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    February 24, 2012

    Toast the 2012 Best Picture Nominees With These Oscar-Inspired Drinks

    For Sunday night's Academy Award ceremonies, the simplest drink choice is Champagne. After all, what says celebration better than a glass of bubbly? But that seems like the easy way out, especially given cinema's memorable drinking moments over the years. None of the nine nominees for Best Picture t ... More >>

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    September 30, 2011

    Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill Would Appreciate the Value of Palomino's Happy Hour

    The Dinner: Crispy calamari and cranberry mojitos at Palomino in Bellevue. The Movie: Moneyball at Lincoln Square Cinemas The Screenplate: A great sports movie is one that even the viewer with an aversion to sports can enjoy. It is more about the people than it is the game they play. Moneyball is ... More >>

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    September 21, 2011

    Moneyball: Brad Pitt Discovers Statistics

    The Dinner: Crispy calamari and cranberry mojitos at Palomino in Bellevue. The Movie: Moneyball at Lincoln Square Cinemas The Screenplate: A great sports movie is one that even the viewer with an aversion to sports can enjoy. It is more about the people than it is the game they play. Moneyball is ... More >>

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    April 7, 2010

    The Weekly Wire: This Week’s Recommended Events

    The Dinner: Crispy calamari and cranberry mojitos at Palomino in Bellevue. The Movie: Moneyball at Lincoln Square Cinemas The Screenplate: A great sports movie is one that even the viewer with an aversion to sports can enjoy. It is more about the people than it is the game they play. Moneyball is ... More >>

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    March 31, 2010

    Seattle Mariners Vs. Oakland

    The Dinner: Crispy calamari and cranberry mojitos at Palomino in Bellevue. The Movie: Moneyball at Lincoln Square Cinemas The Screenplate: A great sports movie is one that even the viewer with an aversion to sports can enjoy. It is more about the people than it is the game they play. Moneyball is ... More >>

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    August 3, 2009

    A Chat With Rick Rizzs, the Other Voice of the Mariners

    ​Notably absent from last week's Seattle Times series on legendary local sports broadcasters was Rick Rizzs, the long-time Mariners' announcer. Of course, his partner, Dave Niehaus was on the list. Niehaus is the undisputed voice of the Mariners, a Hall of Famer who has called nearly every gam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    M's at the All-Star Break: Reasons to Be Optimistic, and to Trade Erik Bedard

    The All-Star break is a time to take stock of the first half-plus of the baseball season and prognosticate on the rest of it. Last week, Mike Seely offered five questions for the Mariners. And yesterday, Vernal Coleman looked at whether the team should trade talented, oft-injured pitcher Erik Bedard ... More >>

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    June 8, 2009

    The Kingdome Returns to Safeco Field

    Sadly missing: celebratory cannon blastsYesterday's Mariners game was a blast from the past. Normally a power-hungry team--i.e. a team that doesn't have any power, and could really use it--the M's scored three of their four runs on dingers, beating the Twins 4-2. Jose Lopez--who admitted the other ... More >>

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    March 31, 2004

    The New Bleacher Bums

    These fans think they know better than the Mariners. They predict the M's again will finish the season behind the Oakland A's. And they say they have the data to prove it. Second-guessing owners and managers is easier than ever in the age of the spreadsheet.

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    July 30, 2003

    The Trade Embargo

    What deal will the Mariners not make this season?

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