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Walking Over Hot Coals Naked
I uncovered this gem from an unnamed MLB scout when talking about Dustin Ackley, the likely #2 pick by the M's after Strasburg goes to the Washington Natinals. "I would walk over hot coals naked to watch this kid hit."...
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May 31, 2009
Discuss
Something Seattle Soccer Fans Have to Look Forward to...
I'm all aboard the Sounders bandwagon just like everyone else. But, dear Seattle sports fans, please take heed of what the future lies. Over time, the flopping, whining, complaining will reach critical mass and we will bear witness to acts like the following....1) Headbutt Fail, Courtesy of Fail Blog
2) Player Pretending to be Hit By Linesman
3) Italian Dudes Flopping Around
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May 30, 2009
Softball Town
A Seattle team is OKC bound, but this time, we can be happy. With their 9th trip to the WCWS (that's Women's College World Series, not World Championship Wrestling Softballers), it's now official. Seattle is a softball town.
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May 26, 2009
Let's Explore UW Softball Crushes, Yeah You Heard Me
Ok loyal reader(s). Let your voice be heard. Please vote below for your #1 husky softball crush. Feel free to peruse the roster profiles linked below and...rock the vote.Danielle Lawrie
Kimi Pohlman
Jenn Salling
Lauren Greer
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May 26, 2009
Good Times Are Here Again
The first four headlines on the seattle times website this evening are the following: - "Gonzaga Finally Pulls Away From Akron" - "Huskies Win NCAA Opener" - "Sounders FC Off to Rousing Start" - "Ken Griffey Jr. Makes First Start...
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March 20, 2009
The Scheff, Internet Mogul
While many former Sonics are busy chasing underage tail, chasing the dream in Italy, or chasing league titles at Estrella Foothills HS, Steve Scheffler has been building an internet empire.I stumbled across his LinkedIn Profile today and, wow, what a moment. Simply put, KS Specialties is reshaping the world of Internet grocery retailing as we know it. And guess what former...
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March 12, 2009
"We Will Be On ESPN Every Night"
As painful as it was to lose the Sonics, it is great fun so to see what has become of them. The OKC Chunder are on pace for the worst season in NBA history, their attendance is falling, fans are...
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March 12, 2009
Nick Holt Thinks You Are...Awesome
New Husky defensive coordinator Nick Holt thinks we are awesome. Making $700K annually is pretty awesome too...man. This is an awesome place. This is the only other school in the Pac-10 that's won a national championship in the last 25...
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March 12, 2009
The Boz Blows... .08+
First Topenga, now the Boz. I just dont know what to think. Former NFL player-turned-actor Brian Bosworth has been arrested in Hollywood on suspicion of driving under the influence. Los Angeles police Sgt. Alex Ortiz says Bosworth was arrested early...
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March 12, 2009
Is Griffey..Fat?
First off, i love the fact that Griffey is back with the M's. If you grew up in the Northwest in the '90s and don't still idolize The Kid, you're a communist. I spent a good 5 minutes today staring at his page on the M's roster. I still can't beleive it. I'm giddy. That being said, one picture on the Seattle Times gallery put a damper on all of this bromance and revelry. There are...
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February 23, 2009
Proud New Owner...
I broke down and bought a soccer jersey. Go Sounders. Take some time away from rooting agains the OKC Thunder and go get your authentic rave green home jersey here.
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December 08, 2008
It's So Bad, Even Boston Feels Sorry for Us
So I was reading the Boston Globe and Dan Shaugnessy had an article that made me go hmmmmm. Our current sports malaise is so bad ("how bad is it?!") that even salty New Englanders take notice and commiserate."But even in...
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December 07, 2008
Sarkisian Is Our Steez
Every major seattle sports team will have a new guy at the helm next year. Of all the poly-syllabic hirings lately (Zdurienek, Wokamatsu, Sarkisian...eh Mora), I like this one the best. Why? Recruiting. Sure, USC is a fairly easy sell...
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December 07, 2008
alphabet soup
Wow how inspired are you by the world jumble the mariners hired Don Wakamatsu. Awesome, the man behind the man Jack Zduriencik decided that he was better than Joey (waterfall) Cora. If your scoring at home the Mariners front office...
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November 21, 2008
Best HS Football Play You Will Ever See
Tony Danza can go ahead and engrave "Philip Lutzenkirchen" onto the ESPY for play of the year. A I have never seen anything like this...
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November 06, 2008
I Walk Around Like I Got a S on My Chest
Score!!! We just nabbed Abdul Gaddy, the #2 rated HS point guard in the nation. With Gaddy joining Isaiah Thomas and Venoy Overton, is there a better young back court in the land?A For full irony, see the video clip below. It's filmed at Arizona and touts him as a future wildcat. Taste!!! Lute Olsen, thanks for being really old.A
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October 29, 2008
Lawyerin' Up
If it wasn't for sports, I wouldn't know anything about lawyering.
Check out what's going on with Schultz v Bennett. The NBA is getting involved to scuttle the lawsuit, but i think that's scuttlebutt. Apparently the coffee king signed a release as part of the 2006 ownership transfer to Bennett...and we're done.
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July 09, 2008
Hallelujah. Holy Shit. Where's the Tylenol?!
The Sonics are officially gone. It will be entertaining to watch the Howard Schultz lawsuit play out.
That will be fun for a while. Then it will end and the team fka Sonics will be in Oklahoma City and we'll be left with some retired jerseys and championship banners to take down. All the Sonics players will start moving down to the dustbowl tomorrow morning. They'll find...
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July 02, 2008
Quantifying the Misery
For those of you Seattle sports fans who have been looking for a way to quantify just how sorry the state of affairs is up in the Emerald City, have I got the solution for you. Today, Rainout launches the first ever Seattle Sports Index.
The index is simple and devastatingly effective. I went back to the 1976/1977 season, when both the Mariners and Seahawks entered our...
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June 24, 2008
BREAKING NEWS: Sonics Dance Team Military Tour
As a true fan of both the NBA and the Seattle Supersonics, I follow all the Sonics action on the official Sonics homepage on NBA.com. So when I heard rumors about some sort of a trial going on that might decide the fate of the Sonics future in Seattle (they might move?!?!), I actually started to worry a little bit.
Rest assured, dear Rainout readers, talk of a trial is...
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June 16, 2008
Lose the Super Bowl (XL) and Drive Drunk in a...HYUNDAI?!
Over the weekend Seahawks captain Lofa Totupu was pulled over for DUI with a BAC of .158. That's a good amount of alcohol but nowhere near the top 10 on the athlete BAC standings.
It is not that shocking that another 'hawk got arrested for DUI in Kirkland (what is it about Kirkland, Stiff drinks, slow speed limits?). Everyone has been writing about how Lofa is very sorry...
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May 14, 2008
Buzz Bissinger: "Revere Me! I Work Hard and Some Critics Like Me!"
For those of you who don't watch Costas Now on HBO with Bob Costas (ie: all of you), this video is fairly eye-opening. The topic was sports blogs and the internet, seemingly harmless subject matter. It was harmless for the first 5 seconds or so and then we all become acquainted with how much of a sad, old, salty shell of a man Buzz Bissinger is. Buzz is most well known for Friday...
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May 04, 2008
Highest Paid Rotation In Baseball?
Do the M's have the highest paid rotation in baseball? Not sure, but I'm guessing they are pretty close. Below is the M's 2007 payroll data with the two major known changes: Carlos Silva signing a 4 year deal at $48M and Erik Bedard netting $8M in arbitration. Overall our rotation is paid $36...
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April 25, 2008
Howard Schultz's Lawyers Are Smarter Than You
Any informed NBA fan should read the Schultz lawsuit, pretty damning.
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April 23, 2008
Who Needs the NBA? Seattle Has USL Soccer Fever!
After running through my list of posts over the last few weeks, I was shocked at the preponderance of posts pertaining to the Sonics. Now I know this is a cynical blog on Seattle sports, but even I need to draw the line somewhere. All this vitriol can't be healthy. I now declare an official moratorium on Sonics posting as I move on to all the other happenings across the Seattle...
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April 22, 2008
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