Petition
Due to the resurgent Mariners offense, I’d like to appeal to the governing board of the Julian calendar to please let next month be referred to as June 31st through June 60th. You can return to using...
View ArticleMinor League Baseball on TV
I’m flipping through the channels just now, and I notice the Hudson Valley Renegades are on local television. The Renegades are Tampa Bay’s entry in the short-season New York-Penn League — equivalent...
View ArticleGame 78, Mariners at Diamondbacks
Washburn v Webb! Webb rocks, and hopefully this’ll be a good game to watch. 6:40. Still no Everett-in-the-outfield sightings, which is good.
View ArticleThirty nine and thirty nine
A month ago we were about ready to throw things across the room in frustration (see Dave’s lament on a horribly-managed game which captures the moment well). Today I’m a happy fan. I don’t care if it’s...
View ArticleGame 79, Mariners at Diamondbacks
39-39 with a shot to go over (over!) .500, and Felix on the mound… how sweet is this? And the guy we’re facing is Ed Gonzalez. Ed Gonzalez? Ha. He sucked when he was up in 2004, he sucked in 2005, and...
View ArticleSo, what now?
There are two days left in June, 82 games left in the season, and five weeks until the non-waiver trading deadline. The Mariners are 40-39, one game over .500 for the first time in something like 183...
View ArticleGame 80, Mariners at Diamondbacks
Gil Meche vs. Arizona’s other E. Gonzalez, Enrique. 6:40pm. Oakland has won; Texas has lost.
View ArticleThe A’s aren’t that good
It seems that a large percentage of the baseball watchinig public has a hard time accepting that statement. The A’s are still the darlings of the sabermetric community, and for reasons that I never...
View ArticleM’s make a trade
The Mariners have traded SS Asdrubal Cabrera to the Indians for 1B/LF/DH Eduardo Perez. Confirmation here. Perez is a lefty masher who can help the team (.303/.343/.636 in 99 at-bats this year), but...
View ArticleGame 81, Rockies at Mariners
RHP Josh Fogg v LHP Jamie Moyer. The team returns home over .500, and what a great day for it. I’m tempted to hop on a bus and head on in. I’m curious to see if the M’s start to see walk-up ticket...
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