Seahawks Draft

There is a buzz in Seattle and around the league about the Seahawks draft. Hopefully it translates to a difference on the field, it can't get much worse then the last two seasons... so far this year is off to a good start. This excerpt from and article in Sports Illustrated pretty much sums it up.

"Seattle Seahawks
What I liked: Everything. Not many franchises in the history of the NFL have had better three-day periods than the Seahawks did, when everything seemed to go perfectly and fall just the way they wanted it to.

What I didn't: In praising the Seahawks for their selections, it must be noted that they were extremely fortunate that Russell Okung, Earl Thomas, Golden Tate, and Anthony McCoy all came to them in the manner in which they did.

Moving forward: This draft along with the trade pick-ups they got in LenDale White and Leon Washington get the Seahawks off to a great start in the Pete Carroll era, but only time will tell whether or not they can get enough production out of the quarterback position."

sonicsgate

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spring training '09

last weekend we headed down to peoria, az for some sunshine and mariners baseball. megan's cousin lives minutes away from the stadium. awesome.

the m's won both games that we saw, hitting the ball good. the first game against the giants. we paid six bucks and got outfield lawn seats. jd and i brought our gloves and played some catch before the game... megan asked us, "what is so fun about throwing a ball back and forth?" jd and i looked at each other, shrugged, and kept on throwing :) it was pretty chill sitting in the grass watching the game, but it was hot (89 degrees) and we got burned. so the next day we ponied up and got stadium seats in the shade on the first base side. it was a fun, low-key weekend. thanks jd and alaina for hookin us up.

tuba man

if you are a seattle sports fan, then you have at one sporting event or another crossed paths with seattle's iconic tuba man. his sudden and tragic death puts a stamp on this year in sports for the pacific northwest...
seattle times article

Toilet Bowl 2008

its been a tough year for washington sports. with the start of the nba season i had a hard time trying to pick out the players on the oklahoma city thunder... for those of you who dont recognize that name or know what the heck im talking about, no, that is not a wnba franchise... even though it sounds like one. no, that is in fact the new name of the once and former seattle suuuuuper sonics. sad i know. even sadder is the idea of now turning south on i-5 to the portland trailblazers to get my thug on. actually having b-roy on the squad helps a lot, but i think im going to check out those underachieving zags now that i am on this side of the mountains. a team who sleeps through a weak a** conference year after year and tanks the big hype in the big dance, year after year. but home games are like getting into lambeau field, your not getting in unless you know somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody.... so... yeah. im still working on a solution.

now where as the disappointing seasons from the mariners and hawks are tough to stomach, they are edged out by this years toilet bowl for 2008. im actually taking deep consideration about packing down for this record setting season... take a look. this is truly an historic event.