Thomas E. Hauber's Seattle Mariners Fan Profile
Who am I?
The ultimate Fan. I grew up in Chicago, a southsider and a Sox Fan. I moved to California and became a Giants Fan, I lived in Colorado and became a Rockies Fan. I moved to Arizona and became a D-Backs Fan. I live in Oregon, (lived in Seattle for three years) and am still a long-suffering Mariners Fan.
I do Spring training every year. I was a Little League All-Star, a good pull hitter and a shortstop with a good arm. At age 66, I can still throw 75MPH "fast ball".
I've seen many of the AL greats with the Sox: Minoso, Fox, Aparicio, Billy Pierce.
I've seen Ted Williams throw a bat into the stands, Mickey Mantle hit a HR. I saw Al Kaline break in.
I saw Mays, Cepeda, Marichal, Perry and stayed many a long cold night at "The Stick"
I saw Willie McCovey break-in.
I saw the Rockies come into being. Saw the Giants win in '62 and watched Willie Mac line-out to Bobby Richardson. Saw Barry Bonds destroy Angels pitching in the 2002 WS. I saw the D-Backs win the World Series.
Interests
Hits, no-errors, Runs
Main Skills
Reading, writing and arithmetic
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Mariners Rule # One? posted on 04/24/2011
The first rule? "There's no crying in Baseball." With apologies to Tom Hanks and his Bears, in the pro circles it's said that good pitching stops good hitting. A World Series will verify that, Lincecum, Cain, and Bumgardner shut down Texas' fearsome bats. Other examples abound, the D-Back's duo of Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling stopped the Yankees in 2001, who despite wins by Pettit and Clemens, could score only 5 runs in four games facing Arizona's best.
So what if the two great pitchers face each other? Who wins? It happens every opening Day and a couple dozen other times each season. This forces us into Rule #2. You have to score at least One run to win.
This brings us to the topic of offensive statistics that has been the Mariner's problem. One run is about it. It's usually all you need when Felix is on his game, but with anybody else, one run isn't going to cut it.
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