I don't think I'll get the chance to make many of these posts . . .
MARINERS WON!!!! (Yeah, yeah, one of those posts! Feel free to skip! I just want to remember it.)
I . . . okay, Felix was pitching and, basically, when he pitches, everyone is like, well, they HAVE to win this one because he's going to give them the best chance. That was even more so today when they've lost 7 in a row.
Only he was bad. Gave up 7 runs. It was still 7-0 in the 7th when Milton Bradley (who now wears earplugs? And this is a home game!) hit a solo home run. So whatever, 7-1, they're still going to lose, you know?
Then they ended up getting THREE bases loaded walks in a row in the eighth. THREE. AND a base hit . . . and then got into a double play. So it was 7-6.
Bottom of the ninth. Michael Saunders gets a double. Sacrifice bunt. Out. And then Ichiro is up. Which sounds nice, but they inentionally walked him.
So Luis Rodriguez was up. Bench guy. New bench guy who doesn't even feel like a Mariner to me yet. And he has a 10+ pitch at bat. AND GOT THE WALK OFF HIT.
And just . . . okay, if you followed any of the Cy Young debates last year, you probably know the Felix lost a lot of games last year that he pitched well enough to win (including one against these Blue Jays!). So the fact that he got off the hook for a game he "deserved" to lose? I know pitcher's wins don't matter, but that's SO nice. And the Mariners have kind of been doing this thing where they score runs in the later innings, but not enough to win. Which is better than last year, but still not fun. But, wow, it finally worked!
(And nobody was at Safeco. Not at the beginning of the game and certainly not after they were down by 7.)
JUST GIVE ME MORE GAMES LIKE THIS ONE THIS YEAR, MARINERS!
I . . . okay, Felix was pitching and, basically, when he pitches, everyone is like, well, they HAVE to win this one because he's going to give them the best chance. That was even more so today when they've lost 7 in a row.
Only he was bad. Gave up 7 runs. It was still 7-0 in the 7th when Milton Bradley (who now wears earplugs? And this is a home game!) hit a solo home run. So whatever, 7-1, they're still going to lose, you know?
Then they ended up getting THREE bases loaded walks in a row in the eighth. THREE. AND a base hit . . . and then got into a double play. So it was 7-6.
Bottom of the ninth. Michael Saunders gets a double. Sacrifice bunt. Out. And then Ichiro is up. Which sounds nice, but they inentionally walked him.
So Luis Rodriguez was up. Bench guy. New bench guy who doesn't even feel like a Mariner to me yet. And he has a 10+ pitch at bat. AND GOT THE WALK OFF HIT.
And just . . . okay, if you followed any of the Cy Young debates last year, you probably know the Felix lost a lot of games last year that he pitched well enough to win (including one against these Blue Jays!). So the fact that he got off the hook for a game he "deserved" to lose? I know pitcher's wins don't matter, but that's SO nice. And the Mariners have kind of been doing this thing where they score runs in the later innings, but not enough to win. Which is better than last year, but still not fun. But, wow, it finally worked!
(And nobody was at Safeco. Not at the beginning of the game and certainly not after they were down by 7.)
JUST GIVE ME MORE GAMES LIKE THIS ONE THIS YEAR, MARINERS!