2022 Seattle Mariners - Page 9

monkeyman576 · 10-13-2022, 03:59 PM

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While I am on my soapbox, and I will cease and desist after this, I want to clarify some things for myself:

The fact that the 2017 Astr*s beat the Yankees in the ALCS, while ostensibly using their devices to cheat, is only part of my animosity.
They also cheated the game of baseball itself, which I love.
They did so in an arrogant and scot-free manner, either excusing themselves or not even bothering to try to do so.
Their arrogance continued in ensuing years; e.g., Altuve's "don't rip off my shirt" nonsense.

It will be quite a while before I forgive the Houston Astr*s, monkeyman. I am not as good a person as you are, apparently.

It’s kind of a joke that the announcers aren’t bringing the scandal up constantly. I was obviously being sarcastic.

Déjà Bru · 10-13-2022, 04:02 PM

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I was obviously being sarcastic.

I know, mm. Thanks. FWIW, I also have admiration for the Mariners, especially after having read that article that I posted in the previous page. So I am also rooting for them for that reason, too.

monkeyman576 · 10-13-2022, 05:07 PM

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I know, mm. Thanks. FWIW, I also have admiration for the Mariners, especially after having read that article that I posted in the previous page. So I am also rooting for them for that reason, too.

I don’t forgive the Yankees for beating us in 2001. Jk

Déjà Bru · 10-13-2022, 05:39 PM

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I don’t forgive the Yankees for beating us in 2001. Jk

Yeah, well, if by some bare chance it's M's-Yanks in the ALCS, all bets and gloves are off!

jumpSeat · 10-28-2022, 09:57 PM

Just wanted to tip my hat one last time to the M's for snapping their long playoff drought! It was a fun ride to watch and a great step for the future! Thank you and congratulations!

Mariner and Giants Fan · 10-28-2022, 10:35 PM

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Just wanted to tip my hat one last time to the M's for snapping their long playoff drought! It was a fun ride to watch and a great step for the future! Thank you and congratulations!

It was an enjoyable season and I am looking forward to next year for sure!

WestCoastGuy · 10-29-2022, 04:41 AM

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It was an enjoyable season and I am looking forward to next year for sure!

Mariner and Giants Fan, I'm a Mariners and Giants fan too. (I grew up in San Francisco but then went to college in the Seattle area.)

Mariner and Giants Fan · 10-29-2022, 10:47 AM

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Mariner and Giants Fan, I'm a Mariners and Giants fan too. (I grew up in San Francisco but then went to college in the Seattle area.)

I grew up on the east coast (Virginia to Baltimore to Atlanta to Florida and then to Seattle in 1975). However, my father and mother were from New York and though my dad was born and raised in Brooklyn he was a diehard Giants fan and despised the bums of Flatbush.
I have been a Giants fan since I was 10 in 1966. I became a Mariners fan sometime in the Griffey/Piniella era even though I started attending M's games in 1977. Yeah it took 12 to 15 years for it to finally stick, though it has been a burden but hey besides a 5 year run (2010-2014) rooting for the Giants hasn't been picnic either,

The plight of a sports fan eh?

WestCoastGuy · 10-29-2022, 01:16 PM

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I grew up on the east coast (Virginia to Baltimore to Atlanta to Florida and then to Seattle in 1975). However, my father and mother were from New York and though my dad was born and raised in Brooklyn he was a diehard Giants fan and despised the bums of Flatbush.
I have been a Giants fan since I was 10 in 1966. I became a Mariners fan sometime in the Griffey/Piniella era even though I started attending M's games in 1977. Yeah it took 12 to 15 years for it to finally stick, though it has been a burden but hey besides a 5 year run (2010-2014) rooting for the Giants hasn't been picnic either,

The plight of a sports fan eh?

Interesting background. Thanks for sharing.

My short story is that I was taken to an A's game in 1982, my first baseball game, really got into the Giants in 1985 but still liked the A's for a bit, then the 1989 World Series happened, and my interest in the A's went down a lot.

Then went to the Seattle area in the summer of 2000 - so, the 116-win team was my first full season as a Mariners fan - and have liked them too ever since, probably more so than the Giants now.

My first Mariners game was opening day in 2001, so I saw the first game and the first win of that 116-win season plus Ichiro's first game and first hit.

Mariner and Giants Fan · 10-29-2022, 08:10 PM

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Interesting background. Thanks for sharing.

My short story is that I was taken to an A's game in 1982, my first baseball game, really got into the Giants in 1985 but still liked the A's for a bit, then the 1989 World Series happened, and my interest in the A's went down a lot.

Then went to the Seattle area in the summer of 2000 - so, the 116-win team was my first full season as a Mariners fan - and have liked them too ever since, probably more so than the Giants now.

My first Mariners game was opening day in 2001, so I saw the first game and the first win of that 116-win season plus Ichiro's first game and first hit.

So you where there for that throw to 3rd base hmm?
I attended the first playoff game that year against the Indians when Moyer shut them down, I think 6-0 and every time a jet flew over Safeco Field everyone looked up (9-11 thing) but the crowd was so jazzed that season. Though it ended on a sour note.

WestCoastGuy · 10-29-2022, 08:26 PM

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So you where there for that throw to 3rd base hmm?

Not at that game, no. (That throw was in Oakland.) But I was listening live to the radio broadcast when it happened.

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I attended the first playoff game that year against the Indians when Moyer shut them down, I think 6-0 and every time a jet flew over Safeco Field everyone looked up (9-11 thing) but the crowd was so jazzed that season.

That's cool. Yeah, the atmospheres at games that season were unreal.

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Though it ended on a sour note.

That wasn't cool.

Still, as a season as a whole, it was truly a once-in-a-lifetime fan experience.

monkeyman576 · 10-30-2022, 12:55 PM

I'm very proud of the Mariners. They played against the (cheating) Astros toe to toe and even probably played better against them than the Yankees who have a much higher payroll. I'm looking forward to next season and seeing what the GM does to improve the team further. Personally I think we should make a play at Judge although it may not be the best baseball decision.

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jumpSeat All Star Reserve Join Date: Oct 2021 Posts: 862	Just wanted to tip my hat one last time to the M's for snapping their long playoff drought! It was a fun ride to watch and a great step for the future! Thank you and congratulations! __________________ FHM Fan Fiction: A Flying Skate Down Memory Lane

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monkeyman576 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 3,642	I'm very proud of the Mariners. They played against the (cheating) Astros toe to toe and even probably played better against them than the Yankees who have a much higher payroll. I'm looking forward to next season and seeing what the GM does to improve the team further. Personally I think we should make a play at Judge although it may not be the best baseball decision. Last edited by monkeyman576; 10-30-2022 at 01:23 PM.