SB Nation User Blog: Sportszilla

Good news for the M's

Sportszilla — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:00:17 -0000

Looks like John Lackey is going to miss the first month of the season(link is to Rotoworld). Escobar is already out, and who knows if Lackey will be back on time. Perhaps the M's can get out to an early lead in the division? I'm still not that optimistic, but if the Angels keep lowering the bar at some point the Mariners should be able to throw themselves over it.

Baker's Blog Event

Sportszilla — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:38:36 -0000

Anyone else here going? Want to get some drinks after, to drain away the sorrow of even fairly intelligent folk like Geoff thinking the Bedard trade is a good idea?

I'll be there, figure it'll be a fairly good way to spend my night off...go here for more info.

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What would it take

Sportszilla — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:55:29 -0000

To get Javier Vazquez from the White Sox? Despite what Baker said yesterday in his blog, I do see Javy as being a significant upgrade over the back end of this rotation. He's had some rough years ERA-wise, but his strikeout and walk numbers have always been strong, and his flyball tendencies would be far less damaging at Safeco then they were at US Cellular or BOB. I'd certainly consider dealing Wlad + decent pitcher for him.

Tomorrow's pitching matchup

Sportszilla — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 04:43:40 -0000

Is perhaps the scariest thing ever, at least in terms of a visual:

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I can't even decide which picture is worse. However, if Weaver manages to throw another shutout against the Red Sox I may have to stop making fun of him at every opportunity...naw, who am I kidding? That will never happen.

The Next LL Game?

Sportszilla — Wed, 16 May 2007 17:08:02 -0000

Why not this Sunday? I know it's short turn-around for most folks, but it's also the next start for the King and against our hated rivals the Padres! It's a 1:05 start time, which is good news for those of us who work nights and thus can't partake of fun things like evening baseball games very often.

Just How Bad Has Jeff Weaver Been?

Sportszilla — Fri, 11 May 2007 17:10:33 -0000

We all know he's been terrible. The worst pitcher in Mariner history. But did you realize that the team has been outscored 54-13 in games Reefer Jaw starts? That translates into a 1458 RA/351 RS differential, or a 9-153 Pythagorean record over the full season. The scarier thing is that Ho has been almost as bad.

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I Give Up

Sportszilla — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 06:44:49 -0000

Seriously, this has to be one of the most trying days of my sports fan life.

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Jim Caple = Idiot

Sportszilla — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:17:18 -0000

Seriously, his most recent piece about Ichiro is a load of garbage. I wish the guy were capable of writing intelligently about baseball, because it would be nice to have a Mariners fan who doubled as a nationally-known writer, but instead we get the same sort of crap that we're always subjected too: Ichiro isn't a leader because he doesn't talk to reporters enough/score enough runs/bunt enough. Yes, you read that right.

Griffey to honor Jackie Robinson

Sportszilla — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:16:39 -0000

Just saw that Ken plans to wear number 42 on April 15 as a way to honor the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier.

But why stop there? Why not turn this into a grand gesture which would really illustrate what baseball owes Robinson? Sometimes it feels like baseball sort of half-asses these things, but they certainly got it right when they universally retired 42 ten years ago.

Some Baseball Facts

Sportszilla — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:34:09 -0000

Goddamn, this Mariners offseason has me really pissed off. I thought I'd reached a sort of resigned detachment, but the news of the Snelling trade made me realize that I still do care about the team. Only now, I'm hoping they do poorly enough that Bavasi and Grover are gone ASAP, the ownership group decides to sell the team, and whoever the new owner is has the stones to tear down this festering pile of crap and start over.

Anyhow, here are a few thoughts.