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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

I’ll Own Up To It — It’s All My Fault

You know there were 11 different Mariners sent to the plate that came up empty yesterday. No hits, no walks, and no runners reaching on error. A perfect game. A perfect game that I didn’t even know…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 organization caused by Chone Figgin’s massive salary and Mike Carp’s 2011 resurgence. However, on…Read More

4/6/2012 Game ‘Cap

What an exhilarating, odd game. When the Mariners assembled this team, I doubt they ever figured that Figgins, Saunders, Seager, and Ryan would ever account for 9 of 13 hits and 4 of 6 RBI. But during…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 the two game set in Japan. Here are some of my thoughts on what we saw in the first series of the…Read More

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Fun With Small Sample Sizes

One of my favorite things to each season at this time is to take the results from the first couple…Read More

Seattle Finalizes Roster

Just yesterday I was pondering how much longer the Mariners would wait to trim a few loose strings. Today…Read More

3/16 Game Notes

In attendance for this afternoons Mariners game in Tucson, AZ was none other than the person typing out…Read More

An Optimistic Glimpse into the Future

Obviously the big news of the day has come and gone: Ichiro, at the very least, will begin the season…Read More

Alternate Universes and Line-Up Optimization

The following coversation took place between me and myself during one of my long walks back from work…Read More

Dustin Ackley vs. Umpires and Two-Strike Counts

The oldest baseball meme associated with the internets, at least to my knowledge, would be that of the…Read More

The Sophomore Slump

Mariners fans are still absorbing the loss of Chris Gimenez, and with an entire fan base in a state of…Read More

It Might Be Worth The Wait

Don’t worry this is neither a long winded post nor one about abstinence. The Rangers recently…Read More

A Quick Look At 2012 Defense

So as you know I’ve had a lot about defense on the mind lately. Talking a lot about gathering fly…Read More

Ichiro and the Leadoff Spot

I should preface my first post here at Fansided by introducing myself. I am from Portland, Oregon, and…Read More

A New Year Post

I suppose the catchy thing to do on a day like today is to write something that reflects the past year…Read More

Can The Mariners Score Runs This Season?

Do you know how hard it is to come up with something to write about, that is Mariner specific, day after…Read More

Do It Now: A Dustin Ackley Extension

When you look at what has made a team like the Tampa Bay Rays successful over the last few years you…Read More

Christmas… What Is Santa Bringing The Mariners?

So the Fansided writers are all getting together and making a list of what every team wants/needs for…Read More

A Bunch Of Random Draft Impact CBA Thoughts

Happy Thanksgiving eve… I thought I would produce some random thoughts on the new CBA MLB Draft…Read More