IGT - Game One at Safeco

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Let's Kick Ichiro's Ass!

[Guest KC]

Cammy brings out the lineup card.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

A nice gesture before the game - Willie had Mike Cameron bring the lineup card to home plate, and he received a nice round of applause.

Reyes starts off the game with a single off of Jamie Moyer (a/k/a The Ancient Mariner). Keith is talking about how he hit against Moyer, and Keith has been retired forever!

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

I missed Wright getting to first. Beltran pops up for the first out.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Fuckshit! Reyes gets caught trying to steal third!

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

The Eunuch said on the pregame interview with Cammy that he put the idea of Cameron handing the card "in Willie's ear."

He's been peeing in my ears for several seasons now. Glad Willie gets a good idea from the Eunuch.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Mikey grounds out to end the top of the first.

I forget - who is The Eunich?

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Ichiro singles.

At least I don't have to listen to the Seattle announcers call the game. They are worse homers than the TBS crew.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Ishii walks the next batter, so there are runners on first and second and no outs.

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

Ed "The Cheerful, Grateful Eunuch" Coleman.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Ah - I had forgotten that one.

A strikeout for the first out of the inning.

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

I wanted Sexson when we lost Delgado. He's a ringer, baseball-wise, for Kingman.

He hit a HR I saw at Yankee Stadium in the middle of May--a shot off Pavano.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Sexson strikes out on a check swing.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

A flyout to Cliff ends the first. 0-0.

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

Like I said, a Kingman clone.

Where have all the Mientkiewicz "defense is all you need from a 1b man" people gone, long time passing? I was looking forward to a discussion of that burning question.

And why has no one revived the "Delgado-Mientkiewicz comparison" thread? I miss that one too.

[Guest KC]

>>>Where have all the Mientkiewicz "defense is all you need from a 1b man" people now, long time passing? I was looking forward to a discussion of that burning question.<<<

Start a thread, ya lurkey turk

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Diaz flies out, stranding two runner, to end the top of the second.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Forget Santiago; maybe Borders is our man.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Fuckshit! Fucking Ichiro hits a three run homer off of Ishii. Goddam!

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm not sure Ishii is looking like my LOOGy.

[Guest The Brooklyn Bum]

Ichiro shows Ishii who is ichiban.

Bad Guys: 3

Good Guys: 0

[Guest Edgy DC]

Calling that liner by Wright off of Boone's glove an error.

Tough call.

[Guest Bret Sabermetric]

I've been baking strawberry-rhubarb pies during this game--so far, I've scorched two pie shells black getting caught up in the game.

Shutting the game off now--I've got no more pie crusts to spare.

Bloomquist steals two bases on two pitches, and I smell something smoking in the oven....

[Guest Edgy DC]

Ishii gets Ichiroo this time.

[Frayed Knot]

Met batters have this pop-up thing down pat tonight.

[metirish]

Anderson just got tossed after striking out to end the inning with the bases loaded.....that doens't help in many ways...crap

[Frayed Knot]

Anderson called out - bases loaded/2 outs - on 2 pitches that he couldn't have reached with a canoe paddle: one low & outside, the other low & inside.
Got tossed right after for offering the ump his instant assessment.

Prolly the last best chance to get back in the game (not that we weren't doing a fine job of fucking this up on our own)!

[metirish]

Matsui in at second base....

[Frayed Knot]

Nice inning by DeJean - but is there a reason why Heilman couldn't have thrown a 2nd inning?



Daubach gets beaned on the knee by one of those Nelson sliders -- not sure yet if the ump called it a strike

[metirish]

Ugly game is over...