Top 50 Mariner Moments, 2007: #44
May 15th: Back from his stint on the DL, Felix stands in and gets Reggie Willits to foul out to lead off the game.
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A moment which needs little explanation, but whose immediate significance took a few innings to sink in.
I'm not going to sit here and preach, because while eight months have passed since Felix came off the DL, everyone remembers what effect that had on us as a group. The team may not have been completely lost without its king, but we were as fans, and seeing him make his triumphant return to the mound lifted our collective spirits to such an extent that we all but entirely overlooked the fact that, on the same night, we beat the Angels.
That's what Felix means to this community. Ichiro gets a lot of the attention, and landing Erik Bedard would give us arguably the best pitcher in baseball, but for us - or at least most of us, anyway - it's still all about Felix. He is the cart to which we've tied our loyal horse, and as he goes, so do we. While he didn't go on to pitch up to his abilities after returning from the four-week absence, that didn't matter nearly as much as the fact that he was pitching, because for me, a season without Felix would've been a season without the full emotional investment to which I've become so accustomed. And that's not a season I want to watch.
Also, fuck Reggie Willits.
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That was the first LL Night!
That was a great time
Holy crap, you're right!
And Jeff was there in spirit:
Also, here's Felix's first pitch back:
And -- the origin of the "Surprised Gomez":

by PositivePaul on Jan 11, 2008 1:29 PM PST up reply actions
I still think it is weird
Generally, yeah...
by PositivePaul on Jan 11, 2008 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
"Weird."
We're all weird here.
by PositivePaul on Jan 11, 2008 3:01 PM PST up reply actions
Speak for yourself, weirdo
Why do I get the feeling
From your commenting, dude.
Damnit, that was supposed to read
Let's pretend you did
Hell I wish I lived in my parents basement.
Is sexiness socially awkward?
by Jeff Sullivan on Jan 11, 2008 3:18 PM PST up reply actions
That joke only reinforces my statement.
Wow.
by PositivePaul on Jan 11, 2008 3:34 PM PST up reply actions
That sounds wrong, man.
Hey...
by PositivePaul on Jan 11, 2008 4:05 PM PST up reply actions
By the way
Words of advice for all you crazy college kids. Just make sure you source me.
Ugh.
Clearly I'm too awkward for you.
by Jeff Sullivan on Jan 11, 2008 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
He who smelt it dealt it
I try to be awkward
by Graham MacAree on Jan 11, 2008 3:35 PM PST up reply actions
And they probably all think you're smart
More refined than you colonial types, anyway
I don't find it -that- difficult to not be a dick for a couple hours at a time.
by Graham MacAree on Jan 11, 2008 3:39 PM PST up reply actions
That's because you get your assholishness
Though I'd move to Europe in a second if I had an obscene amount of money to kill.
I'd much rather live in the Northwest than England
by Graham MacAree on Jan 11, 2008 3:46 PM PST up reply actions
you could live in the northwest of england
They have shoes in England?
I hope so,
Sweet
by Bearskin Rugburn on Jan 11, 2008 10:25 AM PST reply actions
right
But for me, its not just the positive stuff. If I were to distill last season, then certainly one of Weaver's first starts would make the list (or a particular pitch), as well as a Turbo DP and if I were being really comprehensive, the Soriano/Ho Press Conference would be there too. They sucked, but they were the defining characteristics for the year.
But this ain't my list, and I don't have a blog. So.
by Bearskin Rugburn on Jan 11, 2008 10:36 AM PST up reply actions
Well, this list is positive in intent
by Jeff Sullivan on Jan 11, 2008 10:45 AM PST up reply actions
YOUR LIST SUCKS
FUCK LISTS MAN
FIGHT THE POWER.
by Graham MacAree on Jan 11, 2008 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
My bad
Now I'm gonna go cut myself.
by Jeff Sullivan on Jan 11, 2008 10:58 AM PST up reply actions
That'd still be more coherant
by Graham MacAree on Jan 11, 2008 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
I just read the whole thread
Hit. Score. Win.
Fuck Chone Figgins too.
You have to be a
A blog-thingy about the Mariners and stuff.
by BrettJMiller on Jan 11, 2008 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
Careful when saying that outside of Field Gulls
Hey, what do Sean Taylor and Shaun Alenxander
Equal amounts of football talent.
An exchange at the bar last Saturday
Me: Do you really think the Skins can win without a safety?
Waiter:
by Jeff Sullivan on Jan 11, 2008 11:29 PM PST up reply actions

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