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5/13: Open Game Thread, Part 2

Michael Saunders, Ryan Langerhans, and Ichiro are good. Rob Johnson is the absolute God damned worst player of all time and I would take pleasure in gutting him.

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Did you see this thread in the future, Jeff?
I don't get how you don't understand how much I know
Precognition is a gift I wasn't blessed with.

Also, with dogs as slaves in the future, is Michael Vick exalted as a sage and trendsetter?

Michael Vick died in The Great Lahar dogg
Yep.
Ichi-Bombs make me very happy
Let me start off by saying - fuck you Rob Johnson.
I like turtles.
Let's gut Rob Johnson....together.
Like in "Mr. Brooks."
Or Lady Vengeance.
Caesar?

I call first!

In that case

We’d round up all the pitchers ever to have a fastball down the middle dropped by Rob Johnson

Are ASCII Dongs that ejaculate hearts for Ichiro acceptable under community guidelines?
I wanna say no... but I kinda wanna see too.
Dueling pitch face!

I didn't need to see that so large.
Millwood looks terrified
Of something that smells terrible
One of these guys is confident
The other looks confused.
Zombie Millwood "urrrrr urrrrrrrr uuuuuuuuuuhhhhhh"
Millwood's would be funnier if the ball had been cropped out to eliminate the context.
I love Saunders!
You didn't use the right amount of exclamation points.
It wasn't sarcastic
I was talking about this.

I'd take pleasure in guttin' you

Boy

Get Figgins out of the 2 hole.
Why must our big $ free agent acquisitons (except Ichiro) suck
I have faith he'll turn it around but he is causing more harm than good in the 2 hole currently.

Switch him and Saunders or something.

God, I know. That Beltre guy was just AWFUL.
When he wasn't hurt

Which unfortunately was too often.

Once ever?
More than never
Well he missed September of 2008

but the season was well over at that point anyways.

Didn't he hit for the cycle in September of 2008?
He might have.

He missed the last few weeks to get shut down and have surgery on something.

September 1st.
I had when I get 140+ games per season out of my star third baseman.
*I hate, not I had.
Beltre was fucking awesome.
Figgins is walking and the hitting will improve.
STOP FUCKING CLOSING THREADS
I know, right?

I always have stupid things to say that don’t get posted in time.

Too soon to gloat?
I wonder if Rob Johnson has any idea how much he sucks and how much so many people hate him

And if so, I wonder what it’s like to know such things.

LET'S GO MARINERS

Rob Johnson's glove is the Never Ending Failure.
I wonder if this movie is far worse than I remember it.
I'm never going to watch it again so as not to ruin it.

I feel this way about most things from the ’80s.

This is probably wise.
I feel this way about Bubble Tape
I used to love Bubble Tape :(
It will get better
SHIT MY VOLCANO
I'm reading this with and without a comma and I can't decide which is funnier.
Judging by a recent experience with Big League Chew, I say this is wise.

Just let it exist in your mind.

This is why I just chew tabacco
A dog's mouth is the worst to brush
I don't get what this has to do with anythig
Just mix toothepaste with your peanut butter
Can you chew at Safeco without getting thrown out?
I watched it recently with a friend.

It’s still kind of awesome, because you realize Deep Roy is the snail rider, but then you look up Wikipedia or IMDB to figure out what the kid’s mother’s name is and you feel like you’ve been used.

I looked the kid's mother's name up on Wikipedia also!

I felt awful afterwards

WHOA! Moses Gunn was in it? Bumpy, from the first Shaft movie?
It's way, way worse. My wife and I tried to watch it a few years ago, and it was unwatchable.
It's actually pretty well made for the 80s.

It lacks the mystique it had in childhood though.

"Dropped in and out of the glove of Rob Johnson"

GET FUCKED BY THE UNFUCKING

CATCH. THE. FUCKING. BALL. MOTHER. FUCKER!
Two consecutive dropped pitches
Mike Blowers just excused Rob Johnson dropping balls because catching with a catchers glove is hard.

I…
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?

WHERE'S DAVE VALLE WHEN YOU NEED HIM?!
HE'S A CATCHER BLWERS, STOP DEFENDING THIS SHIT
YOU TOO, BLOWERS
Well, I have to head out.

Keep stomping on Rob for me.

.

Slightly more useful.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of this.
Someone send Rob a new glove in the mail.
I don't think the glove's the problem here
Really? Tell that to Blowers.
Sympathy points?
I laugh at Blowers making excuses for Johnson.

“He’s not using a 1B glove.” What? Everyone else uses a catcher’s mitt and seems just fine. I much prefer Sims’ honestly, he will call a player out.

Angel Hernandez is awful
awfully good!

jk he’s just awful

No chatpseak please
And capitalize properly please!
Oh sorry, bros.

I’ll make sure I capitalize and type things out fully. Laughing My Ass Off.

He seems to always be good for teams playing the Mariners.

Probably just my selective memory though.

Did we win? I had to turn it off.
I'm just here to monitor the Nyjer jokes
Someone's gotta do it
WHY ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT LAUNDRY?

SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!

Awww Saunders gave the ball to an Orioles fan

What a guy <3

I miss Milton Bradley.
Saunders has always been a good dude, even in trying circumstances.
He's Canadian, of course he's a nice guy.
Gotta love getting that shutdown inning - now let's go put a couple more runs up!

Yeah.. Hard to keep a straight face while sayin’ that.

Just me or does Felix seem a little bit off still?
He is

Hopefully this will get him back in his groove.

Two more dingers to go
One to go
Casey with his classic murderous shot foul before grounding out incoming.
Called it
He is becoming extremely boring.

I miss Branyan.

Dont' we all
Did you get Jeff's Volcano?
Krotchman is starting to annoy me.

HOLY FUCK!

SWEENEY BOMB!
Fucking Sweendog?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I don't know how to feel
And then there was one!
BWHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH SWEENEY!
SWEENDOG
Good news guys Sweeney's sticking around!
WHAT.

SWEENBOMB?

ahahahahahahahahahahahaahah
WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED!?
THE MARINERS ARE WINNING AND I'M STILL FULL OF RAGE AND BILE

SO THIS IS WHAT IT’S LIKE, HUH?

FINALLY, ADMIT: You are a Mariners fan. Get it over with.
Nah that's not his style
He already did?
Oh shit spoiler warning.
Shit, somebody hide this subthread.

Or at least install spoiler tags.

Um, dude.
I knew I should've kept the updated sig for a while.
Good news, buddy.
This is like being the last guy to find out that two of your friends are dating

and everyone else has known foreeeeeever.

Yeah, so I feel sort of dumb. But then again...I don't have time for every friggin' thread on this site. And I've been distracted lately.
It's like one of the most rec'd threads of all time
Um, Brian? Coach and I have something to tell you...
You should read the website sometime
I do skip out on quite a bit.
Bhahahahah

Rec’d for innocent ignorance.

What the fuck just happened?
Did not expect that...at all
NO SERIOUSLY - WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED!?
Mike Sweeney has more power than Jose Lopez
Alright well screw Griffey!

Let Sweeney play everyday!

HEY JEFF DID YOU FORESEE THAT TOO? TELL ME YOU SAW THAT ONE COMING, EH?
That's what I thought. so much for the volcano.
I don't foresee things in the future

I just see things

This is a very simple concept
But to answer your question, no, I was busy whacking it
Poor people

waiting for Griffey…

And you also know facts.
SWEENDOGG FUNK BLAST

How did I not notice the spangly jersey before?
Sorry Griffey, you're the odd man out.
MIKE SWEENEY IS BETTER THAN YOU, GRIFFEY
NO!

Worst Mariner to hit a homerun.

Greg Dobbs is the only Mariner to his a home run in his first at-bat.
Oi.

I forgot about that.

Breaking News: Sweeney just signed a 2 year extension.
That wasn't cheap either.
And now Lopez gets a hit?

Geeze.

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Is this how baseball is played?
YES! SWEENDOG.
LOPEZ WITH A HIT TOO
Cleanup hitter!

Too bad the bases were already clean.

THAT BALL RATTED OUT JUNIOR!

It had to die.

It didnt want to face Sweeney like a man.
Did he punch that ball out of the stadium?
A Sweeney victory lap would be more fun to watch than a Griffey one.
Good lord

I’ve never been so angry at a home run being hit by a Mariner in my life.

Mariners reading USSM?
Oh, right, we're playing the Orioles.

Hey, it’s like it’s an actual offense!

KE VIN MILL WOOD

CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP

And he's caught stealing
I DESPISE THE HIT AND RUN
SWEENEY!

It sure feels good to have a DH.

Hit & Run fail!

Nice try Langersmash.

Russell the Muscle has 3 HR in his last 2 games.

</3

THIS IS ENTIRELY RELEVANT
To your interests?
I know, it hurts to hear, doesn't it?
Oooooh Yeaaaaah!

At least some fans are jerking it.

Worst hit and run ever
IT'S JOSE LOPEZ FOR FUCK'S SAKE
We are so fucked now
God Lopez you fat mexican fucker
I'm not sure what being Mexican has to do with his running.

Given the stereotype of border crossers, you’d think it was a positive trait.

Lopez is Venezuelan
Where in Mexico is Venezuela?
The future.
Jeff and Fogel have not informed me of future political geography.

Thanks, Jay!

It's a running joke
Worst Hit and Run of the year!

An automatic strike, Lopez out with no contact. unbelievably dumb.

It has some competition.
Unfortunatlely yes.

They all seem so obvious to me. I’m not sure there is an optimal hit-and-run situation that I would actually approve of.

Millhouse had to work for his dinner, according to Sims.
"The Mariners really made Millhouse work for his dinner."

What

Not everything is coming up Millhouse.
I won't hold that at bat against Langerhans at all.
Curiousity Question

Is it just me, or doesn’t it feel like Felix always pitches against Kevin Millwood?

At least half the time

And a third of his games are in Texas

I think they are both the number 1 pitcher. And Millwood was no. 1 in Texas last year I believe.
Hit and runs might be the dumbest managerial move in all of baseball
Unless you have a great contact hitter like Pujols
Don Wakamatsu.
Worse than pinch hitting Griffey?
Yes! Langerhans isn't exactly a contact hitter, either. I hated forcing a strike on him.

Is there any situation were a hit and run makes sense? I can’t really think of one.

What's up guys?
Don't feed the trolls people
:(

But it lets me direct my Rob Johnson rage.

Rob Johnson is a troll!
Direct it at Rob Johnson

We don’t need obvious trolls getting 30 people to respond to them. It just fuels the cycle

What should we feed them?

Dogs?

Why do people keep doing this?

It’s like y’all enjoy being trolled.

This is one of the strangest gamethreads of all time.
Imagine what we're going to be like in August!
This has been a good game thread.
Now that Mike Sweeney had homer, when Milton Bradley

comes back, are we going to see Ryan Langerhans getting DFA again?

We are going to shoot old yeller
None of us has any idea what they're going to do
Nicely done future Jeff...
That's what I'm scared of
I think we should DFA RoJo and try Langersex at catcher
He took to first base well enough.
Sims must be sleepy.
He's too busy reading this thread.
Pure sex Felix. Pure sex.
Lopez has a mole on his lip
Or a really dark zit
Or cancer
Worst family ever
Damned volcano.
Or chocolate
Or Mole' sauce.
Which is chocolate.
Jah, ist chocolate!

This image needed to be Gunther
Or Uter.
Yeah, that
Here we go!

Is Mexican splooge dark?
Let me ask Fogel
Of everybody here he would know
It's actually like chunky salsa.
How does it come out
This has potential...
I'm guessing off-white
Nice defensive play by Felix.
So Felix has looked pretty good so far?
Yes

He hasn’t been as good as I’ve ever seen him but he’s been very good.

He's been okay but this is a shitty opponent
Which explains why a lot of pitchers shut us down...
Not one of those kids has been white
SIT DOWN TEJADA!
I love it when "Felix does it to Tejada."

Nice one Sims.

At best we come out 14-20
Fourteen and twenty
Through the easy part of our schedule
We were so much better before Cliff Lee
He fucked with our chemistry
Progress!
I'm sure we'll do much better against Tampa, the Red Sox and the Twins
At least now I'm not going to feel as depressed when we lose.
Well, you already know.
I'm referring to 2011
I just realized I've been to Camden Yards more than Safeco.

:( :( :(

So...what happens when Milton gets back?

Because if Colome is still on this team and Saunders isn’t, well that would just be plain ridiculous.

We don't know
I can't believe I don't know
Man Bradley's been gone for a while
I miss him

but I’m hoping his absence, which has allowed Langerhans and Saunders to shine, will ultimately do us much good in the long run.

I can't believe he's still missing
This is another future joke
I heard he does PR for the Marauder
Glorious Marauder
I am hoping it allows us to go back to the original bullpen plan.

Or allows us to cut Sweeney.

Both would be sublime
God he must be out for a while.
We really just don't know
Are you sure you don't know?
know don't just really We
I don't think Saundres is going anywhere.
I know he's Canadian but there's no need to Francify his name.
Jeff, why is Jack Hannahan not up in Seattle? Is he still hurt?
He's had a really rough go of it in Tacoma
Lots of errors.

Recently playing short though! Not hitting much.

Sullivan to Johnson (as seen in the Rock)

“I’m going to take pleasure in guttin’ you, boy!”

SAUNDERS FOR PRESIDENT!
SAUNDERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Saunders is here to stay!
MICHAEL SAUNDERS YOU ARE THE BEST PERSON EVER.

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3

SAUNDERS BABY!!!
SAUNDERS IS AWESOME
SAUNDERS!!!!!!!!!
NO NO NO NO NO

YESY YSYEYEYSEYSEYSESS

Saunders!

Let’s go Rainiers!

I LOVE YOU SAUNDERS!
OH MY GOD

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH

MICHAEL SAUNDERS IS A FUCKING WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING
Bye bye Kevin

FAIL!

WOOOOOOOO BEST MARINER TO HIT A HOMERUN!
I'M NOT EVEN KIDDING MICHAEL SAUNDERS IS TURNING INTO MY TOP-5 FAVORITE MARINERS! FLAWLESS!
FIVE RUNS.

I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MY HANDS. OR FEET.

more dongs than a chineese phonebook
MY TOES CURL WHEN I LOOK AT YOU
Saunders for DH
This is a solution to the LF problem I can get behind.
In the words of Dave Sims:

2 homers, 5 days… Hey now!

Well, this is just terrific.
How in the fuck has this lineup hit 3 home runs today?
Kevin Millwood?
Millwood is a pretty good pitcher.
Saunders and Ichiro are good.

I…I cannot explain Sweeney.

Michael Saunders has been a godsend.
!

http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2010/5/13/1470649/5-13-open-game-thread#37437358

You sir rock
This is better than my coerced Griffey retirement prediction
Nice work!

Are you from the future too?

I'm not sure
I think he might be.
But there is a chance that he isn't.
Get the fuck outta here
Where is here?
Don't waste it all in one game guys!
Well there we go.

LF problem SOLVED!

Does this mean Griffey retires?

and we’ll have Bradley at DH?

Michael Saunders will literally bat 1.000 the rest of the way with all homers
Thanks, Future Jeff

I’m off down the bookies.

Another bold prediction!

Or a report from the future?

My volcano is back!
And it's bigger
Uh oh
I think Future Jeff is the best thing that's ever happened to gamethreads.
I'm gonna use a nuee ardente to bake my bread
Dammit, how is this the game I can't watch.

CONDOR!

So when Milton comes back

Milton to DH, Saunders in LF, Langerhans 4th OFer? and hugging tandem to the far end of the bench?

We don't know
We just don't know?
We really just don't know.
Are you sure you don't know?
Cut one of the Designated Huggers.
How can we cut either of them?
Saunders and Langerhans that is.
Let's just say

a) we don’t know
b) this would be a nice problem to have for a change, rather than NOBODY CAN HIT AAAAAUUUUGGHHH

since you want to rosterbate...

how do you propose they keep Saunders, Bradley, Langerhans, Griffey and Sweeney on the roster when Jack Wilson comes back off the DL?

Oh, you must have meant the far end of the bench down at Alki Park. Gotcha.

How is that rosterbating? Nowhere does it involve trades, signing, promotions/demotions
rosterbating=

“when milton comes back”

I didn’t say I was chastising you for rosterbating. I am a chronic rosterbater, myself. But you added a player to the roster and kept his replacement, and didn’t explain how to do it.

The easiest solution here is to cut Sweeney or Colome and demote Tui.

That is what is going to happen when Milton comes back.

And Jack Wilson.
You know that, and I know that...

you actually expect them to do that? (and the original rosterbater kept both designated huggers in his “when Milton comes back” scenario)

Those are guys we already have.

I thought ‘bating is more of a "why don’t we trade our shitty players for these good ones" kind of thing — things that are highly unlikely to happen. Milton’s coming back.

My favorite is when contract numbers get included in the details.
i don't see the mystery here

Playing with your roster = rosterbation.

Also unlikely to happen = Milton coming back, Griffey and Sweeney on the bench and Saunders AND Langerhans on the team, unless one of them can be the backup shortstop as well.

Since Powell became the new hitting coach, the Mariners have averaged 5 runs per game.

It’s must be the hitting coach that jump start this offense.

And AAA players!
Can Saunders bat ahead of the catcher now?
No this is brilliant

Wak is batting Saunders and Ichiro together without having to violate his belief system with FIggins

Except Figgins still gets more AB's than Saunders.
If Saunders keeps this up, I want to see Figgins, Saunders, Ichiro leadoff.
The Ms finally found their offense

It was in Tacoma all along

How long before Saunders leads the team in homers?
Probably not long considering Kotchrocket is our leading HR hitter
Hey now, don't forget about the Gutinator.
Wow, I don't know how I forgot about Guti. Saunders does have 2 already in only 5 games.
At this rate Saunders will have as many homers as the rest of the team.
Caution Coug on the mound
I'll take our Coug over our Husky :)
Hey look, Kevin Millwood's terrible.
According to Dave Sims, Ichiro hit a ding dong.
I think that Zack Hample guy just snagged Saunders's homer.
Some lady won $400 thanks to Saunders HR
Canadians finding another way to do something nice for another person
TIME Man of the Year?
Call up more prospects.
God!

Get Figgins out of the 2 hole!

What happened to Guti?
Back Spasms
Thanks

Hopefully just minor…

Kenjitis
Damn, this means he is going back to Japan right?
The first game I went to this season

I was torn between buying a Guti jersey and a Figgins jersey. Man did I dodge a bullet on that one.

Baseball is fun when your team is winning.
Bradley for DH! Condor for LF!
But Sweendawg!
Swiffey's still here :(
Come to your senses Griffey, demote/ release Sweendog?
I approve of this message.
Jones->LF, Raul->DH, Vidro->bench

Please be smarter than Bavasi this time

We never should have had Vidro.

I miss Snelling…

Wow I just checked in and the first thing I saw was HR by Michael Saunders.
Ichiro and Sweeney each have one too.

:)

Are emoticons considered chatspeak?
Nah you're okay.
Nope :D

Just make sure you write something with it.

Unless you're Fogel
Emoticons are usually all right.
Sweeney's HR:

:)

Fucking bandwagon fans

you know crap about baseball.

Did Sweeney put a good swing on that?

Or what the heck happened?

Hey, me too.
Is Michael Saunders considered a rookie?
RoTY?

Probably not.

Yeah, that's going to Jason Heyward.
Shit, AL

I am such a tit.

Aww, thought that was intentional :(
Heyward will win both
Anybody know who his competetion would be in the AL?
Austin Jackson, who isn't very good
And Wade Davis
And Dustin Ackley
Then Saunders has a pretty legitimate shot?

It be nice to have something to root for if this season doesn’t start to look up soon.

The only reason for his hype is because he came out of the Yankees' system.

And that’s literally the only reason.

And the insane BABIP he's running
It's always amazing to me how good Yankees prospects are to the rest of the world,

until they leave th Yankees.

He's good for a rookie. Not very good no, but I think he is ROY caliber.
Wade Davis and Austin Jackson are probably the current favorites.

Not much after them, unless Justin Smoak starts hitting or Cleveland decides to call up Carlos Santana.

Or if Lou Marson prevents Carlos Santana from being called up.
Which is really absurd.

I have to think Cleveland is only doing this to delay Santana’s free agency.

Austin Jackson is the only threat I can think of.

Unless Brian Matusz starts dialing.

Subtle trolling.
Heyward will have some serious competition when the Nats call up Strasburg.

4 months of Strasburg maybe better than 6 months of heyward.

Yeah except for his reduced pitch counts.
I doubt it, but it will be fun.
Did you not hear what Future Jeff said?
CONDOR OF THE YEAR

Voted in by the Audubon society.

The only competition that comes to mind is Matusz.

Although, a big steaming pile of feces can win the ROTY if it dons an A’s jersey.

I worry Matusz will face too many AL East lineups to post the numbers that award voters make these decisions on.
Is Fister a Rookie?
When was the last time someone RotY and the Cy Young in the same season?
Strasburg.
I don't think he is eligible.
He is not eligible.

McCarver had an exceedingly long discussion about this the game he broadcast.

Ruh roh.
Perhaps if we can get Robo Rob dropping balls to be a trending topic on Twitter.
Two on.

Please don’t blow this glorious day, Felix. Set it to 5-4 so Sweeney’s HR isn’t the game winner, and end this.

What the fuck is wrong with you?
Man, if I had a dollar for every time I head that question about me.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Hey guys, whats going on?
I can't speak for everyone else,

but I am watching the Mariners on gameday. We are winning and there was an Ichiblast.

A swinging strike would be dreamy
sooooooo dreamy
You were just playing with them
Sit down guy
For not having a great day, Felix sure can still make MLB hitters look bad

OK, it’s the O’s, but still…

I miss werewolves in london

There. I said it.

I miss Warren Zevon.
I said this days ago
Brandon Wood has a 9/105 BB/K in 340 career PA

Hilarious

I had to look this up myself

That’s insane

Dallas McPherson

27BB 126SO 399PA

Also

McPherson Career wOBA: .323
Brandon Wood Career wOBA: .224

HAHAHAHAHA

Wow they might actually take Chone back!
They have Izturis

Stop saying silly things.

I'm fine keeping Chone, thanks

he won’t hit this bad, and even if he does hit just a little bit better, he still has a lot of value.

You're a Cubs fan
Sort of!

He moved to Chicago like five years ago or something. He was one of the earlier members of the M’s blogosphere, around the same time as the Bremertonians from what I remember.

I found it weird to see the royal we from someone who spends most his time at BCB
Well, blue blood and all...
God damn those kids are screamers
Is that the wave I hear?
They do the wave all the time in Baltimore
That is every inner-city six year old in Maryland
7 innings

1 run allowed by Felix thanks to Rob.

GREAT START!

That is not how we judge starts
GOOD STARTS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY
Except sometimes they do
I like this start better than back spasms
Don't groundout Kotchman.
Hehehe

Sims: “The Mariners have hit three home runs. REPEAT. The Mariners have hit three home runs!”

Going into this series

The Os and Ms were the bottom two in MLB in HRs.

Um, no?

Astros and Mariners have been the bottom two for a while. The O’s have 31 dingers, more than double the Mariners’ total.

They've lengthened Felix' leash this year right?

Any way of know his average pitch count per game this year vs last?

He was a horse last year.
That's incredible! How did he become a human being?
With a stroke of his mane

This is how all horses transform.

I would totally make the bond with Felixhorse
Went to the future
103.2 this year

106.9 last year. But 96.7 through his first seven starts.

Wow! One minute reply!

Did you even have to look this up? Color me impressed.

He calculated it in his head from memory.
Jeff is actually a Mentat.
I have no life :(
Interesting, after that last outing I thought maybe they were working him too hard...

But it looks like that wasn’t cause for concern. Dominance!

God dammit Kotchman
I dislike Kotchman.
Langerhans for 1B!
So much for that "swing adjustment"...
Kotchman needs to go back to lining out again.
I'm dreading another Sweeneybomb... what would we do?
Celebrate
Sweeney hitting home runs is good
I disagree...

Designated hitter homers are good… and they’ll happen more often with him on the unemployment line. * please jeffrey don’t hit me with your capt. obvious-ultra-death ray *

Just a pop out

All things back to normal.

Yes, but we wouldn't enjoy it.
And someone would need to yell at us for being terrible fans
Well at 5-1 it wouldn't mean very much
No worries

Easy popup.

We'd be watching the Mariners score more runs?
Sweeney and/or Griffey producing would be a very good thing.
Celebrate for a while then go back to hating him when he fucks everything up for another month.
21k fans

How many of those are kids getting in for cheap…

The future isn't all its cracked up to be
I am so sick of artichoke hearts
Hummus, everywhere.
CHRIST ARE YOU HERE TOO
NO BUT I HAVE SEEN THE VIDEOTAPE

Even though videotape no longer exists. WORM HOLE!

Ty Wiggington at 2B, really?
Orioles baseball!
He couldn't even handle 3rd at all.
Brian Roberts has torpedoed their season
Sometimes I think Lopez just wants to go home early.
So he can talk to Yuni
Lopez is painful to watch
There are the Mariners that we know and love.
And the Yankees are losing too, down 3-0 to DET

YAY!

...terrific?
We're chasing them for the Wild Card
In the same sense that
whoops

in the same sense that a dog chases after a car…

7 pitches in 4 at bats, if I counted correctly.
Thank goodness we're on the road so Saunders can hit again
A League of our own

Coming in.

Boooo
I like the nickname "Ponyhawk"

For his haircut and thusly the man himself. I made it up myself but I don’t think anyone else is going to use it.

I hate using League in garbage time.

Especially with Lowe out.

It's never garbage time for the Mariners
Did Corey Patterson just hit a HR?

Really?

He's gonna need a rocket up his ass to catch that one
I had that idea for a Nyjer Morgan picture but couldn't realise it.
Corey Patterson? Really?
Corey Patterson hit a home run off a Mariner.

It’s to weep.

THEY ALWAYS GET BETTER
So uh...why didn't you throw the changeup there, League?
Splitter, change, splange

I’m always so confused as to what to call it.

THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN TO BRANDON LEAGUE
Corey Patterson was a Mariner for a little while.
Also FUCK YOU, COREY PATTERSON
Corey Patterson?
Solo homer. Forget about it and get through the inning.
So I was going to fill out the All Star ballot, but it's too early.

Do we have any all-stars on this team? Ichiro, Guti, Felix, Lee, Fister, League.

Guti, Ichiro, Felix

Lee hasn’t played enough.

When is voting over?
June-ish, I think.
hell yeah!

Ichiro, Gutierrez better get voted in if the Mariners have fans at all. Lee, Felix and Fister will all have outside shots.

Knowing our fanbase, Griffdawg will be there.
Well...

Considering Griffey didn’t get close last year, I’m guessing no.

I guess sometimes there is a difference between being a legit all-star, and just getting voted in.

In this case, both Ichiro and Guti are legit.

...and should get voted in.
Uh oh

We’re back in save territory. Aardsma in the 9th!

Better use Aardsma because anything with too much break goes right by Rob.
Oh fuck Rob!
FUCK YOU ROB
God DAMNIT Rob.
Rob Johnson is a gay faggot son of a bitch
GOD FUCK YOU ROB JOHNSON
Rob Johnson needs to replace his glove oil with sticky tar.
Not this again.
Rob johnson, ladies and gents!
Well, shit.
Remember: Rob Johnson is Felix's favorite catcher.
That is NOT a wild pitch.
HOW THE FUCK IS ROB JOHNSON EMPLOYED IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES?
Because they didn't want him in the minors, and found some sucker to fall in love with him (Wak).
Here come the Os
Here we go!
WEEEEEEEEEEE!
If we lose, this is how I want to lose
Ok, I feel sick now.

Like really really physically ill.

We're up 5-2 on the Orioles.
Lets not fuck this up!
Brandon League's K / out ratio steadily increases
Rob Johnson is good at defense.

Needs more .gif.

BRING IN SEAN WHITE!
You misspelled "Kelley"
And 'Shawn', if that's the case.
Felix isn't getting a victory today.

Calling it right now.

I'm hoping you're not from the future. >:
He's not.
Yes I am.
Told you
No you're not.
Be sure not to eat the fortune cookie the next time you get Chinese takeout.

I’m just saying, is all. I have a bad feeling about it.

STAY THE FUCK OUT OF OUR MEME
But I'm the only one who can predict the future around here, it seems.
Can you not comprehend when you are being admonished?

Just stop!

Apparently I can't.

Had no idea. “Our meme?” Hard to tell when people are serious around here.

I feel completely out of the loop, here, and I hate being put out of the loop, so I’ll stop.

SHUT THE FUCK UP
I will wish terrible things upon Strasburg.
I WISH ROB JOHNSON WAS FUCKING DEAD

I’M NOT EVEN WATCHING THE GAME THOUGH HOW BAD WAS IT

Fucking Mario music again.
I love it.
Me too

And it’s great for the kids!

They should be playing the music from RBI Baseball
Tico tico tico

thats what I hear when Mario or Luigi go into the tunnel portal

....why are they playing the Super Mario theme?
Played often during mound visits
Interesting choice.
When the umpire comes out to break it up...

do they play the <100 seconds music?

That would be amazing.
Now I want to watch an entire game compromised entirely of Mario music.
They're playing the Mario music.
The guy on 3rd was a K.
Why? Why does it have to be like this?
What's the opposite of good?

Because this is it.

With the Crazytrain already America....
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.
Yep. Officially nervous.
URGE TO KILL

RISING

Luke Scott is wearing UV filter goggles
I AM FROM THE FUTURE AND I DO NOT BEAR GOOD NEWS
WOW. LUKE SCOTT FUCKED US AGAIN.

A GRAND FUCKING SLAM.

I’M SICK.

What was with all those boos when he walked?

Are there that many Mariner fans in?

They were yelling for Luuuuuuuuke
Who, incidentally, hit a home run.
FUCK! NOOOOO 80923U98AJIOASN
Ha

Awesome

I hate myself and life and the Mariners and League and GOD DAMMIT MOTHER FUCKERS.
PUKE FUCK WHAT A WASTE
That was unexpected
Hey, that guy should be on our team.
That just happened
MOTHERFUCKER
That's hilarious.
Holy fucking shit
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Oh man, life is terrible again.
Of fucking course.
Uh oh

Scott has 3 homeruns in the last 6 games. Let’s pitch it safe here

Good idea. I'll tell Brandon.
Wait so you're from the past?
Fuck everything
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
My thoughts precisely
Replay that please
Or not.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHY YOU HAVE REPLAY
Can you imagine Wak asking for a replay?
Well this ruined MY day...
Fan interference?
No luck.
QUICK BACK TO THE PAST
I can't leave for 5 minutes
Why have we not traded for him yet?
I am at a loss.

I am at a loss.

So is the team.
Rob Johnson's fault!
Poor Felix
Yes. There went his W.
Luke Scott just ended our season.
Dammit, Guti would have gotten that. Maybe.
Revenge of 97!!!! Fan interference.
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST HOW IS THIS NOT UNDER REVIEW?
I hate to say that I told you so, but...

…aw fuck who am I kidding. This is pretty funny again!

Go away
I'll stop. I'm not happy either, trust me.
Booooooooo!
There is no floor.
I can most certainly say that there is a floor.

I am standing on one right now.

Boy will we have news for you.
Is my floor leaving?

That could cause bodily harm.

fuck fuck fuck
Good news!

Thanks to Fangraphs, we know that this is what we call a ‘meltdown’

This is the cleverist thing posted so far
FUCK ROB JOHNSON AND WHY IS THERE NO REPLAY HERE
Brandon League an all star?

Who the fuck was the assclown who said that?

What happened with the fan?

I have no video

Blocked Saunders and his glove (Saunders glove literally went straight into his arms).

The ball hit off the fan in question, so Saunders was RIGHT THERE.

And we didn't raise a goddamned shitstorm about that?
No idea why they didnt.
We are managed by Don Wakamatsu.
*I like walk, but he is quite obviously a laid back field manager.
*Wak

God dammit!

Niehaus didn't mention that part at all. On the radio call.
Rob Johnson can't hold on to a strikeout, fan interference.

Weeeeee!

Where's you're fucking belief system now Wak, you fuck!
BAHAHAHAHAHA.
Brandon League

Gives up a lot of homers for a groundball guy. Bad luck on FB/HR? And bad luck on guys getting on-base on K’s too.

Looked like good hitting there.

That pitch was way off the plate according to Gameday.

yes

But his career rate is 17.6% HR/FB. That’s kinda freakishly high. And he tops 10% year after year. He isa groundballer, but has bad luck on any balls up, I suppose.

What the fuck happened
This team.

THIS FUCKING TEAM.

We haven't had too many of these kinds of losses (if this holds up).
So the fans reached over the wall right
Hard to tell. Honestly, I don't think so

but it merits a review

Baltimore gets its revenge!
Too bad they didn't save there revenge for the Yankees. The O's did beat us in 97.
It looked like the fan bumped Saunders.

Isn’t that interference? Actually Saunders might have bumped the fan.

No, the ball was in the crowd.

Saunders reached over the wall and probably would have caught it, but it hit some kid first. It was a legit HR

I think this is true but I couldn't tell
I think if the ball clears the wall there is no interference.
I can still be steamed!
I hate bullpens.
Just setting up the 9th inning comeback
Wak is overusing Brandon League
Yes I thought this too. When he came in the game I posted about how I hate bringing him in with a decent lead. He is going to wear out.
and Sean White

and underusing Shawn Kelley, and David Aardsma as well. There’s no excuse for David Aardsma to have less appearances than Brandon League.

League has been better than Aardsma this year.
sss?

are you saying that’s why League has more appearances than Aardsma? Surely, you’re joking. And if I needed a big strikeout, I’m still going to Aardsma. Every. Single. Time.

(By the way, how do the numbers look now?)

Really?

If I want a big strikeout I’m going straight to League and that splitter of his.

I'm saying I have no problem with League getting more innings than Aardsma.
Further:

I don’t see much of a difference between the two. They’re both solid relievers who, like every reliever, are going to have awful days.

it's May 13...

David Aardsma, your best reliever a year ago, has seen two appearances so far this month. That’s not acceptable.

Further, Brandon League has pitched now, 7 times. Even if you think League is better, there’s something wrong in that ratio.

If I want a big strike out, I’m going to Aardsma and his 9 K/9 vs League at 5.5 K/9. And before you start screaming small sample size crap, it gets worse when you go to previous years.

Not sure what you guys want, but less League and White and more Aardsma and Kelley will balance out the workload and put the better pitcher on the mound more often.

If you have justification for League working practically every other day while Aardsma gets entire series off, I’d love to hear it.

The reason it gets worse as you go further back is because he didn't have the most unhittable pitch in baseball in his arsenal until recently.

Brandon League is definitely the best reliever on this team and David Aardsma in Camden Yards would not be pretty, what with his extreme flyball tendencies.

What happened today was a big surprise but I’d have almost been expecting it with Aardsma.

I don't really get the tone, but anyway . . .

I’m only responding to your comment that it’s “inexcusable” that League has pitched more than Aardsma.

David Aardsma was our best reliever last year. Brandon League was not on the team last year. Brandon League is just as good, if not better. I just don’t see the big deal in using a good reliever more than a different good reliever. Sure it’s not perfectly efficient, but we all know Wak saves his closer for save situations, just like pretty much every other manager. It’s not ideal, but this team has so many problems that I can’t for a second get worked up about a good reliever pitching too much.

This is why I hate Lopez lazily hacking at the first pitch last inning. NO LEAD IS BIG ENOUGH YOU LAZY FUCK!!!!

Not that the blame doesn’t fall squarely on League, who also might have assumed victory and didn’t bring his best.

Whats with the language on here?

Is it really necessary to swear all the time? Do the people running this site monitor this or just allow anyone to say whatever they want?

GTE

Game Thread Emotion

Seriously?
You are just the cutest.
Swearing is practically mandatory here
Go the fuck away then.
Good time to ask this question.
Might have been a good idea to lurk a bit before posting
If you interpret your pronouns in a certain way, the answer to your second question is yes
Heyyy you found your way out of the box!

GTE.

What's with you feeling the need to impart your standards onto everyone else?
Swearing is all relative. I'm far more offended by the gay slurrs.

And yes it is necessary to swear here!

NOTHING IS SACRED HERE
I'd like to think that nothing is sacred here is sacred.
Yeah, I always thought words like fag and gay were more hateful and offensive.
The words are meaningless but act as intensifiers.
Did someone promise you censorship? This isn't cable. Moderators swear, so don't expect people to change.

I usually save one f-bomb per thread to direct at the player of my choice.

Will you go to Gay Prom with me?
There is a disclaimer on the front page
Is this your first time on the Internet?
WHAT IS WITH YOUR BRAIN NOT COMPREHENDING WHAT THIS PLACE DOES
Go Cougs?
What's up with so many negative responses to someone asking why is there so much swearing from Mariners fans

Just leave it

He has a history
GOD
I need to make my own .gif to reply to comments like these with
Well that's a pretty faggy thing to say
Aren't you offended enough by this team?
I bet Ryan wears LangerHanes
You have a 4 run lead in the 8th, why did Wak have to go to League?
Because he didn't want to blow that lead.
Why not go to League?
Lowe is hurt.
People seem annoyed that Wak put in his best reliever.
RESULTS BASED ANALYSIS
Because League has been used A LOT. You are overusing him. 4 run leads for the M's are very rare with this offense. Why not use someone else?
This is what I don't understand.

Is their argument that the game wasn’t close enough to warrant League’s appearance? Because that would seem like an odd argument to make given the outcome.

In a four-run game it really isn't necessary but that wasn't the problem
I'm annoyed

he stayed with him after he walked the bases loaded. If Aardsma gives it up, I’m not so annoyed.

If he hadn't gone to League and the M's blew it

You’d be bitching that he didn’t go to League.

Because Brandon League is pretty good?
The Mariners cruise to an easy win?

YEAH FUCKING RIGHT

Baseball gods messing with us again!

AWESOME

No team has ever wanted me to put a bullet in my head like this one.

Im done with this team. This is worse than ’08.

Ok bye.
I 100% believe you
Langerhans, Wilson, Johnson.

We’ve got this in the bag guys!

They're all due!
WAIT WHY IS GUTI NOT PLAYING AGAIN IS HE HURT
Back spasms.
This loss is not Wak's fault

It is Rob Johnson and Brandon League’s.

More Rob's fault
No I think Rob's was just more annoying
League gave up the solo shot to COREY PATTERSON. And then what would of been the game tying 3 run bomb to Scott even if Rob caught / blocked the strikeout.

It is pretty much on League.

About the only thing Corey Patterson does well is hit for power.

It is not far fetched that he would hit a home run.

I can't wait for Griffey to PH for Johnson so that he can make the last out yet again
Somebody should wake him up.
GOOD BOY JOSH
This game and this thread went south in a hurry.
Griffey time to hit for Rob Johnson

Good lord.

Junior time!
He's awake!
Oh boy, Griffey time.
Season over :(
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO EN OH
Griffey pinch-hitting for Johnson again

Yeah Wak, I’m real sure you just didn’t want to that one time.

Well it was against a lefty that time.
No it wasn't
Fuentes?

Wasn’t that the game where Griffey was asleep.

Jepsen
Ahh ok, thought it was the AB in the 9th.
No no no 4-6-3
Here comes a 4-6-3 DP
Don't swing you'll get the calls
"Mariners could use a long ball"

No shit announcer.

Just walk you douche bag
Best possible outcome = BB
Grif gets a walk is the best possible outcome.
Tie this game and unleash me upon Robert in one fell swing
Griffey couldn't tie the game with a dinger
I mean, yes, getting Rob Johnson out of there is good

HOWEVER GRIFFEY SUCKS GIGANTIC PURPLE ELEPHANT TESTICLES

I missed most of the game due to classes in the morning..

But it looks like it was pretty good until Rob Johnson probably let a past ball like usual and now we’re gonna lose according to the comments.

I wonder if the team is more upset with LaRue for suggesting Griffey might be cut or for not giving up his sources
This WE chart should be fun.
TAKE TAKE TAKE TAKE
HOLY SHIT HE WALKED HIM!
TAKETAKETAKETAKETAKE.
Pinch runner?

Please :(

My god a catcher is our pinch runner.
Don't we have pitchers?
Completely forgot the used Washburn as a pinch runner
Wooooooooo Griffdawg
Thank god. PLEASE ICHIRO!

Save the team!

Er Saunders.

Do it again!

Griffdog with the walk
Micheal Saunders will save us all.
Rally rally the pitchers name is sally
All right Griffdogg!
Saunders go-head HR

Let’s see it.

We're totally losing in extras again aren't we
I would like to get there first..
Adam Moore, pinch runner.

Really?

Don't want to burn another bench bat just for a PR

Moore has to go in for Johnson to catch

I was more laughing at Junior's speed
Adam Moore - pinch runner!
Well, we need Tui for... something.
Please Saunders...
I like how a catcher just pinch ran for Ken Griffey Jr.
Pinch-running with a catcher! Good stuff.
Remember when you got mad at us for too many people commenting the same damn thing during gamethreads?
Yeah and then I confrormed after the peer pressure.
I think this is the first time I've ever seen a catcher pinch-run
`

http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2010/5/13/1470802/5-13-open-game-thread-part-2#37451377

Thanks for doing this. I'm a culprit, but we all probably need to stop stating obvious shit.
Saunders has the opportunity to become my favorite Mariner in a long time...
This guy's got bad control.
Here we go Saunders here we go!

CLAP CLAP!

At the very least, just don't ground in to a DP.
Gosh I hope we win
That's preferable to a grounder... CMON ICHIRO!
COME ON ICHIRO!!!!
Better than a GIDP, i like Saunders
I feel sick

I’ve felt sick for a while now

Sooo, did a Rob Johnson past ball prevent a 3rd out and therefore a grand slam followed?

I was in class during this time.

Prevented the 2nd out.
*Passed ball

Unless you’re from the future too.

Please Ichiro.

Please :(

God he is going to K.
ANGEL HERNANDEZ SUCKS
Was a strike.
Ichiro only hits go-ahead home runs in the bottom of the ninth

Not the top

This is such a negative work environment.
I-CHIRO I-CHIRO I-CHIRO!
AAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHH
For FUCKS sake.
Oh my god that was so fucking retarded
ahahahahahahahahahahahaha
WHAT THE FUCK!? BRUMLEY YOU IDIOT
Josh Wilson you slow fucker!
I hate Mike Brumly.
Can't believe they waved him around
Terrible call, was surprised how close it got though.
I can

Ball wasn’t hit THAT hard and with 2 outs and Jo Wilson’s relative speed…

Patterson was playing very, very shallow
True

Not known for his arm (or bat – jokes on us!) though. Oh well.

Moreso the fact that a struggling Chone Figgins was on deck, too..
A struggling but incredibly patient Chone Figgins.
HOW THE FUCK IS IT THAT COREY PATTERSON FUCKS US
FUCK EVERYTHING
Corey Patterson with the throw. Heh.
Literally, no floor, whatsoever
Goodbye cruel world
That was fucking retarded.

Our third base coach is fucking retarded.

Fucking Brumley.
GODFUCKINGDAMMIT
BRUMLEY YOU UPPITY SON OF A BITCH
That is just too god damned fitting. Jesus fucking christ.
Fire Brumley

Clap Clap
ClapClapClap

That was a really exciting baseball game
It was

Now I need to get drunk to forget it.

And by exciting, you mean designed to cause us as much pain as possible?
Yeah, at least we our entertained as our season spirals out of control.
There is no way Johnson makes that play.
No, he wouldn't have.
Hmmm....Well then......
Seriously, perfect way to end this game.
Fuck Mike Brumley.

Fuck Brandon League.

Fuck Corey Patterson, Fuck Griffey, Fuck the Angels...
How close was that? Sounded close on the radio
Reasonably close
Do you really think that was close?

He seemed out by a mile there. A whole 5280 feet.

It was dumb to wave him around because of how close Patterson was playing

but the throw was offline enough and Wilson fast enough that he got about five feet away from making it.

It feels stupid to blame him but our third base coach seriously sucks.
Five feet is a whole human body or about two steps.

I don’t think he could have made it. Brumley made a terrible decision since that would have only tied the game.

I'm agreeing with you

but the actual play at the plate ended up reasonably close.

Okay.

I really don’t like Mike Brumley now.

I swear he's had at least 5 runners thrown out at the plate that weren't even close.
Not even a bit.
Out by an eyelash!
When the throw was made I thought he was out by a lot.

But then Weiters made a nice catch, block of the plate and tag to finish the game. I hope Rob Johnson was watching and taking lots of notes.

No he was too busy crying about getting pinch hit for.
Thanks, hopefully that makes the highlights then.
WHAT THE HELL BRUMLY? And screw Patterson!
Mike Brumley is just the worst.
I like taking that chance with Chone coming up. Although bases loaded is the only time that Chone can get a RBI.
Season over.

Hooray!

Unfortunate game. Unfortunate Series. Unfortunate Season.
Mariners up 5-1 in the bottom of the eight.

Obvious loss. Not close.

I left for like 10 minutes and you guys let this happen?!?!?
Motherfucker.

At this point, nothing suprises me.

GOD

I literally threw my soda at someone. Even scrubs cannot make this shit better.
I could watch that gif for hours

It’s oddly soothing.

God damnit. I really hope Texas doesn't win today.
Not sure it makes much difference anymore.
What do we get for lee then?
Draft picks
FUCK YOU MIKE BRUMLEY

YOU JUST FUCKING COST US THE GAME. YOU"RE FUCKING WORSE THAN GRIFFEY AND SWEENEY AND ANGEL HERNANDEZ AND MIKE REILLY COMBINED. GO DIE IN A FUCKING FIRE YOU FUCKING CUNT.

Change your screenname
I am not aroused right now
unbelievable
WHY DOES BRUMLEY SEND EVERYONE?!

WE WOULD’VE HAD THE GOD DAMN BASES LOADED WITH A PATIENT HITTER UP AGAINST A GUY WHO CAN’T THROW STRIKES

This is an excellent question

Sigh.

Similarly, why was there a hit and run earlier

with Langerhans hitting – Langerhans. The team’s been bad, but the management is making it worse.

So, 2011 sound good for you guys?
I can't wait until Jack Z rapes somebodies farm system for Cliff Lee.

It’s going to be awesome.

He's type A anyway

So Jack should get to work some of his draft magic. Obviously trades are more exciting.

Raping is always more fun. Lets go all Bedard on someone.
Is Bedard type-A? Maybe he can establish some trade value in 8 weeks worth of starts?
Bedard will be type B at best, I think.
So should I break out the scotch for this loss?

Or will beer be enough?

.

I dont' do illegal drugs

Now alcohol yes.

When in Rome..
If there was ever a time I wanted that stuff....

Alcohol works too, but these damn early games make you go through it sober.

Was Brumley factoring in Figgins lack of hitting?
Probably

It was a good throw.

A walk wins the game and oh boy does Chone Figgins ever walk
A walk ties the game there.
It would only tie the game.
Wilson scoring only ties the game.
Brumley's line of thinking.

“Durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr”

Figgins can walk though.
What about his skill to walk and the fact that this pitcher is not really a strike thrower?
didn't stop Saunders...

from only taking one pitch when not one of them looked like a strike. Who knows what Figgins does, but Wilson had no chance to score there with Patterson in shallow left field.

Actually, he was pretty close to scoring. If the throw is off line or Wieters doesnt do

a great job of blocking/handling the throw, then he probably does score

exactly

Brumley sent him when even a poor throw only makes it close.

They have a real catcher, they can count on this type of thing.
What the hell are you talking about?

Saunders isn’t as patient as Figgins so that comparison is moot right from the start and secondly, the pitches Saunders swung at were reasonably close to the zone.

I wasn't comparing anybody

Just not trying to tell the future, just as Mike Brumley shouldn’t have (if that was what he was doing when he sent him).

Saunders went up there and swung at the second pitch from a guy that couldn’t find the strike zone against the remains of Junior Griffey… and started him off with a ball. I’m not saying Figgins would have done that, I’m just saying any manager worth his ass would have instructed a player to take a couple pitches.

The second pitch was a very hittable strike

He should swing at those.

Figgins' lack of hitting may well have equaled a bases loaded walk

If Bumley was thinking about it then he’s even more of a fucking idiot than he first seemed.

Figgins would have walked in the tying run
You really like those 30% odds vs a bang-bang play at the plate
Never should have been a close play at the plate
every time

that play at the plate wasn’t anywhere near 30% in the Mariners favor.

Is the season over?

After this loss I really want to cry. This team makes me so angry. Fire that stupid cow Brumly too.

Fire them all

Except our pitching coach.

RELEASE ROBOROB NOW
There is no fucking reason that he should of sent Wilson there.
2 outs, .180 hitter coming up.

Those are reasons, maybe not good ones, but Brumley has his own methods over there and seems to justify sending them more than holding them.

And they keep getting thrown out

in baseball, making outs is bad, so we should try to avoid making them on the bases. This is because we only get three (3) outs per inning and they are a valuable resource which Mike Brumley SHOULD NOT WASTE SO FUCKING CASUALLY.

Ok, a little miscommunication here I think.

I am not a Brumley fan. When I said he can justify sending people through his methods, that was a criticism of his methods. If you’ve seen the spring training video of him describing his system he developed, it’s pretty annoying. He says he has developed his own system for evaluating the defense and game situation. Which, apparently, goes against conventional baseball wisdom sometimes. I don’t think this is the worst send, but it was so shallow that a good throw wasn’t necessary (which is a bad time to go).

I'm guessing Mike Brumley wasn't thinking about the next hitter
If Brumley...

thought for a second Wilson had a high chance of success in scoring there, they should reassign him immediately. He’s cost this team more wins than Cockrell.

Not the best slide by Josh.
No slide was going to score there
Ichiro disagrees
No human slide
Maybe, but I think you have a better chance with your hand tagging than a folded up leg.
I'm on radio though, didn't see the play
not even a great throw

was up the first base line a little bit, but from shallow left field Wilson has absolutely no chance.

Yeah when I saw how shallow it was I thought they would hold him, the play at the plate was closer than I thought it would be.
13-24 in three days
Seriously, do other fans go through this?
Yes
Orioles fans don't suffer from the illusion of hope...
oh yeah they do.

Matt Wieters, Adam Jones, etc. make Bmore fans delusional each spring. Trust me I followed the O’s for 27 years until I moved out here and started following the M’s. it went from a crotch kicking, to an eye gouging.

At least the Os have a title
Yeah I don't think hopes should run as high in the AL East.

They are worse than the M’s, and we have the worse division. However the M’s discover ways to lose everyday, so maybe the O’s actually finish with a better record. This is like the regression from last year, when our run differential was negative but we were over .500

They get it worse than we do

Also there are more than two teams in baseball.

Welcome to Baseball!

Logs of wacky stuff can happen over a 162 game season.

Oh yes

I have watched thousands of MLB games over the years and this is nowhere near the craziest I’ve ever seen.

3 homers, Felix Day, Loss.

Slumps hurt, but we all have to stick with the team because the good times feel better after the doldrums.

Amen.

It sucks but sticking with them will pay off one day. Just not sure when that day will be…

This is the worst loss of the season. No way you should lose to the O's leading by 4 runs in the 8th. They are the worst team!
Fixed

They Mariners are the worst team!

I would agree that the Astros are worse

but they just beat Chris Carpenter, so….I’ve got nothing.

*argue, not agree
You shouldn't lose to any up team up 4 in the 8th and the M's are only 2 1/2 games ahead of the O's.

Birdland.

Im still angered over the Friday night loss to Texas when we were 9-7. That seemed to

send us into disarray

The Cliff start?

Ya everything really went to shit fast from there.

That was 11-11
Ah yes you are correct.
We lost a series to the Orioles.

Wow.

Oh my God, it's starting to finally sink in.

We just lost a series to the Baltimore Orioles. This season is over.

GIVE US OUR WIN BACK BALTIMORE!

FUCK THIS SHIT!

God Wilson was out the moment he left second base.

League

25 HR/133 FB in his career. 18.8%. The home runniest groundballer on the planet it seems.

But Felix did great, right?

I only saw the top of the 9th

He did fine. Not great
Encouraging after his last two starts.
Brumley needs to die.

Also, Saunders needs to hit third.

Rob Johnson's passed ball on a K was huge.
.

ahhhh

Holy shit it's been a while since I've seen that one.
MST3K!

Rec’d

God damnit.

Shouldn’t of lost today. How fucking demoralizing.

Shouldn't have, my friend.
Over the course of a season, how much should you notice a 3rd base coach?

Honestly, probably less than 5 times, right? We’re on pace to openly question Brumley’s decision-making like 30 times this season. If he does his job, you shouldn’t even notice he’s there. Any valid reason why he shouldn’t be let go? Shit, Byrnes got cut for being an idiot and not performing. Same standards should apply for coaches.

30 times this week practically
And it is hillarious that Bruce Hines was not carried over as the 3B coach from last season into this one.
Yeah it seems like Brumley is trying to make a name for himself, when his job is not to get noticed.

If they had Rob Johnson at catcher, then I would send him all day, because Rob is going to drop the ball or lay down a shitty tag.

WHY DIDN'T WAK PUT IN MOORE AS A DEFENSIVE REPLACEMENT FOR ROB

IF HE WAS GOING TO JUST PINCH-HIT FOR HIM ANYWAYS?!? ARGGGGH!

...because then Moore would come out and there'd be no catchers left?
Because then you don't have a catcher in the bottom of the 9th?

Are you fucking retarded?

Christ people.

I know the loss is upsetting but why do people seem so eager to abandon all reason for the sake of emoting all over the place?

I meant that if he was going to pinch-hit for Rob.

If he doesn’t believe that Rob is the better hitter, what’s the point of him even being on the team?

He believes Rob is better than Moore?
Well then fire Wak.

Because anyone can see that Rob is horrendous behind the plate. And if they’re really calling pitches from the dugout, that takes away Rob’s best “quality”.

Who said that they were calling pitches from the dugout?

Moore is also pretty bad behind the plate and it’s pretty obvious as well. I just don’t see much of a difference between the two except Moore is really, really struggling to do anything offensively at the plate. At least Rob is walking.

I can't believe I am defending Rob Johnson.
Didn't Jeff and, like, Matthew and stuff agree that was probable?

With that whole comparison of fastballs thrown and stuff?

Just because it's probable doesn't mean it is happening.

Rob and Moore both came up in the same organization too. They both learned from the same coaches or a least similar coaches. They could have very similar game calling strategies.

Even if they aren't calling it from the bullpen,

I thought one of the main reasons was the language barrier as well? Moore speaks English, he can actually catch the ball and he’s not any worse of a hitter. There’s still no spot whatsoever for Rob on this team.

Dugout, whatever.
It is because that limits flexibility the next inning.

I know Griffey sucks and all but he can walk sort of still and you can’t pinch hit Moore when you’ve already taken out Johnson. Also, Moore is pretty bad a defense too from what I’ve seen.

But there's no need for that inning (possibly)

if Adam Moore catches that ball when Jones struck out.

Griffey...

just walked… which is about his upside, at this point. Johnson could have done that, too.

Saunders is keeping me sane

With the realization that we’ll get some talent for Lee. And even if those guys take a trip to the Moon tomorrow we still have Pineda!

Yeah, Saunders is looking great.
I think the time has now come to get Lee traded.
So have we decided whether the GS was FI yet?

FSN didn’t seam to replay it from a good angle to tell.

He might have caught it

But it was over the fence so its hard to call it fan interference.

Pretty sure it was legit

Should definitely have been reviewed, though.

Almost certainly wasn't interference

but it was close enough that it has to be reviewed there. Worse still, I think Saunders catches that if not for the fans.

I can't believe there were fans
This was my reaction.
Seriously

If this weren’t a promotion night we’d have won this game.

Promotion mid afternoon.
Time zones!

Promotion evening, then.

The game started at 12:30 local time
5:30 for me.

But yes, it was just a slip of the tongue that I was trying to defend.

WHY WASN'T IT RAINING
I think Saunders absolutely catches it if not for the fans.
Man I'm at work and had been listening to the game and now ...

…. I just don’t want to do anything but cry and not do work.

Hey we didn't score a doily
The first legit series of runs we score and we lose. Awesome.
Mariners!
Oh thats right. This was a must win too. Heh. That was nice.
We need a Miguel Cabrera type player to make the playoffs.

This team just pisses me off. The bullpen is only good when we are losing.

I'm waiting for the Mike Brumley fired Tweet and the ensuing reaction.

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