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Originally Posted by JRutledge

Well at least the idiot from Illinois has seen a World Series winner in his state. What have the Mariners or (Seahawks) done? ;)

Now I see why you are so bitter. :D

Peace

A once in a lifetime event. Savor the moment. Hailley's Comet will be back before the next one.

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Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

A once in a lifetime event. Savor the moment. Hailley's Comet will be back before the next one.

It is better to know that Haley's Comet is coming back then to have no idea what a Comet is. ;)

They are in the playoff hunt. How long has Seattle been out of that hunt?

(14 games out as this is posted)

Peace

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Originally Posted by JRutledge

1. I don't know.
2. I don't care.

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Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

1. I don't know.
2. I don't care.

I do know that the Mariners are about 14 games out of first. I do not care about the Mariners, no one seems to. :p

Peace

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Originally Posted by RonRef

You thought wrong. The year was 1969. They moved to Milwaukee to become the Brewers in 1970. One of a few franchises to also bear the Brewers logo.:)

Also an added bit of history. The chairman of the board of the Pilots was the former owner of the Cleveland Indians who tried to move the Indians to Seattle in 1964. They also played in Sicks Stadium, a rather redundant name.

Thanks PWL, I live in the Milw Area and the Brewers are playing like the 1969 Seattle Pilots....bad!

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Originally Posted by rockyroad

And therein lies your problem...you are trying to compare NCAA games and WNBA games...the officials have two VERY different sets of guidelines they are told to follow in those two very distinct games...you can't watch an NBA or WNBA game and expect it to be called the same as an NCAA game. In fact, watch a Lisa Mattingly, Sally Bell, Melissa Barlowe, etc. referee a WNBA game and then watch them ref an NCAA game - it's night and day...and that's the way the WNBA wants it. What you think in your mind is a "questionable call" is the way the WNBA has instructed plays to be called. Apples and tangerines, baby.

rockyroad, I'm not sure that you are correct on this one. It may be that when we say "man, the officiating sure is bad in WNBA, nowhere near as good as NCAA D-1" that you can be right. EVEN if they are the same officials on the floor. If the assigners are saying "call the game this way" and you disagree with how the assigner's want the game called - then you'll think the officiating sucked. Perhaps the blame for the "poor officiating" in the WNBA lies at the assigners who asked for the officials to umpire like that, not with the officials on the floor who are doing exactly what was asked.

(I haven't seen any of the WNBA playoffs, so I'm not commenting on the officiating as good or bad, I'm just replying to others who say that it is bad)