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21-31, Chart

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Biggest Contribution: Ichiro, +30.3%
Biggest Suckfest: Rob Johnson, -14.4%
Most Important AB: Ichiro single, +38.5%
Most Important Pitch: Cuddyer homer, -19.9%
Total Contribution by Pitcher(s): +65.4%
Total Contribution by Lineup: -15.4%
Total Contribution by Opposition: 0.0%
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Brandon League vultures another win!
Win vulture means he came in and allowed the game to be tied but then the offense still manage to bail him out.
My bad

Still it’s funny that he has 10 decisions already.

WPA is kind of broken if Ichiro can strike out three times and still end up leading the team by a fair margin.

But… WOO!

No it isn't

You’re just using it badly

Okay, cool.

It makes sense. It just seems weird to me, I guess. It’s counterintuitive to my regular baseball logic.

A tool can't be broken unless it's used improperly
He got a run at a time when it was most important that we have runs

If that makes any sense.

So was the RJ PB the most damaging play of the game?
No

The Cuddyer home run was.

Ah yes, of course.

I’m blaming that on Rob’s pitch selection. Fuck you Rob.

Does Rob Johnson

have the Mariner record for most suckfests all time?

If he doesn't, he should.
Jeff would have to build WPA database out of play-by-play logs for the last 33 years...

Rob Johnson may not have most suckfests, but I don’t care. I want to burn him.

Doubtful.

But only because of only being here a couple years.

I love quotation marks.
So is Scruffy saved or forever doomed.

He’s the last one doing the challenge right?

It's voided, he retired
It is voided.

We made sure of that loophole when we made the challenge.

We need GIFs!! Ones of players jumping, crying, arguing, etc..
I'd like a gif showing all of Rob Johnson's passed balls.
That would take a long time to load.
I don't think any of us has enough bandwidth to watch that.
It would be longer than extended edition of Lord of the Rings.
Except one is enjoyable to watch.

That had to be Peter Jackson’s wet dream, then he found out they would let him do it.

I think 12 hours of Rob Johnson

passed balls is a little bit like what hell must be like.

This was straight a Milton Bradley victory tonight.

Guy willed the first run. Lee was dominate of course, but Milton was just incredible to watch this evening.

He is a Noble Beast.
Z on the post game!
I didn't watch the ending,

but my friend texted me and informed me that we were the beneficiaries of an anti-Jim Joyce call.

So hey we took the series from the Twins.

Awesome!

It's a four game set
It is?

Damn.

So hey we didn't lose the series to the Twins!
4 games.

They can still tie.

But thanks for jinxing it!
Here is hoping Felix does not lose to Carl Pavano.
It's June now, we should get the unhittable Felix back.
Some Haitian needs to put a voodoo hex on Rob Johnson that makes him pass one kidney stone for every passed ball.
He'd be out for a couple seasons.

Ah…I now see the genius of your plan.

He'd be dead.
This plan is seeming better with each passing moment!
Reminded me of this.

Damn.

Dear Lord- don't know which is worse- that or Beltre's teste injury.
That's incredible. The pain both of them went through, during the game, is incredible.

Incredible is the wrong word, but I don’t quite know what to say.

Seeing Ichiro jump for joy warms my heart.
Early in the game, after Milton's single through the right side...

they had a brief shot of Ichiro in the dugout. He’s usually so chill, passive. But I swear the expression on his face was like a lost child. He was sitting alone again—not with other players, like he did with Junior—and he just sort of glanced around. It was really sad to see.

Small sample size? One shot of him in the dugout? Yes. But still.

Can't forget the three K's

Ichiro is taking this hard, even though he won’t outwardly express it like Milton did. I think Junior in the end will be Ichi’s most closest friend in baseball. I hope they remain friends even while Griffey is retired and back in Florida.

I hope they have a reunion like Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins had at the end of Shawshank Redemption.
Hilarious.
Not the movie, the post.
Have you seen the YouTube clip of them meeting for the first time, when Ichiro was a rookie in Japan and Griffey was still God?

Also, when Junior was here as a Red in 2008…Ichiro’s always idolized Griffey. He was legitimately in awe of being around him. It was a lot of fun to watch. I don’t think that relationship is going away.

Yeah I did see that video

Its crazy to think Ichiro had no idea he’d one day be a teammate of Griffey’s. I’m glad baseball brought Griffey back to Seattle not just because he’s a franchise icon, but because of what he did for Ichi.

Bahahahaha yes.

Griffey gives him a game-used jersey and he sniffs it. Classic.

Is that the one where they go out for dinner at Benihana's or Steak and Ale or something?
Yep.

That’s the one.

We need Junior to retire every day
I thought his eyes looked red as well when he was batting.
I couldn't watch the whole game, and I'm fucking exhausted right now.

But I have it recorded. I’ll probably go back and watch it. I heard Blowers and Sims talking about Milton crying in the 2nd. I know it has to be an emotional night. That plus the victory…it seems a game worth watching.

Felix going tomorrow. This has the potential to be a fucking fantastic series.
Too bad nothing interesting happened today
Yea, it's a dull day for baseball.
Couldn't we get like a roster move or anything?
By the way, are they shooting for a 35 man roster or something- they still have two spots on the 40 open when they dfa'd Colome and Tex, now Griffey.
I'm holding my breath for some Z magic.

Better get that dome shiner out Jack.

Perfect day

Two major ump fuckups, Griffeys fat ass retires, and the M’s win.

+ Gonzalez walkoff slam for the Padres
And no broken ankle.
Looks like the gang low-five is the new default walkoff celebration
Are the Padres the official NL bandwagon team of LL?
Based on the recent poll, no
Wha?

This is a democracy!?

Rays, wasn't it?

The Rays aren’t really a bandwagon anymore though.

Rays aren't an NL team.
Giants
That was just you.

Nice try though.

Although they have that Madison guy right?
I voted for the Reds. Giants had the most votes of NL teams
Reds? I'm just rooting for them because they aren't St. Louis.
San Diego is a terrible franchise and city

Matt Kemp will ruin their dreams.

San Diego is like Los Angeles except better in every conceivable way
I hope Bradley and Ichiro become best friends.
This seems likely, as Griffey would be the glue.
Their friendship would consist of talking about Griffey all the time.
They could form a "We Heart Griffey" club.
They need a cool nickname, like Griffhards.
That sounds like gay porn.
One mans fan club...
Milton will have to take Griff's part in the Griffey/Sweeney/Ichi texting.
Thanks for the idea to incorporate in, msb
But Sweeney's the president
Griffey's Army
This would work perfectly.

As they both need someone like Griffey, and there’s no one like Griffey to cement the deal.

Griffey's retirement + today's game has brought my back from the Tropic of Cairo
Welcome back.

We are 1.000 in June!!!

Live to Win!

Live to Die!

Pretty good SI article about Griffey

here. I put this in fanshots too.

Holy cow

Is that Beltre in a mariner uniform on tv?

So who is taking Junior's spot? Nelson?
While in the booth during the game, Z said they'd like to add another arm to the pen.

GOD!

Although if they pull Texeira off waivers, I'm a little more okay with this.
Well that's AIDS.
He could have meant a replacement arm.

He could also have been blowing smoke.

Last nine starts, in innings:

7.0, 7.0, 5.0, 8.0, 8.0, 4.0, 7.2, 7.0, 8.0

We could go with a five man pen

And a four man rotation!
But five aces sounds so much better.
Well

To be fair, that glove is obviously still open.

And shielded like that, the ball could very well be hitting the ground. Not nearly as bad as the Joyce call.

Not at all. I'm just happy it led to this ammusing body shake:

Who is that?

I can’t tell.

1B Coach Lee Tinsley.
Griffey carrying Ichiro off the field is just priceless.
Although, he kind of looks like a big baby in that picture.
I thought the ball was on the ground, laying there, not fully grasped yet by the glove
Yeah, look at it from the other angle.

The ball is hitting the ground before going into Hardy’s mitt, that gives another half a second for Wilson’s hand to make it. It is a lot closer than we think.

Bad call

But a tough call from that angle. Joyce’s was blatant.

And he knows it. =/

The audio clip is kind of awkward.

Thank you, Mr. Griffey. You saved baseball in Seattle.

I personally lived for your call-up as the M’s were hopeless until you got here. I remember listening to your first game as a Mariner. I was soaking my feet in a child’s wading pool in my driveway. You were the best thing since sliced bread. My thank you today is for your retirement. You’ve done your part and it was time to leave. I love you # 24. I wish you the best in your retirement and I’ll be present for your HOF entry. Thank you for saving baseball in the pacific northwest and giving us a place to watch it..

Criff and I would have lovely children.
You might be older than his wife.

Nope. I'm only 23!

A girl can dream.

...I actually knew you were early 20's.

His wife just looks like a teen mother.

If I remember correctly, they met when they were both in the 7th grade...

so unless she was an infant prodigy, they’re the same age.

Nice prom photo Lee
They've all got babyfaces.

Weird.

Well two of them are babies
Sign that kid now!!!
He looks more like a future Matt Hasselback with that hairline.
My god, he is already balding.

Still looks like he could have a nasty change.

I remember we posted this before

And people mistaked this for his daughter.

Didn't we all!?
From the cradle to the Clifford.
Cliff Lee has suck awesome hair.
Suck?? Such.
Cliff Lee pitching a gem of a tent so far through two.
Cliff thinks

you should buy a tractor

Is that Cliff?

Cause I will buy the fucking tractor, whatever you want.

Yup.

Cliff Lee said, "I am really impressed with just how nice the Montana Tractor is and I still can’t believe I own such great pieces of farm equipment; it’s like Christmas for me today. I’m really looking forward to working with both the new tractor and the UTV." Lee continued, "The folks at Montana have been great to get to know and to work with. I’m excited about the opportunity to build a relationship with Montana and I’m looking forward to being a part of their aggressive growth."

I have the sudden urge to buy a tractor and wear a camo hat and jacket and stiff dungarees
You are not alone.

Those eyes are hypnotic.

I am so going to buy one.
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