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King Felix is fired up for Opening Day on Monday

DerekJohnsonDerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 60,065
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m.mariners.mlb.com/news/article/116062392/seattle-mariners-pitcher-felix-hernandez-happy-to-be-home-on-opening-day
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    TierbsHsotBoobsTierbsHsotBoobs Member Posts: 39,680
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    "You can't flag a moderator's post, even when he implies that the season is not already over."
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    sarktasticsarktastic Member Posts: 9,208
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    Free Fries at McDonald's every time the Mariners score 5 or more runs in a game!... and no, they don't have to win the game for you to WIN! free fries.

    If this promotion isn't the epitome of Mariner-ism, I don't know what is.
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    DugtheDoogDugtheDoog Member Posts: 3,180
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    sarktastic said:

    Free Fries at McDonald's every time the Mariners score 5 or more runs in a game!... and no, they don't have to win the game for you to WIN! free fries.

    If this promotion isn't the epitome of Mariner-ism, I don't know what is.

    I will agree that it is a great representation of Mariner-ism. But I respectfully disagree that it is THE epitome of Mariner-ism. I would have to say that, without a doubt, the epitome of this sickness and loser mentality happened on the final day of the 2014 regular season.

    The Mariners were 1 game back of the wild card and needed a win and an Oakland loss to force a 1 game playoff. The Mariners were in the 5th inning of their final game against the Angels when the scoreboard flashed the final score of another game; the Athletics had won, ending the Mariners' wild card hopes in the process. To a normal fan base that cares about winning, you would expect a lot of seats being kicked, f bombs being sprayed and fans immediately starting their long walk to their cars to gain some perspective.

    But what did the Marinoors do? After a few seconds of disbelief, the Marinoor fans, in unison, gave an impromptu rousing standing ovation during the middle of an inning to a team that tanked down the stretch and missed the wild card by one game. Frankly, I was surprised that I was surprised because even though I know the average Marinoor fan is a fucktard, the sheer loser mentality of the gesture was beyond embarrassing. I'm sure Rick Rizzs was proud.
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    HFNYHFNY Member Posts: 4,523
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    I'll be at opening day, stop by section 135 and say hello. I go every year and here's me loving last year's 1st game.

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    TequillaTequilla Member Posts: 19,815
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    There's no reason that you can't be pissed AND show appreciation.

    For many, there were no expectations last year. I got resoundingly skewered at the beginning of the year when I said that they'd win 85+.

    They should win 95+ this year.
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    HeretoBeatmyChestHeretoBeatmyChest Member Posts: 4,295
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    RoadDawg55 said:

    RaceBannon said:

    The M's seem to be the pick by a lot of experts this year

    The season must be over

    This is the Cliff Lee season all over again. The team had overachieved (for the M's) and won 80 something games. Now with Cliff Lee Nelson Cruz, no reason to think they won't win 90 plus.

    M's win 70 games and Jack Z will still have his job.
    They can probably underachieve but still be "in the race." They will be around 500 and 5 games back of the playoffs in the summer and the local media will still obsess over it like they have a chance.
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    BayDawgBayDawg Member Posts: 1,623
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    If the Mariners only win 70 games, Jack Z's couch will be on the market.
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    d2dd2d Member Posts: 3,109
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    Danny Farqueer sucks. Cut him.
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    dhdawgdhdawg Member Posts: 13,326
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    RoadDawg55 said:

    RaceBannon said:

    The M's seem to be the pick by a lot of experts this year

    The season must be over

    This is the Cliff Lee season all over again. The team had overachieved (for the M's) and won 80 something games. Now with Cliff Lee Nelson Cruz, no reason to think they won't win 90 plus.

    M's win 70 games and Jack Z will still have his job.
    Apples and oranges, but believe what you like
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    phineasphineas Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 4,724
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    gotta admit i dont remember much of the 2014 season. dont think i watched a single game and routinely changed channels when the topic came up. i supposedly love baseball too..

    thanks a lot mariners
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    CuntWaffleCuntWaffle Member Posts: 22,493
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    RoadDawg55 said:

    RaceBannon said:

    The M's seem to be the pick by a lot of experts this year

    The season must be over

    This is the Cliff Lee season all over again. The team had overachieved (for the M's) and won 80 something games. Now with Cliff Lee Nelson Cruz, no reason to think they won't win 90 plus.

    M's win 70 games and Jack Z will still have his job.
    Lol not even close

    EDIT: ahh this is the classic RoadDawg Mariners reverse jinx. Embarrassed I missed it.
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    DugtheDoogDugtheDoog Member Posts: 3,180
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    sarktastic said:

    Free Fries at McDonald's every time the Mariners score 5 or more runs in a game!... and no, they don't have to win the game for you to WIN! free fries.

    If this promotion isn't the epitome of Mariner-ism, I don't know what is.

    Watched a couple innings of the Orioles on MASN yesterday and if the Orioles score 5 runs in a WIN, you get some sort of free pizza deal. But makes sense in Seattle you don't have to win.

    The new revamped Seattle lineup has scored 4, 0, 3, 0 5 runs. Good for a scintillating 2.4 runs per game through 5. Just wait till Jack Z gets his own guys in there. You can't expect to win big in just 7 years.
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    Fire_Marshall_BillFire_Marshall_Bill Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 22,854
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    Tequilla said:

    There's no reason that you can't be pissed AND show appreciation.

    For many, there were no expectations last year. I got resoundingly skewered at the beginning of the year when I said that they'd win 85+.

    They should win 95+ this year.

    I agree but the fans shouldn't have done it right after they were eliminated. It's Seattle though so noone should be surprised. We got a lot of faggy individual awards for making the playoffs and finishing third one year in a CYO League. That was 25 years ago.
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