This morning, the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as unconstitutional and upheld a ruling that overthrew California’s Proposition 8. These rulings are clear victories for the LGBT community and brings America one step closer towards equality. Yet, there are some who are denouncing the decisions as a tragic step towards Godlessness and clear approval of immoral behavior.
I believe that the conservative stance towards gay marriage is simply wrong.
Week 12 Recap
| Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Score | Result |
| 6/17 | Angels | 11 | Mariners | 3 | L |
| 6/18 | Angels | 2 | Mariners | 3 | W/10 |
| 6/19 | Angels | 1 | Mariners | 0 | L |
| 6/20 | Angels | 10 | Mariners | 9 | L |
| 6/21 | Mariners | 3 | Athletics | 6 | L |
| 6/22 | Mariners | 7 | Athletics | 5 | W |
| 6/23 | Mariners | 6 | Athletics | 3 | W/10 |
On June 5th, the Seattle Mariners and the Chicago White Sox played thirteen innings of scoreless baseball before both teams erupted for twelve runs in the last three innings, ending in the sixteenth. On June 8th, the New York Mets and the Miami Marlins played more than two games in one—a twenty inning battle that took over six hours to complete. Only three runs were scored and there was a ridiculously long period—from the bottom of the fourth to the top of the twentieth inning—where no runs were scored at all. The Texas Rangers and Toronto Blue Jays played eighteen the same day. Since June 8th, there have been eleven other extra-innings games, including another eighteen inning game between the Athletics and the Yankees. Recently, one of my friends asked me whether I thought the recent rash of extra-innings games is unusual. Brandon posed the hypothesis that since less and less runs are being scored per game, are more games going to extra innings as a result?
Do you think that all of these extra-inning games are indicative of the trend of the past 2 decades where pitching skill is outpacing hitting skill…I dunno. I may be imagining this, but I think runs scored in baseball have gotten lower in the past 5 years alone and now we’re having a ton of extra-inning games lately.
I thought this was an excellent question and worthy of a bit of research. Let’s start by establishing how many extra-innings games there have been for the past two decades and see if there is any correlation with the amount of runs scored each year.
Last weekend, my brother finally graduated from college (wooo!) and I went down to Seattle to celebrate with family and friends. As the conversations meandered through the day, eventually this blog came up and, for some reason, I got really uncomfortable talking about it. It’s not the first time I’ve gotten uncomfortable talking about my writing but this time it really bothered me and I’ve been thinking about it more and more. After talking with a friend recently, I think I’ve pinned down why it’s been stuck in the back of my mind. Aaron and I talked about the relationship between writing and vulnerability and our culture’s unwillingness to own an idea or opinion.
Week 11 Recap
| Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Score | Result |
| 6/10 | Mariners | 3 | Astros | 2 | W |
| 6/11 | Mariners | 4 | Astros | 0 | W |
| 6/12 | Mariners | 1 | Astros | 6 | L |
| 6/13 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6/14 | Athletics | 2 | Mariners | 3 | W |
| 6/15 | Athletics | 0 | Mariners | 4 | W |
| 6/16 | Athletics | 10 | Mariners | 2 | L |
Yesterday, the Seattle Mariners called up Mike Zunino from AAA-Tacoma just a year after he was drafted. Tonight, he will be making his major league debut, starting at catcher and batting sixth for the Mariners. To say this decision has been criticized might be an understatement. It’s been analyzed from almost every angle and has been universally panned by the blogging community. I won’t add my voice to the cacophony but I do want to examine this move as a case study in decision-making. As a project manager, I regularly give input into decisions that I hope are based on sound, rational data. It seems like throwing Mike Zunino into the major leagues was a decision made based in emotional and personal sentiment.
Week 10 Recap
| Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Score | Result |
| 6/3 | Mariners | 4 | White Sox | 2 | W |
| 6/4 | Mariners | 7 | White Sox | 4 | W |
| 6/5 | Mariners | 5 | White Sox | 7 | L/16 |
| 6/6 | Mariners | 1 | Yankees | 6 | L |
| 6/7 | Mariners | 4 | Yankees | 1 | W |
| 6/8 | Mariners | 1 | Yankees | 3 | L |
| 6/9 | Mariners | 1 | Yankees | 2 | L |
Week 9 Recap
| Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Score | Result |
| 5/27 | Mariners | 9 | Padres | 0 | W |
| 5/28 | Mariners | 1 | Padres | 6 | L |
| 5/29 | Padres | 3 | Mariners | 2 | L |
| 5/30 | Padres | 1 | Mariners | 7 | W |
| 5/31 | Twins | 0 | Mariners | 3 | W |
| 6/1 | Twins | 5 | Mariners | 4 | L |
| 6/2 | Twins | 10 | Mariners | 0 | L |
Knowledge: Boats 