Filth

Mariners showed off their shiny new toy. The 6'7" 260 lbs Dominican Michael Pineda had the dreaded rising fastball, which made fools of the Jays' offense.

Of course, the ball doesn't actually rise. As soon as a pitch is released, it starts to fall. A rising fastball just falls less than isn't. The kid is good, but he can't defy the laws of physics. Combining that fastball and some nasty breaking stuff, he was pure filth.

When Buck Martinez said Pineda was 6'7" and 260 lbs, it didn't really hit me when I saw him on the mound. He was a bigun. But then after Pineda was pulled, Hernandez went over to give him a pep talk and was looking up at him. And Hernandez is not small.

The Mariners celebrated his first big league win with a beer shower, as you do. After toweling off, Pineda said,“It's my first game winning here. I don't know, I'm just really excited.”

Not to be forgotten was Ricky Romero, gave up only 3 runs and at one point retired 14 batters in a row. More importantly though, he pitched so well that he gave the bullpen a much needed break. I'm sure Romero hates himself for giving up a homer to Ryan Langerhans. I'm sure we'd all hate ourselves for giving up a homer to Ryan Langerhans.


Corey Patterson seemed to realize the wall of Olivo waiting for him on that weird non-slide at home in the 8th. I don't know whether Olivo was still fired up by his mis throw a few minutes earlier, but he shove tagged Patterson at the plate. He's lucky that Patterson isn't bigger or more of a hot head and they were not in the cemetery-like confines of Safeco because they might've had words. Or fists. In the bottom half of the inning, Jose Bautista threw a perfect one hopper to Arencibia to keep the score within a run.

There is quite a multitude of ways of losing in the game. Infinite possibilities.