To appreciate Seattle’s Kingdome, one either had to be a desperate sports fan or not know any better. I was a bit of both, having moved to Washington State in ’76 at age 8. Grey. Monolithic. Ugly. And those were apt descriptions for the dome’s exterior. Inside wasn’t much better. It always seemed to be …
I heard this for the first time today on NPR’s Talk of the Nation (yes they played a song on a talk show) and chortled as Neal Conan referred to Ben Gibbard as “Dave Gibbard” and said the rocker grew up listening to Dave Niehaus describe Ichiro. Au contraire, Ben was an adult and already …
Seattle rookie pitcher Michael Pineda is young and talented. He is the most exciting thing about the hapless Mariners in 2011. More than Ichiro, more even than King Felix, he is the reason to turn on your TV in the post My-Oh-My era. He reminds you of a puppy – the feet too big, the …