What about the pickoff? Took three tries. Easy or close play?

Ichiro is a freakin stud. Hope we never trade him. Trading yet another sure Hall of Famer for peanuts would be the last straw for me.

This should be on Howard and Chucks gravestones.

'We traded away or just let go a half dozen or so sure hall of famers and never paid the price for it'

Good, clear videos of Ichiro's catch and error on Gameday. Nothing on the pickoff. He's one up and two down today by my count.

screw u ichiro, sucked so much geoff had to mention u got an error twice

Vidro ties it with a 2 run HR in the 6th...who woulda thunk......

Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometime. The M's are a bushel basket of acorns in arrears.

what's the new kid doin' today - LaHair? Glad to see him get his first MLB hit last night...something positive in this sucky, horrendous, cellar (not Stellar) year................

did Vidro just hit a jack? Is it a full moon? a blue moon? Get him tested for foreign substance I think he's all hopped up on rally fries.

I think Vidro is like Scooby Doo and Shaggy. He performs better when he is rewarded by Scooby snacks or large plates of buffet food, cheeseburgers or even rally fries. But Vidro looks more like Yogi the Bear so that makes sense too. Get Vidro a pick- a - nit basket.

I coulda sworn I saw mustard stains on Vidro's uni as he rounded the bases

The Mariners actually looked like a major-league team there for an inning. Lopez works a nine-pitch single, Vidro (!) homers to tie the game. JJ strikes out two very tough hitters and Joh guns down a fast runner.

Of course, it's possible that my radio is actually getting signals from some Bizarro World ...

... but seriously, nice to see JJ looking good again. One infield hit, 3 Ks in two innings against arguably the best offense in the league. He's a competitor ... we could use more players like him in the ballpark.

ahhh JALAPENOS!!!! Why did Vidro have to hit that HR.. why not someone else?!!? That just earned him 2 weeks of playing time!!! Get em outta here!!!

FREE BALENTIEN!!!!!!!!

BAGHEAD DAY AUG 2ND!!!

Haha Did you see Vidro in the dugout right their?!?! He was showing Riggleman his bat and the top twists off and he dumped out a bunch of pizza pockets. So now him and Riggleman are eating pizza pockets and told everyone else to get their own. That slick Vidro.

Haha Did you see Vidro in the dugout right their?!?! He was showing Riggleman his bat and the top twists off and he dumped out a bunch of pizza pockets. So now him and Riggleman are eating pizza pockets and told everyone else to get their own. That slick Vidro.

^CLASSIC^

Great thinking in comparing Vidro to Sabathia, especially since Vidro is a "professional hitter". He has one or two of these types of games every six weeks. The problem is that it makes management think he has broken out of the putrid slump only to see him stink for another 5-6 weeks.

Rumor : Washburn to the Yanks.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8371098?MSNHPHMA&From=MSNHP&FG=FOX_Pipe

I've got an idea.....tear up the new contract for Kenji and double it, what a clutch player!

Oh my god!

Ugh! That was so predictable (Kenji hitting into an inning-ending DP). Why on earth did they not send Yuni to avoid the inevitable?

How could anyone have predicted that Kenji would hit into a DP, then our defense would fall apart and lose the game? It seems so hard to believe!

With play like that these guys are going to blow their post season chances.

Uh oh the M's need 4 to win in the bottom of the 12th. Hopefully they can get Vidro to the plate to knock in some runs!

You know the M's are gonna tease us here and get the tying run to the plate... just to make it more heartbreaking.

11 records...good call

I guess Vidro couldn't come through for the M's this time.

I like the idea of ripping up Joh's contract and doubling it, he is doing so great.

Another great finish to another finely played game by this "team". Can't wait for next year to watch most of the trash return and continue to suck, hopefully Riggelman and Pelekoudous return next year. It wouldn't feel like a true M's team without bad management to go along with the awful players. Good thing it is such a "fun and family friendly experience" so the ownership can continue to make money while fleecing the fans.

please God....let there be another fire sale tomorrow. its my only way of feeling close to this team emotionally - when players are F****** FIRED.

Freakin' Johjima

What a waste. I understand he now has a ton of pressure to perform at a higher caliber due to the worst contract in Mariners history, but for God sakes this was the last straw.

I would love to hear a chant for BURKE, BURKE, BURKE. Hell at least he would attempt to hit the ball the other way and stand up like a man and take a hit from the other team.

I am less bothered by another dead pull double play around the horn that puts Johjima at least four strides before he would touch first. Hell the Boston infield was off the infield before he touched first.

The play that bothers me the most is the play at the plate. In the number of innings that I have tallied watching this team play since Johjima has been here. I have seen him only once block the fricken plate.

Instead of being in front of the plate and take a collision which would have been a slide from JD Drew, he backs up, leaving the entire plate exposed. This is not the first time either. Grow some nuts and take one for the team.

He is a finesse catcher that calls an average game. A dead pull hitter who even when it calls for him to put it up the middle or the other way; FAILS. And in the air mind you.

Nobody wants him, we are stuck with him. Unless the unthinkable, he goes back to Japan much like Sasaki. I have struck gold and won the lottery.

Unfortunately, we live in reality. We have 24 million dollars that are dead for the next three years.

How many type pitches does morrow have?

Can he really be a starter with only 2 pitches?

Where is Josh Fields these days?

Is Fontiane and gang really doing anything productive for this team just look at the farm, it is very weak and they have missed or passed on current young MLB all-star players that were available in the draft.