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New Mariners curse

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So, I've discovered a new curse for the Mariners. The "Nathano Curse." He first came here and posted his "Burn the Tree" diary about how we were really a  bad team and how we should go on a "fire sale" and aim for a 100 loss season a day after we won again to make it 5 wins in a row, 3 games from the Angels, 1 game back from the Tigers in the WC. Our record since then? 0-4, falling one game farther back of the Tigers and three farther back of the Angels. I've told Jeff to delete the diary but I don't know why he won't. Anyways thanks Nathano.

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Yeah, right
that's why I actually want the Mariners to win and I even suggested trading prospects to win. You're right Corco! How'd you figure it out.
Top 5 Greatest Players ever: 1. Josh Gibson 2. Cool Papa Bell 3. Babe Ruth 4. Matty 5. Ty Cobb

by Coach Owens on Jun 16, 2007 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

I've been up and down all year...
I cheer for the M's to win every game, but in the back of my head I'm hoping for a little prolonged losing streak to get Hargrove and Bavasi the boot, because I think that the organization has no future with those two in charge, and also think the team would be better off THIS season if they were gone, even if they have to lose a couple to sacrifice.  I believe they're not being here will gain more.

So it's tough.  But I know my hearts in the right place as I watch every game and hoot and holler every time something goes right.  But it's still in the back of my mind.

by SethGrandpa on Jun 16, 2007 8:21 PM PDT reply actions  

As long as Bavasi
doesn't trade any of our non-expendable future stars like Felix, Jones or Trunifel I really don't care if they don't leave if it means winning and getting back to the playoffs.
Top 5 Greatest Players ever: 1. Josh Gibson 2. Cool Papa Bell 3. Babe Ruth 4. Matty 5. Ty Cobb

by Coach Owens on Jun 16, 2007 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well see that's the thing...
You have the "as long as Bavasi doesn't..." which he'll usually do.  And he may not make the bad moves now, but that doesn't mean if he won't next year or the year after that.  Basically I don't feel comfortable with him in charge of the future of this team.  That's why I wouldn't hate a losing streak to get him out.

by SethGrandpa on Jun 16, 2007 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

No Worries...
Nathanho's a good friend of mine, and I've got a picture of him with pins through his visage and soaking in chicken blood as we speak...

by troutmask96 @ Lookout Landing on Jun 16, 2007 8:25 PM PDT reply actions  

I, uh, own a motel...
...not far from here...

Sometimes truth is painful to assimilate
Reality a bitter maven to serve

Old "Humpy Guts"
Admiral Horwath
Chairman Of The Skiff
Longhouse Of Fantasy Legends
Hoonah, AK

by nathanho on Jun 16, 2007 10:15 PM PDT reply actions  

You, uh, have
problems don't you?
Top 5 Greatest Players ever: 1. Josh Gibson 2. Cool Papa Bell 3. Babe Ruth 4. Matty 5. Ty Cobb

by Coach Owens on Jun 16, 2007 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

What are you saying...
...specifically?  Or, are you just making a generalization based on a fear-mongering, lynch-mob mentality?

So, it's 'shoot the messenger' at LL?  I'm just preparing the way for the cleansing fire...

Old "Humpy Guts"
Admiral Horwath
Chairman Of The Skiff
Longhouse Of Fantasy Legends
Hoonah, AK

by nathanho on Jun 16, 2007 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah see,
that's the problem. You come in here one day after the Mariners had won five in a row and say how we should get rid of the all of our people who our players who are actually helping us. Personally, actually, I think I speak for all of us here at LL when I ask why are you doing this?
Top 5 Greatest Players ever: 1. Josh Gibson 2. Cool Papa Bell 3. Babe Ruth 4. Matty 5. Ty Cobb

by Coach Owens on Jun 16, 2007 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

Actually
I'm pretty sure no one here wants you to ever speak for them.  I might be wrong, I really doubt it though.

by Replacement Level Poster on Jun 17, 2007 1:37 AM PDT up reply actions  

Why are YOU...
...confusing the shit out of me with this lobotomous sentence 'structure' and craven grammar?

"...we should get rid of the all of our people who our players who are actually helping us..."

I simply have no way to respond to that...

Old "Humpy Guts"
Admiral Horwath
Chairman Of The Skiff
Longhouse Of Fantasy Legends
Hoonah, AK

by nathanho on Jun 17, 2007 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wouldn't "new Mariners curse"
imply the existence of an old Mariners curse?

by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 16, 2007 11:18 PM PDT reply actions  

Well
there was that albatross that was hung around Edgar Martinez's knee.

by abelard on Jun 16, 2007 11:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yep,
there was the "Curse of Mike Cameron" where we didn't have a all-star center fielder until this year.
Top 5 Greatest Players ever: 1. Josh Gibson 2. Cool Papa Bell 3. Babe Ruth 4. Matty 5. Ty Cobb

by Coach Owens on Jun 16, 2007 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well,
it was becoming a curse.
Top 5 Greatest Players ever: 1. Josh Gibson 2. Cool Papa Bell 3. Babe Ruth 4. Matty 5. Ty Cobb

by Coach Owens on Jun 16, 2007 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think the curse started
in 1977 and hasn't ended yet.
No, sir, they're saying Boo-vasi.

by Mariner John on Jun 17, 2007 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

Its simply reality....
The M's are going to struggle at times, and put together some nice weeks as well...They're not good enough to compete for the playoffs.  I love to see them win, but really wish ownership would can the gm and move on.....

by tmoney96 on Jun 16, 2007 11:53 PM PDT reply actions  

But what's the chance
that they would be on 5 game winning streak and then the day someone posts a diary here that says they're not going to keep up the winning, they start a 4 game losing streak? You guys don't believe me? Fine watch as Jeff doesn't delete the diary and the Mariners lose the next 97 games.
Top 5 Greatest Players ever: 1. Josh Gibson 2. Cool Papa Bell 3. Babe Ruth 4. Matty 5. Ty Cobb

by Coach Owens on Jun 17, 2007 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions  

And why would you say that?
Top 5 Greatest Players ever: 1. Josh Gibson 2. Cool Papa Bell 3. Babe Ruth 4. Matty 5. Ty Cobb

by Coach Owens on Jun 17, 2007 12:13 AM PDT up reply actions  

Man...
The SAT was so easy.  Way better than the ACT.

Random kinda

by SethGrandpa on Jun 17, 2007 2:39 AM PDT up reply actions  

I dislike how they changed the SAT
now my score sounds so unimpressive.

Oh well

//goes back to GMAT and GRE prep

by Matthew on Jun 17, 2007 3:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, now if you say Hey I got a 1270 on my SAT
people laugh at you.
Protect the enviroment, or I'll FUCKING KILL YOU! CAPTAAAAAIIIINNNN PLANNNNET! ~Ted Turner

by Goose on Jun 17, 2007 4:12 AM PDT up reply actions  

its stupid
i was so proud of my 1360 until they changed it

by mutt1823 on Jun 17, 2007 4:41 AM PDT up reply actions  

The changes to the SAT
Means that my little brother has a higher score than me. That's not cool.

by Graham MacAree on Jun 17, 2007 6:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

It's easy
You just say "I got X out of 1600" and then they know it's not one of the crazy / 2400 scores.
In addition to going 18-for-18 in save opportunities, Putz is trying to bring a sense of unity and joyfulness in the Seattle clubhouse.

by appleshampoo on Jun 17, 2007 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions  

The new SAT scoring is like the save statistic
Bleh.

The scoring for the writing section is so arbitrary and defeats the purpose of the SAT... not that its usefulness as an ability separator isn't circling the drain anyway.  When you can go to Kaplan or Princeton Review and learn how to get a 1350 on the SAT, it kidan defeats the purpose of the SAT.

But then again, it's just a symptom of a bigger problem with so many kids padding 'resumes' and working around college admissions filters.  It's all a joke at this point.

(I got a 1370 way back when.  I didn't study at all for it.)

by Gomez on Jun 17, 2007 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

That won't be necessary...
...all we need is for this team to play to their capabilities...and, I MEAN THAT.
Old "Humpy Guts"
Admiral Horwath
Chairman Of The Skiff
Longhouse Of Fantasy Legends
Hoonah, AK

by nathanho on Jun 17, 2007 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

That won't be necessary...
...all we need is for this team to play to their capabilities...and, I MEAN THAT.
Old "Humpy Guts"
Admiral Horwath
Chairman Of The Skiff
Longhouse Of Fantasy Legends
Hoonah, AK

by nathanho on Jun 17, 2007 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

The Master of Everything Obvious...
...is back.

All you seem to want to do is "cut" this guy, "can" that guy, "fire the GM", and dramatically churn the roster, without once offering a single suggestion as to how you would see fit to replace all these wayside corpses.  I hate to invite rosterbation, but can you offer any clarity as to how you would actually plug these holes?...

by troutmask96 @ Lookout Landing on Jun 17, 2007 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions  

Try Clicking 'Reply To This'...
...once in a while...you'll be amazed at the results...
Old "Humpy Guts"
Admiral Horwath
Chairman Of The Skiff
Longhouse Of Fantasy Legends
Hoonah, AK

by nathanho on Jun 17, 2007 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

the real curse
is my away message.  mentioned the mariners twice this year, both have come after big winning streaks.  the result?  an immediate and prolonged losing streak.  good times.

by Dylan @ Lookout Landing on Jun 17, 2007 12:42 PM PDT reply actions  

re: the real curse
witches are surely responsible

quick! somebody find a duck! we need to burn the witches.

by Matthew on Jun 17, 2007 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

Follow my logic
Sens get eliminated, Mariners win 5 in a row then lose 5. Jeff's level of sadness is directly correlational to the Mariners success. Suffer  some more  personal heartbreak you selfish jerk.

by Robert on Jun 17, 2007 2:58 PM PDT reply actions  

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
WAS IT MY MORNING BREATH, I KNOW IT WAS MY MORNING BREATH

by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 17, 2007 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

You're smothering him
(my best friend once received that as an actual breakup excuse from a long-distance girlfriend)

by Gomez on Jun 17, 2007 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

Do you have any idea how vain you are
I swear to god, you check yourself out in a mirror every 3 minutes. I don't want to date somebody more beautiful than me.

by Robert on Jun 17, 2007 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

can we just have an open thread of this?
this is way more entertaining than 60% of mariner games

by Matthew on Jun 18, 2007 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'm a nervous eater
and you haven't been the most supportive partner in the world

by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 18, 2007 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

How can you expect me to be supportive?
I saw you at the bar with that Puerto Rican busboy. I heard what you told him. You don't even want to do those things with me.

by Robert on Jun 18, 2007 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions  

What are you, following me around?
Maybe I'd be a little more open with you if you gave me some freedom once in a while.

by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 18, 2007 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

Give YOU freedom?
I'm the one thats on a freaking leash. Do you know how many times we have gone for walks on the beach? We never do anything that I want to do.

Maybe if you weren't so preoccupied with yourself then I wouldn't feel the need to be suspicious.

by Robert on Jun 18, 2007 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

How low does your esteem have to be
to believe that I couldn't possibly want to look good for the one I love??

by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 18, 2007 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions  

I'm Sorry
It's just that you have made me feel so invisible lately with you spending so much time at those clubs. How am I supposed to feel like your doing all that for me when you can't even treat me like I'm something special.

by Robert on Jun 18, 2007 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions  

Sometimes a lady just needs to dance.
And I know how much you hate loud music. I thought we'd talked about this?

by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 18, 2007 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

You just laid there and whimpered the whole time
Oh yea and by the way, Those little red dots weren't the chicken pox.

by Robert on Jun 18, 2007 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions  

Immaculate!
I think I'm giving birth to Jesus.

by Jeff Sullivan on Jun 18, 2007 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

That was classic.
It's great to have something funny to read first thing on a Monday.

And somehow, I get the feeling both of them have done this before in real life! (Just not with each other!)

"I tried Skittlebrau once. Don't repeat my mistake."

by Thingray on Jun 18, 2007 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

A little scary, isn't it?
"I tried Skittlebrau once. Don't repeat my mistake."

by Thingray on Jun 18, 2007 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not as narrow as this one.
Protect the enviroment, or I'll FUCKING KILL YOU! CAPTAAAAAIIIINNNN PLANNNNET! ~Ted Turner

by Goose on Jun 19, 2007 2:30 AM PDT up reply actions  

I really wish
That they didn't resize the window with each new comment, becausew then we could get down to single-character lines and that'd be hilarious.

by Graham MacAree on Jun 19, 2007 2:32 AM PDT up reply actions  

I know.
That would be awesome.
Protect the enviroment, or I'll FUCKING KILL YOU! CAPTAAAAAIIIINNNN PLANNNNET! ~Ted Turner

by Goose on Jun 19, 2007 5:10 AM PDT up reply actions  

What Happens
when you post a long word in such a narrow column. Does it autohyphenate?

by johnbai on Jun 19, 2007 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions  

Let us find out
The longest place name in the world is "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch", which is Welsh for "The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio's of the red cave."

by Graham MacAree on Jun 19, 2007 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions  

Huh
The screen just gets bigger.  Who knew?
Kinda anticlimactic.

by johnbai on Jun 19, 2007 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

This is a comment on an island
You don't get off the island with a walk.

by Gomez on Jun 19, 2007 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions  

Trying to make an oracle
or a seer out of Nathano is one of the kindest things you've done her Coach. Can I ignore the rest now?
JPWood

by JPWood on Jun 17, 2007 4:24 PM PDT reply actions  

Done her?
He barely knows her!  RIMSHOT

by Gomez on Jun 17, 2007 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

Can LL create a...
...'drunk' avatar, so when we see butcherous spelling and grammar, we at least know its due to the bottle?
Old "Humpy Guts"
Admiral Horwath
Chairman Of The Skiff
Longhouse Of Fantasy Legends
Hoonah, AK

by nathanho on Jun 17, 2007 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

OMG
HE MISSED THE H IN YOUR NAME AND AN E IN HERE. HE'S AN IDIOT!
No, sir, they're saying Boo-vasi.

by Mariner John on Jun 17, 2007 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's a "quasi" word...
...not in dictionaries, but used often enough in the internet vernacular to be a potential official "word candidate"...
Old "Humpy Guts"
Admiral Horwath
Chairman Of The Skiff
Longhouse Of Fantasy Legends
Hoonah, AK

by nathanho on Jun 18, 2007 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions  

My spelling errors leave me so plussed
and they render my comments so cisive. I feel sick about this.
JPWood

by JPWood on Jun 18, 2007 4:01 AM PDT up reply actions  

This thread is retarded.
The Mariners lost the last few games because I went out of town and completely ignored baseball.  They'll do fine this week.  I'll be at all the Pirates games and probably one of the Reds games.  Hell, the Mariners already get a break in Ian Snell burning his finger while grilling.  Dumbass.

by Deanna on Jun 18, 2007 1:56 PM PDT reply actions  

Deanna...
please watch the language.  there was no call for words like "retarded" or "dumbass".  this is usually a family-oriented blog.

by johnbai on Jun 18, 2007 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions  

Can you help me with...
...some 'family friendly' substitutes for "retarded" and "dumbass"?

Because, I really need to convey the message, but don't want to offend and retarded dumb...oops, SORRY!

Old "Humpy Guts"
Admiral Horwath
Chairman Of The Skiff
Longhouse Of Fantasy Legends
Hoonah, AK

by nathanho on Jun 18, 2007 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

"any"
...guess I'm a re...oh, nevermind...
Old "Humpy Guts"
Admiral Horwath
Chairman Of The Skiff
Longhouse Of Fantasy Legends
Hoonah, AK

by nathanho on Jun 18, 2007 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

This blog has to have family friendly language?
Have you looked at a game thread lately?    :)
"I tried Skittlebrau once. Don't repeat my mistake."

by Thingray on Jun 18, 2007 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't know...
...I got booted once, and have been living in fear since...

Actually, come to think of it, I got booted for the "approach" of my ideas rather than profanity...

I guess that makes me even MORE fearful...

(...slinks away...)

Old "Humpy Guts"
Admiral Horwath
Chairman Of The Skiff
Longhouse Of Fantasy Legends
Hoonah, AK

by nathanho on Jun 18, 2007 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sorry...
I forgot to mention that my last post was supposed to ironic.  I'd be the last person to censor this blog.

Go to town with all the retarded dumbass comments you want.  I fully expect retarded dumbass comments around here... and I support them.  In fact, let me be the first to encourage you to post all the retarded dumbass comments you desire.

by johnbai on Jun 18, 2007 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think you missed the smiley
at the end of my comment. I was attempting sarcasm.

I didn't think you were being serious. That's the problem with the internet, tone of voice and facial expressions don't help much in this format!

"I tried Skittlebrau once. Don't repeat my mistake."

by Thingray on Jun 18, 2007 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

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