Comments on: Imagine Sisyphus a Mariner

By: jamesllegade

jamesllegade — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:03:57 +0000

Quick! Gun to your head you have to chose one;

Who do you start the year with at DH?

Mike Piazza
Shea Hillenbrand
Jason Botts
Jose Vidro

You have 5 seconds… decide!

By: vj

vj — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:15:51 +0000

I must say that I am fascinated by the Greek mythology press release topic. How about this one:

Achilles adds a powerful bat to the middle of our lineup. He’s recovering well from his season-ending heel injury and should be ready for spring training.

By: rememberthealamo

rememberthealamo — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:55:03 +0000

Great insight…..thoroughly depressing…….but in one way, it’s like an illness….when you know what you’re dealing with, there’s at least hope that a cure CAN BE FOUND….

By: rememberthealamo

rememberthealamo — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:47:51 +0000

I believe the big guy’s traditional uniform was the chlamys. A look I never quite got, myself– seems a little drafty.

Drafty, yes, but at least you knew what you were dealing with..

By: msb

msb — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:26:30 +0000

I believe the big guy's traditional uniform was the chlamys. A look I never quite got, myself-- seems a little drafty.

By: Gomez

Gomez — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:02:11 +0000

The release did forget to mention his willingness to get his toga dirty.

By: vj

vj — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:33:35 +0000

“Sisyphus is a professional rock-roller, who provides strength going up both sides of the mountain. He’s a big, strong kid who rolls the boulder real hard.” — press release

I think as far as press release parodies go, this one’s an instant classic.

By: Ralph

Ralph — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 17:28:48 +0000

I think I saw a similar article on Mariners Revolution about 2 years ago.

By: Dave in Palo Alto

Dave in Palo Alto — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:05:04 +0000

Bravo, Derek.

BTW, Alex George was a prof of mine at college. Quite a character. One time someone rose to praise Stalin for saving the West, etc. George just waited for him to finish, stared at him, said, “Stalin was a bastard”, and moved on.

By: Will D.

Will D. — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:09:19 +0000

I’m thinking along the lines of ‘Howard and Chuck get bought out and sent away’ changes, rather than the usual non-changes posing-as-changes.

I hear you. But still… it seems pretty hopeless to expect meaningful change out of the team and on the field. At least from where I’m sitting. At least we’re not the Royals.