How hot is Dominic Leone in person?
― stuff n buff (anky), Friday, 18 April 2014 04:49 (ten years ago) link
important question
― stuff n buff (anky), Friday, 18 April 2014 04:50 (ten years ago) link
kinda thought they'd wait until May or June to extinguish all optimism for the season.
― JoeStork, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 04:14 (ten years ago) link
congrats to robbie canoe on his second home run
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 May 2014 02:56 (nine years ago) link
so, i only just realized now that the M's are 45-38. how are they doing this?!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 04:37 (nine years ago) link
Overall pitching numbers pretty similar to A's; best relievers in the league. Offense scores 4.04 runs a game, 1/4 run below avg.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 10:59 (nine years ago) link
so can their pitching keep this up? outside of Iwakuma and Hernandez I would not have had high expectations.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:31 (nine years ago) link
Well, Taijuan Walker just arrived, so that helps.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 17:37 (nine years ago) link
and Paxton should be back soon too. but with young guys you never know... and they've done this well without them, which is kind of mind blowing!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 1 July 2014 18:05 (nine years ago) link
The other guys have been better than you might have expected, but mostly its been the Felix show.
Quality StartsF Hernandez: 16C Young: 8H Iwakuma: 6 R Elias: 6E Ramirez: 4
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 18:16 (nine years ago) link
Kyle Seager has been phenomenal as well. 3.1 fWAR, between Heyward and Miggy. Saunders and Zunino have been pretty good.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 19:34 (nine years ago) link
five two-out doubles in the 6th inning. what's even happening? (the astros, obv, but still)
― JoeStork, Wednesday, 2 July 2014 02:52 (nine years ago) link
So is "Taijuan" pronounced like "Taiwan"?
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 2 July 2014 16:05 (nine years ago) link
lose at home on an overturned safe call, v depressing way to go
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Saturday, 26 July 2014 05:29 (nine years ago) link
hisashi iwakuma has 8 walks all year, on pace for better than anything cliff lee ever put up
feel like this is a place where WAR fails pitchers with its park adjustments (at least i assume it's mostly a park adjustment keeping him at 2.1/2.2) as the things that make him good aren't too park-dependent, he's got an above-average HR/FB, hits aren't suppressed etc.
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:21 (nine years ago) link
fWAR only counts strikes, walks and HR, iirc.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 22:12 (nine years ago) link
12.5 % HR/FB is pretty high. Only 16 starters have worst HR/FB.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 22:15 (nine years ago) link
park adjustments adjust everything, not just strikes, walks, HR
"above-average" doesn't mean "better than average" in this case i mean it's higher than average
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 22:34 (nine years ago) link
Ok now I get it!
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 22:53 (nine years ago) link
Matthew Kory:"How bad are Seattle’s hitters? The Mariners lead baseball in Defensive Efficiency and are seventh in pitcher VORP, yet they’re in third place, six games out. Answer: Not good!"
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 August 2014 22:11 (nine years ago) link
haha VORP
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 00:41 (nine years ago) link
nerd
Seattle's Jesus Montero was involved in an altercation during short-season Everett's game at Boise on Thursday. The first baseman exchanged words with a Mariners cross-checker and reportedly had to be physically restrained while attempting to enter the stands with a bat during the argument.Montero was coaching first base, and at the end of an inning, the unidentified cross-checker yelled at him to hustle off the field, according to Boise official scorer Liza Safford. Montero then headed to the AquaSox dugout on the third-base side.According to a game offical, the cross-checker then ordered an ice cream sandwich and had it sent to Montero in the dugout, escalating the confrontation further. The official said Montero -- who arrived at Mariners Spring Training 40 pounds overweight this season -- approached the stands with a bat while screaming profanities and threw the sandwich at the cross-checker. Montero had to be pulled back from the stands by Everett pitching coach Nasusel Cabrera, Safford said.
Montero was coaching first base, and at the end of an inning, the unidentified cross-checker yelled at him to hustle off the field, according to Boise official scorer Liza Safford. Montero then headed to the AquaSox dugout on the third-base side.
According to a game offical, the cross-checker then ordered an ice cream sandwich and had it sent to Montero in the dugout, escalating the confrontation further. The official said Montero -- who arrived at Mariners Spring Training 40 pounds overweight this season -- approached the stands with a bat while screaming profanities and threw the sandwich at the cross-checker. Montero had to be pulled back from the stands by Everett pitching coach Nasusel Cabrera, Safford said.
― mookieproof, Friday, 29 August 2014 14:26 (nine years ago) link
I had to research what a "cross-checker" is. Besides a guy who doesn't wanna keep his job.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 August 2014 14:45 (nine years ago) link
kinda the middle-management of scouting. lotta travel
― mookieproof, Friday, 29 August 2014 15:11 (nine years ago) link
ha ha wow!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 29 August 2014 16:35 (nine years ago) link
lols
― anky, Saturday, 30 August 2014 00:35 (nine years ago) link
oh yeah extra detail now: @SportsCenter: Mariners say Jesus Montero will not play again this season after he reportedly threw ice cream sandwich at scout.
― anky, Saturday, 30 August 2014 00:36 (nine years ago) link
that is some fuckin bullshit tbh
montero has actually had a pretty good season in triple-a (it's the pcl, but still). he was in boise, idaho to rehab an injury and wasn't even on the roster last night, so there was hardly a need to hustle, and it speaks well of him that he was willing to go out and coach first base anyway for a short-season team
also i don't even know why the crosschecker was there, as they scout amateurs, not first-season pros.
the minor league season ends on monday, so it's not like 'shutting him down' is this big thing, and if the mariners want to rob themselves of a potentially useful expanded roster player to protect an asshole scout, i guess that's to be expected by now
― mookieproof, Saturday, 30 August 2014 01:59 (nine years ago) link
i mean https://twitter.com/bbaccala
― mookieproof, Saturday, 30 August 2014 02:00 (nine years ago) link
https://sports.vice.com/article/the-seattle-mariners-are-still-a-behind-the-scenes-shitshow
― Andy K, Monday, 1 September 2014 14:31 (nine years ago) link
and yet, all they have to do is make the WC and they get to throw Felix against the A's.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 1 September 2014 14:33 (nine years ago) link
Butch Baccala? what is with this Sopranos crossover
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 1 September 2014 14:34 (nine years ago) link
Pretty happy that they're staying alive, also happy that they ruined a bullshit resurgence-after-manager-tirade narrative for the A's
― JoeStork, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 22:28 (nine years ago) link
wow, Kendrys Morales is really swinging like shit
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 14 September 2014 14:50 (nine years ago) link
god, this fucking team
― JoeStork, Sunday, 14 September 2014 23:17 (nine years ago) link
game tonight vs the Angels is going to be a doozy.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 15 September 2014 22:12 (nine years ago) link
Rickie!
― Evan R, Thursday, 12 February 2015 15:10 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-T_dXuIIAAGZn4.jpg
ice cream sandwich incident appears to have inspired montero -- lost 40 pounds this winter
― mookieproof, Friday, 20 February 2015 20:06 (nine years ago) link
I should try to lose 40 pounds this winter.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 21 February 2015 01:41 (nine years ago) link
i can come throw ice cream sandwiches at you, if you like.
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 21 February 2015 01:50 (nine years ago) link
only if you can also make me 25
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 February 2015 01:53 (nine years ago) link