SB Nation User Blog: GameFish

Chum Bucket

GameFish — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:10:41 -0000

Welcome to tonight's special holiday edition Chum Bucket, where comments are both allowed and encouraged. (I promise.) Hopefully you've enjoyed a day off, but if you happen to be one of the unlucky who had to work, please take solace in the fact that it quite literally rained on our parade today. Feel better? Oh well. I tried.

Without further delay, go ahead and make yourself at home here, and feel free to attempt to engage the masses in some sort of conversation. As for me, The Fish fan/soldier in my life returned from boot camp today, and like the good sister that I am, I'm pulling out all the stops and taking him out to one of the myriad restaurants offering free meals to vets. Because I care. We'll be eatin' good (and cheap) in the neighborhood tonight.

Happy Veterans Day to all! Especially those Fish fans who have served or are serving. Many thanks. (And yes, if you are a Phillies or Mets fan, we are around 4% less grateful for your sacrifice. Sorry.)

Chum Bucket

GameFish — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:57:36 -0000

Welcome to the Monday Bucket O' Chum, where any and every topic of off-season conversation is fair game. (Well, um, any and every topic that won't get you blocked permanently from FishStripes, that is. Family site and what have you).

If the Buckeyes and their brilliant victory over Penn State Saturday are at the forefront of your mind, by all means, get the conversation started. If you want to vent about your crappy Monday, discuss foreign policy or health care reform, we're all ears... Well, we're maybe not all ears, but we're at least a small percentage ears.

If all else fails, you could even resort to discussing the Marlins. That tends to be a favorite topic around these parts, for some odd reason.

Marlins Crap

GameFish — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:03:40 -0000

It’s fitting that my very first post to FishStripes is "Marlins Crap," seeing as this is just the sort of statistic-laden, in-depth baseball coverage you can expect to see from me on a regular basis. (I’m excited, too.)

Marlins Luggage Spotter

Just in time for holiday shopping, TAG EXPRESS has come up with the perfect stocking stuffer for traveling Fish fans who have ever experienced the annoyance of trying to spot a piece of luggage on a crowded conveyor in baggage claim... or of finding their bag on the ground in a secluded corner of the airport about an hour after the conveyor empties because some nitwit removed it, thinking it was theirs, and then neglected to put it back once they rooted through its contents and realized their mistake. (Not that this has ever happened to me personally. We’re just speaking hypothetically here.)

For just $18.99 + shipping, all your traveling woes can be solved with the rugged, durable, MLB-approved Marlins Luggage Spotter. This set of two handle grips is cushioned, fits almost any suitcase handle or shoulder strap, and—most importantly—represents your favorite MLB team. Considering a recent study which found that approximately 99.87% of all luggage is exactly the same color, shape and size, this new product is a godsend for Fish fans who regularly struggle to identify checked baggage. Of course, there is the small problem of the Marlins Luggage Spotters being almost entirely black. You may need to be standing less than a centimeter away from your luggage to actually be able to pick out the Fish logo, but I guess RICO Industries has decided to agree with Jeff Loria’s insane idea that "teal is a color for the 90’s."

Considering the present economy, if you prefer to be a frugal fan, you can spend about 50 cents on a foot of teal ribbon from Wal Mart and tie it to the handle of your suitcase. It’s cheap, convenient, and rebels nicely against Loria's decision to eliminate any trace of history from our team’s logo and uniform. Less crappy Marlins Crap, if you will.

Those familiar with my baseball coverage know that I'm all about the numbers, unfortunately my charts and graphs which properly explain ribbon’s VORLS (value over replacement luggage spotter) wouldn’t upload.