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Benne

Poke fun at the Mariners (and any other underachievers)

April 28, 2004 at 02:57PM View BBCode

As some of you probably know, or if you don't, I happen to be a diehard Mariners fan. As they are 7-13, anyone is welcome to poke fun at them on this thread. You can also talk about any other teams or players that are underachieving so far. (Under one condition: don't talk about the Yankees. We have enough threads dedicated to Yankee-bashing)

I'll start off: The way the Mariners are going, they are going to make the '03 Tigers look like the '27 Yankees.

Have at it.
ME

April 28, 2004 at 05:46PM View BBCode

Expos:

5-16

Have scored more than 3 runs in a single game ONCE (8-6 loss to Philadelphia)

These are the scores of their wins all season:
2-0
3-2
3-2
2-1
1-0

This means that the Mariners are not playing crappy enough to get the top draft pick.
Benne

April 28, 2004 at 06:36PM View BBCode

The Mariners should be above .500, but half of their losses have come from bullpen meltdowns. They also have hardly any hitting:

Batting average: .268, 9th-AL
Home runs: 15 T-12th
RBIs: 78 13th

The pitching is what is killing this team:

ERA: 5.41 13th AL
Strikeouts: 119, 9th
Home runs: 27, 1st (not exactly a good thing)

Compare the pitching with your Expos: (3.50 ERA, 126 SO, 20 HR)

The point is that the Mariners have too much talent to be sputtering along like this. No offense ME, but everyone kinda expected the Expos to be bad after losing Vlad Guererro and Javier Vasquez.
skierdude44

April 28, 2004 at 09:29PM View BBCode

Its April everyone. This wont last. Detroit will come back down and the Yankees and Seattle will gravitate back to the top.
Benne

April 28, 2004 at 09:47PM View BBCode

It's doubtful, given every Mariners starter is 30 or older. The past two years, they had one of the best records April-August and wore down in September. Maybe skierdude's Yankees will be back on top and A-Rod will probably win MVP.
ME

April 28, 2004 at 10:22PM View BBCode

Gil Meche is 25 and Freddy Garcia is 27.
arodtoo

April 28, 2004 at 10:58PM View BBCode

joel pineiro? he might be talking about hitters though.... also at the rate the mariners are going, Mike Hampton will hit more Homeruns than the entire mariners team
ME

April 28, 2004 at 11:02PM View BBCode

Barry Bonds has as many home runs as the entire Expos team.

If he means hitters, than he is right. I believe the Mariners are the oldest team in the AL (Giants and Yankees are also pretty old)
geoffrey13

April 29, 2004 at 12:24AM View BBCode

The Yanks will be there at the end, maybe the Mariners will as well but they can't afford to stay at this pace for long...I think they really miss Lou Piniella more than anyone would admit.
RockNJock25

April 29, 2004 at 06:00AM View BBCode

I think that it's finally the age getting to them. Their 4 and 6 hitters are over 35 and their ace is over 40...guess the old whirlpool spa just isn't working like it used to.
Benne

April 29, 2004 at 02:45PM View BBCode

Once again, the bullpen melted down last night (Baltimore 3, Seattle 1). Yes, I was was talking about the starting lineup. The rotation is young but they are getting thrashed. And when they do good, there is no hitting to back them up.
happy

April 29, 2004 at 03:39PM View BBCode

Orioles RP yesterday: 4IP, 0 hits. orioles relievers just may keep them in the race.
Benne

April 30, 2004 at 05:30PM View BBCode

You won again, happy. Baltimore 9, Seattle 5. This is getting ridiculous.
Ignite

April 30, 2004 at 05:35PM View BBCode

Every Thing Is Ridiculous.
Benne

April 30, 2004 at 07:38PM View BBCode

Thanks Ignite. You make me feel so much better.
Ignite

May 01, 2004 at 05:42PM View formatted

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Youre Ridiculous.
whiskybear

May 02, 2004 at 05:41AM View BBCode

Poor Mariners...Bob Melvin is a lousy manager, and they are the second-oldest team in baseball at about 30.5 years per player (Yanks are tops at around 31.5, or so ESPN tells me). From a dyed-in-the-wool M's fan, I hate to say the best baseball product coming out of the Pac NW is right here in Tacoma. The Rainiers have some pretty decent players, and a former World Series MVP for a bullpen catcher! We're talking Pat Borders, people! I'm going to games just for the joy of shouting "Remember 1992!" from behind the home bullpen. It's just a shame that Wiki Gonzalez is starting over him....sheesh.
Benne

May 03, 2004 at 02:54PM View BBCode

The Mariners offense finally woke up yesterday.

Seattle 12, Detroit 2
Benne

May 05, 2004 at 02:55PM View BBCode

Marathon night here.

Seattle 4, Minnesota 3

16 Innings.
happy

May 05, 2004 at 03:27PM View BBCode

yeah, we had a 13 inning game a couple days ago. we lost...
whiskybear

May 05, 2004 at 05:51PM View BBCode

It went only 16 innings, because the home plate umpire blew a pair of calls on plays at the plate--Dan Wilson missed the tag on Koskie in the 9th, but got the call, and then called Winn safe in the bottom of the 16th, when he was clearly nailed. The dude wanted to go home, I guarantee it. After the game, Melvin looked like he'd just walked in on Lucy Liu and Britney Spears engaged in a jello wrestling fight--and got asked by the ladies to officiate. Lucky, lucky guy. Same night the bum got a contract extension. Don't get me wrong, I loved getting the W, but Melvin is a schmuck.
Benne

May 05, 2004 at 07:04PM View BBCode

He's clearly on the chopping block.
whiskybear

May 05, 2004 at 11:27PM View BBCode

That must be sarcasm...they just extended his contract through 2005. If his head is going to roll, that's not soon enough! :mad:
Benne

May 06, 2004 at 02:47PM View BBCode

The Mariners got shut down by good pitching.

Minnesota 5, Seattle 1

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