Ouch! Gil Meche had a good live fastball (96-98mph), but couldn’t locate it and got pulled in the second inning. This pretty much ended the Mariners chances at the post-season. We got to see a bunch of the AAA guys in the last few innings. It was really hot (101 degrees in the parking lot),…
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I saw the Mariners beat A’s today to keep their playoff hopes alive. Pineiro really struggled early but hung in there and got the win. Ichiro busted out with a nunch of hits including doubles off the left-center and right field walls. There were some amazing defensive plays in the game, including a couple by…
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The official start of fall, Keith Jackson announcing a UW Husky football game. It’s a beautiful thing. Too bad we can never stop the run against those Big Ten teams. (UPDATE) Or the pass for that matter.
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If the baseball season ended today, I’d win half of my Royals bet with T-bone. AL Central W L Pct GB Chi White Sox 67 61 .523 — Minnesota 66 61 .520 0.5 Kansas City 65 61 .516 1.0 Now if the Royals can just drop below .500, I’m all set. 🙂 Aaron has a…
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I saw the last few innings of the Giants-Braves game last night – what a weird, wild finish. The Giants won it in the bottom of the night on what I consider a very bad managing move by Bobby Cox. With one out, two straight singles put runners at the corners and brought Barry Bonds…
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I finished reading Moneyball last weekend, it was a fun read. Overall, I think this book may be more enjoyable to people who don’t already know baseball from a stat-head perspective. I didn’t really learn anything new – the “revelations” about how Billy Beane runs the A’s were all pretty much known to me already.…
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I made my first Eagle today! 😎 On the 274 yard par 4 second hole I chipped in from 10 yards after hitting a good 3 wood off the tee. The tee was up this morning, so the hole was probably only playing 245-255. I actually had 0 putts through 2 holes since I’d made…
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Mark and I went to the Red Sox/A’s game last night. When we were picking out this game at the beginning of the year, we looked at the the team schedules, pitching rotations, factored in injuries and the effect the All-Star break would have on rotations, etc. and decided to that last night’s game would…
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Baseball Prospectus is reporting that an agreement has been made that will lift Pete Rose’s lifetime ban from baseball. If this is true, it is another in a series of horrible decisions by Bud Selig. I ranted a little about this when it was rumored earlier. UPDATE: Major League Baseball has refuted the story. Official…
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I’ve found 2 Mariners blogs I’m reading right now: the U.S.S. Mariner The Seattle-PI Mariners Blog (found via the U.S.S. Mariner) Both seem to have good information and are throughtfully written. I’ve added them to my Links page as well. Keep up the good work guys!
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Things are looking up for my Royals bet w/ T-bone. The Royals have fallen a half game out of first place and are only 2.5 games ahead of the third place Twins. (AL Central Standings)
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I went to my first San Jose Giants game last night. The San Jose Giants are a single-A minor league affiliate of the San Francisco Giants. The stadium was small. The field was in relatively poor shape for professional baseball. There are billboards all along the outfield wall. The crowd was half paying attention and…
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Last season I traded Giles for Pedro and ended up winning the league because of it. Today I traded Matt Morris and Austin Kearns for Curt Schilling (who is 8 years older than Morris). Hope it works out, this one feels risky. I’m in position to pick up 3-5 points in Wins and Strikeouts with…
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I went golfing with Bill and Eric this afternoon. Bill and I worked together for several years, but I don’t see him nearly as often anymore. It was a beautiful day and we had a really enjoyable round. Bill discovered that Eric’s Big Bertha irons are a lot easier to hit than his old Spalding…
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A flurry of deadline deals have been going on. As a Mariners fan, the A’s – Reds trade that brough Jose Guillen to Oakland for Aaron Harang is one of the most interesting. I’m most of the way through Moneyball and this looks like a classic Beane trade to me. He didn’t like Harang and…
