mariners (0-0) @ angels (0-0)

Post #21 » by **Bulltalk** » Tue Apr 1, 2014 4:22 am

Sweezo wrote:
Bulltalk wrote:He might end up being our cleanup hitter.

Fine, since Almonte's firmly entrenched as the leadoff hitter!

Yeah...just throw us a bone. :lol:

Post #22 » by **Sweezo** » Tue Apr 1, 2014 4:30 am

Bulltalk wrote:Can Smoak make them pay? Doubtful. We'll see.

He just missed. One of many chances teams will give him to do something with Cano on 1st base, I think. [Not that I'm saying he'll do anything with those chances. It's definitely a concern].

Post #23 » by **Bulltalk** » Tue Apr 1, 2014 4:34 am

I have no idea what to make of our bullpen as a unit. My learning curve is going to be a work in progress.

Post #24 » by **Bulltalk** » Tue Apr 1, 2014 4:36 am

Mike Trout is just sickeningly good.

Post #25 » by **Sweezo** » Tue Apr 1, 2014 4:39 am

Bulltalk wrote:Mike Trout is just sickeningly good.

I find him less and less likable the thicker his neck gets. My hope is the next six years of career go by with nary a playoff appearance.

Wilhelmsen v. Pujols...hold on to something.

Post #26 » by **Bulltalk** » Tue Apr 1, 2014 4:39 am

Uh oh...

Post #27 » by **Bulltalk** » Tue Apr 1, 2014 4:47 am

Is Dustin Ackley going to make me look at that beard all year?

Post #28 » by **Sweezo** » Tue Apr 1, 2014 5:09 am

SMOAK! Holy ****...

Post #29 » by **Bulltalk** » Tue Apr 1, 2014 5:10 am

I have no words...

Post #30 » by **Sweezo** » Tue Apr 1, 2014 5:22 am

Smoak's hitting moon shots, Morrison's stealing bases, Ackley's clearing bases with a triple...it's glorious!

Post #31 » by **Bulltalk** » Tue Apr 1, 2014 5:26 am

We're contenders! :rocking:

Anyway...nice to win an opener...Felix 11 K's...Ackley and Smoak multi hit, multi RBI games...satisfied.

Goodnight ya'll.

Post #32 » by **Sweezo** » Tue Apr 1, 2014 5:31 am

Bulltalk wrote:I have no idea what to make of our bullpen as a unit. My learning curve is going to be a work in progress.

I'm cautiously optimistic. If Wilhelmsen has his control back, Pryor comes back healthy, and Rodney doesn't walk the world, we could be pretty good with Farquhar and Furbush as solid options.

Post #33 » by **Sweezo** » Tue Apr 1, 2014 5:32 am

Bulltalk wrote:We're contenders!

Anyway...nice to win an opener...Felix 11 K's...Ackley and Smoak multi hit, multi RBI games...satisfied.

Goodnight ya'll.

That ended up being one of the most enjoyable M's games I can remember in recent memory. They started off a little shaky but they ended up with a performance where damn near everyone contributed.

BayAreaMadSkill · Post #34 » by **BayAreaMadSkill** » Tue Apr 1, 2014 5:44 am

If Smoak could just be GOOD. Like...275 w/ 25 HR good, we would win the West. I have zero doubts about that. So long as our pitchers come back healthy.

But I feel like this is such a tease and Ackley and Smoak will simply regress to what we have been used to.

Great game to watch though. Felix was nasty and Smoak murdered that homer.

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nuke the whales · Post #35 » by **nuke the whales** » Tue Apr 1, 2014 4:41 pm

If nothing else, we can say that at some point this season, we were in first place in the AL West.

TTown · Post #36 » by **TTown** » Wed Apr 2, 2014 12:12 am

that win was almost even bigger, too. seager's double didn't miss by much.

TTown · Post #37 » by **TTown** » Wed Apr 2, 2014 2:54 am

1-0 m's, top 3

singles by ackley and buck, almonte with an RBI double.

cano intentionally walked, smoak up with the bases juiced...

Post #38 » by **Sweezo** » Wed Apr 2, 2014 2:55 am

Almonte does it again with an RBI double! Seeing Josh Hamilton belly flop while trying to corral the ball really makes me count our blessings that he rejected Seattle. Jack's been trying to land is superstar bat for awhile. Hamilton used us as leverage, Fielder seemed less than enthused, Justin Upton rejected us...so we get Cano, and he's better than any of them.

And now Cano gets the IBB, bases juiced for Smoak...make 'em pay, buddy.

TTown · Post #39 » by **TTown** » Wed Apr 2, 2014 2:55 am

smoak with a bases clearing double!

Post #40 » by **Sweezo** » Wed Apr 2, 2014 2:56 am

I'll be damned...Cano might have some protection right behind him. What is this devilry?