Finally, the hunting begins

My alarm went off at 4:30 in the morning, and my first thought was, “You’ve got to be kidding me.” Even though I had gone to bed relatively early the night before, I still didn’t get much sleep since it was the night before my first real hunting trip. Fortunately, the excitement of the coming day was also enough to roust me out of bed at that ungodly hour and

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Reasons why I hate Adrian Beltré

Why is it that nearly every time the Mariners sign some big name free agent with a hot bat, he comes to Seattle to go through his slump? Then, once he’s totally worthless and we trade him for next to nothing (or release him for absolutely nothing), he “finds his swing” again and leads his team to the postseason? Seriously, there are dozens of examples of players who’ve done that.

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Missed my second chance at Wauconda

SOLD: 1 tiny town, to Bothell couple, for $360,000 By Erik Lacitis, Seattle Times staff reporter WAUCONDA, Okanogan County This town has a gas pump, a restaurant, a small store, a four-bedroom house and its own ZIP code, 98859. And in a few weeks  after being listed for sale on eBay it’ll have new owners. It’s a story of the travails of selling property on the site, the winning bidder

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