Meanwhile, the Rockies won. Yay!

And Milton raises his average to .080.

I'd love to know the M's overall record vs the A's in the last decade. Seems like we never beat these guys. (it could be because I get a call from a buddy in SF each loss, but man I think they have our number).

woohoo!

Good thing you waited.

I want to talk more about Babe Ruth's called shot, so I'll also post here. It's possible Babe's "call" was legend. BUT, you did mention one newspaper mentioned the called shot and/or gestures. I don't know how many papers covered teams back in the day, but can't imagine there were that many. (unless that is, they followed the Babe like the Japanese cover Ichiro, but I kinda doubt it). Anybody know?

Justice JPS said Ruth was being razzed and gestured to the scoreboard in centerfield. The score was tied, so he wasn't pointing to the score. He could have been pointing to the fact he still had two more strikes left. He got another strike, more razzing, and again gestured to centerfield. He cranked the next one to centerfield. And the next day the New York World-Telegram headline screamed "RUTH CALLS SHOT, PUTS HOME RUN IN NO.2 SIDE POCKET.

I know Ruth sometimes laughed it off, but it it was in the NY World Telegram it must be true.... and I prefer the legend.

And I think it's perjury if a Supreme Court Justice doesn't tell the truth at all times. (grin)

And Milty raises his average to .115! (ahead of Mike Sweeney!)

Suck it, CF!

Slake

Baseball was the only professional team sport that mattered in the 1930s. NFL was nothing. College football, horse racing, boxing and baseball were the sporting culture. The World Series was covered by scores of journalists, not just following Babe Ruth around like Ichiro., but following the National Pastime. One headline in a syndicated news outfit's coverage does not a fact make. The fact that only ONE writer covering that game mentioned this moment means a lot.

Is Aardsma the closer? Closers shouldn't issue two walks in the ninth.

MARINERS WIN! MARINERS WIN! MARINERS WIN!

@ 8
No, Slog cannot do better. And I cannot spell Buheneer's name.

Figgins looked great as well, no?

CF - can you do this for every game? I'm really digging the convo and history, etc.

Ex-NL Central suckmeister? Like the author of this blog entry?

@12, I'm agreeing with 12 here, I think we need as many of CF's Mariner mini-blogs as possible. I received a history lesson (did I just get schooled? Ha!), but still think Babe called his shot... maybe people had bad eyes back then...and I'm liking CF's take on the M's... you won't get it anywhere else... and it's funny to read the angry people.

and in this (very limited) case, I'm going all tea bagger believing one news source (NY World et al) and ignoring any facts relating to Babe Ruth that didn't come from JPS.

Go M's!!

The reason only one paper headlined Babe Ruth's called shot was because the all the other ones led with:

"CUBS- PREPARE FOR 100 YEARS OF LOSING"

15 ftw

CF @ 11 - I agree with you, and there was nothing brief about that Live slog, but your love for the game does shine through. Thought you would be interested in this post-game report:

Bradley was treated to a post-game beer shower, customary for Mariners players who were here last season. Not something Bradley is associated with all that often.

This one was about as festive as it gets, from what I'm told. An icy bath that didn't stop.

Bradley is a serious guy. A player as intense as they come. But he told us on the weekend how much he appreciated being here, with this team, and I know, despite his stoic demeanor afterwards, that he had to enjoy what happened post-game tonight.

"We have fun every day,'' Bradley said. "That's the one thing that makes it easy to come here every day. Guys are great. Top-to-bottom, that's a part of this organization. And that's something that I really can't say I've had my entire career. I just feel like I'm in such a better place.''
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Now - take it all with a grain of salt from a guy on a team that is now 3-6 against their own division, but if Milton - who is NOT the key to the M's success btw - is going to thrive, this would seem to be the environment for it.

Yes - Hope springs eternal and indeed - It Happens Every Spring, which is a movie every baseball fan should see.

Go M's.

Great baseball!

Best: Jay Buhner asked by Mike Blowers what his call is for the batter (as bunting was certainly a viable option), Buhner says "three-run homer of course... but..."

next pitch, Bradley smacks a three-run homer.

@2, in the last three seasons at least, Seattle went 24-19 against Oakland.

This is interesting, too: "The Athletics are currently the lowest scoring team in the league at 4.0 runs per game. the Mariners are the second lowest scoring team in the league at 4.1 runs per game."

I'll always resent Aardsma for supplanting Henry Aaron leading off the Baseball Encyclopedia.