What I really want: a healthy Percy Harvin. Signed to the most expensive free-agent contract in Seattle sports history, Harvin has played just 20 snaps for the Seahawks.
What I’ll settle for: a Richard Sherman T-shirt. Sherman’s website sells T’s with his Greatest Trash-Talk Hits, including “You Mad, Bro?” (deployed on Tom Brady) and “I’m Better at Life Than You” (deliver to ESPN’s Skip Bayless). They look pretty sharp! Men’s T’s are $29.99 plus shipping; you can also buy women’s, kids’, and even a version for your trash-talking toddler.
What I really want:
Eddie Johnson back with the Sounders. He’s their only consistent goal-scorer, but the club doesn’t seem interested in a future with him—instead picking defensive-minded Osvaldo Alonso as one of their three high-paid “designated players.” Rumor has it they’re shopping Johnson; that he’s missing from the team’s 2014 season-ticket marketing isn’t a good sign.
What I’ll settle for: That interesting new book about the Sounders. Former KJR-AM sports-talk host Mike “The Gasman” Gastineau interviewed all the major figures behind the Sounders’ move to the MLS for Sounders FC: Authentic Masterpiece: The Inside Story of the Best Franchise Launch in American Sports History. (See “The Gasman’s New Game,” SW, Oct. 23.) Reading it promises to be as close as any fan will get to the executive suite of a Seattle sports team—and apparently it’s full of interesting insights about the Seahawks as well.
What I really want: Competent executive-level management for the Mariners. President Chuck Armstrong’s recent retirement gives the Mariners a chance to bring in a strong new voice to revamp their disastrous baseball operations. But considering that they haven’t made a decent hiring decision in a decade, I’m not optimistic.
What I’ll settle for: a Mariners Ticket Gift Pack. This is a really good deal: $50 gets you two field-level seats or four upper-deck seats to one of 69 home games (opening night and 11 other “premium” games are blocked out). Once you get the pack, you can pick your seats starting March 8—and you’ll have paid about half of the single-game price. I’m pretty sure good seats will be available all year. E
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