Bret Boone is my new hero!

[LisaM]

He just criticized Bud Selig for conflict of interest!

I can't believe it! What a guy!

[oregonjen]

1. mariners

Compared to our jailblazers here in Portland, the Mariners are awesome. We jumped ship and totally support them. My husband is Japanese and loves Ichiro.

[kaitykaity]

3. Hi oregonjen. I'm a Portlander too. Dontcha just love

the new kid, Outlaw? Talk about a perfect name.
The Jail Gangstas lost me when the fired Schonely,
and when the fired 2 of 17 in the fourth quarter of
the 7th game of the Western Conference Finals.

I've been a Mariner fan since 1995 when the M's beat
the Yankees in Game 5 of the Wild Card.

So, Hi. Maybe we can talk sometime.

Dawn

on edit: typo

[Parche]

5. PDX

I am from Portland toooo!!
And the day that Bob Twittsett resigned was the day we got the
Blazers back!!!

[northzax]

2. conflict of interest?

how's that again? obviously everyone knows that Bud no longer controls the Brewers, they are held in a blind trust. His daughter, completely independent of him, runs the Brewers.

oh whatever. we all know he's a shmuck.

[chiburb]

4. See this:

Snip:
Selig lapdog Bob DuPuy rushed to his master's defense.

"His comments show a very unfortunate lack of understanding as to what the game is all about. To impugn the efforts of the commissioner over the last 11 years is ludicrous. We're trying to market the game to fans, and his comments show ignorance."

Ignorance of what? Owning one club while ostensibly managing the industry in the best interest of all clubs is a clear conflict of interest. Selig has had that conflict of interest since the day he became Acting Commissioner. Indeed, DePuy's employment as President of MLB only underscores that conflict of interest, inasmuch as his principal qualification for the job is years of service as Selig's personal lawyer.

In fact, if no one at MLB feels troubled by Selig's conflict of interest, MLB might as well reinstate Pete Rose. Conflict of interest rules, like the rule against betting on one's own team, are prophylactic measures intended to protect MLB against even the suspicion that someone might place his personal interests ahead of the game. If Selig's blithe assurance that of course he's acting in the best interests of the game is enough to foreclose all questioning of the propriety of his serving as Commissioner, then why should Rose be banned absent proof that his betting affected his managing?

More here: http://www.roadsidephotos.com/baseball/bbblog.htm

[KadeCarrion]

6. A wise zomby once told me

how can you not like Bret Boone when he looks like Sleepy the Dwarf?

:D

P.S. I've never been a sports fan, until I visited Seattle and came across the Mariners. Now I'm hooked on them! Except I can't get their games here in Arizona. :evilfrown: