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@RefuseToLosePod @sanjaromin Cal and Julio were 0-7 with 6 k’s

Alright let's just have a quick, off-the cuff bullpen convo. 1) Brayan Rocchio hit .224 vs. LHP in 2025, he got a hit off Gabe Speier. 2) Chase DeLauter has never played an official MLB game, and he got a hit off Gabe Speier.f I don't consider those Dan Wilson problems. 3) Could Wilson have walked Ramirez? Sure, but to put another man in scoring position? 4) Could he have brought in Brash? Sure, but that seems unnecessary on night 1, especially with how good Speier was last year. 5) Yes, the team was down one and used Legumina and Criswell. Do you think they want to burn Brash and Bazardo when down? Especially if they may not want to use Speier and/or Ferrer again? 6) Spots 2-6 in the order are 1-for-15 with seven strikeouts. Also not a Dan problem. Pitchforks down. Tridents up.

@MarinersSteve Every manager in the league pitches their B bullpen when behind. Cmon guys.

Had both Bazardo and Brash available to face Ramirez, didn’t use them decided to go with Legumina in the 8th in a one run game??? Why?? (It worked but barely) Trots out Criswell in the 9th immediately gives up a bomb Your two worst relievers being used in high leverage spot

Dan what the fuck are you doing man, haven’t learned or changed a bit.

M’s opening day: Logan Gilbert was average, bullpen was not great, offense was ok but still way too much swing and miss. Raley has to catch that ball. Guardians flat out beat us. Try again tomorrow.

@ADriftingNerd @RyanDivish FWIW, Rogers has Xfinity in Canada. I can’t help but wonder if the owners of the Blue Jays have something to do with MarinersTV not being available outside of streaming here. BC is listed as In Market…

@RyanDivish To watch Mariners TV on Xfinity you have to have this tv package.

MLB's handling of the distribution rights for the 14 teams under its production umbrella, specifically the Mariners, has been suboptimal at best, ill-considered at least and basically a raging clusterf$ck for most

@MarinerMuse Yes, I was thinking the same thing.

Am I allowed to be moderately concerned about Gabe Speier right now?

Well, at least Cal Raleigh can get some work in now…

@dodgersrpeit @WelshFriar It’s not the American Baseball Classic. Have a non-US ump call balls and strikes in USA elimination games.

@WelshFriar You’re mad about US born umpires umpiring an event being played in the US??? How fucking stupid are you

You can't call me coping here as I couldn't care less who won. But surely you can't have an Umpire from the USA call an international game with their own country in. 90% of sports around the world would never allow that, I'm not saying he was bias but it's morally wrong.

@HEELSyeah14 @JoeMama1567546 @JomboyMedia @TalkinBaseball_ Pfft.

@JoeMama1567546 @halfbutt11 @JomboyMedia @TalkinBaseball_ Exactly - it’s called battling and staying alive. It was a breaking all. It went through the zone. It wasn’t as low as the “strike zone” showed.

Karl-Anthony Towns says the ending of USA vs. DR was “some bullshit”

@HEELSyeah14 @JomboyMedia @TalkinBaseball_ No. You don’t “gotta swing” at ball four. It was not close.

@JomboyMedia @TalkinBaseball_ Yes it was a ball but the ump called it both ways. Gotta swing with 2 strikes and it that close. Baseball be like that.

@Lakeshow_323 @TalkinBaseball_ It’s hard to agree when the game was decided by three botched calls by an American ump.

@TalkinBaseball_ USA won fair and square

All eight pitches from the controversial game-ending Geraldo Perdomo vs Mason Miller at bat

@ynosports @JeffPassan Cmon dude. That was not even close. It’s a ball all day.

@JeffPassan Can’t take that pitch with two strikes… swing the bat.

That game cannot end like that. A shame.

Sure, Yonder Alonso. Pinch hit for Julio vs Mason Miller. He’s only 2/3 with a home run career off him. SMH

Welp. Until that strike 3 to Soto in the 8th…

So far, Cory Blaser has been excellent imo.

So there’s another American umpire behind the plate tonight for a USA elimination game. 🤔

@skunk_puddle Yeah, I randomly call strangers on the internet losers. SMH. Go troll somewhere else.

@halfbutt11 What a fucking loser mentality you have

Well, Canada pitched a Québécois farmer and a high A guy called The Tugboat. USA pitched Bednar and Mason Miller. I’d say a 5-3 loss is a win for our guys. Nice one, Team Canada!

@RuinzMV @MarinersSteve Bo Naylor is no bum.

@MarinersSteve cal dont have a hit yet naylor batting in the 100s speier giving up nukes to bums julio just there not a soul got it worse than us

The WBC has genuinely been awful for us Mariners fans 😭

Bill Miller not helping Team Canada behind the plate so far. Could we not have a neutral country umpire calling balls and strikes in a knockout game?

@TalkinBaseball_ I don’t think anyone is going to beat the DR this year…

USA vs. Canada lineups