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4/17: Open Game Thread, Part 2

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We go to the bottom of the 19th!

Mets lead, 1-0.

Let's restate this here.

The 3rd baseman played pitcher, then played third. Question? has just made my week.

I want to see Ichiro hit for the cycle damnit!
Only a HR away!
It's going hilariously well
Oh hey RRS got Ordonez and Cabrera out on four pitches.
HOW HAVE THEY NOT USED K-ROD YET?
ONLY USE HIM IN A SAVE SITUATION GOD DON'T YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BASEBALL?
Baseball's the only sport where equipment suddenly breaking is considered normal.
I think that's weird
Francisco Rodriguez blowing this save would be wonderful.
K-ROD

GOGO PUJOLS

WHAT THE FUCK THE METS STILL HAD K-ROD
Jerry really knows how to manage a bullpen
OH MY GOS PLEASE LET MATHER GET A WIN AND RODRIGUEZ GET A LOSS
I would cry tears of joy
Oh, hey. Frankie.
AHAHAHA THEY SAVED FRANKIE TIL NOW
This game could not be more perfect if K-Rod blew the save
COME ON CARDINALS!!
Lohse takes KRod deep

Because, why not?

Honestly I think this is the most likely possibility
THIS SEEMS TO BE GOING WELL
ALSO UBALDO JIMENEZ IS GOOD
I WILL PROBABLY WATCH THAT GAME TOMORROW AFTERNOON
Don't you mean today afternoon where you are? :)
Tomorrow doesn't happen until after 6am.
Shit, I've been off six hours my entire life.
I WANT TO SEE FRANKIE HANG HIS HEAD IN SHAME
BUT THIS TIME IN A METS UNIFORM
It's pretty sad the Mets could only score 1 run in 2 innings against position players pitching.
RRS has thrown more pitches than Verlander. What the hell happened?
It is more like what happend to our line-up.
COME ON SAD FRANKIE

YES THIS I WANT THIS
Doesn't this make you said to watch?
It's the best gif ever.
BULLPEN FACE IN BED.
Good game so far RRS.
Not really.

Good results, but the Tigers have hit the ball really hard.

3Ks and 3 BBs.

Meh.

I LOVE YOU LUDWICK

MAKE K-ROD PITCH

Haha he worked the walk.
GET IN FRONT OF THAT SHIT LUDWICK
WALK THE WORLD
I LOVE THIS GAME
COME ON PUJOLS BOMB
WEEEEEEEEEEEE
GOGO PUJOLS GO
DAMMIT PUJOLS DON'T WALK OFF HOMER ON US
Walk off Albert
LET'S GO PUJOLS

DRIVE IN THIS MOTHERFUCKER

IF PUJOLS JACKS THIS OUT

I WILL LOSE MY FUCKING MIND.

LEADOFF WALK

LUD LUD LUD LUD!

PUJOLS UP WITH RUNNER ON 1ST!!!

HR TIME

GOD FUCK NO
Holy crap that play during the Ubaldo no hitter was incredible.
BOOOOOOOOOOOO
OH WHAT THE FUCK
WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING LUDWICK
Ok, so I just get home, check up on the scores, and look down the list...

I notice the Mets vs. Cards in the first looking down for the Mariners. I smile when I see we are up 2 to 1, then scan back up the list and see the mets vs. Cards in the 9th.

After a quick double take i realize its the flipping 19TH!!!!!! WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?!?!

WHY WHY THE FUCK
WHO THE FUCK PUT THE STEAL ON?
With Pujols at the plate, are you shitting me?
ACTUALLY NO, THIS IS BETTER

BECAUSE NO PUJOLS CAN TIE IT. AND PROLONG THE GAME ANOTHER INNING.

WHAT THE FUCK LUDWICK YOU FUCKING RETARD

YOU DON’T FUCKING RUN THERE PUJOLS IS UP

WHY IS EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT PUJOLS?
HOLY SHIT IT'S THE NINETEENTH INNING!
TWO POSITION PLAYERS HAVE PITCHED
AND PITCHERS ARE IN THE OUTFIELD
WOW

IS FOGEL STILL ALIVE?

That's fine guys now when Pujols homers the game will be able to continue
HIT AND RUN WITH PUJOLS??? FUCK YOU TONY
STEAL WHAT THE SHIT ARE YOU FUCKING DUMB
OKAY TECHNICALLY A HIT AND RUN

STILL STUPID

Why the hell do you hit and run with Pujols on?

Does LaRussa do this regularly?

Just setting up for the solo bomb so that we can go into the 20th
JUST GOT IN

CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME CLIFF NOTES ON THE GAME SO FAR PLEASE?

AND WHAT’S THIS ALL CAPS BUSINESS?

ITS IN THE 19TH
TIME FOR A KYLE LOHSE SOLO SHOT
He is so dumb.
SAFE AS FUCK BITCHES

UMPIRING HAS BEEN SHIT AWFUL IN THIS GAME

LaRussa is a dumbass.
He was safe!

Robots, replay. etc

Why the fuck is MLB.tv telling me there's a blackout because of the postseason
It's FOX Saturday baseball
They have the audio though, in Mets, Cards and Spanish.
The duel between La Russa and Jerry Manuel is like a cripple fight, but with retards.
Also, Ludwick was safe
YES!!!! DOUBLE
He was out folks
KYLE LOHSE TIME
FUCK SOMEONE PLEASE DRIVE HIM IN.
LA RUSSA YOU FUCKING MORON
So, Lohse can tie or win it
HE'S JUST ALBERT
COME ON LOHSE
2B!!

WOULD HAVE SCORED THE RUN LARUSSA YOU CUNTNUGGET

Pujols probably gets different pitch with a runner on, so this is a dumb thing to say.
NOT RATIONAL AT THE MOMENT
Way to go Ludwick!
FAT ALBERT
Lohse steps to the plate!
Dammit LaRussa...
LOHSE AND MOLINA
Pujols Homer?

That would be so epic…. Shame the Baseball gods hate epicness.

LOHSE PLEASE!
CMON DRIVE HIM IN THEN STOP ALL SCORING ACTIVITIES
C'MON KYLE LOHSE
It's a good thing we got a couple early, because Verlander is dominating us now
Yeah. He looks like he can go all 9.
HEY LARUSSA WHY DON'T TYOU TRY THE HIT AND RUN AGAIN
C'MON LOSHE!
WEEEEELLLLSSSHHIIIEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
Damn it. We looked so good the first couple innings.
1-2 HERE WE GO
COME ON WILD PITCH OR SOMETHING
GRIFFEY IS SO BAD
OK YADIER MOLINA
WE CAN DO THIS
WILD PITCH PLEASE
COME ON MOLINA!!!!!!!
C'MON YOUNG MOLINA

MAN ON THIRD JUST BLOOP IT

YADIER MOLINA. YOU ONCE RUINED THE METS HOPES AND DREAMS.

PLEASE DO IT AGAIN.

OK JUST SINGLE HIM HOME THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO DO
COME ON MOLINA DRIVE HIM IN AND I WILL LOVE YOU ENDLESSLY
SQUEEEEEEEEEZZZZZE
RUN MOLINA, RUN!
DON'T GIVE LA RUSSA IDEAS
ALRIGHT PRODUCTIVE OUT

LETS GO LETS GO

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!
OH PLEASE BE INJURED
Here's where Henry Blanco comes up with a clutch passed ball.
groundball between SS and 3rd...

Please god, please.

Does any one have a stream of the Mets v Cardinals games?
It's on Fox if you have a TV.
And live in the correct market
I got Three and a Half men for some reason.
True.

My bad.

YADIER, PRETEND ITS 2006 AND YOU'RE HITTING OFF AARON HEILMAN.
Will Frankie throw a breaking ball?
MOLINA C'MON!
6 hours 32 minutes?

Wow!

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!
HOLY SHIT YES
HOLY FUCKING SHIT
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES
I LOVE MY LIFE
MOLINA!!

BWAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES MOLINA
AHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA

IN PLAY RUNS!
WHAT THE FUCK
YES FUCK UES!
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

OH DEAR GOD FUCK YES I LOVE YOU YADIER

THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER
HOLY SHIT!!!
NO FUCKING WAY!
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA FUCK YOU KROD
YES YES YES YES YES!
FUCK IT, LET'S PLAY 20
MORE LIKE 20 MORE
Fuck yeah! TIE AGAIN!
HAHAHAHA

I LOVE BASEBALL

OK GROUND OUT SR. CRAIG
Bahahahahhhaha fuck yesssss
K-ROD, YOU'RE A WORSE PITCHER THEN FELIPE LOPEZ

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I LOVE BASEBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

FUCK YOU FRANKIE

HAHAHAHAHA

THIS IS SO FUCKING BEAUTIFUL
So fucking funny
Get RRS out of there now

He really looks bad

Meanwhile in the Ms game...

Uh oh.

FUCK YES. FUCKKKKKKKKK YES.
Is anyone even watching the Ms game>

Go Yadier!

Now get out so we can get to the 20th
Who the hell si Allen Craig?
We're in trouble in Mariner land.
Who will pitch for the Cards?
Mlb.tv made me miss that.
PLEASE GROUND OUT MR CRAIG AFTER A 40 PITCH AT BAT
We've got problems...
KEEP GOING KEEP GOING YOU HAVE TO
Good call Wak.
Very good call.

Hyphen had a decent start, but he was running on empty.

Here comes League
Too bad I don't get the epic game. Instead, I get Seinfeld
I get Two and a Half Men reruns. :(
Here

http://atdhe.net/17441/watch-mets-vs-cardinals

What the hell? I watch puppies on Ustream. Never knew they'd show baseball w/o MLB removing it.

Shows me how Nazi-ish NBC was with the Olympics.

YAY PUPPIES

SHIBA INU?

Indeed. :) SF pups and a friend in Chicago.
OK HERE WE GO AGAIN
YES YES YES
I LOVE THIS GAME MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE FUCKING WORLD EVER.
To the 20th!
INNING NUMBER 20 HERE WE COME
WHO PITCHES NOW? BRENDAN RYAN?
20TH INNING WOOOO!!!
THIS IS THE GREATEST GAME IN THE HISTORY OF THE SPORT
20 LOB for St. Louis hahahaha
GAH 20TH!!!!!!!!!!
VENNNNNNNNNNNNNNTTTEEE!
Only 6 more innings to tie the record.
20 Inning game, Mariner baseball, and an NBA fight

Tonight is going well

Whoa what fight?
Just KG being KG

Paul Pierce got hurt on the sidelines, Quentin Richardson went to check on Pierce to see if he was ok… Then KG proceeded to elbow Richardson and looked at him like “Get the hell away from here.”

Shoves were exchanged, KG was ejected.. and that’s about it.

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLE!!
Ubaldo Jimenez threw the first Rockies no hitter
Detalis on the fight, please
Can't the Cards let whatever starter had their throw day today throw one inning?
I keep waiting for a team to start doing that all the time.
I am nervous for Brandon League.
I'm more nervous for Joe Mather, personally
My mind the past 30 seconds:

“Ah, just got home from work, time to crack open a cold one and watch the Mar—-HOLY SHIT THIS GAME IS IN THE 20TH INNING!”

Same for me

except replace ‘work’ with ‘the pub’

A no-hitter and a 20+ inning game. Up next, ICHIRO HITS FOR THE CYCLE!!
Joe Mather again? he sucked! what the fuck?
BRING IN BRENDAN RYAN
So that Mather guy is a really good pitcher.

Only a ~3:1 ball to strike ratio!

So the longest game by innings is 25, and by time 8:06... getting there,,,
NL Record is 23 innings.
Only 3 more innings to the record
Record is 26th, dude
NL record, not MLB record.

We need to go 12 for the real record anyway. Triple A game got to the 32nd inning…

Are the Cards trying to lose this?
They only have Carpenter, Penny and Wainwright left.
Lopez is better than Mather.
26 innings it the record.
Players not in the game yet

Cardinals: Carpenter, Penny, Wainwright
Mets: Pelfrey, Perez

Gameday is wrong about the Mets roster

There’s still two more starters that weren’t listed for some reason- they don’t have a 10 man staff

Niese PH and Maine PR
Ah

That would do it

Field your position!
You're no Beltre, Lopez.
But he got the out?

Bad reference. Wait until he inevitably screws up.

AREN'T YOU A FIELDER MATHER
Fucking Johnny Damon pinch hitting.

Here it comes.

Yep.

There it is.

Tie game.

Good time for a strike out.
A K would be excellent here
YOU FUCKING FIELD THE BALL ALL THE TIME MATHER

WHAT THE FUCK

Damnit League...
Hey fuck you Damon
Dang it, Damon!
When people start screaming FUCK and DAMNIT I don't know what game we're talking about.
Fucking hell
Aw nuts Damon
PUT IN WAINWRIGHT
Uh-oh, the other game is tied.
Time for an Ichiro home run.
Annnnd they are wrecking League.
WHERE IS NICK SWISHER WHEN YOU NEED HIM?!
WHY ISN'T BRENDAN RYAN PITCHING
DAMNIT LEAGUE!!!!!
Bad League chose to come today.
GET LEAGUE OUT OF THERE PLEASE.
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!
Quick, trade Felipe Lopez to Seattle!
Oh almost Wilson.
Fun fact: Joe Mather is from Sand Point, ID
PUT IN PUJOLS!
Lets get some outs now League.
Douple play.
Why do you spell it wrong every time
Long day. I guess.
Blame it on the booze

that’s my excuse.

Try to say it with a p it is very difficult.
Pooze?

Sounds dirty.

Shit, get Mather the fuck out of there
Brandon League needs his rec specs back

whether they slip down or not, they make him pitch better.

He pitched fantasitcally yesterday in his conatacts.
NOOOO FUCK THE METS.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
God damnit the Cards have to tie it up again
Everythings falling apart
BRING IN JAMIE BURKE
WOO DEATH SPLITTER!
LEAGUE!
Come on one more!
Nice K League.
Good job League

One more f*cking out

God Mather is shit.
Dammit, stop doing that, Mets
WOOO LOSHE!!!!
Watching Lohse field is awesome
NICE CATCH!
Lohse for gold glove
NICE CATCH LOHSE!!!
OK LETS SCORE ANOTHER RUN
I'm glad Adam Moore is in this game
(Not sarcastic)
How could that possibly be construed as sarcasm?
Well I am a huge Robbie Johnson fanboy
I suppose someone has to be.
LET'S GO CARDS!
COME ON CARDINALS!
TIE THIS SHIT UP AGAIN CARDS
MIKE PELFREY SUCKS OR K-ROD IS TIRED
ONE MORE RUN!
ONE MORE RUN, ONE MORE INNING. LET'S DO THIS
So I haven't been paying attention

Is David Wright back yet?

He's had a few hits today, so, yeah.
COME ON CARDS LET'S GO ANOTHER INNING
Redemption time, Mather
Lohse takes pride in his defense
With good reason.
Pelfrey coming in now
Good job, League!
Brandon gets out of it.

After giving up the tying run.

Meanwhile back in Seattle, it's a tie game.
If THIS game goes 20

My head will explode.

I might sober up!
Only until Ichiro gets his HR.
We really need a separate game thread for the Mets. This is confusing.
slash awesome
There wouldn't be much to talk about otherwise
Head over to Amazin' Avenue.
First comment on their game thread:

“We need to get to this Garcia fellow early”

This is the best game thread ever, seriously.
Nope, lolcats was
Err, cheesburger
Last year's lolcat night.
No, there are way better. This is a good one, though.
Okay, now start hitting again
Gotta get Verlander out of the game.
Nice job by League after he gave up the tie.
JOE MATHER FOR GAME-TYING HOME RUN
To the backstop!
TO THE MOON.
Only 3 extra base hits all game, good lord
Mike Pelfrey is not significantly better then Joe Mather
C'mon Felipe!
Damn. One out.
COME ON HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK JOE MATHER
JOE MATHER I BELIEVE IN YOU
C'MON MATHER!
MATHER MATHER MATHER

LET’S GO

HIT A DINGER

VALIDATE MCGWIRE

MATHER DO IT FOR YOUR MOTHER!
I didn't even realize that Mather isn't actually a pitcher.
wut
He's an outfielder.
No shit but if you can read a box score
METS YOU WERE CREATED WITH THE PURPOSE OF PERPETUAL DISAPPOINTMENT IN MIND

DO NOT FAIL US.

Ugh Verlander's PC is rather low
So, it is just a tad frustrating to read about, when the game isn't actually on here.
Nooooooooooooooo
IS NOT A HOME RUN
Hey look, Ramontiago.
Yep, Mather dropped an F bomb there
C'MON GO CARDS
COME ON BRENDAN RYAN
Hahaha Bradley thought that was strike 3
Come on Uncle Milty!!! Go M's!
Is Brendan Ryan actually whiter than David Eckstein?
YES YES YES
Nice at bat so far
MAKE THAT A GREAT FUCKING AT BAT
BRENDAN RYAN
WOOO GO BRENDEN RYAN!
Bradley is swinging at pitches out of the zone and everything is going poorly.
Milton with a good BB.
Bradley walks (M's game by the way)
Milton leadoff walk
Milton, I love you
BASE HIT

CARDINALS ALIVE! AND BRADLEY HAS A LEADOFF WALK!

Come on Casey. Do something productive.
Walks are sexy.
YES JUST WALK THE WORLD
GAH I CANNOT DIVERT MY ATTENTION TO BOTH GAMES AT THE SAME TIME.

Brain is in overload.

YES YES YES
COME ON METS THIS GAME UP
YES !!!! MEN ON FIRST AND SECOND
TWO ON TWO OUT!
WALK THE WORLD BITCHES!
Are you kidding?
COME ON LUDWICK

TIE THIS BITCH UP RIGHT NOW

Pujols on deck!
Please go away Verlander
No shit. I thought he'd be gone by the 5th.
Pelfrey does not want to go home

He thinks the game isn’t long enough yet.

Casey is gonna K like a bitch.
DO THIS FOR ME LUDWICK AND I WILL SLOB YOUR KNOB FOR A WEEK STRAIGHT
Verlander's still in, fuck
I wonder how long the highlights for the Cards game will be...
I'd wager not long, seeing as there were only three runs.
If Pujols came up I would intentionally walk him
FUCK YEAH MILTON
Milton with a steal!
Even though he was out by a mile.
Looked out but okay!
BRADLEY STEAL
Bradley steals 2nd!
Bradley stole a base in the other game
Milton with a steal!

Yeah, motherfucker!

MILTON, YOU ARE AWESOME
yah! Stolen base for Milty!
FUCK THERE SHE GOES
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!
We're only cheering for a Cards tie, right?
And with that 're I meant were, not are.
God I hate the Mariners aggressive baserunning

That wasn’t a smart idea

NO FUCK YOU LUDWICK I HOPE YOU DIE OF DICK CANCER
JUST UNDER SEVEN HOURS
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
KOTCHMANNNN!
Don't know what the hell he was doing on the bases though hahaha.
I MEAN YEEEEEEEES!
COTCHMACHIIIIIIIIIINE!!!!!!!!!!
KOTCHROCKET!
I LOVE YOU MILTON
ORDONEZ!! HAHAHAHA
WE'RE WINNING!!!
ORDONEZ!!! MY FAVORITE
ORDONEZ DROPPED IT YES YES YES YES

MARINERS SCORE

Raburn dropped it.
I just went off of Dave Sims
So blame the black guy
YES YES YES

KOTCH!

Kotchman yes!
HAHAHAHA FUCK YOU MAGGLIO
Kotch! =D

Ludwick! =(

Ah DAMN

Mets finally win

Oh hey look the Mariners are playing baseball.
IN BETTER NEWS MARINERS SCORE!!!
GUYS KOTCHMAN WOOOOOO
WHOOOOOO KOTCH!!
So that was a fun looking play
Bad Baserunning! Who cares!
I also enjoy watch bad defense, when it's the other team.
Our outfielders would have caught that
I know.
But luckily, the Detroit OFs aren't nearly as good as our guys.
STOP RUNNING LIKE DECAPITATED CHICKENS
So should MLB.tv work now?
It's fine for me.
Mine's been the best all season so far for the M's.
Woo, so there's a Mariners game to comment on.
WHO'S THIS OTHER GUY IN THE BOOTH?
Dan Wilson was there earlier.
Kenji Johjima
Back spasms.
I love that guy!
Joe Mather
Mike Blowers
You'd think I'd recognise his voice by now.
OKAY. Now back to the M's.
And the Cardinals end the game with 22 left on base.
Dan the Man Wilson,
Does Joel Zumaya still play Guitar Hero?
Just sings on rock band now thats it.
Wooo <3 MLB.v in HD
Sexy isn't it?
Is Nex-Def working with Win7 ok?
I don't think I have NexDef

No DVR capability

Well the non-nexdef picture is awesome but is it HD?

Or are you watching on TV?

It's HD

And it’s hot

Yeah I don't have NexDef but it is in HD
Cool

It’s rare for me to watch a game in full-screen so it’s difficult to tell.

Still, Archives! If we winI might watch the full game tomorrow.

Nope.

but I’m more than happy with non-nexdef.

I love how pretty our sign is on tv when the ball gets donked to right field.
Who put up the sign?
Sec 108
Makes sense.

Thanks

Adam Moore = Michael Saunders #2?

Needs to go back to minors to work on hitting.

Hey so he would have something in common with Rob Johnson, too.
He's facing Justin freaking Verlander.
Yeah he should be able to tee off on this Verlander scrub no problem
We've absolutely seen enough to start making statements like this
I'm just saying

Based on his batting approach so far (not just Verlander of course, I sorta expected him to be outmatched), I think he may need to work on some things.

Watch out fot this guy Justin
Yeah I bet he'll be good one day
I was referring to Verlander nibbling at the plate with Wilson
103 pitches for Verlander, hoping they take him out
I want them to leave him for the eighth.

So Ichiro! can get the cycle on just him.

Shit, Ichiro's on a cycle?

What does he need?

DINGER!
I should've guessed, really.
He could be a stud and hit it for a super cycle right handed.
Verlander @ 103 pitches.

Assuming his night is done.

Just need a solid 8th from Lowe here.

This is some good shit rite here
Let's have a good outing from Lowe

and Aardsma.

I dislike that Cabrera is up.
Don't worry

He looked drunk.

He's not...
Anymore.

Still a scary man.

Mark Lowe is more awesome than Miguel Cabrera.
And less drunk.
I wouldn't be so sure.
One run ball game

Cabrera up. Swinging strike. Scattered applause.

That insurance run from Ichiro's home run will definitely come in useful
I'm getting Aanxious already
I think the fans need some coffee.
Damn that Griffey Challenge.
I feel that Ichiro's cycle is coming

20 inning game, no hitter, now all we need today is a cycle.

This is the one.

Who got no hit?
The Braves by Ubaldo Jimenez.
Braves by Ubaldo
Nice

good on him

Lots of walks too
Some people should avoid growing beards
Like everyone.
Beards are awesome if you can grow one properly.
Only Damon's beard when he was with the Red Sox was good.

Haven’t seen many good beards since

I miss the old school A's

Back when all of them had facial hair.

Seattle is Beard City USA
Werth!

Can we count mustaches? I love Clay Zavada.

I shaved earlier because I am one of those people.

/LLLJ

knowing ichiro

he will definately try for it. remember the first pitch from the all-star game last year where the manager had challenged him to hit one and he took the first pitch 2 feet right of the foul pole

Please use proper capitalization in your future comments
Grammar, too

but I sure hope you’re right.

I love the trains.
Wow come on that was a strike.
How was that not a fucking strike?
Strike 2! Wait huh?
Where are these pitches ump?
So that should be a strikeout.
Lowe got squeezed.
Bad Umps are bad umps
I love when they show the tracer and the ump looks like an idiot.
Are they doing the fucking wave in a tense situation?
Cmon Mark lets get it to Aardsma
WHY THE FUCK ARE THEY DOING THE WAVE?
COME THE FUCK ON
FUCK YOU UMPS.
WHERE WAS THAT!?
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME BLUE
WHAT IN THE FUCK BLUE
WHERE THE FUCK WAS THAT
I am willing to compromise with the MLB umpire union

And agree to institute cyborg umpires with human elements

FUCK YOU UMP YOU MOTHERFUCKER
STRIKE

YOU CUNT

IN WHAT UNIVERSE IS THAT A FUCKING STRIKE
EVERY UNIVERSE WITH ROBOT UMPIRES
YOU FUCKING DIPSHIT
This is messed up.
Two strikes not called.
Actually 3 in gameday..
STOP DOING THE FUCKING WAVE ASSHOLES
I know, I hate it.

I actually got heckled on opening day for not participating. I turned around and gave him the death glare.

I was sitting with a few people who actually work for the club yesterday.

They both said the wave belongs at a football game or the Kingdome, and nowhere else. We had a block of about 20 people not participating.

What the fuck.
SAME SPOT DIPSHIT
GODDAMN RIGHT THAT'S A FUCKING STRIKE
That umpire is from Detroit, just so you know
HOLY SHIT HE CALLED A STRIKE

I THINK I JUST SAW A RIVER FUCKING PART

Well if we lose it will be pretty safe to blame the HP ump
DOUBLE FUCKING PLAY!!!
OH MY GOD WOW
WOOOOOOO DEFENSEEEEE!
Nice fucking play by Lopez and pick by Casey.
DOUBLE FUCKING PLAY
I FUCKING LOVE OUR DEFENSE
FUCKING FIELDING MOTHERFUCKERS

FUCK YOU BLUE

WOOOOO DP BITCHES SUCK ON THAT
THAT WAS FUCKING BEAUTIFUL LOAFIE FIGGY AND KOTCHMAN
DEFENSE!!!!

See Yuh!

DP!!!

HOLY FUCK I LOVE YOU LOPEZ

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSsssss

FUCKING AWESOME

EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT DOUBLE PLAY WAS AMAZING
YES DP! INFIELD DEFENSE!
Kotchman has been really nice with the picks and scoops this year.
The Lopez experiment appears to be working!
THAT WAS A SMOOTH DOUBLE PLAY

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

OH MY GOD

JACK YOU FUCKING GENIUS

That was a really, really nice play by Loafie.
THINGS ARE GETTING AWESOME AGAIN
This second week is so much better than the first.
So inge had a three pitch K according to gameday
LOPEZ APPEARS TO BE A VERY PLUS DEFENSIVE THIRD BASEMAN

THAT IS A NICE SURPRISE

It's amazing!
Monkey-fighting defense!
Gametracker says....

Angel Hernandez?

Good times.

Oh it's Angel?

Oh, fond memories from last season

Greg Gibson actually.
Fuck the umps.
At least they were not egregious
I should add that pitch 1 was a called strike, too
Kotchman can dig out low throws.
That was expected. Lopez has been a good third baseman for quite a few years now

What.

Who said that
Nah, I'm just bullshitting
5-4-3, Love it.
Every day that goes by

The more I’m in love with the Lopez/Figgins switch.

I feel ashamed of myself for ever doubting Wak.
I think this is one where you have to tip your hat to the eyes of Wak and GMZ.
Loafie, how Beltre-esque of you. . . *tips cap*
We have need of an Ichibomb.
LET'S GO ICHI-CYCLE
DO IT ICHIRO!!!!!!!!!
ICHIRO! ICHIRO! ICHIRO! ICHIRO!
Home run right here, Ichiro!
GO ICHIRO GO
"Ichiro should be swinging from his heels"

You’re damn right Dave.

Come on Ichiro!
HOME RUN TIME
Fans into it. Very glad to see
Oh yea, that cycle thing.
Deep to right field.
Ichi-meter girl sighting

I love her

You should write a song and post it on YouTube.
Oh lawd

RRS girl took it too far.

What's the attendance tonight?
25kish
I heard 31,000 from Dave
Oh, well, cool!
They said 28 on TV
Well Dave said there was 31,000 for Military night

Which means more people care about bobbleheads than our military.

…kidding.

31000ish
...just announced on MLB channel
Is that a season high so far for home?
Opener was sold out

Last night was close

Ah.

For whatever reason it’s seemed more full looking tonight than I had seen before. I must have been hallucinating.

39,999 last night, I believe.
Felix!

Or at least, I’ve convinced myself to believe.

Hopefully.

It’s either that or Griffey bobblehead night.

I was definitely there because of Felix.
My friends were there because of the bobblehead.

I bought one of their tickets because of Felix!

Close to 30,000.
Do I hear a 32000?
You KNOW Griffey told him to hit the HR,
It would be better if Ikkyu had done it.
Hey, I have a great idea -

use a lefty for Ichiro, Figgins and a bunch of righties.

Did Todd Jones come out of retirement?
Was that positive paul?
3-1

HERE IT COMES

Oh god 3-1 count.

Come on!!!!

BOOOO NO WALKIE
DONT WALK HIM YOU FUCKER
Here comes a hitter's pitch.

POWER SWING

This fucker is gonna walk him...
BOOOOOOOOOO!
DAMN YOU COKE DAMN YOU
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Fuck you, Tigers!
FUCK YOU PITCHER!
DAMN IT.

There goes the cycle… unless we bat around.

Let's hope we do .
FUCKING PUSSY
AW HAMBURGERS
FUCK YOU DIET COKE THAT'S NOT HOW YOU GIVE UP A HOME RUN
SCREW YOU!!!!
What a bitch Phil Coke.
We're going to have to hit around now.
PUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSSSYYYYYYYY!!!
gahhhhhhhhhhhh
Hey fuck you Angel Hernandez
He appreciates it.
He called time Angel
I'm sure he's racist
I imagine it's difficult for blind people to be racist.
I see what you did there...
It's not so hard.

"Why after 19 years did you decide to divorce your wife?"
He's just an asshole.
Bradley agrees
Figgins swing isn't even powerful enough to hurt somebody when he hits them in the head
Walk this guy too, as long as you're at it.
It's weird how the only umpire whose name I know is Angel Hernandez,

and I hate him.

It's kind of weird that of all the umpires, the only one you know is Angel Hernandez.
yeah i guess it is.
You should also hate CB Bucknor and Mike Reilly
We have a user here named fuckmikereilly I think.
Yeah, unfortunately I don't see him here that often anymore
Tim Tschida can also go to hell
Tim Tschida.
That was a great play.
If you're a Tiger fan.
Forgot about Ichi shirt night
Give us an Ichi-cycle night instead.
In partnership with Schwinn?
Wow Ichiro being forced out

I thought it was always the other way around

Whats the other way around?
Ichiro forcing a guy out?
Fuck pitching changes.
Wow so after 20 innings was it really worth burning ten pitchers?
You're damn right it is
It was worth it to get the position players pitching
What were they supposed to do?

I don’t think they knew when they went into the 11th, that they had a whole nother game ahead of them.

They were supposed to sign Jamie Burke and put him out there in 15th.
I am sorry, I know it's an off topic,

but when does SNL start?

11:35.
Anyone good this week?
Probably not.
Ryan Phillipe and Ke$ha. You decide.
11:30, same as always
Put one of these 100mph fastballs over the fence.
DONT YOU FUCKING DARE ZUMYA

DONT YOU DARE HIT GUTI

Zumaya grew up in my hood, cool
Triple digits.

Cool.

I'M PHIL FUCKIN COKE! AND YOU'RE FUCKIN OUT!

This is no longer relevant.
FIGGY FIGGY FIGGY
101mph and he steals the base.

Wo.

Fucking 101.
So he's hitting 100+ with what looks like no effort
GUTI! FIGGERS!
GUTI GUTI GUTI GUTI
YES YES YES GUTI
GUTI FIGGY COMBOOO!!!
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTZ
FRANKLLLLLLLINNNNNN!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
TIIIIIITTTTTTTTIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS
SEX ME UP GUTZ
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
HOW THE FUCK IS FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ SUCH A HOT PIECE OF BASEBALL PLAYER
GUTI!!! AND FIGGY!!!
FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ

HOW THE FUCK IS HE HITTING THESE PITCHES HOLY BALLS

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

GUTILICIOUS!!!!

GUTI WHY ARE YOU SO FUCKING HOT
SEXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUAL HEALING
SPEED!!!!!!!
Gutierrez just pulled a Zumaya fastball

Holy shit he’s on fire

I love how they're playing David Guetta's "Sexy Bitch" for Guti
That man is Sex covered Sex with Sex filling.
Interesting use of capitalization
Chone Figgins may be small

but he has a huge penis.

I'll take your word on that one
Because he's black?

I’m pretty sure that’s a myth.

Franklin Gutierrez is literally the ideal man in every respect.
FIGGINS + GUTI = <3
You forgot Ichiro
Nice pitching change, chump.
YOU STOLE MY HEART FRABKLIN
Blew that right by Loafie.
Zumaya lives in triple digits. Gutierrez pulling that one is amazing.
Oh, Loafie.

Take lessons from Guti.?

There should not be a question mark there!
Cutierrez!!!

No wait, I’m a guy!

I'm a girl and even I can't stand that one.
I find it more funny than anything else, to be honest
Lopie at least look like something
Shhh. This is progress
It's okay, he's like Jack Wilson now. His defense makes up for it.
IT'S GRIFF-DINGER TIME
Oh goodness, Griffey vs 100mph.
It's only a matter of time Podsednik
That was dead center, Lopez.
Oh goodie

Griffey vs 100 mph

Good on Griffdawg getting wood on that
Thats what my bro said.

dead meme?

Ain't no way Griffey's bat is catching this guy.
Made contact at least
Maybe the old man still does have some batspeed.
I call bullshit.
He just kinda laid the bat in the zone there
Let's at least give the crowd some foul balls old man
Swing before he throws Griffey
Griffedawg homer?

I want Arby’s!

Come on Griffey.

Zumaya is providing all the velocity needed to hit one out, just make contact.

Are we rooting for Aardsma to blow the save

so Ichi can hit the cycle?

What the hell is wrong with you?
No, we're rooting for the M's to bat around
No.

But I also wouldn’t be too disappointed if that happens!

I'm not that greedy
Ehh..

Maybe next time

Are you fucking serious?
Holy crap a thousand times yes!
You need to rethink you priorities.
What's a cycle?
Seriously?
Can I at least have a hint?
Touch 'em all!
So it's a sexual euphemism
It has to do with Ichiro.
One hitter gets every possible hit in one game.

Single, double, triple, home run.

Well that wasn't a hint
That completely gave it away :(
I am now sad
Into the chasm you go.
No, not seriously.
Maybe the sheer speed will blow Junior back to the 90's.
I don't think that's how relativity works
You don't think.

So really, you could be wrong.

A real DH would hit a dinger here
What's especially crazy about Zumaya is his differential in velocity between pitches.
Zumaya should throw an eephus.
Almost griifey
Ok, Griffey challenge is never ending
That was actually pretty good contact by Junior.

Shocking!

Good cut Griff
Holy shit Griffy actually caught up to 101?
Well, least he tried
Well I'll be damned.

Griffey actually did catch up to the heat.

Here comes the DA.
Man I'm glad I didn't give up beating off
Time for the DA to close the case.
He makes me nervous for some reason.
Because he's not that good?
I'd say there's a definite reason behind it.
Those warning track balls make me wet my pants
More faith needed. He so's good he does that

for the drama.

GAME TERRIFYING
That pun never gets old.
HAHAHAHA I can't stop laughing at Laird's face
You should see it spin.
Oh God, don't give Scruffy ideas.
It's already happened.

Without Scruffy, as I remember.

By the by, whatever happened to that .gif he was going to drop on opening day?

He dropped it.

On opening day.

I never saw it :(

My computer broke.

Wait for it....

Sorry, forgot a subject line.
Amazing.

Even if I have no idea who the guy in the upper right is.

Jack Z is all “c’mon you guys….”

That's Chavez from the A's I think?
Unless it's an old pic of Wak with hair.
I think that's more likely.

And yet at the same time, somehow horrifying.

I thought it was Burt Reynolds...
The flying sperm one
Or turds

Something odd like that

Poo with faces.
Thought it was llamas.
Llamapillars!
It was but they looked like flying poo-so good.
You can never be sure with Scruffy
It. Was. Hilarious.
Please don't... I just had dinner
Avila looks cute
He looks like a skinnier Brian Bruney
God. I'm always so nervous with Aardsma.
But then he goes and gases bitches.
Nice pitch by the DA.
TELL IT TO THE DA!!!!!!!!
K in the house
Aardsma hasn't been nearly as terrifying so far this year
That amazing catch by Guti in Texas was terrifying.
It was amazing
I think he covered that.
Not amazingly enough
Good point.

Carry on.

one amazing is not enough
THAT WAS TOTALLY NOT A STRIKE
I think it was May last year before he threw his splitter
Do we have a 4 game winning streak?
2 down BITCHES!
Wow.

Milton. Right place, right time.

Does Wak get credit for that?
It's possible.
Where else could he be?
YES, CHEER FOR MILTON.
Why is Bradley still out there?

Wak throwing him a bone?

2 outs, so what.
.500! .500! .500!

Here we come!

AAAAAAAAAAAARDSMAAAAAA!!!
Now they say 31,000
Yeah Aardsma, hit for the cycle here!
Snell tomorrow.
GOD
Maybe postmortem Snell will be awesome
Yeah but I'm going to the game, so less awesome.
Oh right.

My brain wasn’t working. I see what you said now.

No, he’ll suck.

I will see you there.
If I were a dying Snell relative

my dying wish would be that he point his fucking foot at homeplate

Wouldn't it suck to never have your dying wish come true?
Yeah, I thought it was RRS when I bought the tickets.
Don't ruin the mood.
ONE MORE PITCH!!!
I like how Dan Wilson is talking about "adrenalin' pumpin'"
ONE STRIKE AWAY
GIVE HIM THE BUSINESS, AARDSMA
MARINERS WIN MARINERS WIN MARINERS WIN
Glad to see he's back to 95
Mike Pelfrey

“I really didn’t want to face Albert Pujols.”

Verlander vs. RR-S?

SURE WHY NOT

.500!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Game!

.500! Woo! .500!

YEESSS!!!!!

500!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
.500 BASEBALL MOTHERFUCKERS
FOUR!
IN A ROW!
THAT WOULD BE THE POINT, YES
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAH BABY!!! .500!!!!!!
CASE FUCKING CLOSED!!!!

.500 BITCHES

CASE CLOSED!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

.500!

MARINERS WIN WOOO

.500 BITCHES!!!!

WIN!

Four in a row!

MARINERS WIN MARINER WIN MARINER WIN MARINERS WIN MARINERS WIN

.500 .500
.500 .500
.500 .500 .500
.500 .500 .500 .500
.500.500.500 .500.500.500

Second place!

How are the A’s winning again?

Orioles
That would do it.
RRS gets the win right?
No.

League

Pitcher of record when the winning team took the lead
NOW LET'S SWEEP THESE MOFUCKAS
WHY IS BRAD ADAM OUTSIDE?
CASE CLOSED BITCHES

The M's should use this.

Given their close relationship with Nintendo, it shouldn’t be too hard.

BRING YOUR A+ GAME TOMORROW SNELL!
I hope he has his grievings dealt with

Would be a shame to see him pitch poorly again.

He also has the flu!
Serious?

Damnit.

No-hitter!
So this might be one of the most entertaining days worth of regular season baseball I've ever seen.
FUUUUUUUUCK YESSSSSSSSSS

2nd place! Easy schedule!

BEST DAY OF BASEBALL EVER
This may as well be me watching Aardsma

I CAN ONLY ASSUME THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN DURING TODAY'S GAME :(
That is awesome.
Right click, saved
I DIDN'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT HIM TODAY
Ah, I thought he looked like a Ru

I’ve actually got no idea what Abramovich looked like

I don't know who this is but it is a fantastic gif.
FUCK YOU ALL
Something to do with Sp*rs?
Jesus that is high quality
Well, Aardsma sorta flashed a smile at the end of the interview
Cliff fucking Lee. In two weeks. Watch out!!
I find it hard to believe Olivo caught a no hitter
Two of them, in fact.
Baseball is really a weird game
Even weirder, Jeff Kellogg was the HP ump each time
Wow, really?
Quick, trade for him!
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a day for baseball!

Aardsma seems to have better control than last year.
Come to think of it

he had great command for long stretches last Summer.

Now we just need Oakland to start sucking.
It'll happen, don't worry
20 game win streak!
Okay come summer I'm going to have to do a Sounders/Mariners day.

Anybody know what dates those might be?

Two coming up

May 1st is Ms then Sounders
May 8th is Sounders then Ms

Unfortunately I can't pull this off until late June because of school.
Also...

May 22nd – Sounders/Ms
June 5th Ms/Sounders
July 11th Ms/Sounders
July 25th Ms(vs BoSox)/Sounders
Aug 8th Ms/Sounders

Holy hell there’s a ton of these

And the last two

Aug 28th and October 2nd (second to last Ms game).

July 11th and August 8th look like they could be a lot of fun.
There's also 3 international friendlies somewhere in there this summer that are TBA

If there’s a double-up with those it could be really impressive.

Now that would be fun.

I’m definitely going to do one of the above though.

July 11th the M's play the Yankees and the Sounders play later that night.
Oh God. The keys to the game.
Oaklands remaining schedule for April

1 more against Baltimore (no wonder they’ve been winning)
3 game series with the Yankees
3 game series with the Indians
3 game series with the Rays

Our remaining schedule for April

1 more game with Detroit
3 game series with Baltimore
3 game series with the White Sox
3 game series with the Royals
1 game with Texas

The worst team we’re going to have all season and it looks to me there is a very good chance we will be in first place come May 1st

Oh and Rangers: Yankees, Red Sox, Tigers, White Sox
And Cliff Lee should be back by then
Precisely the point
It'll be a glorious day. The return of Cliff Lee.
I really like knowing this.
Things are looking up.
I dunno

the schedules all pretty much balance out in the end. Having an easy time of it now means we’ll be boned later.

Cliff Lee.

Erik Bedard.

We're overhyping this now
No we're not

This stuff is legit

Bedard is not at all

That’s a huge question mark. Lee should get up to speed quickly but whatever. We’ve been getting amazing starts from out back end guys. Hard to say we’ve lost anything there.

Not yet

Bu it’s also been again somewhat impotent offenses, not to take anything away from the dudes.

Although tonight was definitely against a legit lineup.

When you add two bona-fide left-handed aces to a rotation with an amazing defense and league-average offense

I’m not sure if you can overhype that

No.

Bearskin is saying we’re having an easy time of it now and it will get worse down the line. But right now we don’t have Lee and Bedard, and they will strengthen us down the line.

I understand this

Acting as if May 1st is the day we go dancing to the division title isn’t how this works. Lee won’t be at strength for a while. Bedard probably won’t be until sometime in June. It’s going to be a while.

Then you're missing the point of my post, because nothing I said had anything to do with that.

Bearskin was worried about the season getting harder, and I’m saying we’re getting better along with the competition.

Cliff Lee probably adds 5 wins to this teams true talent level from May to the rest of the year

If you don’t think that’s huge I don’t know what to tell you. Of course that guarantees nothing, but it sure makes it a lot more likely that it would’ve been if we had tanked in August.

Not to mention how Bedard definitely upgrades whoever our #5 is by the time of his return
Well, we'll see about that

He had labrum surgery so you never know.

He just needs to be league average to be an improvement over our replacement level back end.
Yeah you're right, but I really hope he comes through for us
I also understand this

But I’m also saying be patient. He’s not gonna come sprinting out of the gate the first week of May.

Actually, they're building up his arm strength to make sure he's in season form

That’s why it’s taking as long as it is.

They're really not
They really are
Throwing two BP sessions, a 3 inning sim game, and a minor league rehab start isn't it

He’s not stretched out at all.

Funny thing:

he’s also not returning tomorrow!

You're right

He’ll be out going 8 innings and 100+ pitches from the start.

Did anyone make this claim?
He's been pain-free since the start of the season

They’re putting him in controlled situations to make sure he doesn’t re-injure himself, but it’s also to get him some of the spring training reps he missed.

He threw 63 pitches yesterday and doesn't return for another 2 1/2 weeks

Dont expect him to be dynamite in his first appearance of anything but he will be stretched out. This is sort of his spring training right now.

Yea, that's what I was trying to get at

He’s going to be on a pitch count and won’t be at full strength for a bit. It’s like everyone else has a month+ head start.

No, you're really not getting what we're saying at all.
You just said he wouldn't be stretched out at all

And now you’re agreeing that he will be stretched out.

Whatever, Mariners win!

They don't though

All the other pitchers had the month of March. Lee has the month of April. Same amount of time to get ready, should expect him to be ready just like all other pitchers were ready on opening day. If he is on a pitch count, it’ll probably be 100 pitches, or if they still have injury concerns for some reason maybe slightly less.

True

I wasn’t as confident as him firing out of the gates, figuring they were still going to baby him a little bit since the oblique can be a nagging injury.

And that'll be fine, it doesn't change the fact that we're suddenly in a pretty dang good position
I don't disagree at all
Other teams have injuries too
If you're comparing other team's DL to Cliff Lee (+5 wins) and Erik Bedard (even if just league average, +2 wins over Vargas/Fister)...

Then you’re nuts.

Texas is missing Kinsler which is pretty big for them
Kinsler's a +4 player.

His best season was last year at 4.6 WAR. Lee alone eclipses that bonus.

Which isn't to say that Kinsler isn't good.

Just as a point of comparison in win value.

Right, just saying it hurts them a lot

And for all we know Bedard could be completely broken. Sure hope not, but any projections on his value should probably wait.

That's not the point though

RIght now we’re not at full strength by a longshot, we more than likely will be by the time we have to face the big boys.

Not having a terrible April was hugely important, let alone possibly being ahead.

In other words

This could very well become the best case scenario.

Also

The Angels blow ass.

Or further, every loss in April when our team was mediocre is another win we'd need to make up when the team is at full strength

Getting lucky and winning a lot of games in April above the true talent level of the team as it is compossed now improves our playoff chances. A lot.

Imagine how much fun it would be

If we’re leading the division when our rotation becomes Felix, Lee, Bedard, RR-S, Vargas/Snell/Fister

Thanks for the reminder that we have three number five starters in our rotation right now.
And we might be winning the division by end of April with 3 #5s
Leading, not winning, sorry
Fister, Vargas and Snell should sort themselves out fairly soon
In other words: Which one's worst?
I think it'll be the other way around

I think one of them will come out shining. Just a hunch, nothing more.

I hope you're right.
Oh my grosh Mariners!

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