Chat: 6/23/15 6:28am
Chat: 6/23/15 6:28am
Shouts
<p>I bet you enjoyed seeing your Fantasy Baseball stud spin a shutout last night, Matt!</p>
#OBF #seattlesportsinsider.com<div class="indented">Reply - mickiholley - 9/2/15 10:50am<br>I never fully got into the fantasy baseball aspect...now, fantasy hockey is another story!</div>
<p>I would much, Much, MUCH rather see Romero take some cuts than ever see Ackley again, good game against Guthrie aside. We know what Ackley is, he is a bust. With Romero there is at least the chance that he refines his eye a little more and becomes a more power oriented Swiss army knife (he plays all four corners, and 2nd in a pinch).</p>
<p>Although being a big Beaver fan I admit I am biased toward Romero (OSU grad) and against the UNC punk ;)</p>
#OBF #seattlesportsinsider.com
<p>I sometimes forget why I even like baseball when watching the Mariners...today I watched the second half of the Jays/Rays game and had a great time watching my boy Marco Estrada run a no-hit bit into the 8th. Has been a fun game.</p>
#SABR_Matt #seattlesportsinsider.com<div class="indented">Reply - mickiholley - 9/2/15 10:51am<br>it can be discouraging cheering for the Mariners...they make it hard to fall in love with them!</div>
<p>I'll be annoyed if they cut Ackley and the guy they bring up is Romero. Guy belongs nowhere near anything remotely close to the major leagues.</p>
#SABR_Matt #seattlesportsinsider.com
<p>Ackley looked great with his TWO hits (or should have been...the other was an error, IMHO) but he was hitting against a guy who gets creamed by lefties. By my count our lefty guys were 8-16 against him, with two doubles and 2 BB's and the HR. I'm hoping it signifies an Ackley rebound, but I'm holding my chips for a while. OBF is right in that he gives you signs of life, brief ones, then long stretches of flatline.</p>
#moethedog #seattlesportsinsider.com
<p>Ackley always does this, he always shows a tantalizing game or two, or heck a whole month... then nosedives for 60 days... I still say cut the bum and give Romero or Guti or Kiv or O'Malley or whoever a chance...</p>
#OBF #seattlesportsinsider.com
<p>Seth Smith and JA Happ... When do we sign them to contract extensions? Or do we have to wait for the offseason?</p>
#OBF #seattlesportsinsider.com
<p>At any rate, Kuma is coming back. . .. .for revenge.</p>
#mojician #seattlesportsinsider.com
<p>That's a brood of chickens. :). Who knows what Edgar is doing differently? Maybe he had Ackley's beard deloused, or maybe Ho Jo was too heavy handed with the hitters, or maybe Edgar has his own proprietary information that he's been holding out for all of these years. Or maybe, the Mariners just had a good game against a meatball. At any rate, the season isn't dead yet.</p>
#mojician #seattlesportsinsider.com
<p>JoBoo needs some rum...feels good to wake up after a 7-0 shutout.</p>
#Browns8625 #seattlesportsinsider.com
<p>So I guess Edgar sacrificed some chickens?</p>
#Grumpy #seattlesportsinsider.com
<p>+2 amigo. LOL. Dangerously un-cheesy.</p>
#jemanji #seattlesportsinsider.com
<p>I know the offense is still suspect, but when is it time to re-sign Seth Smith???</p>
#Tacoma_Rain #seattlesportsinsider.com
<p>Is it worth noting that AFTER #Montgomery hit the umpire in the head, he then retired the next 16 batters in a row??? Maybe Zunino needs to protect the umpires less</p>
#Tacoma_Rain #seattlesportsinsider.com
<p>I like #Montgomery because he just goes out there and does his job. I think there are some pitchers that really benefit from an extended stay in the minor leagues, prepping to start every 5 days, logging the innings pitched, dealing with situations with runners on, dealing with failure, and just learning their craft.</p>
#GLS #seattlesportsinsider.com
<p>So yeah, I guess Ackley has a #History with Guthrie, but still, both that hit in the second inning and the HR later in the game, the sound of the ball coming off the bat was not a sound I remember hearing from an Ackley hit. And, when they showed the slo-mo replay of the swing he put on both, he looked like a completely different hitter.</p>
#GLS #seattlesportsinsider.com
<p>#Montgomery really stepped up his game coming to the bigs. He didn't come close to pitching a game like this in AAA.</p>
#rick82 #seattlesportsinsider.com
<p>Didn't they say that Guthrie was essentially the worst pitcher in the bigs vs. lefties this year? I love #Montgomery.....well at least tonight. The rest of the time I just have a pitcher crush on him.</p>
#moethedog #seattlesportsinsider.com
<p>Matt: regarding Romero, it's 19/46, not 19/48, so we're talking .413 not .395. So, yeah, significant improvement over .341. 72 points. A definite trend in the right direction.</p>
#rick82 #seattlesportsinsider.com
<p>Ackley has a long career of murdering Guthrie...good move to get him into the line-up tonight, McClendon. And yes...#Montgomery! Good thing I picked him up in fantasy in the middle of the second inning of his first Mariner start, ey? :D Just earned me 71 points. Mwahahaaaaaa</p>
#SABR_Matt #seattlesportsinsider.com
<p>I'm watching on my DVR. Ackley's hit in the 2nd was DIFFERENT!</p>
#GLS #seattlesportsinsider.com
<p>It is certainly amazing. his numbers v Guthrie compared to say.....any other pitcher in the bigs</p>
#Browns8625 #seattlesportsinsider.com
<p>I support a new MLB rule, that whenever Dustin Ackley comes to the plate, Jeremy Guthrie must pitch, not matter what team he is with, no matter where in the country he is.</p>
#DaddyO #seattlesportsinsider.com<div class="indented">Reply - mickiholley - 9/4/15 6:02am<br>haha!! no matter what right?</div>
<p>Bout time they string together some hits. Few and far between this year. This should be the norm.</p>
#Browns8625 #seattlesportsinsider.com<div class="indented">Reply - mickiholley - 9/4/15 6:02am<br>solid offense is a key component to being a successful club.</div>
<p>Okay, okay, so Miller and Zunino redeemed themselves with the bases loaded next time they were up. We'll take it.</p>
#DaddyO #seattlesportsinsider.com<div class="indented">Reply - mickiholley - 9/4/15 6:10am<br>redemption is always a good thing!</div>
<p>#Montgomery pitching like he's got nothing to lose. Love that Elias #Style demeanor.</p>
#CMB #seattlesportsinsider.com<div class="indented">Reply - mickiholley - 9/4/15 6:10am<br>I don't think he has anything to lose.</div>
<p>That Miller / Zunino performance with one out and runners on second and third captures this entire season for the M's. Infield back, Miller can't even get us a ground ball.</p>
#DaddyO #seattlesportsinsider.com
<p>should we actually expect more out of Miller than we do of Cano?</p>
#Tacoma_Rain #seattlesportsinsider.com<div class="indented">Reply - mickiholley - 9/4/15 6:11am<br>some people would reply with a solid yes...I think we should expect different level of play from Miller.</div>
<p>Time will tell. I see what you mean.. This ages hard throwers though.. look at the track record in last few years. Tommy John surgeries a plenty. I hope for the best but do fear the worse</p>
#Browns8625 #seattlesportsinsider.com<div class="indented">Reply - mickiholley - 9/4/15 6:12am<br>hard throwers do not last unless they learn how to use finesse and not rely of throwing a ball hard.</div>