Friday, May 17: Mariners come to town

[Morgan423]

Miller settling in.  Glad we got runs off of him early. 

[Roy Firestone]

Just now, Malike said:

Not sure why you want a fastball pitcher out of the game who gave up 5 runs in the first. It should get worse for him the longer he stays in.

Miller is settling in...no evidence he is gonna be hit hard from here on...

[Malike]

Just now, Spy Fox said:

They did us a solid by taking 4 of 6 from the Rays over the last few weeks. More of that please! 

Deadlocked at 1 so far in the 3rd. My hopes aren't up. The Twins were never going to be a help to us. I heard earlier in a full season of games against the Yankees, the last 162, the Yankees have won 118 against the Twins.

[spiritof66]

Maybe Means figured that getting knocked around in the first inning would help keep him out of the bulllpen.

[Beysbol]

Just now, Spy Fox said:

They did us a solid by taking 4 of 6 from the Rays over the last few weeks. More of that please! 

Wow! I had no clue they did that. That’s impressive. Tampa had their time over the years to win a title and couldn’t do it. 

[Malike]

Just now, Roy Firestone said:

Miller is settling in...no evidence he is gonna be hit hard from here on...

Third time through the order is evidence that pitchers get hit harder the longer they stay in the game.

[Malike]

Mayo would have had that, he's much taller.

[Roy Firestone]

France has homered off Means before..

[OriolesMagic83]

O'Hearn plays outfield like he's playing 1B.

[Roy Firestone]

1 minute ago, Malike said:

Mayo would have had that, he's much taller.

Coby isn't going to be playing for a while..broken rib..out 4-6 weeks...

[Malike]

Just now, OriolesMagic83 said:

O'Hearn plays outfield like he's playing 1B.

I don't care how ugly it is if he gets the job done when he's out there, which is very rarely.

[Spy Fox]

9 minutes ago, Roy Firestone said:

why do we swing at the first pitch....I hate that

This graphic they showed after the Cowser double might help answer that: 

But yeah, don't love it when they have a 4 run lead and a chance to drive the pitch count up in a game 1. The aggressive approach gives and takes. 

[Malike]

Just now, Roy Firestone said:

Coby isn't going to be playing for a while..broken rib..out 4-6 weeks...

Yeah, hopefully, that doesn't ice his bat when he comes back.

[Roy Firestone]

we need more runs...thisground ball stuff is getting old...

[Malike]

Light Tower Stowers in AAA.