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4/20: Open Game Thread, Part 2

There once was a time when we were incredibly pissed off over how often Jose Lopez bunted. I wouldn't mind going back to those now. He's our cleanup hitter!

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We must obey Matthew.
This game looks losable.
But it's Orioles
I see you've seen other Mariner games!
I am afraid the Orioles are going to unload on fastballs by Aardsma.
July 8, 2009!
I quite remember that game!
Me too. =(
Nice call Einstein
This is the danger with assuming you're going to sweep a struggling team.
Did Jay Buhner miraculously re-appear after not speaking for like 4 innings?
For some reason they've been making the guests go away in the middle of the game.

This happened with Wilson when he was there too.

Maybe they go over to radio for a while.
Yes

Buhner was on the radio during that time.

Obviously Mike Blowers gets jealous.

He’s like a puppy with a brand new chew toy. Or in Scruffy’s dog’s case, a poop covered sock.

God dammit don't bring in White

Wak is so horrible at managing the bullpen

Belief system
Blowers: "I think I had nine (stolen bases) for my career; how 'bout you?"

Bone: “Thanks for bringing that up.”

Jesus

Blowers had 7 SB and 8 CS. Buhner had 6 SB and 24 CS.

Filthy pitch
Baltimore is hitting like us last May.
FTFY

Baltimore is hitting like us last Mayweek.

Last week wasn't a sustained suckage like Baltimore is experiencing.
Actually

Baltimore is hitting like us last Mayweek.today.

No.

We have two runs and they have but one.

Runs!

Great offensive evaluation metric.

It's all I need.
If you look over an entire game

things balance out and runs really tell you a lot. Sure, there might be better metrics, but if I only had one, I’d want runs.

Does anyone else think we should sign Cal Ripken to play third base?
No
We already have 2 old washed up players that suck.
But only one washed up player that's HoF bound.
Have we invented a reverse-aging machine?
No.

See Griffey, Ken

Vargas and Fister are feeding off each other?

Get that image out of my head.

Haha the imagery~
My Sterling Savings bank joke, cruelly swept away by the new comment thread!
I saw it.

And I strongly agree with you.

Any news on Bradley?

Or just the vague ‘calf tightness’?

It's 4/20, he had to celebrate at some point tonight.
I vote giving Vargas a shot at DH.
This ump has actually been remarkably accurate according to gameday
Yup. He's not giving Vargas the complimentary couple inches outside

but no complaints here

I think we know who the starters are for tomorrow already.
The announcers must hate the pitch location graphic
Get him outta there!!
Bad walk there
Julio Lugo reminds me of Jose Lopez
Nahhh, Lugo is a better hitter and usually orders a few less enchiladas when out to eat.
Jose Lopez reminds me of Jose Guillen.
Haha!

Gameday showed that pitch red, and still called it a ball.

Wipe your nose, Jason.
Change up change up change up
nononononononono
He can't catch up to the fastball, why throw something offspeed?
Because his changeup is amazing

and Izturis was timed to the fastball

Cuz he will if you keep throwing it
He's gotten himself jammed on several so far in this game
e.g. if he could have hit it, he would have hit it by now
Meh

It’s a judgement call, but his changeup is his best pitch and it’s an 0-2 count, I’d just throw it down and in and watch him whiff.

Or low and away
Hanging changeups against guys who aren't catching up to your fastball tend to end up very, very poorly
Nonono you don't throw it anywhere near the strike zone
Cuz Rob Johnson Can't catch the fast ones.
Especially not today.
Haha. Didn't realize Johnson wasn't playing

Until Moore hit that double. (But in my own defense I haven’t been able to follow the game.

Didn't mean in the middle of the zone but okay!
CLAP YOU PECKERWOODS
I do believe in fairies!
Who is our team's equivalent of Tinkerbell?
Eric Byrnes.

That much prancing has to be for something.

Aiiiiiiiight
An insurance run or three would be nice.
Seems like Vargas really wants to stay in the rotation...
Makes the most sense to me that he leaves.

Gives us a lefty and a true long reliever in the pen.

Time for some Reliever Roulette featuring Don Wakamatsu
Judging by White warming up...

We’re going to get the loaded chamber.

Thank you Vargas!
This has been a boring game.

Least we are winning though.

Fister/Vargas vs. Baltimore: 14IP, 6H, 2R, 2BB, 8K

I’d be okay with more Baltimore on the schedule

Kotchman has been unlucky on his balls in play
Indeed he has!

Stay tuned for 2pm tomorrow to hear more!

5 PM?
I don't believe in time zones
This doesn't make a lick on sense
What does sense taste like?
Aren't you two hours ahead/
CHECK YO MAP SON
He's been putting a ridiculous amount into play too
Adam Moore sucks.
MOORE MOORE MOORE
Holy crap Moore!
MOORE

Doubles for less!

There you are, Moore!
What the fuck?

Adam Moore ROPES one?

He was a linedrive hitter in the minors.
You seem to be confusing Adam Moore with Rob Johnson.
3 hits on the year for Moore-nice.
Look who decided to pull the dick out of his ass
Safeco Field must make right handed hitters contemplate suicide.
ADAM MOORE IS TERRIBLE
Wow!

Adam Moore!

Way to not show us Moore's first hit in forever to tell us about Coors.
Not to mention, his first hit out of the infield.
Don't worry, there'll be another

in 2-3 weeks

Moore is cool
Time for the daily baserunning mistake!
Already had that in the first
1 LD the whole game for Vargas
That is much better than Snell.
JACK WILSON YES!
Jack Wilson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jack WIlson is like the best
JACK FUCKING WILSON!?!?!?!
JACK FUCKING WILSON!
Jack Wilson is gunning for Edgar's doubles record
WHAAAAA? Bottom the order!
WIIIIILLLLSONNNN!!!!!
FUCK YEAH INSURANCE
Whew

We needed that with White coming in next inning

MOORE AND WILSON BACK TO BACK DOUBLES AHHHHH
That was an awesome whiff ona high five by the fans
Fister in the crowd?
JACK WILSON + ADAM MOORE

who woulda thought

Geico Insurance Run!
How are you suddenly able to type so much better?
That weed I sold him was actually oregano
That would make weed better.
Behold our slugging short stop
Your love is lifting me higher!
Jack Wilson suddenly loves the foul lines
That was unexpected.
Ah, just when David Hernandez was getting warmed up.
THIS PLEASES GAGA!
Jack in the Box!
Don't eat his face!
I think someone already did.
We just scored a run using only our 8 and 9 hitters
It's even rarer than a perfect game!
I think I saw a single tear on Wak's cheek.
Jack Wilson now has a .620 OPS

He’s not godawfully useless anymore!

4 doubles? What the heck?!
Best offense in the MLB!
I can't believe the back of our lineup just scored a run
It's unbelievable
He's better than Lopez :(
Hey, there there buddy.

if it makes you feel any better, your parents never loved you.

Maybe the guy who earlier predicted Ichiro would finish with 3 billion RBI's was on the right track.
I haven't been following...

could somebody fill me in on what happened to Bradley?

Pulled his calf in the first inning.
Sore hammy.

Who knows how serious. I think it’s just a nagger.

I think you meant he's a...
His wife is probably a nagger
He was bumped from the rotation because Lee is coming back
Left calf tightness.
Got bumped out of the rotation for Cliff Lee
That's who it is, thanks Matthew.
Matthew stole my recs!
Horrible Sea Monkey accident
Yeah let's bring in a lefty when Ichiro, with his reverse platoon split,

a switch hitter and two righties are due up!

Game theory motherfucker
Our manager was about to bring Sean White in to the 8th inning of a one-run ballgame
You and your stats.
I prefer the term 'life partner'

thank you very much

All right productive out!
Dammit Ichiro!
Ichiro looked really safe there.
Aggressive baserunning!
More odd baserunning.
Wilson trying to run into an out
Aggressive Jack!

Watch out Milton!

Chone Figgins 9 pitch walk
Oh god stop showing a closeup of his face
I have very little confidence in Figgins when he bats from the right side.
You mean when we walks from the right side
He's hitting .364 from the right side this year.
Now I really want us to face Red Sox

Baserunning owns them apparently

I think Tim Wakefield had a lot to do vwith that.
If I remember correctly

Varitek simply cannot throw. And Victor Martinez ain’t much better

Varitek and V-Mart don't throw well either.
He has a pretty long stretch...
Come on Figgy
Players considerably uglier than Wilson:

Vargas

I think Randy Johnson is the only one who comes close
Randy looked like a badass
Vargas is actually Al Capone's grandson
Matsui and Aybar. Angels is an ugly team in general.
Wieters looks like he's a Huard
Ball 4 there Figgins.
YES! NOT WHITE
Sean White?

Really?

Mark Lowe
Sims says it's White
Yeah not my fault.

Sims failed me.

This sucks
Sean White is quickly becoming my new Matt Thornton.

And that’s not a good thing.

So this means he's going to be really good after we trade him?
Matt Thornton actually had good stuff.
I hate his guts.

I hate him even more that he got better when he left.

Chone Figgins just struck out swinging on a ball out of the strike zone
Wow, he really is human?!?
Better save .gif. You won't see that very often
Actually...

He struck out quite a bit last year

Not that many on balls out of the strike zone
Glitch
Aw...

Makes sense now.

What? Figgins swung his bat? Unpossible!
Oh thank God it's Lowe
Woo! Not White!
THAT WAS QUICK!
Mark Lowe is a filthy motherfucker.
That was easy
Splitter/Slider!
That was remarkably efficient
APPLE BOTTOM JEANS AND THE BOOTS WITH THE FURRRR
That song was on the radio last week.

I couldn’t believe that was a hit once

I still can't believe the Sounders band picked that as their signature song
...

They did?

I don’t even know what to say…

Fucking sweet
This team needs one thing and that one thing is Randy Messenger
If I could take one player back from Hanshin it wouldn't be him.
A good fisherman?
Randy Messenger doesn't DH.
For what reason?
He got me lots of cheap recs
Banging bitches and drinks!

Cracked me up for days, I never did figure out if that was a reference or not.

It was a hotchickswithdouchebags.com reference!
Well now everything makes sense, thanks!

One of those things that cracks your funny bone more than it should and you just can’t explain why

Can we please keep the rec begging to a minimum?

Thanks

Well that was easy
Whoooo, nice inning Lowe!
HOW LOWE CAN YOU GO
7 pitches 1 strikeout 1 ball.
Correction. 1 balls.
I think our pitchers caught the low ERA bug.
That is a refreshing change from the bullpen meltdown.
Hahahaha Niehaus says the O's just signed Corey Patterson.
It's true
He's just what they need.
Never saw him play, was he really a defensive stud in the outfield?
The circle of hell
I guess Adam Jones is a bust.
Sounds like their type of player.

Speedy, but can’t hit a damn.

Watching Lowe pitch reminds me how ridiculous it is to call White from the bullpen
Mathis to the DL?

Will Napoli get to play now?

Yes. Playing today.

I’m sad about it

Shit, does this mean the trade's off?
Scoscia will be a player/manager
I hope not

It would be fantastic if Scioscia still didn’t play him

Aaaand dumb luck makes the Angels better

Stupid.

Let's ask Eyebrows!
So did Napoli attack Mathis in his sleep?
You would too if you saw what he was wearing.

He was asking for it.

Nap's sleep?
Angels lose a player to injury, get better....

Just our luck

They were always better.

Losing Mathis forced them to play Napoli.

Why play Mathis to begin with?
For the same reason we play Rob Johnson?
Ask Mike Scioscia?
You have his number?
Not to cheer injuries, because that's classless.

But Nelson Cruz left the game with a pulled hammy today as well.

Yay!
Was that after his third steal?
That's not good,

He must stay healthy for my fantasy team.

I know, selfish me.
It isn't that, we just don't care about your fantasy team
Meaning we don't want to hear about it at all.
Go injuries go!
How will this Lopez AB end?

Place your bets.

HBP
He took us all by surprise with another groundout!
Anybody have a clue why Lopez is still the cleanup guy?

Now that Bradley is hitting, can’t we put him back there?

Good news everyone!

Mike Sweeney is starting tomorrow! All our offensive problems are solved.

He'll be like our 4th best hitter in the lineup. So, yay!
Why would someone buy a pastel Seattle Mariners hat?
pastel green, that is
Is it one of the St Pat's hats?
It didn't look green enough.

Maybe I missed the Mariners pastel blue and green hats for Easter

They were sort of a weathered green this year.
That sounds like an abomination
St. Patrick's day?
Griffdawg! Base hit that actually caught some air!
Is Griffey out of breath at first after a single to the outfield?
That's our Griffey~
No, that's everyone else's Griffey.

Our Griffey has been dead and buried for the last 5 years. Our Griffey is never coming back! =(

Nope, my Griffey's theone who should've retired before I ever saw a Mariners game.
Soda withdrawals are the worst, man
GOD DAMMIT IT JUST MAKES ME FEEL HEALTHIER

GIVING UP SODA ISNT HARD

Griffey's not goin' down without a fight!
Is Ian Snell on the tracks again?
Do something positive Eric.
I'll take it.
What's more likely here? Griffey stealing second or Byrnes going yard?
Griff-dawg.

Oh, Byrnes.

Griffey stealing 2nd
I kind of want to see the former more.
Hmm... Hmmmmmmmmmmm

Touch one

Don't mind if I do!
Well the first would be impossible so....
Seeing as it is impossible for him to steal second. . .

3-2 count?

Griffey is our new Jose Vidro.

Sweeney is Pepe.

Byrnes needs to hit like 10 more foul balls here
So Griffey taking off means he took three steps right?
Hahahaha Izturis
That's a forced error right there.
Wooo Eric Byrnes
All sorts of wacky combos tonight!

Moore/Wilson, Griffey/Byrnes

Lets go Casey!
Is there a unwritten rule?

That you don’t try to pick off the runner on a 3-2 with two outs when you know he is going. I feel that you could get that 3rd out easy by just picking the unsuspecting runner off.

Detroit has loaded the bases for Miggy Cabrera down 6-2.
OMG KOTCHROCKET!
So my brother is sitting next to me and watching the game.

He just said “No, don’t take away the save opportunity from the DA.”

THIS IS WHAT WE FIGHT AGAINST!

Almost as annoying as Boston fans
I'm ashamed to admit

sometimes I think that way

Do you think like that in hopes that it will inflate Aardsma's trade value?

So we can flip him for real talent?

Sticking around here for a while will soon fix that.
Well, that's completely senseless
I'm feeling uneasy about the save tonight
I never feel comfortable with DA
There's definitely that waiting for the other shoe to drop sensation
Aw he's just the slowest
Casey! Your slow!
My stream is so far behind you guys.
Miguel Cabrera 3 run double
Oh, oh, oh, Detroit is catching up, 5-6
Let's go Tigers.
I'm not sure why

But Brandon Inge is on my fantasy team.

Nobody cares.
Correction..

YOU don’t care.

No, I'm pretty sure I was right.
No, nobody else on this site cares.
Please don't post things like this
This is not the way to endear yourself to everyone else on this site
No, fantasy team talk is prohibited here
What's the attendance tonight?
15,931

Only third smallest in Safeco history.

DA!!!!!

Subject Li...whatever
What is the point of this comment?
Last time I did this someone reminded me it was 4/20
Did I do something wrong?
We expect everyone here to use subject lines.
So I should post...

like this?

Yes.

Sometimes a subject line alone is fine for short communication. But generally, it just makes things easier to moderate and follow.

Thank you

kind sir.

I'm relatively new here myself, but the rules are pretty easy to follow.

This post has all the basics, and one of the comments has been “rec’d” into greatness. It’s worth reading. Welcome to LL.

Everbody loves

the post-game tutorial.

We're more lenient with guys who have a good posting history

Usually when we say it we’re just informing new posters of the site rules.

Subject line, please.
Subject line
In a major league baseball game, the Mariners are repesented by three seperate, but equally important groups. The offense who score the runs, the defense who prevent the runs, and the DA who closes out the ballgames. These are their stories.

DONG DONG

Let's not pretend our offense is as "equally important" as our defense.
A run scored equals a run prevented!
Our offense is "equally important," it is just not "equally as good"
Has anybody else noticed that Aardsma hasn't given up a run this year
Shh you'll jinx his no-runner
Vargas is looking a little healthier now.
That was a little scary
For a guy who throws exclusively fastballs and walks a huge amount of batters.

You’d think he’d get harder and give up tons of runs as a result.

This game went by fast
Christ are all his flyballs terrifying
We Win!
15 yards for premature celebration.
Oh no,

I jinxed it.

sorry guys...
Now you can celebrate!
I feel almost comfortable when David Aardsma comes into a game

If you had told me that three years ago I would have laughed at you

Oh God not like this

Not like this

They are some annoying SOBs are they
Garett Atkins will homer.
Game over!

Over .500!!

Shh you'll jinx the Mariners' win
I heard this is the first time since 2003
Correct!
The Seattle Mariners Baseball Club has never been this far above .500 in its history
Correct as well!
MARINERS WIN MARINERS WIN
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Winning record!
YEAH WORLD SERIES HERE WE COME!
Woohoo!

Going for the sweep on Felix day!

Victory!

Playoffs!

Now time to watch the Angels game and hope they blow the lead
Anybody good at dividing numbers by 15?
I have a calculator
Works for me.
Well what do you need to solve?
Our winning percentage, I'm guessing.
*taps his nose*
I can already smell the wins...
Vargas will head back to his Polio treatment now
Oakland is losing!
Its almost were 9-7 already
I miss hearing Thunderstruck in the 9th.

So does Ess Jr.

I'd be happier if the Angels went back to being god awful.
Yeah but at least SWEEEEEEEP
The Padres beat the Giants with only a single.
And it was a Doilie.

Single, SB, advance on foul out to 1st, sac fly.

That's depressing.

Giant’s pitcher was kicking ass.

Bahahaha, wide angle lens with Bone all alone in the booth
Did Bones eat Sims and Blowers?
Camera whores are one of many reasons I should be licensed to kill
That guy definitely deserved a cockpunch
This would only cause my fear of you to be slightly higher than it already is
If I did have a license to kill, I wouldn't publicly announce it.

So for all you know, I already have one

You got to announce something like this

before we let loose with our comments.

You are one of the scariest people I know
If Matthew were going to assassinate you I'd imagine the Rube Goldberg device he designed to do it is already in motion
Makes me wish cellphones were never invented.
Mounting gun turrets on your helicopter would be amazing.
I mean I can see waving, but jeez.
Going to have to totally agree with you here.

You can't do that on television, Matthew.
So apparently Maddon can wear a hoodie again
Did the hoodie ban extend to Ozzie Guillen?
I still won't sleep well until I heard news about Bradley
Bradley's going to be okay. Sleep well and have nice dreams.
This has no basis in actual knowledge.

I just like it when people are given positive news and can sleep at night.

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