Friday, July 16, 2004
TYPICAL MARINERS
USS Mariner
Okay, so I just heard that tonight was John Olerud's night to honor kids with disabilities at Safeco Field. And, showing an unbelievable amount of class, he showed up in street clothes and went through with the promotion.
Three cheers for John Olerud. That's awesome. And, seriously, they couldn't have DFA'd him tomorrow, knowing that he was part of the pre-game ceremonies tonight?
Well, it's not like the Mariners are known for good public relations moments... Remember the Mariners announcing in 1997 that they would not re-sign Randy Johnson...on the same damn day that Ken Griffey, Jr. won the American League MVP award? How about the infamous John Ellis crocodile tears speech during the holidays of 1996? And I can't forget about the "Yankees Suck" t-shirt controversy. I'm a proud owner of one of those shirts, although down here in Arkansas, it can mean an entirely different thing.
Oh yeah, the Mariners snapped their 9-game losing streak tonight, defeating the Cleveland 5-All Stars 2-1. Justin Leone hit a 2-run home run in the bottom of the 7th inning off of Jake Westbrook. Youth gone wild. (Skid Row is severely underrated) As for the Cleveland Indians, I'm still perplexed as to how they were able to have 5 All-Stars on this year's American League squad. Simply stunning.
Travis Blackley vs Arkansas native Cliff Lee tomorrow night.
(Re-do of post done around 10:20 Pacific. F***ing Blogger and their new format!)
Okay, so I just heard that tonight was John Olerud's night to honor kids with disabilities at Safeco Field. And, showing an unbelievable amount of class, he showed up in street clothes and went through with the promotion.
Three cheers for John Olerud. That's awesome. And, seriously, they couldn't have DFA'd him tomorrow, knowing that he was part of the pre-game ceremonies tonight?
Well, it's not like the Mariners are known for good public relations moments... Remember the Mariners announcing in 1997 that they would not re-sign Randy Johnson...on the same damn day that Ken Griffey, Jr. won the American League MVP award? How about the infamous John Ellis crocodile tears speech during the holidays of 1996? And I can't forget about the "Yankees Suck" t-shirt controversy. I'm a proud owner of one of those shirts, although down here in Arkansas, it can mean an entirely different thing.
Oh yeah, the Mariners snapped their 9-game losing streak tonight, defeating the Cleveland 5-All Stars 2-1. Justin Leone hit a 2-run home run in the bottom of the 7th inning off of Jake Westbrook. Youth gone wild. (Skid Row is severely underrated) As for the Cleveland Indians, I'm still perplexed as to how they were able to have 5 All-Stars on this year's American League squad. Simply stunning.
Travis Blackley vs Arkansas native Cliff Lee tomorrow night.
(Re-do of post done around 10:20 Pacific. F***ing Blogger and their new format!)
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