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Off Day Diversion: New Mariner Slogan

Some of you have noticed that "Mojo Risin'" has been removed from the Mariner website in a few places and generally, little has been paid attention to what was once a slogan of hope and cliche marketing.

Coincidentally enough, the Mariners first introduced the phrase "Sodo Mojo" in late 2000 as they stretched toward the playoffs that fall1 and just like the 2000 and 2001 seasons caused the Mariner front office to fall in love with veterans, the Mariner PR office fell in love with the Mojo phrase and found all sorts of ways to cannibalize it ("Viva La Mojo"? Are you kidding me?) in order to try and keep it fresh and exciting for a populace that generally seemed to tire of it quickly.

Further coincidentally, the phrase "Mojo Risin'" was first conceived in late 2000 by the Seattle P-I as part of a search for an unofficial slogan for the 2000 playoffs2 but came in second to "That's What I'm Talkin' About!". So the Mariners slogan for the better part of the last eight years has been some form of "SoDo Mojo" and when 2008 rolled around and they decided they needed to change it again; instead of finally breaking with the past and going in a new direction, they looked back to what almost worked in 2000. There's no other way around it; Mojo Risin' is Arthur Rhodes and it's clear to me that the pathological need to ignore the effects of aging and attempt to recapture past glory is not limited to just personnel decision makers. This whole team needs to clean house or we might be in danger of hearing "Who Let the Dogs Out" next time a Mariner rally takes place (currently scheduled for sometime in August).

Digression aside, and inspired by Jeff's "2008 Seattle Mariners: Career Destroyer", I think it's high time we put our amazing creative forces together to come up with a new Ms slogan. Bonus points will go to humor, realism and funny jpegs. It's easy to come up with expletives on how much we suck (2008 Mariners: Nowhere Close to Fucking the Man), but it's funnier if the slogan is something that could pass at least one round of corporate filtering (2008 Mariners: Ahoy Future!).

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Sodo Mojo was in place at the start of the 2000 season
And the playoff drive slogan was "Unleash the Mojo" thanks to that retarded Baja Men song
I don't see you citing sources to back yourself up.

I did the best I could with a twenty minutes of searching.

My memory is immaculate.
When I search google for "Unleash the Mojo" my post comes up :/

http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/event/chus2000/chusa11.html

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/2000/postseason/news/2000/10/13/mariners_lockerroom/

Whoever submitted this needs their balls stepped on.
“Catch the Wave.”
You had to bring that up, didn't you?

I had almost forgotten about De Firmian’s suicidal attempt to beat the Queen’s Indian Defence. The bitterness still remains.

Tell them how you came up with Viva La Mojo
I dont remember the story but I did

I also started using the phrase “Pray for Mojo” in 2001, years before you suckas started copying it.

simpsons did it
Yes but I was first to do it second
I know it's an LL-specific (and maybe USSM) meme

but I quite like 2008 Mariners – Viva Strasburg!

“That’s What I’m Talkin’ About!”.

You gotta be shittin me.

That kinda makes me glad we went with the Mojo bit instead
"The important thing is that we tried hard."

2008 Mariners - "Baseball" Team
Foo Fighters Let It Die is playing in the background as I'm reading the post

So, why’d you have to go and let it die M’s management? Huh? And by that, I’m talking about Ichiro’s prime.

The Seattle Mariners:

somethingsomethingCOFFEEsomethingsomethingRAINSALOTsomethingsomething

Thomas J. Glover and the ubiquitous Pocket Reference would like a word with you sir

City – Annual rainfall in inches
Boston, MA – 43.8
Miami, FL – 57.5
Mobile, AL – 64.6 (WTF?)
New York, NY – 44.1
Seattle, WA – 38.6

Yup, lived in Seattle for a lot of years

I was going the “lazy stereotype” route. I couldn’t figure out a way to fit the Pike Place Market in there.

Ahem.

Number of rainy days:
Boston, MA – 126
Miami, FL – 129
Mobile, AL – 122
New York, NY – 118
Seattle, WA – 154

less than half? that DOES seem low...

I would’ve guessed 250

Let me make an edit

somethingsomethingCOFFEEsomethingsomethingRAINSALOTsomethingsomethingGRUNGEsomethingsomethingSPACENEEDLEsomethingsomethingGREY’SANATOMYsomethingsomething

Oops

somethingsomethingCOFFEEsomethingsomethingRAINSALOTsomethingsomethingGRUNGEsome
-thingsomethingSPACENEEDLEsomethingsomethingGREY’SANATOMYsomethingsomething

dont forget Dead like me

and Frasier

Both of those shows are cancelled though

right? When I tell people who I knew in Florida I live in Seattle, they basically ask me if it rains alot and if its like Grey’s Anatomy, and I have to tell them I don’t know because I don’t watch that show.

O yea, Reaper amongst other shows are based in Seattle, but are really filmed in Vancouver. If you live in or near Seattle its pretty easy to tell it isn’t Seattle though.

Seattle Mariners 08- Its a fucking good time
Even better: Its a good fucking time

ifyouknowwhatimeanandithinkthatyoudo

2008 Mariners - Professional Baseball
False advertising is a crime, you know
2008-Our DH hits third in the order and bunts!

Thus, “Expect the unexp….are you fucking kidding me?”

2008-Only Barry Bonds could make this team worse
Yeah, this team would be a complete trainwreck if Bonds were on it

dodged a bullet there, didn’t we? Phew.

2008 Seattle Mariners - Felix Caliente!
With respect to pdb:

“The Seattle Mariners – Durocher was right.”

I really resisted calling it NGFL

but now I think I should have.

It made perfect sense at the time.
2008 Seattle Mariners - Where Veteran Entitlement Means Everything
Also the 2008 Seattle Mariners - IT'S RIGGLEMANIA!!!
"Nice Guys Finish Last"
2008 Seattle Mariners - PR Bliss
A variation on the current theme:

Someone with access to paint should do something with that picture.

I’m at work on a Mac that’s totally locked down.

I've heard that there is a pirate version floating around.
2008 Seattle Mariners - It's The Players' Fault
The Seattle Mariners: Will the Last One Leaving the Stadium Please Turn Out the Lights?
2008 Seattle Mariners: Rally Fries At Every Game!!
2008 Seattle Mariners - GET OFF MY LAWN!
Mariners' popularity <= dog not house broken in your home.
The Seattle Mariners - Good seats still available.
The Seattle Mariners - Dedicated to ending hunger amongst Cuban refugees since 2005.
2008 Seattle Mariners

Old fashioned baseball.

2008 Seattle Mariners - Twice the Budget with Half the Results
Seattle Mariners-Been through warz; Didn't learn defense.
The Seattle Mariners - The future is now! (In Baltimore.)
Seattle Mariners-- Just A Little Bit Morrow
2010 Mariners - Think of how good it will Felix toMorrow!
1962 Mets - Uh, I mean 2008 Mariners - Feel the Mojo
My, oh my
This one's my favorite so far

Because it puts a new twist on an old favorite.

I was always partial to Why oh Why?
The Seattle Mariners - Free moustache rides!
2008 Mariners-Making the wave more interesting than baseball*

*I do not condone this, however.

2008 Seattle Mariners - We Got Hydro Races on the Big Screen!
And 3D Hat Trick!
Everyone has that. The Hydros are unique.
I figured as much, but the Hydros are rigged

All 3 boats are sponsored by companies, but the biggest sponsor (Comcast) has the most wins. Cheaters

Nooooooo first baseball, now the hydros lose their integrity?!??!

What is this world coming too?

Not everyone has

the EXTREME hat trick.

(Which oddly enough seems to be brought out only when we’re down by 5 or more…which is quite often this year)

This will only work after Vidro is gone, but...

The Seattle Mariners – We fired the entire cast of one of our commercials (Pepe one)

Erik Bedard-Your Great White Hype
2008 Seattle Mariners - Think outside the bun(t, with a full count).
Mariners 2008: Booing just makes it worse.

This one really tickles me.

2008 Seattle Mariners - It was foul!
The Seattle Mariners - Up the road, not across the street!
2008 Mariners-You can't crash land if you've don't take off.
2008 Seattle Mariners - Where singles happen.
2008 Mariners - Every night is singles night!
2008 Mariners - Every night is singles night!

double nice

2008 Seattle Mariners - Where a Raul/Griffey outfield happens

oh wait

I'll take a Swing

Photobucket

more like

where's Kenji?
Chasing Dickey's knuckleball
2008 Seattle Mariners - We bought a seven dollar pen because we always lose pens and we got sick of not caring
I'm digging it
2008 Seattle Mariners: Game Dread Emotion
2008 Seattle Mariners: Wasn't 1995 Awesome?
2008 Seattle Mariners-We have a tree for a first baseman-Timber!!
2008 Seattle Mariners - We're not just a bad baseball team

We’re a complete nine-inning train wreck system

2008 Seattle Mariners: Two on? So what!
oooh I like that one
I can not help myself. Here is my try

2008 Mariners

Do you see what happens Seattle? This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass Seattle!

The Big Lebowski

Mike Scioscia’s baseball reference page says hello.


http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sciosmi01.shtml

2008 Seattle Mariners: Go see "Speed Racer" instead
Thats Harsh man
Mariners Baseball: What a Mess!


Throwback to the amazing 2005 commercials, especially the one starring Pokey Reese.

I hit singles in mine...ALL the time!
2008 Seattle Mariners - Football is just around the corner!
2008 Mariners-We get JI so angry he spells correctly.
2008 Seattle Mariners - The Race to 100 Is On!
I think this one is the winner.

It slips nicely below the radar.

2008 Seattle Mariners: It's Never Lupus
2008 Seattle Sports -- Hey look, Ray Allen won a championship!
2008 Seattle Mariners- Join The Revolution!
Since Mojo Risin' is a Doors reference

How about

2008 Seattle Mariners: Less Fun Than Dying In Paris

My attempts:

2008 Seattle Mariners: The best baseball team in all of Hawaii, Alaska, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and Washington (the state)

2008 Seattle Mariners: Where every fifth day is Felix Day

2008 Seattle Mariners: Not moving the team to Oklahoma City, even if you wish we would

2008 Seattle Mariners: But, the ESPN guys picked us first in the West.

Or, more obstinately

2008 Seattle Mariners: We’re Not Going Anywhere.

I like it and I hate it.

It’s perfect.

I vageuly contributed to something;

Huzzah!

Love it.

Sweet double entendre!

2008 Seattle Mariners - The Only Place to See the 2008 Tacoma Rainiers
the rainiers are an improvement
Keep Watching.....Please
Your 2008 Seattle Mariners: We're changing this fucking shit around!

Your 2008 Seattle Mariners: Hope for Old People
Your 2008 Seattle Mariners: Hurt by Ichiro
Your 2008 Seattle Mariners: At least we’re not…ah shit, San Francisco is better than us now.
Your 2008 Seattle Mariners: Coach/Butthol approved

Your 2008 Seattle Mariners: Future home of the

2008 mid-season slogan:

2008 Seattle Mariners – Batten down the hatches
2008 Seattle Mariners – keep an even keel and wait for fair winds and calm seas

Women and children first
Your 2008 Seattle Mariners: Just for your information, Deadliest Catch airs on Tuesdays and House airs on Mondays.
We had the best slogan already before we even started this thread.`

2008 Mariners – It Can Always Get Worse

Or alternatively

2008 Mariners – This is going to get worse before it gets better

2008 Mariners

Don’t worry, he’ll probably be gone soon

2008 Mariners: Where your ugly daughter can say she's seen sea men.
Seattle Mariners Baseball: Maybe Someday

2008 Seattle Mariners: Get In on the Ground Floor
2008 Seattle Mariners: Don’t Suffer Alone
2008 Seattle Mariners: Schadenfreude Starts at $15/Ticket
2008 Seattle Mariners: We’ve All Had Bad Days….
2008 Seattle Mariners: The Future Can’t Be Worse
2008 Seattle Mariners: It Stops Hurting After a While
2008 Seattle Mariners: Other Teams Play Here Too! / Hosting MLB’s Best

I know the Twins' slogan used to be

“Get to know ‘em”

Meanwhile, the current M’s have hit on something that works really well… there are a lot of signs outside the ballpark that say “Celebrate the Tradition.” All the pictures they use are in the navy-and-teal era, forgetting all about the time-honored Mariner tradition of placing sixth in the American League West.

The Seattle Mariners - No kissin' allowed!
Especially if you're gay, bi or lesbian.
only if you are gay or bi
Mariners Baseball

Wave ‘em in (and then get them thrown out by 20 feet).

Mariners Baseball: Do It For Dave

Or perhaps a nice, simple, “Sorry, Mr. Niehaus.”

The Mariners

I'll go with the McLaren quote.

2008 Seattle Mariners—A Total Team Fucking Effort

The 2008 Seattle Mariners:

Give us a new stadium because we obviously can’t compete in the old one.

The Seattle Mariners - Where Champions are Born

*Champions’ time in Seattle limited to 6 months

where vetrans live long...
2008 Seattle Mariners - Slightly better than a coathanger abortion
At least abortions are final
2008 Seattle Mariners: You're doing it wrong!

Garland could very well be a Mariner next year.
Yes, that is the point of this jpeg.
needs more Eckstein
We're covered at SS.
but assuming we're without Sexson we're short on veteran leadership

I was going to say we could sign Dunn for veteran leadership,

but according to J.P. Ricciardi, Adam Dunn doesn’t like baseball. So he’s probably be a pretty shitty role model.

Maybe we’ll sign Dunn and Burrell to six-year deals and Burrell to will play center field.

I hope so, so he can drive YOU crazy watching him pitch.
He would since he sucks balls.
You can have Gary Matthews Jr., great CF, and Justin Speier for relief help too.

We’ll taking a top pitching prospect to be named later in 2009. Ha, ha.

Strassburg is ours and you can't have him
But you need a whole team, what good is one rookie pitcher going to do?

Think of what you can get in return. I hate to see such a nice young man have to start his professional major league career on a team like the Mariners.

Maybe he will one day strike out 23 Angels in 1 game.
In that case then he will definitely be on the Red Sox
You are not in the Mountain West anymore Dorothy
He also wouldn't be 19 anymore so hey that's nice
So I guess that means he is going to set the single game K record?
That sure is a lot of red
Everyone wants to be like the Cardinals.
2008 Seattle Mariners - Because Fuck You That's Why

You know,

I’m gonna miss seeing that face after every game.

The 2008 Seattle Mariners

Changes A-Brewin’!

This one makes me want to have a beer

I approve

Mariners Baseball

The Tide’s Coming In

A few more

2008 Seattle Mariners—Ichiro’s Smiling!

2008 Seattle Mariners—“No One Had the Nerve”

The 2008 Seattle Mariners

Now with seats even closer to Ichiro!

2008 Mariners

Ichiro gets to wear out his grass patch in right field again!

The 2008 Seattle Mariners:

If a thousand internet fanboys can make it fun, so can you!

Mariners Baseball

Because if you wanted to see girls kiss, you should have gone to Capitol Hill.

Mariners Baseball

Oh the insanity!
Oh the inanity!
Oh the Japanity!

The Seattle Mariners: Watch out 2011 Special Olympics!
2008 Mariners

Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” on grass!

2008 Mariners

Funk Bunt!

2008 Mariner's: Statistic by Ptolemy
2008 Mariners

No Dykes Allowed!

2008 Mariners

You must be this tall to play first base:

|
6’8” |
-
2008 Seattle Mariners

Who’s Next?

Who's Next indeed...

Seattle Mariners- If you hear a gunshot coming from the backroom, don't bother its already to late.
Alternates

2008 Seattle Mariners: Now accepting applications
2008 Seattle Mariners: Come see the Red Sox
2008 Seattle Mariners: Suicide is painless
2008 Seattle Mariners: No….. seriously.

2008 Mariners - sacrificing the future for the past.
Mariners Baseball: You can't look away!

You know, I’ve been quiet through most of this thing. Today I realized that watching a train wreck can be entertaining. That’s how I’m approaching this season from now on.

Seattle Mariners: Its not lupus
Seattle Mariners: You can't unwatch it.
"Seattle Mariners - No Question About It!"

courtesy our fsn crew…

2008 Mariners

We’re not dumb, but we can pretend.

2008 Mariners -- The Legacy is BACK!!
2008 Mariners:

“We’ll siphon every last ethereal ounce of soul from you until all that’s left is an eviscerated husk and the echoing of your last shrieking wail of agony in the wretched bloodstained halls of hell. Catch it live!”

2008 Seattle Mariners: We can do whatever the fuck we want and 20,000 people will still show up
Seattle Mariners: You pay money to see us? lol u r gay now
2008 Seattle Mariners: The Mojo is somewhere off in a corner crying
2008 Seattle Mariners: Desperately in need of more recs
Better luck next time
Seattle Mariners Baseball

Soak in the Suck!

Seattle Mariners Baseball

3 Hours in our Specialized Tanning Seats for as low as $15!

Mariner Baseball...

It’s suuuuucktastic.

2008 Mariners: Time for another Round
2008 Mariners: Where regression happens
2008 Mariners: Who Shot the Albatross

Or 2008 Mariners: We Tried Hard, and Failed Miserably. The Lesson Is, Never Try

We shot the Albatross.

2008 Mariners: Listen to the Nightmare of the Sea
2008 Mariners: As Idle as a Painted Ship Upon a Painted Ocean

The Seattle Mariners:

There is no floor.

2008 Mariners

Wii Play Like Shit.

Makes sense that the ownership would try to do a little product placement there.
2008 Mariners: We Told You So
2008 Mariners: Mission Accomplished
2008 Mariners: This ship has sailed.
2008 Mariners: "Fuck you," she explained.
2008 Mariners: Retro-Mariners, 1978-style
2008 Mariners: DFA? DFA!
2008 Mariners: Cuz there's not another team until San Francisco and you don't want to cheer for San Francisco, do you?
2008 Mariners: There is no I in "Why the fuck are you obsessing over retarded concepts such as make-up and teamwork when your roster has no goddamn talent?"

I wanted to say “like chemistry,” but that has two is.

Why Is The Floor As Low As I Can Go?
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
2008 Seattle Mariners: We don't fucking care what you think.

2008 Seattle Mariners: SABRmetrically dis-inclined.

2008 Seattle Mariners: Rats and monkies wont be anywhere near your food.

2008 Seattle Mariners: Eat a dick, baseball fans!

2008 Seattle Mariners: You should be used to this by now…

One that could slip through the cracks at the office: 2008 Seattle Mariners: What’ll happen next!!!

Rats and Monkies one made me laugh.
The 2008 Seattle Mariners: FREE BEER!!
2008 Seattle Mariners: Ichiro has a new reason to punch himself in the face
2008 Seattle Mariners: Gramps Got Bitchtits
2008 Mariners: Seeing is Disbelieving
2008 Mariners: Fuck This.
2008 Mariners: Because Pooches Need Screwing
2008 Mariners: They Are Just Underachieving, Right?
2008 Mariners: If We Let the Lesbians Kiss, Will You Show Up at the Park?
2008 Seattle Mariners: At least People Still Come to Our Ballpark
Analysis Paralysis
2008 Mariners: Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the Titanic
2008 Mariners: We Fiddle Cat while Rome Burns.
2008 Mariners -- because the 90s were better in so many ways
2008 Mariners: (No) Hope. (Little) Action. (Cosmetic) Change.
2008 Mariners - We're sorry. We're really sorry. Buy tickets now?
2008 Mariners:

NSFW

You don't even need the link

NSFW is a fantastic team slogan.

Your reaction was less priceless this time around:

http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2008/3/24/192549/400#3652223

2008 Mariners: You Make Me Wanna Scream

Linky

2008 Mariners: Lose the Refuse

Not original with me; received in an e-mail

2008 Mariners: Never gonna let you down.
"Come Watch Us Play Till The New Boss Says DFA!!"

“Hey, We Would Hit Better In The King Dome DAMN IT!”

“2008 Seattle Mariners: At Least We Got Rid Of Fairly!”

“Who Cares…Were Moving To Oklahoma City Anyway”

“2008 Mariners-Thats Not Garlic Fries You’re Smelling Mister”

2008 Seattle Mariners

Shuffling Deck Chairs

The Seattle Mariners - Free to good homes.
2008 Seattle Mariners -- like the Red Sox but without the obnoxious fans ... or the winning.
2008 Mariners - Like the Red Sox if Julio Lugo was their best player

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