Saturday, July 16, 2005
THE PUMP 7/16/05
Orioles at Mariners, 7:05 Pacific (FSN Northwest)
Bruce Chen (7-5, 3.87 ERA) vs Jamie Moyer (8-3, 4.64 ERA)
This whole "booing the Mariners for not pitching to Rafael Palmeiro" deal is something I need to address.
First of all, it's not cool to boo your own pitchers for doing their job. Yes, seeing a milestone in your ballpark may sound good. But at the same time, the Mariners' fortunes should be more important than a milestone by the opposition, the opposition being Rafael Palmeiro.
You want to know why I don't believe that Seattle is a great baseball town? It's because of the boofests of the last two ballgames. Don't boo your own team, Seattle fans, when they actually do their job. Boston wouldn't pull this stunt. Neither would St. Louis. Yes, those two cities are miles ahead of Seattle when it comes to "best baseball towns".
However, I also believe that Joel Pineiro should keep his mouth shut.
"It's weird. They were booing me. ... I don't know if they came to see us play, or came to see him hit. I guess I made it for the fans. They wanted to see that, they got it."
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"They're happy about it, but we lost the game."
Shut up and pitch, Joel. Seriously, this is just unacceptable. We have Ryan Franklin pouting to the press about not being able to start until the M's hit Toronto this upcoming week. Now we have Pineiro whining about the fans. What's next? Aaron Sele complaining about the lack of respect he's been given by some fans, mainly the blogosphere? Stay tuned...
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Alright, rant over.
David and I aren't going to be at the USS Mariner feed at Safeco Field tonight. So for the four of you who were expecting our presence, sorry. Have fun anyway.
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