Just so you weren't left wondering.

I'm bored with the Mariners right now. I still love them, but the offense sucks. I'm focusing my energies elsewhere. I may return. *shrug*

Quick Update While I Have A Moment

Mariners get swept by the Angels in a four-game series leading into the All-Star Break. They looked terrible offensively. Like, really bad. Speaking of really bad; Justin Smoak. What's going on with Justin Smoak? He's been, like, bad for about a month now. Why? I'll look into this later. Peace.

07/08/11 30-Second Recap

M's 3 - Angels 4

Mariners take it in the shorts off of four solo home runs. Blake Beaven goes 6.1 innings, allows 2 runs off of 1 strike out and 0 walks. The bull-pen failed to hold the lead, though, as Jamie Wright gave up a home-run to Hank Conger in the 7th and David Pauley gave up a walk-off home-run to Mark Trumbo in the 9th.

Look, we know this whole "Bull-pen being awesome" thing couldn't last. But seeing it fall apart to the God damned Angels as we fall further and further from contention...well...that just sucks. Greg Halman went 2-for-3 with a strike out, a double, and a stolen base. Dustin Ackley got another hit. Kyle Seager walked! Franklin Gutierrez got robbed of a double by Mike Trout's youth.

(43-46)

07/06/11 30-Second Recap

M's 0 - A's 2

Mariners win the series but get shut-out in the final game of the 3-game set. Vargas pitches a complete game, allows 2 runs, strikes out 6, and walks 1. Kennedy and Ackley with the only hits for the M's. Disgusted with the team's offense, Zduriencik summons Kyle Seager to man third base "for the forseeable future" immediately after the game. Yes, this Kyle Seager, the one with all of 12 AAA games under his belt. Fun note: Kyle's middle name is the sound I make when my wife asks me where her "Silky Self" pedicure lotion went: Duerr.

07/04/11 Podcast!

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M's 3 - Padres 1

Mariners win. Welcome to the big leagues Blake Beavan. In his major league debut Blake goes 7 innings, strikes out 4, walks 2, and allows just 1 run. Much talk has been made of late about the lack of starting pitching depth on this team. They're still right. Blake Beavan had about the softest of landings you can image. The Padres are almost as good as the Sacramento Bees this year. Behind Blake in terms of depth are Chris Seddon (nice hair), Luke French (bad), Chaz Roe (so hittable), Fabio Castro (short! like, 5'7''), and Charlie Haeger (KNUCKLER!).

To make room on the roster for Blake, Mike Carp was sent down to Tacoma. He promptly hit a home run on his first night back. Anger issues, Mike.

After putting up the lone decent offensive performance yesterday, Greg Halman goes 0-for-4 with 3 strikeouts today. Ichiro goes 2-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base. Franklin Gutierrez, while still a gem of a guy defensively, is sooooo bad at the plate right now.

(41-43)

Bring on the A's.

BTW Kyle Seager is tearing up the PCL since his promotion. And he's been moved from 2nd to 3rd. Jus' sayin'.

07/02/11 30-Second Recap

M's 0 -Padres 1

Mariners lose. This game should have been a celebration. Doug Fister pitched a complete game giving up only one run, had 1 "walk" and 7 strike outs. The one run he gave up was the guy he had walked in the 5th, Cameron Maybin, who eventually came around to score. There's just one problem. Maybin walked on 3 balls. The only run of the game was illegitimate.

Fister got screwed. Fister always gets screwed. He's (3-9) with a 3.19 ERA (3.18 FIP) so far this year. The Mariners' offense is screwing Doug Fister. His run support is the worst in the league at 3.17 runs per game. There's also a huge chasm between his run support average and the second worst, Jered Weaver with 3.56.

Am I mad that the only run that Fister gave up was based on the blowsiest of blown calls? Sure I am. You should be too. It's a blatant mis-justice. But the Mariners should have been able to overcome that and they didn't. The blame for this loss falls squarely on shoulders of this team's offense. The only decent offensive performance was Greg Halman who went 2-for-3 and didn't strike out. No one else even reached base. *disgust*

Of note: neither Ackley nor Olivo played today. Wedge kept both out as a precaution; both made statements to the effect that they could play today if called upon. Both will likely be in tomorrow's lineup.

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07/01/11 30-Second Recap

M's 6 - Padres 0

Mariners win. Jason Vargas goes the distance in a brilliant performance shutting out the Padres. He struck out 7 and walked no one getting first pitch strikes on 22 of the 31 total batters he faced. Cust had a very Cust-ian performance with a double, two walks, and a strikeout. Everyone in the lineup got a hit except for Ichiro and Gutierrez. Yes, Figgins was in the lineup. Bard was at catcher tonight while Olivo recovers from his cramps (Midol!) and Ackley was out with bruised ribs.

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Also, Sir Mix-A-Lot threw out the first pitch. Wanna see? Sure you do.

Swass.