USSM Welcomes New Writer
Derek and I are always looking for ways to make USSM better, and so when we identify an area that could use some help, we try to address it. With my impending marriage and what is sure to be a busy offseason coming up, it became clear to us that we could use another good writer to help carry the load.
So, I approached friend-of-the-blog Conor Glassey and he has agreed to begin writing for USSM. If you’ve been to any of the get togethers we’ve organized, you’ve met Conor, because he’s been to every single one. He’s a Seattle guy all the way, but he’s temporarily relocated to Durham, North Carolina, as he’s currently interning with Baseball America.
Conor has also written extensively for The Grand Salami magazine you see being sold outside Safeco Field and has maintained a blog of his own called Stop The Wave for the last few years. We’re happy to have Conor on board, and I’m sure you guys will enjoy the content he adds to the discussion.
Update from Conor: Alright, I’m home from work and would like to take a minute to introduce myself to everybody. I guess making my USSM debut by updating Dave’s original post is a bit like making your ML debut as a pinch hitter, but that’s just how it goes sometimes. For those that don’t know me, I moved to the Seattle area in 1990, fell in love with Griffey and have been a M’s fan ever since. Although he still holds a special place in my heart, Griffey hasn’t remained my favorite player over the years, as he was replaced by the guy that replaced him—Mike Cameron. As a long-time USSM reader (fanboy?), I couldn’t be happier to join Dave and Derek for what should certainly be an exciting off-season. Thank you for all the kind words in the comments so far and let me know if you have any questions!
OMG.
two of you in NC?
That’s just weird.
Still, welcome aboard, Conor.
When he moved, I was worried we weren’t going to hear much from Conor for a while given his distance and involvement with his new job. I’m glad to see that this won’t be the case.
Welcome aboard, Conor!
Welcome aboard Mr. Glassey.
Congrats Conor. From what I’ve observed, you’ll have a fine readership / editing crew in the USSM Faithful. Ne’er will a post go by without a grammar nazi or a spellchecker in the crowd letting you know all about what little piece of the English language you butchered. It’s all in good fun, though.
USS Mariner has developed a reputation as one of the best baseball blogs, period, and though our own team and majority of the fanbase hate / remain ignorant of this place, it’s still a good spot to prove your worth. The expectations will be high, sir. Good luck to you.
I’m not familiar with Conor’s writing, but I like the name of his blog and the way it salutes USSM with its cartoon, or logo, or whatever you call image at the top of the webpage.
Random follow-up thought: the most prominent graphic on the USSM page is that Meet the Meat photo, which to me always looks like a red baseball bat. Jes sayin’.
Welcome aboard Conor. Thank you Dave and Derek for continuing to improve a great resource despite the lack of same coming from your efforts on this Blog.
Greg
Glad to have you, Conor. I gotta tell you, though, I like the wave.
Are we sure his musical tastes are up to USSM standards? Seriously though, anyone who hates the wave is alright with me.
to me it looks like a bit of dragon or hydra ….
Another great resource for all of us to share ideas with. Welcome aboard.
The wave should only be allowed at college football games.
Welcome aboard the sinking (or is it sunk already?) Mariner ship!
I fear change! Especially if it involves adding more content to an already great blog, or removing Chuck Armstrong and Howard Lincoln from Mariners’ upper management.
I challenge Conor to come up with a new topic re: the Mariners. Surely we’ve exhausted all the ones relating to how much this season sux.
Which reminds me, our Mariners are now officially the worst team in baseball for the nonce. The Nationals won, and even San Diego is ahead of the M’s.
Conor, congrats on the new gig! As a fellow Durham resident, I’d like to extend the same offer to you that I did to Dave when I lived in Winston-Salem and offer you any free movies if you’d ever like to see them (I work at a local theatre). Email me at Bodhizefa@gmail.com if you’re ever interested.
Congrats, Conor!
Amazingly, I’m moving to Durham in two weeks myself. There’s going to be a Mariner fan enclave for a time, at least.
[Oh, and: Hi everybody. Sorry for being away for so long. I’ve spent 40 days and 40 nights in one wilderness or another.]
I suppose the RNC counts as a wilderness
Even though the Mariner family is in shambles at least the U.S.S. Mariner is doing well.
Congrats Connor.
Ladies and Gentlemen, keep your garden gnomes under lock and key!!!
🙂
Glad to see ya aboard this ship, Conor! Yay for USSM readers!
“Amazingly, I’m moving to Durham in two weeks myself.”
Wow. Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, but three USSMers in NC?
Okay, I know about the Research Triangle, and how even one of California’s biggest banks, Bank of America, got bought out by a North Carolina bank, but I still hadn’t pictured NC as such a magnet.
There are about five cities — NY, DC, LA, Chicago, and the Bay Area — where, if you live there, you can just stay there and over the years about half the people you know will, at one time or another, pass through there or visit there or move there. Because there’s so much going on in those cities that most people will go there at some point, except for people who stay in their hometowns all their lives.
Boston’s similar but a bit below them, Seattle too because it’s a bit smaller and located way in the corner of the country.
I’m now realizing that North Carolina might rank perhaps around where Seattle is in this dimension. Personally I haven’t set foot in North Carolina for over 40 years but I do know plenty of people who have gone there or visited there or gone to school there.
If a bunch of USSMariners were moving to North Dakota I’d say it was titanic coincidence. But with North Carolina, there really is stuff going on there: jobs, corporate HQs, education, research etc. Such that it’s not as outlandish to move from Seattle to NC (or visit or do business there) as I had been thinking.
Yes, I understand the wave is terrible. People having fun at the ballpark — shouldn’t be allowed. Everyone should be silent and focused on the game with the deadly seriousness it deserves.
Welcome Conor.
Redmond High represent!
you know, I’ve never seen it performed as a spontaneous ‘fun’ event. Every time I have seen it happen, it’s being started by bored and/or drunk 20-somethings who can’t focus on the game anymore, and so attempt to get people to stand up, usually when the Mariners are pitching.
As your initiation, observe how no author can express a personal opinion without prompting spirited debate. Welcome Conor!
They can expend their energy cheering on the home team?
Hey Dave,
How about a Mariners get-together/Feed here in the Raleigh-Durham area? I’d be willing to help you arrange it.
The problem with The Wave at Mariner games is that the people do it at the most inopportune time, like when it’s a 1-1 game in the 8th inning. They’re bored by what’s happening on the field (probably because a lot of them aren’t really baseball “fans” so they decide to start the wave (and a bunch of clueless idiots follow them).
Worse, because The Wave was supposedly started in Seattle (at UW Huskies games) people here feel like they not only have an inalienable right to do The Wave whenever they damn well please, but they seem to think it’s their duty to do so, so people won’t forget that “we” started The Wave in Seattle. Calm down people – it’s not really something to be proud of!
Anybody who is against the wave is a friend of mine. Anybody who thinks the wave is:
probably thinks masturbation is sex and Coors is beer.
Yay, welcome Conor!
Conor, I somehow managed to delete your email on my iphone while trying to respond (just got the phone a couple days ago, so I’m still figuring it out, yay). So now I’ve lost your email address (yes, I may be mildly retarded with new tech gadgets).
Getting you into movies won’t be a prob, though, man. I work at a theatre in Chapel Hill called the Timberlyne Theatre (for Regal Cinemas), and you’re welcome to come over anytime. I just work there for the free movies, drinks and popcorn and I’ve known the manager there forever. Free stuff for you anytime you’re game, bro. Email me anytime you’re interested and I’ll shoot you my phone #.
The best baseball site on the interwebs gets even better. How unlike its namesake.
I look forward to your first post (not counting this one)!
Update: first post already posted!
That’s interesting. I didn’t know that Seattle invented the wave.
Why hasn’t the Chamber of Commerce made a bigger deal out of this? This accomplishment should be right up there with the Space Needle.
Seattle Civic Pride!
it’s a hotly disputed topic.