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Gordon Gross: Them's the breaks of a .500ish team. You win half and feel good, and you lose half and get grumpy. Gotta get one tomorrow.11 hours 13 min ago
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DaddyO: Man, EVERY time we get a little "feel good" about the M's, it's all too quickly dissipated. Just got back from engaging in life's most important duty and joy, and saw the Felix got whupped while the M's were shut out. Man.....14 hours 30 min ago
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Grumpy: Something must be done about Cleveland at this point. Can we buy the Cavs or something?17 hours 35 min ago
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Gordon Gross: Paxton, Pike and Walker are pitching in the minors today. Might be able to get the taste out of my mouth with one or two of those performances.18 hours 25 min ago
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Gordon Gross: This is a painful series. At least we don't have to wait for a walk-off this time. Had the doors blown off early.18 hours 26 min ago
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SABR Matt: well...I tuned in for a total of 83 seconds and in that time saw Morse throw a ball to Mars and Smoak commit a Bill Buckner. Game is now turned off.19 hours 25 min ago
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phxterry: Morse good athlete, but has to make baseball plays - like hitting the cutoff man.19 hours 27 min ago
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DaddyO: We are a .500 team, but becoming a tough .500 team that can play with the best in any given series. A few moves would make this team more dangerous, but only dramatic breakouts would make us any sort of true contender. Make the moves, Jack. We want to be more dangerous this year.1 day 11 hours ago
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Bat571: The model for Smoak that I would hope for is Sean Casey - about the same size, but threw rightie and batted leftie only. His best years were ~ .320/.380/.520 with a career of .302/.367/.447/.814. Take ~,020 off the BA, but keep the OBP/SLG about the same and that would be an optimal pattern for Smoak. I don't think we'll see a .900 OPS from him except in a possible career year, but a steady .380 OBP and .440 SLG is a very valuable cog if you have more slugging elsewhere, especially given the level of defense Smoak is showing this year.1 day 12 hours ago
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Spectator: The type you're suggesting, Drago is Dave Magadan (.288/.390/.377). He did play for 16 seasons, but I'm not sure he would have if limited to only 1b (he played slightly more at third). And he was pretty much a part-time player after age 30. But he wasn't a worthless guy with his on-base skill. I don't know if any teams would have committed to him long-term as their primay first baseman though. Much better to have Olerud-level (.295/.398/.465) with basically the same OBP skill but with that upgrade of ISO. Not sure if Smoak can get there, but that's what you'd want to see from him now in my view.1 day 13 hours ago
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Drago: If Smoak can claw his way up to .300/.400/.400 is that acceptable for a 1st baseman?
Could you win your next championship with a player like that?1 day 15 hours ago
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rick82: Baby steps. Yesterday we had a big performance by Maurer. Today, Smoak unleashed his power to go along with his eye. But the catcher's position. That's a problem.1 day 16 hours ago
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SABR Matt: On the bright side...the Mariners are still fighting like lions and coming back on teams late...plus Farquhar looks better than even I thought1 day 16 hours ago
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Gordon Gross: 2 days, two walkoffs by the home team. We're just not QUITE as good as the Indians, apparently. Hopefully Felix and Iwakuma can make it seem like we are by getting a series split.1 day 16 hours ago
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malcontent: What is it about the Indians? Oliver Perez has been amazing, so he gets the first 2 batters 0-2 and gives up hard hit balls...1 day 16 hours ago
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malcontent: And Raul, at this point, after having never been appreciated by the Mariners blogosphere, deserves a gift basket from Dave Cameron.1 day 16 hours ago
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Gordon Gross: How big was Morales hitting that ball so hard...right at the 2B? If he'd been on that would have been the game. Or at least the chance to close out the game. Gotta figure out some way to make the pen hold up for 2 more innings and scratch out a run next inning.1 day 16 hours ago
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