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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

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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

Unlucky?

With a look at the stats, you will see the Mariner’s disappointing .238 batting average and .275 BABIP.…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