What up world,
The city of Seattle and I have a love/hate relationship. On one hand, it's a beautiful city that is the home of my wonderful sister, her husband, and their friends. It's within driving distance of some great skiing, hiking, and camping. I enjoy Alki and West Seattle quite a bit. You can ride Orca's around Puget Sound, and delicious coffee comes out of their taps instead of water. In these ways, Seattle is a wonderful place to visit.
On the other hand, it is also the place that the Twins go to have their hopes and dreams crushed. Seattle welcomes all visitors with open arms, aside from baseball teams from Minnesota, whom are hammered into the ground and beaten repeatedly. Here is a recap from the weekend.
Friday - Twins 2, Seattle 1
It took extra innings, but the Twins managed to steal a win away. The Saint pitched well for the first time in a long time, allowing only one run in 6 innings. Scraptastic Matt Tolbert hit a line drive in the 10th that should have been caught, but resulted in the winning run crossing the plate. Unfortunately, the play resulted in an error, which doesn't help Tolbert's otherworldly .179 average.
Saturday - Twins 1, Seattle 2
Rob Nick Blackburn came to play on Saturday, pitching 7 innings and only giving up 1 run. The entire lineup, however, must have drank too much coffee on Friday night, and were mired in Sucktown during the game. Too much caffiene is bad for your game, guys. Having the shakes and gut rot while you are at the plate is not a recipe for success.
Sunday - Twins 2, Seattle 4
Kevin Slowey decided that he was sick of being awesome and gave up three home runs. The assbats continued to be prevalent for the Twins, especially with runners in scoring position, going 0 for 8 on Sunday. The team is now 7 and 18 on the road, and has 7 more games left in their current roadtrip. Things can only get better right?
After a full weekend of touring the sites of Seattle, going to Pikes Place Market, seeing the Starbucks headquarters, and drinking gallons of coffee and coffee related products, the Twins were simply exhausted when it came to actually playing the game. I understand that. Fortunately, they are headed to Oakland next. Oakland sucks. There are only whistle tips and Raider fans in Oakland.
I still have the faith, Twins. Stop making everything so painful.
-Sota
Showing posts with label Seattle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Seattle. Show all posts
Monday, June 8, 2009
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Seattle!!!!!
What up world,
How
can our bats be so assy? I have stayed up late two nights in a row, only to watch two games that we have given away late. Seattle!!! Why?? Why couldn't we follow the White Sox lead and destroy this team? Babies in the Twin Cities are furious with the performance of not only the bullpen, but also the Twins lineup. With Lexi back, and cutting ties with the wolfman, our offense was supposed to pick up a little right? Explain yourselves.
The only positive note that I can find in this series debacle is that Everyday Eddie is back in the mix. Hopefully we will have a little more depth in our bullpen and he will be more of this bellowing beast man,
then this grimmacing beast man for us.
Unfortunately the Twins gave up a pitching prospect for Eddie that was really intriguing to me. His name is Mark Hamburger, is from Minnesota, and was given a contract after having an open tryout with the team. He was doing pretty well in the minors, and may have a chance at the majors eventually. Here is the team photo.
Even more dissapointed than I that the team traded away the Hamburger is Randy Ruiz. Randy loves hamburgers as is evident in his 250 pound frame. When food is brought into the clubhouse, Randy is the first to find any and all hamburgers that are available. Many of his teammates have noticed this hamburger love and have nicknamed him The Hamburglar.
Randy had heard legend of this pitcher made of hamburgers in the minors. He was having dreams of this hamburger pitcher. Playing with him, celebrating victories, and eventually eating him as part of the postseason celebration.
When Randy heard of the news that the pitcher had been traded, he was devastated. Over the course of the day, this devastation turned to anger, which culminated in a booming homerun last night. I'm hoping that the rest of the team will see what the Hamburglar is like when he is angry and continue to steal his hamburgers. Otherwise, we can try and tip Officer Big Mac as to where the Hamburglar hangs out. I don't think that there would be anything that would anger him more.
Seriously boys, get rid of the ass-bats and salvage something out of this series.
-Sota
How
can our bats be so assy? I have stayed up late two nights in a row, only to watch two games that we have given away late. Seattle!!! Why?? Why couldn't we follow the White Sox lead and destroy this team? Babies in the Twin Cities are furious with the performance of not only the bullpen, but also the Twins lineup. With Lexi back, and cutting ties with the wolfman, our offense was supposed to pick up a little right? Explain yourselves.The only positive note that I can find in this series debacle is that Everyday Eddie is back in the mix. Hopefully we will have a little more depth in our bullpen and he will be more of this bellowing beast man,
then this grimmacing beast man for us.
Unfortunately the Twins gave up a pitching prospect for Eddie that was really intriguing to me. His name is Mark Hamburger, is from Minnesota, and was given a contract after having an open tryout with the team. He was doing pretty well in the minors, and may have a chance at the majors eventually. Here is the team photo.
Even more dissapointed than I that the team traded away the Hamburger is Randy Ruiz. Randy loves hamburgers as is evident in his 250 pound frame. When food is brought into the clubhouse, Randy is the first to find any and all hamburgers that are available. Many of his teammates have noticed this hamburger love and have nicknamed him The Hamburglar.
Randy had heard legend of this pitcher made of hamburgers in the minors. He was having dreams of this hamburger pitcher. Playing with him, celebrating victories, and eventually eating him as part of the postseason celebration.
When Randy heard of the news that the pitcher had been traded, he was devastated. Over the course of the day, this devastation turned to anger, which culminated in a booming homerun last night. I'm hoping that the rest of the team will see what the Hamburglar is like when he is angry and continue to steal his hamburgers. Otherwise, we can try and tip Officer Big Mac as to where the Hamburglar hangs out. I don't think that there would be anything that would anger him more.
Seriously boys, get rid of the ass-bats and salvage something out of this series.
-Sota
Thursday, August 7, 2008
The Emerald City
What up world,
I received an email from my older sister yesterday, criticizing my last post. She lives in Seattle, and objected to my use of the phrase, "miserable Seattle". I did not mean for the adjective "miserable" to be used in describing the city itself, but rather the season that the Mariners are having. They have the worst record in the American League and trail the Angels by 27 games in their division. 27 games? Awful. Yet they were still able to take two from my Twins this week in a series of gross defensive games.
There are so many other words that I would use to describe Seattle other than miserable. Beautiful, rainy, cold, unique, caffeinated, etc. I have actually been to Seattle several times throughout my life and have always enjoyed my experience there. But, in an effort to make it up to my sister and the city, I decided to learn a little bit more about the Jewel of the Northwest.
Seattle has been inhabited for over 4,000 years. The first European settlers, the Denny Party, arrived in 1851 at Alki point and the city has been partying ever since. The Denny
Party is also commonly credited for starting the Denny's restaurant chain on the west coast in the 1950's. Denny's restaurants are known for always being open and for their Grand Slam breakfasts. Raul Ibanez of the Mariners dined at a Denny's at 4 am on Monday morning, which led to a grand slam of his own Monday night as part of his ridiculous 6 RBI 7th inning. Damn you Denny Party.
Seattle's nickname is "The Emerald City". This moniker was given to the city through a contest in the mid 1980's. Prior to that, Seattle was known as "The Queen City", describing the large number of drag queens that reside there. Th
ere are several informal nicknames that are used for Seattle as well. These include "Gateway to Alaska", "Rain City", "Coffee Town", and "Jet City". The latter of these refers to the migration of a gang (The Jets) from west-side New York City to Seattle after feuding with a rival gang got out of control in the late 1950's.
Seat
tle is responsible for the "grunge" rock movement of the 1990's. The city gave us wonderful music from Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Mudhoney, Temple of the Dog, The Melvins among others. This caused my personal transformation from side-part, heavy hair-spraying, silk-shirt, and tigh
t-roll jeans to butt cut, long hair, flannels, and ripped jeans. F the system man! The popularity of the music led to serious over-exposure and eventual grunge fallout in the late 1990's and early 2000's. So while grunge gave us wonderful music for a while, it also led to 3 Doors Down, Creed, and Nickleback. Ughhhhhh, disgusting.
The city is home to many brands the are recognized worldwide, including Starbucks and Microsoft. According to a US Census Bureau study in 2004, Seattle is the most educated city in America, with 48.8 percent of people 25 years and older having a bachelor degree. It was the most literate city in the US for 2005 and 2006. However, things started looking a bit worse in 2007 when it placed second. The most literate city of that year? Minneapolis biatches. Suck it Seattle.
-Sota
I received an email from my older sister yesterday, criticizing my last post. She lives in Seattle, and objected to my use of the phrase, "miserable Seattle". I did not mean for the adjective "miserable" to be used in describing the city itself, but rather the season that the Mariners are having. They have the worst record in the American League and trail the Angels by 27 games in their division. 27 games? Awful. Yet they were still able to take two from my Twins this week in a series of gross defensive games.
There are so many other words that I would use to describe Seattle other than miserable. Beautiful, rainy, cold, unique, caffeinated, etc. I have actually been to Seattle several times throughout my life and have always enjoyed my experience there. But, in an effort to make it up to my sister and the city, I decided to learn a little bit more about the Jewel of the Northwest.Seattle has been inhabited for over 4,000 years. The first European settlers, the Denny Party, arrived in 1851 at Alki point and the city has been partying ever since. The Denny
Party is also commonly credited for starting the Denny's restaurant chain on the west coast in the 1950's. Denny's restaurants are known for always being open and for their Grand Slam breakfasts. Raul Ibanez of the Mariners dined at a Denny's at 4 am on Monday morning, which led to a grand slam of his own Monday night as part of his ridiculous 6 RBI 7th inning. Damn you Denny Party.Seattle's nickname is "The Emerald City". This moniker was given to the city through a contest in the mid 1980's. Prior to that, Seattle was known as "The Queen City", describing the large number of drag queens that reside there. Th
ere are several informal nicknames that are used for Seattle as well. These include "Gateway to Alaska", "Rain City", "Coffee Town", and "Jet City". The latter of these refers to the migration of a gang (The Jets) from west-side New York City to Seattle after feuding with a rival gang got out of control in the late 1950's.Seat
tle is responsible for the "grunge" rock movement of the 1990's. The city gave us wonderful music from Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Mudhoney, Temple of the Dog, The Melvins among others. This caused my personal transformation from side-part, heavy hair-spraying, silk-shirt, and tigh
t-roll jeans to butt cut, long hair, flannels, and ripped jeans. F the system man! The popularity of the music led to serious over-exposure and eventual grunge fallout in the late 1990's and early 2000's. So while grunge gave us wonderful music for a while, it also led to 3 Doors Down, Creed, and Nickleback. Ughhhhhh, disgusting.The city is home to many brands the are recognized worldwide, including Starbucks and Microsoft. According to a US Census Bureau study in 2004, Seattle is the most educated city in America, with 48.8 percent of people 25 years and older having a bachelor degree. It was the most literate city in the US for 2005 and 2006. However, things started looking a bit worse in 2007 when it placed second. The most literate city of that year? Minneapolis biatches. Suck it Seattle.
-Sota
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