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I never thought I'd say this, but after watching Timo and Iguchi the last two games, "Free Willie"! If Timo is going to play, he should be far down in the lineup, not batting leadoff.

I thought Garland came across as very laid back about the whole situation. It was a lot more refreshing than someone like Mark Prior, who's just an uptight asshole whenever he talks with the media.

I'm not a fan of Willie, but he deserves to be playing today either for Timo or Iguchi.

Wohoooooooo! We have our new closer.

USE THE FORKBALL!!!

Hermanson needs to keep the ball down to this guy, keep using his forkball.

Thank you umpire! That pitch didn't look to be a strike....and it wasn't.

Spiezio has a huge hole to hit through on the right side of the infield.

Hermanson coming in. Ozzie has officially f***ed up our entire bullpen. I hate Ozzie, I've never thought he does a good job at handling the pitching.

Take him out of the f***ing game Ozzie! Shingo has nothing at all on his pitches.

QUOTE(FlaCWS @ Apr 16, 2005 -> 02:34 AM) Friggin' Ozzie wasting pitchers again. Why does Marte come out after one batter? Is he suddely a lefty specialist? Give the guy a chance. Now if Shingo blows this we're in the same situation as that Indian game last week when he used the entire pen. Cause Ozzie's a terrible manager, that's why.

Has to throw a fastball here. Not a good situation at all.

This is pathetic!

Hermanson deserves to be our closer right now.

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Apr 16, 2005 -> 02:30 AM) I am so against this. Hopefully Shingo can get the save, but c'mon. Ibanez walked into that pitch. Marte got him on the corner the pitch earlier so he decided to take one for the team. Ozzie clearly has no confidence in Marte & that's going to hurt the team in the long run. If the next matchup favors Shingo then I can understand it but using Marte for one batter is crazy otherwise. Ozzie clearly has no confidence in any of his relievers it seems like.

Shingo has nothing. His pitches are right over the plate to get drilled. He's missing his location on everything.

QUOTE(ottawa_sox @ Apr 16, 2005 -> 02:28 AM) I had this ugly feeling he was gonna hit em. Geesh. :headshake Marte has a better chance of hitting a batter than throwing a strike if the catcher is set up inside.

Boone definitely has a slider speed bat. Shingo needs to be careful with his slow stuff, Boone can hit it out to RF easily.

Why would you ever call an inside fastball with Marte playing to a lefty? You could see that happening as soon as A.J. set up behind the plate. Another terrible f***ing job by Ozzie of using the bullpen. Marte should have been in to start the inning, so that he had breathing room against 3 out of 4 lefties.

QUOTE(traydragen @ Apr 16, 2005 -> 02:25 AM) What did he throw him? Slider right over the plate.

Marte's in to face Ibanez. It will likely be the only batter he faces, with Boone on deck.

Wow, Vizcaino strikes out Beltre on the worst pitch of the AB!

7 straight sliders to Beltre

QUOTE(JUGGERNAUT @ Apr 16, 2005 -> 02:22 AM) Ozzie! Why?! Why do you persist in giving me an ulcer?! Vizcaino is NOT a 30 pitch releiever. He's good for one inning. That's it. Why can't you figure that out? Just look at the numbers if you didn't learn anything from the last game! My thoughts exactly. No reason for Marte to not start this inning!

With 3 of Seattle's top 4 hitters being lefty this inning, not sure why Marte wasn't brought in? He's warming up now.