Sunday, November 9, 2008

R.I.P. Tuba Man

Or: Another reason for Seattle sports fans to play the blues

I know it's been said before, but this is officially the worst year ever to be a Seattle sports fan. That's right, worst year EVER. The Mariners have a payroll equal to Nintendo's entire budget for marketing the Wii and still manage to lose 101 games, the Sonics are gone after 41 years, the Seahawks have fallen so far that they lost at home to the 49ers, UW is in the midst of the longest losing streak in school history, and WSU sucks even worse than the Huskies. And now the the Tuba Man is dead, beaten to death by some punk teenagers.

I, like most Seattle sports fans, distinctly remember seeing the Tuba Man at most of my favorite sporting events. If there is any justice in this world, once they catch and convict the a-holes responsible, instead of sending them to prison, they'll release them into the parking lot at Qwest Field right after the Hawks blow another one. There's a Greek world for what would ensue: catharsis.

1 comment:

Stefan said...

It really is pretty sad that this happened... it is also sad that those kids have done such a terrible thing, talk about a life wasted, the kids that is