4-20-07:M's(Batista) vs Angels(Saunders)

[Goose]

Both teams look to stop losing streaks today, with the Mariners at 3, and the last place Angels(that feels good to type) at 6.

Will Jose Guillen stab Mike Scocia in the face? Will Jeremy Reed come out of nowhere to hit 4 home runs, despite being in Tacoma? Will Jeff Weaver get baked out of his mind? Will Miguel Batista write a best selling novel about it? Will anybody notice that the Mariners actually have the best offense in the West(it's true!)? We'll find out at 7:05.

[marinerswinws]

Nice lead goose, it makes me wanna watch the game.

[bedir than average]

With five makeup dates already on the Mariners schedule look for the rain in the 8:30P hour to be mainly ignored by the umpires.

[bedir than average]

Mariners Lineup
Ichiro
Beltre
Vidro
Ibanez
Sexson
Guillen
Johima
YuBet
Lopez

Angels Lineup
Mathews
Cabrera
Vlad
Anderson
Kotchman
Hillenbrand
Izturis
Napoli
Aybar

[Goose]

Originally Posted by marinerswinws

Nice lead goose, it makes me wanna watch the game.

As long as Guillen is still on the team, any Angels game is a must see.

[bedir than average]

Good news for the Mariners resides in Saunders career splits

v RHB .270/.345/.415/.760

Since the Mariners have only two lefties in the lineup, and one is Ichiro with his reverse split there might be some Seattle Offense. He isn't prone to walk guys, but considering this is the Mariners Joe won't have to worry about that.

[bedir than average]

Also of note is that Joe Saunders is a Hokie and has been granted permission to wear the Virginia Tech Hokies cap during todays game.

[Goose]

If Saunders gets slaughtered, does that make the Mariners asian shooters?


...too soon?

[bedir than average]

O.Cabrera looked foolish right there. How often does a guy fall over himself in the batters box.

[bedir than average]

Originally Posted by Goose

If Saunders gets slaughtered, does that make the Mariners asian shooters?


...too soon?

yes

[Goose]

To my credit, that joke wasn't my idea, a friend texted it to me.

Though to destroy my credit, I laughed.

[bedir than average]

Duly noted (however that's spelled)

already raining, this game will take forever...in 11 years the Angels haven't been rained out, but it is 2007 and the Mariners don't play four in a row

[bedir than average]

Well, it looks like the Angels hitting woes are getting solved rather quickly. That's already two games worth of offense for them.

Let it Rain, Let it Rain

[Goose]

Mother Nature seems to be a Mariner fan this year.

[bedir than average]

Someone has to be, because that liner just made it apparent that Lady Luck isn't a fan.

Guillen gets a cascade of boooooooos and answers with a solid double. The crowd gives more boos.