Comments on: The Goatee Conspiracy

By: Jake in Palo Alto

Jake in Palo Alto — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 06:26:02 +0000

Let’s not forget the departures of Edgar and Boone as well

By: matthew

matthew — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 02:09:32 +0000

Thank you for this Eric. We Ms fans need every laugh we can get these days

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 01:15:11 +0000

Now its was time for Eric Blankenship’s painful elimination of the daaaaaaaaay!

By: Spaceboy

Spaceboy — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 20:30:38 +0000

I think I’ve figured this all out. Bavasi is living out the plot of Karate Kid III. He is playing the role of Sensei John Creese, wronged by Daniel-San and Mr. Miyagi, and is now working his way back to screwing them over by having his rich buddy pretend to be Daniel-San’s new sensei. Not only does he attempt to ruin his relationship between Mr. Miyagi, but also provides him a false sense of superiority in his supposed karate teachings.

In this case, Bavasi, wronged by the Mariners when he was the GM of the Angels in 1995 (then went onto be fired, and promptly won the World Series 2 years later), is now the GM of the Mariners and aims to destroy our team by loading it up with bloated contracts and horrible players. His goal is not just to create a horrible team, but to bring the entire organization down as well.

I knew watching Karate Kid III over and over again on showtime and HBO would ultimately pay off one day. Now, if only Mr. Miyagi hadn’t died, he could have saved us all from the evil Bill Bavasi.

By: Dave in Palo Alto

Dave in Palo Alto — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 20:16:02 +0000

If Bavasi looking for the right beard guys, he should go for the best.

By: Eric Blankenship

Eric Blankenship — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 19:19:27 +0000

#14 – I realize the majority of those guys, including Bavasi, sport Van Dykes . . . but it’s like the tomato. The perfect way to derail any conversation which casually involves the tomato (i.e. who has the best pizza in town, what you should throw at Bavasi if see him on the produce isle, etc.) is to mention that the tomato is a fruit, and not a vegetable. Outrage is usually followed by an existential debate that continues until nobody can remember what the original conversation was about.

Plus, the last time I said Ã¢â‚¬Å“Van DykeÃ¢â‚¬Â in front of my wife I got slapped.

By: Jim Thomsen

Jim Thomsen — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 18:21:31 +0000

Let’s not forget soul patches … this is Apolo-Ohno-is-God country, after all.

By: Dick Pole

Dick Pole — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 17:32:11 +0000

Nice posting #12. Beat me to the punch. Look closely fellow and ladies, a Goatee is not a Van Dyke and vice versa. We should be talking Van Dykes. Common mistake among the facial hair discussion boards.

By: lefty

lefty — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 17:07:15 +0000

I am currently sporting a beard, that could easily be trimmed into a goatee. I have no discernable baseball skills. However, I have been described as “intense” and “determined”. Any room in the payroll for me? League minimum?

By: Ron Fairly

Ron Fairly — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 17:06:29 +0000

the M’s should go for the all chin curtain team: http://www.ragadio.com/oafh/page18.html