Five Things I’m Thankful for From 2012
Happy belated Thanksgiving to all of you! To honor the wonderful day (that passed a few days ago), I would like to metaphorically raise my glass to five wonderful events from this last year of Mariner…Read More
Mariners DFA Chone Figgins And Scott Cousins
Chone Figgins, the overpaid professional bench-warmer, no longer wears a Mariners uniform. It’s the moment fans have been waiting for since his promising .298 average and $36M contract began to…Read More
The Second Coming of Jesus Montero
On the night of the Supreme Court homage to Felix Hernandez, the Mariners found themselves a little overbooked. In addition to a Safeco Field-sized King’s Court, they were tasked with hosting Salute…Read More
Get Figgins Out of Seattle
Today, I snapped. Get Figgins off of this team. I do not care what we have to pay him or what we have to do. Get Figgins out of Seattle. In the eighth inning of today’s game, the Mariners were trailing…Read More
A Defense of Brendan Ryan
Back in May, when the AL West was more or less an even playing field, and Mariners fans had little to complain about, I used to keep a short list of players who got on my nerves. It was always a toss-up…Read More
Wrapping Up The Last Few Days
The trade deadline has come and gone, and the Mariners walk away from it making just two minor moves.…Read More
Potential Life After The Trade Deadline
Update: According to Dave Cameron of USSM (via Twitter), the Mariners are pushing hard to Brandon…Read More
Buhner’s Thoughts
I have been avoiding writing this for quite some time. I didn’t really know what to say because…Read More
Choose-Your-Own-Adventure: Mariners Edition
You are 17.5 games out of first place. To build a team capable of taking the AL West, skip ahead three…Read More
Trade Bait
Here we are again, sellers at the trade deadline. The deadline is now less than a month away, and it’s…Read More
The Demotion of Casper Wells
We could point out the obvious. With the emergence of John Jaso and Jesus Montero, Miguel Olivo has become…Read More
The Next Seattle Mariners
Believe it or not, there may come a day when the Mariners roster doesn’t feature Brendan Ryan,…Read More
Life Without Figgins
It has only been less than two weeks since Eric Wedge finally gave up on Chone Figgins. The entire city…Read More
Figgins Benched, Ackley Assumes His Rightful Position At Leadoff
A word comes to mind… Finally. “I talked to Figgy today. I told him we’re going to…Read More
The Futility of Figgins
At what point do you shorten the leash of an underperforming player? I’m trying to be generous…Read More
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
Proof of Resurrection?
We’re off to a 3 – 1 start, and no doubt you M’s fans are as excited as me. It’s…Read More
4/6/2012 Game ‘Cap
What an exhilarating, odd game. When the Mariners assembled this team, I doubt they ever figured that…Read More
If I were Figgins, I would look for a real estate agent in…
When news came ’round the bend; news that the Mariners desired to move Chone Figgins, not a soul…Read More





















