The offense sucks, we already know that, but that was a given. I don’t think anyone was expecting much from the offense. We were near the bottom in run support last year.
Kanekoa Texiera blew the game last night, but that wasn’t his fault cause we didn’t give him or any of our pitchers any run support.
Tonight on the other hand we had the lead going into the bottom of the 7th. I hate losing games like this, but this team does in all the fucking time.
Which is a shame given how great their defense is, but I’m not a big believer in run prevention being that much more important than run support, since there are certain things you simply can’t prevent.
Wait a month before you officially panic. I’m used to it over the past some odd years since the Yankees don’t decide to actually make use of the players they spend a bajillion dollars on until late May/early June, usually. If anything, a bullpen is the easiest thing to overhaul. Do the M’s have any promising young pitchers left in the minors, worst case scenario?
Well. Pirates on pace to win 162 and tie for the NL Central.
Mariners can’t say that.
Last two games were like Jekyll and Hyde. Either solid pitching with no run support or run support with pitching blowing leads. Either way, both losses make me a not happy person.
I feel bad for you man, your team is so good and they can’t sell tickets. Went through all different ways of getting players through trades, FA and the draft, and you can’t keep them because nobody wants to buy tickets for one of the best teams in baseball. I got respect for the Rays but tonight Yankees still gonna get up in dat ass. Just go beat the Sox after that, we can agree on that much lol.
And then hope your team moves to somewhere that people will actually go to the damn games, lol. That team is too good to only be filling 15k seats a night, if that.
Tell you what, we’ll trade you the shitty Mets, and your team can come play up here lol. The Rays deserve to be playing in a decent market after all they did to get to where they are now.
Vernon Wells…2010 AL MVP.
Toronto loves him again!
Until he goes 0/4 in a game at which point we will boo him again.
I predict the Pirates will be stellar in April, after the all star break, and maybe at the end of the season
I’ll give him a week. That’s generous, no?
The stadium isn’t in a good location. It’s not like you can take the subway to St. Petersburg. It’s tough for people to go out of their way to get there on just any old weekday.
Tropicana Field rules are too sexy…
http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/tb/ballpark/ground_rules.jsp
It’s a really shitty stadium too.
Everything about that stadium says “please don’t come here.”
At least when the M’s suck we can enjoy the view. :looney:
Honestly, I think that team was doomed since the beginning when they made their mascot manta rays (huh?).
http://www.sportslogos.net/logo.php?id=wmgomzjdgy2r6pzb8eg8fphg4
http://www.natscast.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/tb.jpg
God, those are so lame.
And now they are named after sunlight…meh. The Rays also probably have the only powder blue baseball jerseys that look lame - I thought it was impossible to screw up powder blue baseball jerseys…they have proven me wrong.
They may be a great team on the field, but they will never be cool. Like the Rockies too, nothing cool about their uniforms, or anything with that franchise, honestly. That was a very meh-expansion back in '98.
Although both are still cooler than the new generic blue/white/orange teams in the NBA. “The Thunder?” Honestly?
The only thing worse is naming a sports franchise after Jurassic Park. That would be the lamest thing of all.
VERNON WELLS IS GOD
At this pace he will hit 216 homers - THAT IS BONKERS
M-V-P! M-V-P! M-V-P! Although maybe until I see whether or not we’re going to win this game first…
Why so many day games to start the season? Who the fuck came up with this schedule?
speaking of the ultimate powder blue jerseys
I want to punch something right now.
Is it bad that I consider the KC Royals’s powder blue jerseys atrocious, then?
Watch me stay classy and not say anything bad about the Mariners.
imo.
can’t blame the mariners, the athletics are too good like i said
no one sees them coming
F_A_G!
Nah we just played shitty. Bad start to the season is alright as long as their are strong finishes.
