I am pretty damn pissed that the Mariners fired Bob Melvin, and think that Hargrove sucks. what do you think?. Would Melvin had done any worse?

John Levesque wrote more glowing praise for Willie Bloomquist yesterday, prompting me to wonder what kind of opiate/amphetamine/barbiturate he's on yet again. Keep in mind, this is the same man who fell ass-backwards into the Rick Neuheisel 49er interview by overhearing him on his cell phone in San Francisco. But you all already knew that.

For whatever reason (probably because of assbag journalists like Levesque), the Mariner fan base thinks that he's good enough to start every day at second. It is fact that Jose Lopez has similar stats to Willie-Ballgame and is a better overall player. For that proof, I'll direct you over to Lookout Landing here and here.

So why the fascination with Willie? It has to be the media that hypes him as the local-boy-made-good story, which all the Mariner soccer moms love. If this organization is going to have any long-term success (and I do think that it is possible), they need to bench Bloomie and give playing time to better baseball players.

If you want proof of other teams (who just happen to be successful) that have no problem letting go players if they're not performing, here you go:

• Bellhorn, Mark - 3 2004 Postseason home runs
  
• Embree, Alan - On the mound at the end of Game 7 of the ALCS.
  
• Garciaparra, Nomar - The face of the Boston Red Sox for nearly 10 years - 2 time batting champ
  
• Remlinger, Mike
  
• Lowe, Derek - The only player to win three series-clinching games in a single postseason
  

This is just a short list of Red Sox players that came to mind. I'll post more as I find more.

... I MEAN PACKERS, DAMN I'M CONFUSED NOW. Allegience to teams should not mix with careers.


- Seahawk Sean

Finally, somebody said it.

From now on, anyone who wants to comment to the posts on this blog can do it. I know most of you share the blog with friends and coworkers and I didn't want to shut them out. So the remody to problem was to allow all to comments with a word match. This should keep comment spam out and regular comments in. We'll see if it works, I may switch it back if it gets crazy. Also, if anyone would like to join in as a contributer, you can be added if you meet two or more of these basic requirements:

1. Any Alpha Delta Pi Kappa Phi between the the classes of Nu and Rho.
2. You know at least five (5) current contributers' personally (at the very least last names and phone #'s).
3. You are a male over 25.
4. You have read all the posts in the last two months.
5. You have made at least 10 good comments (that others reply to) to blog in a three week period.

I came across this articlethis afternoon and thought some of you would think it was pretty cool as well.

hi guys.

even the ringmasters of the French media circus know the difference between a bear on a mini-bicycle (McCaskey) and the athletes on the Tour (Armstrong, among other Americans)... by the way, your HIV tests don't count as the last time you were tested for a leisure activity. Come'on. Besides, isn't hating on a guy (Lance) that likes to navel-gaze like the pot calling the kettle black. If we can't admit that we are terrible, then what do we have?

Blair, you won't regret inviting me view and post on this blog.

Seanos, hey buddy.

Prew, dude.

Colbs, thanks for the call last week.

Phipps, miss you hot stuff.

Who else is out here?

Black stuff?

Scooter?

Cheers.

I missed it. Did Lance finally admit cheating?

Ryan Franklin is sucking again.

Let's not let this be forgotten in all the debate.

Lance Armstrong has once again been accused of doping. This time, it's from dated samples from the 1999 Tour. The evidence seems credible and flawed at the same time. What do you think about it?

From yesterday, regarding Venezulean President Hugo Chavez -

“You know, I don’t know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we’re trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it. It’s a whole lot cheaper than starting a war… We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability. We don’t need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator. It’s a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with.”

-Pat Robertson

Yeah, that's the answer.

From the 1992 GOP Convention,

"Feminism encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesibans."

I hope this isn't the voice of Christian America.

Go see The 40-Year-Old Virgin. It's hilarious.

In other news, do not go see Supercross: The Movie.

The cheesey synopsis, taken from their own website:

"Supercross" tells the story of two brothers, KC and Trip Carlyle, who, after the mysterious death of their father, are spurred on to overcome a series of emotional and physical obstacles to achieve success in the high octane world of Supercross motorcycle racing.

The synopsis goes on, but I thought about how taking a shit would be more enjoyable than watching this movie and I forgot to read it after I got out of the bathroom.

I know that you're all probably still drunk from taking Paulson out from last night, but the Mariners have released Scott Spiezio. That makes the entire 2004 infield (Spiezio, Aurillia, Olerud and Boone) as either DFA'ed or flat-out released. A complete and utter failure by Pat Gillick.

Fortunately, here at Bendermenz® Labs, I was able to obtain an exclusive photo of Scott Spiezio during Spring Training which may have been a harbinger of his future performance this season...



Update: What a pussy - First of all, to get a tattoo of a woman is bad enough, but he's not even married to this chick!

Hey everyone, I am taking the day off! I am still really wasted from last night. Power tools and me, right now, not a good combination. Give me a call if you want to join in!

Happy Birthday, Scooter! You're in trouble tonight!

Things got really crazy when Colby and Trudeau left to go to the store. How much green did we have that night?














It took Colby a little while to realize that this picture was hanging on our fridge at home. It's hard to tell, but we are holding a portrait of a very nicely dressed Cockrell family.

This is a gut wrenching image ...

A friend sent this photo of a horrible highway accident in Germany.

The picture may be kind of hard to take for some of you. If you look closely, you can see what appear to be survivors of the accident still in the wreckage.

Although the picture is graphic, it makes you realise how vulnerable our loved ones are and how quickly they can be taken from us ...

There. I finally said it.

Some of you may remember "Senor Ninja" and "Kickpants," two of the many funny videos that were shot when 2005 was inhabited by 5 crazy Pi Kapps, and one Mexican. If you have not seen those videos, I strongly urge you to rent them from your local Blockbuster, or have Scott or myself show them to you!!! Anyhow, I think the next day Paulson may have began shooting this series and it has just now surfaced on the "Internet"!! If you notice, Senor Paulson uses an alias, which is completely understandable given the Laws of Ninja.(??) Enjoy, and keep your eyes peeled for Senor Ninja, he may be right behind you!!!


http://www.big-boys.com/articles/urbanninja.html

Assuming that the Mariners can hold a 10-1 lead in the eighth inning, the Kansas City Royals will have lost 18 games in a row.

Think about that. The last time that the Royals won a game was July 27th.

Some statistics to think about:

Runs Scored: 501 (29th out of 30 teams)
Home Runs: 92 (28th, but only 1 from being 30th)
On Base Pct: .316 (30th)
Defensive Efficiency (percentage of balls in play turned into outs): .664 (last)

All of these add up to a truly awful, utterly unwatchable team that doesn't have a player that could bring them back to the promise land. The next time that you're sitting in Safeco Field, complaining that we haven't been in contention since 2003, think of what it would be like to be a Royals fan.

Update: Since I've been writing this post, there have been two fundamental plays (covering first base, throwing to home from the pitcher's mound) that have been Gamased by the Royals. A truly pathetic team.

Update #2: Scott Spiezio grounds into a double play. Spiezio needs to be taken out Joe-Pesci-in-Casino-Style.

Welcome Mr. Mike Lynch and Mr. Josh Almanza to the crew! Needless to say, hopefully your first posts go a little better than Sean's! The blog is a for everyone to keep in contact, share pictures and funny stories (serious stories are okay also, for instance Rob Kelley stories) about anything you'd like. It's our sound board and anything goes!

So Blair says that I need to contribute, so here ya go. I just can't relate cuz I'm married. My wife said I can't have friends like you anymore. But hey, this is cool, I am excited to write posts and get ridiculed back for what I write. Oh! That will get some comments too. Yeah, and I have to be careful as to what pictures I put up cuz they might be "gay". Oh yeah, comments will come because of the way I write cuz instead of because. I'm not a fast typer and so that makes it difficult for me to post something quickly. Plus, I don't spend a ton of time on the computer. So... let the negative comments pour in. It'll be even funnier when someone writes something is gay about my post and then they will be thought of as funny.
So glad to be a part of the gang. Let's start blogging!! Yeah!

So as some of you may or may not know, I'm going to be moving into a new place here in the next month to six weeks. Those of you who haven't been over here to hang out, you now have no excuse.

This is a double-edged sword, however, because it probably means that I'm going to have to have Rawlings over for Husky football and basketball games again this season... Shit.

Update: Ask and ye shall receive -

It's on ESPN so you all have already read it but here: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=schoenfield/050816&num=1

Quote of the article:

"Bret Boone woke up one night in April, discovered his bat speed was gone, and never found the Jason Giambi medicine in his locker."

So tonight's game against KC would normally draw maybe 25,000 fans. Now that the rest of Seattle (read soccer moms) has caught onto the King Felix bandwagon what do we expect? I am placing the over/under at 38,000. Gentlemen place your bets.

Pretty amazing regardless, but what do ya'll think??

http://www.big-boys.com/articles/quarters.html

We need some answers, and if this is possible, we need this guy on a team of ours!!!

I was wondering if any of you had any websites you wanted to linked to this page? Colby suggested: lookout landing, uss mariner, baseball prospectus, mariner home page, mlb.com, espn.com/mlb/mariners, chrissnelling.com, redsox.com, mariners.com, fsnw.com/angiementing/davidsegui, and seattlepi.com/art theil/mariners.

We've got quite a colorfull assortment! We may not need many more suggestions, but if you do, let me know.

Here you go, Prewett. just what you requested.

What's the over/under?

He's quite the entrepreneur, really. He currently is the Webmaster of Pokerfacebook.com and Bumvertising.com.

Putting aside your feelings regarding Rogovy, how do you guys feel about the fact that he's going about soliciting the homeless to advertise his site?

Discuss.

Update: A KOMO radio story about Rogovy can be heard here.

I thought I had seen it all.... evidently not. As Ghayson and I were trying to find where the hell to find our bus last night the last beer was working its way through our systems. So we duck into this dive bar off 4th to take a leak.

Ok first off we walk in and memories of the old party room filled my mind with the smell and sticky floor. Then add in the motliest assortments of drunks Ive seen - all barely able to stand (at 9:30 mind you).

So JB walks into the bathroom and into the stall since some old asian dude is taking a leak at the urinal. The the asian dude, with wang in one hand turns and starts talking to me. Woah Man!

Even worse... he asks if I want to crossfire with him! A complete stranger in the dumpiest bar in Seattle standing there dick-in-hand asking if I want to step up, he doesn't mind he says, there is plenty of room. I think the creepiest thing was the damn smirk he had on his face when saying it, like he was going to go Loren Bobbit on me... Upon my turning down of his gracious offer he switched the topic to baseball, Colby where are you when we need you?

If that wasn't enough I managed to eat something last night that caused me to go Paulson all over my toilet after I woke up this morning. its been awhile since I've driven the porcelein bus...

Paulson did a little too much late night hulaing before he passed out with shit all over his face.



This picture is way too large.

Insta-poll #2: who is going to the game and do you all want to meet before the game? After?


Holla back!

Do you think we should allow others to view without permission? In my opinion, I think we should allow others to look at the site and make comments unless it gets crazy. Let me know.

So, apparently people outside our group have been looking at the site, specifically this girl. Her profile sends you to this page, which some of you might find useful. Happy Browsing!

G's up, ho's down while you muthafuckers bounce to this!

Too bad this is the only moment, this summer, Jeremy has smiled.

I have some news about a big time slugger that the Mariners need to take a look at.
http://www.aboutstreit.com/crunchtime.htm

Not to mention he hits with power (he leads his team in home runs and extra base hits).

For all of you slack-asses who don't know, Felix Hernandez is going to make his Safeco Field debut on Tuesday.

Not only are tickets still available due to the M's fanbase being a bunch of dipshits, Field, View Reserved and Terrace Club tickets are also available at a discount. The password is "Raul"

Not only should all you burnouts buy tickets to the game, but you should be in your seats (ie not in the beer garden), and wearing your new "#59 Hernandez" authentic home jersey.

PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- A man who got angry with his wife because she wanted to cuddle after sex when what he really wanted to do was watch sports on television was sentenced to death for killing her with a claw hammer.

Christopher Offord, 30, was sentenced Wednesday by Circuit Judge Dedee Costello, who said the brutality of the crime outweighed any mental problems Offord may have had.

"The defendant struck his wife approximately 70 individual blows after spending a happy interlude with her," the judge said. "Her desire to cuddle after sex does not justify the extremely violent, brutal response of the defendant."

The future is today for the Seattle Mariners. Felix Hernandez starts against the Detroit Tigers toady at 10:05 Pacific time. Not only do I think that Felix will be the Mariners best starting pitcher immediately, I think that it could be possible that he's the best pitcher that the Mariners have ever had. This includes Randy Johnson, Mark Langston and any other Mariner pitching prospect that has had a bunch of talent but no work ethic (Ryan Anderson).

Anyway, get yourself over to MLB.com to buy your TV for today's game, since its not on regular TV. You're not going to regret it.

Okay so I am now home from vacation (a whole month!) and decided I should post a top ten list to sum up my latest Hallock adventure. In true Leterman style I'll start at number 10 (Prewett pay attention for future posts)
10. Polish Chicks are very hot!
9. Washing your passport is not a good idea.
8. Putting alcohol in your hookah is the greatest idea since making Caley sterile
7. When getting arrested in a foriegn country never hand over your passport, but do insist on speaking to the embassy
6. Alitalia makes Southwest seem like the Con-cord-uh
5. Contrary to popular opinion the best Kebabs are in Krakow not Turkey
4. Secluded Turkish beaches with topless Turkish chicks rock!
3. Sitting with your (fully covered) sister greatly diminishes the coolness of topless beach
2. Traveling with your parents allows visa card to cool off
and the number one lesson learned from trip is...
When walking across the border back to hell, I mean Ukraine, make sure you pick a cab that has a working clutch or you'll be straned and forced to hitch hike in the middle of fucking nowhere at 2 am!

I'll have to post some pictures later but then why move on when we can live in the past.

It just seemed weird to me that his ERA went from 4.90 last year to 4.61 through the 1st half of this year. That's a big jump down. I guess we know why now.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2122665

I think we've all seen this before, but this is more appropriate.

When you have successfully transformed then you can check out http://www.realultimatepower.net/

Aaron Sele has been released...there is a God in heaven! Jorge Campillo from AAA Tacoma has been recalled.
Seattle Times story

I think that the picture is self explanatory. These were all over Hamburg and the Germans LOVED them....