Monday, May 24, 2004
CYCLICAL
Win one, lose two. That's how it seems to be shaping up. Carry that across an entire season, and the Mariners should finish slightly better than 54-108.
A loss today would have dropped the Mariners below .333, but much like the last few times, the Mariners stood above the mark.
This one's gonna be short, but I'll try to touch on the few main points.
-- Freddy didn't have the sharpest outing, as shown on the stat sheet with his four walks. At one point, Dan Wilson had to come out to the mound, and it more than likely calmed Freddy down. When Wilson came out, I thought Freddy was going to fall off the wagon like he would have last year (Depending on what part of last year you pick). This year, that doesn't appear to be the case.
-- John Olerud? Homered? At the Safe? Perish the thought!!
-- Seven singles, one double (Raul Ibanez), one homer (John Olerud). I'd feel more comfortable if the extra-base hits involved Edgar and Bret Boone.
-- JJ Putz walks Carlos Guillen and takes a ball to his ankle from Ivan Rodriguez...then Melvin brings in Eddie Guardado to get the final six outs??!!?!! What's gotten into his head?!! The game's on the line and Melvin puts in his best bullpen arm (though it had to happen after Putz was knocked out)??!! Wouldn't you know it, it worked!! Is it a stretch to say that if Eddie was used early in the 8th on Saturday, the Mariners would have taken two of three in the series?
-- I wasn't at the Perkins restaurant at I-90 here in Ellensburg for the throng of Pasco folk coming back from seeing Jeremy Bonderman give up three runs over seven innings and lose. Was there a throng of Pasco folk? I hope most of them would have had the chance to take Monday off and stay overnight in Seattle; long drive, you know.
Gameball: John Olerud. 1-for-2 with the home run and a walk. Nice to have John Olerud actually do something. Let's lock him in the video room more often.
Goat: Randy Winn. 0-for-3, stranding one. He's hitting .224. Great. Grand. Wonderful.
Franklin. Davis. Tomorrow.
A loss today would have dropped the Mariners below .333, but much like the last few times, the Mariners stood above the mark.
This one's gonna be short, but I'll try to touch on the few main points.
-- Freddy didn't have the sharpest outing, as shown on the stat sheet with his four walks. At one point, Dan Wilson had to come out to the mound, and it more than likely calmed Freddy down. When Wilson came out, I thought Freddy was going to fall off the wagon like he would have last year (Depending on what part of last year you pick). This year, that doesn't appear to be the case.
-- John Olerud? Homered? At the Safe? Perish the thought!!
-- Seven singles, one double (Raul Ibanez), one homer (John Olerud). I'd feel more comfortable if the extra-base hits involved Edgar and Bret Boone.
-- JJ Putz walks Carlos Guillen and takes a ball to his ankle from Ivan Rodriguez...then Melvin brings in Eddie Guardado to get the final six outs??!!?!! What's gotten into his head?!! The game's on the line and Melvin puts in his best bullpen arm (though it had to happen after Putz was knocked out)??!! Wouldn't you know it, it worked!! Is it a stretch to say that if Eddie was used early in the 8th on Saturday, the Mariners would have taken two of three in the series?
-- I wasn't at the Perkins restaurant at I-90 here in Ellensburg for the throng of Pasco folk coming back from seeing Jeremy Bonderman give up three runs over seven innings and lose. Was there a throng of Pasco folk? I hope most of them would have had the chance to take Monday off and stay overnight in Seattle; long drive, you know.
Gameball: John Olerud. 1-for-2 with the home run and a walk. Nice to have John Olerud actually do something. Let's lock him in the video room more often.
Goat: Randy Winn. 0-for-3, stranding one. He's hitting .224. Great. Grand. Wonderful.
Franklin. Davis. Tomorrow.
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