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9/11: Open Rainiers Game 4 Thread

The Rainiers lost last night, and this afternoon start Yusmeiro Petit against Brett Tomko. Brett Tomko. It's really going to happen like this.

First pitch down at Safeco is scheduled for 12pm. Get your Gameday here, and your audio here. It's kind of a bummer that they don't have PITCHfx turned on for this. On the other hand, doing that might make Petit feel kind of embarrassed.

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Hey thanks

for posting the audio link! Granted I’m super lazy, but I hadn’t realized I could listen. Gracias.

Still using Smoke on the Water >:(
Jesus I am sick of Brett Tomko already.
I don
Yeah, so, everybody disregard this comment.

Nothing to see here.

SoDo Mojo is a bad thing this year.

Why did they have to play at Safeco?

Please don't ban me or flag me

but I’ve got photos up at the USSM liveblog.
More of a photoblog today because you all have gameday.
Comment to make me feel a bit less bluebird banter. Or maybe I’ll just comment here.

Yay pictures

Greg Halman is a badass in that first one, the other two, not so much.

Hey, the last one is the first hit of the game!

It’s not exactly a 500 foot HR, but the R’s have two hits in this game. It was a decent swing.

Oh right, I thought it was a foul ball.

I don’t think it qualifies as badass though. Unless he still has those sunglasses on.

Fair points all around.
I'm going to visit this link and spend more time clicking ads on USSM instead of LL!
Sweet, that means we might be able to eat in the near future.
Oh jeez, if Jeff's prediction is going to happen the Rainiers better get on Tomko in the 7th!
Not necessarily.

The RiverCats look like they’re turning to Travis Blackley again. I think the postulate would be confirmed if they beat the RiverCats in a game that both Tomko and Blackley pitch (even if the former doesn’t get the loss).

Good enough for me
We'll call this 'weak Sullivan equilibrium' versus 'strong Sullivan equilibrium' if Tomko himself gets the loss.
Ejected before he got to the ump?
He got to him...or near him.

It’s technically a ball/strike call, so I kind of understand.

What was he arguing?

I can’t listen to the audio, just have gameday

Basically, Wimberly checks his swing on a pitch that hit his foot.

There were 2 strikes, so the R’s argued that he swung (if he had, that’s a K, not an HBP). The 3rd base ump said he held up.

I don't know if anyone knows this..

But you can dish out 7 bucks to watch the all of the AAA playoffs. I’ve been watching this whole series. Totally worth it.

Smoak noooooooooooo
Yeah, what happened to that .800 batting average?
He can't hit at Safeco? :(
Ouch...

Same goes for Mangini? And Ackley too? NOOO!!!!!

One must always be prepared for the worst.

MARINERS BASEBALL!

Time to be slightly relevant, Mike Wilson.
They wanted no part of Wilson.

It’s all down to…Eliezer Alfonzo.

What Would Ed Hardy Do?
ADD ANOTHER DRAGON AWWWYEAAAAH

awww, ground out.

So he can't even get to first base then.
Playing in Safeco has really inspired them to be like the Mariners.
Is that place cursed or something.

Burial ground, hex or what?!?

Anthony Varvaro in the process of walking the world.
I had hoped that he had begin to cure himself of that, but no.

Incidentally I had someone yell at me once for pointing out that Varvaro was no longer walking the world in the AFL.

You really shouldn't make jokes about 'walking the world.' I had a grandmother from the world, you know.
Was she confined to a wheelchair?

I am sorry to be so insensitive.

Wow. Walk the first two, why not walk another intentionally?

It’s not like it could possibly happen again. Haha.

Okay, it worked.

But that was a little scary…

Varvaro - sharp slider at 79 - not sure if that was a change to get Recker at 81. Good pitches.

Still no idea where his FBs going.

I think of him as an honorary member of the Ministry of Silly Walks.
Never in doubt.
All part of the plan with Varvaro.
Tugger!
To a lesser extent, Ackley!
Damnit Mangini stop being Halman.
Did Mangini just swing at three straight pitches and miss all of them?
Marainiers baseball
Recced because I was about to say it anyway.
The curse of Safeco lives on!
West Tenn's game is starting soon...
With Tenbrink leading off and playing first.

Weird.

Speaking of West Tenn, are we ever going to see Josh Fields in the majors?

It’s getting worrisome.

He'll have to stop getting injured, get his mechanics back to normal, and regain his fastball.
So no, we're not.
Correct.
2008 was not a good draft year for Seattle sports.
Not all of it was bad, it's just that the first pick unequivocally blew.

We got Raben, who is probably a platoon guy but whatever, Hensley who was fairly interesting before his elbow thing of late, and Lorin and Pribanic who were part of the Ian Snell/Jack Wilson deal (TEE HEE), and Tenbrink, who could actually be something that doesn’t suck.

There were other assorted items of interest throughout, like LaFromboise, Shaffer, Kasparek, Stanton, Maurer, and Savastano, not that I’m high on any of them, but they’re at least still on the radar.

Is that on Gameday?
.

Sure is

Thanks!

I’m still figuring this stuff out…

Dan Cortes does not look like I thought he would.
That is almost word for word what I was in the middle of typing when your comment appeared...
Pictures at USSM!
Damnit Cortes cut that shit out.
Stupid Padres bullpen, being all awesome and shit.
Sick of this game.
The Rainiers seem to have adjusted well to this ballpark.
"oh, boy" says Curto.
Well this game went downhill fast.

I was holding out a bit of hope for the bottom of the ninth. Not so much anymore.

Not the best of starts for West Tenn
An inside-the-park home run?

Cripes.

Does this "L. Bonilla" suck?
He's an organizational guy.

But I like him because in the last game of the season he played all nine positions.

Not a natural CF though.

Came up as a third baseman actually.

Does West Tenn not have a decent CF then?
There's Haveman, but he's been on and off the DL recently.

Played last night, and they opted to sit him tonight.

Otherwise it’s been a problem spot all season. McOwen was probably the CF, then he dislocated his shoulder, Lo was not good, Haveman came on, there were some Jeff Dominguez appearances, it was a mess.

On Gameday that looks like quite a catch Peguero just made.
It also shows that Campana's inside the park homer was in fact, not inside the park.

Guess they don’t have dimensions for AA fields on Gameday.

Good news everyone:

the Rainiers weren’t shut out today.

And we get another chance to see them tomorrow!
How many people were at the game?
Box says 983

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