Lookout Landing

It depends how they take the average

Since the ball is accelerating, the average velocity is not the simple average of the beginning and end velocity.

ubelmann - April 9, 2009 reply

Why would they report it like that anyway?

Seems to me the feature’s just broken.

Trying to emphasize that the commonly reported velocity is the release velocity?

I don’t know, but it makes more sense to me that it is working in a strange way than it is just spitting out nonsense.

ubelmann - April 9, 2009 reply

ball four

Six pitches have been out of the zone

At least he's fighting them off though

Didn't Kirby Puckett abuse his wife and pee in public?

I'm thinking Yuni would be a better hitter if he finished every swing with both hands on the bat.

Two Rs and Two Ls - April 9, 2009 reply

10 pitches to Yuni

9 more than Yuni would like

Amen to that.

Thingray - April 9, 2009 reply

No kidding

I don't want to jinx anything but Chris Carpenter is throwing a no hitter

And he gave up one run.

Albert Pujols needs to pull his head out of his ass and not field like a blind paraplegic

Error by Pujols

JINX JINX JINX JINX

It's only been four innings.

You shouldn’t even bother at least until after six.

Eyebrows - April 9, 2009 reply

SHUT UP, DON'T TALK ABOUT IT

Thank god Rob Johnson knows how to get a PA over with quickly.

Epic Yuni AB.

We need to score some fucking runs off this asshole

Pat! I've missed you!

Time for a beer.

Last night they followed a Pat O'Day ad with a beer ad

Milk ads are not nearly as appropriate

ball four redux

fuck Nyger Morgan

His name is Joe asshole

I can't say his name out loud for fear of being labeled un-PC

Do it, you know you want to

You do have a valid excuse

Nice play by Washburn. He'll have to buy himself dinner.

Hey its where we lose

Morrowtime use you stopper when it counts!

Who needs Morrow, Aumont or Feilds?

next time smaller please

Much smaller

ENOUGH WITH THE FAT JOKES

Your fat.

Oh, come on now

He doesn’t eat as it is, don’t encourage him

I know :(

I'm listening on radio but that play seems horny.

He actually overran the ball a bit.

He’s just that fast.

My thoughts exactly

Gutz!!

The Pavel Bure Dilemma

He's almost too fast.

This is a good problem.

My thoughts exactly

The Pavel Bure Dilemma

Didn't one of the Bures marry DJ Tanner from Full House?

That was Valeri Bure

now a winemaker, apparently.

marc w - April 9, 2009 reply

Yeah, I didn't think it was the one with talent

Not sure but if this true combined with the fact that he dated Anna Kournikova and you have a family of heros

That's a game tying double last year.

We love Gutz!

GUti almost overran that fly ball.

I like how they mention that Washburn is up to 75 pitches in almost 7 full innings of work

That’s really not that much

There's a Morrow bobblehead?

No but there's this

This summer!

Does it come with an insulin kit?

Who's in the pen?

Corcoran

Why is corco up

With our starter throwing a shutout and still under 80 pitches?

Washburn

Actually

Its Washburn with an outfield

Washburn could be getting tired, its his first start of the season

forte40 - April 9, 2009 reply

Cause Washburn is done after 90

http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2007/8/10/225736/233

This is why

Next thursday's forecast calls for "episodes of sunshine"?

I love all the ways we come up with to disguise the fact that it’s partly cloudy 300 days a year.

Any episodes on Tuesday?

Depends who you ask.

I'm bringing a blanket to the game

I'm bringing a flask of whiskey.

All of the above.

It might be a good day for the Snuggly Brigade.

Corcky!

I love you Guti never leave

This win will belong to Gutierrez

I will never get tired of watching him do that.

Seriously this whole good OF defense thing is really starting to rear it's awesome head.

Zwakamatsu - April 9, 2009 reply

"The story this afternoon is the pitching of this guy here Jarrod Washburn."

Um, no. I believe the story this afternoon is the defense.

AND AGAIN!

Franklin Gutierrez is too much of awesome.

Gutz MVP

Washburn LUVS Gut.

GUTZ! GUTZ! GUTZ!

GODDAMMIT TWINS

YOU CAN’T HIT IT TO THE GAP IN LEFT-CENTER, OKAY?!?!!??!

What gap?

Ridiculous

Gutz is freaking awesome

Franklin Guttierez is good at defense as his is as looking like he does gay porn.

He's the Beltre of the outfield.

We're going to enter the danger zone in the 8th, aren't we?

Awroooga awrooooga

I don't think I've seen a CF have as many PO as OH FUCK CITY JUST SCORED AFTER 30 SECONDS!!!!!

FUCK DCWKDWCKJDJK

Maybe if you guys hadn't FUCKING STOLEN ROBINHO this shit wouldn't happen to you

Oh wait you're winning why the complaining

COMPLAINING!?!?!??!

Hae faith, they'll find a way to fuck it up yet

See, didn't take long

I wish Guti would accept my offer of marriage.

Have you actually asked?

They can’t turn you down if you don’t ask.

I swore I asked a couple days ago.

Perhaps it was Endy…

He might have.

He just spoke so quickly that humans can’t interpret his speech. Tragic really.

Someone has a huge opinion of herself if she thinks she can get him to switch teams

Perhaps I can use the line

“We should get jerseys cause we make a good team.”

If it works you will be the queen of Marinertown and forever known as a rockstar chaser

I thought I already was.

SSS

(How much trouble do I want to be in methinks to I-self)

Go for it! You can moderate her!

I have access to his beer supply.

We’ve been over this.

Dave brought out the 'Death to flying things' line again :)

Remind me not to go to airports

with Gutz.

ralphie81 - April 9, 2009 reply

And I am late.

Does UZR update game by game?

And what’s a good sample size for it?

3 years.

Zwakamatsu - April 9, 2009 reply

I think THT updates weekly

their metric aint that bad

I thought it was 3 years.

Jed MC - April 9, 2009 reply

about 3 years

It will at some point.

Still some kinks.

I'd like some Mariner runs pelase.

*please.

I’m so desperate that it is affecting my typing.

Seconded

Insurance runs please.

WHAT THE FUCK DIRECTV KNOCK IT OFF!

This has been happening to me all game long

drm1125 - April 9, 2009 reply

Texas appear to be good at scoring runs

No way!

Fuck Direct TV

That’s at least twice today where they have randomly gone to commercial mid inning. FUCK FUCK FUCK

Get Comcast?

At work :(

I have Comcast at home though

Stupid blackouts

Need a TV at work.

Rizzs talking about the fielding bible?

...They're talking about The Fielding Bible on the broadcast.

woah

wHAT WAS SAID?

Guti is good.

Wait what did he just say?

TAKE again

C'mon Sweeney

We need a Sweeney FB right about now...

Random question: are the side effects from mixing Percoset and ibuprofin?

Fun side effects!

Terrible

you should mail me the percoset.

Just don't drink and don't OD on the ibuprofen and it feels pretty good

I’ve never had any problem with that mix

Thanks

I have a feeling Corco is the best source on this sort of thing.

Leaving out words

Or letters perhaps

That's prolonged exposure to caffeine you dumbbell

Seriously, none.

Percoset is an opiate; Ibuprofen is a COX2 inhibitor. They are in totally different pathways and don’t affect one another. Opiates and COX2 inhibitors are often combined in one pill

What about Valium?

Susheel Ramasahayam - April 9, 2009 reply

Valium belongs to a group of drugs called benzodiazepines which act at the same receptors in your brain as alcohol.

Do not take them with alcohol unless you really want to get fucked up. If you do too much of either, you run the chance of not waking up.
Percocet is a combination of Tylenol and Oxycodone, an opiate. You can safely take Percocet with ibuprofen(up to 400 mg).

And you really don't have to do that much of either one for it to be too much.

http://www.punknews.org/article/32881

Fuck you Sweeney

Why can't he just veteran the ball out of the park?

FUCK OFF SWEENEY

So Mike Sweeney blows.

I demand Shelton

The last time I remember winning a 1-0 game was 116.

We were leading game 4 1-0 with one out in the 8th.

My thoughts exactly

shut up shut up shut up

Paul Abbott pitched horribly and somehow escaped without giving up a hit or a run

That game convinced me walks were dumb for the next year,

Shay Given should be out new SS

FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKK

Less time than I thought it would take

Ahem!

THAT’S WHAT YOU GET FOR STEALING ROBINHO

To the quarter finals of the UEFA cup? It's not an awful return

Just buy everyone and be better than United already

aka the Chelsea way

Chelsea better keep their thieving fingers in their pockets

We're not better than United

Well, no... but I was sure you were going to be before the start of the season

Essien being hurt = :(

Shelton for 1B/DH Bencher!

:\

.

So Mike Sweeney is terrible now

/surprise face

At least we have Shelton in AAA.

Thingray - April 9, 2009 reply

Still early

But yes

Danger Danger!

WHY ARE YOU STILL IN :( :( :(

Strikeout!

Another swinging strike?

Yes break your bat... damn...

WTF is going on?

washburninator is scaring me

The Ms cannot make me feel bad if I expect them to make me feel bad!

KKKK

7 more pitches.

HERE COMES THE HOMERUN

Doubtful as Rhodes is not pitching

I could a 14 year old see it coming but not our HOF manager?

Missing words again

Arthur Rhodes was actually really really good

and it was an unfortunate SSS fluke

Nothing will be funnier than Pablo Ozuna.

I love Niehaus' call.

“And we’re tied….he did it again!”

Building trade value by the out

"Redmond trying to plug the dike"

Heh

Here comes the pain!

The PAIN TRAIN!

THE PAIN TRAIN IS COMING!

Danger zone for Washburn

Take him out…

appleshampoo - April 9, 2009 reply

89 pitches.

Take him out now.

FUCK PUNTO

I like Nico Punto

He’s like Fahey with testosterone

Piss off

Two run homer coming here :o

Alright, get the hook.

James F'n X - April 9, 2009 reply

Bad walk.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

DON’T FUCK THIS UP. I BEG YOU ’O MARINERS.

Awooga awooga danger danger

Now you start the bullpen.

Sensible.

Aardsma?

I see Wak’s a fan of lateral moves.

Yeah, this can really only end one way.

Oh shit

Yep, we're boned.

HE'S DONE

FUCK THAT LITTLE PIECE OF SHIT I FUCKING HATE PUNTO

PANIC PANUC PAUCUS!

Brandon Morrow!!

NO!

I think Washburn is out of gas

Hurry the F up Aardsma

BRING IN THE QUITER

What's a quiter?

ralphie81 - April 9, 2009 reply

91 pitches

fancy

Half the hockey fans in this thread have no idea what this means.

No.

Kaorikaze - April 9, 2009 reply

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Cool, we aren't winning this.

Oh it found a hole

We all know where this is going

oh boy

here we go…

You know what would be nice right now?

A leftie in the bullpen

bleh

The word is spelled "lefty"

You know what word isn't spelled 'lefty'?

Twatbadger.

As in: seattlebruin is a twatbadger

But a correct twatbadger.

Proper twatbadger?

As much as I loved the Kingdome, turf fields still piss me off.

If they don't yank Washburn here, it's over.

Bring in Marky Mark Lowe!

Weeeeeeeeee

fuck it get Lowe

Washburn needs a ground ball

Where is Julio Mateo?

Gaol?

OH GREAT THEY'RE LEAVING HIM IN.

No lefty in the pen...

Already got one on the hill

what do you need a reliever for?

Jesus.

Denard Span is really annoying.

I like him as a player, but if anyone is gonna fuck us over, it’ll be Span, huh?

Yup, I have the same feeling.

GUTZ I LOVE YOU GET THIS FINISHED

Back off.

You need to learn how to share

With Broberto?

Good Luck

With everyone

I liked defense first

WWhat's funny is how late everyone else i to this party.

Don't worry; he'll choose you for your charming stutter

I have no fucking clue how that happened.

ONE MORE OUT!

2 outs!

Gutz is all over that

Big out by Washy

COME ON

Ok, one whooo.

Someone needs to tell Wak about the gas gauge behind Washburns left ear.

It’s below E right now.

appleshampoo - April 9, 2009 reply

Is Wash somehow going to work himself out of this?

Yup.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

FUCK THE WORLD

WE SURVIVED!

YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS YUNI YUNI!!!!

Heck yeah, out of a jam

HOLF FUCK WE GOT OUT ALIVE!

PHEW!

GET IN!

YAY DEFENCE

Whew

Is it wrong to miss JJ right now?

Well, if we had JJ and no Gutierrez it'd be like 4-1 Twins

Yes, The cockpunch has be released on Morrow now.

All will be ok.

WOOOOO

WOOOOHOOOOO

I can't belive Washburn actually got out of it.

I really expected it to fall apart.

insurance runs please

I'm in shock

Well fuck me silly

They didn’t score. The Twins suck.

Weee!

Now Morrow can walk six consecutive!

Why would he need to do that?

the Twins only need two runs

8 shutout innings

From Washburn? Pinch me

I forgot this was a day game.

Holy crap. No Washburn runs.

GET READY FOR MORROW TP STAR IN THE BLOCKBUSTER ADVENTURE CALLED "REDEMPTION"

Watch Lowe, Cordero, and Josh Fields star in the other blockbuster called Envy!

Delicious temporary reprieve.

Wow my MLB.t is slow. Casilla's just coming up now

nextdef is 2 minutes behind.

Is there a way to get normal MLB.tv?

Click on the quality icon, theres a slider that allows you to turn next def off.

No

but switch to the not-nexdef option

A NEW WAY TO KISS OUR ASS MINNESOTA

INSURANCE RUNS PLEASE!

1-2-3 RUNS!

So, I might be jumping out on a limb here, but Carl Pavano sucks.

Good thing nobody in the Mariners blogosphere worth a damn thought we should sign him after 2004

It would be embarrassing for anyone to have such a stupid idea on record

www,statcorner.com is a excellent way to make uninformed declarations informed :)

Ayala!

Wash's trade value may never be higher

Get on the Phone, Z

I hope Morrow comes in from the bullpen to that really gay intro from Miss Murder

So that's what happened to Luis Ayala.

I don't want to jinx anything but it's 6 innings gone and the Cardinals need to score some fucking runs so Chris Carpenter isn't on the losing end of a no hitter

Those are the most amusing sorts of no-hitters

Luckily it would count since the Cardinals are the home team

The hilarious thing is it would be all Pujols' fault

Didn't the Angels have one of these against the Dodgers last year?

Was it official?

I think so

hold on.

No, not official.

I believe it wasn't because it was only 8.5 innings.

Ah whoops.

Yes. Jered Weaver and a couple others pitched a no hitter that we lost.

It was VERY irritating.

TheOptimist - April 9, 2009 reply

I told you all not to sleep on the Pirates this year.

Holy fuck Chris Carpenter!

He might lose it because Pujols fucked up though.

I'm glad we didn't draft him now

This would be even more hilarious than when the Angels threw a combined no-hitter but lost.

WASHBURN! PERKINS!

Its a Pitchers Duel

For some reason I don't trust Brandon Morrow

I like how we cannot PH Jr for Wlad

because then Jr would have to play RF seeing as we don’t have enough OFs to then defensive sub.

We could move Cedeno and lose the DH for Beltre or just bring in Tui

damn

Thought of those.

I’d actually rather lose the DH than put Tui at 3B

In a 1-0 game going to the ninth?

absolutely

Things a manager will never do.

Lou used to do it with Griffey

Me too

Cedeno to OF Beltre to 3B

So you're saying there's a drawback to having 12 pitchers on the roster

I see

Or having a Tui on the roster instead of an outfielder

Who is better in the outfield right now Branyan or Griffey

Russel the pimp

On the other hand who the hell needs to PH for Wlad? :)

zzzz\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

Damn, do I have a man-crush on Franklin Gutierrez

Man-crush list

1. Bear Grylls
2. Neil deGrasse Tyson
3. Franklin Gutierrez

Bear Grylls is a fraud.

Yeah

Survivorman is where it’s at.

Survivorman never served in the SAS

Plus he’s Canadian. Bear Grylls > Survivorman

Hey somebody is doing that wrong thing again.

Being Canadian is no reason to hold a grudge.

Survivorman doesn't need his own personal camera crew.

The ultimate measure of survivability should be this

Who do you think will last longer in a fight with a Kodiak bear?

Survivorman is smart enough to avoid the bear in the first place.

You take that back!

He’s not a fraud, he’s a survival expert who adds “dramatic elements” to the situations he finds himself in.

I'm Bear Grylls and I'm gonna eat this disgusting looking thing.

It's like Fear Factor

Only with stupid survival tips that you should never use.

Drinking your own piss is a legitimate strategy

Drinking YOUR own piss is a legitimate strategy

I’ll stick with water, thanks.

Not if you're on the ISS guy

HAIL THE KING

That was a neat play.

Wow.

Teej - April 9, 2009 reply

ADRIAN

Nice work Adrian

How the hell did Crede even get a glove on that?

Yikes

Hell of a play by Crede

Tip o’ the cap to you.

Wow,

Not bad, Crede.

Holy cow, have to give Crede kudos on that one

But….Beltre>Crede

Sorry

My laptop is having a minor meltdown

Time for a double play

:(

Well fuck me in the eye

Some awesome D in this game so far.

"He is death to flying things. He is Franklin Gutierrez."

Dave Niehaus, 11:44 AM April 9th 02009.

that didn't really happen, did it?

Yep

This makes me so happy

Thank you for putting this up here

I wanted to remember it…

Wait what?

He still comes up with some great ones.

well, that name goes back to Bob Ferguson

the original “death to flying things”; Dave used it that I can recall first here for Ichiro, in his rookie year.

Right. Dave seems to use it every once in a while.

I think Jon Miller’s used it too.
Ferguson’s teammate Jack Chapman may have been the orig. ‘death to flying things’ – and at least Chapman was an OF.

marc w - April 9, 2009 reply

How did Castilla get that throw off?

I hate Jose Lopez

Beltre makes that play on Crede.

Yay, Wlad.

argh

Maybe Wlad isn't shit?

Sweet Wlad

Hey, fuck you Lopez.

Mike Sweeney wasn't a poll option?

Endy Chavez? Really?

In a sample size of 4 games Endy Chavez has been really awesome

I'm not impressed by a bunch of grounders that find holes.

He's had a few nifty line drives

Huh, seemed like to be a majority of them were grounders that found holes.

Pinch hit Griffey?

That works too.

Limerickx - April 9, 2009 reply

Shouldn't we pinch hit Jr. for Johnson?

I would've chosen Branyan.

In a word

No

No

I would have

Yup, I still would have.

Glad we didn't bunt with Loafie.

Wlad learned how to hit in the off season

I am happy

Glad Jeff Clement isn't up right now.

YES!

YES YES YES

Hhaahah Rob.

JOHNSON!

Yay Rob Johnson

WEEEE! WEEEE! WEEEE!

HOLY FUCK!

Yay!

I WANT TO BELIEVE I REALLY DO YYYYYYEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS

Rob Johnson!?!?!

Wooooooooo!

2-0!

Insurance run

Rob Fucking Johnson

WHY AREN'T YOU JEFFIE

BECAUSE HE GETS BASE HITS!

FUCK YOU!

Rob Johnson > Kenji

Big insurance run

DON'T GET COCKY THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENED ON TUESDAY TOO.

you shut your whorish mouth

we do not speak of such things

Z IS THE PROPHET LORD OF THE FUTURE TIME

GOD DAMMIT NYJER MORGAN

Nice work by Clement

I mean Johnson?

Rob Johnson gets a hit.

Rollafloor, trade Clement.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Now morrow can walk 4 batters and still win.

ALL I WANTED WAS FOR ROB JOHNSON TO BE HIT IN THE WRIST AND BE OUT FOR THE SEASON

Burke!

ROB JOHNSON!!!

Robert Lintott - April 9, 2009 reply

Yay!!!!

MORROW. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE. DO NOT FAIL ME.

Well what do we have here.

Another heartbreaking loss!

morrow is going in?

Don't make me post the pic Morrow!

Ronny Cedeno has a funny distribution of pitches seen per PA

Is it bad that I wanted Wash to stay in?

Don’t fail morrow!

Morrowtime, bitches

Time to walk the game away

No more walks, take care of business Morrow

Sould leave Wash in

Get him a complete game shutout, increase his value

Or lose game, get loss on record, decrease value

Holy Crap

Wak is brilliant

Defence Fuck yeah

unless it goes Extras

Then our Pitcher has to bat in the DH spot

results-based analysis!

That's what pinch-hitters are for.

b_rider - April 9, 2009 reply

Go Go Hands team

Lopie at 1B!?!?!?!

Losing the DH, Wak loves his defense.

Jose Lopez at 1st???

Morrow with a 2-run lead, take two.

DH is gone.

Holy defensive substitutions batman!

Only fags can't produce insulin

Awe C'mon, that's a low blow

It will be funny when you develop Type 1 diabetes

I don't already?

To my knowledge, no

He should with what he consumes

I know, that's the funny part

It's god's punishment for being gay

I like it!

Good, I like this infield defense thing.

Terminator_X - April 9, 2009 reply

What are the changes? Gameday mini isn't tleling me...

Robert Lintott - April 9, 2009 reply

Know it's late, but

Beltre from DH to 3B, Cedeno to 2B, Lopez to 1B.

Terminator_X - April 9, 2009 reply

What on earth is going on?

Wooo wait can someone explain the implications please?

Well, this is unconventional

Ok, I'd go gay for Wakamatsu

Do you need a towel?

rec'd

This is a change?

MacLaren would not approve of this one bit..

OH GOD

Wakamatsu is my favorite manager.

And we're off!

Don Wakamatsu has a fairly good idea of what is going on

FUCK OFF DIRECTV!

Thanks DirecTV

Uh Oh

Not a good first two pitches

Oh crap.

Warm somebody up.

FUCK

Here we go

Yep

Send his ass to AAA!

MLB.TV WHY NOW?!?!??!!??!

Marky Mark Lowe! For closer!

What changes did Wak make?

Beltre in at 3b, Cedeno to 2b, Lofie to 1b

DH gone.

BURN DIRECT TV DOWN

BURN IT TO THE FUCKING GROUND

COMMMERCIALS DO NOT GO IN THE MIDDLE OF INNINGS ESPECIALLY IN THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH IN A CLOSE GAME

GOD DAMNIT I HATE YOU SO MUCH

END END END!

Maybe it's hard to pitch correctly with throbbing junk

I've seen this episode before

Nick S - April 9, 2009 reply

It's a rerun

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?

you can give up your DH?

coolconman - April 9, 2009 reply

If you put your DH in the field the DH is forfeited.

Someone better be warming up NOW

CHOKE CHOKE CHOKE!

PITCH BETTER ASSHOLE!

Here goes the rape wheel!

Oh my shit

So how did we end up turning Morrow into Ankiel?

He's Maddux compared to Ankiel

Also, fuck you you bitch

What worse is that you can't get the end product out of Morrow like the Cards did with Ankiel

4 pitch walk bitches!

No.

WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY

Not even close, get him out of there.

Command is improving I think....

JUST THROW STRIKES

The Twins have spent 8 innings getting themselves out against Washburn for CHRIST’S SAKE

Fuck

Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck

FUCK OFF AND DIE MORROW!

AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

This is funny now

This is fucking hilarious.

WALK THE WORLD

I WANT TO DEPORT YOU TO DUBAI SO YOU CAN BE ABUSED AS DISPOSABLE LABOR

Maybe he needs glasses?

Like Wild Thing Vaughn in Major League?

Good point!

JoeBlazer - April 9, 2009 reply

This is when you pull him

He should have a very very short leash

AND MLB.TV SUDDENLY HAS CEASED TO WORK TOO>

Fuck you MLB.tv

HE THREW A STRIKE!

STRIKE!

Oh hey a strike!

I'm having a serious case of deja vu.

JoeBlazer - April 9, 2009 reply

Most important aspect of a closer

Dont just walk people until they win.

WIIIIIIIIIILD THING!

James F'n X - April 9, 2009 reply

I think we hurt his feelers and now he can't throw strikes :(

He's not a catfish

97 MPH down the middle!

Bring up Aumont already

THROW STRIKES YOU ASSCLOWN!!!

WALK THIS WAY!

TWO!

FREE JOSHUA FIELDS

HOLY FUCK WHY'D YOU SWING AT THAT?!?!?!

Ha ha, a swing and a miss at ball 2

Maybe he'll get a DP

The walk was all a plan, to get 2 outs at once.

THANK YOU FOR SWINGING AT BALLS!

AND TAKING STRIKES!

WHAT THE FUCK MLB.TV

Sanshin!

Has anyone else's MLB.tv ceased working?

Yup

Go radio

WHAT RADIO?

I’M IN CHICAGO FOR GOD’S SAKE.

Gameday Audio

It say "Gameday Audio Coming Soon!"

710 online?

Yup

switched to radio for now.

MUCH better

BRANDON! THERE IT IS!

Morrow's ERA+ is 11

I wonder if that’s a two game record.

Ok he is pitching well this AB so far

.

WOOOOOOOO

coolconman - April 9, 2009 reply

WEEEEEEEEEEE!

GOD YOUR HOT

SIT THE FUCK DOWN!

Hooray!

Why does mlb.tv blow so hard

BHP - April 9, 2009 reply

K?

K!

YES

Location Location Location

WHERE THE FUCK HAS THE PUICTIRES GPEMEMEW

It's fun to try and pronounce that last word there

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo

GORGEOUS

MORROWK!

Right on the black of the plate

K!

Holy fuck

would that have been so hard to do the other night insulin boy????

Thanks

Now do it 2 more times

Dats pur-ty.

YEAH!

Nice pitches at the edges of the zone.

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT MLB..TV???!?

Can anyon else hear that?

They’re heckling him….

Yep.

I hope for his sake he can't hear it

He doesn’t need that on top of everything else…

At a BASEBALL GAME????

Are they saying "you can't wrestle?"

Dude, it is Minnesota

Well, so are we.

ha!

Yeah, but not within earshot…

Called strike on the edge of the plate?

Keep going Morrow

Well it's clear that he doesn't have the command to be a starter

Or the guts.

That's funny

Or the pitches.

He would need a lot more then a fastball/slide

Splitter?

Hey look, the insulin kicked in!

Someone should tell him it's ok to throw 96 if it's in the zone

God dammit Schumaker

Gameday thinks that was a strike

BRANDON OH THANK YOU !!!!

KK!!

YES!!!!!!!

SIT THE FUCKK DOWN!

Suck on that one Crede

KK!

KK

ZOINKS!

Bitches can't swing

YES!!

2K

This situation looks familiar

ANOTHER???

WTF?

What the fuck? Now he's painting corners?

It's gonna be a long season...

2 out!

Got 'em

WHY CAN I NOT WATCH THIS ALLAH???

This is the Brandon Morrow I wanted

minus the whole closing thng

THANK YOU, ONE MORE

Sit your ass down, Joe.

KK!

Ok that was nasty

Nick S - April 9, 2009 reply

Now this is a lot more like what I was expecting to see

KK!!!!

Kubeltime

WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

I HOPE MORROW HAS A PUSSY BECAUSE DEPENDING ON THIS AT BAT I WILL EITHER MOCK HIM OR FUCK HIM

GET IN LINE

RAWR

oH YEAHAAAHG

Umps

Second ball was more in the strike zone than the 3rd K, but I’ll take it.

THIS IS WHERE THINGS WENT BAD LAST TIME!

shutupshutuphecanhearus

Joe Crede seems like a dick.

Kubel scares me.

FUCK THEM BITCHES!

Maybe if we all scream at him on the internet he will find his command

Seems to have worked for the first couple outs at least.

Oh the fuck did he go from no control to painting the corners!?!/!

SHHHHH!

WHERE DID THIS COME FROM BRANDON YOU SWEET ARM YOU?

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Skip Schumaker single handedly blows the no-hitter!

But the M's win!!!

It was a fielders choice, calm down JI

Nevermind

Yes, and then the next guy singles under his glove

I'm not watching it, I've only got the Gameday up :(

GUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTI!

Where was this on Tuesday? Sheesh

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

GAME OVER!!

Word

SUCCESS!

BALLGAME!

WIN

Ball game!

Patriot Missle System

WE WON WE WON WE WON!

GUYS CATCHES IT TO END THE GAME!

FITTING!

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Was that a great catch or was Niehaus exaggerating?

Dave wants to do inappropriate things with Franklin

Who doesn't want to do inappropriate things with Franklin?

I would consider the things I wish to do to or have done to me by Franklin to be entirely appropriate.

i'm more worried about Dave's health

What a way to go!

I LOVE YOU GUTZ YOU ARE MINE AND I WILL BITE FOR YOU

I BITE HARDER

BITE AND KISS

LETS ASK SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS

I MEANT I WILL BITE HARDER

YES

FUCK YEAH!

WE FUCKING WIN AND GUTZ IS GONNA GET MY FAT COCK FOR HIS EFFORTS

I approve of this message.

FINALLY.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

WOOOOOOOOOOOO WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

I will leave to go eat lunch. Then I will make my way to SouthCenter and buy a Gutierrez shirt.

.500!

TRIUMPH!!!!

HUGE SUCCESS!

HARD TO OVERSTATE MY SATISFACTION!

YES!!

GODDAMMIT FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ I LOVE YOU SO HARD!!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU GUTZ!

Kubel is the Ted Willams of pinch hitters

Oh jesus

DAve scared the shit out of me – It sounded like it flew over the wall.

WEEEEEEE

I know!

He damn near made me throw something across the room.

I know, right? I was freaked out too...

Yes he needs to control that

Jarrod Washburn + Shutout?

COMPUTE FAIL!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

We should be 3-1, but at least we arent 1-3

Looks like I missed a decent game.

GUTIERREZ RULES!!

I WILL ADMINISTER YOUR INSULIN BRANDON IF YOU KEEP THIS UP

Woooooooooooooo

YOU CAN HAVE MY PANCREAS I TAKE IT ALL BACK

YOUR OFFER IS BETTER

NOT NECESSARILY DIABETES RUNS IN MY FAMILY

JARROD WASHBURN FOR NICK SWISHER

IT’S FAIR I SWEAR

Sadly, we need Washburn more than Swisher at this point.

I'm not entirelyconvinced that this is true.

I think that the added offense and flexibility (not to mention the fact that Swisher is a pretty good defender) is worth putting Jakubauskas in the rotation.

But it's moot because it's not like the Yankees would make that trade anyway.

How about if they A-Rod's recovery sucks and they need a 3rd baseman?

Washburn plays third?

Swisher is worse than Beltre by a damned sight and has little upside.

And if we're trading Beltre it's likely because we're bad and I'd rather give the PT to Wlad or whatever other random OFer looks interesting.

How about taking home a sackful of prospects for the future?

I’m not going to bring up packaging Wash as a salary dump, that ship sailed last year.

That would be more interesting certainly

Crap, just checked Fangraphs to remind myself that the Yankmees cupboard is a bit bare.

4 team trade Z!

I'm not convinced that the market values defense enough for that to be reasonable.

I’m all for trading Beltre (ow) if he isn’t open to signing an extension and if the M’s aren’t in contention, but unless he flips out on offense I just don’t see him bringing back a ton in return in a trade.

Unless you could trade him to Cleveland, Boston, or Tampa.

Just because those teams value defense doesn't mean they'll give up more for him.

They’re all good at knowing what the market will bear. Unless you get two of them competing against each other (and I think the Rays are good at 3B for now) they’re still in the driver’s seat.

That's a good point.

However, if they properly value Beltre and want him on their team, GMZ is still the decider of the price. Even if the general market asks for less, they know what his actual value should be and should therefore be willing to pay more if they want his services.

Oh man those guys got some farm kids, maybe swing by New York for some cash.

Why am I fixated on NY here? I love the hot corner and good 3rd basemen, and hate NY. I think I’m just whistling past the graveyard by talking about Beltre to NY.

Washburn isn't good Swisher is

it’s an easy choice

I just think our rotation depth is much more important than adding another OF or 1B.

That's amazingly short sighted

Is it?

Who do we have ready to take Washburn’s place? We have a dozen guys who can play the OF and 1B.

This may change in 3 months, but right now Washburn is more valuable to the team than Swisher would be. But this trade isn’t going to happen anyway.

We could have Swisher for years and Washburn sucks

It would makes better now and in the future

VICTORY!!!! Attaboy Brandon!

I love you and your insulin pump!!!

Robert Lintott - April 9, 2009 reply

STRASBURG YOU FOOLS

Jarrod Washburn 8 shutout innings + Morrow Save!!!

IN YOUR PIG FACE KUBEL

M’s WIN!

ANGELS IN LAST PLACE!!

Insulin boy comes through in the end

The only thing that can beat us is diabetes

Tony S - April 9, 2009 reply

This makes up somewhat for the pain of the last two days.

Victory!

Redemption!

Nick S - April 9, 2009 reply

Morrow broke USSM again

A WIN A WIN

Trade Washburn now!

ColeFitz88 - April 9, 2009 reply

A few more of those

and he’ll have some value. Hooray for outfield D making bad pitchers look good.

So if this was 2008 we lose that game.

By six runs

Llewdor - April 9, 2009 reply

The Cockpunch power remains!

Needs to get sidebar’d

One victory today ... can we make it two City?

Let's not get crazy now

Also, FUCK mlb.tv I take back all them nice things I said earlier in the week.

What happened?

The game never returned from commercial in the bottom of the 9th

Ridiculous.

r0ry - April 9, 2009 reply

Yeah, it totally fell apart in the bottom of the ninth, not timely. Not timely at all.

What the hell happened there?

I waited for 5 minutes before I realized “where the fuck is the game?”

Maybe it was best not having to witness a potential Morrow meltdown again.

All things considered, a split really isn't horrible to start off the year

We’re minus Ichiro and Chavez led off every single game.

Plus, Wakamatsu proved he’s worthy of much love with his actual baseball management. I like this funny feeling I have right now…I think it’s…hope!

2:11 game time.

Perfect.

I was hoping to have more time to not work, but I'll take it

I started crying with Joy when they started to talk about texting your best D play

We have defense now. good defense.

That was the best team defensive performance I have ever seen from the M's.

Granted, I have only been watching a few years, but holy shit if you ever encounter a non believer in the importance of defence mail them a copy of this game.

Gutz fan page for fb whores:

Facebook.

Yeah, there were several flyballs out in centerfield that would have been basehits in years past.

Gutz is amazing. Endy is amazing. Every line drive hit out there, I feel like they are going to be caught. Washburn just benefited from the improved defense. We would have lost that game if it wasn’t for the defense.

I move that we start calling Franklin Gutierrez 'death from below'

I thought....

it was “Death to Flying Things.”

rtang - April 9, 2009 reply

I don't think you can do much better than Death to Flying Things.

Too long

DTFT

kevin_ess - April 9, 2009 reply

I like this.

Blowers and Rizzs pick Washburn as player of the game

Niehaus picks Gutz. I love you, Dave.

Congrats Messrs. Washburn and Morrow!

Only saw the linescore at work, assume they/we have our much-improved D to thank.

lemonverbena - April 9, 2009 reply

So these games are going fast.

I think every game in the series lasted less than 3 hours. I like it.

Oh, I'm late on this.

Been at school all day. Had the game going on my laptop, but no sound and no game thread.

Well, I seem to have missed all the excitement.

Washburn the groundball pitcher? Morrow pulls it together again?

Why the hell can't you leave blogs? I added HH to add a note of condolence, and now I can't make it go away.

Apparently once you’ve commented, you are forever bound to have to have membership.

Yup.

It’s annoying because I can’t make HH or LGT leave my ribbon even though I’d rather have Royals Review on there.

I was perfectly happy with just LL, FG, and BTB on there. Argh.

This is yet another thing they need to fix in SBN 3.0.

They should allow disactivating and reactivating subscriptions.

That way you don’t have to sign up again, but you don’t have to see them in the ribbon unless you want to.

ralphie81 - April 9, 2009 reply

So Gootch had a good game in CF eh?

Half the thread is “Gutz!”, the other half split evenly between insulin jokes/no fatty jokes/and Morrow causing night terrors.

Any links to CF highlights?

The plays I saw Gutz make were not spectacular or dramatic enough to make any highlight reel.

But they were spectacular and dramatic because he took away like four base hits with his range. He actually overran a line drive in the gap; that is how good he is.