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Angels @ Mariners Spring Game Thread

At 1:05 PM today in Peoria, Arizona, Ryan Rowland-Smith and the Seattle Mariners host Ervin Santana and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

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Santana was scratched, it's Garrett Richards now.
Ervin will not start due to an elbow injury

But the injury had nothing to do with his pitching or last season’s elbow problems, Santana said. According to the right-hander, he banged his elbow on a piece of furniture three days ago, causing the bursa sac to become inflamed.

source

Oh man, I just about fainted until I read the body of the message.
Lineupsy's

ANGELS
Aybar, E, DH
Izturis, M, SS
Morales, K, 1B
Rivera, J, RF
Kendrick, H, 2B
Wood, B, 3B
Mathis, J, C
Quinlan, LF
Evans, T, CF

Throwing: Mendoza

MARINERS
Suzuki, I, RF
Figgins, 2B
Kotchman, 1B
Griffey Jr., DH
Lopez, J, 3B
Byrnes, LF
Gutierrez, F, CF
Moore, A, C
Tuiasosopo, M, SS

Throwing: Rowland-Smith

It's Richards pitching for the Angels. Mendoza is going to have a relief appearance.
Ahhh ok my bad...

ST info changes so fast. Thanks. And yeah, I read about Santana hurting his sac.

Sounds to me like neither team wanted the other to see more of their starting pitching than necessary

gamesmanship…

Although at this moment, Rowland-Smith is the M's #2 starter
I thought I had read that they had someone else starting too...

my bad evidently!

This is not on TV right?
Not on mlb.tv

so probably not…

Aybar and Izturis both grounded out to 3rd.

Kendry flys out to center.

Looking for one person to join

Fantasy baseball
What to join?

I'm interested

if it’s Yahoo and depending on the league.

look at Comm Nates post

we need one person

Gameday is on its Game today!
What?

your joking?

No swear go look.

haha

K3YEROUT has the link up above
AMAZING

The magic of Techonolgy

Except on mine (using Firefox) there is an ad for Spyders over the bottom of the lineup area

:((

Oh that stinks.

I’ve got the ball trail pictures ball speed pitch break lol. The whole 9 yards today

I saw on MLB that M's Lee is still feeling pain throwing...
good thing we did not trade for him
Ichiro gets a single to lead off the inning
Ichiro steals 2nd
Radio is free today too

it’s been free a lot this ST.

Yeah only time I realize now it hasn't been is when there are...

…blackout restrictions.

Yeah I don’t understand “blackout restriction” when they are in Arizona…all ST they are in AZ.

it was not yesterday

but today yes

I listened for free yesterday.
oh ya yesterday i did not follow the game

it must have been saturday

Figgins grounds out to 1st. Ichiro moves to 3rd. 1 out
Ichiro scores on a passed ball. 1-0 Seattle
Kotchman walks
kotchman looks fat

shouldn’t slow him down any though…molasses is molasses

Griffey K's. 2 outs
Was he late on the fastball?
Lopez walks. Kotchman advances to 2nd.
And Richardson walks the batter
Gameday is working...

I’m shocked.

But isn't it beautiful!
yes it is

they must have hired someone who cares.

don't hold your breath...
They weren't lying when they Richards has command problems, lol
the kid just got drafted

what do you want from him?

Just a little bit more control than he showed.

Seemed like he was trying to be fine with his pitches instead of going after the batters. He’s got the stuff to overpower.

Player pictures are so bad

It is like looking at my daughters yearbook

33 pitches….not good

will he even be on the 40 man this year?
not even close

we just drafted him. it’ll be a few years..

He's only had 8 starts in the Pioneer League

So he’s very inexperienced. Though he shouldn’t be walking some of these craptastic batters.

Yeah for all the talk of no Seattle offense...

…(and I realize this is ST)…we’ve made them look like All-Stars :/

Brynes walks. Bases loaded.
pitching change.
((heavy sigh))
Not sure who the new pitcher is.
Eddie McKiernan
he must be hurt.
probably not

Soth just doesn’t want a young guy who has barely pitched in professional baseball to get too down on himself.

exactly
1 run is nothing to be stressing out about.
lots of pitches and walked bases loaded...
Did McKiernan pitch out of that jam?
Ground out to 3rd ends the inning.
Rivera flys out to center. 1 out
extra bases for HK

with a double

Rowland-Smith's fastball is mediocre

Only around 87, 88. Hit 90 just once.
Richards on the other hand was at 92,93 and hit as high as 95.

Wood gets an RBI triple! 1-1
Woody with a gapper

3b…nice and an rbi 1-1

RCF gap no less....

oppo ground rule double yesterday…I am liking it a bunch!

Sac fly

Mathis robbed of HR by Ichibutt

just ad a "t" before the "c" in his name you did there :)

that was implied… ;)

Mathis barely flys out to right. Wood scores. 2-1
2010 AL West Champs?!?!
Howie doubled off a fastball. Wood tripled off a fastball.

First pitch to Mathis? Changeup.

pitcher is learning
Quinlan?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Q sighting

2b

Sigh. Well that does it. He's made the team.
Quinlan gets a double on a grounder that rolls past 3rd
Q + hit = success

Does not work

Shit!

I meant to post the link, not the image. Can a mod please delete the pic!

Okay Quinlan got a 2B!

So Woods 3B and Howie’s 2B look boring now.

Jeff Mathis Grand Slam would be the next logical step
Wow

Now dont get crazy

Sounded like Itchi robbed Mathis of a HR on radio…at least extra bases!

I guess it is not that crazy

shit

Evans grounds out to short. 2-1 going into the Bottom of the 2nd
Evans not making a good case for making team lately... :(
It's alright we've got Michael Ryan

and Cory Aldridge

Understood...

thought I was hoping those two would play at SLC and Evans in Ana so we don’t lose him entirely…upcoming trade possibilities…???

Moore grounds out to short. 1 out
I see Gameday Premium is back today...

However, my browser has an ad over the lineups…anyone else have that too?

the ad got bigger
Whoever that was flys out to right. 2 outs
Ichiro walks
HOw and why does anyone EVER walk Itchibutt

???

Does he walk less than GA?
Why would anyone walk a free swinger like him is my real question...

once he is on, it doesn’t take much to score him from any base…

GA is no threat once on the bases…

Now I see you logic...

I thought you were implying that it was hard to walk him…

Figgins grounds out to first. 2-1 headed into the 3rd.
Aybar pops out to short. 1 out
Yahoo! Fantasy Baseball

I am desperate need for one more team in our Fantasy League.
If i cant get one more person then i need to find a new league.
this league is for Halo Heaven fans.
Not hard core for fun and head to head.
Live draft is this weekend.

If I join an all Angel fan league, I'm likely to get Juan Rivera stolen from me again

Not that it was a big deal, but he was taken out of “revenge” 1 pick before me in another league and now I have Mark DeRosa starting in my outfield.

In fact, several of my sleepers and backup picks would be gone.

That would not happen

i have him as a do not draft

Is the whole Angel roster like that?

He was taken because I took Scott Kazmir and apparently that was more of a no-no than I realized.

I guess an outfield of Braun, Either and DeRosa will do for now.

*Ethier

God dammit, having a name that much like another word should be illegal.

1AZAngels is the commish

on yahoo!

League ID: 265247
Pass: gohalos

I'll think about it.

I’m actually pretty happy with my team and wanna take it more seriously this year. Dunno if I have time for 2.

When is your draft?

it is saturday at 11:15
you could join

i blast me for being a shitty manager and drafty shitty players

Izturis gets a double.
Morales gets an RBI single. 3-1
thanks for play-by-play

stuck at work

Arnt we all?
Yes, but is yours an underground bunker from which you rule the world?
no it is a Warehouse Called the Ice Box

Cold as hell even now

Yeah mine isn't either, I just thought it would be a cool place to work

My house looks like a bunker sometimes.

Ass cold during the winter

hell as hot during the summer

Rivera gets a single. Morales moves to 2nd
Howie Ks. 2 outs
Wood grounder to 2nd gets Morales out at 2nd. 3-1, headed into the bottom of the 3rd
gets Rivera out*
Shields in to pitch.
Rev, or any mod, if you're looking

I hit the wrong button and posted a pic instead of a link to the pic.

Can someone kill it?

Just flag it, but I don't think it matters much.
Can't "flag" it. It's my own post.
I'd flag it for you, but I don't care ...

;)

D O N E
Thanks, Rev. Didn't mean to break the rules.

Just hit the wrong button

it's still spring...

we’re all a bit rusty

Kotchman walks
Griffey pops out to left. 1 out
2 run HR for Lopez. 3-3
Wow. That's pathetic.
Idk about pathetic.

Lopez hit 25 HR’s last year as a 2nd baseman. I don’t like the fact that Shields gave up a HR, but I don’t think it qualifies as “pathetic.”

My expectations are very high.

Mainly based on how good Scot was in the past.

My comment was on my "gut" feel that Scot had dominated Lopez in the past

And that’s pretty much true. In 21 career PAs, Lopez is .200/.238/.250 (no HRs).
A limited sample size, but one in which Lopez has had little success.

source

It is just spring

Plus, Shields’ injury is likely the main reason we picked up Rodney and Stokes.

"He's working on a specific pitch."

is the usual canned response to ST suck.

Bad One-t

damn, I was hoping he was taking the year off. I miss good One-t.

Byrnes Ks. 2 outs
Gutirriez gets a single
Major misspelling there
I/S/O?

Relying on Gameday, showing 3-3 B3 2out

Scot's pitches must be very, very flat.

He used to have great movement, especially on the 2-seam fastball.

Gutierrez steals second.
Moore flys out to right. 3-3 heading into the 4th.
better than Moore just flying out.

Rivera had to run the ball down. Sounded pretty exciting on the radio. Rivera sounds like he’s moving well this spring, another year removed from the broken leg.

Maybe he will steal some bases

Like in Fenway during the playoffs…

when we have power

why run

Mathis grounds out to 3rd. Lopez made a diving stop on it. 1 out
But now it's POWER Q time!!!
Quinlan gets a single
Q working the count on RR-S.
Torii conversation

from play at plate yesterday…gave ration to minor league ump for calling him out. Torii said he was def safe…as many of us thought too…

Evans gets a double. Quinlan to 3rd. Aybar up
Terry Needed That
Evans = in play no out...

some of my fav words when we are batting! :)

In play, runs

is even better!

damn

I was seconds away from making an almost identical post. You’re too quick Nate.

Q with the go-ahead!
Q scores on Gutierrez from shallow CF...

Evans gunned at 3b instead to end inning…4-3

Aybar pop fly. Quinlan scores. Evans out at 3rd. 4-3 headed into the bottom of the 4th
Eybar is nowhere ready for this season to start...

good thing we still have a couple weeks…almost.

Izturis seems to be doin alright, though

Agreed…but Gazoo is usually the least of my worries…steady when not hurt.

Bulger pitching
Makin' plans for this weekend.

What’s some good places to eat, or do stuff when not at the game?

McDonalds. Sitting in the hotel room and watching TV

done.

In the immortal words of Daffy Duck

Ho ho. Very funny. Ha ha. It is to laugh.

There's got to be Carl's Jr nearby...
Don't use a car, otherwise you may get caught by one of AZ's traffic cameras.

$201.50 worth of PAIN. Ouch.

Here's a tip, obey traffic laws
There is a 55MPH zone on I-17...

If I had gone 202 E to 143 S, I would have been able to continue at 65MPH. I didn’t realize that a different segment of freeway had a 55 zone within it. My bad, you are right, but sneaky of them. I had a 5 second gap between me and the next car in either dirction, so I tend to think I was driving safely. I am certain I was screened out by a semi when I passed the “55MPH” speed limit sign.

The sooner we get in-dash speed limit indicators the better.
That would be cool.
Tuiasosopo grounds out to short. 1 out
Ichiro grounds out to 1st. 2 outs
The Bulge looks like he's struggling with location.
I wonder if he's hurt or maybe his arm isn't loose

His fastball velocity is down.

Figgins walks
Curses! Now the plate discipline he learned last year from Chupa comes back to haunt us!
Figgins picked off to end the inning.
Who did he learn that from?
self learned
er, self taught
Blame it on Nathan Haynes...

he gets all sorts of undeserved (my opinion) credit for “fixing” Figgins at the plate.

Thanks for the update.

I’m following Gameday and “Figgy” disappeared off the basepath and I was worried he had scored on a Kotch HR.

Picked off by whom?
Bulger to Morales to Izturis
Did Quentin fly out, now?
dude

that was like so 2 years ago.

calling people dude and using "like" was 25 years ago.

Are you from the valley? ;)

well yeah...duh

like OMG can you believe that he, like, did that!? OMG its, like, so, like, stupid, like, really, like, stupid! like, yeah"

Don't you know/

ur supozd 2 u5e 1337sp33k!

ok fin din

ZOMG I leik, totally pwnt that newb. j00 r t3h sux.

Like, gag me with a spoon.
Hey! Remember the '80s!
Vividly, sometimes. I remember my son singing along to Moon Unit's hit.
your son?

oh no

Izturis flys out to right. 1 out
Morales flys out to left. 2 outs
Rivera flies out to center. 3 outs.
1-2-3

for Rowland-Smith. Bleh.

Living in Sea...

…I can tell you that the fans/FO have high hopes/expectations for Ryan R-Smith…

Living in Sea...

Sorry to hear about that.

Pray for me. I'm headed that way too, maybe soon.
Heading up to M-land on 3/30 with my daughter for a college tour (UW).
I think we're moving there if we can sell the house for enough money.

My nefarious plan is to price it so high that it won’t be this year.

Sorry to hear about that.

Well, there are threats of grandchildren on the horizon and they will live near Microsoft.

But no one’s pregnant yet, and son-in-law just left for 6 months in Beijing, so I see no need to rush into this. Next spring would be a better time to put it on the market, but I have observed a feeding frenzy over a much smaller house in somewhat similar condition two blocks away, on a much smaller lot. It went for a bucket-load of cash, and there were 5 offers the first day it was on the market, one for $12k over list.

In sight of Mordor itself?
Close, but it rains more.

We are looking at places on Whidbey Island, which would make it somewhat tolerable. Less rain, more sunshine, nice climate.

Whidbey Island still gets a lot of rain..

and to add to the misery, it is very windy there. If you’re looking for a lot of sunshine you should look at central or eastern washington where, like whidbey island, it is very beautiful and there is nothing to do!

However, any grandchildren of mine will be completely outfitted in Angels gear from the moment they are old enough to attend a game,

and we will attend Angels games in Seattle.

well

if it happens….good luck !

Mendoza pitching
Kotchman grounds out to short. 1 out
Kotch would have had a hit if he were playing...
Griffey flys out to right. 2 outs
Lopez pops out to 2nd. Headed into the 6th, 4-3
nice 1,2,3 inning for him
Is U-Haul, Jr pitching for the M's?
I know, one less i than Teixeira.
Texeira pitching for the Mariners
Man he's versatile!
Kendrick doubles
He didn't bite

on the pitch low and away.

Fair ball down the line for HK

2b, let’s gooooo Woody!

I likie

the M’s announced yesterday that Lopez is going to play 3b this season and Figgy is going to play 2b…seems like a waste of a fab defensive 3b in Figgy…

You're complaining about a division rival possibly making a mistake?
He's not complaining, he's liking it.
mark my words, Howie will lead league in 2Bs this year
I sure wish he could play some defense.

It has been fairly lackluster this spring.

I don't doubt ya...

But I’v heard that before

Wood grounds out to short. 1 out
Hit and run fail
Woody hits fly ball to Itchibutt...

HK doubled off 2nd…running on pitch…?!

Mathis fly out, Ichiro's throw gets Howie out at 2nd. 4-3 headed into the bottom of the 6th
Byrnes gets a double off the leftfield wall
Gutierrez bunts, out at first. Byrnes moves to 3rd. 1 out
Moore walks
Tuiasosopo lines out to short. 2 outs
Ichiro grounds out to first. 4-3 heading into the 7th
This is where McBain screams, "MENDOZA!!!!"
Mendoza had a solid outing
So how was Mendoza's line.....

Sorry, couldn’t resist

2 innings pitched, 1 hit, 1 walk, no runs
Whoosh...

“Mendoza Line” joke

Oh wow, I can't believe I missed that
Still spring training.

Is it too early if I start with “Kentucky Fried Movie” quotes?

Shawn Kelley pitching for the Mariners
Quinlan lines out to right. 1 out
Q, Q, Q... what are ou thinking there?
ou?
Que?
It's a combination of "You" and "ow" (which is the pain I felt after the out)
Aldridge PH for Evans
Aldridge singles
Aybar grounds into forceout, Aldridge out at second, Aybar safe at first. 2 outs
Afraid to say this because it might jinx, but Gameday isn't sucking today
Aybar is in Kelly's head.
2 pickoff tries and one pitchout
Izturis grounds out to first.
third, actually
Yep. 5-3 groundout
4-3 middle of the 7th
Thanks. I finally got gameday to work. Sort of.
Yeah, it's not sucking today (knock on wood).

NoScript and Flashblock do tend to make it a pain to startup.

7th inning stretch

Take me out to the Ball Game..
Take me out with the crowd!
Buy me some peanuts and Crackerjack™
I don’t care if I ever get back
So it’s root, root, root for the ANGELS!
If they don’t win it’s a shame
For its 1… 2… 3 strikes you’re out
At the old ball game!!!

YAY! And I still want to sing it twice at the games, like we used to.
Me too.

Let’s get rid of that Buttercup song, it’s about a loser anyways.

Harsh, but correct.
Confuse the hell out of people; play the theme from "Maude" instead
Lady Godiva was a freedom rider...

She didn’t care if the whole world looked!

[frightening thought — I did that from memory]

Lady Godiva...

is that the chick that has a song about paparazzi?

I just remember hideous "fashion" during the opening credits

And of course, “And then there’s Maude!”

The only good thing that ever happened in Coventry....
It's a great song
If you're a loser

He’s bitching and moaning that his girlfriend dumped him.

I thought it was that she was a flake and a tease, but in an abusive way.
So what?

It’s still a great song.

Not like they are playing Loser by Beck, or Radiohead’s Creep.

I'd prefer either of those.
What do teams without two syllables insert instead of "Angels"?
Well, teams with one syllable stretch it out. Not sure what they do for more.
Me-ets?
Something like that.
Patchett playing SS and batting 2nd, Rivera moves to CF, Aldridge playing RF
They haven't sent Patchett down yet? Is he doing better today?
Just because he's playing today.

Doesn’t mean he hasn’t been sent down yet. The big league club always brings along a few of the players in minor league camp to fill the bench. However, I honestly don’t remember if he’s been sent down already.

I am kind of surprised he's still playing at all, after all the errors a couple of days ago.
He patched up the defense today.

sorry about that.

Oh, so maybe he's settling down a bit, even if he's being sent down.

Sorry, I’m very impatient and I want them to be perfect RIGHT NOW DAMMIT.

I think Patchett pacthing it up was a joke...

or attempt of one..

Oh. Dear Lord... that was so bad I missed it.
ANything Downing Rules says you gotta look for the funny he's trying to make.
Yeah, I'm out of practice here. See what happens when I let Real Life interfere with what's important?
But, but...

isn’t this REAL life???

Exactly.

How dare she imply that something is more important than the Halos!

I'm ashamed. Soooo ashamed.
You're forgiven... this time...

_

drat. It didn't take the smiley right.

^_^

A kitty-cat smiley! Woohoo!
I always thought it was a manga smiley
It probably is, but I am not up on manga stuff. It's my one failing in life.
When they start the first game in April it becomes Real Life.

Had to do other stuff for a few months, like celebrate Christmas and an anniversary and mr opiejeanne’s retirement …. and stuff.

November to March is just a parenthesis in life.
Rivera in LF

WTF? I guess my comment earlier about him moving better was legit?

Rivera is the new Figgins. Can play all OF positions, as well as the right side of the IF. How bout we try him at 3rd or C next?

Oh, Mendoza is still pitching. Figured 2 innings would be it.
Figgins flys out to right. 1 out
Kotchman gets a single
Mike Carp PR for Kotchman
Kotch would have had that, if he was playing CF.
Diablo Vision tomorrow afternoon gang...

that means TV…fyi

Whenever I see that, I always think of the SouthPark episode with the killer fish and the mirror universe (nice) Cartman

Because it was in “Spooky Vision”

HUZZAH!!!
Huzzah? Are we being Elizabethan now?

[for the Limey and UK Halo]

Here’s a health unto Her Majesty
(with a fa-la-la la-la la-la)
Confusion to her enemies
(with a fa-la-la la-la la-la)
And he that will not drink her healt
We wish him neither wit nor wealth
Nor yet a rope to hang himself!
(with a fa-la-la la-la la-la-la-la-la
with a fa-la-la la-la la-la)

Heading to Jolly Olde in a few weeks. Just getting in practice now.
But first we're going to Ireland. I don't think they Huzzah! much there.
Bring an umbrella and your drinking boots for Ireland...

(…and leave the term ‘Jolly Olde’ at home)

I know. I'm also leaving all mention of leprechauns at home as well.
Daughter did get accepted into Sussex.
Wow! Good for her, and you.
Griffey gets an RBI double.
Pinch runner for Griffey
Lopez flies out to center. Two outs
Byrnes walks, looks like a pitching change is happening
Cassevah pitching
Does he even have a snowball's chance of making the 25-man?

I guess they don’t want to overwork the big team bullpen this early.

Not really, he was a Rule 5 pick who was just returned, so I'm guessing they are just letting him get his work in here
Yeah, I figure that they're trying to keep the big team's BP innings down
When your starter only goes 2/3rds of an inning, lots of guys tend to get their work in
Stupid work

What is the score?

Jones reaches 3rd on a wild pitch
That was double plus ungood
Raiiy time

GO ANGELS

Has Victor Rojas started doing play-by-play yet?
nope

not til the weekend before opening day.

Byrnes reaches 2nd on another wild pitch
Shit, ground rule double brings in 2 runs.

6-4 Mariners

Ungood. Double-plus-ungood. Un-angel score.
All part of the plan.

The Soth is building up their false hope.

So we're building them up, Buttercup, baby, just to let them down?
Damn minor leaguers.
Hey dont say that about the M's

The try there best

no angels rally time
Moore grounds out to short to end the inning. 6-4 Mariners headed into the 8th
Good infield & outfield defense...

…plus a speedy, pressure offense. Advancing the runner on balls in play.

Seattle is the mid-2000 Angels.

Slows down in the middle a bit

with Milton, Kotch, and the Kid, but certainly the first two can fly

The middle of the lineup has good strikezone judgment.

Still a plus, when power isn’t forthcoming, since they can take pitches and advance the runners.

No doubt about it

gotta keep Figgy and Ichi off the bases

Angels should look to partner...

…with Tums and Pepto for a fan giveaway night. At least for ST. And for the season too since I still eat too much at Reagin’s office…er Del Taco.

Ah oh--stomach problems again?

Better wait until later this week when we should be down to mainly starters, etc.
That should cut down on our digestive problems

Kendry gets a leadoff single. Bourjos PR for him
Come on Number Juan!
Fleeter Peter steal that base
Our leadoff man of the future.

If the guy can just take a few more pitches and keep hitting, he’s #1 in 2011.

he will be called up this year
Maybe late, but I hope not earlier.

He’s still rough. He needs constant at bats, and needs to get better reads on the bases.

He’s super fast, but he gets caught stealing and picked off quite a bit.

Bourjos steals 2nd
oh ya

i am a genius

Rivera walks
Trout PR for Rivera
Prince Fish sighting!
Prince Fish

Nice!

Trout and carp in the same game...

…time for a filet o’fish.

Gawd, the baserunning gaffes are annoying.
How is a 4-4-3 DP a baserunning gaffe?
Didn't have to be a DP if Trout had gotten a better read.
Kendrick grounds in DP. Trout and Kendrick out. Bourjos at 3rd.
steal home fleeter peter
Wood's pressing again.
what'd he do?
Swung on what looked like (according to GD) a couple of bad pitches
K'd?
Now he did.

I was talking about strikes 1 and 2

Mabye not as bad pitches as I thought.

[EMILY-LATELLA]
Never mind.
[/EMILY-LATELLA]

Wood K's to end the inning
Pressing... I think.
Just out of curiosity

On Gameday, I assume “BRK” stands for break, but is it horizontal or vertical? And what’s PFX?

According to Yahoo Answers...

The “Pitch-f/x” value is currently defined as the measurement of
the distance between the location of the actual pitch thrown over the
plate, and the calculated location of a ball thrown by the pitcher in
the same way, with no spin, The new Break value, which is
more appropriate for the common understanding of the term, is defined
as the measurement of the greatest distance between the trajectory of
the pitch at any point between the release point and the front of home
plate, and the straight line path from the release point and the front
of home plate. By this definition, a Barry Zito curveball will have a
much greater Break value than a Brad Penny fastball.

Thank you.

Clear as mud.

Bourjos playing LF, Trout in CF, Statia at 2nd, Sandoval at 3rd, Budde catching, Quinlan now at first. Kohn pitching
Gotta go paint some stuff. See you guys later. Maybe tomorrow.
Bye opeijeanne
Tuiasosopo flys out to right. 1 out
Kohn in.

Kohhhhn! Kohhhhhn!!!

Feel the Wrath.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Ichiro grounds out to first. 2 outs
Woodward flys out to left to end the inning.
Kohn is majestic, man.

Been watching this guy over the past year or so. He’s going to fly through the organization this year.

Nickname idea for Stokes

Mitchell.

There’s a Broadway star/singer named Brian Stokes Mitchell, and is who I keep thinking of every time I see our new pitcher’s name…if we really hate Brian later on in the season, we could go with “Kate,” as in “Kiss Me Kate” that BSM starred in.

Plus, calling him Mitchell gives us an excuse to make all sorts of MST3K references!

Anyone?

When you have a name like "Stokes"...

…do you really need a nickname?

Especially “Mitchell”?

Yeah. Obvious nick is "Stoked"
Ah, fine then.
too complex

how about STAN?

taken
OT: your sig

Do you have two tickets to that thing?

now they are diamonds
riding backwards
no
please explain
SoCalWine already explained
no
Are you feeling talkative today, sothball?
Like calling Ricardo Montalban "Doug" or something.
It can't be "Doug". It has to have a rrrrrrrich rrrrrolling "Rrrrrr" sound!
Sandoval grounds out to first. 1 out
Quinlan grounds out to short.

Another deception tactic…make Seattle think we can’t beat them

Aldridge Ks to end the game
Is anyone else tired of spring training?
yes

i need night games

Not necessarily night games, but live over-the-air radio broadcasts
i dont get tv or radio

live in bay area

i never gat work done

because of day games

yup

actually I’m just tired of us losing.

so over it

already

Bring on them darn pre-game guesses !

ZOMG! Break up the team! We're going to lose 100!!!

[yes, for those with a sarcasm impairment, that’s sarcasm]

Wow, we've won of 5 of 19.

I can’t recall a spring training this bad.

I'd look it up

But, like GA, I’m too lazy—and I have a bunch of other shit to do.

TV tomorrow...fyi
Damn, I missed another ST game.

Didn’t think traffic would be that bad, but such is life in SoCal.

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