Seattle Mariners @ LA Angels Aug 15-17

[sutz]

And the fact that they still have Nevin, makes zero sense. He's a horrible manager, and just a dick really.

IIRC he's an interim manager. I believe they fired their manager earlier this year.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

I just hope they keep Nevin around, for a long time

 

[ivotuk]

Way too many 0-2 counts for the hitters.

Oh and Laz Diaz still sucks as a home plate ump. Top 3 worst umps.

Cracks me up that Carlos Santana talked him in to 3 - 1 instead of 2 - 2! And the Angles had no clue! I wonder if the 3rd base Mariners coach started that because he knew the Ump was an idiot?

 

[SoulfishHawk]

I've always hated the umps, but they seem NEXT LEVEL bad this year. My goodness, it's brutal.

 

[sutz]

Cracks me up that Carlos Santana talked him in to 3 - 1 instead of 2 - 2! And the Angles had no clue! I wonder if the 3rd base Mariners coach started that because he knew the Ump was an idiot?

That was weird, TBS. The ump carries a counter to keep the count on. I lost count myself.

 

[Sports Hernia]

That was weird, TBS. The ump carries a counter to keep the count on. I lost count myself.

Umped little league games back in the dinosaur days when I was in highschool. You always have a “clicker” that helps you keep track of balls and strikes and outs.

 

[Hawk-Lock]

The entire game was full of mistakes from start to finish. Such a weird game.

 

[Hawk-Lock]

Another game where we will struggle to hit. It’s becoming far too common.

Not adding a bat will limit our ceiling. Our best bet at scoring is hitting a HR, we just don’t have the guys to get multiple hits in an inning.

 

[Ruminator]

Ms desperately need to replace the batteries in their bats. I think each bat takes four D-size alkaline batteries, and with the way they're performing at the plate this evening, I bet the batteries are all corroded and leaking.

 

[Sports Hernia]

Offense is not consistent. No one is hot right now, everyone seems to be struggling. Every AB seems to start 0-2. They got back in the bad habit of taking the first pitch down the middle for strike 1. I’d rather them be aggressive hunting a first pitch fastball, then this passive crap.

 

[Bobblehead]

Slumping.. and Julio is trying so hard to crush everything.. I hate the HR derby.

 

[Hawk-Lock]

Slumping.. and Julio is trying so hard to crush everything.. I hate the HR derby.

HR Derby definitely put Julio on the map, but agreed, I feel like he is constantly swinging for the fences.

But it’s not just him, pretty much everyone at the plate is in a slump.

 

[Ruminator]

Finally replaced those batteries!

 

[Hawk-Lock]

Anyone else’s root sports feed glitching out?

 

[sutz]

Yeah, Root seems to be stuck in an endless loop.

 

[Hawk-Lock]

I think Suarez is at about 4000 pitches by now.

 

[sutz]

At least.

 

[sutz]

Had to switch to radio. Kiro 710. M's up 3-2 in the 7th, Ohtani AB with Fletcher on 1st.
Munoz down 2-0 to Ohtani.
2-2 single to left. men on 1st & 2d with Rengifo coming up.
0-2 to Rengifo
1-2
Swing and a miss. End of 7th. M's still up 3-2

 

[Bobblehead]

If you watch it on Fubo, you can switch channels to the Angels broadcast.. honestly, the announcers are really lacking.

 

[sutz]

ROOT back on.