Biggest Contribution: Jose Lopez, +23.2%
Biggest Suckfest: Casey Kotchman, -19.3%
Most Important AB: Lopez double, +32.9%
Most Important Pitch: Podsednik double play, +21.3%
Total Contribution by Pitcher(s): +40.2%
Total Contribution by Lineup: +9.8%
Total Contribution by Opposition: 0.0%
(What is this chart?)
0 recs | 155 comments
I see that you don't correct for pussy hits in your win expectancy numbers
Teej - April 27, 2010
Pussy hit or not, we'll take it
EequalsMc2 - April 27, 2010
Pussy hits for the win!
Allen Wu - April 27, 2010
Doilies!
katal - April 27, 2010
Hell yes.
the other side - April 27, 2010
I feel sorry for Greinke. His luck (bullpen) is really bad (atrocious).
Allen Wu - April 27, 2010
Bruce Chen looks like he's playing chubby bunny
Nick S - April 27, 2010
Yeah we fucked their whole shit up
Dewey N - April 27, 2010
At some point, Greinke must be thinking he can't make enough money to be Royal anymore
when KC is ready to deal him for some relievers, im sure Jack Z will be on the scene
E2ESQUARE - April 27, 2010
I'm afraid he might get in a fight with Bradley
Allen Wu - April 27, 2010
No worries, we employ Junior as a Bradley personality buffer/Designated player
you can’t be a designated hitter until you hit, fact
E2ESQUARE - April 27, 2010
Greinke rhymes with cranky. Just sayin'
Allen Wu - April 27, 2010
No it doesn't.
Eyeball Kid - April 27, 2010
Yes it does
Bearskin Rugburn - April 27, 2010
I thought "Greinke" was pronounced like gr-ain-key
Which would rhyme with cranky, unless you’re one of those people who say cr-an-key instead of cr-ain-key
Allen Wu - April 27, 2010
Twinkie
JBell523 - April 27, 2010
Still not it.
TrustBaseball - April 27, 2010
Tenki.
Eyeball Kid - April 27, 2010
Works, but what is it?
TrustBaseball - April 27, 2010
Japanese for weather.
I was struggling to think of an English word.
Eyeball Kid - April 27, 2010
Lankey?
Like tall and thin, if I misspelled it.
Belom3 - April 27, 2010
Same as cranky.
Eyeball Kid - April 27, 2010
Genki
joey90 - April 27, 2010
Ok, what does that mean? I'm always looking for good Scrabble words.
TrustBaseball - April 27, 2010
It's also Japanese.
You could just say it’s a proper noun thouugh and you’ll be fine.
Eyeball Kid - April 27, 2010
Since we're allowed to use proper nouns in Scrabble now.
joey90 - April 27, 2010
Only on a new edition called Scrabble Trickster in England.
Standard Scrabble still won’t allow proper nouns. Unless, of course, you play by your own rules. Which can be fun.
Teej - April 27, 2010
I read somewhere that all of the new editions will now include proper nouns.
joey90 - April 27, 2010
Nah.
They announced it and everyone freaked out, but it was clarified to be only in a special edition, and only in the U.K. At least for now. (The rights to Scrabble in North America and Europe are owned by different companies.)
Teej - April 27, 2010
change "Europe" to "everywhere outside North America"
Teej - April 27, 2010
My daughter and I usually play by our own rules. Anything
that’s a word gets a pass, but nothing less than five letters long can be put on the board. It’s a lot of fun!
TrustBaseball - April 27, 2010
Wow, five letters? That could become very difficult. But I think people don't want to read about Scrabble anymore.
joey90 - April 27, 2010
Japanese again.
joey90 - April 27, 2010
Take away from all this is that Greinke is like orange and purple,
no real English rhyming words. Sucks for him. No poetry.
TrustBaseball - April 27, 2010
Healthy/wellness
Slurvey - April 27, 2010
Greinke is pronounced
GRIN-KEY
averagegatsby - April 27, 2010
well a hybrid of
GRIN-Key and GREEN-Key… Its actually unpronounceable in most states…
averagegatsby - April 27, 2010
Thymes with "10-key"
Like the numpad.
RunningFool - April 27, 2010
Wow, Rhymes*
I couldn’t see the keyboard over this delicious calzone.
RunningFool - April 27, 2010
Everybody out! I have eggplant on my mind
COSTANZA! get me a couple of those calzones!
Trenchtown - April 27, 2010
Yep, it rhymes.
TrustBaseball - April 27, 2010
Not sure how accurate ESPN's in-house pronunciation guide is,
but it lists it as “GRAIN-key.”
Teej - April 27, 2010
That doesn't sound right. Plus, none of the play-by-play guys use it.
TrustBaseball - April 27, 2010
Yeah thats not even close
averagegatsby - April 27, 2010
It definitely rhymes with Fine Key.
srm07 - April 27, 2010
Grine Key is not correct.
Mariner John - April 27, 2010
GREN-key
Phil Hatzenbuehler - April 28, 2010
Most people in MO pronounce it that way, take that with a grain of salt.
hcoguy - April 28, 2010
I enjoyed the breaking balls from Aardsma.
Sec 108 - April 27, 2010
I did not enjoy Tim Tschida's goatse sized strike zone.
tintin - April 27, 2010
Ian Snell really benefitted from it.
BrianL - April 27, 2010
And yet, he helped us won the game
EequalsMc2 - April 27, 2010
Thanks for the mental image.
Fearless Frog - April 27, 2010
That guy's an asshole.
badaboomcrash
thehemogoblin - April 28, 2010
Good to see the bullpen hold the lead.
Too many guys were ripping on Griffey and Sweeney, but the bullpen blew 3 games during the losing streak.
Sam Regens - April 27, 2010
Sigh
JAH - April 27, 2010
Hmmmm.
sanford_and_son - April 27, 2010
I really wish this was flagable.
SethGrandpa - April 27, 2010
Why isn't it?
appleshampoo - April 28, 2010
Seems flagable to me!
seattlesundevil - April 28, 2010
I love Milton Bradley.
lmeyer40 - April 27, 2010
Too bad MLB.com doesn't put up postgame interviews
I missed it :(
Allen Wu - April 27, 2010
I love his huge smiles during his post game interviews.
seattlesundevil - April 28, 2010
SB Nation should make that Greinke's profile picture.
Craig Powers - April 27, 2010
Wow we needed this win.
Bradley looking better. Even though Moore wasn’t great he saw some pitches and I though did pretty well. If we can win tomorrow I’m going to be feeling really good with Lee coming back.
the other side - April 27, 2010
Moore made some solid contact, which is always encouraging. Here's a toast to no-more-Rob-Johnson!
Allen Wu - April 27, 2010
And that AB where he lined out to right was great.
Good approach, good swing, unfortunate result.
BrianL - April 27, 2010
I was very encouraged tonight. Plus I heard his post game interview...He uses "obviously" like a lot.
Now I have a keyword to use with him.
the other side - April 27, 2010
My favorite use of one word/phrase constantly was Charles Johnson, the old Marlins catcher (among other teams)
Said “Pretty Much” a good 15 times an interview.
seattlesundevil - April 28, 2010
Both Figgins and MB got some good at bats tonight.
They are key to the success of the M’s this year. Hopefully, Figgins hit in the 9th is the start of him getting out of his slump.
TrustBaseball - April 27, 2010
Not sure about that
In the postgame on the radio it was mentioned that he has huge splits right now. His ‘slump’ is really just against right handed pitchers, he’s doing find against lefties. I’m pretty sure that hit in the 9th was again against a lefty, so it isn’t really any different.
Unfortunately.
Snuffleupagus - April 27, 2010
Ya his splits are incredible. Although Ichiro isn't hot against lefties. I wonder if they should trade off the leadoff spot for lefties and righties.
Would be interesting to try.
the other side - April 27, 2010
I wonder Figgins is ever tempted to not switch hit
I might try to see if this is usual for him. He’s hitting so much better from the right side of the plate, I think it’d be tempting to stay there.
Snuffleupagus - April 27, 2010
Well, thanks. I didn't want to know that. I wanted it to be a legitimate slump that
he was coming out of. (Please excuse that preposition).
TrustBaseball - April 27, 2010
Grammar Wizard!
Snuffleupagus - April 27, 2010
Thank you, kind sir.
TrustBaseball - April 27, 2010
Sigh.
Kids these days.
Wilder. - April 28, 2010
Which is funny because historically he has hit righties better than lefties
Dewey N - April 27, 2010
thanks
that’s good to know.
Snuffleupagus - April 27, 2010
Holy shit Gutz saw 33 pitches tonighe. Thats 12 more than anyone else.
I love you Sex.
the other side - April 27, 2010
tonight*
the other side - April 27, 2010
And the at bat where he saw only 3 pitches he got a hit
It seems that whenever pitchers try to pound the zone on him, he makes them pay. This looks like signs of a dangerous hitter.
Allen Wu - April 27, 2010
Yeah he had an amazing night at the plate
Big reason we got Greinke out of there after 7
seattlesundevil - April 28, 2010
2 games back!
lemonverbena - April 27, 2010
Can someone explain what happened on that Lopez infield hit for me?
Roommate was watching the end of the Cleveland Cavaliers game when it happened.
RunningFool - April 27, 2010
http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=7701369
svart aske - April 27, 2010
Hahahaha wow.
Eyeball Kid - April 27, 2010
THAT IS AWESOME!!!
Allen Wu - April 27, 2010
This is the weirdest double I've ever seen.
And I love Lopez’s face as he’s taking his batting gloves off.
doublemazaa - April 27, 2010
He almost looks embarrassed.
$cHu - April 27, 2010
I think his expression was more like "meh, whatever works"
Allen Wu - April 27, 2010
His expression is ALWAYS "meh".
Phil Hatzenbuehler - April 28, 2010
God that was awesome.
Friendly pro tip: If you post your links in the body instead of the subject line, it will auto-link it so people don’t have to copy and paste.
Teej - April 27, 2010
Yeah, the second after I posted it I realized that I could've hyperlinked it.
svart aske - April 27, 2010
Thanks!
Definition of a doily.
RunningFool - April 27, 2010
It was the doiliest doily of them all.
Slow Country - April 27, 2010
It was the original definition of doily. I'm thinking this is exactly what Jeff had in mind.
TrustBaseball - April 27, 2010
And the pitcher's reaction was just priceless
Allen Wu - April 27, 2010
Except the original definition of doily was about runs, not hits.
So, no, not really. The run that scored on it is a doily; the hit itself is not.
harkening - April 27, 2010
You are right sir.
TrustBaseball - April 27, 2010
Anybody have video
of Milton doing the fake ball toss?
Luisam - April 27, 2010
I missed this
Is it like what Ichiro did last season?
JBell523 - April 27, 2010
Exactly, fake throw to the fans in New York.
Then, he tried to throw it to an M’s fan, but KC fan caught it. He came back out of the dugout to give the M’s fan another ball. Classy guy.
TrustBaseball - April 27, 2010
Haha
I want the video sooo bad of both now.
Luisam - April 27, 2010
I used to have a gif of the Ichiro one, don't know what happened to it.
Jeff probably has it, since I’m sure I got it from him.
RunningFool - April 27, 2010
.
Eyeball Kid - April 27, 2010
Millton's was almost better, because although faked the throw,
he kept it in his hand.
TrustBaseball - April 27, 2010
hahaahahahahah
Saving that. Thank you thank you.
Luisam - April 27, 2010
I think throwing it into the glove is sleeker.
svart aske - April 27, 2010
Thanks
Resaved!
RunningFool - April 27, 2010
I liked how Bradley tossed his bat when he walked in the winning run
He was like “pft you bore me”
Allen Wu - April 27, 2010
So what happens to Snell now?
I don’t suppose his number will come up again before Lee’s back. He definitely seems to be the team’s worst starter right now.
Aly Edge - April 27, 2010
He will make a great addition to the pen
Allen Wu - April 27, 2010
Yeah, their walk rate was waaay to Lowe.
JAH - April 27, 2010
This is both a bad pun and the wrong form of 'too'
Congrats!
Matthew - April 27, 2010
I was wondering if anyone would take notice of it. I thought it was great! But not.
joey90 - April 27, 2010
That pun was WAY off the Mark.
CapSea - April 27, 2010
I concur
he should be ’pen-alised.
Eyeball Kid - April 27, 2010
why does this have 3 recs
Dewey N - April 27, 2010
you can't make a pun where the pronunciation does not change
Dewey N - April 27, 2010
I think it's pretty clear that I can.
It actually wasn’t even that hard.
CapSea - April 27, 2010
What I did was I capitalized the "M."
Then Voila!
CapSea - April 27, 2010
You just got unrec'd
Dewey N - April 27, 2010
I'll have to think of something funny quick before the rec-lessness saps away my powers.
CapSea - April 27, 2010
So a Mexican and a 12th century Prostitute walked into a bar.
They told the bartender they would love a drink, but they had no money to pay for it. The bartender said “tell you what, if you have something somewhat sugary and bland, I’ll give you the drinks for free.” The prostitute fiddled around in her pockets and came out with this tiny rectangular shaped candy. She then muttered something to the bartender. The bartender asked “What did she say?” The Mexican responded: “Ho say, ‘lo PEZ.’”
CapSea - April 27, 2010
This is the worst thing ever.
RunningFool - April 27, 2010
What does the 12th century have to do with this?
appleshampoo - April 28, 2010
Use of 'lo' pez I would guess.
hcoguy - April 28, 2010
He's off to the bullpen.
Fister and Vargas remain in the rotation.
BrianL - April 27, 2010
Until Bedard anyway
Allen Wu - April 27, 2010
NO RYAN ROWLAND-SMITH SEEMS TO BE THE TEAMS WORST STARTER NOW
Dewey N - April 27, 2010
I was going to say, that Hyphen was probably the one with the short leash, but
I didn’t want to take anything away from the relief people are probably feeling tonight.
TrustBaseball - April 27, 2010
Wak already said RRS isn't coming out of the rotation when Lee comes back
BrettJMiller - April 27, 2010
I am slowly turning against Don Wakamatsu
Dewey N - April 27, 2010
Right, but I think it's going to depend on how well we fare overall in the Battle for
Grass Creek. Snell can get himself out of trouble. RRS may be in the rotation, but if we don’t win the battle tomorrow, I’m not sure how long they’re going to stick with him.
TrustBaseball - April 27, 2010
Who has not sucked more recently?
Mariner John - April 27, 2010
Ian Snell
Dewey N - April 27, 2010
I'm with you Ian didn't suck tonight.
His mind was probably on his dead aunt during his last start. What’s RRS’s excuse for his semi-awful start in Chicago?
TrustBaseball - April 27, 2010
Being a fly ball pitcher in Chicago?
Though he wasn’t sharp I agree. I just think it’s too early to write off Rowland-Smith. But I irrationally love the guy so meh.
Mariner John - April 27, 2010
I'm going to agree with you too.
We’re in a tough spot, when we can’t figure out which of our #3,4, or 5 pitchers should be in the bullpen. Plus, we’ve got Bedard coming back at some point. Ouch! Hurt me some more.
TrustBaseball - April 27, 2010
Yeah, it's definitely a good problem to have.
Hopefully RRS can redeem himself tomorrow.
Mariner John - April 27, 2010
Of course we split the first two games of this series
Snowman1025 - April 27, 2010
But not the way you might have guessed
Attractive Nuisance - April 27, 2010
Sure, but did you really have us losing with Felix and sneaking past Greinke night?
Rachmaninoff - April 27, 2010
Woohoo Franklin Gutierrez
Punkhazard - April 27, 2010
Second this. Old joke, what's the best thing to come out of Gutierrez's pants?
TrustBaseball - April 27, 2010
I give up.
What is the best thing to come out of Gutierrez’s pants?
RunningFool - April 27, 2010
Hey, these people might make it even better, give it a second.
TrustBaseball - April 27, 2010
A big long frank.
joey90 - April 27, 2010
Permed pubes
russak - April 27, 2010
I like this, but the answer according to to old joke is "the wrinkles".
I’m quite sure the women of Look Out Landing would have gotten it right away.
TrustBaseball - April 27, 2010
I reckon Guti's balls make Dave Chappelle jealous.
CapSea - April 27, 2010
I like you.
TrustBaseball - April 27, 2010
I don't get it.
joey90 - April 27, 2010
Oh hey Shawn Kelley is good.
Decatur - April 27, 2010
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