Lackey Stunk, Angels Sunk, Mariners Win
by WiHaloFan on May 29, 2009 9:50 PM PDT
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PrintFinal Score in Los Angeles of Anaheim: Mariners 5, Angels 2
(Rev Halofan Reporting): Jason Vargas turned out to be something the Mets sure could use, but he is a Mariner now and pitched better than Felix Hernandez, Jarrod Washburn or Erick Bedard. Who is the other Mariner Pitcher he pitched better than? I mean the other TEN pitchers from Seattle. Seattle pitchers have been the watermelon seeds of major league baseball: unwanted, unusable, in the way and they clog up your dishwasher of more than three of them appear in the game or your drain.
But Jason Vargas was a Met, explaining why he was able to pitch so well despite wearing the pitching kryptonite that is a Mariners jersey.
Meanwhile, Juan Rivera can fly and hit homers and John Lackey can give up 3 runs in an inning of infield singles and falls behind Matt Palmer on the team's depth chart in the process. Vlad and Napoli look fat and lost.
Anything else? Oh yeah, hey everybody, Texas took a double header from the Athletics (Oakland, the team Rob Neyer said would win the AL West and who currently have the worst record in the American League), so we are now 4.5 games behind the Rangers. Right where we were when the Rangers swept us.
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I blame Howie......
since I cant blame Aybar…..
Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009
by norcaliangelsfan on May 29, 2009 9:52 PM PDT reply actions
I don't even know who to blame...
how sad is that?
I blame Hatcher for that BS gameplan vs the soft tossing lefty!
Miss you Nick...! RIP
Jeff would never spell Russel BRanyan's name wrong
Maybe someone close to him who likes this team will comment about the choice of undies.
by Rev Halofan on May 30, 2009 12:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I Blame Lackey for not throwing at Ichiro...
Oh, and the fact Quinlan was not in the line up.
RIP NICK ADENHART
I blame Lackey
he gave up the runs. I have know idea how all those little hits turned into doubles for Seattle.
LET'S SHOW THIS TO ICHIRO
RIP Nick Adenhart 4/9/09
by vlad IS my man on May 29, 2009 10:17 PM PDT reply actions
Juan Rivera robbed a homer
thats freaking amazing.
that being said, what the hell happened to Mike Napoli?! i think there’s something wrong with his stance or something… he hasn’t had a hit in a long time.
hey someone good with stats – how many times has a player hit a homer and robbed a homer in the same game? is that common?
Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34
yeah
but good lord… this is no bueno
Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34
by howiestheman on May 29, 2009 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess they don't do any scouting in the minor leagues.
I can’t come up with anything else to explain Howie Kendrick.
The guy hits .370 or something like that every year in every level of the minors.
He comes up to the big show, and after everyone sees his first few hundred AB’s, they learn to throw him breaking stuff away. Not exactly rocket science.
I’m sick of watching it. Nevertheless I don’t understand what the scouting reports are like in the minors; perhaps they simply don’t exist.
He did hit .300 for his first 1000 major league at bats
Sure, you could still get him out on curveballs away, but he’d hit enough of the other stuff to compensate. No more.
Howie sucks.
Napoli needs to get it together. He is ice fuckin cold.
Lackey is just decreasing his value making it more affordable to keep him. Good thing or bad thing, who knows…Probably a good thing though.
Rivera was sick tonight, but that throw home on Branyon for the fourth run was a joke. I mean come on. Throw it like you got a pair man.
R.I.P.N.A.
by TheAngelsAngels on May 30, 2009 2:09 AM PDT reply actions
I've taken the liberty of compiling pregame guesses results for Friday's game....
….although they are obviously unofficial and subject to adjustment (like for not posting in the comments)
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=rIOS4R_O1QmyKMe5Bjf0EDw&single=true&gid=0&output=html
by All Hail Erstad on May 30, 2009 2:52 AM PDT reply actions
Kendrick is a disgrace
I’m tired of hearing about how he’s a “future batting champion”. It’s not gonna happen. Batting champs can hit curveballs.
RIP Nick. We will miss you!
Things are NOT looking up
we have NO more excuses left
Everyone’s back, and the only difference is that Vlad will be more solid. But, ……..
RIP Nick Adenhart 4/9/09
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