Lookout Landing

It's like the Royals!

Gihyou - May 17, 2010 reply

I read this comment in your KIRO voice

Robert - May 17, 2010 via mobile reply

Mmm.

Burn.

Also Yellowstone is way cooler.

Robert - May 17, 2010 via mobile reply

Just in time for the Mariners' offence to erupt!

Perhaps not.

Volcanoes!

Coach Owens - May 17, 2010 reply

Rebirthed?

Spell check says that is not a word Dave Sims.

And Spell Check would be wrong.

Someone should tell Kotchman to hit fewer ground balls.

He's just doing it because he WANTS to hit ground balls.

Someone should tell him that when he hits more homeruns he hits better.

If they don’t tell him that soon, he may be a bust.

I don't know / where I'm a gonnna go / when the Vol-Ca-No blows!

(Buffett makes any situation less stressful!)

Despite having a really huge neck, giraffes have the same number of cervical vertebrae as humans.

That fascinates me.

What about linebackers

I'd bet on seven.

Linebackers aren't actually human

Giraffes, on the other hand.

Giraffes are actually human?

What a lovely looking vacation spot

We're Mariners fans

Is mass movement as cool as volcanoes?

insert tired Silva joke here

No energy for it tonight, sorry.

I swear on my early grave that until you stop closing threads you will never win another LLemmie.

Robert - May 17, 2010 via mobile reply

God.

Rajai Davis just threw the ball for a home run.

That’s how that works, right?

It's a tax write-off.

I feel like Seattlecougar should be in this subthread

Aaron Campeau - May 17, 2010 reply

At least there are fewer new posters!

Not that all of you are bad, just most

Hey now!

Let’s not get generous.

Those first few games were brutal

Yes, those first few

Does 48 still count as few?

10 more games to go and we're in the clear.

Those pussy ass posters couldn't even tolerate the first few

They didn’t see 2008. Fuck 2010 I can deal with anything now.

Try being a Mariners fan in the 70's or 80's.

You couldn’t even be nostalgic for 1995 or 2001…

I moved to Seattle in 1999

…after growing up around the Padres I was soooo fucking spoiled!!!

Ah,

but you could wax ecstatic about the Pilots.

Or suing the American League

Or

cursing the name of some fuck named Bud Selig.

I'm not saying these aren't

But the first ~week of the season seemed much worse

Today was bad.

Started bad.

It get better by the last half.

Maybe this team should just be terrible so we can have good gamethreads.

They're doing that

For longer

That's not happening.

a) Bad teams are funnier, but the game threads are not necessarily better.
b) Our team sucks now, and hey.
c) It’s too big a community to be original anymore. Asking for Griffey to retire has gotten sold old it has retired.
d) Numbered lists are fun to write when you’re bored.
e) Giving this sentence a “G” in the beginning makes it look like it spells the word “BOING.”

Rec'd for e)

If you removed your 3rd point, Eric Byrnes would approve

So what you'te saying is that even Colome can't save the game threads?

His name is actually "Yehoshua Colome."

and no.

For the rest of the year I call shotgun on the ones that are fans the Timbers and the other NFC west teams

Robert - May 17, 2010 via mobile reply

What about the Ducks?

I’m a fan of the classics.

I am LLegally prohibited from making Ducks jokes anymore.

Robert - May 17, 2010 via mobile reply

Seriously?

Why?

wyte_lightning - May 17, 2010 reply

I dunno.

Needs more pink backpack.

Too many white people in that photo

Photo?

Hahahahahaha

I Lick Squirrels - May 17, 2010 reply

I'm confused, what are the Seattle Mariners doing on a Volcanoes blog?

This is the offtopic thread.

We talk about pyroclastic flows normally. Also, a good name for a band.

JAH - May 17, 2010 reply

We need a 12 game winning streak.

Volcanoes can frequently go thousands of years without erupting

Much like the Seattle Mariner’s offense

Or Robert

Looks like somebody hasnt ever gone 3 days without masterbating.

Robert - May 17, 2010 via mobile reply

Jeff's favorite minor league team plays in Keizer, Oregon.

And somehow, as bad as Keizer is, it beats the living hell out of Salem.

thehemogoblin - May 17, 2010 reply

Jack Cust didn't swing until the ball was already in the glove.

That makes him quicker than Jr.

TrustBaseball - May 17, 2010 reply

TTO!

wyte_lightning - May 17, 2010 reply

God 24 is so terrible now.

The show or the player?

Yes

wyte_lightning - May 17, 2010 reply

Ichiro is amazing

Ichiro is fucking amazing.

If he swings through that, it’s caught. Instead he slows his bat and it drops in for a base hit.

lailaihei - May 17, 2010 reply

I like how the averge in the "cold" part of Ichiro's strike zone is still higher than half this team's BA

Kurt Suzuki is fucking dreamy.

Chone!

Hits!

Jackle Mackle - May 17, 2010 reply

Atta boy, Figglet.

Single for Figgins! That was different.

I was anticipating a K.

Rally rally the pitcher's name is Blevins

Which, backwards, is Snivelb!

Are calderas cooler than volcanoes?

When they erupt

Calderas are volcanoes that are past their prime

They’re the Ken Griffey Junior of geology

I'm pretty sure Crater Lake is cooler than Griffey

STILL ACTIVE MOTHERFUCKERS

So Griffey's more like Kauai?

Old and heavily eroded?

I will kill you all!

(Glacier Peak)

I just suck tonight with the photos

And apparently this site and Picasa are not compatible. :-(

Preview is your friend.

thehemogoblin - May 17, 2010 reply

You and your sensible suggestions!

why…why… why… I guess I’ll have to take that advice.

Glacier Peak is fun.

My copy of Roadside Geology of Washington says it’s dormant and probably inactive. Whoops-a-doodle!

Its a trap!

(this is better if you imagine the Mon Calamari from Star Wars shouting it)

Geothermally yes

So it might be in the wrong place...

marinerschas2 - May 17, 2010 reply

YES

YES. YES.

Sometimes

wrong is oh so right.

GET DOWN FROM THERE NYJER

Nyger need to light the Olympic Torch.

Dammit.

Nyjer.

He heard you

marinerschas2 - May 17, 2010 reply

Excellent.

WE NEED YOU BRADLEY!

I tend to like submariners.

Nick Franklin is my favourite.

We almost have a full team of them!

I love how even if Guti homers we're still going to lose

Even if he walks and Lopez homers we still trail.

AND THEN JUNIOR CAN SAVE BASEBALL

So close.

How do we score 5/6 runs before Griffey is up?

voltron27 - May 17, 2010 reply

Jose Lopez will save us!

joof - May 17, 2010 reply

I still hate Rajai Davis.

Lopez is slow but at least he runs funny.

Lopez is not fast.

I Lick Squirrels - May 17, 2010 reply

Holy fuck Lopez is slow

Tony La Russa is freelancing for Oakland now?

This is necessary.

Situational lefty. What a concept.

Yeah, gotta have that lefty to face JR!

MFAN - May 17, 2010 reply

Jose Lopez has really padded his RBI total tonight

Trade value!

But probably not.

Reid Brignac still sounds good

IlliniM - May 17, 2010 reply

It is delicious with cheese and grapes, if you get the right vintage.

That phone call would go well.

“Hey Andrew, it’s Jack. How’d you like to give us your versatile 24 year old kid with some talent in exchange for a lazy slow enigma who’s best value is at a position you have decided to fill with one of the best players in baseball?”

We'll throw in a delicious can of Sprite!

I see no problem with this.

If anything, we’re more likely to be a able to pull off a straight 3B for 3B swap

Lopez and a six-pack for Longo?

IlliniM - May 17, 2010 reply

They should bring in a random fan to pitch to Griffey.

He could pitch better than RR-S amirite?

A fan or a person?

I don't know anymore.

Is it an oscillating fan or a regular fan?

I think we both know the answer to this question.

Does the fan have a bat attached to it?

Now you're getting colder.

I was thinking about asking the fan if it kept my documents in order.

You know what isn't getting colder?

The blue waters within Crater Lake.

World's largest hot tub time machine.

How about a vacillating fan...

…like most of us here?

They could have some sort of a contest

Whichever fan wins gets free tickets and the chance to face Griffey in a high leverage situation

I think I could get 3 60mph fastballs past Griffey

bluemax - May 17, 2010 reply

Strike out Griffey and win a million dollars!

We would have so many millionaires in Seattle.

voltron27 - May 17, 2010 reply

So...

How’s that Griffey! Challenge going for everyone?

IlliniM - May 17, 2010 reply

I literally have no idea what happend after the third inning

It didn't rain hard enough.

TrustBaseball - May 17, 2010 reply

Smack in the middle of our home movies is footage my dad shot flying down into Diamond Head ca.1953

Diamond Head is not a volcano.

It is a tuff cone. Trust me. I just drove around it on the way home.

Tyler is a G - May 17, 2010 reply

Still looks very cool inside.

A shit ton of military vehicles always looks good!

Tyler is a G - May 17, 2010 reply

In '53 it was pretty empty.

Craig Breslow is gonna make Griffey his bitch

bluemax - May 17, 2010 reply

Stop whistling mother fucker.

Jeff, the movie Dante's Peak. Your thoughts?

Loved it, would hate it now that I know how volcanoes work

Volcano was terrible

Any other volcano movies?

Joe Versus the Volcano?

yakvalleycardinal - May 17, 2010 reply

Krakatoa, East of Java!

No

There's Supervolcano!

Up Pompeii!

Only seen the tv series.

there is this classic:

I've only seen the film

I imagine the tv series is pretty much the same, only with less nudity.

I think they maybe spent 20 pounds on the sets, and mostly Frankie Howerd looks directly into the camera, and is Frankie Howerd.

Yeah, that sounds about right.

Did we podcast about this?

I feel like we podcasted on this

I alluded to it in a post once

Maybe it was during warmup

I swear we should just post old warmups

Good news, everyone!

And there was much rejoicing!

Does shitty baseball make for good podcasting?

We already know it makes for good writing.

JAH - May 17, 2010 reply

There was a good Rob Johnson rant in the last one

The last one was fun.

This lineup's offensive output is rather impressive.

I think I'm going to go back to the Show

where Jack Wilson is second for my virtual Mariners in OPS :(

bluemax - May 17, 2010 reply

Seriously, how does he not get it?

I understand being competitive and not smart and being surrounded by jocks all his life… But can Griffey really think he’s got anything left? I mean, really?