Sunday, December 28, 2003
GAKKKKKK...
Before I do anything else here, I just have to respond to one thing. Jason Barker had this to say about this letter that ran in the Tribune.
Needless to say, I'm gonna be against the over-optimistic letter writer in this one.
Letter writer Barry McLean of Gig Harbor, which is decidedly less ghetto than and has more Hummer H2's per capita than Bremerton, had this to say...
I was delighted to get away from the constant whining of Philly fans and come to a place where sports seems to be less fanatical and way more fun
AND...
No, they haven't won the World Series. But so what? Winning it all is way overrated; moreover, it's a ridiculous way to judge how much fun it is to be a fan.
Only one team walks away from the season with rings on their fingers. To listen to some fans, the other 29 teams are complete failures; that includes that 2001 Mariners team which thrilled us nearly every day for half a year.
Barry McLean, I venture to guess you don't know jack about sports. Also, there are a bunch of non-crazy sports fans in Philadelphia, and oh, guess what? They are, dare I say, more knowledgeable, more dedicated, and have a reasonable expectation as to what they expect and want from their teams. Worse yet, as I hear that "only one team wins the World Series talk," I can't help but think those were almost the exact words that came out of Rick Rizzs mouth when colleague Jeremy was doing some sort of Safeco Field function. This leads me to believe the letter is actually some sort of manifesto (crank up the conspiracy theory machine) under the guise of a Rick Rizzs-chosen pseudonym.
Barry McLean, if you see...
-- a Mariner team that wins 116 games (after being a mere two wins from the World Series the year before) and doesn't even get to the World Series,
-- a team that gets overrun by two of their division rivals in 2002 and misses the playoffs altogether, AND
-- a team that busts out of the gate 42-19 and misses the playoffs AGAIN
...HOW IN THE HELL CAN YOU NOT BE DISAPPOINTED??!!?!!?!!
Needless to say, I'm gonna be against the over-optimistic letter writer in this one.
Letter writer Barry McLean of Gig Harbor, which is decidedly less ghetto than and has more Hummer H2's per capita than Bremerton, had this to say...
I was delighted to get away from the constant whining of Philly fans and come to a place where sports seems to be less fanatical and way more fun
AND...
No, they haven't won the World Series. But so what? Winning it all is way overrated; moreover, it's a ridiculous way to judge how much fun it is to be a fan.
Only one team walks away from the season with rings on their fingers. To listen to some fans, the other 29 teams are complete failures; that includes that 2001 Mariners team which thrilled us nearly every day for half a year.
Barry McLean, I venture to guess you don't know jack about sports. Also, there are a bunch of non-crazy sports fans in Philadelphia, and oh, guess what? They are, dare I say, more knowledgeable, more dedicated, and have a reasonable expectation as to what they expect and want from their teams. Worse yet, as I hear that "only one team wins the World Series talk," I can't help but think those were almost the exact words that came out of Rick Rizzs mouth when colleague Jeremy was doing some sort of Safeco Field function. This leads me to believe the letter is actually some sort of manifesto (crank up the conspiracy theory machine) under the guise of a Rick Rizzs-chosen pseudonym.
Barry McLean, if you see...
-- a Mariner team that wins 116 games (after being a mere two wins from the World Series the year before) and doesn't even get to the World Series,
-- a team that gets overrun by two of their division rivals in 2002 and misses the playoffs altogether, AND
-- a team that busts out of the gate 42-19 and misses the playoffs AGAIN
...HOW IN THE HELL CAN YOU NOT BE DISAPPOINTED??!!?!!?!!
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