Baseball

Anybody still paying attention to the Mariners? I know I’m not, so thanks to Adam S. for passing this fantastic link along. The Mariners’ broadcast team does a “Pick to Click” feature where they highlight a player they believe is due for a notable performance. Last Sunday in Toronto, Mariners color...
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With the Big Unit getting win #300 last night, it’s funny to think how long the guy has been around since the M’s unloaded him to Houston in 1998.   That trade seems like decades ago (oh wait, it was) so maybe you’ve forgotten some of the details of it.  Let’s recap, shall we?
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Echelon So I was listening to ESPNSeattle (It’s not Furness!) on my way to work Thursday afternoon, taking in the carnage after Brandon Morrow blew his second save in 17 hours. An older gentleman called in to share his take on the Bombs. “This team…we’re still coming out of the Bavasi era. And he...
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Constable Echelon Image: daylife.com King Felix comes out of the gate shit hot every April proving to all that he is NEXTNOW! Once that’s breathlessly established over the first couple weeks on Baseball Tonight everyone accepts it as a given and moves on. Yet despite noticeably improved fitness as his career has matured year...
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Fig Jam In his much publicized interview with Mike and Mike this morning, Roger Clemens said that he did not take steriods and further stated that it would be “Suicidal” for him to take performance enhancing drugs due to a family history of heart conditions.   To support this contention, Clemens cited the fact that his brother had a heart attack...
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Constable Echelon Thank you Mariners for getting this season’s first Rip Your Balls Off Special ™ out of the way early. There will be no “I can’t believe I fell for these assholes” revelations this summer. Because that was it Tuesday night, when the Mariners squandered a two run, two out, two strike,...
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Sager Bombs The first few games of the baseball season are always exciting and a blast to attend, mostly because things are still new and every team has that misguided belief that just maybe they can sneak into the playoffs.  I’d be pretty pissed to have tickets to the second game of the season up...
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