Top Ten Signs that Opening Week Didn't Work Out As Planned
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TOP TEN THINGS ABOUT YOUR MARINERS MORNING
10. Five words: less Dr. D this morning. At least YOU don't have to write this up, pokey
9. Sure, Houston won, but we were missing Tyler O'Neill check this shtick out
8. Jarrod Dyson performed 2 miracles in 3 games ... and like we sez, defense and baserunning is always more aesthetically pleasing than 5 homers. Speed Never Slumps
7. News pages on M's site filled with phrases like "tough-luck start," "Pazos uninjured" and "Season expected to continue as planned"
6. Robinson Cano second on ballclub with .167 average
5. Wait till we get our best out there (no at-bats for Motter, Ruiz or Heredia)
4. Seager with a 5:1 EYE ratio. Take your wins where you can get 'em
3. We're wishing Felix' groin well
2. M's sporting 6 of 13 pitchers with 0.00 ERA's
1. M's learn valuable lesson: don't "giftwrap" a promotion to any Chase De Jongs. Poor keed
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The 2016 Rangers started 1-3 but quickly climbed back to 3-3, to 6-5 and 14-10 en route to 95 wins.
The 2015 Rangers started 7-15 and 15-22 but won the division with 88 W's. The very same season, the Royals started 7-0 and won their division. Well, not the VERY best example of what we're talking about.
The 2015 Astros started the year 7-17 but since then, have been apparently impossible to beat.
The 2014 Royals started 0-2, with a soul-crushing walkoff to lose the second 1-2, but won the pennant.
The 2013 Indians started 5-10 but won 92 and made the playoffs. you could look up your own other examples.
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If you want to taste some real pain, go through the 300 in-game comments under the next thread right.
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Zeus threw 100 pitches. He got 18 swings and misses, as opposed to 2 hits yielded. He threw 18 of 27 knuckle curves for strikes, got 5 whiffs, gave up one single on it. His fastball was 41-for-59 with a 95.9 MPH average and his third pitch, his foshball, had a -0.82 run value on 13 of them. If he throws like that ...
Three starting pitchers, three playoff pitchers. Told you this was a bat-first team.
Game tonight,
Dr D