Tuesday, August 26, 2003
WHEW
It didn't look good in the first inning, it really didn't. Luckily the wheels didn't fall off the wagon this time. The Safe was dead silent until the Guillen 3-run bomb. Home runs of any sort didn't come off the Mariner bats at Fenway, so the return of the long ball was a good thing.
Also a good thing is that Jamie Moyer turned it around and buckled down after throwing over twenty pitches in the first. Another good is that he threw seven strong innings, meaning the bullpen for the first time in a while only had to throw two innings. The bullpen needed some rest or some cutting of the workload, which they got tonight.
Key hits were the game-letter-back-inner in the Guillen smash, then the Winn go-ahead single to drive in Olerud (Dave Myers was crazy for sending Olerud home from second on a single to right field; I can guarantee you we'd be lambasting Myers right now if Olerud gets gunned at the plate or injured -- remember Snelling -- and the Mariners lost). Then after the 7th inning stretch, the Mariners loaded the bases with nobody out, then Edgar GIDP'd before Sanchez was put on and the Mariners got singles from Wilson, McLemore, and Guillen (he drove in five runs) to get five two-out runs (I will physically destroy any making or pressing of any "Two Outs...So What" shirts I see occurring from now to eternity, so don't think about starting now).
And John Parrish of the Orioles loaded the damn bases full of A's in the 12th and Hector Carrasco came in and dished up a single for Scott Hatteberg. Still a tie, ladies and gentlemen. The good news out of this is that the bullpens of both teams got a ton of work and that the Mariners will be facing the O's and their hopefully overworked bullpen after this T-Bay series. The O's blew it in the 12th when they had runners on the corners with nobody out and Conine bounced a ball to Foulke and they nailed Luis Matos coming in from third. Ugh.
Anyway, more detail about this later. Lastly, big props to blogging counterpart and colleague Gabriel at the Safe Blog; he's even been linked by the USS Mariner, much like Jeremy from this very page was credited by the USS Mariner. We're tied in USS Mariner props.
See you tomorrow.
Just listening to ESPN radio here...Jeff Weaver has been sent to the minors? Ouch. How far has this guy's star fallen? He was a damn stud in Detroit, and I thought if the Mariners traded for that guy in either 2000 or 2001, they would have had another big cog in the rotation. He ate up innings and his stuff was filthy. New York screwed up Jeff Weaver, and that is sad, kids.
I'm really going to sleep this time.
And to Jeremy, I didn't have to read "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" because I got switched from Cleverdon's class to Ozolitis' class just in time. "Caged Bird" was the alternate to the book you guys were reading in Clev's class. All teachers mentioned in this paragraph no longer teach at B-town HS.
Also a good thing is that Jamie Moyer turned it around and buckled down after throwing over twenty pitches in the first. Another good is that he threw seven strong innings, meaning the bullpen for the first time in a while only had to throw two innings. The bullpen needed some rest or some cutting of the workload, which they got tonight.
Key hits were the game-letter-back-inner in the Guillen smash, then the Winn go-ahead single to drive in Olerud (Dave Myers was crazy for sending Olerud home from second on a single to right field; I can guarantee you we'd be lambasting Myers right now if Olerud gets gunned at the plate or injured -- remember Snelling -- and the Mariners lost). Then after the 7th inning stretch, the Mariners loaded the bases with nobody out, then Edgar GIDP'd before Sanchez was put on and the Mariners got singles from Wilson, McLemore, and Guillen (he drove in five runs) to get five two-out runs (I will physically destroy any making or pressing of any "Two Outs...So What" shirts I see occurring from now to eternity, so don't think about starting now).
And John Parrish of the Orioles loaded the damn bases full of A's in the 12th and Hector Carrasco came in and dished up a single for Scott Hatteberg. Still a tie, ladies and gentlemen. The good news out of this is that the bullpens of both teams got a ton of work and that the Mariners will be facing the O's and their hopefully overworked bullpen after this T-Bay series. The O's blew it in the 12th when they had runners on the corners with nobody out and Conine bounced a ball to Foulke and they nailed Luis Matos coming in from third. Ugh.
Anyway, more detail about this later. Lastly, big props to blogging counterpart and colleague Gabriel at the Safe Blog; he's even been linked by the USS Mariner, much like Jeremy from this very page was credited by the USS Mariner. We're tied in USS Mariner props.
See you tomorrow.
Just listening to ESPN radio here...Jeff Weaver has been sent to the minors? Ouch. How far has this guy's star fallen? He was a damn stud in Detroit, and I thought if the Mariners traded for that guy in either 2000 or 2001, they would have had another big cog in the rotation. He ate up innings and his stuff was filthy. New York screwed up Jeff Weaver, and that is sad, kids.
I'm really going to sleep this time.
And to Jeremy, I didn't have to read "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" because I got switched from Cleverdon's class to Ozolitis' class just in time. "Caged Bird" was the alternate to the book you guys were reading in Clev's class. All teachers mentioned in this paragraph no longer teach at B-town HS.
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