"To tell the truth, I’m not excited to go to Cleveland, but we have to," Ichiro said through an interpreter. "If I ever saw myself saying I’m excited going to Cleveland, I’d punch myself in the face, because I’m lying."
This is precisely why "intent to swing" is a stupid phrase.
It seems like starting to swing means you have the intent to swing. How far through a swing does a batter have to get before you can judge intent? A concrete mule makes more sense to me.
The rulebook states that it’s an umpire’s judgment call. Obviously this is going to have some opposition around here, but that. is. what. the. rule. is.
Nobody outside the west coast knows anything about Mariners. The players are unfamiliar names to them, except Griffey, but that’s only because he was a superstar with Cincinnati for several years.
Shit happens.
Mariner Melee - July 16, 2009
That sums up tonight's game well.
Heydude - July 16, 2009
A certain Ichiro quote comes to mind...
Zwakamatsu - July 16, 2009
I'm going to mess with your house?
joof - July 16, 2009
No.
Zwakamatsu - July 16, 2009
Priceless quote, I love Ichiro.
Heydude - July 16, 2009
Good news!
Ervin Santana is starting tonight!
Fuckmikereilly - July 16, 2009
Bad news!
The A’s are hitting!
Teej - July 16, 2009
Against Oakland
Jeff Sullivan - July 16, 2009
5 outs...
JMKaustin - July 16, 2009
Now Branyan gets a hit and we strand him
Graham MacAree - July 16, 2009
Lofie instead...
JMKaustin - July 16, 2009
If anyone ever runs into Dan Wilson, ask him if he ever "accidently" lost his balance, and slammed his helmet backwards into Jim Joyce.
msb - July 16, 2009
Wouldn't even be worth it
He’d just scream like a douche again. And my ears would weep and weep
Karma Police - July 16, 2009
Pour that water!
Jeff Sullivan - July 16, 2009
Then walk on it. As only you can.
Sinking Away - July 16, 2009
I can't believe we traded our rally monkey away.
Wilder. - July 16, 2009
We kept the gif
Jeff Sullivan - July 16, 2009
Biggest WPA
Johjima, +.027
naviomelo - July 16, 2009
Fuck that
Mariner Melee - July 16, 2009
Bullshit
Graham MacAree - July 16, 2009
You'd think that lefties would eventually catch on to the lefty strike
Jeff Sullivan - July 16, 2009
I wonder if that wasn't a little too far outside though.
Fuckmikereilly - July 16, 2009
gameday says it barely caught the outside
forte40 - July 16, 2009
Frequent call against a lefty
Jeff Sullivan - July 16, 2009
I know.
Looked farther outside than the usual lefty strike at first glance. But it wasn’t in reality.
Fuckmikereilly - July 16, 2009
You'd think umpires would eventually catch onto the actual rules of baseball
Graham MacAree - July 16, 2009
Well yes but at least this call is consistent
Jeff Sullivan - July 16, 2009
BUT YOU'RE TAKING AWAY THE HUMAN ELEMENT!
joof - July 16, 2009
Like that!!!!
msb - July 16, 2009
Now get 3 on for Felix to bat.
M'sin.. - July 16, 2009
Now this is just remarkable
Jeff Sullivan - July 16, 2009
And there's our hit.
ThundaPC - July 16, 2009
Lopez!
joof - July 16, 2009
Magic please.
Mariner Melee - July 16, 2009
Yay stranded runner!
Karma Police - July 16, 2009
Come on Grif...
Zwakamatsu - July 16, 2009
Griffey walk, Gutierrez jack?
nickmo - July 16, 2009
Ok.
JMKaustin - July 16, 2009
Junior HR. I called it.
Sinking Away - July 16, 2009
Walk Griffey and Guti blast.
Wilder. - July 16, 2009
I like this better.
Mariner Melee - July 16, 2009
Walk Griffey and Gutz
Langerblast
calim - July 16, 2009
Lee really knows how to hit that outside pitch
forte40 - July 16, 2009
Ack.
Mariner Melee - July 16, 2009
ley.
russak - July 16, 2009
Why Griffey why?
M'sin.. - July 16, 2009
I don't blame you.
M'sin.. - July 16, 2009
Oh cool
Karma Police - July 16, 2009
Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaa
ahahahahahahahahahaha
Graham MacAree - July 16, 2009
What the FUCK was that?
nickmo - July 16, 2009
I always love Griffey's dismissive wave
Jeff Sullivan - July 16, 2009
That's not a swing.
Yuck.
Teej - July 16, 2009
I disagree
Graham MacAree - July 16, 2009
Seemed like he checked it, but twisted in order to not get hit in the face.
Teej - July 16, 2009
It's his own stupid fault for swinging at it
Graham MacAree - July 16, 2009
What a legend.
Slurvey - July 16, 2009
Well that was around 7 feet in the air.
joof - July 16, 2009
Fucking dicks.
Zwakamatsu - July 16, 2009
That counts as a swinging strike.
ThundaPC - July 16, 2009
So do Chris Woodward swings.
Fuckmikereilly - July 16, 2009
RETIRE NOW
I Lick Squirrels - July 16, 2009
I mean, yeah, technically his bat crossed the front of the plate.
But it wasn’t a attempt to swing the bat.
Wilder. - July 16, 2009
That has to be the most annoying rule in baseball.
Zwakamatsu - July 16, 2009
That's not the rule
calim - July 16, 2009
No one knowing the actual rule is part of the reason why it is annoying.
I know the rule, but it seems like no one commentating the game or doing the highlights or talking to me in general knows the rule.
Zwakamatsu - July 16, 2009
And where the bat ends up has nothing to do with whether it's a swing
It’s a judgment call supposedly based on intent
calim - July 16, 2009
So, holding the bat just off your shoulder, with your elbows up by your ears as you twist out of the way is 'intent'?
msb - July 16, 2009
Not saying it was the right call
But few people know the actual rule.
calim - July 16, 2009
He started to swing and failed to check
I don’t see how that’s ambiguous
Graham MacAree - July 16, 2009
I would argue he checked, but then tried to get out of the way and happened to bring the bat head in front of the plate.
Wilder. - July 16, 2009
This is precisely why "intent to swing" is a stupid phrase.
It seems like starting to swing means you have the intent to swing. How far through a swing does a batter have to get before you can judge intent? A concrete mule makes more sense to me.
Zwakamatsu - July 16, 2009
It's based on the bat crossing the front of the plate.
It’s pretty objective, really. If you can’t hold up in time, then it’s a strike.
Wilder. - July 16, 2009
Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm almost positive that no where in the rulebook is anything like this mentioned.
I know that a general rule is the front of the plate, but if an ump thinks taking the bat off your shoulder is a swing it’s a swing.
Zwakamatsu - July 16, 2009
I don't know the rulebook word-for-word.
But it’s been established this is what umpires are told to judge by.
Wilder. - July 16, 2009
This is wrong
The rulebook states that it’s an umpire’s judgment call. Obviously this is going to have some opposition around here, but that. is. what. the. rule. is.
calim - July 16, 2009
It isn't wrong if the umpires have been instructed to call it a certain way.
This is what Wilder is saying.
Aaron Campeau - July 16, 2009
Au
M'sin.. - July 16, 2009
I blame the ASB for killing our momentum
Mariner Melee - July 16, 2009
Jeez..
JMKaustin - July 16, 2009
Good "D" today.
Mariner Melee - July 16, 2009
DFA
I MEAN RIGHT NOW
Wilder. - July 16, 2009
NO, GET HIM OUT OF THE SYSTEM
RELEASE HIM
Wilder. - July 16, 2009
Holy Moley!
M'sin.. - July 16, 2009
Fuck it. Errors for everybody!
Goose - July 16, 2009
yay! universal coverage!
forte40 - July 16, 2009
I sense a lack of focus today
forte40 - July 16, 2009
Worst D in baseball.
ThundaPC - July 16, 2009
Worst defense in baseball!
Goose - July 16, 2009
Another error?
The “worst defensive team in baseball.”
Heydude - July 16, 2009
Hannahan please!
Mariner Melee - July 16, 2009
It's just comical now.
Eyeball Kid - July 16, 2009
Really? I'm not laughing
M'sin.. - July 16, 2009
A lot of comics aren't very funny.
Eyeball Kid - July 16, 2009
Boy, will Cleveland and its announcers be surprised tomorrow.
msb - July 16, 2009
They really thought Olson was our Ace?
M'sin.. - July 16, 2009
What?!
w00tah - July 16, 2009
When that other team, the one that plays good defense, come out to back up Felix.
msb - July 16, 2009
Of course.
Nobody outside the west coast knows anything about Mariners. The players are unfamiliar names to them, except Griffey, but that’s only because he was a superstar with Cincinnati for several years.
I Lick Squirrels - July 16, 2009
Why isn't Hannahan playing? Oh yeah, a lefty is on the hill.
“Griffey – DH.” Wait a second.
r0ry - July 16, 2009
4 errors today.
And we don’t even have Yuni anymore.
I Lick Squirrels - July 16, 2009
Impressive at-bat
Graham MacAree - July 16, 2009
It's time to sell high on Chops.
Mariner Melee - July 16, 2009
Actually that time would have been a year ago.
Aaron Campeau - July 16, 2009
Doesn't have the proven closer tag.
Slurvey - July 16, 2009
And I finished rewatching Sports night, so I don't even have that to look forward to.
msb - July 16, 2009
NUTTED!
Wilder. - July 16, 2009
It is so sad when three runs seems so unsurmountable.
msb - July 16, 2009
Jojima with the walkoff...
JMKaustin - July 16, 2009
Um
Graham MacAree - July 16, 2009
Walkoff gidp
JMKaustin - July 16, 2009
Well I should have said strikeout I suppose.
JMKaustin - July 16, 2009
He'll throw someone out to end the game.
Teej - July 16, 2009
In Cleveland?
Zwakamatsu - July 16, 2009
Hmmm
Start of a new trend?
Goose - July 16, 2009
Could be, first the Yankees and now the Padres.
Heydude - July 16, 2009
The Yankees did it first.
JMKaustin - July 16, 2009
It's just like the Yankees thing.
You have to already subscribe to the cable company’s product.
Teej - July 16, 2009
And you have to watch the Padres
Jeff Sullivan - July 16, 2009
Maybe this is a punishment
Jeff Sullivan - July 16, 2009
Which I still don't understand.
I pay $100 a month for cable. Why in the hell would I pay $50 more to watch the goddamn Padres on a smaller, shittier picture?
Teej - July 16, 2009
If you have to stay late at work and you really need to watch the Padres
Jeff Sullivan - July 16, 2009
OK, it looks like you only have to have Cox Internet, not the full cable package.
So for people who have high-speed Internet and no cable, it makes sense.
Teej - July 16, 2009
Then again you could probably just get cable for that $50, which would include Padres games.
Ah whatever I’m tired of thinking about this.
Teej - July 16, 2009
If this happens and I can get the Mariners for having Broadstripe high speed I will be a happy camper.
Aaron Campeau - July 16, 2009
And they're losing 10-1 in the first broadcast!
Goose - July 16, 2009
I wish we could have 6 outs this inning.
M'sin.. - July 16, 2009
Starting now?
Jeff Sullivan - July 16, 2009
Yeah.
M'sin.. - July 16, 2009
Jesus CHRIST Kenji is slow.
Zwakamatsu - July 16, 2009
We got our hit!
Jeff Sullivan - July 16, 2009
That was a hit?
joof - July 16, 2009
You betcha!
Jeff Sullivan - July 16, 2009
I like Jamey Carroll's eyebrows
Jeff Sullivan - July 16, 2009
Ronny's going to hit one awkward tying homer
Jeff Sullivan - July 16, 2009
Fucking Woodward.
Wilder. - July 16, 2009
yep
forte40 - July 16, 2009
Agreed.
Mariner Melee - July 16, 2009
Come on Woodyward
M'sin.. - July 16, 2009
Shelton got into the game about 8 innings too late.
Better late than never, I suppose.
schismatix - July 16, 2009
Chris Woodward had a really good game
Jeff Sullivan - July 16, 2009
Woodward plays right into Lee's hand.
w00tah - July 16, 2009
If the catcher is standing up for the next pitch, might not want to swing at it
forte40 - July 16, 2009
If only every batter had eyes like Henry Rodriguez.
Wilder. - July 16, 2009
That was mighty fascinating.
ThundaPC - July 16, 2009
So we got only one hit? every inning.
M'sin.. - July 16, 2009
One run on nine hits...
JMKaustin - July 16, 2009
Well that was predictable.
Zwakamatsu - July 16, 2009
What an abortion of a game.
Goose - July 16, 2009
SELL SELL SELL SELL
Fuckmikereilly - July 16, 2009
...
…
…
…
FUCK YOU YOU GIANT SONS OF A MONKEYDICKED MANWHORE
Graham MacAree - July 16, 2009
FELIX IS PITCHING TOMORROW!
M'sin.. - July 16, 2009
We lost today
Graham MacAree - July 16, 2009
I'm trying to forget about today's game.
M'sin.. - July 16, 2009
Fuck you Woodward.
I hope you get chicken AIDS.
I Lick Squirrels - July 16, 2009
And :(edeno's hit did the most damage.
ThundaPC - July 16, 2009
And by most you mean only?
Fuckmikereilly - July 16, 2009
Did a game just happen?
I faintly remember two or three plays.
Teej - July 16, 2009
Thanks guys, this was a boring game but at least there was this place so I knew it wasn't just me.
mark sobba - July 16, 2009
One home run, two doubles, six singles
And that somehow equals one run?
FUCK
Graham MacAree - July 16, 2009
When you spread them equally across 9 innings it does.
:(
Wilder. - July 16, 2009
At least their bulllpen is gonna be rusty?
JMKaustin - July 16, 2009
Felix losing to Tomo Ohka is going to be annoying.
MFAN - July 16, 2009
So can we get cliffs on what the Indians' announcers said?
w00tah - July 16, 2009
I don't think I've ever seen a complete game without a single 1-2-3 inning before
Fuck you luck. Fuck you in the eye
Graham MacAree - July 16, 2009
Luck is not a person and hence not likely to have eyes
Robert - July 16, 2009
At least we raised Lee's BAA stat.
russak - July 16, 2009
Now we just pray that the Angels lose.
M'sin.. - July 16, 2009
That EQCad didn't really just advertise Billy Squier's massive tits, did it?
msb - July 16, 2009
Well fuck.
gregrabble - July 16, 2009
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