Wow... I truly can't believe I am about to type this.
I have been a Seattle Mariners fan since 1989, when I was 7-years-old. My first game was Little League Day on May 21, 1989. It was in the Kingdome against the Yankees. That day, a rookie by the name of Ken Griffey, Jr. hit an inside the park home run that ricocheted off of Roberto Kelly's face.
I have been loyal, perhaps to a fault, ever since.
For the first time ever, I feel like I could latch on to another team. It pains me to say that, but this is real. I love baseball so much and to put myself through this with this **** franchise has gotten to be too much.
Howard Schultz and Chuck Armstrong are two of the biggest inept pieces of **** in baseball. They are not baseball men, but rather corporate lap dogs who care nothing about putting a winning product on the field. It has become so bad that free agents laugh when the Mariners come knocking. We have a beautiful ballpark and one of the best pitchers of my generation, but it's wasted.
The fact that these two clowns still have a job is evidence enough that this organization does not care about putting a winning team on the field. We have four playoff appearances in 36 seasons. We haven't seen the postseason since 2001. Our current team is hot garbage, in the midst of a "rebuild" that isn't working. Our former top "prospects" are amounting to nothing in the big leagues. Dustin Ackley, Jesus Montero and Justin Smoak are not figuring it out. Our young prospects on the farm might have potential, but it's all unrealized.
This is an organization that raises the price on season ticket holders and does not deem it important enough to tell them. They find out from somewhere else and then the Mariners issue a weak *** apology -- but keep the raised prices right where they are, while still putting an atrocious product on the field.
Now, the Mariners are dead set against Seattle getting another NBA team. They don't care that many Seattle residents badly want another team and for the NBA to return, but in their tiny little brains, they are freaked out that it will affect their bottom line. Talk about arrogance - you put a **** product on the field for most of your existence, and you're going to not be supportive, if not outright combative on Seattle getting the Sonics back?
The Mariners are getting good at one thing -- shattering previous single game attendance lows records. The people of Seattle, and our state, are wising up to what's really going on with this organization.
I am tired of being tired of baseball in May. I try with all my damned might to keep interest, but these aren't lovable losers here -- this is an organization that has crapped on their fans and their city. It's not the players I dislike; it's the tool bags in the front office who are terrible at their jobs yet still collect their millions. I haven't been to Safeco Field since 2010 and I'm not going back anytime soon, which is a shame, because I have two little boys that I would love to take to a big league ballgame in a couple of years.
For that to happen, two things need to happen:
New Ownership
Chuck Armstrong and Howard Lincoln fired
And, on a lesser scale of importance, our GM and Manager need to be held accountable at some point, because what they're putting on the field stinks. There are some decent pieces there, but it's not enough.
I would love to see actual baseball people in the forefront... People that actual care about producing a winning ball club.
So, with all of that said, I am seriously considering finding a new team. After 23 years, enough is enough. Things need to change, so in the mean time, I need a new team. I have my reasons, so I hope people think I'm not jumping off the bandwagon -- I'm jumping off, or swimming out of a sunken ship.
Contenders:
Braves
Nationals
Royals
Cardinals
Twins (Ryan Doumit is a childhood friend)
No Way:
AL West teams
NL West teams
Yankees
Make your case for your team...
I have been a Seattle Mariners fan since 1989, when I was 7-years-old. My first game was Little League Day on May 21, 1989. It was in the Kingdome against the Yankees. That day, a rookie by the name of Ken Griffey, Jr. hit an inside the park home run that ricocheted off of Roberto Kelly's face.
I have been loyal, perhaps to a fault, ever since.
For the first time ever, I feel like I could latch on to another team. It pains me to say that, but this is real. I love baseball so much and to put myself through this with this **** franchise has gotten to be too much.
Howard Schultz and Chuck Armstrong are two of the biggest inept pieces of **** in baseball. They are not baseball men, but rather corporate lap dogs who care nothing about putting a winning product on the field. It has become so bad that free agents laugh when the Mariners come knocking. We have a beautiful ballpark and one of the best pitchers of my generation, but it's wasted.
The fact that these two clowns still have a job is evidence enough that this organization does not care about putting a winning team on the field. We have four playoff appearances in 36 seasons. We haven't seen the postseason since 2001. Our current team is hot garbage, in the midst of a "rebuild" that isn't working. Our former top "prospects" are amounting to nothing in the big leagues. Dustin Ackley, Jesus Montero and Justin Smoak are not figuring it out. Our young prospects on the farm might have potential, but it's all unrealized.
This is an organization that raises the price on season ticket holders and does not deem it important enough to tell them. They find out from somewhere else and then the Mariners issue a weak *** apology -- but keep the raised prices right where they are, while still putting an atrocious product on the field.
Now, the Mariners are dead set against Seattle getting another NBA team. They don't care that many Seattle residents badly want another team and for the NBA to return, but in their tiny little brains, they are freaked out that it will affect their bottom line. Talk about arrogance - you put a **** product on the field for most of your existence, and you're going to not be supportive, if not outright combative on Seattle getting the Sonics back?
The Mariners are getting good at one thing -- shattering previous single game attendance lows records. The people of Seattle, and our state, are wising up to what's really going on with this organization.
I am tired of being tired of baseball in May. I try with all my damned might to keep interest, but these aren't lovable losers here -- this is an organization that has crapped on their fans and their city. It's not the players I dislike; it's the tool bags in the front office who are terrible at their jobs yet still collect their millions. I haven't been to Safeco Field since 2010 and I'm not going back anytime soon, which is a shame, because I have two little boys that I would love to take to a big league ballgame in a couple of years.
For that to happen, two things need to happen:
New Ownership
Chuck Armstrong and Howard Lincoln fired
And, on a lesser scale of importance, our GM and Manager need to be held accountable at some point, because what they're putting on the field stinks. There are some decent pieces there, but it's not enough.
I would love to see actual baseball people in the forefront... People that actual care about producing a winning ball club.
So, with all of that said, I am seriously considering finding a new team. After 23 years, enough is enough. Things need to change, so in the mean time, I need a new team. I have my reasons, so I hope people think I'm not jumping off the bandwagon -- I'm jumping off, or swimming out of a sunken ship.
Contenders:
Braves
Nationals
Royals
Cardinals
Twins (Ryan Doumit is a childhood friend)
No Way:
AL West teams
NL West teams
Yankees
Make your case for your team...
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