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Matty Matt!

He did it!!!!

A Fool Thinks Himself to be Wise, But a Wise Fan Knows Himself to be a Fool.

That is a quote from Shakespeare, except I changed one word to make a funny joke.  I think it makes sense the way I did it and I have now improved upon Shakespear, so thats pretty cool.  I think it's important to understand as a fan or supporter of a team that you mostly are a fool.

As a fan you will spend time and money on your team that would likely be better used to improve yourself or surroundings.  You will idolize players who have came and gone, remember some of them but likely not the majority of them, you will essentially be cheering for clothes. You will respond with elation to victories and depression to defeats.  When defeated by large margins you will claim that it is unacceptable.  It is mostly unacceptable because your team should be great, your star players should be the best or at least better than this other team.  There is no logical reasoning to this, only the idea that my team is better because they represent me and me me, i'm good.

He Who Makes A Beast Out Of Himself Gets Rid Of The Pain Of Being A Fan

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This is a post about being a sports fan, so hopefully it will fun and really dumb both, because thats how I feel about being a sports fan. Lol look at those Timber Army people hehe.

Being a fan is fun.  The first thing that I ever loved was sports, as a kid, the majority of my free time was spent thinking about it or playing it in some capacity.  I would role play being on the Sonics, or US team in World Cup, it was important that I was playing for my favorite team.  Ok, that is the extent in which I will discuss my childhood in this post, I promise. So, being a fan is fun. It's the most fun when your team wins.  Sometimes it's a win over a tough opponent and the satisfaction of seeing your record as being the best or one of the best.  Other times it's winning when you shouldn't, upsetting the team that thinks they are so good that all they had to do was show up to win.  BUT IT'S NOT FUN TO LOSE.

I hope you are still reading this far, I am having major difficulties illustrating the point that I want to.

Identifying with a team that loses causes major problems for people.  Normally rational people act stupid, and those of us who are prone to irrational behavior will not have a logical thought for days.

You will rarely hear a fan explain a loss as "we aren't as good as the other team."  When you do hear this it is normally not a moment of clarity, but rather a masochistic episode that the person is having.  Instead what you get is one of these:

1. The other team has an unfair advantage of some sort/ cheats.

2. The referee sucked/ was paid off/ is hella gay.

 

3. Our player/players just don't care/ have no heart.

Sure, these things can and have happened, these have been significant factors in determining sporting outcomes.  Rarely.

Okthatsitfornowthanksforreadingok

Russel Wilson Young Fire Boy

Normal play.

After leading his team to a 16-12 victory over the Carolina Panthers by once again throwing more interceptions than touchdowns, Russel Wilson announced at the post-game press conference that he "uses it as fire".  This statement confused everyone in attendance until he clarified that critical response from his poor play is the thing that he uses as fire.  About 2 seconds later he then claimed "I ignore the noise all the time..." One time a friend of mine said that he saw a house on fire in his neighborhood.  He watched as firefighters came and then proceeded to do some things, none of which were putting out the fire.  There was one of those cool axes though.  That kind of reminds me of what Wilson said, except I'm not sure what it means...

1. The critics are fueling a fire that he is ignoring, so it's just kinda like a pilot light, which actually makes a lot of sense

 Or

2. He is being motivated by something that he is also completely ignoring.


Discuss...

Post-Season Reflections

Wow another great season from our very own mariners!
Let's see, lets why don't you join me in reliving some of those big moments?
First of all, the biggest event of the year was seeing that Carl Seger really ripping a grand slam
into the left field fence. His hands are really starting to fire up and It's a joy to see his enthusiasm at the plate.
I predict some majorpower from that quarter next season.
Second, an incredible pitching performance by Blake Beavan. Wow. He really started to look good toward
the end of the season and his curveable was realy starting to shape up and hit those corners.
Jesus Montera. 'nuff said.
And why not have a standing ovation for our grand skipper the wily old Wedge? He seemed to be quivering with delight every time they panned onto him with Root Sports tools.

Overall, it was a sight to see, those matiners.
We here ate Shane's Sports Blog are really excited for the next year!! It's going to be a real powerful season with the new fence situation and not to mention all the extra seats and fans they can draw with that imprroved space and extra room! Let's get those young players out there and stretching those legs a little and lets see some gutierez get out there if his stomach is better. Let's go Marinesr!

EDIT: I forgot to mention the biggest thing (LOL!) Ichiro's grand exit, we're really going to miss the ol' ranger of right field!!!

Mariner's Brand New Hope

It's almost baseball season, and I'm starting to get really excited for those Mariners.
This year, they're making some position changes in their line-up that I think is going to really set the ball rolling.

First, they are putting Ichiro into the 3rd spot. This will allow him to really stretch out that swing and try and poke one or two over that outfield fence. He is adopting a new batting stance style that should really get some more power into his push. Hopefully he's ripening with age like a good wine. His shoulders might be a little rusty after so many years in the outfield, but let's hope he's been training over the fall and eating a lot of protein bars and hummus to strengthen up those shoulders for the new season.

Seond, we're getting good ol' Chone Figgy into the lead off position. This is a great move to make, since that new dynamic in first position will make him feel right at home and allow him to open up at the plate. There's been plenty of cases where a player has started doing great after being moved into first position. SO I'm really hoping that choney will be able to make a big comeback this season like Lee Lacy for the 1972 dodgers or Paulo
Carnahan or Pumpsie Green  for the 1963 New York Mets.

I'm predicting IChiro to bat over .310 this season with at least 30 HR's, so I think we can all look forward to a great mariners season. Chone Figgins will bat above .295 with at least 15 doubles.

So let's look forward to a really great Maroner season this year!

Boston Red Sox (horrible) Uniforms 2013

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