I’m not sure we’d know what to do with ourselves.

It’s just that they’re the one over there in the seldom-visited corner of the amusement park, with half its neon dead, and a bunch of litter scattered around it and graffiti on it. The one making all those ominous squeaking noises as the one-toothed, vaguely fish-smelling carny simultaneously reaches out for your ticket and shoves you in, leaving you no choice but to get on, even though you know it won’t end well when you do.

Mariners Mojo – Catch It Today!

Seriously, though, thanks for the nice words…

He lives near Champaign and is a lifelong Cubs fan. It blows me away he has never seen them win it all. Yet he still keeps watching them every day with a smile on his face.

I like to think he taught me how to be an M’s fan.

I am forever grateful that at least that at least we Mariners fans have two of the best baseball blogs in the league, despite cheering for one of the worst operated team in the league. I can agree that I feel losing makes someone a bigger fan of the team, even though it would be nice with a win.

Its not that we hate the team, we just hate how its run. Even though there will always be something to criticize about any club, I feel that the Mariners make way too many stupid decisions, and sometimes you have to wonder if Bill “The Negotiator” Bavasi is even qualified for his job (maybe his dad being the great Buzzie Bavasi helps). If the team was ran like one of today’s smart teams (Rays, Indians, Diamondbacks, Brewers, A’s, etc.), I think the criticisms for this team would sharply decline. But it never will be until Lincoln and Armstrong are fired, or they figure out that baseball teams are operated differently today than in the past.

I don’t think I can switch my alliance from the M’s, partially because I live in Seattle, but also I have dedicated too much time and effort cheering for this team to cheer for someone else. I feel the cubs fans are probably the same. And the Mariners have even been compared to the Cubs of the AL, because they were a bad team with good attendance and a habit of playing veterans (I am not sure if the cubs always did this, but I know Dusty Baker did). Now attendance is declining here is Seattle, so that comparison no longer seems true. Hopefully this is the wake up call needed to make major changes in the club.

Now correct me if I am wrong, but the Cubs aren’t very good at building a team either? From what I understand, the club has spent enough money on the team to make it foolproof from losing, is that correct? I understand the Cubs now give more way to younger players who deserve a shot, rather than coddling their aging veterans (Geovanny Soto is amazing He sure has raked for my fantasy team). I just wish the Mariners got a hint about their catching dilemma, rather than extending their aging catcher for 3 years and a crap load of money. Good luck with your team, and hopefully one day the Mariners will have a loyal and dedicated fan base like the Cubs.

I live in Indianapolis so I get the Colts (a model franchise), but the Mariners do humble me. The Cubs are the closest MLB team so that’s who a lot of my friends support and I think I hear daily “How the m’s doin” but I think all the negativity makes me a better person

Of course, by then, there may not be enough oxygen left for life to survive on Earth.

Whaddaya think of the newest Cub, Mr. Jim Edmonds?

But I’m an A’s fan that has taken to reading this blog for exactly the same reasons.