SB Nation User Blog: schwagnah

Kim Ng on KJR

schwagnah — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:34:37 -0000

http://kjram.com/cc-common/podcast/single_podcast.html?podcast=softy.xml

Kim Ng on KJR (Softy).

I have to say that she did a good job without directly talking about the Mariners. It seems like she could be considered for the Job and I wouldn't mind having her on board as GM. Not only would she possess the smarts and the skills, but she seems to know what she's talking about on the Media side of things and considering Seattle is a very open city, hiring the first woman GM here shouldn't be out of the question.

I'm really interested to hear what she would do as GM of the Mariners from day 1, but considering she's with the Dodgers now, she isn't able to speak about other teams.

Anyway, I hope she at least gets considered.

M's & Interleague - Atlanta

schwagnah — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:11:29 -0000

Well, Interleague play resumes after this series against the Jays, and although nobody can be too excited to play against the Nats and Fish... I will be watching the M's in Atlanta for sure.

Atlanta seems to be playing (until they got swept by the Phillies) really good baseball and Chipper Jones is godly right now... .420 still??

I dunno, there's just something about seeing your favorite team face off against a team that you dont get to see too often and not only that, get to see a guy hitting .420 this far into the season.

Other than that... and I guess the Mets.. ehhh, not really exciting me much... it looks like interleague kind of sucks this year.

Eternal Debate

schwagnah — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:07:16 -0000

Even at the college level, an eternal debate between the baseball "purists" and the more progressive stat-minded folks.

http://thedaily.washington.edu/2008/6/5/should-depth-statistics-play-prominent-role-analyz/

I like this Allen Wagner guy. =D

And that Christian guy, he doesn't know what he's talking about. =D!

We got into a bit of an argument and decided to write a bit of a point-counterpoint type of thing... turned out pretty good I think, although it's not actually in Point-Counterpoint format.

The Huskies are better than Miguel Cairo

schwagnah — Sun, 11 May 2008 03:27:09 -0000

So while the Mariners are playing some of the worst ball ever down in Sodo, a quick drive up to Montlake will get you the best baseball Seattle has to offer right now.

That's right, the UW Huskies are in 3rd place in the Pac-10 and in the midst of the Apple Cup series. Huskies won the first game 12-3, lost the second 5-1, with the finale tomorrow.

UW southpaw Nick Haughian (Pac-10 Strikeout leader) will look to shutdown the Cougars to take the series. A win tomorrow will put UW at 10-8 in the Pac and 31-17 overall, definitely in good position for postseason play.

They'll have to get through Arizona State and Stanford in the next two weeks though, but with 12 wins the Dawgs could squeeze their way into an NCAA Regional, with 13, they should have no trouble.

The Dawgs have arguably the best starting pitching in the Pac-10 and, while their offense has sucked (Mariners style) they picked things up against USC last week. Kyle Conley was named Pac-10 offensive player of the week last week.

Seriously, while the M's are stinking it up, the Huskies are playing pretty good ball, take a look.

Poll

Miguel Cairo can hit Husky Pitching

No

12 votes

Nooooooo

58 votes

70 votes | Poll has closed

Huskies - Wildcats @ Safeco Field! - Recap

schwagnah — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:46:07 -0000

I've been a member of LL for a while now, but haven't really gotten involved much in discussion, but I've found a way to maybe get some opinions and spark some discussion because I write for The Daily of the University of Washington and I cover the Husky Baseball team.

I just got back a while ago from the Arizona at Washington matchup at Safeco Field and while you guys were watching the M's get beat by Baltimore I got to enjoy one of the best college baseball games in a long while.

Normally when you think of college baseball you think of aluminum bats, lots of errors, and lots of runs, but that last factor can be taken out of the equation when playing at a pitcher-friendly park like Safeco Field.

I can only imagine how excited Husky starting pitcher, lefty junior Nick Haughian, must have been to strike out the first batter of the game on the same mound that Erik Bedard and Felix Hernandez throw off of.

I can only imagine how fun it must have been for the position players to play in the stadium that many of them wish they could play in as their day job.

I can only imagine the look of the grounds crew when they saw a bunch of college kids ruining their excellent field work.

This game was a pitchers duel from the beginning as Arizona starter Preston Guilmet and Haughian traded scoreless frames after scoreless frames. It was only until the seventh inning when UW right-fielder drove in a run on a one-out double that, finally, someone scored. Guilmet, who pitched great (with a line: 6.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO), probably thought his team would be able to come back against Haughian.

Haughain, a lefty with good velocity (low 90's fastball even late in the game) and pretty solid breaking stuff (he was getting guys out on some wicked sliders), wasn't going to let that happen. The UW southpaw was amped up and simply in the zone. He struck out the side in the first two innings and after throwing 99 pitches in the 7th inning, Coach Ken Knutson let him go out in the 8th (up to 112 at the end of the 8th) and then the 9th to finish off the game.

Haughian threw 130 pitches, but went the distance and struck out a career high 15 batters as the Dawgs defeated the Wildcats 1-0 at Safeco. (His line: 9.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 15 SO)

This was simply a great event for the Mariners to host at Safeco Field and anybody who loves baseball, regardless of the level of play, can really find some great performances in College Baseball.

The players got to play on the same field as some greats, the fans got to experience a college game in a professional venue, and yes, even us, the media, got to experience something new. I got to sit in the same press box that Geoff Baker and Larry Stone sit in every home game.

It was simply a great game in every way and I was left thinking the whole time, this was so much better than watching the Mariners lose to Baltimore.

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Extra notes:

- The M's game was on in the press box during the Huskies game and after seeing Sexson go 2/3 with a double, homerun, and a walk, we checked when the last time he got a double, HR, and walk was... go back... way back... to 2006 during a series against the Devil Rays for that one.

- Tim Lincecum, UW Grad, and San Francisco Giants pitcher has never played a game in Safeco Field, I wonder if some of the seniors on the team make fun of him.

- Haughian was electric, often doing some serious Felix-like fist pumps, which got me thinking... does this guy have a chance at the majors? Well, he's a lefty with 90+ fastball and some solid breaking stuff, I dont see why some teams might want to take a chance on him at least in late rounds of the draft. Coach Knutson has a reputation in the Pac-10 for grooming pitching prospects, as evidenced by Lincecum and first round college draft pick last year Nick Hagadone (picked by the Red Sox)... also the Mariners drafted Cam Nobles (a UW sophomore) in the 19th round in 2006.

Hows that for a post?

M's news today: 3B Coach finalized & Japanese Pitcher Info

schwagnah — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:53:19 -0000

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2003996840_webmari06.html

Perlozzo named M's third base coach

Pretty much rounds out the coaching staff, since Bowa pwned McClaren and went to LA instead.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/mariners/2003995974_mari06.html

Could be some good news here. M's likely to pursue Japanese hurler with Seattle ties.

If the M's can pick up Kuroda as a #3 starter, they would only have to worry about trading for one.. or picking up one. Carlos Silva anyone?

Today's news, complete