Seattle Mariners

[coffeyfiend]

I've been out of the game for awhile, but I'm back with a vengeance. After watching the Mariners lose miserably for the second season in a row, I've thought to myself, where did it all go wrong? I think it happened back in the 90's when Woody Williams was the GM. He notoriously traded Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek to Boston for Heathcliff Slocumb, amongest other stupid moves. I intend to go back in time and try to keep some of this talent and hopefully have a dynasty in the making by 1995, when the Mariner's began their climb towards the top and hopefully I can keep them there!

[coffeyfiend]

A General Overview of the 1992 Seattle Mariners

Looking over the roster I see that my lineup is full of good bats; with hitters like Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez, Jay Buhner, Tino Martinez and Keith Williams, my lineup will at least provide a lot of run support. The pitching depth scares me though. Randy Johnson is a great pitcher, he struck out 228 batters last season and posted a 3.98 ERA. He still suffers with bouts of wildness though. Behind Johnson, my starting rotation is pretty thin. Erik Hanson is the best of the rest, and Dave Fleming and Rich DeLucia are so-so, I have no #5 pitcher to speak of though. The bullpen is strong with Jeff Nelson seting up Mike Schooler, but I need pitchers to keep us in the ballgame before Nelson and Schooler can shut down the opposition. I'm definitely going to need to trade for pitching. Lucky for me I have some young guys in the minors (Bret Boone, Fernando Vina, John Mabry, Raul Ibanez, Jim Mecir, Ron Villone, Mike Hampton and Derek Lowe) that should be able to entice some other teams to sent me some arms.

Trades
To OAK
Bill Haselman (C)
Dave Cochrane (LF)
To SEA
Jim Corsi (RP)

Corsi gives me a short reliever with good command and adequate strike out numbers.

To OAK
Patrick Lennon (LF)
Fernando Vina (2B)
To SEA
Rich Gossage (RP)
Rick Honeycutt (RP)

I'll miss Lennon and Vina, both have a lot of potential, Gossage and Honeycutt are both established relievers, although both are up there in years, hopefully they'll be mentors to my young pitchers and show them the ropes.

That will have to suffice for now, I still don't really have a the pitching staff I like, but I'm not willing to part with what teams are looking for.

Right now my financial situation is good, and I'd like to keep it that way. I should have enough money to sign some of my better players to longer contracts.

[coffeyfiend]

Let the season begin!

Lineup
Omar Vizquel (SS)
Harold Reynolds (2B)
Ken Griffey Jr. (CF)
Edgar Martinez (3B)
Kevin Mitchell (LF)
Jay Buhner (RF)
Tino Martinez (1B)
Pete O'Brien (DH)
Dave Valle (C)

Bench
Henry Cotto (OF)
Greg Briley (OF)
Rich Amaral (UTIL)
Scott Bradley (C)
Mik Blowers (3B)

Starting Rotation
Randy Johnson
Erik Hanson
Rich DeLucia
Dave Fleming
Brian Fisher

Bullpen
Mike Schooler (CL)
Jeff Nelson (ST)
Rich Gossage (SH)
Jim Corsi (MD)
Dennis Powell (LG)
Rick Honeycutt (Alt)

Opening Series
Apr 1-3 @ Boston
W5-3, W8-2, W5-1

In the first game, Johnson pitched a strong 8 innings, giving up 3 earned runs on 9 hits while striking out 6 and walking only 1. Nelson and Schooler eached pitched an inning and Schooler picked up the save.

In game two, Hanson pitched an outstanding game, lasting 8.2 innings and surrendering only 2 runs on 8 hits, striking out 5 and walking 1. Corsi came in to get the final out, but gave up two hits before getting it. (This could be an issue). Pete O'Brien provided some offense, going yard for the first time this season.

Game three was another pitching gem, this one from DeLucia, who went 8.1 innings, and only gave up 1 run. He also only relinquished 3 hits while striking out 5 and walking 5. Schooler got the final two outs, but no save.

Apr 4-6 @ Toronto
W11-8, L4-7, W6-5

We were lucky to win the first game, Fleming had a horrible outing, lasting only 4 innings. He gave up 10(!) hits, and 6 runs, only striking out 1 batter. Corsi replaced Fleming in the 5th and pitched a scoreless inning, surrending only 2 walks. Gossage followed pitching 2.1 innings and striking out 5! Unfortunately he also gave up two hits and two runs. Nelson finished off the 8th, and Schooler pitched a scoreless 9th to earn his 2nd save of the season. It is amazing that we managed to score 11 runs, given that we only had 3 extra base hits; Mitchell doubled and hit a grand slame and O'Brien doubled.

In the second game, Fisher pitched well, although he only had the stamina to last 4 innings. He did get 5 strike outs though and gave up 3 hits and 3 walks. Corsi started off the 5th, but couldn't even get 1 out! He walked 3, gave up 3 hits and let the Jays put 5 runs on the board. Powell replaced him and fared better, lasting 2 innings giving up only 1 hit and 1 run, walking 1 and striking out 2. Gossage pitched 1.2 innings, walked 3 and struck out 2. He allowed no hits but still gave up a run on an error by Reynolds. Nelson finished off the inning with a strike out. The only real offense to speak of came from a home run by Buhner whom I've nicknamed Bone.

In game three Johnson lasted 6 innings, relinquishing 4 runs on 7 hits, while striking out 6 and walking 1. I lost track of what inning it was and brought in Nelson in the 7th. He pitched a scoreless 7th, striking out 2. Still not realizing my mistake I brought in Schooler for what I thought was the ninth, he racked up two 2 strikeouts. Realizing that the game was still tied at 4 and that we weren't in extra innings I panicked. What had I done!? Luckily, Kevin Mitchell saved the day, knocking a two run homer over the centerfield fence. Going into the 9th I didn't want to bring in Schooler for another inning, but I thought he still had enough in him so I kept him in and he proceeded to give up a 1 one homer to Derek Bell. I panicked again brought in Corsi. (Did I mention I don't handle pressure well)? Here's the play by play of the remainder of the ninth:

Jim Corsi came in to pitch for the Mariners. <--->
Manuel Lee struck out. <--->
Devon White singled through the left side. <--1>
Joe Carter popped up to the shortstop. <--1>
Roberto Alomar walked. <-21>
Devon White stole third. <3-1>
John Olerud popped up to the second baseman. <3-1>

We managed to pull out the win, giving Corsi his first save of his career.

Stick around, there is more to come...

[boomboom]

great read...Woody Woodward was a great GM thou, something that you might not understand...he was able to always get a bat at the deadline...and such...he built Seattle into a powerhouse...with talent....

Thou some of those deals look stupid today, at the time Jason V. and Derek L. were just mid level prospects...Slocum was a good closer...who we needed badly.....thou some moves i question, we needed a GM like Woodward during the years of 2000-2003, where "stand Pat" couldnt get us an bat....

I hope you continue the dynasty...a great read :)

[coffeyfiend]

Thanks for the support!

Now enough with cheesy sentiment, on to the season!
P.S. I forgot to mention that during the second game at Toronto, Dave Valle strained his forearm after taking a horrendous looking swing at a ball in the dirt, needless to say he missed it and is now on the bench for 6 days.

Apr 7-9, 1992
@ New York
W5-3, W5-3, W9-2

Hanson pitched another solid game, he lasted 6 innings and allowed only 3 runs on 9 hits. He also struck out 5 and walked 3. Nelson continued to shutdown the competition pitching a scoreless 7th. I goofed again and brought Schooler in for the save an inning to soon, he proceeded retire the Yankees in a 1,2,3 inning though. In the 9th we were still up 5-3 so I brought Schooler back in, he got the first 2 outs and gave up a walk and a hit so I brought in Gossage to finish it out and finish it out he did, striking out Mike Stanley to end the game and collect a save. Edgar Martinez provided all of the offense, hitting a grand slam in the 4th and walking in a run in the 6th.

WP: E. Hanson (2-0)
LP: S. Kamieniecki (0-2)
SV: R. Gossage (1)

Seattle's Extra base hits:
2B: J. Buhner (2)
HR: E. Martinez (1)
New York's Extra base hits:
3B: H. Meulens (1)

Player of the Game:
E. Martinez 1-4, 1 BB, 1 R, 5 RBI, 1 HR (Grand Slam)

In game two DeLucia pitched another gem, this time he lasted 7 innings. He also gave up 3 runs on 5 hits and racked up 9 strikeouts while only walking 4! Nelson and Schooler finished off the game each pitching 1 scoreless and hitless inning.

WP: R. DeLucia (2-0)
LP: M. Perez (0-1)
SV: M. Schooler (3)

Seattle Offense
2B: J. Buhner (3)
HR: K. Griffey Jr. (1), J. Buhner (2)
New York Offense
2B: D. Mattingly (3), D. Tartabull (2)
HR: D. Tartabull (1)

Player of the Game:
Delucia

Following the second game I received a call from the GM down in Houston, he offered me a young reliever, some guy named Billy Wagner in return for Brian Fisher (my fifth starter), Mickey Lopez (a second basemen in the minors that my scouts say would produce better if our clubhouse were more high-strung), Jim Acker (who is pitching at AAA) and Jay "Bone" Buhner. I managed to talk him in to taking a young nobody name Marc Newfield instead of Buhner, and the chump bit! To replace Fisher in the rotation I called up Clay Parker from AAA. I sent Wagner down to play A ball.

I got a strong performance from Fleming in game 3. He lasted 7 innings and only allowed 2 runs on 4 hits while striking out and walking 4 batters each. Powell finished out the game on the mound pitching 2 scoreless innings. He only gave up a single hit and struck out 2. Offensively, every batter scored at least 1 run, except Mike Blowers, who started the game at 3B.

WP: D. Fleming (1-0)
LP: O. Hernandez (0-2)

Seattle Offense
2B: O. Vizquel (5), P. O'Brien (2)
HR: K. Griffey Jr. (2)
New York Offense
2B: M. Stanley (2), B. Williams (1)
HR: D. Mattingly (2)

Player of the Game:
Fleming

Next up the Mariners head to the Kingdome for the first home stretch of the Season!

[petrel]

Great work, and a dynasty I'll definitely be watching.

--Pet

[HoustonGM]

Agreed. I'd like to see how the M's develop!

[coffeyfiend]

Home Opener!

Apr 10-12, 1992
vs. Boston (4-5)
W1-7, W3-4, W4-5

Clay Parker thanked me for bringing him up to the big show-not personally, as the players still refuse to talk to me-but by his performance. Parker lasted 7 innings, gave up one run on 7 hits, walked 3 and struck out 6. Nelson struck out two of the batters he faced in the 8th and Corsi pitched another decent performance in the 9th. Offensively, we played small ball, with only Reynolds collecting an extra base hit (a triple).

WP: C. Parker (1-0)
LP: F. Viola (1-2)

Boston Offense
2B: J. Reed (1), E. Burks 2 (4)
Seattle Offense
3B: H. Reynolds (1)

Player of the Game:
Parker

We pulled out a squeaker in game two. Johnson pitched a solid 6 innings, allowing 3 runs on 6 hits, walking and striking out 6 batters a piece. But the game was tied at three after the 6th. I brought in Gossage, who pitched the 7th and 8th innings giving up 2 hits, 1 walk and striking out 2. Nelson came in for the 9th and gave up 1 hit before getting out of the inning. Going into the bottom of the 9th, the game remained tied at 3. Tony Fossas came in to pitch for the Sox, the bottom of our lineup was due up. O'Brien hit a deep line drive right at Ellis Burks in CF. One out. Henry Cotto who started in LF for Mitchell batted next he smoked a pitch right up the middle, but secondbasemen Jody Reed made an amazing diving stop, luckily Cotto has some speed and managed to beat out the throw. I called for the hit and run to be put on with Scott Bradley coming to the plate. Bradley laid down a beautiful sacrifice bunt right in front of the plate and Cotto hurried to 2B. This brought up Omar Vizquel with 2 outs and a runner on 2nd. Vizquel stroked a single into RF to score Cotto from 2nd and win us the game!

WP: J. Nelson (2-0)
LP: T. Fossas (0-1)

Boston Offense
2B: T. Pena (2)
Seattle Offense
2B: H. Reynolds (1)

Player of the Game:
Vizquel

Another close one in game three. Hanson had problems early giving up 3 runs in the 1st inning. We responded with 4 runs in the 3rd, but Hanson allowed another run in the 4th. All in all Hanson only lasted 5.1 innings, in which he threw 98 pitches! He gave up 4 runs on 5 hits, walked 6 and struck out only 2. Gossage pitched 2.2 scoreless innings in relief, only allowing 1 hit. Nelson pitched the 9th keeping the score tied at 4. Tony Fossas came in to pitch the ninth again, with the bottom of our order due up. Pete O'Brien drilled the 2nd pitch he saw over the RF fence for the second walk off run in as many games.

WP: J. Nelson (3-0)
LP: T. Fossas (0-2)

Boston Offense
2B: M. Vaughn (2), J. Reed (2), E. Burks (5)
HR: M. Vaughn (1), J. Clark (2)
Seattle Offense
2B: D. Valle 2 (2), T. Martinez (1)
HR: K. Mitchell (3), P. O'Brien (2)

Player of the Game:
O'Brien-Only had one hit in the game, but it was a big one!

[petrel]

6-0. Not a bad way to start the season!!

--Pet

[coffeyfiend]

**** Yankees...

Apr 13-14, 1992
@ New York (1-11)
L6-7, L3-6

Rich DeLucia did not fare too well in the first game, he only managed 4.1 innings, allowing 6 runs (4 in the 1st inning), although he did manage to strike out 5 batters. Corsi and Schooler eached pitched 1.1 scoreless innings each walking 1 batter and striking out 1 batter. The game was tied until the bottom of the 8th inning. I brought Nelson into pitch, he'd pitched 8 scoreless innings until this point. Nelson the first batter, Mike Gallego and Andy Fox moved him to 2nd with a sac bunt in front of the plate. Nelson proceeded to strike out Roberto Kelly before Randy Velarde hit a single into the gap in left center, scoring Gallego and putting the Yanks up for good. Steve Farr shut down our offense in the 9th ending the game.

WP: L. Guetterman (1-1)
LP: J. Nelson (3-1)
SV: S. Farr (1)

Seattle Offense
2B: T. Martinez (2), O. Vizquel (6), K. Griffey Jr. (2), P. O'Brien (3)
New York Offense
HR: M. Stanley (1)

Player of the Game:
Mike Stanley-1-3, 1 BB 1 R 1 HR, 4 RBI (Hit grandslam in the 1st)

Dave Fleming caught the bad pitching bug in the second game, he only managed 4 innings in which he gave up 6 runs on 7 hits (all in the first two innings), he did manage to strike out 5 batters though. Corsi continued to improve upon his previously poor pitching ability, pitching a scoreless inning. Gossage followed with 2 scoreless innings and Nelson was back to his old self pitching a scoreless 9th. Our offense seemed sluggish, we only had 4 hits and none after the 4th inning. Hopefully this trend will not continue.

WP: O. Hernandez (1-2)
LP: D. Fleming (1-1)
SV: S. Farr (2)

Seattle Offense
HR: T. Martinez (1)
New York Offense
2B: D. Mattingly (4), H. Meulens (2)
HR: D. Tartabull (2)

Player of the Game:
Randy Velarde- 3-5, 2 R, 1 RBI

As if losing 2 games in a row to a team that was 1-11 weren't bad enough, Kevin Mitchell sprained his back while bending over to tie his shoes before the second game. He'll sit out for 17 days. Henry Cotto will start in left field in his absence and John Moses is up from AAA to fill in off the bench.

[coffeyfiend]

Apr 15-17, 1992
vs. Toronto (5-7)
W2-8,L4-0, W2-7

Clay Parker continues to impress me. In game one he pitched 6 innings giving up 2 runs on 6 hits, walking 2 and striking out 7. Powell pitched 2 innings of scoreless relief striking out 2 batters and giving up 3 hits. Corsi continued to improve pitching the 9th inning; he walked 1 and struck out 1. We led the entire game, no close game here.

WP: C. Parker (2-0)
LP: J. Key (0-1)

Toronto Offense
2B: R. Alomar (4)
Seattle Offense
2B: T. Martinez 2 (4), E. Martinez (2)
HR: D. Valle (1)

Player of the Game:
Harold Reynolds- 3-5, 1 run

Game two was a horrible game for the offense. We only had one hit, a double by O'Brien in the 7th. Johnson pitched a decent game, he kept us within striking distance. He lasted 6 innings, allowing 4 runs on 7 hits while striking out 9 and walking 3. Gossage pitched 2 more scoreless innings and Schooler contributed 1 as well. But it was to no avail, Todd Stottlemyre silenced our bats, he pitched a complete game walking 4 and striking out 8.

WP: T. Stottlemyre (1-0)
LP: R. Johnson (1-1)

Toronto Offense
2B: R. Alomar (5), E. Sprague (1), D. White (5)
Seattle Offense
2B: P. O'Brien (4)

Player of the Game:
Stottlemyre

In game three, our bats came back to life and Hanson made sure that Toronto's didn't. Hanson pitched 8 solid innings, he allowed only 2 runs on 5 hits, he walked 4 and struck out 7. Corsi followed with another scoreless inning.

WP: E. Hanson (3-0)
LP: A. Leiter (2-2)

Toronto Offense
No extra base hits
Seattle Offense
2B: E. Martinez (3)

Player of the Game:
Rich Amaral- 4-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, Started game at 2B

Following the third game I had a message waiting for me from the Angels GM. He wanted to trade me Lance Parrish for Dennis Powell, Mike Blowers and Harold Reynolds. After Amaral's performance earlier tonight I was inclined to accept, but I just couldn't pull the trigger. Instead I sent AAA catcher Matt Sinatro with Powell and Blowers. I moved Parrish into the starting lineup behind the dish and moved Dave Valle to the bench and Scott Bradley to AAA. I brought up INF Shane Turner from AAA to replace Blowers on the bench and Randy Kramer also moved up from AAA to take Powell's place in the pen.

[coffeyfiend]

**** Yankees Again!

Apr 19-21, 1992
vs New York (5-12)
L6-2, W3-9, L5-4

DeLucia lost his first game of the season, he lasted 6 innings, gave up 3 runs on 7 hits and struck out 4. Gossage followed with 2 scoreless innings, he allowed just 1 hit and struck out 5 batters! Nelson followed and choked, he game in with us still behind, he got two outs, gave up a hit, a walk and then a 3 run homer. Schooler game in an got the final out of the inning. Our offense had another off day, only collecting 6 hits.

WP: S. Kamieniecki (1-3)
LP: R. DeLucia (2-1)

New York Offense
2B: D. Mattingly (5), R. Velarde (1)
HR: M. Hall (2)
Seattle Offense
No extra base hits

Player of the Game:
Don Mattingly- 3-5, 2 R, 1 RBI

In game two we came back with a vengeance. Fleming nearly pitched a complete game, I pulled him after getting 2 outs in the 9th and then giving up a 1 run homer. Corsi got the last out and only needed 2 pitches to do it. The offense played much better, collecting 9 runs on 12 hits.

WP: D. Fleming (2-1)
LP: O. Hernandez (1-3)

New York Offense
2B: M. Gallego (1)
HR: M. Stanley (2), J. Barfield (4)
Seattle Offense
2B: K. Griffey Jr. (3), P. O'Brien (5)
3B: T. Martinez (1)

Player of the Game:
Ken Griffey Jr.- 3-5, 1 R, 2 RBI

The third game was a close one, Parker started but only lasted 3.1 innings. In that time he gave up 5 runs on 7 hits and struck out 3 batters. Honeycutt came on in relief pitching 3.2 innings he allowed 0 hits and 0 runs and racked up 4 K's. Nelson slightly redeemed himself pitching 1.2 scoreless innings and collecting a strike out. Schooler got in the game for the final out. We trailed 5 to 2 until the 9th inning when Reynolds opened up with a single and Griffey Jr. homered. The Yanks then brought out Steve Farr who shut down the offense to collect the save.

WP: A. Pettitte (2-1)
LP: C. Parker (2-1)
SV: S. Farr (3)

New York Offense
2B: M. Gallego (2), J. Barfield (1)
HR: R. Kelly (1), M. Nokes (1)
Seattle Offense
HR: O. Vizquel (1), K. Griffey Jr. (3)

Player of the Game:
Griffey Jr.- 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI

Apr 22-24, 1992
@ Baltimore (4-14)
W7-4, W4-2, L8-11

Johnson pitched decently in the first game, he lasted for 6 innings, gave up 4 runs on 6 hits and rung up 8 K's. Gossage pitched 2 scoreless innings of relief, striking out 3 and Schooler pitched a scoreless 9th for the save.

WP: R. Johnson (2-1)
LP: B. McDonald (0-4)
SV: M. Schooler (4)

Seattle Offense
2B: H. Reynolds (2), E. Martinez (4)
HR: K. Griffey Jr. (4), P. O'Brien (3)
Baltimore Offense
3B: M. Devereaux (1)
HR: T. Hulett (1)

Player of the Game:
Pete O'Brien- 3-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI

Hanson pitched very well in game 2. He pitched for 7 innings, allowed only 2 runs on 6 hits and struck out 6. Nelson and Schooler each contributed a scoreless inning and 1 strike out each. O'Brien collected his 2 homer in as many days.

WP: E. Hanson (4-0)
LP: M. Mussina (0-2)
SV: M. Schooler (5)

Seattle Offense
2B: L. Parrish 2 (2), T. Martinez (5)
HR: P. O'Brien (4)
Baltimore Offense
2B: B. Anderson (7), M. Devereaux (1)

Player of the Game:
O'Brien- 1-2, 2 BB, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI

Randy Kramer started and gave DeLucia the day off, he had a bruised groin, I asked him how he got and he mumbled something about my mother, I walked away confused. Kramer pitched poorly, he only lasted 4 innings, allowed 8 of Baltimore's runs on 10 hits and only collected 1 strike out. Corsi fared better, lasting 1.2 innings and collecting 2 K's. Gossage came in with the game tied at 8, pitched 1.1 innings and gave up a run. Nelson replaced him and gave up 2 more runs. Schooler finally ended the inning by striking out 2. Henry Cotto helped out the offense's cause by going deep twice.

WP: M. Williamson (1-0)
LP: R. Gossage (0-1)
SV: G. Olson (5)

Seattle Offense
HR: H. Cotto 2 (2)
Baltimore Offense
2B: M. Devereaux (2), G. Davis 3 (6)
HR: C. Hoiles (1), C. Ripken Jr. (5)

Player of the Game:
Even though we lost, Cotto was the player of the game, no one on the Orioles came close to matching his performance.
3-5, 3 R, 2 HR, 6 RBI

[petrel]

Great job, so far.

Care to post the league standings?

--Pet

[coffeyfiend]

The Twin Cities

Apr 25-27, 1992
@ Minnesota (11-11)
L4-8, L3-4, L3-5

Poor relief pitching cost us the game. Rich DeLucia pitched decently; 6 innings, 4 runs on 7 hits, 3 K's. When I pulled him after 6th, we were down by 2 runs. In the top of the 7th, we threatened, loading the bases before Pete O'Brien hit a single to score one run. The next three batters proceeded to hit the ball directly at secondbaseman Chuck Knoblauch, ending the inning and the threat. Rich Gossage came in to pitch the 7th and did splendidly, keeping us in the game. In the top of the 8th we managed to load the bases again, but only scored 1 run when Tino Martinez hit a sacrifice fly to deep right field and Edgar Martinez trotted home. Gossage came in for the 8th, he immiediately gave up a double to Kirby Puckett and a single to Gene Larkin putting runners on 1st and 3rd. Gossage shut down the next two batters, before allowing Brian Harper to hit a single to left. Puckett scored from 3rd and I pulled Gossage for Mike Schooler. Schooler walked Greg Gagne to load the bases and then gave up a double to Luis Quinones scoring 3 runs before getting the final out. Down by 4 runs in the top of the 9th, the batters choked and we lost the game.

WP:R. Aguilera (2-2)
LP:R. Gossage (0-2)

Seattle Offense
2B: E. Martinez (5), H. Cotto (1), J. Buhner (4)
HR: H. Cotto (3)
Minnesota Offense
2B: C. Davis (5), K. Puckett (11), L. Quinones (5)
HR: K. Hrbek (5), M. Pagliarulo (6)

Player of the Game
Mike Pagliarulo- 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI

Dave Fleming pitched complete game in game two. Unfortunately he lost. Fleming's performance was outstanding until the bottom of the 9th inning when he gave up a 3 run walk off homer to Chili Davis to end the game.

WP: G. Wayne (1-1)
LP: D. Fleming (2-2)

Seattle Offense
2B: H. Reynolds (3), E. Martinez (6), O. Vizquel (7), H. Cotto (2)
HR: K. Griffey Jr. (5)
Minnesota Offense
2B: C. Davis (6)
HR: C. Davis (5)

Player of the Game
Chili Davis- 2-3, 1 BB, 1 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI

The bullpen choked again in game three ruining Clay Parker's brilliantly pitched game. Parker pitched 8 solid innings, he allowed only 1 run on 5 hits, walked 1 and struck out 4. Mike Schooler came in to get the save in the 9th but ran into some trouble. Schooler struck out the first two batters, then gave up a single to Brian Harper and another to Luis Quinones. Lance Parrish allowed a passed ball and both runners advanced. Randy Bush hit an infield single to score a run and Chuck Knoblauch followed with a single to score another run and tie the game at 3. I pulled Schooler and replaced him with Jeff Nelson. Shane Mack doubled to left on Nelson's second pitch for 2 RBI's and another loss in the 9th.

WP: M. Guthrie (1-2)
LP: J. Nelson (3-2)

Seattle Offense
2B: P. O'Brien (6), H. Cotto (3)
Minnesota Offense
2B: S. Mack (2)

Player of the Game
Clay Parker

[petrel]

Using the different colors is a great idea...it really makes things more readable. I might steal that idea from you. :)

--Pet

[coffeyfiend]

Home Again

Apr 28-29, 1992
vs. New York (10-16)
W3-4, L8-4

The game was again decided in the 9th, luckily this time in our favor. Randy Johnson pitched a good game; 8 innings, 3 runs on 6 hits, 13 K's. However, when he left after the 8th inning, the game was still tied at 3. Lee Guetterman kept us off the board in the bottom of the 8th. Jeff Nelson did the same against the Yanks in the top of the 9th. We would not be denied though, Lance Parrish, the second batter in the bottom of the 9th, hit a 1 run blast over the right field fence for the walk off win.

WP: J. Nelson (4-2)
LP: L. Guetterman (2-2)

New York Offense
2B: D. Mattingly (9), R. Kelly (3)
3B: R. Kelly (1)
HR: J. Barfield (6)
Seattle Offense
2B: H. Reynolds (4), K. Griffey Jr. 2 (5)
HR: L. Parrish (3), O. Vizquel (2)

Player of the Game
Lance Parrish- 2-3, 1 BB, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI

Erik Hanson barely lasted 5 innings in game two. He went 5 innings, allowed 4 runs on 5 hits and only struck out 2. Rich Gossage fared slightly better, pitching 2 innings, he allowed 1 run on 2 hits. Jeff Nelson started the 8th inning and really put the game out of our reach. He allowed 5 consecutive singles to Yankee batters, before striking out 1. I pulled him for Mike Schooler who pitched the remaining 1.2 innings and only allowed a single hit. But the damage was done and we couldn't recover.

WP: G. Cadaret (1-1)
LP: R. Gossage (0-3)

New York Offense
2B: R. Kelly (4), J. Leyritz (2)
HR: J. Barfield (7)
Seattle Offense
HR: J. Buhner (3)

Player of the Game
Roberto Kelly- 3-4, 1 BB, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB

[coffeyfiend]

So, how do I post screen shots of standings etc?

[Lunch]

So, how do I post screen shots of standings etc?

You'll need to upload them to an image hosting site like Photobucket os Sony Image Station. They're free and allow you to create a gallery of photos. From them you can select the URL of the image you want to use then copy and paste the URL inbetween (the little mountain image at the top of this text field.)

[coffeyfiend]

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[DIM]

As I suggested to Lunch, use some of that cash to get good players.

[Lunch]

As I suggested to Lunch, use some of that cash to get good players.

....and download Infranview to reduce the size of your images ;)

[petrel]

That's the one I was thinking of! Infranview! Of course, I use "The Gimp" myself. :)

--Pet

[CC2009]

I use photoshop. I'm cool. :D

[coffeyfiend]

Thanks for the suggestions.

(Almost) 1st Month Assessment

The Lineup
Vizquel, O. SS .318 AVG, 2 HR, .402 OBP, 7 SB
Reynolds, H. 2B .301 AVG, 0 HR, .392 OBP, 7 SB
Griffey Jr., K. CF .252 AVG, 5 HR, .371 OBP, 3 SB
Martinez, E. 3B .294 AVG, 1 HR, .400 OBP, 1 SB
Cotto, H. LF .306 AVG, 3 HR, .333 OBP, 4 SB
O'Brien, P. 1B .250 AVG, 4 HR, .367 OBP, 0 SB
Buhner, J. RF .112 AVG, 3 HR, .307 OBP, 0 SB
Briley, G. DH .250 AVG, 0 HR, .308 OBP, 1 SB
Valle, D. C .209 AVG, 1 HR, .255 OBP, 0 SB

A few thoughts: Cotto is replacing Keith Mitchell, who should recover from his sprained back in 2 days. O'Brien is playing first base for Tino Martinez, who should recover from his bruised ankle in 1 day, O'Brien will move to the DH spot upon his return. Briley will subsequently warm the bench. Valle, is replacing Lance Parrish who should recover from his bruised hip in 3 days. I'm very tempted to bench Buhner for a time, and play Cotto in RF. Cotto has just as many HRs and a much better AVG, 7 less games. The only thing that worries me is Cotto's lack of a powerful, accurate throwing arm. I'll probably make the switch on a temporary basis once Mitchell returns to the lineup. Rich Amaral is also hitting nicely off the bench, he has a .357 AVG in 14 ABs.

The Rotation
Johnson, R. LHP 4.85 ERA, 39.0 IP, 49 K, 19 BB, 2-1 W-L
Hanson, E. RHP 3.83 ERA, 40.0 IP, 27 K, 19 BB, 4-0 W-L
DeLucia, R. RHP 4.55 ERA, 31.2 IP, 26 K, 16 BB, 2-1 W-L
Fleming, D. LHP 5.91 ERA, 32.0 IP, 17 K, 7 BB, 2-2 W-L
Parker, C RHP 3.33 ERA, 24.1 IP, 20 K, 8 BB, 2-1 W-L

A few thoughts: I'm considering swapping Johnson and Hanson in the rotation, hopefully that will alleviate som of the pressure that comes with being the #1 starter. I'd probably move Parker higher into the rotation, but his endurance isn't as high as the other starters. He was definitely a good call up though.

The Bullpen
Schooler, M. CL 3.68 ERA, 14.2 IP, 16 K, 4 BB, 1-0 W-L, 5 S
Nelson, J. ST 5.40 ERA, 15.0 IP, 16 K, 14 BB, 4-2 W-L, 0 S
Gossage, R. SH 2.86 ERA, 22.0 IP, 23 K, 8 BB, 0-3 W-L, 1 S
Corsi, J. MD 4.66 ERA, 9.2 IP, 5 K, 11 BB, 0-1 W-L, 1 S
Honeycutt, R. LG 0.00 ERA, 3.2 IP, 4 K, 0 BB, 0-0 W-L, 0 S
Kramer, R. AT 18.00 ERA, 4.0 IP, 1 K, 4 BB, 0-0 W-L, 0 S

A few thoughts: Nelson is starting to show his human side, hopefully he can calm down and start pitching better. Gossage has already pitched half as many innings this season as he did all of last season and he doesn't act like he's 40 he still throws some heat.

The Minors
Players of Note
AAA Eric Gunderson RP 2.70 ERA, 13.1 IP, 4 K, 1 BB, 0-1 W-L, 4 S
AA Dan Rohrmeier 1B .323 AVG, 3 HR, .371 OBP, 1 SB
A Bret Boone 2B .317 AVG, 1 HR, .369 OBP, 2 SB
A Jim Mecir RP 2.21 ERA, 20.1 IP, 21 K, 5 BB, 1-0 W-L, 1 S
A Greg Pirkl 1B .325 AVG, 1 HR, .426 OBP, 0 SB
A Billy Wagner RP 2.95 ERA, 18.1 IP, 18 K, 5 BB, 0-1 W-L, 5 S
A Chris Widger C .300 AVG, 0 HR, .333 OBP, 0 SB
R Mike Hampton SP 2.03 ERA, 13.1 IP, 8 K, 4 BB, 2-0 W-L
R Raul Ibanez LF .350 AVG, O HR, .409 OBP, 0 SB
R John Mabry 1B .324 AVG, 2 HR, .419 OBP, 0 SB
R Roger Salkeld SP 2.77 ERA, 13.0 IP, 7 K, 3 BB, 0-0 W-L

Right now the Free Agent Market is very thin, if the right trade presents itself I will definitely bite, I'm most interested in starting pitching. I may have to wait closer to the Trade Deadline to get any decent pitchers without having to pay an arm and a leg.