Passionate Tales of a Blue Kitten

So, one of the things in Mariners fandom is that the front office is so good at keeping secrets that you generally don't hear about trades until they happen AND, if you hear about something, there's a good chance it's really going to happen. The Pineda/Montero trade is an awesome example of it as very little time passed from the first hint until all the details were known. (As beth_shulman pointed out, it's REALLY amazing that word didn't leak on the New York side.)

( The Pineda/Montero timeline. )

Of course, an alternative interpretation is this trade is taking a really long time, as it still isn't official!

Marshall: Why ask a failed romance to come and watch your successful one? You know, it's like inviting the Seattle Mariners to a World Series game. It's just weird for everyone.

"Shelter Island," How I Met Your Mother

I'm so sad this still rings so true. Or rings true again, since last season wasn't bad. Today was the Mariners last game. And they lost. For the 101st time this season (they won 61). Their 100th loss was yesterday, so that was a great season.

It's the second worst record in MLB. They scored the least number of runs since the DH was introduced. And all kinds of other crazy similar stats that basically just say the Mariners are one of the most awful offensive teams ever.

On the bright side, Felix might really win the Cy Young and we have Ichiro. I used to love more players on the team, but now I'm thinking everyone over the age of 25 who's not Ichiro can just go away.

Also, the Padres lost and they were going to be my NL team. So now I'm lost. And I'm rooting for the Rays and the Rangers, but they're playing each other in the first round, so I'm not sure how that's going to work for me. I guess I can just cheer for every single play in those games?

Anyway. On that note.

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So. Yeah. Now I need to go figure out what to do with the Mariners offseason. I know I complained a lot (and thanks for putting up with me!), but I'm going to miss them.

KEN GRIFFEY JR HIT A HOME RUN! I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!

I WAS GOING TO PUT THIS IN REALLY BIG LETTERS, BUT I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT ABUSE LJ ETIQUIETTE! SO I'LL JUST EXPRESS MY EXCITEMENT IN CAPS!!!!!!!!!