A Spelling Lesson

by Jeff Sullivan on Dec 1, 2006 2:05 PM PST in Seattle Mariners News, Regular

This is John Thomson:

This is John Thompson:

Hopefully this helps to clear up what would otherwise undoubtedly be a source of frequent confusion.

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Thompson looks grittier

we should have signed him instead. Plus then we could have had the King and the Prime Minister in our rotation.

by Matthew on Dec 1, 2006 2:07 PM PST reply actions

Grittier?

That tub o' goo couldn't grow a hair on his face if he tried.

by Jeff Sullivan on Dec 1, 2006 2:38 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah but look at him!

he's all pixelated and in black and white! how much grittier can you get?!

by Matthew on Dec 1, 2006 2:40 PM PST up reply actions

Quite a bit, actually.

by Jeff Sullivan on Dec 1, 2006 2:45 PM PST up reply actions

I see

So sideburns =/= grittyness?
Mike James is the least gritty baseball player in the last 20 years then.

Willie Bloomquist and Mike Hargrove suck

by Mariner John on Dec 1, 2006 3:29 PM PST up reply actions

Dunno.

Freddy Garcia might have him beat:

"I'VE GOT BLISTERS ON ME FINGERS!!"
--Stewie Griffin AND Josh Beckett

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 1, 2006 3:42 PM PST up reply actions

Oh Great...

Now the spelling gestapo has infiltrated LookoutLanding...

[Thomson] will become the new [Pineiro]

;-)

Are we there yet?

by PositivePaul on Dec 1, 2006 2:12 PM PST reply actions

That's not a very nice thing

to wish on Mr. Thomson.

Oh, wait, you just mean the spelling.

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by Deanna on Dec 1, 2006 2:28 PM PST up reply actions

Re: Oh Great...

This may be off topic, but [deleted, off topic]

"I'VE GOT BLISTERS ON ME FINGERS!!"
--Stewie Griffin AND Josh Beckett

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Dec 1, 2006 2:33 PM PST up reply actions

hahaha

by Scruffy Lefty on Dec 1, 2006 2:50 PM PST up reply actions

My favorite DMZ delete

[error/sentence ratio over 1]

by Gomez on Dec 2, 2006 12:45 PM PST up reply actions

Excellent!

Spelling is a dying art...

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by irontech on Dec 1, 2006 4:38 PM PST up reply actions

Can we call him "JJ" Thomson?

What's the mass of an electron now, Anaheim?!

by jtopps on Dec 1, 2006 3:31 PM PST reply actions

I thought John Thompson

was the legendary Georgetown coach :P

by Gomez on Dec 1, 2006 5:16 PM PST reply actions

Come now...

John Thompson's two year run as Canadian Prime Minister is the stuff of legends.

by ningwers on Dec 1, 2006 5:21 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah

But did he singlehandedly turn a college in DC into a basketball powerhouse? METHINKS NOT.

by Gomez on Dec 1, 2006 6:10 PM PST up reply actions

What are you trying to say?

A college basketball team>Canada?

you basterd

by mariners124m on Dec 1, 2006 6:46 PM PST up reply actions

Patrick Ewing would pwn Bill Wennington

Allen Iverson would pwn Steve Nash.

by Gomez on Dec 2, 2006 12:39 PM PST up reply actions

Yahoo! Sports has the Thomson story

courtesy of Rotowire. Here's my favorite part: "He's a groundball pitcher, which would work well at Safeco Field." Good thing he's a grounballer! That'll really minimize the effects of Safeco's short 130 foot left field porch.

by Slozbury Stouvre on Dec 2, 2006 10:54 AM PST reply actions

Where do groundballers not work well?

Parks with concrete infields?

by Gomez on Dec 2, 2006 12:44 PM PST up reply actions

They don't do well

On turf, do they?

by Graham MacAree on Dec 2, 2006 12:48 PM PST up reply actions

Same thing.

Willie Bloomquist and Mike Hargrove suck

by Mariner John on Dec 2, 2006 11:09 PM PST up reply actions

Jose Guillen

Rotoworld has a post up that says Jose Guillen is rumored to be signing with the Mariners.

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061202&content_id=1749573&vkey=hotstove 2006&fext=.jsp&partnered=rss_mlb

by lowrig on Dec 2, 2006 12:09 PM PST reply actions

Argh

"MLB.com reports that Jose Guillen will sign with an American League team, likely the Mariners.
We would have thought Guillen was sick of pitcher's parks by now, but apparently not. If he joins the Mariners, it figures that he'll play right field, with Ichiro Suzuki staying in center. Dec. 2 - 2:38 pm et"

So angry. So so so so very angry. Please be just a rumour.

by Graham MacAree on Dec 2, 2006 12:11 PM PST up reply actions

Hey

if we sign a guy like this, it all depends on the price. If you sign a guy like this (and hopefully he's still decent in the field) then Ibanez gets switched to DH. I don't mind having Snelling in LF. Have we ever decided which position is actually harder in Safeco, LF or RF? I know there was some debate about it.

Sign him to a small contract and its a good move. That makes Broussard or Sexson easily expendable and if Guillen looks good at the break, he can be flipped to some team for some interesting talent.

by Edgar for Pres on Dec 2, 2006 12:20 PM PST up reply actions