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Singles Beaches

Single and tired of the bar scene?

How about trying out the BEACH scene... it is full of all the fun social activities of the bar but with a fun, sunny atmosphere (literally). You can even get a better glimpse at the hot beach bod to get a better idea of what you are in for between the sheets (or the beach towels... we don't judge). So where exactly are the best beaches to find singles in America? Well, they are all over - and you don't just have to be on a coast to find them (though it certainly doesn't hurt). Here are a few that are notable:

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Sizzlers and Fizzlers ... CYWYNPWTP

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Q.  The Mariners won 5 of 9 against three of the AL's best teams.  So they would play .545 at least, if the season started tomorrow?

A.  Actually the Mariners are playing a lot worse than it looks like.  For example, check this WAR table -- in the last 14 days, only three Mariners have more than 0.0 WAR (!!), and one of the three is Raul Ibanez.

Check the same table, full season, and you'll see that only one Mariner has more than 1.2 WAR during the entire 2013 season.  Prorated, that means that only one Mariner position player will finish the season with even 2.0 WAR, the threshold for an average player.  ::ulp::  (Edit to add, Miller and Zunino are special cases as Logan notes below.)

Nick Franklin's trouble with bendy pitches is scaring the spit out of the Mariners.  Dustin Ackley, though hot, is hot --- > in a complete absence of home runs.  (He's got one -- count it -- 1 homer this YEAR.)  How much does a hot streak count for if you have to bunt your way on base every time?  Michael Morse seemed like a good idea at the time; Baker says he's playing out the string and won't be back next year.  

The M's outfield has combined for -59 defensive runs lost (-14 LF, -30 CF, -15 RF) so you could argue that none of them are actually outfielders.  That's not a snide quip; it's a strategic observation -- it's possible that none of the Mariner outfielders qualify to play there.  Jesus Montero is now an afterthought:  supposing he ever did hit good, he'd probably simply be traded.

Alafia River State Park

Just 10 miles south of Tampa you’ll find Alafia River State Park, a lovely outdoor recreational area where you’ll see a wide variety of wildlife—from the Great Blue Heron to American alligators! Be wary of these reptilian predators, but do enjoy the beauty of the Alafia River, the bike paths, and many other outdoor recreation opportunities. You can take a hike together, go camping, ride a horse, take a canoe journey and much, much more. Become mesmerized in the wildness of Florida as you become enamored with one another. Have you visited Alafia River State Park before?

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Taijuan Walker and Doc Gooden

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Gordon cue'd up this Taijuan Walker sequence, jabbing with the "gets on em in a hurry" fastball call and hooking with the "15 feet over the batter's head" hook call.  I'm piling on here, but that particular video is worth it.

It took us a while to triangulate Hisashi Iwakuma ... whodat, whodat ...?, um ... ::taps chin:: ... Hershiser? ... um ... GREG MADDUX!  An 80% replica of the Mad Dog his ownself.

Took a while to triangulate Erasmo Ramirez, too ... still taking a while.  Fister without the angles? ... ummm...

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Taijuan Walker

As I said in the shouts, Dylan Bundy has now gone down with a blown UCL, and will need Tommy John surgery.  That basically takes him out of the equation until 2015, and simultaneously makes Taijuan Walker the best pitching prospect in all of baseball.
 
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First, let's talk about who is. 
 

Lightning forms fulgurites in the sands of beaches and deserts

I have to admit, my interest in this topic came less from scientific inquiry and more from watching the movie "Sweet Home Alabama" one too many times. In the movie, lightning strikes the sand, creating beautiful, clear, root-like structures. As it turns out, this is actually fact rather than fiction, but the real-life products, called fulgurites, aren't as pretty. They're still pretty neat, though.

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18 Wins In the #5 SP Slot

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The headline is tongue in cheek, LrKrBoi29.  Just so you know.

What do we as Mariners fans LIKE about powerflushing the potential 17-win seasons of Brandon Maurer and Erasmo Ramirez?

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In 2005, Jon Garland went 18-10, 3.50 for the White Sox and finished #6 in the AL Cy Young voting.

It's not like he threw a completely different arsenal back then.  With the 2013 Jon Garland, we are not talking about the difference between the 1999 and 2012 versions of Freddy Garcia.  Jon Garland got that done with pretty much the same stuff he has now.  He had 4.7 strikeouts and 1.9 walks in 2005.

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It's not like 2005 was the only time that Garland pitched well.  He went 18-7 the next season, too, in 2006.

Garland has 132 career wins, the same as Josh Beckett, and despite being "only" 33 years old, he ranks #13 among active pitchers for W's.

Florida man swallowed up by sinkhole

A Tampa, Florida man was swallowed up by a sinkhole when his bedroom collapsed on the last day of February 2013. The hole is 30 feet wide and 20 feet deep. Sound and video equipment lowered into the hole detected no signs of life. The man in the sinkhole, Jeffrey Bush, is presumed dead. Unfortunately, rescuers can't retrieve him because of the possibility that the hole is still spreading, possibly ready to collapse at any time. But, what is a sinkhole? Why do they appear?

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