The most interesting sports city in America -- Creamy Middles Sports Podcast, Episode 111

Seattle resident Zachary Geballe joins the podcast to explain what makes his city tick, from a sports perspective. Among other topics, he explains how the tenor of fandom in the city changed when the SuperSonics left, and tries to describe precisely what it feels like to attend a Seahawks game at CenturyLink Field.



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Zach has written several guest posts on Creamy Middles. Notably, he predicted the rise of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, and he described frustrations with sports news media following revelations that Manti Te'o's girlfriend did not exist.

Previously on the podcast, David and Jay discussed the Robinson Cano signing.

Here's a clip of fans doing the "Wilson" chant at a Phish concert as far back as 1996.



It may not be the exact clip Zach was referencing, but here's Charles Barkley calling out TNT for lumping together the Oklahoma City Thunder's franchise history with the Sonics'.



Just because: Last October, Ethan Sherwood Strauss wrote about watching tape of a 1993 NBA playoff series between the SuperSonics and Houston Rockets, and stumbled across something that could have been one of the most infamous in American pro sports history.

The Creamy Middles Podcast is a weekly discussion attacking the belly issues of sports -- ideas that go beyond wins and losses. Jay Cowit usually produces it, though David may occasionally step in. Music is either royalty-free, by J. Cowit and the Ruthless Orchestra, or 29 Sunset. Subscribe in iTunes or in another podcatcher with this RSS feed.

TrueHoop: In Game 7 of 1993 playoff series, an errant sixth man

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1993. Game 7. Rockets, Sonics. Ethan Sherwood Strauss takes it from here:

In the biggest moment of the year, with Houston’s season and possibly Hakeem Olajuwon’s legacy on the line, this backup shooting guard just walked right onto the court. He did not wait for a dead ball. He did not wait for a coach’s instruction. He did not check in at the scorers table. He did not even wait for a teammate to sub out.

He just waltzed onto the floor, an errant sixth man, joining the battle in defiance every rule and structure that governs the game.