For those of you that missed it, Rock Bottom Brewery is hosting a social event for the socially awkward to celebrate the upcoming launch of Seattle's regional site for SB Nation. For a glimpse of what it'll look like, here are the Dallas/Fort Worth and Boston examples. The site will cover Seattle-area sports, collegiate sports from the rest of the state, and, with luck, a not insignificant amount of vulcanology.
Anyway, as far as the event is concerned, I've mentioned it before, but once again, the details:
King Felix and the Mariners play the Yankees at 4:05 and the Sounders play the Timbers at 7:30, so there'll be plenty to watch on the TVs if you aren't much for talking. Unfortunately, because of the midweek timing I won't be able to make it, and because the Sounders are in Portland neither will Matthew, but I believe the rest of the area blogmasters around the network will be in attendance, so go hang out with them, or go hang out with readers of their sites, or go hang out in a little LL clique off to the slide that casts judging glances at everybody else, and throws little things at other people for some reason. Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt!
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Come hang out with me, guys, and meet your new SBN regional reporter.
Also I don’t wanna be all alone.
Kirsten Schlewitz - June 28, 2010
I wasn't sure if this was public yet
But yes, go hang out with Kirsten! Go hang out exclusively with Kirsten! Surround her!
Jeff Sullivan - June 28, 2010
Oh, I don't know if it is either.
Guess it is now! Sorry SBN higher-ups if it wasn’t meant to be.
Kirsten Schlewitz - June 28, 2010
Damn you.
John Morgan - June 28, 2010
Was it supposed to be a secret? We can make Jeff hide it.
Kirsten Schlewitz - June 28, 2010
I'm so confused.
Kirsten Schlewitz - June 28, 2010
Well, we still have the fireworks display and surprise appearance from Bill Nighy.
John Morgan - June 28, 2010
Weren't there supposed to be burlesque dancers too?
Graham MacAree - June 28, 2010
Funny you should mention that
I stumbled into a burlesque show just last night.
John Morgan - June 28, 2010
So yes.
John Morgan - June 28, 2010
(I did in fact accidentally attend a burlesque show last night.)
John Morgan - June 28, 2010
If it was local, write about it for the site
Kirsten Schlewitz - June 28, 2010
A little tape breakdown
Cindy struggled pulling off her right glove.
John Morgan - June 28, 2010
Reviewing that tape sounds more amusing than watching any of our teams
Graham MacAree - June 28, 2010
So what's going to be the name of the new burlesque blog?
BrianL - June 28, 2010
Corset Chronicles? Legging Landing? Basque Reporter?
John Morgan - June 28, 2010
Tales of the Tassel
Graham MacAree - June 28, 2010
The Bettie Pages
John Morgan - June 28, 2010
Depends whether or not we can convince Red Bryant to join a burlesque show.
abender20 - June 28, 2010
It wasn't far from that
Rose City School of Burlesque rents the Bossanova Ballroom. It was amateur hour. Amateur hour..burlesque.
John Morgan - June 28, 2010
Surely more amusing than being ambushed by it while attending with my wife.
John Morgan - June 28, 2010
Owned
Jeff Sullivan - June 28, 2010
Wait a sec
Graham MacAree - June 28, 2010
I'll have you know, I am not so much socially awkward as distasteful.
John Morgan - June 28, 2010
Can I be a mod?
Robert - June 28, 2010
I think we need readers to have mods.
John Morgan - June 28, 2010
I can also be a reader.
Robert - June 28, 2010
Can I be the Timbers blogger?
Robert - June 28, 2010
Yes.
John Morgan - June 28, 2010
New Blog: FUCK YOU PORTLAND TIMBERS I HOPE YOU BURN IN A CHEMICAL FIRE, Portland Timbers.
abender20 - June 28, 2010
I rather like the ring of We ain'
Robert - June 28, 2010
Catchy, that.
abender20 - June 28, 2010
This is what happens when you drop your laptop while typing.
Robert - June 28, 2010
The beauty of setting things on other, more stable things lies in the not having to worry about them falling down part.
abender20 - June 28, 2010
Bleacher Report would welcome the civil discussion and thorough fact checking.
John Morgan - June 28, 2010
SBN Bleacher Report can be run by Jack Daniels, then.
abender20 - June 28, 2010
I rather like the ring of "We ain't got no history, championship or class"
Robert - June 28, 2010
For Portland Timbers Fans.
John Morgan - June 28, 2010
This is what I get for not reading the whole thread
Two Rs and Two Ls - June 28, 2010
I believe weaintgotnohistory.com has been snatched up.
Kirsten Schlewitz - June 28, 2010
So rather like the Sounders then
Graham MacAree - June 28, 2010
Oh wait the team has some class
Nevermind
Graham MacAree - June 28, 2010
They also have a neon lime green third kit
pdb - June 28, 2010
I thought Robert was talking about the fan groups
Graham MacAree - June 28, 2010
Ah yes
pdb - June 28, 2010
I believe it is yellow, c'mon now.
Kirsten Schlewitz - June 28, 2010
either way
pdb - June 28, 2010
I heard that some of the Sounders fans dislike it.
Robert - June 28, 2010
oh snap
Robert - June 28, 2010
None of those are actual championships
Graham MacAree - June 28, 2010
I'm pretty sure the US Open Cup is an actual championship
Aaron Campeau - June 28, 2010
The only one that is is not good enough to get an actual banner.
Kirsten Schlewitz - June 28, 2010
It's an actual banner but I haven't taken a decent picture of it yet.
Robert - June 28, 2010
.
Aaron Campeau - June 28, 2010
It was right behind my Seahawks seats so all the pictures I have of it are reversed.
Plus I wanted to make sure I got the USL stuff as well.
Robert - June 28, 2010
Nope, still hanging unnaturally straight
lemonverbena - June 28, 2010
No, that's actually the banner
Aaron Campeau - June 28, 2010
I'm telling you it's hanging too straight
lemonverbena - June 28, 2010
I've never heard of a domestic cup win being considered a championship before
Graham MacAree - June 28, 2010
I do not believe it is but this is a country
whose professional baseball league hilariously declares a team “WILD CARD CHAMPIONS” every year. Congratulations, team, you’re the champion at finishing fourth in your division!
pdb - June 28, 2010
*in your league!
pdb - June 28, 2010
The 2005 banner is particularly glaring in that regard
lemonverbena - June 28, 2010
It's a Seattle tradition!
JY - June 28, 2010
They really went cheap on that US Open Cup banner
lemonverbena - June 28, 2010
It hangs there as if it were photoshopped in
pdb - June 28, 2010
Perhaps there is just a very strong breeze that affects only the sounders banner
Kirsten Schlewitz - June 28, 2010
In retrospect while I was at it I should have added ones for XL, the 2003 wildcard and the Romo Play.
Robert - June 28, 2010
And the 1979 NBA Championship, since the Kingdome was their home court that year
OH WAIT SEATTLE DOESN’T EVEN OWN THE SONICS TROPHIES OR BANNERS ANYMORE
lemonverbena - June 28, 2010
Not true.
Seattle owns the entire team history, including the name, championships and hardware. Unless something has changed in the last two years…?
harkening - June 28, 2010
We own the actual hardware.
But they were allowed to make duplicates to take with them.
Basically, any time I bother to pay attention to anything happening with that team I am filled with rage, so I do my damnedest to pretend that the NBA does not exist.
JY - June 28, 2010
I have never really enjoyed the NBA.
So losing the Sonics wasn’t that bad for me. But when I think about how it happened, why it happened, the parties involved…HOLY SHIT I AM FUCKING PSISED EVERY SINGLE TIME!
It’s thankfully easier for me to ignore since, hey, the NBA is lame.
harkening - June 28, 2010
That and Durant saying that he wants to sign an extension.
So mad am I.
JY - June 28, 2010
I went to one of their last few games at the Key.
The S.O.S. group was handing out posters on the way in, and had seeded the fans. Key Arena was maybe half full during an absolutely abysmal season.
I will never forget the chants—literally everyone in the crowd—chanting “SAVE OUR SONICS!” for pretty much every time out, all of halftime and a good chunk of the third and fourth quarter. All told, two hours at the Key was probably filled aurally with 70 minutes of “save our sonics” chants.
I don’t really like the NBA, and my love for the Sonics* is rooted in homerism. But I cannot imagine why you would ever want to abandon that sort of absolutely dedicated, rabid fanbase. The whole drama with Bennett and Schultz was worth getting angry at. Being at the Key that day took me from angry to righteously indignant. I will forever hate the NBA and Clay Bennett.
Sometimes, you need to see someone love something before you can love it. That is me and the Sonics.
*Yes, I do love them and miss them. In a strange way, I do.
harkening - June 28, 2010
They are "shared"
Supposedly the originals are those left behind in Seattle, but those inbred dustbowl motherfuckers have the right to roll out the trophy, banners and throwback uniforms whenever they please. It’s a nightmare. Bring back the Sonics.
lemonverbena - June 28, 2010
Well fuck all that noise.
Burn the Ford Center to the ground.
harkening - June 28, 2010
Roll up a white panel truck full of random chemicals to the Ford Center and PTSD will take care of the rest
pdb - June 28, 2010
Could you imagine the outrage of a lot of NBA fans if OKC ever did a throwback day where they wore Sonics uniforms though?
I kind of want them to do it now just for the apoplectic shitstorm Bill Simmons would raise
seattlebruin - June 28, 2010
Unless Seattle gets a New Sonics team, that day is coming
lemonverbena - June 28, 2010
How?
I don’t feel good about potentially stealing another team.
also, I want the old Sonics team. Seriously, young core of tremendous potential and we got their first season and then okay, see you later?
fuck that.
JY - June 28, 2010
Memphis hasn't had the Grizzlies long enough to make me feel bad about stealing them
Ditto the New Orleans Hornets. But yeah, even that won’t salve the wound of losing the Sonics right when they got a young superstar.
lemonverbena - June 28, 2010
Think about that: the basketball hotbeds of Memphis, New Orleans, OKC, Orlando all have NBA teams.
I would not feel guilty about stealing one back. The equilibrium is off.
lemonverbena - June 28, 2010
For Portland Timbers Fans!
Two Rs and Two Ls - June 28, 2010
No Backsies
Robert - June 28, 2010
I do like to cast judging glances
royalcurve - June 28, 2010
Don't worry everyone, we will include regular mentions of rain and fish.
John Morgan - June 28, 2010
Coffee.
Kirsten Schlewitz - June 28, 2010
Heroin, grunge music, rain.
Rain.
John Morgan - June 28, 2010
And now, Top Pot.
abender20 - June 28, 2010
I think you guys need the perspective of Seattle sports fan who no longer lives in Seattle but follows all the teams anyway!
Except for the Storm because who cares about the Storm
seattlebruin - June 28, 2010
I'm sure their parents are very happy for them
pdb - June 28, 2010
The Storm are totally 13-2.
And I work for them so fuck you.
Two Rs and Two Ls - June 28, 2010
They lost twice to a bunch of girls
seattlebruin - June 28, 2010
Okay, this is funny.
Two Rs and Two Ls - June 28, 2010
Seriously? I'm interning for them
Nick S - June 28, 2010
I saw them in of the games of 2004 Finals.
Oddly, I did not feel that I was taking a part in history while watching the game.
JY - June 28, 2010
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