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Jack Zduriencik

  • 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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    R.I.P. Seahawks 2012 Playoff Hopes, Dead After 15 Games and Christmas Eve Loss to San Francisco

    The playoff hopes of the 2012 Seattle Seahawks, an exciting but predictably disappointing phenomenon marked by a an improbable late-season surge and a slew of second-half comebacks, died Saturday afternoon at Century Link Field. The hopes were 15 games old.

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    2011: The Mariners' Best Bad Year

    ​With the exception of a few glorious years in the mid-to-late nineties and early aughts, the Seattle Mariners indisputably rank among the most hapless Major League Baseball franchises of all time. Hence, the true diehard Mariner fan must be trained to view even seasons in which the club finis ... 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

    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

    May 9, 2011

    Mariners Baseball Now With 100 Percent Less Milton Bradley

    Mariners: Right back at you, pal. ​There was a time when Mariners outfielder Milton Bradley's dramatic antics were tolerated because, well, he was sort of a decent ballplayer. Those days are over (and have been for some time). Thus, fresh from a suspension, an assault arrest, and batting a pal ... 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

    April 13, 2011

    Don't Trade Ichiro! Why The Mariners Should Never (and Will Never) Let Him Go

    Image source​Yesterday on Daily Weekly, Mike Seely made the case that the Mariners ought to trade Ichiro to a contending team in exchange for a few blue chip prospects. Seely is of the opinion that the team only keeps Ichiro around because he's "the main draw" and, as a sparse Monday night cro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Meet Tom Wilhelmsen, the Mariners' New Pot-Smoking, Globe-Trotting Pitcher

    Image source​What did Tom Wilhelmsen do in his past life to build up such amazingly good karma? He must have bathed lepers while feeding orphans and curing an STD, because the dude is leading a seriously charmed life. Wilhelmsen, if you haven't heard, is a tall, hard-throwing right-hander and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    The Seven Worst Days for Seattle Sports in 2010

    ​Really, this post could have just been entitled "Your 2010 Seattle Mariners!" But that's lazy. And fails to account for the Seahawks' stupidest moment of the past year. And who would want to pass up a chance to make fun of Pete Carroll? (Answer: no one.) Let's talk trash about local sports, s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    Benching Felix a Final Fuck You to Mariner Fans

    ​In explaining his decision to have ace pitcher Felix Hernandez skip his final start of the season, Mariner general manager Jack Zduriencik called it a "precautionary move," adding that "one more start shouldn't make much of a difference" in terms of its impact on Hernandez's Cy Young Award ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Did Mariners Know Prospect Had Been Accused of Rape?

    ​When they traded for him in July as part of the deal that sent Cliff Lee to Texas, Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik and President Chuck Armstrong claimed they had no idea that pitching prospect Josh Lueke (pictured at right) had once been accused of rape. Now though, thanks to some fine reporting ... More >>

  • Arts

    August 4, 2010

    The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Recommended Events

    ​When they traded for him in July as part of the deal that sent Cliff Lee to Texas, Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik and President Chuck Armstrong claimed they had no idea that pitching prospect Josh Lueke (pictured at right) had once been accused of rape. Now though, thanks to some fine reporting ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 28, 2010

    Mariners vs. Texas Rangers

    ​When they traded for him in July as part of the deal that sent Cliff Lee to Texas, Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik and President Chuck Armstrong claimed they had no idea that pitching prospect Josh Lueke (pictured at right) had once been accused of rape. Now though, thanks to some fine reporting ... 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

    May 7, 2010

    Milton Bradley Decides to Take Some "Me" Time

    They say the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem.​If you had May 6 in your "When Will the Milton Bradley Experiment Blow Up" office pool, consider yourself a winner. Per yesterday's announcement by the Mariners, Bradley, the self-described Kanye West of Major League Baseba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    Milton Bradley Leaves Mariners' Dugout Mid-Game

    Bradley's not just flipping off the crowd. He's presenting a metaphor for how he treats fans of any team who have the unfortunate task of rooting for him to succeed.​Milton Bradley, baseball's Kanye West if Kanye West were even poutier, kind of has a problem with authority. In that he thinks t ... More >>

  • Arts

    April 7, 2010

    The Weekly Wire: This Week’s Recommended Events

    Bradley's not just flipping off the crowd. He's presenting a metaphor for how he treats fans of any team who have the unfortunate task of rooting for him to succeed.​Milton Bradley, baseball's Kanye West if Kanye West were even poutier, kind of has a problem with authority. In that he thinks t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2010

    Seattle Mariners Vs. Oakland

    Bradley's not just flipping off the crowd. He's presenting a metaphor for how he treats fans of any team who have the unfortunate task of rooting for him to succeed.​Milton Bradley, baseball's Kanye West if Kanye West were even poutier, kind of has a problem with authority. In that he thinks t ... 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

    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 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

    May 27, 2009

    Mariners Waving the White Flag on This Season

    So says the USS Mariner's Dave Cameron, in so many words. Management, he notes (citing this report from Geoff Baker) is telling the team's older players that the team is looking to go in a younger direction. So the older, established players ("established at what?", you might ask) are more likely to ... 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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    Denial Ain't Just a River in Egypt (and a Porn Star Named Jewel): Griffey Says He Hasn't Made Up Mind

    FYI: MLB.com's Jim Street's reporting that Ken Griffey Jr. says he sent text messages to Jack Zduriencik and Howard Lincoln letting them know that the Griffey-signs-with-Braves rumors aren't true: The 39-year-old said he hopes to make a decision "later today or early tomorrow morning." Griffey sai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2009

    See Ichiro Pitch

    After M's GM Jack Zduriencik took the fun out of the World Baseball Classic by announcing that he will not allow Ichiro to pitch (who can blame him, really?) Sports Northwest's Seth Kolloen dug up this YouTube clip of Ichiro pitching at the 1996 Japanese All-Star Game:

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Ichiro Does What Ichiro Wants, Mr. Zduriencik

    We can't imagine new Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik is happy to hear that Ichiro is working out as a pitcher in preparation for the World Baseball Classic, especially after what a stint on the mound did to another outfielder. (Of course, that guy was more juiced than Hans and Franz.) Still, we can't ... 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 23, 2009

    Making Crap Up and Pretending It's News

    It's not good enough anymore to just report the news. Gathering facts based on real face-to-face interviews with subjects is passe in today's ever evolving media world. Instead, what readers want are stories based on rumors and innuendo from unnamed sources penned by reporters whose sole object is t ... More >>

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