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4/11: Open Game Thread, Part 2

The Mariners apparently learned about momentum from the Sounders

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Hey this is righteous
Anyone else dislike Andrus?
Nah he's a great player.

I just wish he was a great player somewhere else.

Fuck me with draino don't bring up that game.
Hahahahahaha
You guys are slow

First comment in the first three part two threads now

Well isn't this just the worst comment ever
That sounds like a serious accomplishment that I should be envious of.
Just throwing it out there...

All in good fun

Don't.

LL isn’t the rest of the internet.

Not only is this pointless but you're also wrong
You are Matthew aren't you
STOP BEING TERRIBLE, EVERYONE

JUST STOP

I AM GOING TO GET A RAPE WHISTLE AND JUST GO TO TOWN

I AM FEELING VERY NOT HAPPY WITH THIS WHOLE SITUATION

IS YOUR PLAN TO BLOW THE RAPE WHISTLE AND MAKE CONCERNED CITIZENS COME RUNNING TO YOUR AID?
I GOT YOUR BACK EYEBROWS NOBODY MOVES AND NOBODY GET HURT AAAHHHHHHHHHH

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I think this is the solution that LL needs.
I am petrified.
EXCEPT YOU'RE BLOOD WRONG

and no one gives a fuck

Looks like somebody needs a nap.
The Griffey out at the wall was hilarious.

I bet there were at least 10 people loosening their belts.

I plan on taking this no caffine thing another week but thats it

Then it becomes a no soda Griffey! Challenge.

If you've made it through the withdrawal, why go back?
Cause I am falling asleep at 9:30 and occasionally like to have a social life.
You didn't give up naps.
He didn't approach this in the best of ways
I hate naps because when I wake up I am grumpy, depressed and even more tired.
Power naps are the key. Set an alarm for like 30 minutes.
Anything more and you become a zombie.
I've heard nap for either 30 minutes or 90 minutes

and I think it has something to do with your REM cycle.

I've heard the oddly specific 24 minutes.
I think that's closer to right for me, but I have to allow time to fall asleep as well.
Isn't three hours the actual cycle during a legit nighttime sleep?
I think the cycles vary in length.
So why is Colome up if he's never been more than a two-inning guy and is a replacement level reliever at best?

40-man roster probably plays a part, but why do we even have him at all? Why aren’t we running Olson or someone out there who can actually chew through innings?

Can't you see?

He’s out there ballin’.

Kotchman playing hide and seek with the ball.
Fuck this god damn Arias douchebag.
Well that foul came to bite us in the ass
What the hell is going on with Joaquin Arias
Luck!

Also, being served up with poor pitches.

I was under the assumption he wasn't that good

perhaps I should put that assumption up for further review

Holy fuck I'm sick of this bitch
Also what the fuck Arias stop hitting
I thought the point was to not let them score when we're doing this comeback thing.
The Mariners are the anti-comeback.

We score, we allow a run to make up for it.

We scored 3 unaswered runs in the ninth inning yesterday.
IT'S HARD TO CHIP AWAY WHEN OUR PITCHING SUCKS
IT'S HARD TO CHIP AWAY WHEN WE SUCK

Fixed that for you

If yesterdays Sounders was a airplane

It would have crashed right before landing.

Did the sounders lose or something?

I don’t watch soccer.

No based on this analogy I would assume that they triumphed with ease
I'm pretty sure I'm missing something.

I don’t really care though.

That late goal was sickening
Like the one in Poland?
Why nothing ever gets past you.
Yes much like my pants.

hahaha

The anti-sex

Roberts Pants! Better than a chastity belt

Not sure where kotch

Was going that was an easy pop up and no sun..

Oh golly gee Kanekoa is warming up
DON'T INTERFERE MOORE
Hey look bases loaded no outs, what could go wrong
Eric Byrnes throws like such a bitch.
Fixed

Eric Byrnes throws like is such a bitch.

Eric Byrnes throws like a little girl
This game sucks so hard
Thats what she said.
THANK YOU JEEBUS!
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
stop, I'm really excited about this outcome
YOU ARE BAD
Kermit time?
Heh I'm actually a big marshmellow

That gif was the greatest thing anyone has given me.

YOU JUST RUINED YOUR SHOT AT A PSYCHO TOUGH GUY IMAGE. RETARD

GOD

<3

See you tomorrow, sugar!

DON'T LISTEN TO HIM HE'S MINDFUCKING YOU AND IS ONE DANGEROUS MOTHERFUCKER

Ok you get to live
KILL HIM!

Hahahaha this is so great and yet I feel like someone here could really bring this to it's full potential.
I won't tell if you don't.

Go bust some ass.

WHERE IS MY DYNAMITE VEST

LET’S GO LET’S DO THIS

It'll be ok Eyebrows.
New commenters should be required to read the dead meme's list and write an essay on it
Why are the rookies commenting
You really like this one don't you
Great job. You're killing it, bro
Who said that?
What park of "lurk for a little while before posting" do people not get.
Lets go M's. douple play.
In play run(s)
Fuck sacrifice flies
Biggest deficit of the game!
This is more frustrating so far than the 08 Mariners.
That's insane.
Can we at least take Eyebrows down with us?
What?
The mass suicide

You’re coming with us.

I WILL BE JIM JONES, PASSING OUT THE FLAVOR AID
BUT WHICH FLAVOR?
Cyanide.
And here I was hoping for cherry.

Whatever, you take what you can get.

So we get Texeira next inning?

Cannot hold my excitement.

At least the Angels are winning guys
You are a bad person.
Gotta keep Eyebrows bitch ass happy somehow.
The downside of apathy is that you don't care when they win, either.
I guess preventing mass murder is a good cause.
But I want a LL genocide
Ethnic cLLeansing?
Much better!
Robert can be my Goebbels.
As long as they aren't winning games I don't care
What else would they be winning
Using IE in a gamethread is like flying around in a 20 year old Soviet jet.
It's 2010. There's no such thing as a 20 year-old Soviet jet.
You can still find traces if you dig deep enough
MiG-29's? SU-27's?
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
I bet so many people's dicks got hard just now in this GT
Hard, then soft
Mine was.

I would’ve been 2-2 in guessing who is going to hit the Mariners next HR.

Well that about showcases our luck.
So, uh, fuck Nelson Cruz
Dang, so close to a Jr. HR.
I love how Blowers tried to say he hit on the end of the bat

and the replay showed he hit it right on the screws.

Griffey is done.
As proven by his pinch-hit RBI last night, and his single, walk and long flyout today
Well I don't think I would make any conclusions either way

but that was just GTE in disguise.

That wasn't hit very far Jr
Sports note:

The Rangers and Flyers are tied 1-1 with 10 minutes to play. Winner goes to the playoffs, loser’s season ends.

Ooooohh I forgot!
Tie does what?
No ties in hockey
Matthew, I believe you are mistaken.

The Rangers are playing the MARINERS, and the score is 7-2. Also, this really has very little bearing on the playoffs.

If it comes down to it, how would they handle overtime in this situation?

They have ties during the regular season, no?

No
What's that third number in the hockey records, I always thought that was for ties
Losses in overtime get 1 point

Wins get 2

What's really weird is I understand the blue line rule but never knew this.

Thanks for clarifying

This is a more recent development.

I think they did away with the tie after 2007.

Is this on the television?
It's hockey. Of course not
They showed Boston-Washington this morning.

Way to pick ’em, NBC!

Did Sendin win the points trophy?
Sendin Theclowns?
This game is only in the 6th? Holy crap.
This game is horrible
This game is horrible
You can say that again!
This game is horrible
Tell us how you really feel.
This game is horrible
Not getting much better between Masters commercial breaks
I think he's trying to say something about the game

But I cant…make it out…

We get the point
It's a double post

thanks for playing!

Actually a Triple
Hey neat you can count!

I was wondering after your first post in this thread

And you can count.

On me waiting for you in the parking lot.

Why you gotta suck so many dicks, Aron?
Pardon?
It's the boss from Happy Gilmore. You know, the giant Acromegallic fella?
I was just assuming why you'd be waiting in the parking lot for SB.

I guess I was just projecting my own intentions towards him.

I'd be waiting for my bottle of Black Orchard since he was kind enough to nab one for me.
And Jubel2010

and Red Poppy

I'll just open a bank account in your name.
I regret nothing.

And I am sorry to those who are annoyed.

If you regret nothing then you clearly are not sorry which makes you a boner
Um, that makes it sound like you regret it a little.
You can say that again!
Good news! Angels are blowing the game!
How is that good news?
Because FUCK THE ANGELS
The only good news I want to hear is a M's Win
Angels losing is the next best thing.
Yep! Oakland up 4-3 now! WHEEEEE
Oakland is in first place. Not Anaheim.
You're forgetting

FUCK THE ANGELS

Good point.

Carry on!

Yet the Angels are more of a long term threat
Yes that seems likely to continue over the course of the season
Going to have to completly disagree with you here.
Which clearly shows which team we are likely to be in contention with for a playoff spot.
Might as well just hand the divison title to the A's right now!
Shouldn't we at least give it a month?
THE SKY IS FALLING
This game is horrible
Oh dear, we're losing.
Holy dicks no more homeless beard!
He looks kinda like Jay Chandrasekhar now.
Can we at least get a playoff in the Masters to make up for this game?
I, too, dislike strikes, Kanekoa.
Interesting, use, of punctu, ation.
Excessive and correct.

That’s my style.

You forgot a comma

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/picard-facepalm.jpg

YOU ARE SO BAD
HOW ARE YOU SO BAD
WHY ARE YOU SO BAD
Use the subject line
Hey I've never seen that one before

High five

Oh man you're just blowing it

Take a 10 minute break or something

DO YOU REALIZE THAT YOU ARE REALLY REALLY BAD AT THIS?
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU REALIZE THIS
How do you feel about KarateManChan37 as a poster?
Shake it off champ, we're gonna need you for round 5.
lol wut thats a good one i never seen that b4 XD
WHY ARE YOU EVEN HERE?
To post the first comment in every thread!
Subject Line.

Maybe that person masturbated too much and was trying to rectify their hairy palms?
I think it still applies.

If you somehow grow hair on your wrists instead of your palms from masturbating… well maybe I’m wrong. Maybe that’s just talent.

It's funny cause this guy is making me facepalm too.
Better

Image height violation

Read the how to on posting images

Our catchers suck.
Nvm that was more our pitchers suck.
No chatspeak
Get the banhammer ready, Matthew
I think it's been in use all day already
I don't think so.

Things are still terrible.

The rookie poster hasn't posted since his TWSS
I don't think he'll be winning the rookie of the year award!
I advocate the blitzkreig method of the banhammer

Quick and effective

I want Robert to get thirty minutes with the banhammer

just to see what would happen

Make sure you don't tell him any lies beforehand.
I feel as if everybody would be banned if this happened
You'd have to wrestle him away from the computer.

If you live streamed it, we could all cheer you on like the humans in WALL-E.

Wouldn't be too hard to do

Although, streaming the struggle of him holding onto his computer would be interesting to do

I've had access to the Big Gay Banhammer before and I think that the only person that I took out was Taylor.
Repeatedly
Oh come the fuck on it's Vlad
Man, when Chris Davis can make contact with six of your pitches in a row,

you should re-evaluate your stuff.

You know things are not going well when Vlad has a stolen base.
Wild pitch
Okay, that makes more sense.
Vlad's baserunning has made us look bad today
Hahahahahaha, Vlad stole a base!
Can we get a groundball here.
Why is the Rookie in?
Why not? It's 7-2.
8-2. Guess you had a hunch.
I think we're gonna win
I'm with you, lulling them into a sense of complacency.
This is all part of the plan
I'm not sure which is worse, today's game or today's game threads.
Finally the menace Arias has been retired.
Alright guys 3 innings to score 6 runs

Let’s do it

Spring Training can't end soon enough
Holy shit it's only the top of the 7th
It could be worse, we could be the now 0-6 Houston Astros.
Or Snell could have had Daniel McCutchen's line from today.
Who just got pulled.
McCutchen - 5 hits, 3 walks, 1 k , 3.1 IP.

Snell – 5 hits, 2 walks, 0 k, 3 IP.

Whoops I mean 8 hits for snell.
I'm horrid. 6 for McCutchen.

Either way, Snell was worse.

McCutchen - 3 HR
Snell gave up some absolute rockets too.
He didn't give up a hit to Edwin Jackson.
And the first pitch the reliever throws allows the last McCuthen run to score.
Pravda says Wak and Bradley had this day off planned, and he has an ongoing upper quadriceps problem.
But by all means, keep playing him in the outfield.
Does that count as a swinging strikeout?
That pitch was a foot off the plate.
As much as I dislike Rob Johnson.

Adam Moore kind’ve looks like crap.

Kind of

not kind have

Ok Nazi.
Yeah, that's the correct response.
How have you been allowed to accrue almost 600 comments?

You should have been aborted a long time ago.

Your opinion means a lot to me.
This is going to end well for you
How hard is it to use proper english?
Capitalise.
How hypocritical of me.
I can't even capitalize by own name
Or spell *my
I think we're all starting to lose it a little bit now.
I think the bad posting is rubbing off.
Bad baseball moreso.
I believe the correct termology is Jap.

Please respect your eLLders here.

For fuck's sake people

STOP PILING ON OR I WILL BOX ALL OF YOU

I have yet to be boxxxed this season and I would like to keep it that way.
Then don't fuck about

Although, you’ve done significantly less of that without the caffiene

Reality check:

Milton Bradley would have been grilled by the media and the fans for doing what Eric Byrnes just did.

Ergo:

Fuck the media. Fuck the fans.

Missed it. Did Byrnes flip off the guy singing God Bless America?
He blew up old Texas Stadium.
I like him slightly more now
I would have sold a portion of my soul to have those honors.
You can blow up the new one!
Already working on it.
What happened?
Byrnes took a pitch called strike three. Then he did a short swing of his bat and started yelling at himself.
THe Rangers-Flyers game is awesome! OT for the playoffs! How is this not televised nationally?
They're playing hockey
THIS IS SO INTENSE
Why is this rookie in?
Fuck it, close the thread down.
Did Ichiro just dive??
Wants to get on web gems.
Sadly, the impending trip to Goodwill is looking more exciting.
Masters is shaping up to be an exciting finish
I am rooting for Anthony Kim!
Cool guy ain't he
Smelly.
Goodwill kicks ass.
But it is undeniably smelly
Josh Hamilton really smoked that bowl.
*ball.
No you were correct the first time.
I'm sure both apply.
Ron Washington and Josh Hamilton are going to give contact high to everyone in the Texas dugout.
Bleh, at least the Blazers are beating the Lakers. This is painful.
This does not remotely qualify as a silver lining for Seattle fans
At least Feldman is out of the game.
SHOOTOUT FOR THE PLAYOFFS!
What's maddening is that I have seen comebacks this big before, so rather than moving to more productive endeavors, I'm still listening to this game

Such foolish hope

I'm trying to get all the hope out of my system today by continuing to watch this tragedy.
Being down by six is only going to make this comeback even sweeter.
Only if you watch good teams.
Remember that comeback by the Indians a while ago? They were not a good team.
The 2001 Indians won 91 games and the AL Central Championship.
They did it last year too I think?
Yeah, but they were not a good team.

Wins are a horrible stat.

And almost beat the Mariners in the playoffs
God they beat us like 17-3 one game and went up 2-1 on us.
The '01 playoffs were so fucking frustrating.

After the euphoric high of 116 wins, we then needed a squeeze to beat Cleveland and didn’t even make the World Series. Talk about a buzzkill.

Ronny Cedeno hit a game winning hit.

Blind squirrel something something.

They took the greatest team in baseball history to the absoulte limit in the playoffs.
Okay mister red aura.

This type of negativity is sending bad vibes. If Milton Bradley thinks we can win then gosh darnit we can win this thing.

I blame you for Kotchman running.
Edwin Jackson just hit a home run.
In a 13 run inning with 17+ men coming to the plate.
Been watching it on Gameday

It’s definitely more entertaining than this game

We could use one of those
In an inning where he already had a single.
Biggest offensive inning in franchise history.
Stage one complete.

Lulled them into a false sense of security, then BAM.

Oh cool a Kotchdouble
According to noted douchebag Josh Lewin

The last time there were two reached-base on catcher’s inference in one game was 1986, when M’s Phil Bradley and Steve Yeager reached against the Twins.

Inference? *interference.

I give up.

There's a good swing for Kotchman.
God I hate Philadelphia.
I prefer them to the Rangers

or I did before they got Chris Pronger. Now I dislike them both equally.

I fucking hate when melted cheese is too stretch
WHY THE FUCK DO YOU SEND HIM WHAT THE FUCK
Awesome, Kotchman wasn't even close.
Who the hell is our 3rd base coach? That is twice he has stupidly sent someone.
Brumley.

Or Brumly.

What the fuck are you running for Kotchman, we're down by six!
And he is pretty slow.
Wow that wasn't even close
Nothing this team does on offense is right, ever.
They've acknowledge this and therefore have placed an strong emphasis on defense!
Defense is a useful skill. It really helps to avoid any serious injury when the other team is beating the shit out of you.
I'm not discrediting defense by any means
I think it is fair to attack the emphasis they put on defense since they are actively doing things to make their offense worse.

They are already bad enough. Doing stupid things on offense makes their emphasis on defense irrelevant. They’re losing the runs they saved.

Nice job. How many runs are we down?
There's no reason to try to score there.

Just stupid. I hate how aggressive we’ve been on the basepaths this season.

Maybe every year Wak's gonna give us some new crazy fucked shit to deal with in April.

2009: bunting,
2010: running, Sweeneying, Griffeying
2011: suicide sacrifice bunt
2012: triple steal
2013: ?

2013: 4 man rotation
I actually like this idea
Absolutely. 5th starts should be for giving the rotation a rest, not for playing every five days.
Dear God yes.
I'd really like to see the suicide sacrifice bunt in action
Shoot yourself in the face and then let the ball bounce off your bat as you collapse?
I was thinking more of a hit-and-bunt, but I wouldn't blame any of the Mariners for doing that right now.
I only wish our two awful DHs were samurai.
Then Ichiro could behead them as a sign of respect.
We'd have to deny them their request to commit Seppuku because they don't deserve the honor of it.
They both deserve an honorable death. Great careers, shaming themselves now.
I can't wait for the triple steal

That’s gonna be an exciting year

.

Yay face time.
Yeah, this aggressive baserunning thing is really working out for us.
I think the key is

to be smartly aggressive, not blindly aggressive

The former Orioles pitching prospects sure are good.

Penn, Olson, and Cabrera are hilarious.

6 run lead in the 8th, do they usually try to throw the runners out at home?

I’m not defending the move, I’m just curious. I think I’ve seen more left fielders just lazily lob that back in without an attempt.

He wanted to make up for the negative effect on his UZR from that earlier error.
They do if it's the opposing team's first baseman and he hasn't rounded third before you've received the ball.
If RR-S struggles tomorrow we might need to call up another reliever.
13 man pen?
They'd probably send Colome down.
I just don't give a shit right now.

Whatever they do it won’t be good.

Well if they sent Colome down and called Olson up I really wouldn't care.

I just want Langerhans back!

How many line drives have the Rangers hit today?
Where's that pitch that moves a lot?
Why did we trade Morrow for this guy again when we already had Lowe?
Three bullpen aces!
That would be that one thats not moving enough.
I'm pretty sure he's not throwing it.
Isn't it a split finger or something?
Yes.

The most unhittable pitch in baseball last year.

It's almost like he would want to throw that.

I guess this is why we don’t play baseball.

We get it Texas.

Stop piling on.

Goddamn am I glad we're built for our ballpark
I hope we go 81-0 at home this year.
We need to work out a deal with MLB where we don't play these road games
I'd be on board with this.

Bud Selig may have something to say though.

So, hows that 2011 draft class looking?
Anthony Rendon!
Does Sweeney have any kids coming up?
Ack, this is killing our run differential.
Our ass squared plus buttfuck squared equals our cocksuck squared.
Has League struck out the side yet?
Yep, he just finished.
Actually he hasn't struck out anybody yet.

Another fine example of what weirdness can happen in a small sample of data.

This is actually some good news:

Safeco Field new food options including two “value” concession stands with much cheaper beer prices, though probably macro swill): http://bit.ly/b30oh0

I don't know why, and I've hated myself for it, but I've always liked Budweiser a bit. So I'll hope for that.

Though if they really want my business they’ll make it Mac and Jacks. I’ll buy season tickets.

Even though I won't be drinking the cheap beer it's a great idea and I'm glad they're offering it.

I’m excited about the pistachios.

Pistachios are great, but you can just bring them in yourself...
I'm willing to pay for the convenience.

I usually have to come straight from work for games which doesn’t leave a lot of time to go to the store.

Alright I guess I'm in the minority of hyper-cheap game-goers.

I bring my own empty water bottle and gatorade or lemonade mix for a drink and I always make or buy my own food to go.

This is still cool, though, I might actually buy food more than one or two games this season.

Oh I always bring my own water bottle, seldom buy beer or food and usually come packing banh mi.

But pistachios I will buy.

Pork cutlet bahn mi.

Fuuuuu.

If you're the minority, you're not the only one.

I’ll bring my own beer to games, set it on the ground and use a thin tube I bought from Home Depot as a straw.

I’ll also bring a couple Vietnamese sandwiches in to munch on.

How do you get your own beer into games? Don't they check your bag?
Sneak it in.

They’ll check the big pockets but not the small ones.

I've had them literally take every item out of my bag before.
Or your pants.

If you don’t mind looking like you have a constant boner.

Or a rather large dong.
Ya at that point I guess people will just draw whatever conclusion they want.
Just bring a flask in.

Get those slippers with flasks built in them.

If the beer is even semi-drinkable I'm so there.

But you’re probably right, it’s going to be Coors and Miller Lite.

Are Prime Rib nachos something that I would actually eat because they sound amazing?
I think this couple in the Snoqualmie Casino ad have a serious problem
Terrible intro music?
I hate when that happens to me.
They're there like every night!
They need to go to Gambler's Anonymous?
Should we be concerned at all about League's velocity?

I remember him being upper 90’s last season

I think the Texas gun is slow.
It was last year from what I recall.
Maybe Griffey can hit a dinger.

Then some people wouldn’t be so…..tense.

Griffey is going to hit a Grand Slam twice this at bat.
My keys are literally in my hand awating this HR. Taco Bell, I'll be with you soon.
Wow reply fail, but it still works out...magic!
Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo pop up!
If Eric Byrnes homers, I will put a picture of him in my kitchen.
Nothing like a futile blast to invoke hope.
I just want something to throw stuff at later on.
I'm totally on board with that.

Use a Johnson pic though.

8-run homer let's do this
Wonder how animated Byrnes will get when he strikes out.
Byrnes hasn't seen a strike yet.
Ball 1!

The comeback commences.

Finally this fucking road trip is over
Hitched swing for the strikeout.
Yeah, that was a funky swing.
Well I'm glad that's over.

That sucked.

I fucking hate Eric Byrnes so much.

Actually I hate all of our position players aside from Ichiro, Figgins Guti and Bradley. And all of our pitchers aside from Felix, Lee, Bedard, Kelley and League. And Maybe Texiera. So I actively hate half the roster. We’re a really unlikable team.

Which is funny because many of us spent all winter

after the Silva trade talking about how we didn’t have anyone left to really hate on the team.

Well, I mean, Rob Johnson
I can stand anyone but him.

Sweeney doesn’t exist.

I still

hate Silva even though he’s not on the team, actually

Well, gee,

since I said “really hate on the team” I guess that wouldn’t really be relevant, would it?

Shoot

I was just making a point about Silva..

Why do you hate Lowe, RRS, Casey Kotchman, Adam Moore?
What is there to like about Adam Moore right now besides not being Rob Johnson?
We're 7 games into the season
And so far he's fielded a ball with his mask, has 2 CIs, and is batting .000.
In 3 games.

He’s played 3 games.

Well this is a reasonable analysis of Adam Moore's value
700% better than RJ.

Even though he is hitless.

To elaborate

On Lookout Landing we try not to judge people based on small samples, ever, especially when they have demonstrated reasons to assume they will have success. Players that have recently sucked (Byrnes) that spend 3 days sucking, though, are fair game unless there is good reason to believe they should be much better.

Ok. Well can I still hate Snell?
Sure!
But his feelings! :(
Happy Ian Snell doesn't seem much better than bipolar Ian Snell.
Your "besides" option is a pretty attractive one.
Kotchman makes sense, he's a big, slow 1B that hits a frustrating number of groundballs.
Yeah I guess

I just don’t see very many players on this team as being “unlikable”. Aaron may hate them, but the only players I would really see that way are guys like Rob Johnson, Ian Snell, Eric Byrnes, maybe Sean White

To be fair I am inclined to hate professional athletes.

My default is hate, pretty much.

The only players I really don't like are Johnson and White.

Sweeney and Griffey are annoying, but whatever it’s not their fault.
All the rest are somewhere between okay and liked.

I like Snell and Byrnes a lot, I don’t know why many people hate them (aside from their lack of talent).

I don't mind Byrnes
I think his antics are hilarious.
I still have some shred of hope left for Snell

But that will be gone quickly if he keeps putting up turkeys like today.

God with command he could be so good
I don't think command is his issue anymore
What would you say is then?

acblue’s “ugh” comment confuses me though so I may be missing something.

Well, half command

half his fastball is absolutely dreadful

Yeah, that's rough too

I’ve just noticed that everything seems to be drifting over the heart of the plate, and he’s getting crushed out there. Throwing strikes is nice, but not so much when they’re extremely hittable strikes

I forgot RR-S but the rest of them irritate me.
I love Byrnes
Then maybe you should light yourself on fire.
I'm willing to forgive guys like Kotchman for cold starts, Moore for being green, and general rustiness elsewhere

But yeah, Sweeney, Johnson, Griffey and Byrnes can bugger off.

I predict sweep of Oakland!
2-8!
No, a sweep OF Oakland!
They're on a hot streak.
Three shitty hours. Thanl god this shitshow is over.
Good job Mariners, way to make us all enthused for the home opener.
"Right now the bats not happening."

And when they are happening, the team purposely throws plays into action that ruin any chance of it mattering.

Angels are getting clobbered.

I think we’re too much alike here.

Bradley has a rough start on the road and has a bad reputation

He’s going to come to Seattle with what kind of reception?

Standing ovation!
If it's not a good one then our fans are even more embarrassing than I previously thought.
Agreed.
There seems to be a problem with me rooting for teams with annoying fans.
When I went to the first two games of the season I did my best

I wanted the guy to feel as good as possible. Our fans need to embrace him and let him know we accept the guy.

Never under estimate how embarrassing Seattle fans can be.
This is what I am afraid of.

I may be a cynic, but our fans are apathetic most of the time. When they’re passionate, it’s usually for the stupidest reason. Griffey love, Beltre hate, etc.

A lot of them are totally clueless though, so they won't even know who he is.
Also, they never boo the home team
Sexson?
That was justified.

Plus i detect a hint of sarcasm.

Probably.

I’m horrible at picking it up on the internet.

They booed Jeremy Stevens
For completely justifiable reasons.
Silva?
My bad, I thought you were talking about tomorrow

and not 18 months from now

Yeah, those guys took time to get on people.

Bradley comes in with an already “established” reputation that the media has made sure EVERYBODY knows about.

This could be what saves us.

Perhaps they will even think hes griffey in left field.

You'd have to be blind and deaf not to know Milton Bradley.

The media has painted a perfectly horrendous picture of him. And that’s the problem. If they do know him, they know THAT Milton Bradley and that’s all they’re ever going to know.

When I read about the fans booing RRS for striking out Griffey in the Annual I was so pissed.
I'm guessing it will be a mild reception.

I don’t think he’ll get a standing O, but I doubt they’ll boo any member of the home team on opening day.

I;m booing Sweeney, Griffey and Johnson if he starts.
They'll all be introduced! And Johnson and Griffey will probably start!
I love how mad Seattle fans get if you boo
Yeah, God forbid I get passionate and involved in the game going on.

I would go to a lot more games if the atmosphere didn’t resemble a city council meeting.

Amazingly no one said anything or appeared to care when I booed Griffey last season.
I had somebody almost punch me last year when I implied that Griffey was on steroids.
I may make a RJ t-shirt.

Something along the lines of, “catch the fucking ball Rob”.

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