teams should lose the designated hitter when the starting pitcher leaves the game

If they have the will to actually do it, it'll be great for the industry. (Also, did a deckie write this?)

I get adequate shore leave and feel pretty lucky in that regard, but so many mariners don't. They deserve better.

Spinning Zep III and bringing order out of chaos out here in the Fernglade. Only executive decision on alphabetization was to stick Abba's Greatest behind Alice in Chains. #vinylsky #musicsky #vinylcommunity #nowspinning

The defense team presses Lairmore on whether the sandwich really 'exploded.' They return to the photo of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground. "That sandwich hasn't exploded at all, has it?" defense asks. "It looks like a little bit is coming out towards the bottom," Lairmore replies.

Fishing boats. Salmon Bay. Seattle, Washington. #blueskyartshow #autumn #photography #westcoastkin

Hard to imagine a more sinister & dangerous argument, couched in euphemism & high-minded language. "This essay does not argue liberalism will collapse, only that [US] military officers should be intellectually (and spiritually) prepared for alternatives." warontherocks.com/2025/10/the-...

Now spinning Porcupine Tree's Fear of a Blank Planet. A great pressing of this magnificent album. If you know Porcupine Tree then you know. If you don't know them, but you like Pink Floyd, then you need to find em! #vinylcommunity #musicsky #vinylsky #progrock

Now spinning a 45rpm pressing of Fleetwood Mac's Rumors. This is one of those must have albums in my opinion, and the 45rpm version is absolutely stellar. #vinylcommunity #musicsky #vinylsky #70s

New cairn terrier puppy here at the Fernglade. His name is Starbuck, after the 1st mate in Moby-Dick. Quite a lot of personality! Will miss him when I'm at sea. Sadly, he cannot join the crew. #dogsofbluesky #cairnterrier #toto

Now spinning Old and in the Way, an incredible album that in it's way kept bluegrass alive for popular audiences through the 70s and 80s. This is a deeply important record in the grand scope of human history. #vinylsky #musicsky #bluegrass #vinylcommuity #70s

Now spinning Neil Diamond's Hot August Night, one of the best live albums out there. What a show that must've been! The mofi is a great pressing and, for a mofi, not expensive. #vinylcommunity #vinylsky #musicsky #70s

Now spinning Michael Jackson's Thriller. Crate dive find. 1st pressing. NM. Cover still in the shrink, w/ "The Girl is Mine" hype sticker. One original price tag shows $8.98. Then it was marked down to $6.49. So, im guessing it was sold in '84. Sound is amazing. #vinylsky #musicsky #80s #80spop

Now spinning Paul Simon's Graceland. I think this might be the last truly perfect album from a 60s rock star/ pop star. There are plenty of great ones, dont get me wrong. Bowie's Blackstar? But Graceland was huge and spectacular and important. #vinylcommunity #vinylsky #musicsky #80s

Go Mariners!!!

Come on Mariners! Let's go!

Go Mariners!

Well, the Mariners lost, so there's nothing for it but to spin some Neil Young and pop a Rainier. Here's to Friday's game 5. #nowspinning #vinylcommunity #vinylsky #musicsky #Seattle

Now spinning this Nat Geo "Sounds of the World Recording" of sea shanties. Saw this at the record store and it was obviously coming home with me. Pristine condition! As if no one ever listened to it!?! If you need shanties (you do!) this is def a great option! #vinylcommunity #musicsky #vinylsky

Now spinning. Elvis Costello's debut. Clean early US pressing ('78-'80) with Watching the Detectives. I'm guessing this leaves the sound a bit thinner than the UK version, which I'd like to find. Probably makes a big difference here. #vinylcommunity #vinylsky #musicsky #newwave #elviscostello

Now spinning. Debut album from the Black Pumas. Hope these dudes come through Seattle again so I can see em! #vinylcommunity #musicsky #vinylsky #soul

Its quite disturbing seeing an otherwise intelligent man who has not grown or felt at all since he was a teenager, and who now occupies the summit of power.

Now spinning a mid 70s record club edition of Steely Dan's Can't Buy a Thrill. Great shape. Very listenable. But I'd love to find a better pressing. Saw them around '95 at the Gorge in WA. Best venue I've ever seen. #vinylcommunity #musicsky #vinylsky #70s #yachtrock (Yes, I know Fagen hates that)

Alien: Earth channels Blade Runner way too hard. Or maybe not hard enough. M. Emmet Walsh would make this show.

Now spinning Neil Young's After the Gold Rush. Southern Man of course leads to Sweet Home Alabama, but i only recently learned that Young wrote Powderfinger with the idea Skynyrd would play it. But then the plane crash. Wild. Anyway, Gold Rush is essential vinyl. #musicsky #vinylsky #vinylcommunity

Do... do you think I'm holding them?

Now spinning this mofi Blood on the Tracks. There's arguably 4 or 5 "Best Dylan" records, but this is my favorite. Used to listen to this all the time with my dad around '79 or so and the songs still ring true decades later. The mofi is a great pressing. #vinylcommunity #musicsky #vinylsky #bobdylan

Reds in the post season!! #playoffs #wildcard #cincinnati

Now spinning, Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense. 2023 double LP remaster with the entire show. Definitely a well-done project. Sounds about as good as a live recording can be. What a great film! #vinylcommunity #musicsky #vinylsky #80s

Roll Tide!! #Alabama #Bama #vinylcommunity #vinylsky

Now spinning Sade's Diamond Life. Some kind of reissue, but it sounds pretty good. Quiet vinyl. And this one had exceptional production behind it. Prime 1984! #vinylcommunity #musicsky #vinylsky #80spop

Now spinning The Psychedlic Furs' Mirror Moves. Pretty classic mid-80s wave. 1st US pressing in great shape. Not exactly an audiophile recording, but great nonetheless. Definitely sets a "1984 mood" if you need that. #vinylcommunity #newwave #vinylsky #musicsky

Now spinning, a near mint Warner Brothers pressing of King Crimson's Discipline. A pretty great find at the record store today. Nice to be home and spinning vinyl again. #vinylcommunity #musicsky

Starting Alien: Earth, and I'm skeptical of a lot, especially the expository dialog. But the actors/characters are good. The atmosphere works. And ending ep 1 with The Mob Rules is exactly how you do nostalgia.

The Ballard Bridge over the Lake Washington ship canal. #angles #PNW #Seattle #blueskyartshow #Photography #westcoastkin

A last sunset over Pearl Harbor. Headed home. #Hawaii #photography #westcoastkin

Sunset on the approach to Oahu. #photography #seascape #scape #nature #eastcoastkin #sunday

Sunset somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Shot along the waterline off the starboard bow. #photography #westcoastkin #seascape #pacificocean

Welp...

Tugboat along the Lake Washington Ship Canal in Seattle. #photography #Android #maritime

Pulling out of San Diego yesterday. #blueskyartshow #skyline #photography #westcoastkin #maritime

Slightly diminished band: Steely Eugene.

Slightly diminished band: Judas Deacon

Trying to set up a tiktok for my shiplife videos. We shall see. #pacific #pacificocean #marinerlife

Headed out of San Diego for a few days. #photography #marinerlife

Now on @sciam.bsky.social: Using JWST, astronomers have spotted what seems to be a gas giant planet in the habitable zone of Alpha Centauri A, the nearest sunlike star to our solar system. This is *huge* if true. By @meghanbartels.bsky.social. www.scientificamerican.com/article/jwst...

Not spinning this copy of Marty Robbins' Gunfighter Ballads at the moment because I'm on the boat for the next seven weeks. Found it in an antique store on Coronado for 10 bucks. I don't think a first pressing, but I'd I'd say its VG. Need a Sound Burger in the ECR! #musicsky #vinylcommunity

A swarm of bees heading off to form a new hive has taken up residence on our dockside potable water connection. Today's #blueskyartshow theme is #gratitude. And I think we are all grateful for the bees! Hopefully, we'll find them a new home before I have to turn that valve! #photography

A great essay on some of contemporary "far-right intellectuals." They seem to long for an honor-based society, but they completely lack the courage to join a biker gang. If one wants heroism and daring do, go be a hero and do daring stuff.