I love baseball. Seattle Mariners baseball, to be specific. Sure, they haven’t exactly made it to the world series or anything, but heck, it’s baseball.
I love football, too, but one of the big differences between being a fan of the two is; while I can watch a Seahawks football game and get excited, I can’t follow it on the radio. I found that out when the game was on one night and our power went out! I had to listen to the game on the transister radio, and had a heck of a time following the action.
Not so with baseball. One can listen to a game and follow everything easily. And the Seattle Mariners have a couple of announcers who do a really good job, making it quite enjoyable to listen to a game in the car.
Except for one thing.
See, these announcers like to come up with little nicknames for players, and each other. I don’t know why, but they do. And for the most part, it’s not too annoying. For instance, they refer to the Mariners head coach as The Skipper (regardless of who it is) Willie Bloomquist as BoomBoom, Ken Griffey Jr. was always called Junior, while Yunkeski Betancourt is just Yuni. Other players get names like The Sherrif, or Every-Day Eddie.
No big deal. I can live with that.
Until two seasons ago, when the Mariners signed Richie Sexon, and the announcers declared his nick name to be:
Sexie.
Yeah. For a year, we had to listen to two grandfather-aged men refer to another grown man, as Sexie. It was bad.
It still is bad. But now, it’s worse. One of the color commentators who became a regular last season is a former player named Blowers. So what do the two old guys call him?
Blow.
So now, whenever I’m listening or watch a Mariners Baseball game, I’m treated to two old men talking about two other fully grown adult men, as Sexie and Blow.
I try to imagine these old guys have no clue what Blow refers to in our culture. And I try to believe they haven’t got a clue they’re calling a man Sexie. But I know I’m fooling myself.
Only in Seattle. (headdesk)
The Velvet Zebra 
First, I’d like to thank the city of Seattle for the Brewers. :p
Second, The Skipper is a universal term applied to all managers in baseball.
Third, Richie Sexon was my favorite Brewer for a while and now he’s gone. 😦
Fourth, I thought Ken “I’m a Big Jerk” Griffey, Jr. was with Cincinatti?
Fifth, we have Bob Uecker as our announcer. Not sure if he makes up cute nicknames. I never paid attention before. He’s just tells funny stories all the time.
Sixth, I think you need to be a really good announcer to call football on the radio and make it understood. There’s a lot more going on than in baseball and you don’t have shorthand for the positions, like it was a 4-3-1 double play (if I even got that right, I don’t know what positions the numbers actually stand for).
Seventh, I CAN’T WAIT FOR SPRING AND BASEBALL! I am so sick of snow.
Eighth, I don’t have an eighth, I just wanted to end on an even number.
Thing for even numbers, too, Ed?
That’s just ROFL funny. If I wasn’t at work, I wouldn’t have held it in.
First: Ppphhffttt
Second: I did not know that.
Third: Yes, but he’s ours now, for three years this spring.
Fourth: He is, but he got his start here with his father.
Fifth: Okie Dokie.
Sixth: I think it’s because Baseball is turn based and slower, and 4-3-1 double play means first the ball went to the second baseman, who threw it to the first baseman, who gave it to the pitcher who tagged out the runner.
Seventh: I’ve been enjoying Spring Training games every day since March 1st.
Eighth: There’s your even number 🙂
Obviously you were not at all impressed that Bob Uecker is our personal sportscaster.
We’re going to an exhibition game tonight. Does that impress you?
It could be worse, Kristine. You could be a Rangers fan.
Yeah.