2024 Seattle Mariners

[Biff Tannen 45358]

Good first inning so far and of course the Astros are throwing a fucking no no. 

[Biff Tannen 45358]

Um, they are interviewing Turner in his ear WHILE HE IS PLAYING 1st. HOW IS THAT ACCEPTABLE?!?

Edited August 31 by Biff Tannen
2nd, 1st, whatever it takes

[miguelito 11145]

Fucking apple tv.

[Biff Tannen 45358]

No no no no no no no

[miguelito 11145]

Up 4-1, still found a way to lose.

Cal had a nice unassisted double play in the 8th. 

[Biff Tannen 45358]

10 minutes ago, miguelito said:

Up 4-1, still found a way to lose.

Cal had a nice unassisted double play in the 8th. 

I’m choosing to revel in good football instead of bad baseball. FUCK

[miguelito 11145]

Series loss to the damn Angels. 

[miguelito 11145]

And Oakland walked off game 1 of this series.

[Biff Tannen 45358]

10 hours ago, miguelito said:

And Oakland walked off game 1 of this series.

Well we have college football at least.

[miguelito 11145]

On 9/2/2024 at 9:51 PM, miguelito said:

And Oakland walked off game 1 of this series.

And game 2, too.

[Biff Tannen 45358]

Alright pea brains. Astros lost.  Here’s a chance. Oh down 1-0, good job. 

[Biff Tannen 45358]

Well that works I guess. Save some runs for later though. Spread it out! 

[miguelito 11145]

Well, I'm in St Louis for this series. Look for me in a cheap imitation jersey my wife got on Temu that says "Julioooo".

[miguelito 11145]

In case anyone thought I was joking:

 

 

[Biff Tannen 45358]

32 minutes ago, miguelito said:

In case anyone thought I was joking:

 

 

When my band would tour back in the day, we would stay at that hotel to the right of the Arch in left center. The Millennium I think?  And we played at BB’s Jazz, Blues, and Soups just beyond that. Fun shows. 

[miguelito 11145]

That was a shitty way for the offense to reward Logan for a great start.

But I met Rick Rizzs at brunch this morning. Super nice guy with some good stories.

[Biff Tannen 45358]

Nice win today. We’re not dead yet!

[Biff Tannen 45358]

[Beau Vine 53785]

[Beau Vine 53785]

BTW, the Salmon Run kicks ass.

[miguelito 11145]

Remind me to post picks from St Louis. 

[Beau Vine 53785]

I'm part of the opening pitch posse tomorrow for Hispanic Heritage Day, so I'll be on the field pregame.

[miguelito 11145]

Good luck, BV.  We're all counting on you.

[miguelito 11145]

Here are some pictures from St. Louis. 

 

View from the press box.  If you ever get a chance to take a stadium tour, do it.  Off-days are best, because there aren't as many off-limit locations.  We got to go in the dugout, too.

 

 

View from the upper deck.  Good day for baseball.

 

 

Rando catcher warming up in the bullpen.

 

 

We were part of a tour group, and the tour included brunch with "Mariners personnel."  I figured it would be a batboy; my wife was hoping for Danny Wilson or Cal.  Instead, this guy walked in and entertained us for an hour with some great stories.  And he was kind enough to sign autographs for everyone and take as many pictures as people wanted.  This couple happened to wear the right jerseys. 

 

At Sunday's game, we were in the 703 club, which is like a suite level, with all you can eat and drink inside a lounge area, and a few rows of seats outdoors under the upper decks.  Between innings, Randy Arozarena would warm up, then look for M's fans to toss the ball to.  My wife got his attention - she had an M's jersey on, and her glove - so he threw her a ball.  It was off the mark just enough, and it fell to the lower seats.  I could tell he wanted to make that throw, so next inning he found her at her perch, and threw a perfect strike, which she caught!  It was an amazing throw, and a great catch.  Here they are waving to each other - mutual respect - plus a random horns up. 

[Biff Tannen 45358]

Awesome!

[Biff Tannen 45358]

Welp. It appears this is probably where it ends. It was an…interesting year. Kinda. 

[miguelito 11145]

Well, we'll always have .... what will we have?  The first part of the season?  JP and Julio missing a bunch of time?  Randy (is he coming back next year)?

[miguelito 11145]

[miguelito 11145]

Not tonight, Astros.

[Evil Bill Obrien 3086]

[miguelito 11145]

Not today, Astros.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Beau Vine 53785]

I told you they'd catch the Twins!

[miguelito 11145]

Dumb question: why has KC already clinched, when technically the M's can tie them?

[Macanudo 12890]

28 minutes ago, miguelito said:

Dumb question: why has KC already clinched, when technically the M's can tie them?

Tiebreaker.   There won't be any one game playoffs.

[miguelito 11145]

Thanks, that's what I figured.  But none of the articles I skimmed mentioned that. Also, I can still taste whiskey in my mouth this morning.

[Beau Vine 53785]

 

[miguelito 11145]

I didn't know we had a hitting coach, much less an assistant to the hitting coach.

[Beau Vine 53785]

11 minutes ago, miguelito said:

I didn't know we had a hitting coach, much less an assistant to the hitting coach.

I thought Edgar was the hitting coach?

[miguelito 11145]

I mean, yes, I think Edgar held that position.