No matter who you talk to, their evaluation of the Mariners' season so far will be something along the lines of one of the following:
(A) The six-game winning streak gave them the leeway to go on a six-game losing streak and still be in a pretty good place; this team is on the right path
(B) Any six-game losing streak means that you have to play that much better in the other 156 games to have a chance; this team is in trouble
(C) The six-game winning streak and the six-game losing streak balance out; this team is average, and therefore right where we expected them to be
What a weird season. Be more normal.
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I would say C best describes the M's
but I can understand the frustration with the fact that the team can be better with slight improvements, and it feels like the management overlooks the possibility for improvement (starting Yuni and not calling up Clement, for instance).
Despite losing six games, I am not giving up on the Mariners just yet. I figured that they had a ton of losing coming for them after watching last Sunday’s game. But that doesn’t excuse their poor play. GMZ has impressed us in the past, I am pretty sure that if anything, he will impress us once again, and won’t let the Mariners fall into 2008 territory.
Fin - May 9, 2009
D) drink more beer and you just feel numb to it
Kirsten Schlewitz - May 9, 2009
+1
Linix129 - May 9, 2009
Sorry we don't do that here.
>=\
Slurvey - May 9, 2009
Don't know what +1 means, but I'll take another sip just to feel numb to it.
Sinking Away - May 9, 2009
I posted a post game fanpost because I didn't think we'd get a moderator's post, sorry.
I wanted to give people the opportunity to vent. I’ve never done this before, but I had a glass (bottle) of wine and I personally felt like venting and I hoped others would as well, Apparently I should have waited for J/M/G to post something to get post game comments. Sorry.
Sinking Away - May 9, 2009
Matthew, Jeff, and Graham are pretty good at allowing the readership to voice opinions, vent, etc.
You just have to be patient.
JLProck - May 9, 2009
It won't happen again.
Sinking Away - May 9, 2009
Good, because Jeff doesn't want to get out the wet noodle.
JLProck - May 9, 2009
Oh please, not the wet noodle!
It will neverhappen again.
Sinking Away - May 9, 2009
All these dick jokes are beyond juvenile
JI - May 9, 2009
Honestly, less of a dick joke and more of a spaghetti joke.
Sorry if it was misleading.
JLProck - May 10, 2009
Careful now.
Commenting Guidelines.
ThundaPC - May 9, 2009
+3.4 for helping a newbie.
Teej - May 9, 2009
Next time you should give him +3.14 so he can enjoy a tasty dessert.
Aaron Campeau - May 9, 2009
I'm more of a cake guy myself.
.Taylor - May 9, 2009
Mistake
BrettJMiller - May 10, 2009
Wow your pi is small
mine has is at least nine digits
JI - May 9, 2009
I can't believe I made this joke.
Aaron Campeau - May 9, 2009
And I can't believe it got recced into the green
I want to flag it for being below your normal standards. :)
johnbai - May 10, 2009
I thought my response was way cleverer
JI - May 10, 2009
Too late on the sip, I already took it.
Thanks NOLA. I think it helped. We’ve got a lot of games to get through yet.
Sinking Away - May 9, 2009
Lordy.
R.J. Anderson - May 10, 2009
Players I could do without
Silva
Batista
Rob Johnson
fatass
Beltre
Johjima
Sean White
the other fatass
Felix if he’s going to be a cocktease
JI - May 9, 2009
One of these is not like the others
Mariner John - May 9, 2009
Where's Taylor H. when you need him?
Sinking Away - May 9, 2009
GRIFFEY!!!!
d0nkey - May 9, 2009
I like Griffey
JI - May 9, 2009
Hey.....
.Taylor - May 9, 2009
I'm in the (C) boat.
The winning was nice, but this team is average at best. Playoffs would be great, as I don’t see this front office screwing up a lucky season the way Bavasi and Co. did, but .500 is pretty realistic for this roster.
JLProck - May 9, 2009
I'm on a boat!
Slurvey - May 9, 2009
God damn that meme went from awesome to annoying in about six seconds
JI - May 9, 2009
I'm calling it then... Time of death: 10:39
Slurvey - May 9, 2009
I don't recall those six seconds.
Teej - May 9, 2009
Complaining about memes is becoming a dead meme.
Fin - May 9, 2009
Only when the complaining is not justified
JI - May 9, 2009
That's only funny when we're winning.
.Taylor - May 9, 2009
So now would be like this?
Kermit. - May 9, 2009
Where is this from? I know I've seen it before.
HARRYP09 - May 10, 2009
I've seen this cartoon style before, but I don't know what it is. Random find on tinypic.
Kermit. - May 10, 2009
Yes.
.Taylor - May 10, 2009
C is the reasonable thing to think
But the hot start led to some perhaps unwarranted confidence, so I’m now more in the B area.
Teej - May 9, 2009
Pissed off because we should have played .490 ball after the six game win streak
JI - May 9, 2009
Obviously Felix is going to lose some games.
But it stings that much more when I put my trust in him and it just wasn’t meant to be. But honestly, besides the obvious errors, and that last HR, it was a close game and we stayed in it. At least there was that to look forward to.
And beltre showed signs of life.
d0nkey - May 9, 2009
BELTRE HIT A HOME RUN! BELTRE HIT A HOME RUN!
At least something good happened in this game.
Goose - May 10, 2009
Gotta admit it did kind of make my day.
Teej - May 10, 2009
He still had a shitty game
JI - May 10, 2009
How do you figure? He went 3/4, homered, drove in 2 runs, had the best WPA on the team, and made some good defensive plays.
abender20 - May 10, 2009
The error, I guess?
But I saw the replay of that and he nearly pulled off the most audacious double play ever. Shame it didn’t work.
Graham MacAree - May 10, 2009
He had a bad day in the field, particularly in clutch situations
JI - May 10, 2009
This has been one hell of a week to be too busy to catch the games
I promise I’ll try to see as many as is physically possible the rest of the way
cwel87 - May 10, 2009
Well, Frank from Suprise Arizona has it all figured out. Thank goodness he wrote the Times this week.
“Once again, the Mariners made a mistake in letting a good player get away. Willie Bloomquist is a guy who can play every position except pitcher and catcher. This time last year he was hitting about .180 because he was only being used once in awhile. Now that he is with Kansas City and being used more often, he’s hitting around .380. Until you do something with Chuck Armstrong and his motley crew, I hope you enjoy watching underachievers like Lazy Lopez.”
msb - May 10, 2009
*Surprise.
surprise!
msb - May 10, 2009
WIllie's average is certainly helped by a .408 BABIP, something completely unsustainable.
Also, there’s no way he keeps up a +.900 OPS. KC will soon realize what it means to have WFB in the lineup on a regular basis.
JLProck - May 10, 2009
Was this really in need of a refutation?
Graham MacAree - May 10, 2009
Lineup time.
RF Ichiro
2B Jose Lopez
DH Ken Griffey Jr.
3B Adrian Beltre
1B Russell Branyan
LF Wladimir Balentien
SS Yuniesky Betancourt
C Rob Johnson
CF Endy Chavez
ThundaPC - May 10, 2009
M's need to get their act together
by the time the Caps get eliminated and my attention turns fully to baseball. From the looks of things they have until tomorrow night to straighten up. God I hate Pittsburgh.
DCMariner - May 10, 2009
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