I should have posted this last week before MLB’s wild-card round reduced the number of possible World Series matchups from 36 to 16. The math on that is simple, but let’s look at it anyway.
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Two Important Positions for the Seattle Mariners
The Seattle Mariners need to hire a new field manager and a lead radio announcer this offseason. Who has the harder job to do in filling these two positions? Is it President of Baseball Operations Jerry DiPoto, who will make the call on the replacement for fired manager Dan Wilson? Or is it the Marketing & Communications Department, which is tasked with replacing Rick Rizzs, who retired after serving for 41 years in the radio booth?
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The Mud Bay Blog has posted several entries about the Seattle Seahawks in the past. For the 2026–2027 season, there won’t be any, other than this one and perhaps a Super Bowl wrap-up should we get that far, as I’m keeping a journal instead of my thoughts about each game, written as soon as the game is over. To me the difference between a blog entry and a journal entry is that the former is public while the latter is private (and thus far quicker to write).
I should have done this last year when Seattle racked up a 14–3 regular season record and went on to defeat New England in Super Bowl 60. While repeat Super Bowl champs are rare, if we do win the big game again next February, I will be able to look back at the journal entries to help me remember the wins (and the losses) along the way. I will also post any observations then from the journal that are worth sharing. In quickly reviewing what I just wrote about today’s 33–31 road loss to the Washington Commanders, I don’t think anything from that journal entry will make the cut.
The Perfect Game
As a preteen reader, one of my favorite books was The Perfect Game (see photo). I read it at least a half-dozen times. As an adult, I have never been able to find a copy of it for sale online. That is, until I worked with a librarian a few weeks ago.
Continue readingMLB: Rivalries Weekend
I’m not sure if Major League Baseball schedules a rivalries weekend every year, but every time they do, it must be fun for fans. Of the 15 three-game series being played this weekend, 10 feature teams from the same city/metro area or the same state. Let’s look at how the first day of rivalries weekend went.
Continue readingWelcome Back, Kevin D.
This week the NBA Board of Governors voted to begin the process to expand the NBA to 32 teams. Local media has been all over this story because it will almost certainly result in Seattle being awarded one of the two new franchises. One angle I haven’t seen covered though is the possibility that Kevin Durant might still be playing in the NBA when the new Seattle SuperSonics debut for the 2028‒29 season.
Continue readingA Clickbait Sports Headline
The Seattle Times is not known for posting clickbait headlines and content. But as the primary online news source in the home of the Seattle Seahawks, a link they posted this morning on their home page (see screen capture) is more outrageous than newsworthy. Hawks fans will likely click the link with the expectation of being able to post withering comments that thoroughly debunk whatever confused arguments the article is trying to make.
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QOTD: Trump and Golf
Today’s question of the day concerns Trump and golf. Specifically, does the president cheat at golf, a sport played by some of the most ethical people around? I don’t have any empirical evidence on this one way or the other, but that won’t stop me from speculating about the answer.
Continue readingSports on TV & Radio
What’s your favorite part of the online Seattle Times Sports section? For me it’s not the pages devoted to the Seahawks or the Mariners or the main Sports section page. The page I look at most often is the TV & Radio page (see screen capture showing a small portion of it), which has the listings for just about every sport you can think of. If a sporting event is on TV or radio, chances are it will be listed here.
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Testing the New Banner
Tomorrow is perhaps the best chance this season for my new Seahawks banner (see photo) to fulfill its primary game day duty. At -7.5 points according to ESPN, the Seahawks (1─1) are heavy favorites over the visiting New Orleans Saints (0─2). So no more waiting. At kickoff time, the banner will be mounted in place doing its best to help the team win, although the weather forecast (rain) shows little need for its secondary purpose.
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