Mariners 4 years later...

So anyone (all 4 of you) that has read this blog previously knows how slanted it was towards Seattle Mariners news. Looking back on the old posts was, not sentimental seeing as how angry and sad the posts were, but was still fun to look back on. The GM who's name has become synonymous with terrible decisions, Bill Bavasi, was doing his best to save his job and torpedo the franchise at the same time (kind of ironic really). My man crush posts on Adam Jones look even sadder now as he plays for Baltimore, along with Chris Tillman, who doesn't look like as bad a loss as it did at the time. (5.55 era, 5.30 FIP, 4.98 xFIP career). Thankfully, Bavasi is gone, but his stench of suck continues to plague the Mariners. He left an old, incredibly bad baseball team, along with stripping the cupboard (re: Minors) of anything resembling talent. He was an unmitigated disaster that set this team back a long time. Before we move on to better (relative) times, lets take one last look at some of Bill's Mariner "highlights":

• Scott Spezio, Rich Aurilla, Richie Sexson (although this kind of worked), Carl Everett (no dinosaurs in the bible lol), trading Randy Winn for Jesse Foppert, trading Carlos Guillen for Ramon Santiago (which lead us to 'need' Aurilla, shudder).
• The Bedard trade (self explanatory)

I would keep going but I think that's enough misery. Now the ship seems to be righting itself under the capable guidance of Jack Zduriencik. Such is the faith I had in Jack Z, I stupidly bet a friend that Jack would bring us a title in five years. Yes I'm aware how stupid that looks now. Yet my faith in the man is unwavering, as I still believe he is the right man to lead this team back to the "glory days" (re: 1995). Times have indeed changed for these Mariners, and despite the suck the team still puts on display, I am more optimistic of the direction these Mariners are headed.

Monday Night Raw

Once again, WWE and Monday Night Raw were back in San Antonio, live from the SBC Center. Your faithful correspondent was seated four rows behind Jerry 'The King' Lawler. Highlights of the night include:

• Kelly Kelly vs one of the Bella twins (both right)
• Did I mention how hot Kelly Kelly was? (#19 on Maxim Hot 100)
• Kharma, a monstrous black woman, laying out Divas.
• Pissing off every woman and child in the arena with "Cena Sucks!" chants.

Those are just a few of the highlights, as you saw everything I did if you watched the episode.... or did you? After Raw ended on USA, The Miz came back out and challenged Cena to fight right there. Credit to the Miz for fighting in his slacks, but sadly to the roar of the SBC Center, he lost to Cena. Oh well he's still awesome, especially for his sidekicks great joke ripping on the Spurs early playoff exit. Also, coming to San Antonio later in the year is a brand new PPV, tentatively titled "uprising." No details were given.

Triumphant return!

Hello all zero readers still with me, fear not I have returned! More pessimistic views on the Mariners (and seattle sports in general) and awesome links from a bored day spent surfing the web, plus some musings from my wise self sprinkled in. Aren't all of you so very lucky?