Morrow wins. And, if I’m doing this correctly (trying to find out the minimum number of wins the Mariners need to avoid 100 losses) the Mariners magic number is at 8. Since we had a win from a youngster tonight, I’m reminded of another young Mariner pitcher: Bob Wolcott, who was famously thrown to the…
Month: September 2008
March to not being embarrassed (the explainer)
So as of right now, the Mariners have 23 games left and 15 possible losses before they reach 100 for the season. Which, would be embarrassing. What is more embarrassing is that from the middle of July until right now I’ve hardly paid attention to the Mariners, which if you’ve met me before this year,…
community organizer v. mayor
It might be a pretty good comment on the type of political blogs I am subscribed to, but the most numerous negative reactions to Palin’s speech so far on my feed reader was to this quote: I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a “community organizer,” except that you have actual responsibilities. Teacherrefpoet…
R. Scott’s “Romero cost the county $1.5 million” falls flat on its face
The Olympian follows up on R. Scott’s lead and has a pretty thorough, if not exciting, report: “I think Thurston County is in better shape now, after the revisions,” McCormick said. “They certainly got a plan that is more congruent with the GMA.” Turns out it was failed political leadership, and not a challenge from…