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Layback Cascades Expatriate
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Fri Mar 29, 2019 11:23 pm
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Chief Joseph wrote: | Doesn't matter, the Yanks will leave the Sox in the dust! |
Your jokes, though well-intended, need some work. But at least you’re trying. Great job!
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gb Member
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Sat Mar 30, 2019 7:35 am
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Pretty lucky win for the Sox, with Betts hit sliding under the glove by a couple of inches and the Mariner home run missing by a few inches mid-game. But the M's beat up Eovaldi pretty good.
The M's big mistake was letting go of Diaz who would have shut the Sox down in quick order.
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Layback Cascades Expatriate
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Sat Mar 30, 2019 7:44 am
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gb wrote: | The M's big mistake was letting go of Diaz who would have shut the Sox down in quick order. |
I can’t disagree with this at all. That would have been the end.
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Layback Cascades Expatriate
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Sun Mar 31, 2019 8:04 am
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That game went about the way I thought it would. Nice W for the Ms. I have to say, I didn’t expect that I’d like your third baseman so much.
Looking forward to attending today’s game with the fam. Here’s to Porcello getting the starting pitching right.
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Matt Tea, Earl Grey, Hot
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Sun Mar 31, 2019 3:34 pm
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Layback wrote: | gb wrote: | The M's big mistake was letting go of Diaz who would have shut the Sox down in quick order. |
I can’t disagree with this at all. That would have been the end. |
Yes, I sure missed Diaz the last couple games. But giving up Diaz was the price for getting rid of Cano, and I can't imagine a serious rebuilding effort while carrying the dead weight of Cano. The M's had already wasted too many years selling off their prospects and decimating their farm system in order to keep established players. Even so, I sure would have liked to see Diaz scorching through saves in those last two games.
“As beacons mountains burned at evening.” J.R.R. Tolkien
“As beacons mountains burned at evening.” J.R.R. Tolkien
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GaliWalker Have camera will use
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Sun Mar 31, 2019 7:04 pm
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Matt wrote: | Yes, I sure missed Diaz the last couple games. |
Make that three.
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Layback Cascades Expatriate
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Sun Mar 31, 2019 7:38 pm
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Great series. Didn’t work out to well for my team but they were exciting games that could have gone either way in 3 of 4 contests. I hope this isn’t just Mariners positivity month (what I call March/April) and I sign of things to come. It sure would be nice to see the two square off in the postseason.
On the Red Sox side of things I think they really miss the catcher, Sandy Leone, who cleared waivers after being released, and is playing in AAA Pawtucket (Sox). The middle relievers for the Sox were surprisingly good and the starters were surprisingly bad. On paper it should be the other way around. His calming presence, or lack thereof, has something to do with the starting pitching in my opinion.
Congrats on the series W. More cheering for your team and less chearing against the opposing fans will earn you a little more respect in the eyes of Red Sox Nation. Maybe we’d be less vocal. 😎
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Pyrites Member
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Sun Mar 31, 2019 10:50 pm
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First, I make no claim to have written a dissertation on the gentility of the model Sox fan.
I had thought that some comments that might be taken as unfavorable concerning the visiting team were made from time to time at Fenway.
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Keep Calm and Carry On?
Heck No.
Stay Excited and Get Outside!
Keep Calm and Carry On?
Heck No.
Stay Excited and Get Outside!
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Layback Cascades Expatriate
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Mon Apr 01, 2019 7:37 am
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I think you might have misunderstood my post. Let me try and be more specific:
1) Mariners fans spend all game not cheering; it’s like a library unless there’s a hydroplane race on the scoreboard.
2) Opposing fans start a cheer for the visiting team. Mariners fans then become passive aggressive and just do stuff that lands on me as silly.
Just cheer for your team willingly and upfront and you’ll get a lot more respect from the Boston fan base. We’d be less inclined to try and make it seem like a Boston home game any chance we get.
Regarding Fenway, fans there are generally nice. They’ll make you feel at home. It will involve some very direct ribbing to your face but with a laugh and a smile and you probably won’t find it very aggressive. Except for when the Yankees are in town there generally aren’t large groups or fans from opposing teams so there aren’t major conflicts. But we do love to hate our Yankee friends and family. I think you’ll find we also respect them. Without their passion and hatred of the Sox, the greatest rivalry in baseball, possibly in sports, doesn’t exist.
Congrats again on the W. The M’s bats looked great. It’ll be interesting for both teams to see how the Sox play down in Oakland.
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Slim This space for rent
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Mon Apr 01, 2019 9:25 am
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Layback wrote: | 1) Mariners fans spend all game not cheering; it’s like a library unless there’s a hydroplane race on the scoreboard.
2) Opposing fans start a cheer for the visiting team. Mariners fans then become passive aggressive and just do stuff that lands on me as silly. |
Stop telling us what to do. We'll do what we want to do. You're trying to change the attitude of Seattle sports fans. It's not going to work. Go back to the Red Sox thread.
"Lean mean money-making-machines serving fiends"
"Lean mean money-making-machines serving fiends"
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Layback Cascades Expatriate
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Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:11 am
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Slim wrote: | Stop telling us what to do. We'll do what we want to do. You're trying to change the attitude of Seattle sports fans. It's not going to work. Go back to the Red Sox thread. |
That was very direct. It would seem that a transition could already be underway. 👍🏻👍🏻
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Slugman It’s a Slugfest!
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Sat Apr 06, 2019 5:57 pm
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He can't go back to the Red Sox thread, it's nothing but an echo chamber of him screaming arrogantly at the walls. He figues dumping repetitive garbage here is him living his best life.
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Layback Cascades Expatriate
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Sat Apr 06, 2019 8:38 pm
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Slugman wrote: | He can't go back to the Red Sox thread, it's nothing but an echo chamber of him screaming arrogantly at the walls. He figues dumping repetitive garbage here is him living his best life. |
I’m not sure what that means because I only speak English but I love you Sluggo.
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Tom Admin
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Sun Apr 07, 2019 12:06 am
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Mariners are 8-2. Red Sox are 2-8. Who would have thunk it?
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Layback Cascades Expatriate
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Sun Apr 07, 2019 7:07 am
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Tom wrote: | Mariners are 8-2. Red Sox are 2-8. Who would have thunk it? |
Every game on my end has been incredibly painful to watch. The Sox have shown moments of amazing brilliance followed by amazing collapse. I think they need to get back home, get their rings, and have Pedroia rejoin them. Congrats to your M's. Lets' see what later in the season brings.
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