I Saw It with My Own Eyes

First things First

Drat you Boston "fans," drat you to double hockey sticks, all ye who jump on the bandwagon!

Yeah, I rooted for em' in 2004 against the Yankees, I even rooted for them against the Cardinals in the World Series, even though I wore my Card's hat every day to school. But seriously, y'all who are still on the bandwagon or even just hoping on, need to get off. Now. The Sox are really no better than the Yanks, with mercenaries looking for bounty, and waiting for a shot to play for the Yanks, do you noobs really want that, 'cause you know, Yankees Suck! Of course none of you live in Boston and care about what the franchise means for the city, after all you're bunch of mercs yourself.

And don't go tramping around the Emerald city and Safeco field as if you were soliders in a freshly occupied land, 'cause you're the ones who are occupied.

Why is it, that out here in the Northwest, we can't get loyalty to our local teams. We're eco-topians with socialistic-esque ideals, but we root like capitalists who wave our arms wildly for the lastest hot stock (kinda like how Enron used to be). This land is our land, so aren't these teams our teams. Seahawks rule football, Mariners rule baseball loyalties, while Sonics and Blazers rule their respective cities. Actually, the Sonics' new owner wants them to move to Ok. City, and according to an ESPN.com writer, people on the tv are saying this move will turn The future Ok. City Sonics into a Green Bay Packers of Basketball. That title is already taken, it's the Blazers, now buzz off.

I say this because I watched the Mariner/RedSawx contest in a sea of red. Most M's fans are probably careless enough to wear the other team's colors. If they were fans from Boston I would in awe of their devotion, but no. These fans were twerps, minor-leaguers, fair weather fanswho don't know any better than to root for the most over-hyped teams.

It seems Mariner devotion is like watching Matlock, only for the old folks, unemployed and the homeschooled. I'm actually serious about the local elderly and their devotion to the M's. For my grandpa, they're like second cousins or something, plus he sees them playing everyday. I may see him once a week if I'm lucky, since I live on the other side of town. And watching someone like the kid Felix "The King" Hernandez pitch on Saturday, he feels pride for a kid getting his shot in life, and for another great player to wear the local colors.

I just remembered, I watched a game yesterday, and a fine game it was. M's won 5-2 thanks to poor Sox fielding, luck and Japan. Ichiro was 2 for 5 with 2 RBI's, and Kenji Johjima was 0 for 4 but set into motion a crucial play when the Sox shortstop miffed a ball that allowed the M's to take the lead. Another hero I have not mentioned was DH Eduardo Perez whom I don't know much about, but with his two RBI's late in the game quietly killed the Sox.

This was my second trip to Safeco field which is gem of a park with its wonderful architecture that gives the stadium an old timey field that doesn't have a bad seat in the house. I know this as I was in the right field upperdeck with only ten or so rows until the roof. I couldn't see the right fielders (I missed you, Ichi!), but when things were still you could hear the ball hit the catcher's mit.

Gosh, really I have a lot more to type about, but that can wait for later in this week.