2014 Seattle Mariners

[dumbrabbit]

Exactly one month ago, we were down 11 to Oakland. Today we can tie them.

Baseball is so weird.

 

[MizzouHawkGal]

One game back of Oakland for the first wildcard spot.

Excellent.

 

[hawkfan68]

Oakland has been on a freefall since the trading deadline. They made a bad move by trading Cespedes for Lester. They were just fine in first place and now they are in trouble. They may not make the playoffs. A pitcher who pitches every five days is not as valuable (unless he's the top pitcher in the league) as a good everyday player like Cespedes. Lester is good but not great. They are learning that now.

 

[Smelly McUgly]

Oakland has been on a freefall since the trading deadline. They made a bad move by trading Cespedes for Lester. They were just fine in first place and now they are in trouble. They may not make the playoffs. A pitcher who pitches every five days is not as valuable (unless he's the top pitcher in the league) as a good everyday player like Cespedes. Lester is good but not great. They are learning that now.

They thought they had enough hitting, but Donaldson and Moss fell off a cliff and Crisp and Jaso got hurt. That is the perfect storm of terrible luck. I think the trade was reasonable on its face; how could Beane know that his whole team was going to get injured or go into a slump right after he executed it?

I love Cespedes, though. It's easier to root for him when he's not killing us for twenty games a year.

 

[Glasgow Seahawk]

The crowd looks pretty poor for a team who are making their first real play off push in over 10 years. I'm guessing it's cause we're playing the Astros, the stadium always seems empty when we play them.

 

[Vetamur]

The crowd looks pretty poor for a team who are making their first real play off push in over 10 years. I'm guessing it's cause we're playing the Astros, the stadium always seems empty when we play them.

Listening to sports radio they say that in 1995 crowds didnt really get big til the last 2 weeks of the season, and that year was a bit similar to this they say.. Seattle making moves to get into the playoffs in September.

Im going to the game tonight with Sammy from .net, it will be my second game Ive caught in just the week and a half Ive been here so Im doing my part! Was going to hit one yesterday but was already out and not dressed for it.

Iwakuma on the mound tonight, hopefully they win this one.

 

[Largent80]

The crowd looks pretty poor for a team who are making their first real play off push in over 10 years. I'm guessing it's cause we're playing the Astros, the stadium always seems empty when we play them.

Listening to sports radio they say that in 1995 crowds didnt really get big til the last 2 weeks of the season, and that year was a bit similar to this they say.. Seattle making moves to get into the playoffs in September.

Im going to the game tonight with Sammy from .net, it will be my second game Ive caught in just the week and a half Ive been here so Im doing my part! Was going to hit one yesterday but was already out and not dressed for it.

Iwakuma on the mound tonight, hopefully they win this one.

I hope they win, have a great time, we will see ya this Sunday in sunny San Diego !!!!!!!!

 

[dumbrabbit]

We need Ackley back in the lineup. He's the key to the home stretch.

 

[dumbrabbit]

Selig: "I watch 15 games a night generally"

Oh goodness. So classic.

 

[SeatownJay]

Detroit lost so Seattle needs to win to take over a ½ game lead for the second wild card spot.

 

[MizzouHawkGal]

Go Mariners! Don't disappoint like most guys. :mrgreen:

 

[CurryStopstheRuns]

Oakland also lost this evening. If the Mariners can pull this one out then they will only be one down from the top wildcard.

 

[bigtrain21]

Why didn't we challenge that one where Carter was safe at second. Inning would have been over!

 

[Crizilla]

I hope the M's get the 2nd wild card because they are terribad at home

 

[Chapow]

Ugh, on a night when Oakland and Detroit already lost it's especially frustrating to watch the M's lose their second in a row to frickin Houston.

 

[m0ng0]

Kuma is looking quite beatable these days :-(

 

[Blitzer88]

.......................................the Astros......................really we lose to the dang ASTROS! Come on, if we want to make the playoffs we gotta beat the bad teams.

 

[Chapow]

I hate that I'm feeling pretty pessimistic about this team right now (losing 3 out of the last 4 against Houston/Texas sure doesn't help). I just can't shake the thought that even if they do make the 1 game wildcard playoff, Felix will go out there and pitch a great game but make 1 mistake at some point giving up a 2 run home run and we'll end up losing 2-1. I just have very little faith in our offense at this point.

That being said, the M's have a great opportunity staring them in the face with the upcoming 3 game series against Oakland. If they can find a way to get it done in that series, things will look significantly different come Monday morning.

 

[Largent80]

Baseball can be a head scratching game and when a team loses to an inferior team it proves that point. They could have made up all that ground and didn't.

I moved from Seattle in 2008 but I keep up on the M's and still have a lot of great (and not so great) memories. Yeah, we used to drive all the way from Snohomish a lot back in the 80's to watch a lot of bad M's teams, but it was inexpensive back then.

 

[Glasgow Seahawk]

The crowd looks pretty poor for a team who are making their first real play off push in over 10 years. I'm guessing it's cause we're playing the Astros, the stadium always seems empty when we play them.

Listening to sports radio they say that in 1995 crowds didnt really get big til the last 2 weeks of the season, and that year was a bit similar to this they say.. Seattle making moves to get into the playoffs in September.

Im going to the game tonight with Sammy from .net, it will be my second game Ive caught in just the week and a half Ive been here so Im doing my part! Was going to hit one yesterday but was already out and not dressed for it.

Iwakuma on the mound tonight, hopefully they win this one.

I think there is just something 'meh' about playing the Astros. Even when we played them in other series the crowds were small. They seem to be our bogey team though but also gave the Angels a hard time of it. For me, I can't get to midweek games due to work commitments and family life. The Mariners also have to compete with the Sounders for my money at weekends. I'm a bigger soccer fan than baseball and the Sounders need all the support they can get to stay top and win the supporters shield against a tough upcoming schedule, so i'll be at the game on Friday. Next Mariners game I go to will be against the Angels.