Alex Carson
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Alex Carson

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About

Twitter: @AlexCarson
http://drunksacks.mlblogs.com

My sports fanhood life has been all about timing.

My dad was born and raised in San Leandro, just outside of Oakland. Fortunately for me, Al Davis moved the Raiders to LA, my dad got red-faced angry and I was raised a 49ers fan.

Whew, that was close.

In 1995 we moved to Seattle. The Mariners went on a magical run and 15 years later I'm still hooked. The magic can return now. No, seriously.

The timing thing has worked against me, too. I was so mad at the Mariners I didn't renew the domain for my Felix Hernandez blog that I poured a large number of hours into. Then he won a Cy Young, and my first thought was "I should blog! ...oh, wait." The baseball Gods don't like quitters.

I coach a Junior High team. I watch more baseball than is healthy. I write, I blog. A true junkie. I'll take it in any form.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Ichiro!, Felix Hernandez, Franklin Gutierrez, Frank Gore, Vernon Davis, Albert Pujols

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Seattle Mariners, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Sounders

  • Favorite Coaches

    Bill Walsh

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Edgar Martinez hits "The Double"

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Junior returns as a Red

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Lou Gherig's hit streak

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Sampras

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger

  • ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 or SEC?

    Pac 10

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  • Kyle Langan posted 255 days ago

    Kyle Langan

    Hey, would you be able to send your e mail to klangan@omnipossible.com? I want to get the B/R community leaders on a mailing list for a press release on behalf of Sports Media 101.

    Thanks

  • Patrick Hansen posted 426 days ago

    Patrick Hansen

    Hey Alex,
    I really like your writing about the Mariners.
    I was wondering how you became a featured columnist for the Mariners. I noticed that lots of other teams have more than 1 featured columnist and I'm definitely interested.
    Is there someone I need to email?

  • Lewie Pollis posted 440 days ago

    Lewie Pollis

    Hey Alex,

    I thought you might be interested in my response to Mr. Thorn's "Farewell to Stats" piece:

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/640738-john-thorn-rebuttal-in-defense-of-stats-sabermetrics-arent-bad-for-baseball

  • Noah Webster posted 450 days ago

    Noah Webster

    Loved your last comment to me, Alex. What a great reply from someone whose greatest contribution to this world will be as a poster child for abortion. Thanks for telling me I'm super cute by the way. Maybe we can go out on a date.

  • Carey Floyd posted 461 days ago

    Carey Floyd

    On your shortlist you say the Most Unbreakable Sports Record - Lou Gherig's hit streak... don't you mean Joe Dimaggio? or perhaps Lou Gherig's consecutive game streak which dubbed him the nickname "iron horse" ... anyhooo I would love to see Ichiro beat Dimaggio's record...

  • Noah Webster posted 466 days ago

    Noah Webster

    Your analysis of the Houston Astros young talent that failed to analyze anything and questioned whether the team was run by monkeys was completely juvenile. Are you four years old?. Nothing like a pathetic swipe at a team to substitute for professional journalism.

  • Maria Cane posted 508 days ago

    Maria Cane

    Happy New Year! Check out my first article of the year 2011! Comments, retweets,likes, anything appreciated! http://bleacherreport.com/articles/568726-wwe-what-was-the-point-of-nexus-edition

  • Jonathan Gillis posted 509 days ago

    Jonathan Gillis

    ur profile pic is awesome

  • Josh Gibbs posted 542 days ago

    Josh Gibbs

    Hey Alex! I was at the game where Junior returned as a Red too!