after some immoderate drinking last night. So I’m taking today off. As a fan of the Mariners since I was a single-digit rapscallion in the great deciduous forests of New England, I’ve experienced a similar shifting of priorities these past few seasons. I thought this might make a more constructive kind of venting than the semi-intelligible ranting that, ahem, some of us have resorted to after, basically, witnessing the Mariners suck a baseball through a garden hose.

Growing up in Seattle I became a Mariners fan just as Griffey and The Big Unit were becoming staples of the team, and the front office began making moves that would result in the 10 year (1993-2003) run of success for the franchise.

I really began becoming a big Seahawks fan after they drafted Galloway. There was no real shift from one to the other based on the FO or any sort of success. I love each team, but I have to say I enjoy football season much more than baseball season for the winning, but…baseball is baseball. Always going to love it no matter how many times we mortgage the future for unrealistic expectations of the present. (i think I will at least…)

i’m experiencing quite the opposite at the moment.

and just basketball in genereal, but that waned, and around 2000 I got into football more and more. The Sonics still hold a special place in my heart, but I’m far more interested and passionate about football now.

Seahawks second. It sucks, but I can’t help it. single tear

I’ve always been a fan, but much more casually. The more I became obsessed with the analytical side of baseball and the amount of time and energy I devoted to following sports increased, the more engrossed I became in the Seahawks. Part of that is timing, but part of is realizing that I have something else to obsess about.

That said, the Mariners are my first love and I can’t envision a time when the Seahawks overtake them. I’ll still go absolutely insane watching them, of course.

Also, is that a Sleater-Kinney reference on the sidebar?

I am 22 years old and I grew up being a Mariners fan. The magic season and “refuse to lose” are etched in my mind. I didn’t really even care about football. But in 2005, after watching the Seahawks beat the Rams in game 5 making our record 3-2. I turned to my brother and said, “The Seahawks are going to the Superbowl this year.” Since then, I have never missed a game.

This is the first time I have ever followed the football off-season, and I have to say, I am sooo excited for football season.

I’ve still managed to play through each of the games I-XII multiple times…except for VII. Dunno why that was, I really don’t remember being that upset about the overall quality of the game. It was a step down from VII, to be sure, but it had a sort of calm feel to it. Less impending doom..which was nice for a change, but worked so perfectly in VII.

Yeah, I probably just tipped the dorkometer past the point of no return. Sorry ‘bout that one, guys. Mah bad.

Never any question, always been a Hawks fan first and foremost. Started watching them as baby (born in ‘75, the Hawks were started in ‘76) so my pops brainwashed me from a young age. Moved to AZ a few years ago for work, but my love of the team has gotten stronger. I still lived in WA during the M’s magical run but nothing was as amazing to me as a fan of Seattle sports as the year 2005 and a Seahawks SB appearance. Love the M’s but just don’t have the same passion like I do for the Seahawks. For that matter any other team in any sport will never rival that!