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Employment, Football and Week 2 Picks
September 16, 2009 by
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So, a lot has happened in the nearly two months since my last post. Most of these things have contributed to my not writing and some may just get me divorced. Let’s get to it:Gainful Employment – Yes, that’s correct, there are jobs out there and I got one of the four that were...
This Week’s Man Crush: Franklin Gutierrez
July 23, 2009 by
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What’s better than a major league baseball player running into a wall while chasing a fly ball? An international sex symbol major league baseball player running into a wall while chasing a fly ball. This week, Mariners outfielder Franklin Gutierrez has achieved both. One could also...
Johjima demotion minimizes damage behind the plate
July 21, 2009 by
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For the record, I’ve never been accused of leading the Kenji Johjima fan club. In fact, I can’t think of another major league catcher who has created a more visceral negative reaction when he’s behind the plate. In a word, he’s terrible. So, it was with open arms that I accepted...
Profiles of Sounders Nation
July 20, 2009 by
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In the team’s first season of play, the Sounders FC has turned the Seattle sports scene on its ear. They’re selling out every game and on Saturday packed the Qwest Pitch with more than 65,000 fans for their friendly with Chelsea. Any doubt that this has become, or maybe always...
Profiles of Sounders Nation
July 20, 2009 by
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In the team’s first season of play, the Sounders FC has turned the Seattle sports scene on its ear. They’re selling out every game and on Saturday packed the Qwest Pitch with more than 65,000 fans for their friendly with Chelsea. Any doubt that this has become, or maybe always...
Stern hopes Seattle gets an NBA team. Whatever.
July 16, 2009 by
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied nearly 3 percent yesterday, there’s an outside chance that The Mitten gets a job offer today that doesn’t entail mopping the men’s room of a Shell station, and NBA commissioner David Stern told Seattle Times columnist Steve Kelley that...
Stern hopes Seattle gets an NBA team. Whatever.
July 16, 2009 by
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied nearly 3 percent yesterday, there’s an outside chance that The Mitten gets a job offer today that doesn’t entail mopping the men’s room of a Shell station, and NBA commissioner David Stern told Seattle Times columnist Steve Kelley that...
Time has come to deal Bedard, Washburn
July 14, 2009 by
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Since we’ve got some time during the mid-summer classic break, it’s fun to think about the Mariners making a second-half run at the AL West pennant. They could hold on to pitchers Erik Bedard and Jarrod Washburn and really make a go of it. However, it’s not so fun to think about...
Are the Sounders outshining the Mariners?
July 06, 2009 by
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For anyone who has read this column, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that one of my favorite movies is Will Ferrell’s NASCAR spoof Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.In the movie, Ricky Bobby loses his wife to his best friend and former racing teammate after Ricky has...
Kicking around the ashes of your Seattle SuperSonics
July 02, 2009 by
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A year ago today when Seattle’s 41-year-old NBA franchise decided Oklahoma City was a better place to be than Seattle. That sentiment alone was enough to push SuperSonics fans over the edge. How could a dusty mid-west pit stop, located in a big red flyover state be a more attractive...
Friday Links: I'm gonna get you sucka ...
June 19, 2009 by
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There is a lot to like about our new President Barack Obama. He’s a hoops fan and sports enthusiast. He’s young and intelligent. And he can now add expert hunter to the list. This fly is just lucky that U.N. forces weren’t involved. Of course, PETA couldn’t help itself and...
The good and bad of summer sports in Seattle
June 19, 2009 by
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Ask anyone who has lived in the greater Seattle area for more than a few years and they’ll tell you that the summers here are the best in the world. However, it has become a bit of a bummer if you’re a sports fan. In the world of Seattle sports there are few truly compelling local...
Gone fishing. And by fishing I mean Vegas
May 31, 2009 by
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Some of you have noticed nary a post has been published in this space for more than a few days. Securing gainful employment has been a priority for me. So has playing golf in the first warm weather week that the Seattle area has seen in more than eight years. I’ll be back in the...
NFL commissioner should not reinstate Vick
May 20, 2009 by
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Michael Vick should not be allowed to play in the NFL. There you go. In case you’ve been living under Yuniesky Betancourt’s third chin the last few years, Vick has spent the last 19 months in federal prison for financing and participating in a dog fighting ring. The former NFL...
Climber Ed Viesturs back on top of the world
May 20, 2009 by
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Climbing legend and Bainbridge Island resident Ed Viesturs summited Mt. Everest yesterday morning as part of an expedition to promote Eddie Bauer’s new line of expedition gear. Ron Judd of the Times has the complete rundown of the details here. Also on the summit was Peter Whittaker...
This Week’s Man Crush: Don Wakamatsu
May 14, 2009 by
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You ever wonder what Don Wakamatsu says behind closed doors when no one is listening except for maybe his most trusted advisors? Do you think he just comes unglued after watching night after night of head-case baseball? You don’t think about it? Could you maybe play along then? Super...
M’s falling back to earth
May 13, 2009 by
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The jubilance of spring training has vanished while the crispness and optimism that sprung eternal for this Mariner ballclub has officially been extinguished. It was fun while it lasted, but I think we all knew deep down what this team was. There is nothing wrong with dreaming big...
Breaking Non-News Story: Holmgren wants to return to NFL
May 13, 2009 by
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Quite a few blogs and news outlets broke this huge non-story, fresh from the “Stuff We Already Know” file: Former Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren wants to return to the NFL.According to the Washington Post, Post reporter Les Carpenter talked to Holmgren at an event in Washington,...
Flopping comes to Washington
May 11, 2009 by
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I was wondering when this was going to happen. Both Steve Kelley of the Times and Art Thiel of the P-I jump all over the beautiful game that was anything but yesterday on the Qwest pitch.The Seattle Sounders and L.A. Galaxy scrummed to a 1-1 tie yesterday, but a majority of mainstream...
Seattle sports revisionist history
May 04, 2009 by
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Yeah, I mailed it in last week. There were extenuating circumstances, though. My last day of work was Friday. I had a couple of phone interviews. I may have played golf three or four times. I may have stayed out until the wee hours of the morning playing poker on one occasion.So, reader...
Curry was perfect choice for Hawks
April 26, 2009 by
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The 2009 NFL Draft couldn’t have played out better for the Seattle Seahawks. They didn’t get sucked into the hype of Mark Sanchez, stuck to their scouting reports and went with the best player in the draft after he fell to No. 4: Aaron Curry.The linebacker from Wake Forest had...
Sober Seattle Saturday: The week in sports missed because you were intoxicated
April 25, 2009 by
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It appears the athletic directors at Washington and Washington State hit a major roadblock at the last moment and could not come to an agreement that would move the Apple Cup to Qwest Field. The hiccup? The greedy SOBs couldn’t agree on how many tickets to divide up between the two...
Thanks to Madden Curse, Fitzgerald will miss the '09 season
April 24, 2009 by
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Great news today for Seattle Seahawks fans who were dreading their undersized and under-talented defensive backs having to face Arizona wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald twice next season. EA Sports unveiled the cover of Madden NFL 10 and Fitzgerald shares the spotlight with Pittsburgh’s...
Friday Links: Stop Working Immediately
April 24, 2009 by
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You may not have noticed that the NBA playoffs have begun. It’s understandable that you forgot because your pro basketball team the Seattle SuperSonics was stolen from you with the help of the elected officials you helped put into office. You may also have become a small, bitter...
Droppin' draft knowledge, the non-Sanchez edition
April 23, 2009 by
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We've reached a fever pitch about who the Seattle Seahawks might choose with the No. 4 pick in the NFL Draft. It's crazier than a rat in a tin sh*t house and I'm pretty much loving every moment.
There's a dearth of information out there about prospective draft picks...
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