The Kansas City Royals are going to the World Series. The last time the Kansas City Royals were in the World Series (or, mind you, the playoffs) was in 1985. They won, beating the St. Louis Cardinals, who are now…
Tag: Let’s Go M’s
Game 162
Eight days ago, my girlfriend and I traveled to Houston, Texas to watch two baseball games between the Seattle Mariners and the Houston Astros. You can scroll down and read the last two posts on this blog for some context…
The Trouble with Memory
Yesterday, I told a story here about the 2001 ALCS and the shadow it’s cast over the next 13 years of my Mariner fandom. There’s just one problem with the story. It wasn’t entirely true. It was true as I…
Diary of a Mariners Fan, Circa September 2014
I wear a Mariners jacket frequently in the cold cold poker rooms I’ve been trying to turn into my office of late. Sometimes I wear a matching hat that attests to my fandom. When I was nearing the money-bubble of…
For the Love of the Game
I like competing. I like games. I like situations that produce winners and losers with high regularity. I like this stuff a lot. But why? After I posted about my first-ever tournament win of a large poker tournament on Facebook…
Baseball and Society
There are days that I don’t know what this blog is supposed to be about. That’s okay. Life is like that too. People have divergent interests and the odds that all those interests line up with any given reader’s interests…
Monday Fun Facts
1. I am in Kansas! 2. Kansas is not as flat as you think it is. 3. I am going to Manhattan, Kansas this evening, which I’m afraid will be very dull. It was really fun when I was there…
What Do You Expect?
Mariners’ record this year: 2-2 Mariners’ record this year with me watching: 0-2 Mariners’ record this year without me watching: 2-0 I might want to keep track of this over the course of a season, but it might be too…
It’s Wednesday
Truly random musings, because it’s that kind of day and I’m in that kind of mood: 1. Life is a lot better when one isn’t in chronic tooth pain. 2. I’m really wildly excited about our tournament, now just nine…
Thank You, Mr. Niehaus
Dave Niehaus died last night at the age of 75. Most of you probably don’t even know who he is, but the picture above might give you a running start. He was the man who single-handedly (or voicedly) convinced me…