Yesterday the Valpak mailer showed up in my mailbox. Normally I toss it without opening it. This time I browsed through the offers from various local businesses hoping there might be a coupon for Shur-Kleen car wash. There wasn’t, but the Valpak included something better—the 2014 Seattle Mariners baseball schedule.
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Go Hawks!
The perfect decoration for your Northwest deck
I wonder if the person who designed the Seattle Seahawks logo had a clue as to how widely it would be used this week. With San Francisco playing at Seattle this afternoon in the NFC title game, the logo can be seen everywhere in the Northwest: on buildings, windows, people, cars, clothing, flags, and dozens of other places. But I like the approach shown by a waterfront home along Port Orchard’s Beach Drive (see photo). Proclaim your fandom with a sign big enough to be seen from the Washington state ferries and other boat traffic in Rich Passage.
I just hope the same sign is up in two weeks when I take my usual Sunday bike ride along Beach Drive because that will mean the Seattle Seahawks are in the Super Bowl.
Go Hawks!
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Super Bowl 48/ /New York/2014/XP
It’s time to lose the Roman numeral designator that’s been part of the Super Bowl’s name and marketing since the game’s early days. Allow me to make a few suggestions on what could replace it.
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Show Your Work
Go Zags!
I have no idea if my entry (shown above) to the NCAA Bracket Contest at West Hills Auto Plex in Bremerton is valid. I picked the Gonzaga Bulldogs to win it all in a relatively low-scoring final game. Like those tiresome math teachers in high school who grade you not just on getting the right answer but also on the steps you took to get it, perhaps the contest organizers will want me to “show my work.”
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Baseball Playoffs: Betting and Pizza
You can’t really win this much.
Betting on the 2012 MLB playoffs and pizza aren’t usually linked unless your wager involves a pizza. Mine doesn’t. In fact I can’t even make a bet via my computer because online gambling is illegal in my state. But notice how it appears to be easy to clean up on a World Series bet if you interpret the sample SuperBook betting card too literally (see graphic). I will explain and also try to resolve the pizza dilemma.
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Sports Illustrated Wild-Card Standings
How good are Atlanta’s chances?
MLB’s new expanded wild-card format ushers in complexities in roster decisions, scheduling, and tiebreaker rules. If your team is the current wild-card leader in its league, there’s also the issue of figuring out how far ahead you are in the playoffs race. The wild-card standings on the Sport Illustrated web site (see screen capture above for the National League) don’t always make it simple.
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A Long Game
Win or lose, a dedicated baseball fan always stays at the stadium until the final out is recorded. However, if you live in Bremerton and depend on a ferry ride to get home, it isn’t always easy to be dedicated. During last night’s Mariners game against the Orioles (a 4-2 Baltimore win in 18 innings), I took the easy way out.
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Golfing in Manette
Concentrating like a pro
There’s no place to play golf in Manette. But depending on your range of thinking, there’s a place to practice. At least there is for the man in the photo.
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Delayed But Perfect
Seattle’s Felix Hernandez retired all 27 batters in yesterday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays, won by the Mariners 1-0. A perfect game! Although I caught the last few innings of the contest on the radio, I’m not sure whether to count it as my first perfect game.
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Mr. 40
A standard deviation of 1
Adam Dunn is a slugger. The big first baseman/designated hitter for the Chicago White Sox has hit more than 370 home runs in his 12-year career. Remarkably, a few years ago he put together what has to be the most consistent totals ever for home runs over a 6-year period by any MLB player who was among the league leaders.
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