This game lowered the Mariner's team batting average to .199. If I did my queries right, this is the lowest team BA in first 43 games since the 1910 White Sox had a .192 (which is also the lowest since 1901). The only other team under .200 was the 1905 Senators at .196.

Is Mario Mendoza going to throw out the first pitch at tonight's game?

Is Mario Mendoza going to throw out the first pitch at tonight's game?

Hey, Mario outhit these guys by 16 pts for his career!

Is Mario Mendoza going to throw out the first pitch at tonight's game?

More like he'll swing and miss at the first pitch.

Likely to break the modern record of 7 in a season before the All-Star game

cue the weird rant we are going to hear today from mike wilbon over on PTI ...

Unpopular Democrat president? Check.
Rioting in the streets? Check.
Historically low baseball offense? Check.
Dominant Tiger pitcher? Check.

Ladies and gentlemen...1968 is back!

One-fifth of the league's complete games this year are no-hitters. And one of the 20 counted as a complete game but not a no-hitter.

Unpopular Democrat president? Check.

The Seattle Mariners are batting .199, Joe Biden is batting .528.


https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/

I watched the last part of the game. He had good stuff, but he wasn't spectacular. It wasn't like he was Marichal out there, or had pinpoint control. He threw a nice backdoor curveball for the last strikeout. He threw a lot of low strikes that they just never squared up. That's not to say they didn't have some good hacks, but they all went for foul balls. It kinda felt like the Mariners were all standing at a slot machine, feeding in quarter after quarter, and just never even getting a small jackpot.

Interestingly I also watched Mark Melancon close out the game for the Padres. He really doesn't have that good stuff, or even particularly good control (he walked the bases loaded if I remember) but the batters couldn't do much but try to work a walk and swing hard and hope they get lucky, just like with the Turnbull no-hitter.

Seems like it is time to lower the mound and/or move it back

(and restrict pitchers from fielding bunts, and restrict pickoff throws like they are doing in the minors, and make non-closer relief pitchers throw at least 2 or 3 innings).

Unpopular Democrat president? Check.

Isn't Biden over 50% in popularity?

Rioting in the streets? Check.

Huh? What riots are you thinking of?

Oh wow, RMC is wedging in his politic views to an unrelated baseball thread again. So off-brand for him.

Unpopular Democrat president? Check.

As noted above, in the RMC household perhaps, but not for the majority of American adults recently polled.

As noted above, in the RMC household perhaps, but not for the majority of American adults recently polled.

Required a bunch of polls that have huge pro-Biden samples -- Biden +14 or +20 in the November vote obviously does not comport with reality -- to get him barely over 50%. You'd think people would have learned by now that public polling is largely trash.

Jesus, don't take the bait, you idiots.

Likely to break the modern record of 7 in a season before the All-Star game

Corey Kluber did his part with yet another no-hitter...

Wow. I saw Turnbull's last start on the 13th. He was really good that day, but I can't say I saw a no-hitter coming.

Random observation: Of the last 6 official no-hitters dating back to last year (and not counting Kluber because I'm struggling to keep up), 5 of the pitchers were in their year-28 season.

Alec Mills, Joe Musgrove, Carlos Rodon, John Means, and Spencer Turnbull.

Wade Miley is 34.