
JI - April 2, 2009
How long has that been there?
Kirsten Schlewitz - April 2, 2009
I turned him off when he insinuated Ichiro could put in more effort and steal 75.
Omerta - April 2, 2009
Felix Hernandez vs. Francisco Liriano - III
Yea, I’ve been kinda quietly hoping the entire offseason that this would be the opening day matchup.
ThundaPC - April 2, 2009
It's a shame that Johan Santana is not with the Twins anymore, because last time Johan faced Felix King Felix hit a motherfucking opposite field GRAND SLAM.
EnglishMariner - April 2, 2009
Uh huh, you like that do you, you little slut? You want me to fuck you harder?
EnglishMariner - April 2, 2009
Dreamy.
royalcurve - April 2, 2009
Padding your rec count I see.
Fin - April 2, 2009
I get rec royalties, right?
JI - April 2, 2009
Felix should get the real rec royalties.
Phil Hatzenbuehler - April 2, 2009
Incidentally, I don't know why but I really hate the new rounded corners on the "Preview", "Post", and "Cancel" buttons.
Phil Hatzenbuehler - April 2, 2009
I didn't see anyone else make a gif
JI - April 2, 2009
I have quit my job and delayed the start time of my new job by ten days so that I can watch the first week of the season live.
Do not fail me Mariners. I will take it personally if you perform poorly for me.
EnglishMariner - April 2, 2009
This can only turn out well.
waldo rojas - April 2, 2009
Dedication.
Wilder. - April 2, 2009
I had a dream that while having people over for beers on opening day, I stopped paying attention to the game because I knew Junior would blow it against Liriano
Then he hit two home runs off of him. It’s going to suck when instead of two home runs, it’s 3-4 strikeouts. The fake world is better than the real one, clearly.
BrettJMiller - April 2, 2009
This must be the first time Opening Day hasn't been in Seattle, in like, a long time.
O well, the weather here is shitty right now anyway.
Fin - April 2, 2009
Shame we aren't opening up in Cleveland.
EnglishMariner - April 2, 2009
Why, are you in Cleveland Now?
Fin - April 2, 2009
No I want to see us play in the snow again.
EnglishMariner - April 2, 2009
There was another Opener recently not played in Seattle
but it is rather typical that Game 1 has been at home. Typical enough that I have to be reminded that we play it on the road this year.
Two Rs and Two Ls - April 2, 2009
I'm annoyed the opener's on the road
more specifically that it’s on Monday, really, because I have a project going live Monday and probably won’t be able to leave work until 6 at the earliest so I’ll miss a bunch of it.
pdb - April 2, 2009
This is the one time not having a regular weekend works in my favor.
Aaron Campeau - April 2, 2009
Normally I'd bail from work early and go watch the game
but my stupid project is wrapping up and they stupidly want me to be there to make sure nothing breaks. Don’t they realize it’s Opening Day? Bastards.
pdb - April 2, 2009
I was starting to think this day would never come
OlSalty - April 2, 2009
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