Biggest Contribution: Casey Kotchman, +42.0%
Biggest Suckfest: Sean White, -36.3%
Most Important AB: Kotchman single, +39.3%
Most Important Pitch: Davis single, -22.4%
Total Contribution by Pitcher(s): +34.7%
Total Contribution by Lineup: -13.0%
Total Contribution by Opposition: +28.3%
(What is this chart?)
0 recs | 182 comments
SUCK OUR COLLECTIVE GENETALIA OAKLAND
Graham MacAree - April 5, 2010
Yes, eat ALL of our shirts!
Eyebrows - April 5, 2010
You mean shorts?
Fin - April 5, 2010
You don't have genitals in your shirts?
lemonverbena - April 5, 2010
God knows
I do.
uw_chris - April 5, 2010
I've had my balls in my throat before.
I shant elaborate further.
The Typical Idiot Fan - April 5, 2010
I wouldn't say that if you come down here to Oakland
When I go to a game in the Coliseum I do no shit talking during the game and very little bragging outside the stadium because I enjoy living.
Edgar for Pres - April 5, 2010
I love living in San Diego.
“Hey, a Mariners fan! High five!”
Teej - April 5, 2010
Glad you survived the quake.
TrustBaseball - April 5, 2010
Barely.
One of my favorite books fell over.
Teej - April 5, 2010
Sorry about that, but still glad you survived.
TrustBaseball - April 5, 2010
If you were Graham,
I would make a joke about it being a structural engineering book. Instead, uhh, yeah I bet that MLA handbook fell down! Just like they do on the serial comma! Oooh burn!
Matthew - April 5, 2010
It was actually a 2008 Mariners media guide
Teej - April 5, 2010
Graham's a Structural Engineer?
My new favorite mod. Wait, does he still have those powers?
LonelyintheBleachers - April 6, 2010
Yeah the one time I went to an M's game at the Coliseum
It ended with four guys knocking my Free Adam Jones sign out of my hand, kicking it and saying ‘fuck you, nigga!’
I am extremely white.
Oakland is fun.
Nick S - April 5, 2010
I want to say Oakland is a good city and I like it
That said, you might die so this needs to be considered whenever around. At least you survived.
Edgar for Pres - April 6, 2010
I adore Oakland.
royalcurve - April 6, 2010
Oakland's so cute
just wanting to kill and hate and fight and murder everything all the time. However, without Oakland the world would have been deprived of those two little cherubs, Bubb Rubb and Lil Sis. Iz dat WOO! WOO!
cmccrack206 - April 6, 2010
Peuh.
I am an A’s fan, and I lived in Oakland for 15 years. A’s fans are mellow and would not assault you for talking shit.
Raiders fans, on the other hand….
iglew - April 6, 2010
amen.
I went to a Raiders game one time and saw seven fistfights in the stands. No exaggeration.
A’s games are laid back and mellow. The third deck used to be a little rough, but they tarped it off.
Leopold Bloom - April 6, 2010
Yeah inside the stadium at A's games isn't really that crazy (Raiders fans are insane)
Just in general, around the stadium I could see Graham getting his ass kicked for saying something like that.
Edgar for Pres - April 6, 2010
Fast Jeff is fast.
I missed these.
JBell523 - April 5, 2010
Jeff isn't nearly as fast as Dave.
BrianL - April 5, 2010
Dave cheated
I’m gonna be a while.
Jeff Sullivan - April 5, 2010
He had that sucker up within seconds of the final out.
Janic - April 5, 2010
Cheated like a beat writer on a deadline
Brian Floyd - April 5, 2010
Dave didn't make graphs with funny pictures
lemonverbena - April 5, 2010
There should be a floating negative contribution for Wak
lemonverbena - April 5, 2010
You can more or less replace Sean White with Wak on this one.
njd.aitken - April 5, 2010
Great to see Casey Kotchman contributing so much to the team.
44FAN - April 5, 2010
We're as shocked as anyone.
CapSea - April 5, 2010
Panther.
44FAN - April 5, 2010
Ugh.
Eyebrows - April 5, 2010
Um... Platypus?
CapSea - April 5, 2010
Penguins!
C-Nage - April 5, 2010
Echidna!
joof - April 5, 2010
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus!
wait, we’re listing sequenced genomes, right?
Bearskin Rugburn - April 6, 2010
Wow it is nice to see these again.
stupidquestions - April 5, 2010
Johnson not getting tagged too heavily for the GIDP or the passed ball(s)?
The Typical Idiot Fan - April 5, 2010
Correct
It’s not like I make these numbers up. If they say something, there’s a reason.
Jeff Sullivan - April 5, 2010
Glad to see Rob Johnson doing good.
Fin - April 5, 2010
Yuni homered.
CapSea - April 5, 2010
Well.
Limerickx - April 5, 2010
At the plate, sure.
Behind it, not so much.
Eyeball Kid - April 5, 2010
Actually, I forgot about the GIDP
he wasn’t great on either front.
Eyeball Kid - April 5, 2010
I'll gladly take a GIDP if it comes with a homer and two walks.
Teej - April 5, 2010
Yeah, I'm just being a bit harsh because it's Rob fucking Johnson.
Eyeball Kid - April 5, 2010
You don't even respect him enough for a capital F?
thehemogoblin - April 5, 2010
He was lucky to get his name capitalised.
Eyeball Kid - April 6, 2010
Understandable.
Maybe I’m just high on life right now, but I have to admit that his approach at the plate looks not terrible. My tune will probably change in a week, but right now, I’m actually kind of OK with him being employed.
The joys of Opening Day!
Teej - April 5, 2010
It was exciting to see routine pitches stick to the glove.
Exciting I say!
Kermit. - April 5, 2010
Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa power!
Building King! EXPLOSION!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tI4CbCniBI
zeeehjee - April 5, 2010
*kick
zeeehjee - April 5, 2010
great job!
cmccrack206 - April 6, 2010
I'm going to give him a fresh look.
Anybody who underwent two hip surgeries, one wrist surgery and eye surgery deserves a second chance. If he was hurt last year I’ll give him a pass on last year. Show us what you’ve got when healthy, Rob.
TrustBaseball - April 5, 2010
KOTCHMAN!!!!
BrettJMiller - April 5, 2010 via mobile
Agree. Kotchman batting third was a good idea tonight.
TrustBaseball - April 5, 2010
Glad Dave spend his first paragraph outlining how stupid it was
to bring Sean White in the baseball game in the seventh. Still can’t wrap my mind around that one.
Just glad we got that win. With Lee down for a few more weeks, we can’t afford to lose these game that Felix pitches.
Rudy4three - April 5, 2010
A chart!
I’m in heaven!
basebliman - April 5, 2010
FUCK YEAH!
I LOVE BASEBALL!
Slow Country - April 5, 2010
If we hadn't have won that game I'd be livid right now.
As it is I’m fucking ecstatic.
Eyeball Kid - April 5, 2010
I cannot remember a game with more seperate instances of bad umping.
Also, I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought Ben Sheets looked like Will Ferrell.
SethGrandpa - April 5, 2010
I still can't beleive that double play call in the first inning.
Ump 1: “I didn’t see it. Did you see it?”
Ump 2: “Uh, no. I didn’t see it.”
awkward pause
Ump 2: “Did you see it?”
Ump 1: “God dammit.”
supershane - April 5, 2010
What can't you believe?
Runner ran out of the baseline. You can argue about the hitter making it to first, I suppose.
The Typical Idiot Fan - April 5, 2010
Sure made sense
Runner’s out of the base path, thrown ball hits runner, runner is out. Pretty simple call to make and they got that one right (one of the few they did).
Brian Floyd - April 5, 2010
He was out when he went out of the basepath, not when the ball hit him.
You can’t obstruct a throw when you are running in the basepath. The Mariners didn’t need to try to throw him out at second at all.
seattle_since_81 - April 5, 2010
I think you have to actually cause interference
Which would mean a throw had to be made. If he wasn’t hit, it becomes a judgment call and with the stellar crew today it probably wouldn’t end well.
Brian Floyd - April 5, 2010
no.
Im not citing any rules, but if you run out of the basepath, you are out. this is why, in a pickle, runners dont run towards the pitching mound.
although it would make run downs more interesting…
rbr07 - April 6, 2010
And again, this is incorrect
The runner may establish his own basepath, except for between home and first where there is “the box” leading to first. The runner is then only out of the “basepath” when he is about to be tagged, which never happened in this case. When Figgins attempted to tag him, he stopped (in the basepath) and the throw was made to first. After that point, he was running on the infield grass (still fine) when he was hit. Once he was hit, the play is dead, he’s ruled out for interference and that’s it. If he wasn’t hit, it’s not going to be called.
A rundown is a completely different situation because the rules of basepaths go in to effect once a tag is being attempted.
Brian Floyd - April 6, 2010
Getting hit by a thrown ball constitutes interference?
Teej - April 6, 2010
I believe it should have been ruled interference when he sat down in the basepath
but no, typically being hit with a thrown ball is not interference, unless they ruled that he was out of the baseline when the ball hit him.
I believe the ruling was that Barton has started back towards his dugout, at which point he is automatically out by the rules.
Would have been nice if the first base ump had made any signal as to what happened on that play, though.
seattlebruin - April 6, 2010
Yes
Getting hit with a thrown ball while out of the base path would be interference.
Brian Floyd - April 6, 2010
But wasn't Barton in the basepath when he was hit?
Teej - April 6, 2010
He was a couple steps onto the infield grass when he was hit
After reading Baker’s gamethread, he seemed to think they awarded Figgins the tag which would also make sense.
Brian Floyd - April 6, 2010
And MLB.tv went to a commercial during the replay
I’m going to pretend none of this ever happened.
Teej - April 6, 2010
Like everything else the umps did last night
It didn’t make sense
Brian Floyd - April 6, 2010
Interference was called because once he was hit the 3 foot rule is invoked
And then he is out of the basepath
Brian Floyd - April 6, 2010
seriously.
“Ardsma woooo” brought a smile to my face like the memory of childhood Christmas mornings.
bamassippi - April 5, 2010
Fucks used in the gamethreads, over time
Snowman1025 - April 5, 2010
It's the inverse of the WE graph!
Eyebrows - April 5, 2010
When something is in graph form I feel compelled to rec.
tintin - April 5, 2010
So you follow the LL curve then?
Matthew - April 5, 2010
Holy shit. Is this new?
Teej - April 5, 2010
This isn't even a function.
joof - April 5, 2010
Yeah multiple points in the x-axis makes it not a function.
I am surprised I remember things from sophomore algebra 2.
Kirk - April 5, 2010
It fails the vertical line test.
Can’t have two outputs for one input.
Cablinasian - April 5, 2010
I rescind my rec.
Teej - April 5, 2010
This proves the graph
Where you have multiple solutions of a rec and no rec within one person.
Edgar for Pres - April 5, 2010
I'm giving you a rec for blowing my mind.
Kermit. - April 5, 2010
This is what I was talking about.
Kirk - April 5, 2010
It's the southeastern US coastline.
Matthew - April 5, 2010
You think too much for your jokes Matthew.
Kirk - April 5, 2010
That's unpossible
Matthew - April 5, 2010
Me fail English
That’s unpossible.
seattle_since_81 - April 5, 2010
Looks more like the underside of a stallion to me
Steve Nelson - April 5, 2010
I was not aware Florida looked so flacid.
joof - April 5, 2010
Old people live there
Matthew - April 5, 2010
flaccid
Steve Nelson - April 5, 2010
Fun (probably not fun) fact:
Pronounced “FLAK-sid.” I was blown away when I realized this.
Teej - April 5, 2010
I am a boring person.
Teej - April 5, 2010
Hugger-Mugger is an actual word
Matthew - April 5, 2010
Mentally flaccid, are we?
Steve Nelson - April 5, 2010
Hardly.
royalcurve - April 5, 2010
And that makes it easier to remember how to spell it.
Steve Nelson - April 5, 2010
Seriously? I hate that I've been saying it wrong.
royalcurve - April 5, 2010
Me too. I've never heard of it pronounced that way.
JAH - April 5, 2010
I almost don't believe this
Webster says both are ok. If you said FLAK-sid I probably wouldn’t know what you are talking about.
Edgar for Pres - April 5, 2010
It's pronounced both ways:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flaccid
evanr - April 5, 2010
Indeed it is.
Garner:
Teej - April 5, 2010
Mind blowing rec.
royalcurve - April 5, 2010
I'll forward it to the author.
Teej - April 5, 2010
Who is incredible.
Seriously, if your life at all involves writing (in American English, at least), this book is absolutely mandatory.
Teej - April 5, 2010
Damn I think you just won
Edgar for Pres - April 6, 2010
All the words they list as have the k sound I pronounce without a k sound.
joof - April 6, 2010
Interesting.
Where do you live?/Where were you raised?
I pronounce “succinct” without the K, but that’s it.
Teej - April 6, 2010
I pronounce all of them as "k-s", dividing syllables between the two sounds
raised in the Upper Midwest, but have lived on the West Coast since 1974.
In the last 20 years I’ve never met a professed regional accents expert who can accurately place me there. Most of them think I was raised on the West Coast; those who are less certain rule out the south, southeast, Appalachians, and east coast, but can’t be any more specific than that.
My family that stayed in the Midwest all say that I now speak with an accent.
Steve Nelson - April 6, 2010
I born and raised in Portland, and have lived here all my life.
Pretty much all those words I pronounce with only an ‘s’ sound for the cc. I don’t know if it’s regional though.
joof - April 6, 2010
asselerate?
Phil Hatzenbuehler - April 6, 2010
Yeah succinct with a k sounds inappropriate.
And flakcid doesn’t sound as unmanning as flascid. I’m sticking with my mistakes on those.
Bearskin Rugburn - April 6, 2010
What? looks like the creation of Lake Michigan.
I’m glad this kind of crap wasn’t on the SATs
TrustBaseball - April 5, 2010
Good to see it never reaches 0.
w00tah - April 5, 2010
Impossible when I'm on LL
Griffin Cooper - April 5, 2010
Something like 80% of my comments contain the word "fuck"
Griffin Cooper - April 5, 2010
81% now.
Phil Hatzenbuehler - April 6, 2010
8:50 got periliously close, but we rallied back big!
joof - April 5, 2010
We need one of these for the Felix GS/injury game from 08.
Crystal for DH - April 5, 2010
It'd just be a straight line
Aaron Campeau - April 5, 2010
Yeah. We rock.
Fucks used by Lookout Landing today: 344
Fucks used by total SBNation – 1150
Percentage fucks owned by LL: 29.9%. We own SBN.
CapSea - April 5, 2010
Should note that these are comments containing the word "fuck."
Multiple fucks in a single comment only count as one fuck.
CapSea - April 5, 2010
That's Fucking amazing.
Kevin Casey - April 5, 2010
Fuck yeah!
Brian Floyd - April 5, 2010
Oh my fucking god.
Humongo - April 6, 2010
I love this team
Figgins is so fiesty! League looks like he’s insane. And Milton looked like he was on the verge of murdering someone. This team is just oozing of personality!
niceguysfinishlast - April 5, 2010
I prefer Erik Bedard's I don't give a damn personality myself.
Slurvey - April 5, 2010
Coming soon!
Fear - April 5, 2010
I agree! Surprisingly!
royalcurve - April 5, 2010
What about Griffey as the loveable uncle.
Kevin Casey - April 5, 2010
He's awesome too
Between Bedard, Ichiro, Felix, RRS, Figgins, League, Bradley and probably a few others….this team is just full of characters
niceguysfinishlast - April 5, 2010
I would agree.
Going to be a fun season. This is the kind of baseball I have missed. been so long Mariners. Give us a good exciting year.
Kevin Casey - April 5, 2010
Are you by any chance
a doctor?
TheBishop - April 5, 2010
Bink!
RunningFool - April 6, 2010
Plus the patience, what a wonder to behold.
They picked up some walks. It was beautiful.
TrustBaseball - April 5, 2010
Also, the game thread was impossible to keep up with.
Very much like Oakland was unable to keep up with Figgins. That works for me.
TrustBaseball - April 5, 2010
4705 comments in the Game Threads for today's game
Good stuff!
ThundaPC - April 5, 2010
Maybe I should read before I comment.
Eyebrows - April 5, 2010
Congrats, LL
As of 11:02 PST, 4705 comments in the gamethreads, not counting pre-game.
Eyebrows - April 5, 2010
4707 by my count. Shattered the previous record by almost 1500.
Also I believe it’s the first time we have gotten into a 5th gamethread.
Goose - April 5, 2010
Jason Heyward is one month older than me.
I’m not sure why but this totally blows my mind.
Slow Country - April 5, 2010
Did you know he is black?
Kirk - April 5, 2010
I learned that only recently.
He is also from New Jersey.
Slow Country - April 5, 2010
Did you know both of his parents went to Dartmouth?
bluemax - April 6, 2010
Woooo!
Just got back from the game and it was awesome. Felix owned and the wackiness of Mariners baseball was fun to watch. Also definitely almost got stabbed in the bathroom for wearing Mariners gear but that’s how they roll in Oaktown. We got the last laugh though
tsbicca - April 5, 2010
Kotchman is the least excitable person i've ever seen.
Game winning hit = small double fist raised
Game over = chew fingernail and acknowledge Aarsama does indeed exist
Edgar for Pres - April 5, 2010
You've never had Garrett Anderson on your team.
Eyebrows - April 5, 2010
Thank god for that.
Kirk - April 5, 2010
Be very very very thankful for that small gift from the gods.
MO'toole - April 5, 2010
Subject line
KarateManChan37 - April 6, 2010
Game Destroyers
You convinced me, Jeff. Baseball needs robots! Things were out of control tonight.
zeeehjee - April 5, 2010
The constant pitch tracker is going to make me want to murder umps.
Phil Hatzenbuehler - April 6, 2010
But this is a good thing!
It will help turn popular opinion.
Eyebrows - April 6, 2010 via mobile
When Bradley caught the 2nd out of 9th he pretended to toss the ball into the stands then throw he through to Wilson.
The crowd went super crazy and started to chant Bradley Sucks and he did a little dance to it. I love him.
InSpokane - April 5, 2010
I love him too, and I didn't even see that. Wish I had.
royalcurve - April 5, 2010
I'm going to rewatch the game just to see that.
C-Nage - April 5, 2010
Oakland announcers commented that he is gonna get yelled at for the rest of the series because of this
I think the quote was “sometimes you bring this sort of thing on yourself”. Probably true.
Also made up for that strikeout by breaking his own bat in frustration. If you are gonna strike out at least he chose to make it interesting.
Edgar for Pres - April 5, 2010
Bradley is so awesome. He's going to do wonders for the team this year.
TrustBaseball - April 5, 2010
He may unseat Guillen as the most insane player we've ever had.
Coach Owens - April 5, 2010
Carl Everett and Ricky Henderson disapprove of this comment.
And dinosaurs. And the 1st person.
SethGrandpa - April 5, 2010
Rickey.
Leopold Bloom - April 6, 2010
Damn it! Foiled again!!!
SethGrandpa - April 6, 2010
It's okay.
I don’t think it’s a flogable offense here.
Leopold Bloom - April 6, 2010
Dinosaurs never existed.
Carl Everett was the first Mariner to publically state this. Therefore, Carl Everett is the most sane Mariner ever. Logic!
LonelyintheBleachers - April 6, 2010
Him and Ichiro think alike.
JAH - April 5, 2010
He shot the crowd a look before he pretended to throw it.
That’s what it looked like on the broadcast anyway.
seattle_since_81 - April 5, 2010
FUCK Athletics fans
Fuck them so hard. I knew Bradley would get crap but witnessing it first hand was bad. How heartless can they be? I was sitting above left field and those assholes were yelling crap at Bradley and I lost my voice yelling against those classless idiots. Fuck them. I wanted to run onto the field and give him a hug, you could tell he was annoyed but knowing him I’m sure he just used it for motivation. Dammit if Seattle fans don’t love him to death I’m gonna be pissed.
OceanBird - April 6, 2010
I feel the other way entirely.
I was sitting on the first base side, so I didn’t hear the particulars, but I love that he’s hated so much. It seems to me that Oakland doesn’t really like the Mariners…. I have to say that I love that the Mariners are hated so much. Milton Bradley is just like the prime example.
Two Rs and Two Ls - April 6, 2010
They really hate Ichiro and Griffey.
They boo Ichiro at every chance they get. Which I enjoy. I was on the third base side and whenever Griffey was up they would chant “What’s wrong with Griffey. He’s a bum.” At some point I stood and screamed he’s old and fat, but far from being a bum. The stopped the chant after that.
I had to ask my wife if I really defend Griffey?
InSpokane - April 6, 2010
I heckled Ben Sheets a little bit, which was fun
and also let everyone in the area know how bad Rob Johnson is, and how his home run spelled doom and gloom for the A’s this season.
Two Rs and Two Ls - April 6, 2010
In general I wish M's fans were more like A's fans
Going to an A’s game is fun because the A’s fans actually care and have fun at the game. M’s games tend to be so quiet and rehearsed feeling. The A’s fans are just there to have a good time and it shows.
Edgar for Pres - April 6, 2010
If only there were more of us.
[sigh]
Leopold Bloom - April 7, 2010
You should totally run on the field and give him a hug next time.
waldo rojas - April 6, 2010
Hilariously, one of my favorite baseball memories featured something similar.
It was a game in 2007 or 2008, and in between innings a fan had climbed down onto the field. He was wearing a jersey and light-colored shorts, so he seriously looked like he belonged there from a distance. He went down and literally just stood there talking to Ichiro! and Raul. He must’ve been down there for a good 90 seconds, just standing like nothing at all was amiss before one of the security sheriff’s at the game started running out to left center to apprehend him. When he saw the approaching sheriff, he just shrugged, turned to Ichiro! and put his arms out. Hugging ensued. No, seriously, he hugged Ichiro!. He then went to his knees and waited for the cuffs to be slapped on. It was like he had planned it all along. It was awesome.
harkening - April 6, 2010
Weird game.
The M’s got lucky in that Rob Johnson homered, and that Kurt Suzuki wanted to play catch with Rajai Davis, but on the other hand, two of the A’s three hits off Felix were pretty much jokes (Davis off the plate, Ryan Sweeney off the mound), Tim Tschida’s zone was wack, and all of those bases were rightfully stolen.
It seems like they got a little more unlucky than lucky and still got out with a 5-3 win. If that’s unlucky, we’re going to have a fun summer.
Two Rs and Two Ls - April 6, 2010
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