RIP 2007

Amen

Caffeinated Confines

by StevenH on Sep 5, 2007 6:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

season = over

and no, this is not GTE. Fun season. Go M's in 2008!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Sep 5, 2007 6:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

It doesn't hurt anymore...

I guess I came to accept this fate after attending the 3 games against the Angels.

ps...Johnny Mac's bullpen management in just the last 2 games is enough grounds for termination. are you listening FA?

"You just got AJ-aculated on!"

by wwbaker3 on Sep 5, 2007 6:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

This isn't on Mac.

The whole team just started sucking.

by Jeff on Sep 5, 2007 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So much for our vaunted Bullpen

Oh well.

by ThundaPC on Sep 5, 2007 6:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I am so upset

And yet this is a familiar feeling.

by phil333 on Sep 5, 2007 6:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

As a Seattle sports fan,

never get your hopes up, cuz your dreams will be dashed, and your heart will be broken.

it's better to be pleasantly surprised, but enjoy the ride while it lasts.

"You just got AJ-aculated on!"

by wwbaker3 on Sep 5, 2007 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Spoken like a true Seattle Sports fan..

and I've been one since 1961, at age 8...we never really expect anything good to ever happen, since it rarely has. One NBA championship in 1979, and a shared National Championship in College Football have been the 2 shining moments in Seattle Sports history...well, at least we are not Tampa Bay

by LongBeachDave on Sep 5, 2007 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Perhaps but

they won a super bowl in 2002 right?

i guess i might find it a bit hard to pity Tampa bay.

by moero on Sep 6, 2007 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And a Stanley Cup before the strike

by Robert on Sep 6, 2007 8:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

We played meaningful games in September.

Hell of an upgrade over the last few seasons.

So Cleveland, Boston, Anahiem, and New York for the AL. GAAAAAAAAY!

Fuck the AL. Go D-Backs!

These pretzels....are making me thirsty!

by Goose on Sep 5, 2007 6:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

In a perfect world it would be a D-Backs/Pads WS

Those are the two playoff-bound teams that I really enjoy watching. Their headbutting over the last few games has been something to see.

by esoteric on Sep 5, 2007 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The division lead has been going back and

forth almost daily now between the two for about a month. It's been crazy.

Speaking of crazy, Conor Jackson just hit a two run bomb off of Peavy in the first. I think thats the first time we've scored against Peavy all season.

These pretzels....are making me thirsty!

by Goose on Sep 5, 2007 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Both teams have smart GMs and great players

The D-Backs have all that great young talent developed in their minor league system: Drew, Young, Jackson, Quentin, etc. (One of the reasons I'm so optimistic about the future of my FIRST team, the Nats, is because we poached Mike Rizzo from you guys.)

The Pads have assembled a great roster through inspired acquisitions: Maddux, Young, Gonzalez, Bradley, etc.

Both have a genuine motherfuckin' ACE in Peavy and Webb (and the Pads also have the honky C. Young). As a Nats fan I also like seeing the rubber-armed Livan! succeed in his new home.

I hope the NLCS is a 7 game grudge match between the two teams. Honestly, I'd have to flip a coin between which team I prefer, but I suppose that the D-Backs' flaunting of their Pythagorean plus the presence of Livo makes me slightly prefer them.

by esoteric on Sep 6, 2007 12:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Crap, I forgot Justin Upton...

...and Mark Reynolds when talking about the D-Backs' young talent. They've done a fantastic job of spotting and developing the kiddies.

by esoteric on Sep 6, 2007 12:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, to their credit

They don't have a lot of veterans, as they cleaned house 2-3 years back and reduced their budget, so they didn't really have any choice but to play the kids.

by Gomez on Sep 6, 2007 8:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am not a Livan Hernandez fan.

That fat fuck and his hudini act. His ERA should be three points higher with all the goddamn men he puts on base.

These pretzels....are making me thirsty!

by Goose on Sep 6, 2007 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hate losing.

But at least I can start a regular sleeping pattern again now. But my life will be a whole lot emptier.

by EnglishMariner on Sep 5, 2007 6:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

at least the Seahawks

play on Sunday.

by CKremer on Sep 5, 2007 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've been defending Jose Lopez to a bunch

of people lately, but this was an ugly game to go with an ugly season.

What do I look like, a guy who's not lazy?

by Rollo Tomasi on Sep 5, 2007 6:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Are the Seahawks worth following?

I hate gridiron and I refuse to get involved in a new sport from now on unless the team in question is awesome.

by EnglishMariner on Sep 5, 2007 6:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

You are two years too late

Hawks are far from dominant

by johnbai on Sep 5, 2007 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I disagree

100000%.

Despite over 40 injuries last year, they pushed the SB Bears to the brink.

The team is still elite. Dont let ESPN fool you.

by Slica on Sep 5, 2007 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Unlike the Mariners

You can actually trust the Seahawks to give a shit. To play at a high level. To feel motivated after doing something wrong.

Plus the roster is just flat out awesome. BARAKA!

The Seahawks care. They were screwed in the SB a couple years ago, and I think they want the rings that were rightfully theres. Im confident in them.

by Slica on Sep 5, 2007 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

they have a competent front office

which is good enough for me.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING JOHNNY MAC?!?!

by MFAN on Sep 5, 2007 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They're in 2003 Mariners mode

They're not as good as before, but this is probably the last real chance for the current crew.

by Gomez on Sep 5, 2007 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Disagree

The Mariners were really in content mode after 2001 cruising with the same roster. Ruskell has done a good job of bringing in new talent every year to fill weaknesses without handicapping him himself with the cap for future years. Brought in Kearney and Pollard this year, traded an overvalued Boulware for an undervalued Babin. Supper Bowl predictions are never easy to make, but this is a team who's #1 priority is a Super Bowl and fielding a lasting team, something the 2002-2003 Mariners could never claim

Don't listen to their lies, Bill! Look at the sparkly ERA! Sparkly sparkly! - McCovey Chronicles

by Trenchtown2 on Sep 5, 2007 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hasselbeck and Alexander aren't getting younger

It's easy to swap out role players, but what's gonna happen when the two biggest pieces give way?

by Gomez on Sep 5, 2007 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

NFL RBs are ridiculously easy to replace

it's all about the QB

by Matthew on Sep 5, 2007 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hass has got 3 to 4 good years left in him

RB are a dime a dozen and are all products of there offensive line.

As for Boulware I don't think he was overrated I just think he was poorly used and didn't have the right Safety partner to back him up. A Grant/Boulware Safety tandem excites me a lot more than a Grant/Russel

Shop smart......Shop s-mart...... YOU GOT THAT!!!!

by Scruffy Lefty on Sep 5, 2007 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And

last years pass rushing minus the oakland game sucked leaving the qb with time to pick apart our secondary, but that i belive is shored up this year with better group of d linemen

Only it turned out drug dealers and pimps appreciate art.

by wadswerth on Sep 5, 2007 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The bright side?

Football season starts tomorrow...
Go Lions
eh, maybe it is not so bright.

by Schuxu on Sep 5, 2007 6:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Off with the M's hat

on with the seahawks hat.

This is me not lurking.

by PhilKenSebben on Sep 5, 2007 6:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Well

I would of loved being in the playoffs, but I didnt expect the team to get this close.

I was one of the ones still convinced they were going to drop off eventually.

by Slica on Sep 5, 2007 6:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Hockey season is less than a month away

And we've got football/college football now. It will make the prospect of another meaningless September a little easier. Not much, just a tiny tiny bit.

Who am I kidding? It fucking hurts.

by phil333 on Sep 5, 2007 6:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

GO SENS GO

No hockey-related agony until May or June YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

by Jeff on Sep 5, 2007 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You had your shot

Go Sabres! (we're so screwed after FA)

Will they even be that good this year? At all? Im really asking...

by Slica on Sep 5, 2007 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have no idea.

The great thing about hockey for me is that I follow it in a completely different way than I follow baseball. I'm not analytical. I'm worried about things like line chemistry and mental preparation. I don't try to predict things, and where I might make snarky comments when the Mariners hit or allow a homer, every goal scored by or against the Sens draws a strong visceral reaction.

I love hockey.

by Jeff on Sep 5, 2007 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"I have no idea"

Well, that gives me a reason to watch, eh?

Go Sabres, or Avs!!!

by Slica on Sep 5, 2007 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

My motto:

Anyone but the Leafs.

And Ducks.

by Jeff on Sep 5, 2007 7:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARKS!!!!!!

by Paytheline on Sep 5, 2007 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Have fun with Roenick.

I hear his attitude and ability are major assets.

by Jeff on Sep 5, 2007 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll take him

over Mark Bell.

by Paytheline on Sep 5, 2007 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Drunk Mark Bell: promising power forward

Sober Mark Bell: sorry shitbag

Hmm.

by Jeff on Sep 5, 2007 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

FLAMES!! WOOO!!!

by Llewdor on Sep 5, 2007 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Flames? Hells yes!

by Nick S on Sep 5, 2007 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sorry

but I have to root for the Leafs if the Avs (liked them since mid-90s), Sabres (liked them since the Stars debacle, I felt sorry for them), or Lightning (Martin St Louis!) all suck.

Its not my fault though, I had no idea everyone hates the Leafs until it was too late.

I just hate the Stars and Blue. Oh and the New York teams. Screw them. Oh, and the Penguins! Booo. Crosby looks awesome though. I just hate Pittsburgh, so thats not a hard one to figure.

by Slica on Sep 5, 2007 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Time to watch Federer destroy Roddick again

whenever it is they actually play

by Matthew on Sep 5, 2007 7:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Thats always fun!

Roddick is amazingly overrated.

It was funny watching the Serena chick get her ass handed to her.

by Slica on Sep 5, 2007 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

actually Roddick was so overrated

that he's now underrated, but Roger Federer is the most dominant athlete of the last 25 years at least.

by Matthew on Sep 5, 2007 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I personally think

James Blake is overall better than him.

When one of my guys face them, im always worried about Blake more.

My guys are

Federer, Safin, Nadal, Ferrero, and Hewitt. Hewitt used to be my favorite, but the other 4 were kinda climbing the charts together, so I rooted for all 4...had no idea they would be as good as they are.

Gotta work on my eye though, as I claimed Federer would be the 3rd best of the 4, with Nadal behind him.

They really make tennis fun now. Then again, Virtua Tennis probably contributed a ton. Awesome game.

by Slica on Sep 5, 2007 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

men's tennis isn't worth watching.

Go Venus!

Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Sep 5, 2007 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Williams' sisters look like men

hypocrite

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Sep 5, 2007 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

racist.

joking.

Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Sep 5, 2007 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

women's tennis isn't even a sport

it might as well be the WNBA

by Matthew on Sep 5, 2007 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

no, not even close

Roddick is better than Blake

by Matthew on Sep 5, 2007 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You think so?

Wow.

I think Roddick's serve is very impressive, but it seems to me like he only goes crazy killing himself on the court when he is up against Federer.

While I dont like Roddick, I have to give him credit for his performance last night. But man, Federer is awesome.

It wouldn't be too hard to say that Federer is one of the 5 most impressive athletes right now.

Roddick needs to lose the gut. It freaks me out.

by Slica on Sep 6, 2007 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

At least the Hawks season starts Sunday

good timing.

Rick White: watch this big fucker come in and walk the world

by JLC on Sep 5, 2007 7:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

This is great...

I now have a whole three or four weeks to enjiy college football until my ducks implode.

--Dave

Addicted to Quack SBN's Oregon Ducks Blog

by Addicted to Quack on Sep 5, 2007 7:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Aren;t you playing Michigan this week?

by phil333 on Sep 5, 2007 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think Oregon

is favored by 28

by LongBeachDave on Sep 5, 2007 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes

which means that they're really pissed. And you didn't see Oregon run defense last week. Neither team has a defense, so whoever has the ball last wins.

--Dave

Addicted to Quack SBN's Oregon Ducks Blog

by Addicted to Quack on Sep 5, 2007 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know tonight wasn't Mac

But 29-31 under him. Just saying.

by phil333 on Sep 5, 2007 7:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

So many brought their C game tonight.

Lopez, Sherrill, Yuni, Guillen, O'Flaherty, . . .

Wash played tough, so did Ichiro. But what a fucking ugly way to ashcan a season.

by Paytheline on Sep 5, 2007 7:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

RIP Bullpen

Our last line of defense is finally shot.

Our offense is what it is, our starting pitching is what it is, but the bullpen was solid as a rock for almost the whole season.

I'm not sure if it's the incredibly long stretch of games that did it or the addition of John Parrish and Rick White but for a while, it's gotten pretty difficult to feel comfortable with a lead.

Whatever, we're still going to the playoffs.

by ThundaPC on Sep 5, 2007 7:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Hey Jeff

Once again, a Yankee team fucks our October hopes.

And you wonder why I hate them worse than the Red Sox?

by eponymous coward on Sep 5, 2007 7:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

We fucked our October hopes.

In case you didn't notice, the Mariners have lost 11 of their past 12 games.

For four years of my life I had to deal with Red Sox and Yankee fans on a daily basis. I've made my decision and will continue to stand by it.

by Jeff on Sep 5, 2007 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Go Boston and Go Detroit from here on out

I HOPE we get swept by Detroit.

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Sep 5, 2007 7:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Mac sounded frustrated.

Can't wait for Baker's postgame audio for this one, if he is doing one that is.

by ThundaPC on Sep 5, 2007 7:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

well

I blame Parrish and White's veteran presence for making the rest of the bullpen suck. If having vets in the clubhouse can magically make other players better, the reverse should also be true.

by mobvok on Sep 5, 2007 7:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

You know how during games

you get that sinking feeling that "we aren't going to win this are we?"

I'm expanding my gut feeling to say, "we aren't going to be a .500 team when this is all said and done are we?"

I think that'd be comical if we don't..I'm kinda hoping for it now. Get some people out the door who don't belong.

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Sep 5, 2007 7:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Great season, guys

We at least were good this year.

That said, fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkk.

THANK YOU. NOW BENCH RICHIE FOR BEN.

by dbroncos31 on Sep 5, 2007 7:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

so when are we going to start streaking

the other way like mac said? Our fuckin pen has become the orioles pen, well maybe no that terrible.

You may run like Mays but you hit like shit

by houseofprime2 on Sep 5, 2007 7:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Can we start playing AJ more often now?

I'm not gonna ask for Wlad because he won't be a mariner next year unless vidro or sexson goes.

You may run like Mays but you hit like shit

by houseofprime2 on Sep 5, 2007 7:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Even if they turn it around to Just Terrible

instead of Freakin' Horrible, they may not win any more than 8 of the next 24.

It's going to take more than smoke and mirrors for them to go .500 the rest of the year.

by JOlderdude on Sep 5, 2007 7:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I kinda gave up when

we lost that Anaheim season. With college football on the horizon there just wasn't much reason for me to get excited about the M's anymore.

On the plus side my school is #1 in the polls!

Free Adam Jones

by bluemax on Sep 5, 2007 7:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

hey

do you go to SC?

by speeegs on Sep 5, 2007 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

By the way

MLB.tv blacked out the White ejection.

by Jeff on Sep 5, 2007 7:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Wait, no, nevermind.

I just don't see any middle finger action.

by Jeff on Sep 5, 2007 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow, then it really must of been bad.

Now I'm ticked I missed it.

These pretzels....are making me thirsty!

by Goose on Sep 5, 2007 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes they did

We only got a recap from the Yankees announcers. Maybe it will show up on Youtube somewhere.

by Ben in Va on Sep 5, 2007 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or at least the live version went black

I haven't looked at the archive.

It only came back when he was walking off the mound.

by Ben in Va on Sep 5, 2007 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here's the best I can do

by Jeff on Sep 5, 2007 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Legend

Did he not throw a ball at the ump as well?

by Lamoid on Sep 5, 2007 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He flipped it over his shoulder at the ump.

Pretty harmless. More symbolic than anything else.

by Jeff on Sep 5, 2007 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh man

This game was so bizarre. It's like some candy induced dream.

by Lamoid on Sep 5, 2007 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

eh.

i still like the richie one.

Yu Bet! Cuba, si! Yanqi, NO!

by Patrick517 on Sep 5, 2007 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

FSN Northwest edition; Best I could do

The first three photos are from the slow motion replay, the last one is live.

Rick White got tossed as soon as he pointed his glove.

by ThundaPC on Sep 5, 2007 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's like having a pet miraculously

start to get better from a fatal illness and then just... dying.

rt

My name is Matt Foley. I am 35 years old, I am divorced and I live in A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!

by Coach Owens on Sep 5, 2007 7:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

ejection

Sorry but I HAVE to see that ejection. 3 silver pieces to whoever brings me the video.

by Lamoid on Sep 5, 2007 7:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Rotoworld can be funny some times.

"Rick White was ejected from Wednesday's game the eighth inning for arguing balls and strikes.
Yeah, we're amazed he's still in the league, too."

These pretzels....are making me thirsty!

by Goose on Sep 5, 2007 7:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

George Sherrill is pissed off.

From Baker:

"It's easier for hitters to get comfortable,'' Sherrill said of the impact not getting corner calls can have.

His 3-2 pitch to Wilson Betemit was called a ball and Sherrill walked up and talked to the umpire.

"He told me that Kenji (Johjima) moved his mitt too much,'' Sherrill said. "I think he needs to read the rules but what are you going to do?''

Sherrill added that his interpretation of the rules is that a pitch is called a ball or strike based on where it crosses the plate, not where the catcher frames it.

"It's Yankee Stadium, what are you going to do?'' he said with a shrug.

by Jeff on Sep 5, 2007 8:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

This on the heels

of Chipper Jones lambasting the umpiring crew in their series..... not a good couple days for MLB umpires.

by MfaninAlaska on Sep 5, 2007 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm all for robot umpires.

I guess we could make them fat and surly to keep some of the tradition alive.

by Jeff on Sep 5, 2007 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

we're about 5 years away

from being able to completely do away with umps

by Matthew on Sep 5, 2007 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is it me

or have the umpires been really shitty this year...

...or am I just paying closer attention to the job they do?

by JI on Sep 5, 2007 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I could be remembering this wrong

but I think we've had a lot of minor league umps working Major League duty this year.

by Jeff on Sep 5, 2007 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I WISH

You think so? I don't think so given the player, umpire and manager backlash towards Questec... and obviously, the umps losing their jobs.

by Gomez on Sep 5, 2007 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I said able to

not actually doing so.

You can already have programs/robot call balls and strikes (though this needs to be better, witness Gameday) and fair/foul.

One they figure out a way to call safe/out, we've got our bases pretty much covered except for things like calling the infield fly rule, GR2Bs, balks, etc.

We're about 1 year away from actually being able to field test a one man umpire crew (where the one person just calls things I outlined above), and it'll take a few years to better the technology, but there you go.

Given baseball's rate of adopting new idea, I'd say this might gain traction sometime around 2078.

by Matthew on Sep 5, 2007 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

FSN just called the forthcoming Tigers series huge

That's cute.

by Gomez on Sep 5, 2007 8:06 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Huge for Detroit...

it would be fricken embarrassing if they didn't take 2 of 3 from "streaking" Seattle....and NY has to go to KC to play the Royals...that's rough....

by LongBeachDave on Sep 5, 2007 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Stupid MLB

I was to see the video of that ejection way more than I should.

by Lamoid on Sep 5, 2007 8:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Click On Bottom Half Of 8th

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/scoreboard/20070905.html

MLB blocked it as it happened but they show a replay after the "commercial break".

Petro nemo slappywag. That's Petorian for "more beer, you slappywag."

by thebiz on Sep 5, 2007 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Annoyingly useless fact of the day

15 baseball games have been played today.

9 of those games feature a team scoring only 2 runs.

Only 1 of those teams won their game.

On to Detroit...

by ThundaPC on Sep 5, 2007 9:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Alright, positive time.

It's not like we're 6 or 7 games out. We're still only 3, we can make that up! Who knows what's going to happen? Maybe we'll sweep the Tigers and the Royals will sweep the Yankees! I know it's unlikely. But if there's one thing I've learned as a sports fan is to never lose hope and never surrender. What would happen if America had given up the Revolutionary War, or WWII or the Spanish-American War? We never did, and you know what? We ended up being victorious. I say, when the going get tough, the tough get going. Let's not give up this season, UNTIL. THE. VERY. LAST. LOSS!

My name is Matt Foley. I am 35 years old, I am divorced and I live in A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!

by Coach Owens on Sep 5, 2007 9:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm telling you

whatever you think you should do, do the opposite.

by Matthew on Sep 5, 2007 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm just saying that we

shouldn't give up on the season just yet. Let's wait three weeks before we do that, alright?

My name is Matt Foley. I am 35 years old, I am divorced and I live in A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!

by Coach Owens on Sep 5, 2007 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not totally giving up on the season

But this team is heading the wrong way fast.

Sure, anything can happen in baseball. Such as the Mariners going from 1.0 game back to 7.5 games back of the AL West lead in a matter of days....going from 3.0 up from the Yankees to 3.0 down from the Yankees.

This team is accomplishing some amazing feats. Unfortunately, those feats are in the wrong direction.

M's still have an outside chance but if they're even to THINK about still making it to the playoffs that bullpen has to be rock solid real quick.

Bullpen Out = Game Over.

by ThundaPC on Sep 5, 2007 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

We have a day off tomorrow.

That will help.

My name is Matt Foley. I am 35 years old, I am divorced and I live in A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!

by Coach Owens on Sep 5, 2007 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

We're not giving up...

... on saying John Olerud sucks.

by eponymous coward on Sep 5, 2007 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This doesn't bother me.

John Olerud sucks.

My name is Matt Foley. I am 35 years old, I am divorced and I live in A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!

by Coach Owens on Sep 5, 2007 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who's your favorite football player

by Robert on Sep 5, 2007 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Chuck Darby.

He sucks too.

My name is Matt Foley. I am 35 years old, I am divorced and I live in A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!

by Coach Owens on Sep 5, 2007 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It could be worse

Marques Tuiasosopo is my favorite football player ever. It would be nice if he could ever be relevant. Or even play.

by Robert on Sep 5, 2007 10:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well hopefully his brother will

have a great career with us, eh?

My name is Matt Foley. I am 35 years old, I am divorced and I live in A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!

by Coach Owens on Sep 5, 2007 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why the fuck would we give up during the

Spanish-American War? That shit was like the 2001 Seattle Mariners regular season of wars.

by Robert on Sep 5, 2007 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know.

I just tried to say another famous war, that we won and since we didn't win Vietnam...

My name is Matt Foley. I am 35 years old, I am divorced and I live in A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!

by Coach Owens on Sep 5, 2007 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

[deleted, comma splice]

Washington Highways

by I'm NOT Corco on Sep 5, 2007 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

War of 1812, Barbary Wars,

Persian Gulf, WWI, Mexican-American war, the "war" against the indians, the cold war...

by Matthew on Sep 6, 2007 12:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm stunned that you guys think you won 1812

It's like some sort of historical mass hallucination.

by Graham on Sep 6, 2007 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Isn't part of the reason Canada exists

BECAUSE the Brits won the War of 1812?

Yeah, we really don't discuss that war in school, for whatever reason ;P

by Gomez on Sep 6, 2007 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

our country still exists

considering that the war was fought on our soil, I call that a win.

Otherwise you could call Vietnam a win for us. Since our goal for entering the conflict was to prevent the spread of communism throughout asia and for the most part it didn't.

by Matthew on Sep 6, 2007 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

We weren't trying to invade or destroy the US

That would have been immensely stupid, since it would have given the other powers a chance to expand into North America with our forces tied up supressing natives.

From the British point of view, the war was an object lesson to James Madison not to try to interfere with the Napoleonic Wars (by cutting food supplies to the UK). He didn't really get the point very quickly, and by the time it was over and done it was beggining to become quite expensive and aggravating to Whitehall.

Oh, and y'all invaded Canada too.

by Graham on Sep 6, 2007 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs