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CuntWaffle
CuntWaffle Member Posts: 22,499
in Mariners Baby! + Other Sports
Sweep the Jays. 2 out of 3 from the Tigers. This season has been improvement. Fire Jack Z still though.

Yea yea TSIO blah blah blah.
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  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,643 Founders Club
    Mods?

    Can we stop with the crip jokes?
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  • dhdawg
    dhdawg Member Posts: 13,326
    if they make the division series no to fire jack z. Big if though. I criticize him as much as anyone but he has made some good moves this year. Young, Jackson, Rodney, etc.
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839
    dhdawg said:

    if they make the division series no to fire jack z. Big if though. I criticize him as much as anyone but he has made some good moves this year. Young, Jackson, Rodney, etc.

    I'd still fire him, but they won't. I do think it's possible he can be a decent GM, the Jackson trade was vintage Good Z, which we haven't seen in a few years. I'd rather start fresh, but with Howie doing the hiring, what are the odds they actually upgrade?

    #FireLincoln
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  • EsophagealFeces
    EsophagealFeces Member Posts: 13,168
    dnc said:

    dhdawg said:

    if they make the division series no to fire jack z. Big if though. I criticize him as much as anyone but he has made some good moves this year. Young, Jackson, Rodney, etc.

    I'd still fire him, but they won't. I do think it's possible he can be a decent GM, the Jackson trade was vintage Good Z, which we haven't seen in a few years. I'd rather start fresh, but with Howie doing the hiring, what are the odds they actually upgrade?

    #FireLincoln
    This. They might luck into a good season every now and then, but the M's are ultimately fucked until Lincoln goes away.
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  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,643 Founders Club
    CuntWaffle said:

    If their is room for divegrass there is to for boreball.

    Whoosh?
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  • CuntWaffle
    CuntWaffle Member Posts: 22,499
    Their pitching is unreal right now. Jackson and Morales are huge improvements to the lineup. Two really underrated pick ups for them. A legit leadoff hitter and an actual clean up guy.
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839
    CuntWaffle said:

    Their pitching is unreal right now. Jackson and Morales are huge improvements to the lineup. Two really underrated pick ups for them. A legit leadoff hitter and an actual clean up guy.

    Morales is not an actual clean up guy. Seager should be batting cleanup. Morales may or may not even prove to be an upgrade, but right now he has a .595 OPS since he came over to the M's (ILTCTTM's). So far they would have been better giving those AB's to Justin Smoak.

    But yes, Jackson was the perfect addition.
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  • dhdawg
    dhdawg Member Posts: 13,326
    edited August 2014
    disagree on smoak. While morales has been sucking overall he has been hitting better lately, granted still not outstanding.
    At least there is potential improvement from morales unlike smoak who is what he is. Seager is a better option however
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839
    dhdawg said:

    disagree on smoak. While morales has been sucking overall he has been hitting better lately, granted still not outstanding.
    At least there is potential improvement from morales unlike smoak who is what he is. Seager is a better option however

    I'm not saying Smoak is better, I'm just saying he almost assuredly would have performed better than Morales over the 21 games he's been here. That's how drecky Morales has been.

    The nice thing is he is definitely on the upswing with a .749 OPS in August and a .960 OPS the past week. I'm not saying send Morales down for Smoak, just poonting to a guy we all know sucks to illustrate just how bad Morales has been for the M's.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0
    Haven't watched the M's since 2001 when management didn't add a bat.
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  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,144
    Z should have been fired 3 years ago. He's not getting fired after this year.
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  • dhdawg
    dhdawg Member Posts: 13,326
    that was an unbelievable win. So un-mariners like.
    2 outs, so what?
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839
    dhdawg said:

    that was an unbelievable win. So un-mariners like.
    2 outs, so what?

    I'm mooging it up hard tonight

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  • Gladstone
    Gladstone Member Posts: 16,419
    holy shit at that comeback

    0-2 count with 2 outs in the 9th down 3-0? what
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839
    Gladstone said:

    holy shit at that comeback

    0-2 count with 2 outs in the 9th down 3-0? what

    Win probability was at 0.2% at that poont. 998 times out of 1000 (hi Tequilla!) teams don't come back from that to win.

    Took some luck with Denorfia and Ackley's bloopers falling in, but you don't come back from that without a little luck. And how about Ackley scoring from first on a single?

    Crazy.
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  • dhdawg
    dhdawg Member Posts: 13,326
    mariners record in 1 run games entering today was 14-23. They were due for good luck
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  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,839
    dhdawg said:

    mariners record in 1 run games entering today was 14-23. They were due for good luck

    It's still 14-23 after today

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  • Fire_Marshall_Bill
    Fire_Marshall_Bill Member Posts: 25,665 Standard Supporter
    RoadDawg55 said:

    Z should have been fired 3 years ago. He's not getting fired after this year.

    Sadly you're right. Unless they go 8-19 or something in September ( I'm estimating the amount of games...wrgaf), Seattle fans will be happy they won 84 games and were in it until Wednesday of the last week. He deserves another chance for acquiring Austin Jackson and having us in contention to be the fifth best team out of 14... or 15, whatever.

    I was talking to my friend last night and he was talking World Series. Refuse to lose!!!
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  • BlowItUp
    BlowItUp Member Posts: 877
    If score holds in the Tigers/Twins game tonight they (Mariners ) will have a 2 game lead in the 2nd WC.

    It appears there will be meaningful baseball in September for the first time since I hit puberty.
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  • CuntWaffle
    CuntWaffle Member Posts: 22,499
    First Fenway sweep ever and they were down in every game at one point. Did it with clutch hitting. 13 above .500

    Schedule is pretty brutal the rest of the way but at least they are playing in late August/early September for something.
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  • dhdawg
    dhdawg Member Posts: 13,326
    every game facing a deficit of at least 2 runs. Whenever every mariner team from 2003-13 (sans 2007) faced any type of deficit they were toast. I'm not saying they will make the WS which they probably won't, but they are a different team.
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  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,144
    edited August 2014
    dhdawg said:

    every game facing a deficit of at least 2 runs. Whenever every mariner team from 2003-13 (sans 2007) faced any type of deficit they were toast. I'm not saying they will make the WS which they probably won't, but they are a different team.

    Make the WS? They have to make the playoffs first. Then they have to win the loser out game. One step at a time. They've surprised this season, but there is over a month of baseball left and they have a one game lead over Detroit. Every team has reasons why they won't make it, but the bullpen got taxed this weekend. Iwakuma got rocked today too. Giving the M's a 50% chance of making the playoffs is probably accurate and very generous considering these are still the Mariners.
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  • dhdawg
    dhdawg Member Posts: 13,326
    I never said they would make the World Series. I would give them about a 50% chance of getting to the playoffs and a <5% chance at the WS. The % I saw on fangraphs the other day was like 3.5%. I think that's about right
    Stop being a twister
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  • TierbsHsotBoobs
    TierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680
    If they don't make the WS, #TheSeasonIsOver
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  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,643 Founders Club
    TierbsHsotBoobs said:

    If they don't make win the WS, #TheSeasonIsOver

    Flagged for accepting 2nd place.
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  • TierbsHsotBoobs
    TierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680
    PurpleJ said:

    TierbsHsotBoobs said:

    If they don't make win the WS, #TheSeasonIsOver

    Flagged for accepting 2nd place.
    Good poont.
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  • SteveInShelton
    SteveInShelton Member Posts: 1,611
    SEATTLE -- The Seattle Mariners have rewarded general manager Jack Zduriencik with a multiyear extension with the club in playoff contention late in the season.

    Even when the Mariners have a good season, they do shit like this to ruin it.
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  • CuntWaffle
    CuntWaffle Member Posts: 22,499
    The next 10 seasons are over.
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