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Smart Bombs: M’s Play Worse Than Lesbian Kiss


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Sirbrina Guerrero stands in front of the Seattle Mariners' ballpark Tuesday in Seattle. Guerrero was admonished while watching a game at the park a week earlier by an usher who told her and Guerrero's date that it was inappropriate that the two women should be kissing. Story here.

So, what's more offensive: The performance of the worst team in Major League Baseball or two fans kissing in the stands? Well, one Seattle Mariners fan thought it was the latter, so she complained to an usher, who then told the couple to cool it. Oh, by the way, it was a lesbian couple. It seems the complainer was with children and she said the smooching made her uncomfortable. Granted, it's tough to explain to kids why the only SoDo mojo is in the stands, regardless of sexual orientation. It's like trying to explain why a manager screams naughty words at the umpires. Or why the players chew and spit that brown stuff. Or cheat with steroids. Or get into brawls. Or "adjust" themselves incessantly. But somehow parents find a way/Gary Crooks, Smart Bombs. More here.



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.