Hello Again

[SeattleCoug]

Hello everyone. I have been off here for many of reasons. Too many to count. I went through a bit of a dark stage last year and it made me withdrawn and bitter. Not just on here, but in real life. I couldn’t shake it so I gave up this site, facebook, and real life to a certain extent. Since returning to Washington after eight years away in Arizona, things for me have went downhill at a Mariners losing streak speed. I was let go at my job in Washington that I started after returning from AZ because I was over qualified for the position even though I was told months before and on the final day that I was the best they ever had at the position. They wanted me to take a higher position that wasn’t suited for me and that is what led to the end. That was in January 2017. Since then I have received one interview and zero job offers. Jobs that I am over qualified for (ironic huh considering that is why I lost me last job). I have never been let go of a job and I am 52. I have always, and I mean always, been promoted and/or have been awarded various awards. We just sold our house we bought in December 2016 that we shared with our daughter, son-in-law and grandson with another due at the end of the month. They went one direction, my wife went another, and I went yet a third direction. I know this isn’t a site for personal crying, but I wanted to explain my disappearance from here to those who may have wondered.


As far as the M’s go, they are exactly who I thought they would be with JD at the helm. Rebuild is just an excuse to be bad for 3 to 4 years before the questioning of why are we still bad come back up. It is a smart move for a bad GM who wants to keep his job a bit longer but it always eventually catches up to them and they get axed. The Paxton trade was a joke from the start. The headliner was a sub- 6’ SP who was overhyped. I bring up his height because in the last decade plus the only sub 6’ Sp worth a darn was Hampton the ex M. Take in the factor he was part of the Yankee hype machine, and disaster was written all over this one. You want a good comparison how the trade should have went just look at what the rays got last year in the Archer trade. Comparable pitchers with two different returns. Drastically different returns.


Then they trade defense for offense and become a joke in the field. They had 4 DH’s in the field at any given time. LOL!


Where will the starting pitching come from for 2020? 2021? It still isn’t here or down on the farm.


The only positive is we finally have a catching position that can hit. Of course no one knows where they will be in 2020 or 2021 so does it really matter?


Haniger…oh ya I remember him. He was good once wasn’t he? I guess his shot to the nut sack is kind of what all us M’s fans have felt for the last decade or more for some of us.


Well no promises I will stick around, but I hope you all on here take time to enjoy life outside of this spectacle we call mariners baseball. #TrueToBeingBlue

I had noticed your absence and glad to see a post from you. Life is life and this team aint worth it. Glad you are ok relatively speaking and hope things right themselves. This team will always be here for comic relief if anything

 

[NWinAZ]

Eh, it’s been better when you weren’t here lol

They say there is a lot of truth in humor...

 

[CaptainStubing]

damn. i thought maybe this was a neil diamond thread.

 

[unlvmariners]

Hello everyone. I have been off here for many of reasons. Too many to count. I went through a bit of a dark stage last year and it made me withdrawn and bitter. Not just on here, but in real life. I couldn’t shake it so I gave up this site, facebook, and real life to a certain extent. Since returning to Washington after eight years away in Arizona, things for me have went downhill at a Mariners losing streak speed. I was let go at my job in Washington that I started after returning from AZ because I was over qualified for the position even though I was told months before and on the final day that I was the best they ever had at the position. They wanted me to take a higher position that wasn’t suited for me and that is what led to the end. That was in January 2017. Since then I have received one interview and zero job offers. Jobs that I am over qualified for (ironic huh considering that is why I lost me last job). I have never been let go of a job and I am 52. I have always, and I mean always, been promoted and/or have been awarded various awards. We just sold our house we bought in December 2016 that we shared with our daughter, son-in-law and grandson with another due at the end of the month. They went one direction, my wife went another, and I went yet a third direction. I know this isn’t a site for personal crying, but I wanted to explain my disappearance from here to those who may have wondered.


As far as the M’s go, they are exactly who I thought they would be with JD at the helm. Rebuild is just an excuse to be bad for 3 to 4 years before the questioning of why are we still bad come back up. It is a smart move for a bad GM who wants to keep his job a bit longer but it always eventually catches up to them and they get axed. The Paxton trade was a joke from the start. The headliner was a sub- 6’ SP who was overhyped. I bring up his height because in the last decade plus the only sub 6’ Sp worth a darn was Hampton the ex M. Take in the factor he was part of the Yankee hype machine, and disaster was written all over this one. You want a good comparison how the trade should have went just look at what the rays got last year in the Archer trade. Comparable pitchers with two different returns. Drastically different returns.


Then they trade defense for offense and become a joke in the field. They had 4 DH’s in the field at any given time. LOL!


Where will the starting pitching come from for 2020? 2021? It still isn’t here or down on the farm.


The only positive is we finally have a catching position that can hit. Of course no one knows where they will be in 2020 or 2021 so does it really matter?


Haniger…oh ya I remember him. He was good once wasn’t he? I guess his shot to the nut sack is kind of what all us M’s fans have felt for the last decade or more for some of us.


Well no promises I will stick around, but I hope you all on here take time to enjoy life outside of this spectacle we call mariners baseball. #TrueToBeingBlue

Bro! Great to see you back! So sorry to hear about the tough times. You deserve greatness man. Sending you all my best wishes and goodluck! We go way back on these boards.

I know i haven't been around here much either lately but when i am its always great to see you around!

 

[NWinAZ]

Bro! Great to see you back! So sorry to hear about the tough times. You deserve greatness man. Sending you all my best wishes and goodluck! We go way back on these boards.

I know i haven't been around here much either lately but when i am its always great to see you around!

Hey Budd! It has been way too long. I hope things are going well with you. How about those Mariners...lol...just kidding. Thanks for saying hello and hopefully we will have more to talk about at the trade deadline...oh ya we already gave away those pieces.

 

[NWinAZ]

Since selling our house last week, I have gone w/o TV so today I broke out the Xbox 360 that I forgot I even had and played me some MLB Baseball 2K7. I was pretty good at the original Nintendo sports games but I suck at these. Too many buttons to worry about. I still have Madden 2008 sealed.

 

[NWinAZ]

And just another life update, my daughter who will be delivering our second grandson this Friday told me today that she and her family plan on moving back to AZ next month. I can't blame them, but the near 5 year old is my life and my best buddy. Like I posted on Facebook a couple weeks back before I even knew this; God don't want me and the Devil ain't done with me.

 

[seahawksfan234]

Since selling our house last week, I have gone w/o TV so today I broke out the Xbox 360 that I forgot I even had and played me some MLB Baseball 2K7. I was pretty good at the original Nintendo sports games but I suck at these. Too many buttons to worry about. I still have Madden 2008 sealed.

Having grown up playing (probably too much) video games I never had any issue with that stuff. Despite not playing Madden much anymore, I'm still surprisingly really good. I spent countless hours playing in high school and at one point on one of the Madden games I was ranked top 100 on Xbox Live. In my frat I organized a drinking Madden tournament with a $20 buy in - take a shot for every turnover and whenever the other person scores a touchdown - and nobody knew how good I was before entering and ended up winning like $400 from that. Covered my booze budget for a few weeks lol.

 

[seahawksfan234]

And just another life update, my daughter who will be delivering our second grandson this Friday told me today that she and her family plan on moving back to AZ next month. I can't blame them, but the near 5 year old is my life and my best buddy. Like I posted on Facebook a couple weeks back before I even knew this; God don't want me and the Devil ain't done with me.

Congrats to you and your daughter. My mom is still very impatiently waiting for grandchildren from my sister and I.

 

[PolarVortex]

Congrats to you and your daughter. My mom is still very impatiently waiting for grandchildren from my sister and I.

Wait, you are trying to conceive with your sister???? Are you from Arkansas?

 

[wazzu31]

Congrats to you and your daughter. My mom is still very impatiently waiting for grandchildren from my sister and I.

I’m glad I made the decision not to go to UW if that is what they taught you.

 

[seahawksfan234]

I’m glad I made the decision not to go to UW if that is what they taught you.

I'll remember this on Friday, November 29.

 

[seahawksfan234]

Wait, you are trying to conceive with your sister???? Are you from Arkansas?

No, that's disgusting. I'm from Renton, we only conceive with our cousins.

 

[PolarVortex]

No, that's disgusting. I'm from Renton, we only conceive with our cousins.

I hope you carry a gun when you go to Southcenter. We used to live in Fairwood before the kidlettes came along. Almost pulled the trigger on buying a lot on Lake Desire.

 

[seahawksfan234]

I hope you carry a gun when you go to Southcenter. We used to live in Fairwood before the kidlettes came along. Almost pulled the trigger on buying a lot on Lake Desire.

No fucking kidding?

I moved around a lot but I bounced between the highlands and Fairwood for most of my childhood. I went to Maplewood Heights elementary, Tiffany Park elementary, Renton Christian School for Middle School (no way my parents would let me go to Nelson or Lindbergh) and then went to Kentridge HS and Liberty HS.

 

[PolarVortex]

No fucking kidding?

I moved around a lot but I bounced between the highlands and Fairwood for most of my childhood. I went to Maplewood Heights elementary, Tiffany Park elementary, Renton Christian School for Middle School (no way my parents would let me go to Nelson or Lindbergh) and then went to Kentridge HS and Liberty HS.

We moved to Fairwood after I graduated from Eastern. We lived about a year in an apartment complex just east of 140th street on Petrovisky. I think the place is called The Carriages or something like that. When Lisa got pregs we decided to move out to Enumclaw. Didn't want to raise are kids with all those damn UW liberals.

But I'm not from here. I went to elementary, junior high and senior high in Austin, Texas.

 

[seahawksfan234]

We moved to Fairwood after I graduated from Eastern. We lived about a year in an apartment complex just east of 140th street on Petrovisky. I think the place is called The Carriages or something like that. When Lisa got pregs we decided to move out to Enumclaw. Didn't want to raise are kids with all those damn UW liberals.

But I'm not from here. I went to elementary, junior high and senior high in Austin, Texas.

Small world. That apartment complex is where my father lived at after my parents split.

 

[wazzu31]

I'll remember this on Friday, November 29.

I don’t know man, I think I’d rather lose a football game that have professors encourage banging family members. You can do both in the SEC but out west I would just rather lose.

 

[seahawksfan234]

I don’t know man, I think I’d rather lose a football game that have professors encourage banging family members. You can do both in the SEC but out west I would just rather lose.

C'mon Wazzu...

You know that at UW the professors don't encourage or condone banging family members. They encourage banging members of the same sex. This is Seattle, not Alabama.

 

[NWinAZ]

Grandson number two born last night. Paxton Miller...and yes I named him. My luck he will have a golden left arm, but can't pitch more than 162 innings.