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d'ohNow Playing: Say it Ain't so - Weerez
So I haven't updated in awhile, and some of you (um, caleb) are getting restless. So I guess I will talk about the new school year and the goings on. So I moved into a new place. The lovely villa bonita apartments. And my new roomie is Brady. I think Brady will be an awesome room mate. And he brings Assley Overman over, so that is always a nice bonus. To compliment our bachelor pad I bought a 44" Plasma Tv. Which I think we will waste plenty of time playing Madden and NCAA Football '05. Which is fine with me. I have a bathroom in my room. Which is nice and really creepy at the same time. It is an odd feeling waking up in the morning to evacuate fluids and realizing that you only had to take like 2 steps to get there. I dunno, maybe that is a good thing. So my first day of school had many expected and unexpected happenings. I think my Psych 101 class will kick ass. Mike Mana is a crazy canuck. Which should make class interesting eh? Being an IA will also be great. No, I won't torment poor freshman or abuse my power and make them do my bidding. And I won't hit on any of them, which is actually a rule in the handbook oddly enough. I sat in on two spanish classes. I sat in the corner, on the floor for two hours. Good times were had. Then I went to the book store where I saw Jeffrey. He looked lost/confused/bewildered as usual just staring off at some random point while he was standing at the top of the stairs. I said hello, and he just jumped up and walked away doing his jeffreyisms. It was a glorious day. So now for the ranting. So I was watching the Mariners game the other night. Yes I watched a mariners game. Trust me people, it is NOT that bad. Try being a Lions fan or a Tigers fan. I hate fairweather fans. Pick a team, stick with them, and be a fan. Anyways so watching the game I realized how utterly bad the mariners management is. And Ichiro rocks. So Pat Gillick. Stand Pat as he is called. I hate this guy. I know he is stepping down yadayadayada. But he built this team. What a fuckup. Yes we had success. But aren't you supposed to maintain that? Not become the third team in history to go from 90 wins one year to 100 losses the next. When we were having success we still lacked a potent offense. So what do we do? Go out and get Javy Lopez, or gary Sheffield or Pudge Rodriguez? Nah, lets get Rich Aurillia and Scott Spiezio. Who are decent situational players. Oh, how about getting a stud pitcher, Colon, and a damn good outfielder, Vlad Guerrero? Nah, lets let them go to a DIVISION RIVAL (anaheim). WHAT THE HELL? That is like the dumbest most boneheaded thing you can do. NEVER let a great player go to a rival without a fight. Look how the yankees stole arod away from boston. Atleast Steinbrenner gets it. Build a winner, keep winning, pay to do it. He makes millions because the yankees are always good. Do the mariners do this? No. Lets keep Bret Boone so he can swing from his ass and look like a complete idiot at the plate while he hits .260. I admire keeping Edgar because he is a legend. But why treat Olerud with such disrespect? We have not developed ANY starting position players from our farm system in so long. Guillen came from the astros in the Randy Johnson trade so he doesn't count. Neither does bucky jacobsen. Its been ten years since payrod came up. Almost ten years. Look at all the former mariners. Randy Johnson (to astros for Halama, Garcia and Guillen). Griffey (to reds for brett tomko and assorted crap). Payrod to Rangers for big paycheck and eternal assholishness. Jose Cruz Jr. to blue jays for Mike Timlin and PAUL SPOLJERIC. Or just look at the Red Sox. David Ortiz, former mariner minor leaguer, Jason Veritek and Derek Lowe were traded for HEATHCLIFF SLOCUMB. Remember that guy? Part of the terrible bullpen of the 90's. Anyways. It is time we start spending money on good free agents. Look at the tigers, they are promising to go after every big name guy they can. It is about damn time. All I want is for the mariners to do well. Go Ichiro Go. Singles alone won't win a ballgame without someone to hit some more and a pitcher to shut the other team down. On a completely unrelated note, here is a picture of my dog and cat sharing an apple. Enjoy!
