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Post by aardvark on Sept 10, 2024 16:49:45 GMT -8
X plays SS tonight, Cronenworth to 2B, Solano @ 1B. Solano takes the 8 spot in the batting order, and Higashioka bats #9. Mariners chances for post season play are contingent on them winning lots of games they have left. They're currently tied for 4th with Detroit and Boston. They need to get past them and still have to pass Minnesota. They'll have motivation to win tonight and tomorrow night. As do the Padres.
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Post by junior on Sept 10, 2024 16:51:14 GMT -8
X plays SS tonight, Cronenworth to 2B, Solano @ 1B. Solano takes the 8 spot in the batting order, and Higashioka bats #9. Mariners chances for post season play are contingent on them winning lots of games they have left. They're currently tied for 4th with Detroit and Boston. They need to get past them and still have to pass Minnesota. They'll have motivation to win tonight and tomorrow night. As do the Padres. Should make for highly competitive games …
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Post by aardvark on Sept 10, 2024 16:52:00 GMT -8
Let's go Blue Jays.
Let's go Rangers.
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Post by aztecryan on Sept 10, 2024 17:39:59 GMT -8
Should make for highly competitive games … The Mariners have 7% odds right now. They need a ton to go right. Hopefully, today starts their misery.
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Post by aztecryan on Sept 10, 2024 18:47:04 GMT -8
We desperately need to in order to hold onto the WC slot. We only have a two game lead in the WC, and we only have one less loss then the Braves AND Mets. I'm not a sky is falling person. Team will control its own destiny. If you really think that that's going to be what makes the difference,..I promise you, it's not. Pretty simple: If the starting pitching can't hold and you get nothing out of your best player offensively....you're not going to win. Like I said, your stars need to be stars.
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Post by junior on Sept 10, 2024 19:17:54 GMT -8
Manny breaks Nate's Padre HR record with #164. Sky's the limit.
RIP Nate. You started it all.
As a kid back then we went to all the home games - Nate Colbert was one of the few stars they had on the team back then. Downtown Ollie Brown was another - so was Cito Gaston, but Nate was the man. Can't remember exactly what happened in 1974 - part of it was the acquisition of Willie McCovey to play first base - Nate was moved to LF - and part of it was his back, but his career went downhill rapidly after he was traded to Detroit. He didn't have a long career after that, his 163 HR for the Padres were pretty much the bulk of his homers as a major leaguer (173).
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Post by aardvark on Sept 10, 2024 19:20:58 GMT -8
Mets lose.
Let's go Rangers.
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Post by aztecryan on Sept 10, 2024 19:37:19 GMT -8
I'm not a sky is falling person. Team will control its own destiny. If you really think that that's going to be what makes the difference,..I promise you, it's not. Pretty simple: If the starting pitching can't hold and you get nothing out of your best player offensively....you're not going to win. Like I said, your stars need to be stars. Starting pitching: Two earned runs. Tatis and Machado: Seven RBI in a 7-2 game.
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Post by docmm on Sept 10, 2024 19:49:14 GMT -8
I know Shildt knows how to use his pen but man, Estrada only threw 6 pitches to get through that inning. Why not let him start the 7th?
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Post by junior on Sept 10, 2024 19:55:41 GMT -8
And now Scott loads the bases - hope whoever they bring in doesn't serve up the Grand Salami. Need a ground ball double play. And they got it!!
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Post by junior on Sept 10, 2024 20:06:49 GMT -8
Solano has more than proved he deserves to be in there for the run. With Kim now roomered to be out for the season, this should be the plan going forward. It weakens them somewhat to have Solano unavailable off the bench, but they will adapt - and he certainly needs to be in the lineup at this critical time.
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Post by docmm on Sept 10, 2024 20:06:53 GMT -8
I wonder how much that patellar bruise has affected Merrill. I was surprised he didn't get to the ball that went off the center field wall. I know it was hit hard but he just doesn't look at smooth in the field or on the base paths as he had previous to the injury.
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Post by docmm on Sept 10, 2024 20:08:43 GMT -8
Solano has more than proved he deserves to be in there for the run. With Kim now roomered to be out for the season, this should be the plan going forward. It weakens them somewhat to have Solano unavailable off the bench, but they will adapt - and he certainly needs to be in the lineup at this critical time. X 100 Anyone miss the glove of McCoy? How about the bat? Solano has 2 hits, a walk and has scored two runs. That's a whole month for McCoy.
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Post by junior on Sept 10, 2024 20:20:21 GMT -8
Suarez now has the opportunity to save this. He'd better be ready this time. Shidt better be ready to yank him at the first sign of duress, too.
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Post by docmm on Sept 10, 2024 20:23:48 GMT -8
Would love to know what % of blow outs we've had. I don't mean win by 4 runs but have opponents up with 2 on a couple times in the last few innings. I mean a nice 9-1 shellacking. We just exhaust our freakin' bullpen.
It's great that Suarez got out of the 8th but he sure hasn't fooled many lately. He threw 3 straight fast balls and ML hitters can hit fastballs if they don't have much movement on them.
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Post by aztecryan on Sept 10, 2024 20:27:45 GMT -8
Solano has more than proved he deserves to be in there for the run. With Kim now roomered to be out for the season, this should be the plan going forward. It weakens them somewhat to have Solano unavailable off the bench, but they will adapt - and he certainly needs to be in the lineup at this critical time. X 100 Anyone miss the glove of McCoy? How about the bat? Solano has 2 hits, a walk and has scored two runs. That's a whole month for McCoy. Insufferable.
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Post by docmm on Sept 10, 2024 20:28:59 GMT -8
Arraez is now 13 points above the 2nd place hitter in the NL, Ozuna from Atl, .318 to .305.
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Post by junior on Sept 10, 2024 20:29:38 GMT -8
Cubs just took a 5 run bite out of L.A.s BP. 6-3
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Post by docmm on Sept 10, 2024 20:30:03 GMT -8
X 100 Anyone miss the glove of McCoy? How about the bat? Solano has 2 hits, a walk and has scored two runs. That's a whole month for McCoy. Insufferable. Guess Shildt WILL "be moving guys around this late in the season".
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Post by aztecryan on Sept 10, 2024 20:32:26 GMT -8
Guess Shildt WILL "be moving guys around this late in the season". It's not like they've talked about this for nearly a week now or anything.... disingenuously representing that juuuuuust a bit much. That was attributed to Profar, as you're aware.
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