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  • Closing Up Shop

    Well my friends, after two and a half great seasons of being the PI Mariner fan blogger, I am hanging up my blogging hat. It's time for the Mariner Housewife to go into retirement. [...]
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    Posted: July 21, 2008, 12:00am EDT

  • Closing Up Shop

    Well my friends, after two and a half great seasons of being the PI Mariner fan blogger, I am hanging up my blogging hat. It's time for the Mariner Housewife to go into retirement. [...]
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    Posted: July 21, 2008, 12:00am EDT

  • So That Finally Happened.

    From The Department of The Painfully Obvious: "We gave Richie a lot of rope...," said manager Jim Riggleman. Well yeah. [...]
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    Posted: July 11, 2008, 5:16pm EDT

  • So That Finally Happened.

    From The Department of The Painfully Obvious: "We gave Richie a lot of rope...," said manager Jim Riggleman. Well yeah. [...]
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    Posted: July 11, 2008, 5:16pm EDT

  • A Great American Hero: Beltre Man

    Happy Independence Day! What a day for baseball. I hope many of you are headed to the ballpark today to watch the Mariners take on the second most disappointing team in the majors, the Detroit Tigers. It should be a fun game and a good time. [...]
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    Posted: July 04, 2008, 12:00am EDT

  • A Great American Hero: Beltre Man

    Happy Independence Day! What a day for baseball. I hope many of you are headed to the ballpark today to watch the Mariners take on the second most disappointing team in the majors, the Detroit Tigers. It should be a fun game and a good time. [...]
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    Posted: July 04, 2008, 12:00am EDT

  • Just When I'm About To Give Up On The Season...

    I'm kidding you, of course I still have no hope for this ridiculous team. How naive do you think I am? But hey, at least the last couple of games have been kind of fun to watch, eh? It's almost like we got upgraded from a "sell" to a "don't [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2008, 3:14pm EDT

  • Just When I'm About To Give Up On The Season...

    I'm kidding you, of course I still have no hope for this ridiculous team. How naive do you think I am? But hey, at least the last couple of games have been kind of fun to watch, eh? It's almost like we got upgraded from a "sell" to a "don't" [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2008, 3:14pm EDT

  • Oh, Felix

    We have just witnessed one of the most depressing moments of an incredibly depressing season, following closely on the heels of one of- if not the- most exhilarating. [...]
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    Posted: June 23, 2008, 5:57pm EDT

  • Oh, Felix

    We have just witnessed one of the most depressing moments of an incredibly depressing season, following closely on the heels of one of- if not the- most exhilarating. [...]
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    Posted: June 23, 2008, 5:57pm EDT

  • Farewell, Johnny Mac

    Well, we knew this was coming sooner or later. I wish McLaren only the best, I think he's a good guy that was dealing with a pretty crappy job. I hope he is relieved and happy and can move on quickly. And hey, at least they didn't fire him in [...]
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    Posted: June 19, 2008, 10:26am EDT

  • Farewell, Johnny Mac

    Well, we knew this was coming sooner or later. I wish McLaren only the best, I think he's a good guy that was dealing with a pretty crappy job. I hope he is relieved and happy and can move on quickly. And hey, at least they didn't fire him in' [...]
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    Posted: June 19, 2008, 10:26am EDT

  • Another Interesting Rumor

    Never a dull moment here in Seattle I tell you... word on the street is that the M's might finally be ready to let go of Richie Sexson. I think I speak for almost everyone when I say, yes please! (Although it seems like my dream of Kenji at first [...]
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    Posted: June 18, 2008, 1:04pm EDT

  • Another Interesting Rumor

    Never a dull moment here in Seattle I tell you... word on the street is that the M's might finally be ready to let go of Richie Sexson. I think I speak for almost everyone when I say, yes please! (Although it seems like my dream of Kenji at first [...]
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    Posted: June 18, 2008, 1:04pm EDT

  • May We Now Call It Rock Bottom?

    The scary thing about trying to pinpoint this season's very worst moment is, then you start thinking of ways that it could get worse. Like, say, if we get swept by the Marlins. Or, worse, if we were to lose all of our games against these wacky National Leaguers. Although [...]
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    Posted: June 17, 2008, 2:48pm EDT

  • May We Now Call It Rock Bottom?

    The scary thing about trying to pinpoint this season's very worst moment is, then you start thinking of ways that it could get worse. Like, say, if we get swept by the Marlins. Or, worse, if we were to lose all of our games against these wacky National Leaguers. Although [...]
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    Posted: June 17, 2008, 2:48pm EDT

  • Bavasi's Out!

    Well finally! [...]
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    Posted: June 16, 2008, 12:18pm EDT

  • Bavasi's Out!

    Well finally! [...]
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    Posted: June 16, 2008, 12:18pm EDT

  • First Cut=Deepest

    Well finally, the heads are starting to roll. I've been refreshing seattlemariners.com to see when the McLaren firing announcement is going to come. But wouldn't you know it, the first head to roll was one of my favorites. Why oh why did it have to be my beloved Jeff Pentland [...]
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    Posted: June 10, 2008, 2:19pm EDT

  • First Cut=Deepest

    Well finally, the heads are starting to roll. I've been refreshing seattlemariners.com to see when the McLaren firing announcement is going to come. But wouldn't you know it, the first head to roll was one of my favorites. Why oh why did it have to be my beloved Jeff Pentland [...]
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    Posted: June 10, 2008, 2:19pm EDT

  • Remembering The Imaginary Good Times

    As I was watching us lose to the nearly 100% personality-free Angels last night, I thought wistfully, "remember when we thought we could beat these guys?" It seems like just yesterday I was dreaming about victory over the dreaded LAA's of A. But the key word there is "dreaming". Did [...]
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    Posted: June 04, 2008, 10:52am EDT

  • Remembering The Imaginary Good Times

    As I was watching us lose to the nearly 100% personality-free Angels last night, I thought wistfully, "remember when we thought we could beat these guys?" It seems like just yesterday I was dreaming about victory over the dreaded LAA's of A. But the key word there is "dreaming". Did [...]
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    Posted: June 04, 2008, 10:52am EDT

  • As Bad As It Gets

    Here's what this team excels at: they keep you guessing as to exactly how they are going to lose. Take Sunday's game against the Yankees for instance; if you're anything like me, you were spending the whole time thinking, how soon is Washburn going to blow this? And then, surprise! [...]
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    Posted: May 27, 2008, 8:07pm EDT

  • As Bad As It Gets

    Here's what this team excels at: they keep you guessing as to exactly how they are going to lose. Take Sunday's game against the Yankees for instance; if you're anything like me, you were spending the whole time thinking, how soon is Washburn going to blow this? And then, surprise!' [...]
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    Posted: May 27, 2008, 8:07pm EDT

  • Hitting The Nail On The Head While It's Being Driven Into The Coffin

    From Ichiro, after last night's surreally painful loss against the Yankees: [...]
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    Posted: May 24, 2008, 6:36am EDT

  • Hitting The Nail On The Head While It's Being Driven Into The Coffin

    From Ichiro, after last night's surreally painful loss against the Yankees: [...]
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    Posted: May 24, 2008, 6:36am EDT

  • I Got Nothin'

    Confession time- who got swept up in the pre-season hype and thought this was going to be the year we had waited for? I know a lot of you readers didn't buy it for a second, but I'm currently raising my hand. Well, I'm raising it halfway. I have to [...]
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    Posted: May 22, 2008, 9:21am EDT

  • I Got Nothin'

    Confession time- who got swept up in the pre-season hype and thought this was going to be the year we had waited for? I know a lot of you readers didn't buy it for a second, but I'm currently raising my hand. Well, I'm raising it halfway. I have to' [...]
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    Posted: May 22, 2008, 9:21am EDT

  • How Many Ways Can We Say "Bad"

    You know things are terrible when we are consoling ourselves with the fact that we narrowly avoided getting swept by the Texas Rangers. Now we have interleague play, which is not only boring, but also appears to be headed down the road of depressing. It's the classic Battle of The [...]
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    Posted: May 17, 2008, 10:24am EDT

  • How Many Ways Can We Say "Bad"

    You know things are terrible when we are consoling ourselves with the fact that we narrowly avoided getting swept by the Texas Rangers. Now we have interleague play, which is not only boring, but also appears to be headed down the road of depressing. It's the classic Battle of The [...]
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    Posted: May 17, 2008, 10:24am EDT

  • There's No "I" In Baseball

    It was a Mother's Day Miracle! We won a game! That felt neat, huh? I turned on the radio just in time to hear Batista get his fifth and sixth strikeouts. Now I think Batista is a really awesome person, and I know he has struggled a lot, so it [...]
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    Posted: May 12, 2008, 4:30pm EDT

  • Throwing In The Helmet

    I surprised myself last night by feeling happy to see Richie Sexson back in the lineup. As most of you know, he was out on Wednesday due to an unspecified family emergency. Maybe it's just because I'm feeling vulnerable with regards to families, but I was really glad that whatever [...]
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    Posted: May 09, 2008, 11:01am EDT

  • Bewildering

    I tend to think that one of the most hilarious and bizarre afflictions of the twenty-first century is excessive self-imposed blog guilt- that whole "sorry I haven't posted in forever, I feel terrible, I'm a bad blogger, I hate myself and you all must hate me too" kind of thing [...]
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    Posted: May 08, 2008, 3:02pm EDT

  • This Is Going To Be Tough...

    I am without internet access almost entirely until the 23rd of April! I'm not sure how I'm going to handle it- I'm not even going to know how poorly the offense does against the A's confusing pitching staff! That's being unfair actually, Friday and Saturday's games against the Angels were [...]
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    Posted: April 15, 2008, 10:36am EDT

  • Not Going So Well

    So much for that whole idea of starting out strong against weak opponents and getting a jump on first place. Things have looked pretty ugly for this team during the series with Baltimore. Come to think of it, it's not like we were ripping it up against the Rangers either. [...]
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    Posted: April 08, 2008, 12:35pm EDT

  • On Second Thought

    If there's one thing I know about myself, it's that I am a terrible snap-judgement-maker when it comes to baseball. My immediate responses to just about everything are extreme and emotional, and I can be completely disgusted one minute and utterly elated the next. It's just how I am when [...]
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    Posted: April 02, 2008, 12:06pm EDT

  • Not Exactly What I Had In Mind, But Okay.

    I am imagining us looking back at the end of this season, thinking about how this game against the Rangers was a microcosm of what to expect from the whole season: tough, a little ugly, but ultimately rewarding. There were definitely some serious shortcomings today. Bedard's outing sure felt like [...]
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    Posted: March 31, 2008, 8:37pm EDT

  • Happy Baseball Day!!!

    It's here it's here it's here!! Yay!!! Go Mariners! Wheeeeee!!!! [...]
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    Posted: March 31, 2008, 1:59pm EDT

  • Here It Comes

    It has finally arrived. Here we are, mere hours away from Opening Day. We've got our big name pitcher ready, we've had a fairly productive spring, and there's even a little national buzz about this team surprising everybody as a dark horse playoff contender. So the big question is, are [...]
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    Posted: March 28, 2008, 2:40pm EDT

  • Trying Hard Not To Court Bad Karma

    It's pretty well-known that baseball is a ridiculously superstitious sport. In the face of this fact, it's hard to think of a dumber thing to do than openly laughing at your opponent's misfortune. If you want to invite destiny to come and deal you a more disastrous hand than the [...]
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    Posted: March 21, 2008, 2:12pm EDT

  • Commercial Success

    I have been on a self-imposed blogging strike until Ichiro got his first spring training hit. But once I got the emails announcing this year's commercials, I was thinking I might have to break it, because I have to comment on the commercials. But since when has Ichiro been the [...]
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    Posted: March 14, 2008, 2:25pm EDT

  • Maybe...

    So here's my secret shame- I'm not a very good offseason fan. I mean, in a philosophical sense I long for baseball all winter long, and of course I pay attention when player transactions happen. But during the winter, I tend to lose interest, and I lose something more important- [...]
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    Posted: February 26, 2008, 7:48pm EST

  • Robbed

    You may or may not be aware of this, but we've been robbed. As Mariner fans, we just had something really valuable stolen from us. It's not something we can recover. See, here's the thing- we were owed a moment of pure baseball joy, and it was taken away from [...]
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    Posted: February 12, 2008, 6:36pm EST

  • Just Like Starting Over

    Did you ever see that movie "What About Bob" with Bill Murray? Remember the part at the very beginning where he's miserably muttering "I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful. I feel good, I feel great, I feel wonderful," in a feeble attempt to cheer himself up? That [...]
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    Posted: February 08, 2008, 5:48pm EST

  • Head In The Sand

    Here's what I can't stand about the post-season: it's all business talk. It's the very worst. This is the time of year when we have to talk about how much money so and so is asking for versus how much so and so is worth. We get to really mull [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2007, 3:31pm EST

  • So, Who Are We Rooting For? NLDS Editoin

    This is probably the first time in at least ten years that I am more invested in the National League side of the playoffs. Part of it is that I like all four NL teams in one way or another, whereas I either actively hate or am at best ambivalent [...]
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    Posted: October 05, 2007, 3:24pm EDT

  • Accidentally AWOL

    I honestly haven't meant to abandon my team in the last couple of weeks of the season. It's just that the non-baseball aspects of my life have urgently pushed and shoved their way to the forefront, insisting that I barely have time to think about the M's, let alone watch [...]
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    Posted: September 27, 2007, 2:45pm EDT

  • Some Questions...

    If you give up four runs in the first inning without recording an out, how do you do the math on that one? Zero outs were recorded. So doesn't that technically give you an ERA of infinity? I say it does. My brother agrees with me on this, and since [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2007, 3:16pm EDT

  • Crazy Times At The Ballpark, Part Two: Wednesday

    It got better. [...]
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    Posted: September 15, 2007, 11:51am EDT

  • Crazy Times At The Ballpark, Part One: Tuesday

    As I mentioned before, I went up to Seattle to see the last two games of the Oakland series. I've been bound and determined to make the very most of the end of this season, and by God nothing was going to stand in my way. My experience while up [...]
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    Posted: September 14, 2007, 11:50am EDT

  • Are We Being Punished For Something?

    This is getting out of hand. People I barely know are sending me condolence cards. Friends I haven't heard from in years are calling me to see if I am okay. And when I wear my Mariners jersey on the street, I'm getting sympathetic looks and clucks from old ladies. [...]
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    Posted: September 11, 2007, 11:34am EDT

  • A Serious Design Flaw

    We all know that this season has been an insane roller coaster. But I'm starting to realize that whoever designed this roller coaster has made a very serious error. See, a roller coaster usually goes up and down for a while and eventually rolls to a stop, preferably on the [...]
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    Posted: September 08, 2007, 1:45pm EDT

  • Re-learning To Appreciate A Win

    Okay, I'm about ready to begrudgingly put down my bad mood shield. It's gonna take a while to get over the pain of the previous nine games- nine games! Gah!- but this was certainly a great big stride in the right direction. [...]
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    Posted: September 04, 2007, 12:01pm EDT

  • Hurt

    You know who I envy right now? College football fans. Be free, you lovable gridiron fanatics! Root for your Huskies and your Cougars and your Beavers and what have you! It's a fresh new season, make the most of it! Forget baseball! Save yourselves! [...]
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    Posted: September 01, 2007, 12:03pm EDT

  • Or Not.

    I need to get this figured out. Am I rooting for a winning team or a losing team? Because I will cheer my heart out either way, but I want to know what I'm getting into here. It's way too taxing to switch gears halfway through the month. Or halfway [...]
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    Posted: August 29, 2007, 10:32am EDT

  • Mariner Monday is GO

    You are all undoubtedly aware of the importance of our series against the Angels. This is where we make or break our chances at the AL West title. This could really happen. It's almost too terrifying to comprehend. And they need our help. [...]
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    Posted: August 27, 2007, 12:00am EDT

  • Chemistry Experiment

    Have I mentioned lately how much I adore Jose Guillen? Because I really seriously adore Jose Guillen. He's a sassy pants, which I love. There's a big difference between being a fiery competitor and being an unbearably egotistical jerk like Gary Sheffield, and Jose has managed quite gracefully to stay [...]
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    Posted: August 25, 2007, 3:05pm EDT

  • Still Unclear On How We Are Pulling This Off

    The Mariners are in the pennant race. For real. The Mariners are in the pennant race. I keep on saying it to myself, and it just isn't sinking in. How did we get here? Am I dreaming? How did Raul go from hitting .183 in July to .300 in August? [...]
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    Posted: August 22, 2007, 2:21pm EDT

  • A Brief History Of Things I've Been Seriously Incorrect About

    Fourth grade- bet Jason Leibold a dollar that the Cubs would sweep the Padres for the NLCS. Had a hard time coming up with that dollar. Decided I would never, ever like a boy again. [...]
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    Posted: August 18, 2007, 8:39pm EDT

  • Et Tu, Home Fans?

    I hate it when Yuniesky Betancourt makes an error. It is absolutely infuriating to me. I know he can do better, and he just gets careless. It drives me mad. Every time it happens- (twenty-one times so far this year!)- I get completely agitated. However, it has never occurred to [...]
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    Posted: August 16, 2007, 8:52am EDT

  • Trying To Remain Calm

    Maybe it's just my nature to freak out over baseball. (I know most of you are like, what do you mean "maybe"?) I don't like getting this stressed out all the time, I just cannot stop myself. And when I try to, I'm rewarded with some of the most frustrating [...]
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    Posted: August 12, 2007, 2:05pm EDT

  • A Winning Conundrum, And Yay For the Wild Card!

    Deadspin nailed it today when they said "The Mariners are first in the wild card... and in our hearts." It may not be for long- shoot, by the time I get this posted it might even be too late. But at this very second, the Mariners are officially alone atop [...]
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    Posted: August 10, 2007, 3:32pm EDT

  • So, What'd I Miss?

    First of all, I have to confess something. That Red Sox series- it was my fault. [...]
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    Posted: August 07, 2007, 11:00pm EDT

  • Housewife Out Of The Office

    I am going to be mostly incommunicado for the next couple of weeks, due to some travel issues and some major obligations. In fact, I probably won't even be able to watch most of the next three series. So keep an eye on these guys for me, will ya? They [...]
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    Posted: July 24, 2007, 4:49pm EDT

  • The Luxury Of Anger

    I'm a little ticked off at this team right now. These last few games are not what I was hoping to see happen after the All-Star break. We only split the series with Detroit because of the weirdest umpiring ever. And this series with Baltimore has been deeply unimpressive. Tuesday [...]
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    Posted: July 19, 2007, 6:57am EDT

  • The Aggressively Inoffensive Orioles

    What is it about the Orioles that's just so restful, so pleasant, so relaxing? Oh yes, that's it, the Orioles are kind of boring. It's nothing personal, they seem like nice enough fellows. But they don't exactly exude charisma, do they? They make the Angels look like the cast of [...]
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    Posted: July 17, 2007, 11:28am EDT

  • I Am So Not Done Talking About Ichiro.

    Wow, sorry to those of you that didn't like the emotional tone of my last post. Yeah, it's a really embarrassing story, that's why it took me nearly three years to tell it to you. But you know me, that's how I am about the Mariners. I'm a crazy idiot [...]
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    Posted: July 14, 2007, 11:00pm EDT

  • Joy In HousewifeVille

    Surely you didn't think I'd let Ichiro's historic re-signing pass without a long, emotional post about how happy I am. This is one of the best days in recent Mariner history, and from a baseball perspective as well as a purely personal perspective, I am absolutely delighted. [...]
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    Posted: July 13, 2007, 1:38pm EDT

  • My Friend, We Have Made It This Far

    Some people don't know what to do with themselves on a night without any baseball. Well, here's my advice. Have a cocktail, and pat yourself on the back. Because you know what friend? We have survived some serious craziness these last couple of months. Now, I know that I am, [...]
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    Posted: July 11, 2007, 12:47pm EDT

  • The Second Annual All Star Game Live Blog

    Before we get started, let me share some really really exciting news: here it is. So with that to put you in a good mood, let's give Fox Sports the opportunity to entertain us. [...]
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    Posted: July 10, 2007, 4:02pm EDT

  • All Star Game Pre-Funk! Red Carpet Live Blog

    Hello, everybody, so glad to see you. (Sorry, we had a Music Together class today.) We're coming to you from sunny Portland, OR, where the average temperature on July 10th is 79 degrees. The record high is 98 degrees. And as of right now, it is 101 degrees. (But as [...]
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    Posted: July 10, 2007, 3:09pm EDT
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