Well, if there was ever a reason to just hang up the cleats and call it a season, it happened to the Ms today and last night. After a brilliant performance where he hit the first HR by a Mariners pitcher, and the first grand slam for an AL pitcher since Steve Dunning of Cleveland in 1971 (that was before the DH was introduced).
Felix Hernandez
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31 May 2008
With the strangehold that FOX has on Saturday afternoon baseball (see my earlier rant on this), I get the distinct pleasure today of watching the 23-31 Tigers muddle around the diamond with the 20-35 Mariners, a matchup with all the excitement of watching two toddlers tussle in the sandbox over a broken Tonka truck. I'm sure this looked like a good game during the preseason FOX schedule-making, but now it's barely enough to hold my interest.
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2 May 2008
Living in Portland, I've adopted the Mariners as my team. They're generally fun to root for, play at a good park, and succeed just enough for fans to feel like This Year Might Be The Year. But is it?
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17 March 2008
Given their track records, that remains a pretty big if.
Seattle Mariners
Will this be Felix Hernandez’ breakout season?
Seattle ended up a surprise contender last season despite a pitching staff that ranked 10th in the American League in both ERA and strikeouts. To fix that, they went out and traded for Erik Bedard who could team with
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3 March 2008
Today, the AL West. People always say things like: 'The Wild West', 'East Coast Bias', and 'Texas never ever has pitching ever'. Well, here's what I say. The west is a 2 horse race. The other two horses are looking at each other in a staring contest. The winner gets the right to finish 20 games out. The loser...well glue comes from somewhere.
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