Forget trying to figure out why he only got 99.3% of the votes. Forget trying to understand why three voters would choose not to include him in the hall. Just spend a little while this weekend remembering the sheer joy of baseball, and family, that Junior brought to our lives. This might be the best, … Continue reading Junior Goes to the Hall
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A Thanksgiving Top Ten
This is less a “top” ten list, and more a “random” ten list. Who could put gratitude in any rational order, anyway? Stories - the infinite number of stories to be told. Or maybe there is only one real story, but an infinite variety of ways to tell it. Either way, the well of stories never runs … Continue reading A Thanksgiving Top Ten
Opening Day
It's not always about the W (although Felix brought us another great opening day win). It's also about emotions, looking forward, and helping a kid realize a dream. http://m.mariners.mlb.com/news/article/116618888/joey-coras-first-pitch-highlights-mariners-opening-day-ceremonies
Opening Day: Baseball Lessons for Life
I am quietly celebrating the first day of baseball season. (By "quietly," of course, I mean yelling with joy at each Mariner hit, run, and great defensive play as they blow their opening game wide open in the ninth inning. It's now 10 to 3, M's over the Angels, and that's why I'm hoarse.) "Opening … Continue reading Opening Day: Baseball Lessons for Life
Interview Outtakes
Two of my favorite responses to interview questions from the wonderful people at Long and Short Reviews wound up on the cutting room floor. But you, dear readers, get to enjoy them. Think of this as the "outtakes" section... If you could have one paranormal ability, what would it be? I wrote a whole novel … Continue reading Interview Outtakes
Just Like Life
A little baseball meditation, and this week's Project Create. (Nearly halfway through the year already - it's going by as fast as a fly ball tailing to right in the Ellensburg wind.) It's the first Saturday in June, and it's Babe Ruth baseball. Blue sky. Green grass. Brown dirt. Wind, because it's Ellensburg, carrying the … Continue reading Just Like Life
The perfect game
This weeks's Project Create: This past Saturday afternoon, the M's lost in a shut out. You might have heard. It was against Chicago White Sox pitcher Phillip Humber, who'd been perfect through eight. I was out and about but was able to listen to the ninth inning on the radio. You can imagine - the crowd … Continue reading The perfect game
Being there…116 times
Tonight the Seattle Mariners celebrated the tenth anniversary of their record-setting, 116 win season in 2001. It's not that kind of season this year; it's not even a 2009 kind of season, which will go down in history as the happiest third-place in a four-team division finish ever. And I confess I haven't been following … Continue reading Being there…116 times
Miracles can happen, at least in baseball
If you ever find yourself doubting that miracles can happen, just remember this... after a dismal start to the season, the Seattle Mariners won their fifth in a row tonight, all five on the road, handing the Red Sox their first shut out at Fenway in a little more than a year. Doug Fister threw over … Continue reading Miracles can happen, at least in baseball
We interrupt this novel: Tribute to Dave Niehaus
It is six thirty pm Wednesday, November 10, and we've known for a little more than an hour that Dave Niehaus, voice of the Seattle Mariners, passed away today. It seems a heart attack took him from his family, his friends, his colleagues, and his game. And from all of us who counted on his … Continue reading We interrupt this novel: Tribute to Dave Niehaus
Elizabeth Fountain, Author 