Joel CondreayJoel Condreay

I am a Seattle sports fan who would like to pursue a career in journalism. Currently, I am writing for Sodo Mojo and The Husky Haul, but I love talking about almost any sport. You can follow me on Twitter @JCondreay

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Life Without Figgins

It has only been less than two weeks since Eric Wedge finally gave up on Chone Figgins. The entire city of Seattle breathed a sigh of relief knowing that they would no longer have to watch him and his…Read More

Kyle Seager’s Role Last Night

The ninth innings last night was pretty exciting! The Mariners had a lot of heroes in that inning: Montero for the double, Jaso for the sac fly, or even Kawasaki for the speed to score. However, I think…Read More

Unlucky?

With a look at the stats, you will see the Mariner’s disappointing .238 batting average and .275 BABIP. These are pretty discouraging numbers, but don’t mark this offense as a failure yet. What the…Read More

How Long do They Have?

There comes a time in every season when you look at some of your players and ask, “How long do we give them before we take them out of the order/rotation?” Well the time to start asking these questions…Read More

2012 MLB Draft Update

A lot has happened since my last draft preview. When my article was published, the draft looked like it would favor the Mariners. At the time, the first two picks in the draft were expected to be Stanford…Read More

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Everything Kyle Seager

Going into the season, it looked like Kyle Seager would be a bench player/AAA guy in the Mariner’s…Read More

Some Thoughts on the Japan Series

The baseball season has finally started! The Mariners are now 1-1 on the season as they return home from…Read More

Yet Another Take on Ichiro

Everyone seems to have their own take on Ichiro, and this blog, and just about every other Mariner related…Read More

Replacing Kuo

Well as Bryant just reported, Hong-Chih Kuo has been released by the Mariners. His struggles this spring…Read More

Remaining Position Battles

The Mariners play their first game in Japan in less than a week, but there are still position battles…Read More

Notes on the First Round of Cuts

As Keith reported earlier, the Mariners made their first round of cuts yesterday. These included Walker, Paxton, and Hultzen, but there were twelve other players to be sent down to the minor league camp…Read More

Mariner’s Preview to the MLB Draft

Although we are still three months away from the MLB draft, which begins on June 4th, I would like to introduce you to a couple of draft prospects that could be selected by the Mariners. The Mariners have…Read More

Carlos Guillen Retires

Today, Carlos Guillen retired from the game of Baseball to conclude a fourteen year career. Guillen was a non-roster invitee in Mariner’s camp this spring, but was yet to participate in any spring training…Read More

Center Field Solutions

Today, Franklin Gutierrez got hurt in an inter-squad game. The Mariners don’t have the results of the MRI yet, but they have identified his problem as a pectoral muscle injury. As a life-long Mariner…Read More

A Look at a Couple Draft Prospects

Last weekend I got a chance to see Arizona State play two games against Western Michigan. As Mariner fans, this seems pretty irrelevant, but it’s actually extremely important to the Mariners. The Arizona…Read More

Another Look in on Spring Training

Hello again from the Mariner spring training camp. I am going to quickly give you some notes about things I have noticed over the last three days at camp. Vinnie Catricala RAKES. I know its batting practice,…Read More

A Look in on Spring Training

Howdy from Arizona! I spent the morning in Peoria at the Mariner’s spring training complex watching the pitchers, catchers, and an assortment of position players practice. Here a couple of things I noticed. First…Read More

The Horror in Miami

I’m not going to waste too much of your time on this subject, but I have been feeling the urge to comment on this topic for a while. The Miami Marlins have gone through a complete makeover this offseason.…Read More

Spring Training Surprise List

FINALLY, the long winter has ended. On Saturday, the Mariner’s pitchers and catchers will report to Peoria, Arizona for Spring Training, thus signifying the beginning of baseball season. There are a…Read More

Solving the Power Outage: Internal Solutions

In my last article, I talked about the Mariner’s lack of power and dismissed the ideas of moving in Safeco’s fences or trading for a legitimate cleanup hitter. I believe that at this point, Seattle’s…Read More

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