Cincinatti Reds @ Seattle Mariners Apr 15-17...

[SoulfishHawk]

Yep

Let's get the sweep and REALLY go how bout now

 

[Crizilla]

Who is this Riley guy?

Luke Raley.

He's not good enough yet nobody knows his name XD

 

[Echawks]

really nice to see the team actually hitting

 

[ivotuk]

Gosh this is fun! Just like old times! (2022 & 2023).

 

[sutz]

Nice series overall. Great pitching, some timely hitting, great defense.

From how some guys were posting around here you would have thought we started off 0-20

On to Colorado.

 

[bileever]

Finally started hitting and outscored the Reds, 17-5 for the series. The Reds aren't great, but they did come in 9-6.

The hitting isn't fixed yet, but at least there are signs of life.

 

[Crizilla]

Gonna sweep COL too. 6 straight here we come. First few weeks didn't happen.

 

[Seahawks Guy]

6 straight is a good start. Need 12 straight to convince me.

 

[Chapow]

From how some guys were posting around here you would have thought we started off 0-20

On to Colorado.

It wasn't really about their record, it was about their play on the field. They were statistically bottom 3 in nearly every hitting metric and had the worst K rate in baseball. They had the 6th worst starter ERA as well.

This was a great series and they showed lots of reasons to be optimistic moving forward, but let's not pretend like being pessimistic about this team so far was unreasonable leading into this series. They were literally one of the very worst offenses in baseball.

 

[Crizilla]

The Seager, Cruz, Cano line up for a few years was the best we've ever sniffed since 03. What we saw prior to the Cincy sweep was some of the worst baseball I've ever seen. Seattle fans are such creatures of their surroundings lol. Any east coast baseball town would go absolutely berserk at this team. I'm going to bring up the stadium again. I think it plays a huge role. The dimensions may be fine but the entire stadium needs to be closed off 100%. That ballpark is older than the Kingdome was. It won't happen any time soon but they need a new stadium. Probably in our life time it will happen but not anytime soon.

 

[Threedee]

6 straight is a good start. Need 12 straight to convince me.

After Colorado, we have run a gauntlet of difficult opponents: Rangers, D-Bags, Braves, Assholes.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Nice to FINALLY see them playing like the team we hoped they would be. Cincy came in hot, and left with a big fat sweep on the road........

How bout now?

 

[GeekHawk]

The Seager, Cruz, Cano line up for a few years was the best we've ever sniffed since 03. What we saw prior to the Cincy sweep was some of the worst baseball I've ever seen. Seattle fans are such creatures of their surroundings lol. Any east coast baseball town would go absolutely berserk at this team. I'm going to bring up the stadium again. I think it plays a huge role. The dimensions may be fine but the entire stadium needs to be closed off 100%. That ballpark is older than the Kingdome was. It won't happen any time soon but they need a new stadium. Probably in our life time it will happen but not anytime soon.

Need a new stadium?!? That stadium is still one of the best in baseball (they say, I've not been to other ones but I still like this one). Comparisons to The Concrete Wart are automatically N/A since that place was an abomination from day 1. It needed replaced before it was finished being built. It was a testament to the entire malaise of the 70s.

Granted, they could move the fences in a little so that humans could hit there, but still.

 

[Seahawks Guy]

"well, we swept the Reds and earned the respect of the fans back. Now we can go back to not trying so hard and lose 8 of the next 10."

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Damn man, that's negative even for you. Don't ever go full Pitt

Side note, new stadium? What? T-Mobile is awesome.

 

[Seahawks Guy]

It just seems like that's what the mariners have done over the past 20 years.

"hey look, we're hot!"

3 weeks later

"Just kidding. Tricked you!"

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Nothing wrong with enjoying some wins. It's a rollercoaster and that was fun.

 

[Seahawks Guy]

I consider it a form of cruel teasing.

 

[Ruminator]

I like the M's current dip switch settings, but it's inevitable someone will see fit to fiddle with them.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

I consider it a form of cruel teasing.

That's fine, but I'll tell you what I always do. You don't have to watch or listen. You can choose to do what you want.

This team gives you good and bad.