It's on the Mariners website now. I'm not going to lie, when I saw his huge smile, I got a bit choked up, and when he said "I really just want to be here, I love playing here." I got a little misty-eyed. It seems like he really loves it here. As a presser I'm sure there won't be anything super interesting, but I figured I'd put up a spot to discuss it. FELIX! ...FELIX!!!!! WOOO!!!!!

So I mentioned I was getting a Seahawks tattoo, and Nate Dogg helped me find the picture I was looking for to get it done the way I wanted. Some people said they wanted to see the finished product, and since the old topic is down far enough that no one would ever look at it, I figured I'd just put this up here... So here ya go. And yeah, there is white in the spots where the logo is white, but I bled like a wuss and some of the irritation is making it look redish right now.

Seems like it's been awhile since one of these have been posted, and the others are nearly dead and buried. Seems a lot is going on today, so another thread might as well go up.

1. Halladay to take physical with Phillies, trade close?

Two baseball sources told CSNPhilly.com Monday that the team is actively talking about a contract extension with representatives for the 32-year-old righthander. It is likely that the Phillies would want to sign Halladay to an extension before they traded for him. Without an extension, Halladay would be eligible for free agency after the 2010 season. One of the sources said that Halladay is likely to have a physical exam with Phillies' medical personal this week. LINK

Cliff Lee would likely be moved in that deal too. I'd be fine with this happening, if it meant the Angels didn't get him.

2. Hideki Matsui to Angels?

The Los Angeles Angels are in serious discussions with Hideki Matsui about supplanting Vladimir Guerrero as their designated hitter, a source familiar with the team's thinking told ESPN.com. A league source told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney that the Angels and Matsui were closing in on a one-year deal for about $6.5 million. LINK

I'd have liked Matsui, but he wouldn't have come here anyway. Probably not a good fit for the club anyway. Seems like a good pickup for Anaheim.

3. Lackey to Red Sox...maybe

Former Los Angeles Angels ace John Lackey(notes) submitted to a physical examination by Boston Red Sox doctors Monday, according to reports, leading to speculation the free-agent right-hander was close to a contract agreement with the club. However, a source with the Angels said they are still in the running for Lackey and believe he hasn’t accepted an offer. LINK

This is the first piece I've seen that has the Angels saying they're still in it. I bet he still goes to the Red Sox. I wonder if the Mets and Angels step up bidding for Bay, or if the Angels try to beat the Phillies' offer for Halladay after this news...

So I've already got my Mariners tattoo on my left forearm, and it's come time for me to get the Seahawks tattoo on the other forearm. The problem is, I can't find the picture I want to help guide the artist through the colors I want. I remember a long time ago, someone posted the new Seahawks logo, but with the old green as the bottom color instead of the light blue they actually use. That's what I want my tattoo to be, but I can't find that picture for the life of me. Can anyone help a brotha out?

We are starting on Friday. I am going to unpause simulations around midnight Thursday night/Friday morning, so that's when we will start.

Up until Firday, we will be making pre-season trades, and free-agent bids in the sub forums of this Main Forum

Available teams are FLA, NYM(?), and CHC (it's a non LL member in control of CHC and I think NYM right now, and LL members take precedence.)

I'm going to post who is with what team on here to make sure we are filled with LL members instead of random BMO players I didn't notice.

Arizona: Goose
Atlanta: Matthew
Baltimore: aestivalis
Boston: CoachOwens
Chicago N:
Chicago A:
Cincinnati: ejo
Cleveland: Sec 108
Colorado: ConorGlassey
Detroit: seattlebruin
Florida: Slurvey
Houston: Mbad
Kansas City: rlintott
Los Angeles A: Nuss
Los Angeles N: thewyrm
Milwaukee: Fin
Minnesota: tootthekazoo
New York N:
New York A: gborish
Oakland:
Philadelphia: Gomez
Pittsburgh: ness
San Diego: Garces
San Francisco: Robert
Seattle: BrettJMiller
St Louis: acblue
Tampa Bay: Taylor H
Texas: jhmoore
Toronto: kharbaugh
Washington: fuzz

So basically, if I didn't list your name, I didn't recogonize the name you were using for BMO, and what corresponding LL name it was. Let me know and I'll update the list. If we've really just got this many non-LL players in the league, we may have to delay start time until Saturday? Give me feedback and claim some teams, fuckers.

Hey all,

I'm writing an article for my campus paper about Dustin Ackley. The problem is, I have no photos for it. It's a long shot, I know, but does anybody have a picture of Ackley I can use that is not copyrighted? The sooner the better on this, really. Can anyone help a brotha out? :o

It can be of anything, though I would prefer if it was him in action. Maybe a swing, a dive, or a rare shot of him playing OF. But I'd settle for a face shot if that's all that anyone can do.

Is it a little bit annoying to anyone else that MLB Network has pre-empted not only Randy Johnson's 19 strikeout games, but Clemens', Wood's, and RJ's 20 K's in Arizona to show 36 continuous hours of coverage about Alex Rodriguez taking steroids six years ago. So what to do? I'm not sure our voice will really be heard, but there's a few contact options on the MLB Network page.

raquel.ramos@mlb.com is the e-mail address given. It's the only one listed on the contact information of MLB Network's page. Snail Mail and Telephone options can be found HERE.

Maybe it's just me who's so bent out of shape about this, I don't know. I suggested MLB put up a poll about what the fans want to see--since supposedly the goal of MLB Network is to entertain the fans--so why don't we get something going that we can show to them here? It probably won't help too much, but it's possible, and I'll waste my time for even the slight possibility of getting to see RJ pitch in a Mariner Uniform tonight at 9PM...though it'll probably be just be the same A-Rod segments over and over again...

Poll

What do you, as a baseball fan, want to see aired on MLB Network:

4%

Cycled coverage of Alex Rodriguez's positive steroid tests

5 votes

95%

The regularly scheduled strikeout games marathon

102 votes

107 votes | Poll has closed

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Well, I'd say last week's football was a resounding success, and my aches and pains from that and the concert that night are finally (mostly) gone. It's clear we need to play more often so the aches don't linger as long. So how about we play again this weekend and get back in the swing of things?

I'd prefer anything but Sunday, since I'm going to the Hawks-Pats game, but Friday or Saturday would work for me. I'd have to show up late on Friday (about 2PM, meeting for work) but I can do that. My vote would be for Saturday at 12 PM...who's in? I plan on catching more than 4 of the like 12 targets I get this week, so hopefully that works out...I'll put up a roll call after some people commit.

Roll Call:

Starting:

Brett
johbai
wwbaker3 (+ 3 and kid, maybe 4 and kid)

Questionable:

Robert (after 3PM)
Two Rs and Two Ls (?)


Come on people, let's get some more players!!

Via Geoff Baker

"UPDATE: 2:37 p.m.: Eric O'Flaherty was just claimed off waivers by the Atlanata Braves. Quite the dramatic fall for O'Flaherty within the organization the past eight months. He opened last season as the team's situational lefty, then didn't make it past the second week of the season in the majors. He was claimed when the Mariners took him off their 40-man roster to make room for incoming names. Pitchers Stephen Kahn, Gabby Hernandez, Marwin Vega and outfielder Greg Halman have been added. O'Flaherty is out, while pitchers Luis Munoz and Tracy Thorpe have been outrighted to the minors."

Interesting choices, but sweet god why would anyone put Tracy Thorpe on their 40-man?

Through the dismal 2-7 start, we've learned that even good teams are fallible. Well constructed teams. Teams that are assembled by smart football people who can recognize talent. But this year, poor execution and a ridiculous slew of improbable injuries shot the Seahawks down before they could get airborne. But in the spirit of John Morgan's attempts to keep an optimistic outlook on this team, I want to take a look at a 2009 that can't possibly see us suffering this much bad luck.

First off, there's the receiving corps. Right now we're running a Robinson-Colbert-Engram split end, flanker, and slot rotation. It's not terrible, but it could be better. And in 2009, it will be. Assuming we keep Robinson (and why not, he's cheap and has been very good) we could potentially run sets of Branch-Robinson-Burleson-Taylor. It will be a position of depth with Kent, Bumpus, and potentially a draftee taking a bigger role. The receiving corps next year shapes up to be sure-handed and athletically gifted.

Secondly, the quarterback position. We've seen three quarterbacks line up under center for our beloved Seahawks this year, all due to a hit that should have been considered illegal on Matt Hasselbeck. Admittedly, he was hurting before then, but the prognosis of his injury seems to be better than we expected. Can we count on Hasselbeck in 2009? The man is a warrior, it's hard to say no, but we'll have the second half of the Season to see if his back injury hinders him from being an elite, championship-level quarterback in 2009. With a guy like Hasselbeck, my money is on him returning to form.

Next, Red Bryant has turned into quite the monster at defensive tackle. Paired with Brandon Mebane, it's possible we won't even look to re-sign Rocky Bernard. And if we do, great, we have incredible depth. Patrick Kerney being out isn't as terrible as we may think, because it gives Lawrence Jackson some time to learn on the job is a lower-pressure situation. It's not impossible that we draft another end this offseason, but a mature Tapp and Jackson will look good. Anything Kerney can give you in 2009 is just gravy.

Additionally, Locklear missed the start of this season, so our line took some time to get up to full strength. Not to mention Rob Sims missing the entire year is a little bit of a drawback. However, we may learn that Willis can be an even better right guard than Sims. It's a positional battle that leaves the Hawks well-served either way, as we have a good right guard and good depth behind him.

Add all this together with a new, modernized coaching staff (hey, we may even get a shotgun formation!) and most likely (hopefully) a new Safety to replace Brian Russell as well as any standouts from the draft (long-term replacements for Walter Jones, and/or Hasselbeck), the outlook on 2009 can't be anything but bright. Lofa's injury wasn't serious, and the biggest thing we may have to deal with is losing Leroy Hill. Worse comes to worse, the Seahawks can compete with D.D. Lewis taking Hill's spot. Injuries happen; they're a part of the game. But it's safe to assume the Seahawks won't be this injured in 2009. The thought of this team being healthy in 2009 should strike fear into the hearts of teams all around the NFL.

Here's to health in 2009.

(Tagged players are those with injury issues, those who may depart in free agency, or horrible horrible players. Kind of crazy to realize just how many Hawks got injured this year, huh?)

It's starting to get embarrassing:



We all know this isn't the first time poor umpiring has decided a game. Pitch F/X has a margin of error of 2.2 inches. 2.2 inches!! This umpire, apparently, has a margin of error of the strike zone. Obviously Pitch F/X won't be perfect, but you want to know something that is less perfect? Human umpiring. I can't wait till all the old traditionalist fucks in baseball die and things like Pitch F/X called balls and strikes could happen. It is clear that after Percival threw his last pitch to Rolen today, the count should've been 1-3.

Fuck you Umpiring, and fuck you MLB.

Not sure who's watching, but I figured I'd put this somewhere. Eli Manning looked pretty solid on the first drive excepting a pass he threw to Burress in double coverage which he bobbled, then came down with. The Giants came out strong, but I still am not believing they're the team they looked like at the end of the year last year.

Now that those words are out of the way, have a game thread.

Today was my first and probably last game ever at U.S. Cellular field. Wrigley will hopefully be more fun than the shit-hole that was U.S. Cellular. If you think Safeco worships children and doesn't care what happens on the field, holy crap this puts it to shame.

We all hate the Hydro races. Well, they had two big screen races--Pizza (Cheese vs. Pepperoni vs. Supreme) and McDonalds (Big Mac vs. Fries vs. McGriddle). The crowd went wild for both.

They had a contest for a kid 10 or under to hit a home run, where they're in a small area of the park hitting a ball off a tee over a fence almost 30 feet away with a bunch of random people cheering, then they run the bases that are like 20 feet away from them, and the crowd goes wild.

They had T-Shirt throwing and cars driving on the warning track between innings. They were winning a close game at the time and everyone got up and yelled for shirts.

They had "Wave cam" between innings. Which isn't what you think, they just panned through the crowd and had people wave and smile so they could say they were on the big screen.

They had a video ring around the upper deck, with the player's name and their eyes on it when they came up to bat, and a bunch of huge ads when the M's were batting.

The most advanced stat they put anywhere was total walks, tucked away in a corner, no OBP or SLG anywhere. Not even the first time a player came up. It was AVG/HR/RBI all the way there.

They played literally 4 different intro songs before and during the White Sox taking the field. The whole crowd cheered about as loud when they announced the starting lineup for the White Sox as I did when they announced the Mariners lineup. They also had a bunch of "Get loud" signs during the big innings--no one cheered otherwise. On Cabrera's HR, no one cheered till it was literally over the fence.

They did the wave, a lot. It went around the stadium 10-15 times as the Mariners actually managed to get 3 quick outs, and no one seemed to notice.

They had contests to win hats and baseballs and food and gift cards and shit by answering easy questions such as "Who threw the last no hitter for the White Sox?" after showing clips of Buehrle's no hitter for.

They also advertised US Cellular products and had some girl say their slogan while standing in the crowd between innings. Also they put trivia and stuff on the video board DURING innings. I mean seriously. They displayed the guess the attendance thing during the 6th inning. While the players were playing. And the crowd erupted when the final number of the multiple choices went up on the board. There's proof that they weren't watching the game.

All the while I was talking to a Cubs fan who got free tickets from a White Sox fan buddy. It was his first time in U.S. Cellular and he just sounded disgusted talking about how horrible the atmosphere was all game. Hopefully he's right and Wrigley is better tomorrow. Because U.S. Cellular just accomplished what I thought was impossible before. The White Sox have created an atmosphere at their stadium that encourages fans to care less about the on-field product than even Safeco does. I expected to lose when we showed up at the park but I still ended up being angry because I learned the White Sox organization and fans are worse at being baseball fans than even Safeco fans are. They should be embarrassed.

Per Baker

Tuglett is the one who goes down. LaHair was running a .263/.357/.467 line in AAA. An .824 OPS. That will surely translate to the big leagues well.

Also with that article is this gem...

"Yes, Jose Vidro is still here. Riggleman sounds like he's going to keep batting him cleanup against righties, saying no major lineup changes are planned -- other than LaHair, who hits further down in the order to break into the majors. Against lefties, who the M's will see three of this coming series, it's Adrian Beltre hitting fourth and Jose Lopez batting fifth."

So -gasp- Churchill's source was wrong and Vidro's still with the team. I swear the only reason he's still here is because the M's hate it when word of their moves get leaked before hand so they have to make it look like they didn't cave to fan pressure. The Adam Jones thing Churchill talked about last year is pretty much exactly like this.

Anyway, at least our suck at 1B will be interesting suck now...

Here's the Flickr album. I've got about a gig more to upload but I've got captions for all of them. I'll have the rest up tomorrow, my internet is fucking up. Plus it's a gig worth so it's going to take some time. I'll update the thread with new links when that happens. Speaking of links, here's the link to the album I just made...

Lookout Landing Plays Softball!!

LL Plays Softball some more!!

They're $22 seats, they're in lower right field. I'll sell them to anyone who wants them for $12 a piece. I figure no one will take these anyway since everyone's playing softball or doing father's day stuff...but I figured I'd give my fellow LLers first shot at buying them. Otherwise they're just not going to be used. Let me know and if there are any takers I'll bring them to softball...I'll try to get there 15-30 minutes before Softball starts...if anyone wants the tickets that is.

So the day is upon us. The first choice of fields is 12th and Cherry, the Seattle U softball field. If that is taken, go up two blocks to the Seattle U soccer field on 14th and Cherry. Go to the softball field first!!

Time: 1PM, Sunday
Place: 14th and Cherry or 12th and Cherry (Seattle U soccer or Softball field. Depends on what is available.)

Roll call: 19 (25?)

Matthew
Brett (+ 2)
Jeff
ningwers
thenatural
wwbaker3
Eric (+2, girlfriend and dad)
Two Rs and Two Ls
RED
Robert
Fuzz
Jaejo
Sportszilla
FWombat
Fin is a dirty dirty liar
brayden(actually will be late)
johnbai (+ 1)(Actually will be late)
kentroyals5 (?) COMMIT!
Gomez (? Depends on family issues) STOP HAVING FAMILY ISSUES
Good Keith (?)
Fett42 (?)
Ted the lurker (?)

I wrote this for my journalism class in op-ed and also posted it on my website, but of the things I've written this is one of my favorites. So hopefully you guys can appreciate it and hopefully it captures your hate towards RSN as well. Red Sox 'Nation' Mere Bandwagon

We've all heard the chants at Safeco Field. "Let's Go Red Sox!" followed by the annoying clap-clap clap-clap-clap of literally thousands of card-carrying members of Red Sox Nation, whose love for the Red Sox--the lovable underdog team that has broken these die-hards hearts in the worst imaginable ways--dates back to the great struggle of the 2004 World Championship season. These "die-hards" were born and raised on the tough streets of Bellevue, Renton, and Kirkland, where they had nothing in their lives but the Sox to cheer them up.

Oh wait. That's not true at all, is it? Ask any of these "hardcore fans" who the Red Sox catcher was before Jason Varitek. They'll probably be surprised to hear there was a catcher before Jason Varitek. (It was Scott Hatteberg, if you're curious.)

Now don't get me wrong here. What the Boston Red Sox did in 2004 was amazing. No team had ever overcome a three-games-to-none deficit in a league championship series in the history of Major League Baseball. I'll admit it. I was rooting for the Red Sox. I was tired of the Yankees' reign of dominance. Manny Ramirez is a great player and a more awesome personality. Johnny Damon busting out of his slump to carry the Sox into the World Series back when he still looked like a homeless man was hilarious. And Curt Schilling pitching through ankle tendinitis: the bloody sock game, as fans know it, is truly the stuff of legends. I'll make no secret that my problem is not with Red Sox players, many of whom are good players and good guys. My problem is with the bandwagon fans who have spent their entire lives in Seattle. People who have never visited Fenway Park, or even visited Boston. People who chose to like Boston simply because they were the Yankees' rival. But how can they truly be the rival, the lovable underdogs, when they have the second highest payroll in baseball to the Yankees and have won two World Series championships this decade compared to the Yankees zero?

"They can't describe the Sox's last playoff appearance before 2003," said third grade teacher Eric Behrens from a Local Elementary School (changed to protect Eric online). "They likely don't realize who Hanley Ramirez is. They think in all sincerity that the media ignores them." This is absolutely true. Despite hours of coverage every day on ESPN, and despite the Red Sox surpassing the Yankees in airtime, you will still hear them complain that the media ignores them in favor of the Yankees. Despite the massive coverage the Red Sox receive, during the Mariners recent series with the Red Sox at Safeco field, I attended all three games and realized that none of these bandwagoners knew the Red Sox were actually in second place to the Tampa Bay Rays. When told of this truth, most of them dismissed it as a lie even after I pointed to the flags displaying the American League East standings that fly over the left-field bleachers at Safeco Field.

The worst part is not the incredible ignorance of these fans, if you can believe that. The worst part is their insistence on taking over Safeco Field. Now as a season ticket holder I know Safeco Field is not a very passionate place. A select few, myself included, will yell and heckle and have some fun at the park. We'll stand when Felix Hernandez has two strikes on a batter and cheer him on in hopes of seeing a strikeout. We'll call out bad players and tell them to retire (I'm looking at you, Jose Vidro...and Richie Sexson...and Miguel Cairo...and Jarrod Washburn...wow this list is pretty long) But that's just not how Safeco Field works. I find myself getting angry glares and I know I'm not alone. In a place where your own team's fans will get mad at you for cheering and being too loud--strange because it's right next to Qwest Field where people from the same city know to stand and cheer and yell for their team--it's just all too easy for bandwagoners to take over.

Case in point: the second game of the Mariners last three game series with the Red Sox. "Let's go Red Sox!" These bandwagoners chant once more. I turn and boo as loud as I can, trying to get others to join in with me to no avail. I try to counter with a "Let's go Mariners!" chant. Four or five join in but we're still drowned out. Manny Ramirez stares either intensely or absent-mindedly at Mariner pitcher Miguel Batista. With Manny, you never know, you just know the man can hit. Two Red Sox have gotten on base prompting these cheers from the crowd of phonies. One pitch later, I'm looking up as Manny Ramirez's 499th career home run comes right to me, and I reach my hands out and snag it. It's the first home run ball I've ever caught. I love Manny Ramirez the player. But I hate what this home run has done to my crowd, my stadium. The crowd roars as the opposing team ties the game at 3-3.

That night, I learned there's only one thing that can shut up Red Sox "Nation." There's one thing that can give you the rare opportunity to see these fans remove their Red Sox shirts with Jacoby Ellsbury's name and number on it revealing a Mariners shirt underneath. As an aside, if you're trying to prove you've been a long-time fan of the Red Sox wearing a rookie's name and number isn't a good way to throw off the bandwagon scent. On this night though, the few true Mariner fans in attendance got to see what turns these "die-hard" Red Sox fans into the boring, trend following folks from Mill Creek that they really are.

We saw a win.

Red Sox reliever Mike Timlin had allowed runners at first and third base with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, still a 3-3 tie. Jose Lopez strode to the plate and laced Mike Timlin's best pitch--the suck pitch at this point in his career--into left field, scoring Wladimir Balentien from third base and ending the game in a 4-3 victory for the Mariners. The few Mariners fans in attendance whipped into a frenzy. There's nothing like being the worst team in the league and beating one of the best. But the best part was seeing many of these Red Sox fans also jumping and celebrating the Mariners victory, until they realized that they were being disloyal to their fake allegiance.

There's every reason in the world to hate Red Sox "Nation." Even after silencing them, I still couldn't imagine hating a group of people any more than I hate bandwagon Red Sox fans. However, there's nothing like beating their bandwagon team right in front of them. There's nothing like watching a sports-ignorant trend follower walk away with a frown on their face on their way to a bad night. There's nothing quite as fun as seeing sadness in the eyes of a member of the Red Sox Bandwagon.

Don't go around telling people this exists

I'm not sure what music works best but here's a few demos of what I'm capable of. Benny Hill is also an option, but I don't have it on the computer I made those on. So...any comments? Also, get me some more clips people, I can make a whole montage of this with words over the top and stuff. Also, I'll place the clips more in time to the music when I make a final version.

 

Time and Place Date:
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Time:
1:00pm - 6:00pm
Location:
Seattle U Soccer Field or Seattle U Softball field if available?
Street:
14th and Cherry St. (soccer) 12th and Cherry st (softball) City/Town:
Seattle, WA

I know I'm in. Rumor has it Jeff may be willing to make an appearance. In fact he pretty much said it was a good day for him. So if he doesn't show up you can be mad and stuff, and send him lots of hate mail I guess. You assholes need to actually respond and get a roll call going ahead of time so we don't end up with a bunch of no-shows like last time.

Roll call: 11 (16?)

Matthew
Brett (+ 1?)
Jeff
ningwers
thenatural
wwbaker3
Eric (+1) (+2 depending on weather)
RED
Fin
brayden(actually will be late)
johnbai (+ 1)(Actually will be late)
kentroyals5 (?)
Two Rs and Two Ls (?)
Gomez (? Depends on family issues)

 

Okay, it's the punultimate day and with varying concerns over Felix starting now and what all we need to get as close to an accurate head count as possible. So RSVP here. View it as a commitment to play if there's a quorum. You won't be held to playing if the list is like 6 people but please don't say yes unless you actually will show up. Also, maybes aren't helpful.

Link to all the info you'll need.

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Time and Place

Date:
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Time:
1:00pm - 6:00pm
Location:
Seattle U Soccer (14th and Cherry) or Softball Field (12th and Cherry) if avail.
City/Town:
Seattle, WA

Willing to Play if we Reach a Full Game List:

Gomez
Matthew
Brett
Baker
johnbai
Fin
The Daniel Carroll that doesn't have a broken wrist in Appleton
two lurkers that Robert is aware of (One is in, waiting to hear from Robert about the other)
Robert Buying a car in Tacoma

Tomorrow Safeco will likely turn into Fenway West for three games. Because I have season tickets because I'm an idiot I'll be going to all three games. Now I'm asking you to come out and support the city, or if you can't do that with how the M's are playing, at least boo Boston. Obviously there will be some Red Sox chants, but I ask you to stand up and and shout these motherfuckers down with me. We'll probably lose, but we can't go out without a fight.

Shoot for the 31st people. MAY 31st!

Saturday, May 17

I'm in for just doing some BP or something tomorrow. If we can get five or so people for sure in tomorrow we'll do this. If not, I'm cool sitting this out.

In so far:

Brett
Gomez
Fin
Eric
wwbaker3
camomilk(?)


Date number two...

Saturday May 31 OR Sunday June 1

Tentatively in:

Brett
Gomez
Eric?
phildopip
johnbai
jimmimoose
brayden04
wwbaker3
Two R's and Two L's
Robert (31st only???)

I recommend Sunday since Red says he can only play on Sundays. Getting Red out to a softball game would be fucking awesome. Decide amongst yourselves if the 31st or the 1st is better.

I need something to talk about that's good, and therefore not the Mariners to keep myself from going crazy.

So who's seen it? I went and saw it last weekend and was thoroughly impressed. I am a bit of a superhero nerd so I expected it to be good but it totally blew my expectations away. Robert Downey Jr. was a perfect Tony Stark. Just exactly how I imagined him to be. And the scene after the credits...man, that was badass.

Downey is rumored to have a small role in the new Hulk film as Tony Stark as well. Since Marvel has their own studios now they're able to intertwine all the characters...and now they're going to make an Iron Man 2 as well as a few other Marvel movies where they mix a few characters up...(SPOILER ALERT: Avengers)

Oh yeah--the Hulk movie is a reboot, as far as I know they're totally going to just ignore Ang Lee's piece of shit.

Some of the other comic movies coming out look great--the Dark Knight, for instance--but so far Iron Man is my favorite superhero movie since Spider-Man 1 and 2 (and I'm biased because Spider-Man was always my favorite comic character growing up.)

So who's seen it?

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I swear to god today is the first time I've ever seriously considered killing someone. I just missed Catching Ichiro's HR (off the top of my glove) and some drunk Oriole's fan got it, and threw it back. He was drunk and belligerent all night and we yelled back and forth all night. I hope that stupid sack of shit cunt bag died on his way home tonight. I've never been so full of anger over anything before.

For the first time in my life, I really wanted to punch someone in the face till his face was dented and broken. And then, just to rub in his throwing back of Ichiro's HR, I'd rip his heart off and chant to his dying eyes "THROW IT BACK! THROW IT BACK!" holding his black ugly heart in my hands. This may not be the worst loss of the year, but it is definitely the worst game I've attended this year. Someone should drop a fucking bomb on Baltimore and force that guy and his annoying Oriole fans to watch their families slowly executed in front of them as the rest of America watches and laughs on national TV. And then after that, I'd have Rosie O'Donnell shit in their fucking mouths.

I should've told him that Ripken was a shitty jersey to wear because Ripken is a fucking boy-raping Pedophile or some shit. Fuck Ripken anyway, overrated sack of trash. Anyone who wants to play "The Ripken Way" should be publicly executed very, very slowly. God damn that bleach blonde, stocky, stubbly, Abercrombie asshole and his stupid city.

I seriously hope that stupid cunt-bag fuck died tonight. Nothing would make me happier than to hear that on the news tomorrow.

And oh yeah why hasn't someone assassinated Brian Roberts in his stupid ugly face yet?