Thursday, June 23, 2005
THE PUMP 6/23/05
Athletics at Mariners, 1:35 Pacific (MLB.TV)
Kirk Saarloos (3-4, 4.34 ERA) vs Ryan Franklin (3-8, 4.46 ERA)
This will be an in-game running post throughout the day. So this post will be updated rapidly. Just for fun, I'll even include updated Pump photos.
Obviously, I know some of you are stuck at work, so you can't listen to the game. Don't worry, I'll have access to the game via MLB.TV. I'm expecting the Safeco Field Diamondvision crew to carry the game, since the M's and A's aren't covering the game on their affiliates. Earlier in the season, I believe Kansas City used its Diamondvision coverage on MLB.TV when they played the M's.
If you haven't seen it yet, I posted my 2005 A.L. All-Stars. No sabermetrics involved.
Alright, the box is now open. Don't be afraid of us just because we don't use VORP.
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(times in Pacific, even though I'm in the Central Time Zone)
1:05 - "Welcome to Mariners Baseball". Yup, I'm getting Diamondvision today. Right now, it's MLB Radio with former KJR-AM radio host Seth Everett.
1:09 - Just came across this Everett Herald story on today's ballgame.
The Mariners will honor the 1995 division championship team with a pregame ceremony before the July 2 game against the Rangers at Safeco Field. Among players from the 1995 team scheduled to appear are Rich Amaral, Mike Blowers, Chris Bosio, Jay Buhner, Norm Charlton, Edgar Martinez, Jeff Nelson, Doug Strange, Bob Wells, Dan Wilson and Bob Wolcott.
Oh come on, there can't be a 1995 celebration without Greg Pirkl!
1:11 - I'm now watching the usual pregame Safeco Field video. I miss the Ivar's fries. When the line at McDonald's at Colman Dock was too long, I went down to Ivar's, which is right next to the ferry parking lot on Alaskan Way.
1:15 - Bret Boone is on the cover of the "official" Mariners program. Somehow, I don't think Jon Wells would put Boone on the Grand Salami cover anytime soon, unless the headline is "Candyass", with credit to Jeff Sullivan of Lookout Landing.
1:20 - Hey! Bremerton has been chosen as the site for the new NASCAR track! No, I don't think it's going to work. If the track wouldn't work over in Snohomish County, what makes anybody think that it's going to work in Kitsap County?
1:33 - Don't tell me that Seth Everett and Darryl Hamilton are going to be doing play-by-play of this game. ARRRRRRRRGH!
1:38 - Play ball!
1:40 - This sucks. There's no reason why they can't just pipe in the Mariners radio feed, Rick Rizzs' voice be damned.
1:42 - OK, my feed is crapping out big time. Maybe if the MLB Radio feed wasn't piped in, I wouldn't have such a problem with this.
1:44 - Franklin gets out of it. BLOOPER REEL TIME! I'm hearing Seth Everett's voice during the break. Funny stuff.
1:48 - "It's 2-0 on Winn and it hits him!" Brutal.
1:49 - It seems to me that Winn gets thrown out at second base more than an ugly person at Studio 54 in the 1970s.
1:54 - Sexson strikes out to end the inning. I'm not complaining. I know what I'm getting when it comes to the guy.
2:12 - Seriously, this feed sucks.
2:20 - Bobby Kielty sacrifice fly makes it 1-0 A's. I can hear the "no run support" cries coming from a few fans right now.
2:25 - I'm listening to a talk show but there's a baseball game going on. Wow.
2:28 - Dead air is better than MLB Radio.
2:30 - OH NO, THE GROUNDSKEEPERS ARE DANCING! It's a good thing we don't have a blogosphere mosh pit, because I'm afraid I'd hurt somebody.
2:32 - Jeremy Reed is good.
2:34 - Shawn Bradley is retiring after 12 years in the NBA. What, he couldn't have waited until next week to announce this news?
2:36 - Robert Swift, come on down! You're the next great white stiff to get posterized!
2:46 - Today's Groups on the centerfield scoreboard.
"SPORTS AND BREMERTONIANS"
2:50 - By the way, we do exist.
2:50 - Franklin is in trouble. Runners on 1st and 3rd, 0 outs.
2:52 - Kielty grounds into the double play, but Chavez scores from 3rd. 2-0 A's.
2:55 - Bret Boone is not a Hall of Famer. Derek Zumsteg didn't tell me to say this.
3:05 - The green hydro won the Hydro race.
3:13 - We're through 6 innings and the M's are being shut down by Kirk Saarloos. This isn't surprising, unfortunately.
3:21 - This game is boring me. Is anybody up for a game of street hockey?
3:24 - Franklin is done. 6.2 IP, 4 ER, 11 H, 3 BB, 1 K.
3:25 - 4-0 A's. The M's may lose 3 out of 4 to the last-place A's. Ugh.
3:28 - Shigetoshi Hasegawa now mowing for the M's.
3:30 - Sadly, the "now mowing" joke applies only to Arthur Rhodes. Oh, and it's 5-0 A's. Dammit. This is just awful.
3:32 - It's 7th Inning Stretch Time. Yawn.
3:38 - Who was the 1995 opening day left fielder for the M's?
It was Darren Bragg, who was later in the Jamie Moyer deal in 1996.
3:44 - If anybody wants a clean towel, here you go.
3:48 - Pat Borders is incredible.
3:55 - The M's head to San Diego this weekend to face their hated rivals, the San Diego Padres. I can feel the tension between these two teams, I really can.
3:56 - Winn, Beltre, Sexson due up for the M's in the bottom of the 9th.
4:02 - And that's your ballgame. A's win 5-0. Kirk Saarloos pitches the entire way, allowing just 4 hits and striking out 7 Mariners.
4:03 - Good day. This game sucked.
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