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Chone Figgins

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Five Things the Mariners Should Consider Doing with Chone Figgins

    Oh, Chone Figgins. The Mariners can't win with you, and the team doesn't seem inclined to lose without you. With Casper Wells sent down to Tacoma yesterday to make room for the mighty return of Miguel Olivo, the team squandered yet another chance to rid itself of the most glaring blemish on GM Jack ... More >>

  • Arts

    May 23, 2012

    The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

    Oh, Chone Figgins. The Mariners can't win with you, and the team doesn't seem inclined to lose without you. With Casper Wells sent down to Tacoma yesterday to make room for the mighty return of Miguel Olivo, the team squandered yet another chance to rid itself of the most glaring blemish on GM Jack ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    What to Do with Those Parcels of Land the WSDOT is Auctioning Off ...

    Auctioning stuff off is all the rage. Everybody's doing it. It seems like just yesterday we were discussing the state's auctioning of its liquor stores (it was actually almost two weeks ago), and today news spreads - mainly via the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce - of the Washington Department of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    About That Pitiful Crowd at Safeco Field for Last Night's Mariners Game

    In case you missed it (and, let's be honest, most people did), last night's crowd at Safeco Field was small ... like, really small. Like the smallest in ballpark history. And the poor showing has people talking ...

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    Mariners' Kyle Seager is Like a Bar in Tacoma Really Old People Like

    Sure, you may have already checked out on the Mariners for the season. Despite a start to the 2012 campaign that actually included a wee bit of offense (you know, like, hits and stuff), it's already readily apparent that the Mariners will not be winning the World Series this year. But that's not bec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    Cleveland Will Rock: It's Always Been About the Songs

    I have a mishmash of topics that I thought should be discussed among ourselves here. We love books here-- that has become very evident. Sports? Well, some of you can get on board. There's also a happening in Cleveland this weekend. Let's start at the top: Baseball! Optimism! Hey, Seattle! Check ou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    Disaster in the Making? Chone Figgins Leading Off and Ichiro to Bat Third

    Chone Figgins must have some compromising pictures of Eric Wedge stashed away somewhere. How else to explain 1) that he's still on the team, and 2) that he's going to be replacing the Mariners' greatest leadoff man ever. Sure, Ichiro has lost some fire and could use a change of scenery in the battin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    With Booming Bats & Weak Arms, the Tacoma Rainiers are the Bizarro Seattle Mariners

    ​Since Jack Zduriencik took over as the Seattle Mariners' general manager a couple years ago, he's stuck to a consistent sermon: Exceptional defense and pitching trump the crack of the bat as the key to winning. And at Safeco Field, a notoriously bad park for power-hitters, that may well be tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    More Mariners Bad Luck? Kyle Seager Has Heart Condition...

    Image source​After dominating every level of the minor leagues, 23-year-old Kyle Seager was promoted earlier this week after only 12 impressive games at AAA Tacoma to play third base for the Mariners. He made his major-league debut last night against the Angels, but went hitless and struck out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    9 National League Pitchers Who Out-Hit the 2011 Seattle Mariners

    Image source​The Mariners travel to San Diego tonight to take on their bitter interleague rivals the Padres, and they take with them one of the worst-hitting teams in baseball. Skipper Eric Wedge said it best earlier this week after his club tallied just two runs or fewer in seven of 14 games: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    How to Heckle Horrible Mariners Without Getting Thrown Out of Safeco Field

    ​Safeco Field feels a lot like the Kingdome felt in the '80s, only less fun. Sure, the Safe is a modern marvel of (cookie-cutter) stadium design, the food and drink are swankier, and fans are afforded the benefit of taking in a game in the great outdoors--not that the outdoors are frequently a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Don Wakamatsu Fired By the Mariners

    ​When you're as crappy a team as the Seattle Mariners -- blessed with both the worst starting pitcher and worst hitter in baseball -- it's only a matter of time before you go looking for some scapegoats. Today, Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu became that goat. Except he didn't eh-scape blame. O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Jose Lopez Is the Worst Hitter In Baseball

    ​The Mariners already have the worst starting pitcher in baseball. But throwing the baseball only accounts for, um...hold on a second...half! That's right! Pitching is only half of the game. There's also that hitting thing. Thank goodness then that we also have Jose Lopez, the worst hitter in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Two Dugout Fights Better Than Chone Figgins Vs. Don Wakamatsu (VIDEO)

    ​Dugout fights are notoriously crappy. Baseball players aren't really the brawling types -- for visually-pleasing fisticuffs your best bet is and always will be hockey -- and the teammates hanging around have an incentive to break things up before anyone can land a solid punch. Friday night's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Franklin Gutierrez Is the New Mike Cameron

    ​You remember Mike Cameron, don't you? Key piece of what the M's got back in the Griffey trade when Griffey forced his way out of town; and who, currently with Boston, has actually ended up having a better post-trade career than the recently-retired Kid. Five-tool, Gold Glove-caliber center fi ... 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 >>

  • Music

    June 30, 2010

    Prelude to a Miss

    What entrance music should Ichiro and his teammates use?

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2010

    The Case for Keeping Cliff Lee

    Should such happiness be forgotten so soon?​For baseball purists, the Mariners home sweep of the heavy-hitting Cincinnati Reds this past weekend, in which Seattle's pitchers yielded a total of one run over three games while scoring a mere seven, was as good as it gets, and provided a glimpse o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Target Practice: Chone Figgins, in a Season of Disappointments, Is the Mariners' Biggest

    I'll repeat: 5'8''. Goes by "Chone."​Target Practice is our daily aim at a hypocritical politician, worthless law or random nincompoop who deserves a bit of buckshot in the backside. When the Mariners signed former Los Angeles Angels third basemen Chone Figgins to a four year, $36 million con ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    The Mariners Have a Royal Rumble: Who's the Last Man Left in the Ring?

    Grandpa Sweeney wants to throw down.​After two Mariners players allegedly ratted out Ken Griffey Jr. for falling asleep during a game, designated hitter Mike Sweeney drew a line in the sand during a team meeting by challenging his loose-lipped teammates to a fight. Forget for a second that Sw ... More >>

  • 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

    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 16, 2009

    And Now a Few Words From the One Pundit Who Doesn't Have a Raging, Mega-Huge Hard-On Over the Cliff Lee Trade

    Vladi-dadi, he likes to party -- and the M's had best sign him.​Cliff Lee's an easy guy to fall in love with. He's a throwback lefty with at least four pitches, amazing control, and a tendency to actually complete games. He's good-looking, charmingly candid, and comes to the M's at the insanel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    Chone Figgins, Not Ichiro, Should Lead Off for M's Next Year

    Meet the man who should replace Ichiro as the Mariners' leadoff hitter.​Now that the M's have signed free agent third baseman Chone Figgins away from the division rival Angels, they're faced with two "good problems." First, given that Figgins can play virtually any position on the field, do th ... More >>

  • Arts

    June 3, 2009

    Summer Guide: How to Heckle at Mariners Games

    Tip: Skip the swears, go for the throat.

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