Contrary to what you thought all season, Rob Johnson is not useless — and the Mariners just went out and proved it.
Author: Seth Kolloen
Seth Kolloen
If you drove down Corliss Avenue North in mid-80s Seattle, you probably saw Seth. He was the kid sorting Alvin Davis cards on his porch, mimicking Paul Skansi in street football games, or arguing the merits of Alton Lister with his friends. Seth has grown up just enough that his interests now include politics, the arts and the value of his Roth IRA; yet he also has season tickets to the Mariners, Sounders and Huskies, and frequently attends high school basketball games for fun. That is to say, he loves sports and still cant stop talking about them. Shortlisted for a Genius Award by The Stranger for his sportswriting, Seth was a frequent guest columnist for the Seattle P-I the best young sportswriter you never heard of and has also written for Seattle Metropolitan and Deadspin. Seths sports posts have been cited by The Washington Post, USA Today, and ESPN. He served as executive editor of Sports Northwest magazine from 2008-2009. He was also sports editor for Seattlest.com and The SunBreak, and founded a Seattle sports blog, Enjoy the Enjoyment. Join Seth in suffering the daily slings and arrows of Seattle sports fortune in his column, Exit 164.
Hasselbeck Will Start Sunday: Well THAT wasn’t very much fun. Pete Carroll ends the Seahawks’ quarterback controversy after 16 hours, announcing that Matt Hasselbeck remains the starter. He did say that he’d bring in backup Whitehurst if Hass struggled. But that’s what Carrol did Sunday, so that’s not really news. Sorry Ladies, Locker’s Off the Market: Dreamy #10 got engaged over the weekend to his longtime girlfriend, former Husky softball player Lauren Greer. Just like Locker to stick with his first read. Here’s the happy couple at January’s Sports Star of the Year banquet. Well, Ichiro’s Always Liked the Ball…
The Whitehurst vs. Hasselbeck debate breaks into the open, and the Huskies win without good shooting.
Would the Sonics fan running the Hornets help steer them back to Seattle? And which ex-Sonic is back on network TV?
Grab an expresso. It’s time to talk advanced basketball statistics as they relate to the Washington Huskies.
The way he’s tossing out old-school baseball bromides, Mariner GM Jack Zduriencik is beginning to sound a lot like his predecessor, Bill Bavasi.
Huskies out of the polls, Rob Johnson out of a job with the Mariners, Tyrone Marshall probably out of luck with the Sounders, and other musings in today’s Exit 164.
Recapping a dismal weekend with big losses by the Hawks and Dawgs, plus a memorial for Dave Niehaus.
Miguel Olivo returns, no word on Ruppert Jones or Pete O’Brien. And a UW student has harsh words for the Dawg Pack.
The Mariners have inked their designated hitter for 2011. And you won’t believe how many DHs the club has employed since Edgar Martinez retired in 2004. Check out Exit 164 to find out