I've tried for the last twenty minutes to think of a more wordy eloquent way of stating this idea but I've had trouble finding the proper words so let me just lay this out as simple as possible:

On May 8 Steve Zaukani played his heart out and lost to the LA Galaxy 4-0 in a result that prompted the SSFC front office to issue a refund to all season ticket holders. My request is this: In a show of support I ask for Seattle Sounders fans to make a coordinated effort and to redirect all of the refunded money that was credited back to their account towards Zak's favourite chairty: Kingdom Hope, which he founded. He also has strong connections to Nothing But Nets.

If somebody could help me here and provide me with a way where we SSFC fans can donate money towards this worthy cause under Steve's name it would be most appreciated. 

We are behind you Steve.

It's back!

Since that fat piece of shit left us hanging like a Benoit family reunion it's time that we put a new twist to it. I've tossed around ideas for a while and after some careful consideration I've decided to take a page out of Jeff's playbook and suggest that the collective members of Lookout Landing abstain from something until Miguel Olivo draws his first unintentional walk of 2011.

To give this some back story, Miguel Olivo has drawn just 125 bases on balls in over 3000 major league plate appearances. Last year his first walk came in his first at bat of the season. In 2009 it took till April 27. Who knows!

So join me in giving Griffey! a one fingered salute by honoring this continuous memorial to that asshole's futility and resolve. 

FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER I HAVE HATED THE CARDINALS.

I HATED THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO BEAT THE COWFUCKS IN THE FUCKING PLAYOFFS BACK IN 98 WHEN THE SEAHAWKS WERE STILL A JOKE.

I HATED THE LOVE FOR JAKE THE SNAKE.

I HATED THAT HE WAS SO TERRIBLE THAT THE CARDS SENT HIM TO DENVER ONLY TO HAVE HIM JOKE IN THE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND FORCED US TO FACE THE STEALERS.

I HATED HOW THE CARDS KNOCKED THE VIKINGS OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS IN 03 WITH THE HAIL MARY BECAUSE IT TOOK THE MEDIAS ATTENTION OFF THE SEAHAWKS CLINCHING A BERTH.

I HATED HOW EVERY FUCKING YEAR EVERY FUCKING ONE TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY THE NEXT GREAT THING IN THE WEST

I FUCKING HATE THE REMOVABLE ASSTRAY THAT THEY CALL HOMEFIELD.

I HATE JOHHNY DO GOOD KURT WARNER.

I HATE DOCKETT FOR BEING A CHEAP LITTLE BITCH WHO GETS AWAY WITH ELBOWING SOMEBODY THAT IS THREE TIMES THE MAN THAT HE EVER WILL BE, IN THE THROAT

I HATE MAX HALL'S UNDRAFTED TERRIBLE ASS THAT THINKS HE CAN GOD DAMN PRANCE LIKE A FUCKING  FAIRY FROM THE MOUNTIAN WEST TO THE NFL.

I HATE FRITZGERLADS FUCKING TAUNTING DREADLOCKS.

I HATE WISENHUNT FOR CALLING THE FUCKING END AROUND IN XL.

I HATE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE FUCKING ARIZONA CARDINALS.

BUT WHAT I HATE MOST IS HOW AFTER 2 YEARS OF BEING MILDLY  RELEVANT THEY THINK THEY OWN THIS FUCKING DIVISON.

THEY THINK THAT THEY CAN WALK INTO THE LOUDEST STADIUM IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS AND CAN WIN WITH EASE.

IT ENDS TODAY.

LETS SEE HOW AMERICAS DARLINGS LOOK WHEN THEY HAVE A BOOT FULL OF CANCER SHOVED UP THEIR GLORIFIED ASSHOLES.

SEA!

Alright people it's that time again! Figured that with season ending we could use a nice distraction from the boringness of the offseason and what better way to do that then starting back up our BMO leagues. The rules are pretty straight forward but if you have any questions feel free to ask in the threads!

Minor Points

• I don't really feel like having to deal with being a commissioner so if somebody else wants to do it then that would be just great. 
• Old users should be able to reclaim their old teams first, then returning users who wish to claim new teams get priority and then finally new users will be able to pick from the remaining scraps.
• The Rays are impossible to win with so don't pick them.
• We should probably get a separate forum going again.
• Yes this is horribly addicting. No you don't need to be able to spend hours a day in front of a computer to be good at it. I've built dynasties by micromanaging every little detail and I've built a dynasty while backpacking across Scandinavia with 15 minutes of internet access every 5 days.
• A season generally takes 7 days real time. The first season we will take it slow for the new players then crank it up to speed when people get the hang of it.
• There are a few know players from the last run through that create super glitchy stat lines that we will need to cut through.
• Seriously don't pick the Rays no matter how amazing you think that you or Evan Longoria are.
• Fake Baseball!
• It's Free!

As the hours tick down towards the first real kickoff of the 2010 season I caught myself in a weird place;I wasn't excited for the season to start. Now don't get me wrong, I can't wait to be in the 300 level of Qwest Field on Sunday screaming my ass off but for the first time in a long time I didn't find myself full of never ending hope and optimism that normally accompanies me in week 1.

Maybe it's because so many members of the best run in Seahawks history are gone now after they have been given away for what appears to be peanuts considering all the memories that they had given us. Maybe the toll of two terrible seasons had finally taken it's toll on me or maybe it's because with each passing day I opened up Field Gulls or Twitter with more fear of their next transaction. I'm not sure what exactly it was but all that I knew is that my usual early September swagger was missing.

As I tried to analyze my mood it struck me that the last time that I had felt this way about this team was September 2005. I remember driving to work that morning listening to kickoff against the Jags and thinking to myself how unexcited for the new season that I must have been considering that I didn't even bother to watch it on TV but at that point who could blame me after the previous 12 months.

Going into the the 2004 season we were the pick to represent the NFC in Super Bowl XXXIX but despite racing out to a 3 and 0 start and an 18 point lead at home against our biggest divsion rival we fell flat on our face. We lost the next two games too including a game where afterwards our coach that was supposed to be the master of selecting quarterbacks talked about dumbing down the offense for his hand picked man. Almost nobody on the team could hold onto the football and the only man that could ended up dropping the biggest pass of the entire season.

We headed into a offseason where Matthew Hasselbeck, Shaun Alexander and Walter Jones were all unrestricted free agents. The man that was brought to Seattle from Green Bay with promises of Super Bowls was almost forced out by Bob Whitsitt. Our front office was a mess. The man that was eventually brought in had a draft that was questioned by many of the top pundits and completely overhauled the defense with many unpopular decisions. These were just a small portion of the things that were the reason behind my dampened enthusiasm that September morning.

But then this happened

This isn't a post comparing the merits and talent between the 2005 team with the 2010 squad. I understand that team had a much more talented core that was anchored by numerous hall of fame caliber players. This is a post to say that in the NFL anything and everything can happen without any basis in logic. This is a post to say that just because we don't think this team can accomplish anything it doesn't mean they won't.

This is post to ask you to recognize that for all the warts the National Football League may have, the one thing that it has more than any other sport is parity and the fact that any team in any division has a legitimate chance of contending for the title in week one. 

This is a post that is asking you to take 25 minutes between now and when you settle down to watch the game on Sunday be it in your living room or at your local bar or in downtown Seattle with 67,000 of your closest friends to watch the video that I just included.

This is a post to remind you that hope doesn't need to be based in reality.

This is a post to remind you that our one job as fans is to give this team as much effort and desire as we hope that they show on the field.

This is a post to remind you that the Seahawks are going to win the Super Bowl this year. If they don't, I don't care because that's why they invented the future and my love for this team isn't going anywhere.

This is a post to remind you to get excited for this season. 

So it appears that last night we wore our retro uniforms and it prompted a discussion on the merits of each generation of Mariners jeresys. Now given that we are terrible and approaching on 20 years in the same setup, one could make an reasonably intelligent guess and assume that ownership might make some changes in order to sell some merchandise.

So how bout you all one up them and show us how you want them to look!

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This has been mentioned before in the Off Topics but I figured that I should give it a FanPost in order to give everybody a chance to join in on this.

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Thanks for everything Felix.

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You will always be my King.

Blue is the colour, football is the game
We're all together, and winning is our aim
So cheer us on through the sun and rain
'cause Chelsea, Chelsea is our name

Here at the Bridge whether rain or fine
We can shine all the time
Home or away, come and see us play
You're welcome any day

Blue is the colour, football is the game
We're all together, and winning is our aim
So cheer us on through the sun and rain
'cause Chelsea, Chelsea is our name

Come to the Shed and we'll welcome you
Wear your blue and see us through
Sing loud and clear until the game is done
Sing Chelsea everyone.

Blue is the colour, football is the game
We're all together, and winning is our aim
So cheer us on through the sun and rain
'cause Chelsea, Chelsea is our name

Blue is the colour, football is the game
We're all together, and winning is our aim
So cheer us on through the sun and rain
'cause Chelsea, Chelsea is our name

After multiple failed attempts, Ramirez and the Dodgers agreed to a two-year, $45 million deal on Tuesday.

...The outfielder is expected to travel to Los Angeles tonight. Ramirez would then report to the Dodgers' spring training camp in Ranch Camel.

Linktacular Voyage

Wikipedia Fact of the Day:

The 1951 Polish-Soviet territorial exchange or Polish-Soviet border adjustment treaty of 1951 was the largest in Polish history and one of the largest border adjustments in post-war European history. 480 km² were exchanged between the People's Republic of Poland and the Soviet Union.

The Soviet Union gave up a part of the Ukrainian SSR's Drohobytskyi Raion: the city of Ustrzyki Dolne and the villages of Czarna (Ukrainian: Чорна Chorna), Shevchenko (whose name was changed back to the Polish Lutowiska in 1957), Krościenko, Bandrów Narodowy, Bystre and Liskowate. All of that territory became part of the Krosno Voivodeship in 1975, and of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship on 1999-01-01.

 

Ding Dong! The Witch is dead. Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch!

Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead.

Wake up - sleepy head, rub your eyes, get out of bed.
Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead. She's gone where the goblins go,

Below - below - below. Yo-ho, let's open up and sing and ring the bells out.
Ding Dong' the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low.

Let them know
The Wicked Witch is dead!