IdahoBert

Great post Chas. Thank you. I’m confident that the guys in charge of this operation will keep pushing the right buttons to move this freight train organization forward.

Skenes and Skubal to open, and there’s a 51% chance of rain an hour before the game begins.

I sure am glad that the people at the helm of this team have as much intelligence and practical experience as they’ve already demonstrated. Last year, when we all thought they had thrown in the towel and given up, things turned around in a remarkable manner. I don’t know if we can expect lightning to strike twice, but if necessary I’m willing to stand in the rain in open field in my bare feet near a body of water holding a 20 foot metal rod in the air if that’s what it takes.

So 18 days until the trading deadline. I don’t know if the chances of getting a good deal depends on waiting until the last moment or not.

I’m glad I didn’t build my day around this game. I was unable to because I’m blacked out in the Mariners viewing area but instead I took a great walk in the foothills of the Boise Front today at the botanical garden and spent quality time with my son. Hope things get better in the next few days.

Maybe the Mariners are actually good. Maybe they’re starting to peak and baseball hasn’t seen the last of them.

BOOOOOOOOOO!

Bite me! BOOOOO!

Is it a traditional cap or one of those flamboyant caps the kids wear?

Baez, Keith, and Torres coming up next.

You’re probably right. I hope you are right.

3-2 Ms thanks to a homer.

I hate to say it, but Vierling and Meadows are the two black holes at the bottom of the order which last year were four holes so I guess in relation to last year it’s not as bad as it could be, but I was expecting more from these guys.

Zach McKinstry walks. He just keeps producing.

Nice quick inning by Holton.

I’ve missed all this game so far because I started re-watching Homicide Life on the Street with my son who is 50 years younger than me and has never seen it before. He is a big Andre Braugher fan but only knows him from Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Someone has to speak for the Jenny Goodes of this world. GO TIGERS!

Heck.

Please Tork…

I don’t know if Flaherty got the handshake or not, but it sure would be nice if these guys could score some runs.

I’ve started re-watching “Homicide: Life on the Street” with my son who’s 50 years younger than myself and never watched it before. He is a big Andre Braugher fan but only knows him from Brooklyn Nine-Nine. I watched every episode of Homicide in the 1990s when it came out it and will be a long odyssey through seven seasons so my son and I are not going to binge it because it’s worth savoring.

yes, they’re winning, but not at a very high clip anymore. Thanks to the pitching.

I have become so used to either the excitement of unsurpassable leads coming early in games, or of defiant and unexpected comebacks occurring at the end, that anything outside these extremes seems tepid. These expectations are hard to sustain over a 162 game season of ups and downs, of boredom, and loss. I’m not sure how closely I’ll follow this game given that it’s blacked out on TV for me. Hoping for the best, I’ll probably peek at my phone on occasion and show up on this thread because I’m like the old man in the Monty Python movie who protests being tossed on the plague death cart saying “I’m not dead yet I don’t want to go on the cart. I’m getting better, I want to go for a walk, I feel happy…”