Baseball Zombies and Other Happenings

Mariners are no longer rugged seafarers riding, conquering the high seas, currently they're a crew-- not unlike the undead of the Pirates of the Carribean movies--manning not some fearsome man'o'war, but a paddle-boat. They haven't won for two weeks and Saturday they commited the unpardonable sin of trading Jamie Moyer, a pitcher who has spent most his career with the M's, to the Phillies for two single-A pitchers. I feel helpless supporting a team that would make such a senseless--tasteless--trade like that. Mariner Housewife also is gloomy about the trade.

Premiership swung into motion on Saturday, with Arsenal finishing 1-1 against Aston Villa. Arsenal's goal came off a Theo Walcott pass to Gilberto Silva. Walcott, age 17, was on England's World Cup squad, but never saw a moment of action all the while. Now, he has shown himself in a game, and hopefully we will be able to see more action like this from him for this and upcoming seasons.

Walcott's place on the World Cup squad came at the expense of Jermain Dafoe, a star striker who was featured in Adidas ads during the cup, and Dafoe, not only is more established player than Walcott is also the star of Tottenham Hotspurs, the Gunners' arch-rival. Dafoe tore up the pitch in a recent friendly for England to show Eriksonn was an idiot for not bringing him along, and Theo showed him to be a wanker for not playing him.

Here is David Hirshery of Deadspin account of last weekend.