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AL West Division

  • News

    February 3, 2010

    Statistical Heat

    Despite positive steps since last season, the computers say the M’s have their work cut out for them.

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    Seattle Blogs: Flicking Off the Police Won't Get You Arrested, But It's Still Not a Good Idea

    FlickrExperts agree: Giving this man the one-finger salute is legal. And stupid.​The best of what the blogosphere has to offer. - Seattle 911 answers the question: Will I get arrested for giving policeman the bird? (Condensed answer: Of course not, but don't be a moron.) - TechFlash says tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2009

    Brandon Morrow Agrees: The Mariners Messed up Brandon Morrow

    Also detrimental to Brandon Morrow's development: Pink backpacks.​Geoff Baker caught up with former Mariners pitcher Brandon Morrow yesterday and found out that the newest Toronto Blue Jay agrees with our Mike Seely: The Mariners screwed with his game by constantly yo-yo'ing him between the ro ... More >>

  • News

    December 23, 2009

    MVP or STD?

    Also detrimental to Brandon Morrow's development: Pink backpacks.​Geoff Baker caught up with former Mariners pitcher Brandon Morrow yesterday and found out that the newest Toronto Blue Jay agrees with our Mike Seely: The Mariners screwed with his game by constantly yo-yo'ing him between the ro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Carlos Silva-Milton Bradley Trade Brings Out Sports Writing's Creative Side

    The only cure for flare-ups from new Mariner Milton Bradley is a steady dose of Valtrex.​When the Cubs sent bridge-burning malcontent Milton Bradley to the Mariners for sad lump of clay Carlos Silva last Friday, it was more than a pair of new beginnings for two much-maligned baseball players. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Art Thiel Can't Help But Sound Like a Cranky Old Man When Talking About Chone Figgins

    Art Thiel may be entertaining, but he's not always right.​The P-I's Art Thiel is an entertaining, old school kind of sports writer. The kind of guy who'd be fun to sit next to at the bar. But man is he wrong about the Mariners signing of Chone Figgins. Says Thiel:He's a good addition, but four ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    Cliff Lee and Jake Locker Make for Hot Stove Day During Cold Seattle Winter

    Cliff Lee: Almost definitely not Erik Bedard 2.0.​This year has featured more than its fair share of rainy days for the Seattle sports fan. The Seahawks can't stay healthy. The Mariners won more than they should have and still finished in third place. The Huskies won five more games than last ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2009

    What the Hell P-I? You Forgot THE Hottest Man in Seattle Sports (or Anything Else)

    www.gq.comPurrrr.​On the face of it I kind of want to object to the PI.com's ranking of the sexiest Seattle sports personalities. Then again, athletics is all about bodies so I'm over it. What I find far more offensive is the absence of a certain Mariners outfielder from the list. Seriously, I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Finally, It Was the Best of Times, or at Least Good Ones

    ​The last few years haven't been too kind to the Seahawks, Mariners, or Husky football team. Which made this weekend particularly welcome relief. To review: The Huskies beat the University of Idaho (of Chris Kornelis fame) 42-23, ending a 15 game losing streak. Moreover, Jake Locker was once ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    Adrian Beltre Won't Take Cup Questions, Will Wear Cup

    ​Testicle jokes are funny, unless it's your testicle people are joking about. Then it can get old. At least, that's the experience of Mariners third baseman Adrian Beltre. As you probably know, he's been on the Disabled List for a few weeks now with a contused testicle, the result of a bad-hop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    Your Arts & Space Weekend Planner

    ​The last weekend of August begins on the moon! That's where much of the LP record cover art is set in a new show at EMP: It's refreshing to seen a museum exhibit that doesn't pretend to offer great music or great art. Culled from the collection of an L.A. music industry executive, Spaced Out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    The Other Best Ever Mariners/Yankees Game in Seattle

    He may have blown a game or twenty, but Bobby Ayala came through in the big brawl​Last night's M's game was another thriller--thirteen-and-a-half innings of no-score ball ended by a walk-off hit by Griffey. Sadly, mlb.com didn't see fit to include in their online highlight videos Ichiro's perf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    When They're Done Going After People Who Are Naked Behind Walls, They're Gonna Go After People Who Are Naked Under Their Clothes

    Fair or foul pole?​As expected, the Mariners appealed a judge's ruling that would allow a Roger Forbes-owned Deja Vu strip club to open near Safeco Field. As Rick Anderson reported back in March, the Mariners consider the behind-walls action a threat to their fans, and illegal because it's wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    Now That's the Jarrod Washburn We Know

    ​In today's small sample size theater, Detroit got a little taste of buyer's remorse, as the Jarrod Washburn that Mariners' fans are accustomed to seeing--the one who gives up flyballs that go a long, long way--is the Jarrod Washburn who made his first appearance in a Tigers uniform. (In case ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Jarrod Washburn Returns to the Trading Block, Erik Bedard Returns to the DL, a Bear Shits in the Woods

    ​As reliable as the sun or moon or tide, Mariners pitcher Erik Bedard has returned to his rightful place on the Disabled List, with--get this--left shoulder trouble. Of course, it was his left shoulder that troubled him last year, too. The injury will make it impossible to trade him before the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Another Night, Another Lopsided Loss for M's

    The Mariners got shellacked at home again, this time 11-4 at the hands of the Toronto Blue Jays, whose fans outnumbered the Mariners' at the Safe. (We knew about Red Sox Nation, but Blue Jay Nation?) But the M's were actually up 4-3 after 5-2/3 innings, until a two-out, no-on, four-run rally by the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Every Strip Club Deserves a Ball Park

    A King County Superior Court judge today approved the siting of another new Roger Forbes Deja Vu chain strip club across from Safeco Field, the Times reports, upholding a city zoning permit that was challenged by the Mariners and the stadium commission. As SW reported in March, the Mariners consider ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Ackley! Montana! The Kids Are Alright

    Nick MontanaYesterday provided a much needed infusion of young talent to Seattle sports. First, the Mariners began stocking up through the draft, using their first pick--second overall--on Dustin Ackley, a first-baseman/outfielder with good speed, whose bat has been compared to those of Wade Boggs a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2009

    Congratulations, Randy Johnson!

    With a 5-1 victory over the Washington Nationals, the man they call The Big Unit just became the 24th pitcher in history to win 300 games. 120 of them were with the Mariners. The only other pitcher to have won some of his 300 games with the Mariners was famous ball-doctor Gaylord Perry.

  • Arts

    May 27, 2009

    The Weekly Wire: This Week's Notable Events

    With a 5-1 victory over the Washington Nationals, the man they call The Big Unit just became the 24th pitcher in history to win 300 games. 120 of them were with the Mariners. The only other pitcher to have won some of his 300 games with the Mariners was famous ball-doctor Gaylord Perry.

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2009

    Baseball's Best Backup Catcher Hails from Kirkland

    Our sister paper in Minneapolis, the City Pages, has a wonderful profile of Mike Redmond, the Twins' sensational veteran backup catcher and team leader who cut his t-ball teeth right here in King County. Quoth the City Pages story: "Mike Redmond was born on May 5, 1971, in Seattle, Washington, wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    Your Weekend Sports and A&C Advisory

    Tonight's the night for baseball, says our Damon Agnos, as the Mariners lead us into May with a homestand against Oakland: They're hardly titans, but they're not the Titanic either. This year's Seattle Mariners are a mediocre team fortuitously placed in a lousy division, among whose lousy members a ... More >>

  • Arts

    April 29, 2009

    The Weekly Wire: This Week’s Notable Events

    Tonight's the night for baseball, says our Damon Agnos, as the Mariners lead us into May with a homestand against Oakland: They're hardly titans, but they're not the Titanic either. This year's Seattle Mariners are a mediocre team fortuitously placed in a lousy division, among whose lousy members a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2009

    Could These Mariners Actually Be Good?

    They can actually play defense now. Jose Vidro is no longer the designated hitter. Erik Bedard is healthy. Jarrod Washburn has an awesome new pitch that may actually warrant the obligatory "he's got an awesome new pitch" articles. And seven games into the season, they just tied their longest winni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2009

    Synergy Alert! Nintendo To Hand Out Gadgets to Mariners Fans

    Nintendo says the new devices were inspired by the movie Wall-E. The Seattle Times reports that Redmond-based Nintendo--owners of the Mariners--will be loaning its new DSi handheld game systems to the first 150 fans who request them at each game. The DSis are little screens that let you check out ga ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2009

    Merle Haggard, Mark Lanegan, and Your Summer Reading List

    Merle Haggard. Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. His band, Loaded, plays the Crocodile at 8 p.m. tonight.This city of Seattle never ceases to surprise and intrigue me. It is a cultural and artistic melting pot and that is for sure. I try and see life through much more than just "a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Opening Day!

    Admittedly, this Mariners' season isn't inspiring a lot of excitement. The team's star outfielder is out with a bleeding ulcer, its top pitching prospect decided he no longer wants to start, and its left fielder is a hobbled shell of his former self. Having inherited a total mess, Jack Zduriencik an ... More >>

  • News

    March 18, 2009

    In Defense of Stripping

    The lifting of the city's strip-club moratorium makes for strange bedfellows.

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2009

    Know Thy M's: A Stat-tastic Mariners Round-up

    There are many good things about being a Mariners fan. Er, at least there are a few. One of them is the hyper-stat-literate Mariners blogosphere that converts all those obscure baseball metrics into explanations the lay fan can understand. With spring training underway, those scribes have gone int ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2009

    M's Ink Closer Fields

    Details after the jump. Hopefully this'll put the Miggy Batista as closer rumors to rest.

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2009

    Why Signing Griffey Makes Sense

    Does it make sense for the Mariners to sign Ken Griffey Jr. to a one-year contract that would presumably mark his farewell season? No and yes. Granted, it makes very little baseball sense for a rebuilding team to waste money and playing time on a past-his-prime slugger who will steal innings away f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2009

    Hell Dwellers, Get Your Hand Warmers: The Mariners Made Another Good Trade

    We never thought this day would come. The team whose front office has been a perennial laughingstock--doing things like moving rising star Carlos Guillen for withering has-been Rich Aurilia and paying an annual $12 million to pork-belly Carlos Silva--has made two really smart trades in a row.

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    From the Bargain Dept: Mariners Sign Felix

    ESPN's Jayson Stark is reporting that the Mariners signed mega-talented pitcher Felix Hernandez to a one-year contract for $3.8 million today. Hernandez isn't eligible for free agency until after the 2011 season, so this contract was basically a means of avoiding arbitration and continuing to negoti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2008

    Random Thoughts (and Experiences) of 2008

    by Duff McKagan   I really don't have a "tidy conclusion of 2008" column anywhere in me. Really, I think I ceaselessly strive for my life to have soft edges as opposed to sharp corners, but it just never works out that way. Instead of actually writing some sort of year-end wrap up, I though ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2008

    What Happened to Our Teams?

    by Duff McKagan   I really don't have a "tidy conclusion of 2008" column anywhere in me. Really, I think I ceaselessly strive for my life to have soft edges as opposed to sharp corners, but it just never works out that way. Instead of actually writing some sort of year-end wrap up, I though ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2008

    Bars Showing Playoffs: Help Us Displaced Fans

    by Duff McKagan   I really don't have a "tidy conclusion of 2008" column anywhere in me. Really, I think I ceaselessly strive for my life to have soft edges as opposed to sharp corners, but it just never works out that way. Instead of actually writing some sort of year-end wrap up, I though ... More >>

  • News

    August 13, 2008

    The Bright Spot in an Awful Season

    The Mariners’ Brandon Morrow is the subject of great debate.

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2008

    Fashion First

    The Mariners’ Brandon Morrow is the subject of great debate.

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2008

    PETA Loves It Some Seattle

    The Mariners’ Brandon Morrow is the subject of great debate.

  • News

    July 9, 2008

    Bashing Soccer-Bashing

    And more on light rail, locavorism, and the justice system.

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2008

    Seattle: Tough on Charities

    And more on light rail, locavorism, and the justice system.

  • News

    June 11, 2008

    How to Throw a House Party, According to Seattle’s Biggest Sports Franchises

    It takes more than just $6 bottles of Miller Lite and “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” to really get a party hopping.

  • News

    May 21, 2008

    Mariners Should Play “The Right Way”

    And look to the NBA for change.

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2008

    Weekend Review: Cat Fancy, ComiCon, Kinky Carnival

    And look to the NBA for change.

  • Diversions

    January 23, 2008

    Fantasy Guy-Land

    And look to the NBA for change.

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2007

    Driving Miss Springman - And Other 2007 Lowlights

    And look to the NBA for change.

  • News

    October 24, 2007

    Seattle’s Endangered Tavern Tour: A Near-Death Experience

    If you hate cosmos as much as we do, it's your duty to keep these pint-pushers afloat.

  • News

    September 12, 2007

    The Mariners’ Biggest Loser

    Mop-up man Ryan Rowland-Smith has a defiantly bright future.

  • News

    August 1, 2007

    USS Mariner: Surprise! People Do Actually Read Blogs

    Even major league coaches.

  • Music

    July 4, 2007

    Are Band of Horses Arena-Bound?

    And other notes on recent sets from 3 Inches of Blood, and Bill Frisell.

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