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  • News

    May 2, 2012

    Jamie Moyer: Baseball's Oldest Winner

    The beloved ex-Mariner wants to throw until he's 50.

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Corked Bats Not As Helpful As Baseball Cheaters Think, WSU Professor Says

    Image source​Edgar Martinez once used a corked bat. The legendary Mariners designated hitter made his confession to the New York Times in 2003, a few days after Cubs slugger and habitual cheater Sammy Sosa was busted for swinging doctored timber. Of course, while Sosa was caught red handed usi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Jack Zduriencik Is Threatening to Become Baseball's Joe Dumars

    ​Former basketball star Joe Dumars is to Detroit as Edgar Martinez is to Seattle. But unlike Martinez, the former Piston works for his onetime employer in the very important position of general manager. Despite dubiously passing on Carmelo Anthony in the draft, he acquired Ben and Rasheed Wall ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    RE: Photos From My Summer Vacation: The Hard Rock Ad Seattle Hasn't Seen Yet

    ​I just got back from a marathon, 10-day vacation/tour of the midwest. For those of you who have had the chance to spend large amounts of time in the Illinois/Wisconsin/Indiana regions, you know what I'm saying when I say they eat every meal like it's their last. And there's no pretense in t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    Lou Piniella's Four Angriest On-Field Moments

    ​Former Seattle coach Lou Piniella is back in town this week as his severely underperforming Chicago Cubs take on the severely underperforming Mariners. U.S.S. Mariner has a well-argued post about how Piniella, like all coaches, has an undeserved reputation for getting more out of his players ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 9, 2010

    Mariners vs. Chicago Cubs

    ​Former Seattle coach Lou Piniella is back in town this week as his severely underperforming Chicago Cubs take on the severely underperforming Mariners. U.S.S. Mariner has a well-argued post about how Piniella, like all coaches, has an undeserved reputation for getting more out of his players ... More >>

  • Arts

    June 2, 2010

    Summer Guide Events Calendar: Beer, Pride, and Rollergirls

    A selection of the season's major happenings.

  • Food

    March 31, 2010

    Pizza's Second City

    Digging deep, Chicago-style, in Fremont and Wallingford.

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Milton Bradley Says He's Baseball's Kanye West

    Yo Zach Grienke, I'm really happy for you and I'mma let you finish, but King Felix had one of the greatest K/9 rations of all-time!​Milton Bradley may have a little trouble accepting responsibility for his actions. The Mariners newest left fielder is, after all, the guy who recently blamed Chi ... More >>

  • News

    December 23, 2009

    MVP or STD?

    Yo Zach Grienke, I'm really happy for you and I'mma let you finish, but King Felix had one of the greatest K/9 rations of all-time!​Milton Bradley may have a little trouble accepting responsibility for his actions. The Mariners newest left fielder is, after all, the guy who recently blamed Chi ... 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

    November 18, 2009

    The Five Best Years for Good Pitchers on Bad Teams

    Zack Greinke's good year for a bad team may have been great, but it wasn't the greatest.​For too long, baseball writers who selected the year-end award-winners relied too much on wins to determine who had a good year. The arbitrary 20-win mark became a bar that, if crossed, almost guaranteed s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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

    June 26, 2009

    FYI, Marijuana "Didn't Do a Damn Thing" for Lou Piniella

    Next time get the good shit, LouChicago Cub catcher Geovany Soto has been banned from international baseball for two years for testing positive for marijuana during the World Baseball Classic. (He can now also be subject to random tests from MLB, which doesn't ordinarily test for weed.) His manager, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2008

    Bars Showing Playoffs: Help Us Displaced Fans

    Next time get the good shit, LouChicago Cub catcher Geovany Soto has been banned from international baseball for two years for testing positive for marijuana during the World Baseball Classic. (He can now also be subject to random tests from MLB, which doesn't ordinarily test for weed.) His manager, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2008

    Vedder to Cubs: Someday We'll Go All the Way

    Next time get the good shit, LouChicago Cub catcher Geovany Soto has been banned from international baseball for two years for testing positive for marijuana during the World Baseball Classic. (He can now also be subject to random tests from MLB, which doesn't ordinarily test for weed.) His manager, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2008

    First Call: Beer and Baseball

    Next time get the good shit, LouChicago Cub catcher Geovany Soto has been banned from international baseball for two years for testing positive for marijuana during the World Baseball Classic. (He can now also be subject to random tests from MLB, which doesn't ordinarily test for weed.) His manager, ... More >>

  • Diversions

    September 12, 2007

    Special Guest Co-Columnist Dan Savage Just Loves Our Mexican

    Next time get the good shit, LouChicago Cub catcher Geovany Soto has been banned from international baseball for two years for testing positive for marijuana during the World Baseball Classic. (He can now also be subject to random tests from MLB, which doesn't ordinarily test for weed.) His manager, ... More >>

  • News

    June 20, 2007

    Mayor Nickels Begs to Differ on Gas Usage, and Other Letters

    Next time get the good shit, LouChicago Cub catcher Geovany Soto has been banned from international baseball for two years for testing positive for marijuana during the World Baseball Classic. (He can now also be subject to random tests from MLB, which doesn't ordinarily test for weed.) His manager, ... More >>

  • News

    November 29, 2006

    Flog Is My Co-Pilot

    Boeing is alleged to be a travel agent for torture.

  • News

    May 17, 2006

    Huffington Puffington Post

    Also: the coldest ticket in town, and a taxpayer-financed state spectacle.

  • Music

    December 15, 2004

    Dec. 15-21, 2004

    Also: the coldest ticket in town, and a taxpayer-financed state spectacle.

  • News

    June 2, 2004

    How to Fix the M's

    The stat-heads told us the Mariners would suck. Here are their solutions.

  • News

    May 26, 2004

    The Roof Closes on a Goof Season

    The Mariners stink up the place. Would you like garlic fries with that?

  • News

    June 25, 2003

    The Backward Mariners

    The starting rotation is hot, but the bats suddenly are cold.

  • News

    September 4, 2002

    Sodo Oh No

    Why the Mariners aren't as good as last year.

  • News

    March 27, 2002

    " . . . these jerks will come here and abuse [the] system, as generous as America is to its poor and tempest-tossed humbled masses."

    Why the Mariners aren't as good as last year.

  • News

    February 23, 2000

    Fan letter

    Allen's purchase of The Sporting News may be a rah deal.

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