6/3 Orioles @ M's Cool Hand Luke and IceBerg

[YardBirds13]

And Bergy grooves an 0-2 pitch to a guy that can't hit.

This is frustrating.

[Osaholic]

Yeah, doesn't matter he had the best minor league season in the past 40 years...

Wondering when the apologists and cheerleaders will go away.

[isestrex]

Wieters 2-2 on bunts... at least he can field...

[SimplyZ]

Ichiro went for the bunt...think it was for a hit or just to move the guy over?

[threedaysrest]

That, fellow fans, is one reason for the bunt: though he was going for the base hit, he also moved the runner along in a close game. Damn it, Roberts, for all your failings of late, I hope you were watching! :cussing:

[YardBirds13]

Wondering when the apologists and cheerleaders will go away.

Probably after he gets a couple hundred at-bats....at least.

[J.D.]

Wondering when the apologists and cheerleaders will go away.

Funny. I was sitting here wondering how quickly you'll jump back on the bandwagon once he starts hitting.

[Mackus]

That wasn't a straight sac was it?

If so, and I was Seattle's GM, I'd fire the manager immediately.

[YardBirds13]

That, fellow fans, is one reason for the bunt: though he was going for the base hit, he also moved the runner along in a close game. Damn it, Roberts, for all your failings of late, I hope you were watching! :cussing:

Yes. I love that play. For us. Ichiro gives us an out. Thank you. I like him not hitting as much as possible.

[health55]

This whole series has seen luck go the Mariners way.

The Mariners have outscored the Orioles 10-4 so far in the series ... that's a lot of luck.

[YardBirds13]

That wasn't a straight sac was it?

If so, and I was Seattle's GM, I'd fire the manager immediately.

He was looking for a hit, but forgot we had the cross between Secretariat/Michael Jordan/Muhammed Ali catching.

[Hank Scorpio]

Wondering when the apologists and cheerleaders will go away.

Oh, so you were being serious?

Phew. Good luck with that.

[J.D.]

That, fellow fans, is one reason for the bunt: though he was going for the base hit, he also moved the runner along in a close game. Damn it, Roberts, for all your failings of late, I hope you were watching! :cussing:

Now there's a runner on third with two outs. It didn't really do a lot, and you took Ichiro's bat out of his hands.

Now, Ichiro's probably the one guy I bunt with routinely because he's fast enough to turn that into a hit. But you just took the bat out of a guy's hand with a fast runner on first. That still makes zero sense to me.

[isestrex]

That wasn't a straight sac was it?

If so, and I was Seattle's GM, I'd fire the manager immediately.

I don't think Ichiro is even aware of the 3B coach. He made that bunt completely of his own accord.

[SimplyZ]

Funny. I was sitting here wondering how quickly you'll jump back on the bandwagon once he starts hitting.

haha. He might just find some way to say Zaun is better, or we shoudl trade him because Caleb will be 10x better