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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

Eric Wedge Is Not On The Same Page As Zduriencik

FI’d love to have guys with good makeup and good character, committed to the city and the ballclub. But, when all is said and done, talent wins. - Jack Zduriencik   If you ever believed in…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

Why Olivo…ever?

In the M’s 4-3 win over the Rangers last night, John Jaso collected two crucial hits, reminding us that, yes, there is another catching option sitting on our bench. A catching option that is better…Read More

Justice

It is refreshing to see a different lineup tonight. Last night Brendan Ryan took up a couple of wooden planks and made himself comfortable. Wedge stated that it was an “accountability” issue.…Read More

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Seattle Finalizes Roster

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

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

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…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

Mariner Top 5: Tradeable Assets

  I love Top-5 lists. I think I’ve had an affinity for it since watching High Fidelity as a high school junior. Sure, I should probably have read the unadulterated book. But, I’m lazy…Read More

Mariners And The Ghost Of Free Agents Past

So after a discussion on twitter the other night, which started out with Colin O’Keefe of Proball NW asking a legtimate question on Twitter: “What was the last free-agent signing that worked…Read More

Dear John

Dear John Jaso, You’re a good hitter, I certainly appreciate that and from reading the comments on the post yeasterday would think that I claimed you were a terribly player and that I hated the trade.…Read More

Thoughts: Miguel Olivo 2012

Okay, so let’s get back to talking about Miguel Olivo there are some reasons of course upon which Olivo could be a considered desirable target to an outside team. Despite his problems with passed balls…Read More

I Get The Left Field Issues, But What About Behind The Plate?

We’ve all been talking about what the Mariners can do to improve this off-season and while we all agree that third base is a concern a lot of fans continue to dwell in left field. While, I don’t disagree…Read More

Bobbleheads Cause Hypnosis, Mariners Bats Asleep

  There are copycats in the world.  People who emulate something because of a plethora of reasons.  It could be that they find someone attractive, so they copy their style, their fashion, or their…Read More

White Sox Continue To Rain On Seattle’s Already Rainy Parade

  In the past two years, when the Chicago White Sox have played the Seattle Mariners, the ChiSox have won 14 out of the 17 games during the matchup.  That’s a .823 winning percentage.  For…Read More

Line-ups and Splits

I have MLB.tv. Living in Montgomery, Alabama it’s a near essential if I want to follow the Mariners and consistently see their games. However, the subscription that I have only allows me to pull…Read More

So, What Do I Expect?

Today, Ryan Divish over at the Tacoma News Tribune asks the vital question “What do you expect from the Mariners in the “second half” of the season?” I think this is just about…Read More

Mariners RAA All-Star Break Leaderboard

My apologies for how these came out.       Brendan Ryan was a cut above the rest and I have some personal thoughts on this with a post coming soon. Miguel Olivo‘s deal wasn’t…Read More

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