Random ST Ramblings

[MarinersFan87]

Let's hear em.

[DirtyKash]

Dave Burba

[MarinersFan87]

Kevin Appier.

[DirtyKash]

Jay Buhner

[MarinersFan87]

Jose Lopez hit a homer today. Foppert pitched two shutout innings, 2 K's I believe. Woohoo. We're getting slaughtered though.

[MarinersFan87]

I don't know where this is going.

Pat Borders.

[DirtyKash]

Dave Fleming

[MarinersFan87]

Norm Charlton

[DirtyKash]

David Segui

[MarinersFan87]

Harold Reynolds

[Porter]

Bobby Ayala..........damn i promised i wouldnt cuss today.

Anyways, the Cubs pounded the M's the other day and Juilo Mateo gave up 2 HRs.

[Porter]

SAN DIEGO (17) AT SEATTLE (4)

 SAN DIEGO        AB  R  H BI  SEATTLE          AB  R  H BI
 D Roberts lf      3  1  1  1  J Reed cf         3  0  0  1
 B Johnson lf      3  2  2  2  A Jones cf        2  0  0  0
 M Cameron cf      2  1  2  1  W Bloomquist ss   3  1  1  0
 F Guzman cf       3  1  2  3  A Cabrera ss      2  0  0  0
 B Giles rf        3  1  1  0  R Petagine 1b     5  0  3  0
 J Cust rf         1  0  1  1  C Everett dh      3  0  1  0
 R Klesko 1b       4  1  2  1  G Dobbs dh        2  1  1  0
 M Bush ss         2  0  0  0  M Morse 3b        4  0  3  1
 K Greene ss       2  1  1  1  M Lawton lf       3  0  0  0
 W Young 1b        2  1  1  0  S Choo lf         2  0  1  1
 D Mirabelli c     3  1  1  3  K Johjima c       3  0  1  0
 D Ross c          1  1  1  0  R Rivera c        2  0  0  0
 J Barfield 2b     4  2  2  2  T Bohn rf         3  1  1  0
 B Hill 2b         0  1  0  0  J Lopez 2b        2  1  1  1
 J Leone 3b        3  0  1  1  O Navarro 2b      1  0  1  0
 J Hill 3b         0  1  0  0
 E Young dh        4  1  1  0
 G Kottaras dh     1  1  1  1
 TOTALS           41 17 20 17  TOTALS           40  4 14  4

 SAN DIEGO                 000 226 304 -- 17
 SEATTLE                   001 101 001 --  4

 E--J Leone. DP--SAN DIEGO 2, SEATTLE 3. LOB--SAN
 DIEGO 5, SEATTLE 12. 2B--D Roberts, E Young, R
 Klesko, F Guzman, G Kottaras, M Morse, O Navarro,
 G Dobbs. 3B--J Barfield, F Guzman. HR--D Mirabelli
 1 (1) (off S Atchison), J Lopez 1 (1) (off D
 Brocail). SB--J Barfield 1 (1). CS--J Leone, M
 Morse. SF--K Greene.
                                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
  SAN DIEGO
 B Sweeney                      1 2-3   3   0   0   2   1   0
 M Thompson                     2 1-3   4   2   2   0   1   0
 J Adkins (W,1-0)                   1   2   0   0   0   0   0
 D Brocail                          1   1   1   1   0   2   1
 B Sikorski                         1   1   0   0   1   1   0
 G Jones                            1   1   0   0   0   2   0
 J Anderson                         1   2   1   1   0   2   0
  SEATTLE
 J Foppert                          2   0   0   0   1   2   0
 C Nageotte                         2   3   2   2   1   0   0
 S Atchison (L,0-1)             1 2-3   9   8   8   0   0   1
 Y Bazardo                      1 1-3   4   3   3   1   1   0
 E Fruto                        1 2-3   3   4   4   3   0   0
 M Bumstead                       1-3   1   0   0   1   0   0

 WP--B Sikorski, M Thompson, S Atchison. PB--R
 Rivera. SO--SDG: D Roberts, E Young, J Barfield.
 SEA: M Lawton 2, A Jones 2, M Morse, T Bohn, A
 Cabrera, S Choo, R Rivera. BB--SDG: J Cust 2, M
 Cameron, J Hill, J Leone, B Hill, D Ross. SEA: M
 Morse, J Lopez, T Bohn. T--3:14. A--7,248.

2 games, 32 runs allowed.....god help us all.

[Providence A's]

Ichiro! Suzuki unhappy?

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune....ck=1&cset=true

"It has been a long time since I've played in a game that excites me," Suzuki said this winter. "It is a sad situation that I have had to create my own motivation for such a long time."

In an interview with Tokyo's Shimbun newspaper, Suzuki admitted he was "worried" about the team's future. It's not just the bad records that bothered him. It's the effort.

"I had always felt that the value of a player really depends on his spirit in the last game of the season, just as the player would approach the first game of the season," Ichiro said. "On that last day I couldn't find anybody warming up on the field, and nobody said anything about it. We lost that game without spirit. What's worse, 35,000 fans came to see it, spending their money."

and

Suzuki also was bothered when manager Mike Hargrove gave him a take sign in an August game against Minnesota. It was the first time in his career he hadn't had a green light to make his own decisions.

What do Mariner fans think about this? You can't win all the time so it seems to me that it's Ichiro's! problem since he's "always won" throughout his career...I understand players want to win, but I'm sick of players demanding trades and such because they aren't winning. Only 1 team can win the World Series each year so obviously someone has to lose.

[MarinersFan87]

I'm not concerned. I highly doubt that there is any chance that Ichiro goes to another team, if anything he might go back to Japan, but I doubt that too. I think Ichiro likes Seattle, he just doesn't like losing, we've spent a bunch of money and hopefully the young guys are going to start coming through. Or at least be better than last year, but that won't be too hard.

[Fishercat]

I doubt Ichiro's much of a concern. Not like he has a choice on where to go until he's a free agent and he could be one of the least likely players to be traded in the majors. The Mariners have other things to be concerned about, like some of their relievers (back spasms for Putz, some non-roster types getting bombed, Foppert looked good tough).