Hit insert coin twice and play 2-player: Pac-man and Ms. Pac-Man!!! #pacman # Greatest meme ever. #YouGotIced RT @findlilyhere: don't ice me bro! aka my favorite new meme http://bit.ly/cU7gv4 # Senator Ben Nelson: "I've never used an ATM… I swipe to get my own gas, buy groceries. I know about
Continue readingOne-run games are killing the Mariners… or are they?
Seattle’s Tuesday night 10th inning, 1 run loss to Oakland was heartbreaking. It seems like these close losses keep happening, whether it’s the fault of the bullpen or the anemic offense. Typically, you can expect a team to split 1-run decisions. I wondered if Seattle has been the subject of
Continue readingSeattle’s shortcut to getting an NBA team back
There’s no quick remedy for getting an NBA team back in the state of Washington. Fans are angry infuriated, and need time to heal the deep wounds. There’s no stadium suitable for a successful franchise. There are no franchises that are immediately movable to the Seattle area. Clearly, this is
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Data overload from #socialmedia Check out @visible_tech CTO’s advise on harnessing social data in @infomgmt http://ow.ly/1LhOh #BI # First question failures on Millionaire: This would be my worst nightmare. http://bit.ly/dd78TS # Great post by SF's Catcher Bengie Molina on poor journalism by #ESPN and (implied) East Coast bias. http://bit.ly/cOFHU7 #
Continue readingNo wonder Griffey fell asleep
Check out the Mariners locker room. What a pad! I’d fall asleep there too. via: bleak.blogspot
Continue readingDetails on the Great Griffey Slumber
I wish the title of this post was “the Great Griffey LUMBER.” But that’s certainly not been the case this season. He’s batting .201, slugging .234, and has 0 HRs and 2 doubles. He belongs in AA (or better, retired). So what happened last week when Ken Griffey Jr. fell
Continue readingTea Parties and Thomas Paine
I recently read Made in America by Bill Bryson, which was a fantastic book about how the English language in the US has evolved. As a lover of US history, I relished Bryson’s inclusion of rich nuggets of trivia and minutiae that reminded me of AP American History class. One
Continue readingTwitter Weekly Updates for 2010-05-09
A radio show caller referred to the #Mariners as the worst team in the worst division. Yeah, that's about right. # Have an AT&T phone? Your service is actually getting worse. Nice chart. http://bit.ly/d0nmC9 # Attempted to buy watercress for a seared scallop salad. Accidentally bought "Urban Cress." Not the
Continue readingMariners win % and errors
Bill James’s “Pythagorean Expectation” for estimating baseball teams’ win percentages is one of my favorite sabermetrics. The formula is simple and powerful: It is also remarkably accurate. It would suggest a 42% win % for the Mariners so far this season, and they’re actually 11-14 (44%). Not bad. However, for
Continue readingBench Griffey
It’s May, we’re a month into the baseball season, and the great Ken Griffey Jr. experiment has failed. There are no bad dogs, but it’s time to move on and place Griffey squarely on the bench (or, frankly, release him). The plan was to have Griffey in a platoon at
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