[DocMilo]

Compliments of Geoff Baker (aka Jose Romero):

March 4, 2008 9:58 AM

Today's Mariners lineup
Posted by Jose Romero

At Oakland...

Seattle Mariners (2-2):
13 Miguel Cairo 3B
5 Yuniesky Betancourt SS
28 Raul Ibanez LF
44 Richie Sexson 1B
9 Jeff Clement DH
2 Kenji Johjima C
50 Wladimir Balentien CF
12 Mike Morse RF
17 Yung Chi Chen 2B

43 Miguel Batista RHP

Other Pitchers:
18 Ryan Rowland-Smith LHP
41 R.A. Dickey RHP
48 Roy Corcoran RHP
59 Eric O'Flaherty LHP

Oakland is 3-2. Their starting pitcher is Joe Blanton, who is 0-1 with a 27.00 ERA in the spring.

Let's see Wlad and Clement put on the heat to make the 25 man!

This post has been edited by DocMilo: 04 March 2008 - 11:20 AM

[wufners]

Thanks for getting this up, Doc. I've been in meetings all morning. 90 minutes before my next batch of 2 hours meetings commence.

[wufners]

If you blink real slow (like 35 minutes a blink) then it might almost, sort of appear to be live boxscore

[DocMilo]

Balentien with the rbi double in the second. M's 1 A's O. Balentiens gotta be sluggins like 2.000 now. Actually only 1.714. So what happened w/Balentien? He must have made the last out. Was he going for a triple or did he goof and get picked off of second? Morse doesn't have and AB so Wlad made the last out.

Oh, nevermind. I see Sweeney got an outfield assist at third. Way to go Wlad... stretch that triple. Way to hustle.

This post has been edited by DocMilo: 04 March 2008 - 12:33 PM

[wufners]

Nice to see Wlad making the Mariner's decision difficult.

Here's to hoping that both he and Clements, no matter where they are, never give Wilkerson or Vidro or indirectly Sexson a chance to feel comfortable with their job security.

[CoastieM]

The Northwest version of Vlad the impaler!

Edit to update: Wlad vice Vlad... of course I could have just changed my original post instead of droning on like this...

This post has been edited by CoastieM: 04 March 2008 - 12:31 PM

[DocMilo]

Batista gives up 2 doubles and 2 runs in the bottom of the second. Ouch, now the boxscore says 3 runs given up w/o the details. Here's to hoping the M's start stretching out Morrow and RRS.

This post has been edited by DocMilo: 04 March 2008 - 12:37 PM

[LouKlimchock]

Let's see, Wladimir, spelled in Polish fashion, born in the Antilles.

The key to success: more power-hitting Dutchmen.

[DocMilo]

Chen with the solo blast in the third, may or may not have tied the game up at 2. The box score give the A's 3 in the bottom of the second but only credited with Bautista with 2 ER's. Hmmm... where are all the guys listening to their MLB radio?

[DocMilo]

Dang, the sun came out. Gotta go power wash the drive way. Enjoy the game everyone.

[Lonnie]

DocMilo, on Mar 4 2008, 02:46 PM, said:

Chen with the solo blast in the third, may or may not have tied the game up at 2. The box score give the A's 3 in the bottom of the second but only credited with Bautista with 2 ER's. Hmmm... where are all the guys listening to their MLB radio?

Ok, I'm in da house now. I just connected to the radio feed though.

Lonnie

[Lonnie]

Dickey relieving Batista.

[Lonnie]

Crap, lost the radio feed...

[wufners]

Lonnie, on Mar 4 2008, 12:59 PM, said:

Crap, lost the radio feed...

Good time to lose it . . . Dickey just walked the bases loaded.

[LouKlimchock]

SABR Matt, on Mar 5 2008, 12:04 AM, said:

Boy...Chen is a good player. Just just robbed a two run single diving up the middle to snag a line drive.

Damage minimized to one sac fly.

Miguel. Cairo. Veteran. Presence.

[JOlderdude]

You guys look like you need some help.

3-2 A's

Balentien flies out.

Saarloos pitching for the A's

Morse grounds out.

[JOlderdude]

Chen with a K to end the inning.

[Lonnie]

Radio feed back, thank God!

[Huindekmi]

2-2 (1st place: Huindekmi's Heart)
Miguel "The Enforcer" Batista (16-11, 4.29 ERA)

vs.

?-? (1st place: Steroid Offender HOF)
Joe "Ichiro Hater" Blanton (1-1, 4.50 ERA)


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'Tha Taunt'™ - Provided we ever find JJ
This is a test of the emergency taunt system
This is only a test
If this were a real taunt,
The M's opponents would be shaking in their cleats right now
This concludes the test of the emergency taunt system

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'Tha Lineup'™ - Who's In, Who's Out

3B  Miguel Cairo
SS  Yuni Betancourt
LF  Rauuuul Ibanez
1B  Richie Sexson
DH  Jeff Clement
C   Kenji Johjima
CF  Wlad Balentien
RF  Mike Morse
2B  Yung Chi Chen

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'Tha Numbas'™ - Head-to-head stat comparison

			SEA	OAK	AL			 SEA	OAK	AL
Swingers					   Tossers
  R/G	  4.91   5.06   4.90	R/G	5.04   5.22   4.90
  AVG	  .287   .264   .271	ERA	4.79   4.77   4.52 
  OBP	  .337   .329   .338	WHIP   1.50   1.53   1.41
  SLG	  .425   .428   .423	K/BB   1.84   1.46   2.00
  OPS	  .762   .757   .761	BAA	.283   .274   .271
  OPS+	  105	 95	--	 ERA+	 90	 98	--

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'Furry Blue Nuggets'™ - Hairballs of thought, coughed up by the resident muppet

TEST : Just getting the template set for the year, folks. No thoughts or opinions today. Complete gameday postings will commence with the regular season. See you again on March 31.

In the meantime, I plan to sit back and take in a ballgame or two.


There may be a little more experimentation going on as well.

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'Tha Results'™ - Tracking daily OPS changes

  Player	Pos   OPS	%CHG
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STARTED:
  Morse	 NW  1.339  -18.8%
  Clement   LST 1.286  + 2.3%
  Ibanez	LF   .831  + 1.1%  
  Ichiro	CF   .827  + 0.1%
  Guillen   RF   .812  + 1.0% 
  Beltre	3B   .807  - 0.2%  
  Johjima   C	.755  - 0.8% 
  Bloomers  GRT  .654  - 2.2%
  Lopez	 2B   .633  - 0.8%

SWUNG THE BAT:

SAT AND WATCHED:
  Jimerson  FLR 3.500	---
  Balentien DM  2.500	---
  Vidro	 DH   .780	---
  Broussard LHS  .734	---
  Burke	 BC   .730	--- 
  YuBet	 SS   .725	---  
  Sexson	1B   .694	---
  Jones	 OF   .669	---
  Johnson   BCT  .667	---
  Reed	  TB   .471	---
  Green	 FLR  .000	---

TOTAL:		  .762	---

Go M's! Work on those fundamentals!

[JOlderdude]

Good to see the template up and working Huindekmi!

One on one out. Line drive base hit.