July 7
On Wednesday, July 7th, the 34-49 Seattle Mariners took on the 38-46 Kansas City Royals. It was an evening showdown before nearly 17,000 fans at Safeco Field, with a recently activated Doug Fister taking on Kyle Davies, who at the time had a 5.64 ERA.
The Royals scored in the top of the first on a walk, a single, and a sac fly. The Mariners came back to even things up an inning later on a solo homer by Casey Kotchman. The score remained 1-1 entering the bottom of the third, when the Mariners had their tenth-most unremarkable moment of the 2010 season.
Leading off the third against Davies, shortstop Josh Wilson got ahead 2-0 when he took two balls low. He then got a high fastball, swung, and lifted a lazy fly ball into right-center field, where it was tracked down by David DeJesus for an easy catch. Wilson was retired, and he returned to the dugout.
26 recs | 41 comments
It’s like it was yesterday
GrahamCrakalaka - November 15, 2010
Subject line please.
perfectstrat - November 16, 2010
This is a fucking brilliant idea.
CapSea - November 15, 2010
Just about everything Josh Wilson did was an unremarkable moment
Y’know, if these unremarkable moments get progressively more unremarkable as we continue in the series, it’s hard to see what could top this one.
JLC - November 15, 2010
I'm guessing
spencer peaty - November 15, 2010
Perhaps you have forgotten about one Jose Lopez.
CapSea - November 15, 2010
Everything about Jose Lopez is remarkable.
joof - November 15, 2010
It's remarkable when he lives through another day so you are correct.
Mariner John - November 15, 2010
By default that would make him unremarkable.
CapSea - November 16, 2010
Remarkability doesn't work that way.
joof - November 16, 2010
I was just about to guess that #1 on the chart is a Jose Lopez infield pop-up on the 1st pitch with the bases empty.
JLC - November 15, 2010
Perhaps you have forgotten about stranding one Ichiro Suzuki.
CapSea - November 16, 2010
I think that goes without saying.
scout6 - November 16, 2010
Is it possible for Jeff to stop being awesome? I don't think it is.
Brett the 49er - November 15, 2010
I like it!
ThundaPC - November 15, 2010
Absolutely perfect.
Can’t wait for the rest!
BigR - November 15, 2010
That kind of enthusiasm does not fit the subject matter.
CapSea - November 15, 2010
wow
this was really unremarkable
spencer peaty - November 15, 2010
How do you rec something that celebrates the unremarkable?
Hopefulmsfan - November 15, 2010
Flag it for being too remarkable.
Mariner John - November 15, 2010
I don't remember that moment like it was yesterday
I was somewhere when that happened, and had to keep doing what I was doing because it was so unremarkable. I wasn’t reminded of that time when something much the same happened, and all the rest of that day, I didn’t reflect on what an unremarkable play that was.
nathaniel dawson - November 15, 2010
Wow.
I’m not sure there is anything remarkable about this moment at all. You’re saying that there are 9 moments that are more unremarkable than this?
GiantBrass - November 15, 2010
If this surpasses the 6-3 put out in the 5th inning of the 7/20 game against the White Sox I will be furious.
Mariner John - November 15, 2010
Amazing that we've gotten nineteen remarks on something which was supposedly unremarkable.
I guess that’s part of why this was #10?
misterjonez - November 16, 2010
I can't imagine
9 more cliffhangers like this!
natteringnabob - November 16, 2010
PAPERBOY DELIVERS!!!
jackyz - November 16, 2010
Freaking perfect.
Goose - November 16, 2010
I'm looking forward to a Brian Sweeney 1-1 sinker
that starts off the plate outside to a lefty and continues drifting toward the righty batter’s box. This pitch will rank just ahead of a Jason Vargas changeup that does the same but mirrored.
tsunamijesus - November 16, 2010
d'oh
I meant David Pauley. They’re both just so unremarkable my hands went numb while I was typing this.
tsunamijesus - November 16, 2010
SWUNG ON AND BELTED.
This is the funniest thing I’ve read on how much this team sucked.
I can’t wait to see what comes next. I nominate any one of Casey Kotchman’s second-pitch groundouts with RISP.
Rick Banjo - November 16, 2010
Overrated
kokobware - November 16, 2010
I am completely whelmed with indifference over the ranking of this play.
I believe the ranking is too equal to what I would have rated it.
ThomasG - November 16, 2010
I couldn't agree less with you more.
kokobware - November 16, 2010
Too soon
I might be able to laugh at this next spring, but right now I feel like I’m sinking back into the 2010 offenseless daily grind… I can’t breathe, help…
chaney - November 16, 2010
Just relax
Become one with the mediocrity. That’s right, just relax, it’s not going to hurt you. I promise. Yeah…that’s right. There you go. See?
HititHere - November 16, 2010
Is that you, St. Peter?
chaney - November 16, 2010
I wonder if any of Griffey's groundouts-to-2B made the list?
ThundaPC - November 16, 2010
This is why I love baseball
A boring game, two teams that were already out of the race, a crap pitcher facing a replacement-level hitter….and still you get moments like these. THIS is why we keep following the team. No one would have predicted that this random 2-0 pitch would lead to one of the defining moments of the season, but here we are.
I saw a kid down the street a few weeks ago who did a quick, jerky, twist motion JUST LIKE Wilson’s swing on this play. It’s possible he was trying to get away from a bee, but I think he, like thousands of kids in the area, was reliving this moment. I remember aping a Mike Moore throw-to-first-after-fielding-a-comebacker-in-1986, pretending I could hear Dave Niehaus’ voice as I did it.
marc w - November 16, 2010
They always say that when you go to a game you'll see something that you've never seen before
and this is a shining example. Thank you for firing up the nostalginator.
pdb - November 16, 2010
You are remarkably unremarkable Jeff.
You’re a writing paradox in this series.
perfectstrat - November 16, 2010
If I don't make it through this, tell my wife I said "hello".
Thingray - November 16, 2010
You must Login with your SB Nation account and be a member of Lookout Landing to post a comment.