Jr.'s return to Seattle

b_roy7 · Post #1 » by **b_roy7** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 3:37 pm

Game 1: Aaron Harang(7-2, 3.88 ERA) vs. Ryan Feierabend(1-1, 4.50 ERA)
L: 1-16

Game 2: Kyle Lohse(3-9, 4.56 ERA) vs. Jarrod Washburn(5-6, 4.38 ERA)
W:9-1

Game 3: Bronson Arroyo(2-8, 5.24 ERA) vs. Miguel Batista(7-6, 4.99 ERA)

NateMustGo · Post #2 » by **NateMustGo** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 5:15 pm

Man we take 2 of 3 and we can get back in the race.

Post #3 » by **Sweezo** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 5:36 pm

I'm glad Griffey's back. This has been a long time coming. He's the only player I truly miss seeing in an M's uniform.

UNC Tar Heel Fan · Post #4 » by **UNC Tar Heel Fan** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:34 pm

This will be a fun game to see. I wonder if he'll smash a few out of the park for good ol time's sake.

Post #5 » by **Basketball Jesus** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:43 pm

Sweezo wrote:I'm glad Griffey's back. This has been a long time coming. He's the only player I truly miss seeing in an M's uniform.

Edgar called; said he was taking you off the Christmas card list.

b_roy7 · Post #6 » by **b_roy7** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:26 pm

Sweezo wrote:I'm glad Griffey's back. This has been a long time coming. He's the only player I truly miss seeing in an M's uniform.

We should get him back.

MoMustGo wrote:Man we take 2 of 3 and we can get back in the race.

I can see that happening. Damn Angels, won't lose some games...

Post #7 » by **Sweezo** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:31 pm

Ha ha...fair enough. Of course I say that in the sense that I see Griffey playing in another uniform and I still think it just doesn't look right. I think he should still be playing for the M's.

I was able to cope with Randy Johnson leaving because I wasn't sure how many years he had left in him and because his last year was one filled with acrimony. Same with A-Rod as his giant contract was so ridiculous.

When Edgar left, it was clearly time for him to be done. Same with Buhner. I look back on their careers and am happy with what they did and felt proper closure. Griffey was a different story entirely.

Post #8 » by **Sweezo** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:33 pm

b_roy7 wrote:We should get him back.

But for what purpose? If he's in the AL, he needs to DH. If he's on the market right now because he's unhappy playing RF, I doubt he'd like being a fulltime DH. There's no way the M's could afford to supplant Ichiro's steller defense at CF with a player closer to 40 years old than 30 years old with a knack for hurting himself.

Post #9 » by **Bulltalk** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:58 pm

I don't think there is a player in the history of Seattle sports who had quite the impact that Griffey did. Griffey walked on water in Seattle. Kids idolized him.

I fully expect Griffey to get quite a reception when he returns tonight.

Post #10 » by **BlackMamba** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:54 pm

Bulltalk wrote:I don't think there is a player in the history of Seattle sports who had quite the impact that Griffey did. Griffey walked on water in Seattle. Kids idolized him.

I fully expect Griffey to get quite a reception when he returns tonight.

+1

Post #11 » by **PhilipNelsonFan** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:47 am

Sweezo wrote:When Edgar left, it was clearly time for him to be done. Same with Buhner. I look back on their careers and am happy with what they did and felt proper closure. Griffey was a different story entirely.

I agree, although I felt like we should've kept the Big Unit. That IMO is a mistake.

As mentioned, Griffey will get a hero's welcome back to Seattle.

And we should be able to EASILY take two of three; no f**king idea how an Arroyo/Batista pitching matchup will go. We could win that one by a score of 20-19.

Troy McClure · Post #12 » by **Troy McClure** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 1:24 am

Griffey makes me sad. Good to see him back though.

Troy McClure · Post #13 » by **Troy McClure** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 1:51 am

Lol, they are playing the Jurassic Park song.

Post #14 » by **Sweezo** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 2:09 am

emraldchild wrote:Griffey makes me sad. Good to see him back though.

His speech is actually making me sad, too. I wonder if he regrets leaving...he has to...obviously his career didn't turn out quite like he envisioned it would in Cincy.

It's good to have him back. The reception seemed fairly warm, and he deserves that. There was some booing, but they were in the minority.

The booing is something I don't totally understand. A-Rod? Yeah, I understand that...he became the posterboy for greed, and he's turned into everything I hate in a major league athlete.

Griffey did his penance...he made what he thought was the right move at the time, and it backfired horribly, costing him the possibility of being considered the greatest baseball player of the last fifty years. And his leaving didn't kill the team...the team went on to make the playoffs and had one of the greatest seasons in the history of baseball. What killed the team was lackluster management later on...

I know Griffey didn't leave on the greatest of terms, but...gee, I've gotten over it.

b_roy7 · Post #15 » by **b_roy7** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 2:21 am

LOL! They were booing Feierabend when he was trying to pick of Phillips(of course when Jr. up).

Post #16 » by **Sweezo** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 2:27 am

^^ Yeah...wha? I'm as happy to see Griffey back as anyone, but for Christ's sake you don't boo your own pitcher for holding a runner on base. Perhaps idiot fans like that are the reason Griffey left in the first place...

Fear Bend is getting squeezed by the ump...gah.

Post #17 » by **Sweezo** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 2:44 am

Holy crap, I think MLB wants the Reds to win this one.

EDIT: Damn straight, Hargrove...

b_roy7 · Post #18 » by **b_roy7** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 2:51 am

Sweezo wrote:^^ Yeah...wha? I'm as happy to see Griffey back as anyone, but for Christ's sake you don't boo your own pitcher for holding a runner on base. Perhaps idiot fans like that are the reason Griffey left in the first place...

Fear Bend is getting squeezed by the ump...gah.

Lol. That made me laugh.

What'd Hargrove do?

It's over. Unless Griffey joins the Mariners for the rest of the game and hits like 3 grand slams. :lol:

Wouldn't Safeco Field just blow up?

Troy McClure · Post #19 » by **Troy McClure** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 4:14 am

Wow. 16 in 6 innings...wow. And as I'm typing this, some newb with a - in his name strikes Jr. out.

Post #20 » by **Bulltalk** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 5:36 am

After tonight's reception for Junior, you gotta think he goes into the Hall as a Mariner.