Mariners Nation 2012

[Warner2BruceTD]

Why did this thread die? Post, m'fers!

 

[Bomberooski]

The banning of West hurt it a ton.

M's win last night and Felix looks real real solid right now.

Ackley was dynamite last night.

Alex Liddi is the guy I'm most intrigued by right now. Wouldn't mind seeing him get a couple more starts over the next few games.

 

[West]

the fuck

 

[Golden Taters]

West is back, time for the M's to start their playoff run.

 

[KnightNoles]

Do they sell the King Felix shirts?

 

[Golden Taters]

Do they sell the King Felix shirts?

Yes. But even better...

Larry Bernandez.

 

[KnightNoles]

Well buy and ship me three versions...

:wildthing:

Please!

3 versions in spoiler

 

 

[West]

http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=21311449

Vargas looking good last night, M's take the series against Detroit 2-1.

John Jaso has won the game for the Mariners every single time hes played this season...pretty legit

 

[Bomberooski]

http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=21311449

Vargas looking good last night, M's take the series against Detroit 2-1.

John Jaso has won the game for the Mariners every single time hes played this season...pretty legit

John Jason is sexy

 

[West]

:king: lost in the opener of the yankees

Hector is up this afternoon. I think he has the potential but he really needs to start locking it down quick cause the M's are starting to trail in that division pretty bad.

Mostly they need to hit the baseball more, and maybe put in Larry Bernandez

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/544951/Wedge1_medium.gif

 

[West]

The Yankees threw a welcome-back party for Andy Pettitte on Sunday, but Justin Smoak and Casper Wells had other ideas as they spoiled the reunion with two-run home runs in Seattle's 6-2 victory.

And while all the buzz in the Bronx was about Pettitte's return after a two-year absence, Seattle's own veteran, Kevin Millwood, wound up stealing the old-timers' show with seven innings of one-run ball for his first victory for the Mariners.

"It was almost like a throwback '99 game -- Pettitte vs. Millwood," said Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter. "But Kevin knows how to pitch. He doesn't throw too many balls straight. He works around the strike zone. We really couldn't get too much going."

Millwood, 37, allowed just three hits in helping the Mariners snap an eight-game road losing streak. It was his 164th career win, ninth on the Major League's active list, and first against the Yankees since 2009.

go mariners

 

[West]

A.L. West W L
Texas 22 12
Oakland 18 17
Seattle 16 20
LA Angels 15 19

We are trailing in the division, a team full of inexperienced kids and questionable management...

But it's a long season gentleman. And this is Mariners Nation.

Lets do this. Fuck the Rangers.

 

[Golden Taters]

I love watching the Mariners this year. First time in what seems like forever that watching them is bearable.

 

[West]

Casper Wells got a Mother's Day request from his mom on Sunday morning. Nothing big, just if he could provide a little something special to remember when she and the rest of the family drove the two hours from Schenectady in upstate New York to see him play at Yankee Stadium.

"She said, 'Hit a home run for me,'" said a grinning Wells after his team's 6-2 victory. "Like that's an easy thing to do. I was thinking, 'That's kind of a big request. How about a single or a couple knocks?'"

But Wells indeed delivered the long ball, driving a sixth-inning pitch by Andy Pettitte high off the right-field foul pole for a two-run shot that provided his team a 4-1 lead. It was his first home run of the year.

run the bases friendly ghost

Go Mariners

 

[West]

My favorite moment of the 2012 Mariners season thus far

http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/vid...rPage=60&c_id=sea&playerName=Michael Saunders

I remember seeing this guy's Mariner debut. It took him a few years but its great to see the dude finally getting it together and making it happen out there

 

[MVPete]

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[West]

I like this imbed feature

here's a video of brandon league shutting the door on the rangers

 

[West]

Lefty Jason Vargas takes the mound Monday, and he's been strong all season, including eight innings of one-run ball in his last start against Detroit on May 9.

"My fastball was in the strike zone and my changeup was better than it's been in a long time," Vargas said. "I feel like when I got that combination, I'm going to be OK."

Vargas has mixed in a good changeup to go with his fastball this year, resulting in a career-low 0.97 WHIP. He's 4-2 this season with a 2.79 ERA in eight starts.

The southpaw will make his fourth career start against Boston. He's 1-1 with a 3.26 ERA vs. the Red Sox.

The road has not been kind to the Mariners this season.

Seattle has lost eight of its last nine games away from home, despite a 6-2 win over the Yankees on Sunday. And the Mariners' four-city, 10-game road trip doesn't get any easier when the club begins a two-game series with the Red Sox on Monday at Fenway Park.

Mariners manager Eric Wedge believes the inconsistencies of his youthful team have lead to Seattle's road woes.

"That's just the way it is," Wedge said. "We just have to stick with these guys and help them grind through it and get to where they're consistent both home and away. This is a tough road trip for us, a lot of travel, some good clubs that we're playing, some veteran baseball clubs. So it's a good test for us. A good education."

By the end of this trip, Seattle will have played 28 of its first 43 games on the road, including the first two in Tokyo.

 

[West]

Jason Vargas picked a bad night to roll out his first shaky start of the season Monday, when the Mariners' offense provided almost no help in a 6-1 loss to the Red Sox at Fenway Park.

Boston southpaw Jon Lester held Seattle scoreless until Kyle Seager's RBI grounder with one out in the ninth inning as the reviving Red Sox won their fourth straight to improve to 16-19. It was Lester's eighth complete game of his career, as he allowed eight hits, but no walks.

Vargas, who came in with a 2.79 ERA and an outstanding 0.97 WHIP through eight starts, gave up a pair of home runs and two doubles among seven hits in the first four innings.

The 29-year-old's normally potent changeup abandoned him, leaving the southpaw one-dimensional in a park where all weapons are needed.

"I really didn't have anything but a fastball," Vargas said. "It was kind of opposite from my last outing, where I really couldn't throw a changeup for a ball. And all of them tonight were balls. It was just one of those nights where I had to go out there and battle.

"My fastball was a fastball, but if I missed with it, they were doing damage, because they didn't have to worry about any other pitch. It was just a grind."

Vargas dug in and wound up allowing just those seven hits over six innings, but the five runs and two homers were both season highs, and three walks equaled his high there as well. Vargas is now 4-3 with a 3.28 ERA, with all three losses coming on the road.

 

[West]

Ack Attack has extended his hit streak to 10 games and Leave it to Beavan is gonna try and prevent Boston from getting the series sweep tomorrow.

go mariners