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Lou Piniella

  • Music

    April 4, 2012

    The Dogfather

    The enduring legacy of Gregg Greene, the man who let the dogs out.

  • Music

    April 4, 2012

    Editor's Letter: Play Ball, Punks!

    Where sports and art go together like strikes and . . . gutters.

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Worst Move in Mariners History? Tino Martinez to the Yankees, Says Shipwrecked Author Jon Wells

    From the Heathcliff Slocumb catastrophe to the regrettable departure of Ken Griffey Jr., the Mariners have made some monumentally awful trades over the years. But the worst move, according to Jon Wells, author of a new book about how the team's front office values "profits over pennants," was sendin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    The Kingdome's Original Dugouts and Benches Are For Sale on eBay

    Do you love the Mariners, and have a spacious man-cave? Looking to trade your couch for a less comfortable but infinitely more kick-ass seating arrangement? Have a few thousand extra dollars burning a hole in your pocket? If you answered yes to those three questions, the old benches and dugouts from ... 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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Seattle Pilots Documentary and Randy's Diner: Separated at Birth (and Death)

    Seattle's original Major League Baseball franchise wasn't burdened by a corny nickname and Bobby Ayala.​The Dinner: French toast at Randy's, an old, kitschy 24-hour diner located just south of the Museum of Flight and the soon-to-be condemned South Park Bridge--or on Boeing Field, more or less ... More >>

  • Arts

    June 2, 2010

    Summer Guide Events Calendar: Beer, Pride, and Rollergirls

    A selection of the season's major happenings.

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    Observations on a Sounders Game From a Novice Fan

    Here's looking at you, Kasey KellerYesterday, the Sounders broke out of a month-long funk with a 3-0 spanking of the Colorado Rapids. Nate Jaqua and Freddy Montero teamed up for all three goals, and Jaqua narrowly missed a fourth near the end of the game. Having been to only one Sounders game previo ... 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

    April 29, 2008

    Afternoon Edition: Ballmer, Barack, and Brows

    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

    August 9, 2006

    The Pennant Race Piñata

    When it comes to dashing Mariner hopes, the anonymous A's have it.

  • News

    May 10, 2006

    Grover, Wake Up!

    You can get fired for oversleeping, you know.

  • News

    June 8, 2005

    The Mariners Wake Up

    It was only Tampa Bay, but still.

  • News

    December 29, 2004

    Rick Anderson's 2004

    It was the year of the Rainier Bear, the flu-vaccine 'shortage,' Ichiro, Bill O'Reilly's 'falafel thing,' and, of course, the re-recount.

  • News

    September 17, 2003

    Sultans of Squat

    The Mariners prove that less is more, except when less isnt more.

  • News

    July 9, 2003

    Payoff Pitch

    Melvin draws a well-earned walk, while Neuheisel is caught looking.

  • News

    April 9, 2003

    Melvin's Mariners

    Assessing the lineup after a 3-3 road trip and a home-opening win over the world champs.

  • News

    March 5, 2003

    Send in the Mariners!

    Internationalization, proliferation, and the Seattle rotation.

  • News

    February 12, 2003

    Ancient Mariners

    Slow and steady still might win the A.L. West race.

  • Arts

    December 18, 2002

    The Art of Giving Art

    Affordable, last-minute ways to say: 'You've got taste.'

  • News

    November 20, 2002

    The Rookie

    The new Mariner skipper has an 0-0 record as a Major League manager.

  • News

    October 16, 2002

    The People's Boondoggle

    The new Mariner skipper has an 0-0 record as a Major League manager.

  • News

    October 2, 2002

    Profit vs. Playoffs

    The M's budget themselves out of contention.

  • News

    July 24, 2002

    Sports Town

    The Best of Seattle According to Squatch

  • News

    November 21, 2001

    News Clips— Enthused/Embittered

    The Best of Seattle According to Squatch

  • News

    October 17, 2001

    The marvelous M's

    The Hemps and Narcs of baseball face off.

  • News

    October 3, 2001

    News Clips— Respected/Rejected

    The Hemps and Narcs of baseball face off.

  • News

    July 25, 2001

    Sneak attack

    Nobody expected the Mariners to succeed in 2001, but they're baseball's best team.

  • Film

    July 4, 2001

    The M.P.H.G.A.T.

    You know the film, now take the test.

  • News

    April 4, 2001

    News Clips— Open for business

    You know the film, now take the test.

  • News

    October 11, 2000

    Woof, woof, win!

    The bunt single and overplayed song that embodied the Mariners' big day.

  • Arts

    July 5, 2000

    Batman

    Start building the statue — Edgar Martinez has become the face of Seattle. And he's hitting damn well, too.

  • News

    July 21, 1999

    Best City

    Start building the statue — Edgar Martinez has become the face of Seattle. And he's hitting damn well, too.

  • News

    July 21, 1999

    Best of Seattle 1999 Results

    Start building the statue — Edgar Martinez has become the face of Seattle. And he's hitting damn well, too.

  • News

    July 14, 1999

    My-oh-my ass

    M's history: not exactly the stuff of which dynasties are made.

  • News

    December 9, 1998

    KSTW

    Fade to black

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