One Week into the Regular Season, Giveaway Update

What a better way to begin this week with a video I came up with. It's a compilation of some of the cooler Seahawks and Mariners moments. For some unknown reason I can't get it to play on mobile devices, which is pretty frustrating. If you're reading from a mobile device, I recommend checking it out on your computer. Would love to know what y'all think!
 
I would also like to apologize for my absence on this blog. Senior year is ending and I've been pretty busy with getting my final credits knocked out. Hopefully as everything slows down I can spend more time here!

Week one of the MLB Season (4-4, 3rd Place)

Initial Reactions: 4-4 isn't terrible, especially when we played the defending AL West champs and the only team (Chicago WhiteSox) that the Mariners can never seem to beat. More on that in a bit though. What's been really nice is watching Michael Morse swing that bat, all to the tune of leading the AL in homeruns (5) and being second in the MLB behind only Justin Upton (6). Can anybody eve remember when the Mariners lead homeruns in the last 10 years?

Another interesting thing to look at is the Seattle leaders in specific categories, shown below.

See anything interesting? Howabout that the only hitter that was on Seattle last year, Michael Saunders, is leading the Runs category? Again, it's very very early, but off to hot starts are the players we signed in the offseason. The most disappointing has to be Dustin Ackley, who has been replaced by Robert Andino twice already this season. The guy needs to start hitting the ball, and we can only hope he finds that swing soon.

A few thoughts on Mariners Opening Night:
Other than the huge amount of jealousy I have for those who were able to attend, the M's were able to start the season undefeated at home, a place where the M's aren't very good at. Other than me, who thought it was great to beat the same guy, Phil Humber, who threw the perfect game against us last night? I'll take it!

Mariners are currently in 3rd place. Again, it's early, but somebody might have told you to expect this a bit ago. 

In Seahawks News:
Nothing too notable since the last update, minus the only news that could have bummed me this offseason. Matt Flynn has been traded to the atrocious Oakland Raiders. Now, Seattle was able to get some draft picks and save some cap room, so I understand and even agree with the trade. BUT I'm selfish and was a huge Flynn supporter, and wish him all the personal success in Oakland (But I hope they still suck).

Giveaway Update:
For all of you who doubted my ability to give away some hats or a 12th man jersey, here is your proof! Again, the rules are simple. Get the facebook page x amount of likes, and I will pick one follower of the page to receive one of the items below.

On a more technical, computer note: If anybody knows how to set up links so that you can click them to view a picture, much like uni-watch.com, please let me know. I really don't like cluttering up these posts with pictures of all different shapes and sizes, and would much rather than be sent to another page.

That's it for today, Mariners face Erik Bedard tonight. For those of you who don't remember, we gave up Adam Jones for him. Still trying to recover from it...