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New York Yankees

  • Music

    April 4, 2012

    Talkin' Baseball With Oberhofer

    Even when he's in NYC, it's all M's. Well, if he notices.

  • 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 15, 2012

    Hey, Let's Play Ball (And Some Local Music While We're At It)

    Ah... it is finally that time of year. Spring training is well under way in Arizona and Florida and, at long last, the official regular season of America's favorite pastime will soon be under way. It's Baseball season!! If I haven't been clear of this before, it should now be clearly known that I a ... More >>

  • 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

    June 16, 2011

    The Erik Bedard Conundrum: To Trade or Not to Trade?

    Image source​Erik Bedard is finally starting to redeem himself. After three frustrating, injury-plagued seasons and an 0-4 start to this year, he is once again pitching like the guy who finished fifth in the Cy Young Award voting in 2007, ahead of Roy Halladay, Justin Verlander, and Johann San ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Forbes: Seattle Mariners Worth a Paltry $449 Million

    ​If sports teams were sold based on a Forbes value analysis, a lady or gent with $1.7 billion could buy the New York Yankees franchise. But why do that when they could buy three Seattle Mariners franchises and still have $33 million to drop on say, a few of these.

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    Magic Johnson Sells off Starbucks Stock, May be Buying Sports Team

    ​NBA legend and healthiest HIV positive man in history, Magic Johnson, just hawked his stock interest in 105 Starbucks coffee shops for a cool $73 million. The move comes less than a week after the hall-of-famer sold his share in the Los Angeles Lakers for $100 million and has led to more than ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    Bing Crosby, Tacoma Native Dead for Three Decades, Mounts a Winning Film Comeback

    ​Thirty-three years after his death, Tacoma-born and Spokane-raised crooner/actor Bing Crosby has baseball fans and historians excited about his "new" film on The Best Game Ever Played - the 1960 World Series between the New York Yankees and the team he co-owned, the Pittsburgh Pirates. The fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Jim Bouton and Ball Four 40 Years Later: Are The 1969 Seattle Pilots Headed to Broadway?

    ​Oh, if only the last-place Mariners could bring as much cheer to Seattle as the Seattle Pilots did to the weekend crowd at the Burbank Central Library. That's in the north LA burbs where into this time warp stepped fan Jerry Miller wearing a number 56 Seattle Pilots jersey he found on eBay, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Tonight's Game: Seattle R's vs. NY Yankees

    ​From the Times today: Heading into Friday night's series opener against the New York Yankees, 14 of the 25 players on the Mariners roster will have spent time at Tacoma this season for reasons other than injury rehabilitation. Couple that with the importing of Tacoma manager Daren Brown to r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Brian Bosworth Is Not Seattle's Most Polarizing Sports Figure

    ​In order for a person to be "polarizing," the public's opinion of them has to be both divided and extreme. They're either loved or hated; the best there ever was or the worst, with little room for middle ground. And while this characterization might have described former Seattle Seahawks line ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Alex Rodriguez Spent $1,500 on White Denim at J.Crew?

    ​Alex Rodriguez had a busy weekend. The New York Yankees' third-baseman drove in the winning run against his old team on Friday night. He was greeted with boos and derisively tossed dollar bills at Safeco Field throughout the series. And, according to some random person on Twitter, he finished ... More >>

  • Arts

    May 19, 2010

    The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

    ​Alex Rodriguez had a busy weekend. The New York Yankees' third-baseman drove in the winning run against his old team on Friday night. He was greeted with boos and derisively tossed dollar bills at Safeco Field throughout the series. And, according to some random person on Twitter, he finished ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 12, 2010

    Mariners vs. Toronto Blue Jays

    ​Alex Rodriguez had a busy weekend. The New York Yankees' third-baseman drove in the winning run against his old team on Friday night. He was greeted with boos and derisively tossed dollar bills at Safeco Field throughout the series. And, according to some random person on Twitter, he finished ... More >>

  • Music

    November 18, 2009

    Q&A: Julian Casablancas on the Yankees, The Strokes, and Fatherhood

    “I thought things were going to change a little bit in our infrastructure, but I didn't foresee all the solo detours.”

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2009

    Live Review: Ghostface Killah Displays His Special "Powers" at the Showbox

    Ghostface Killah performed on Saturday, October 24 at Showbox at the Market​"Don't get tired, nigga," Ghostface Killah warned one of his back-up MCs during Saturday's concert at the Showbox at the Market. I felt sorry for the dude, not so much because his boss was publicly admonishing him, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2009

    Your Arts & Oswalt Weekend Planner

    ​The weekend begins with a double dose of comedian Patton Oswalt. Before tonight's gig at the Moore, he'll be appearing at the Varsity following the 5 p.m. screening of his film Big Fan, which our Vadim Rizov describes thusly: After writing The Wrestler, Robert Siegel now directs the story of ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 16, 2009

    Yankees @ Mariners

    ​The weekend begins with a double dose of comedian Patton Oswalt. Before tonight's gig at the Moore, he'll be appearing at the Varsity following the 5 p.m. screening of his film Big Fan, which our Vadim Rizov describes thusly: After writing The Wrestler, Robert Siegel now directs the story of ... More >>

  • Arts

    September 16, 2009

    The Weekly Wire: This Week’s Recommended Events

    ​The weekend begins with a double dose of comedian Patton Oswalt. Before tonight's gig at the Moore, he'll be appearing at the Varsity following the 5 p.m. screening of his film Big Fan, which our Vadim Rizov describes thusly: After writing The Wrestler, Robert Siegel now directs the story of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    Derek Jeter's Dinner of Champions: Seattle McDonald's

    I'll have what he's having.​ As he's on the cusp of surpassing Lou Gehrig for the Yankees' career hits record, the New York Times takes a look back at the start of Derek Jeter's career--in Seattle. He's always been a Yankee, but his first big-league game was against the M's, in "the sterile Ki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    The Other Best Ever Mariners/Yankees Game in Seattle

    He may have blown a game or twenty, but Bobby Ayala came through in the big brawl​Last night's M's game was another thriller--thirteen-and-a-half innings of no-score ball ended by a walk-off hit by Griffey. Sadly, mlb.com didn't see fit to include in their online highlight videos Ichiro's perf ... More >>

  • Arts

    June 3, 2009

    Summer Guide Events Calendar: Festivals and Wiener-Dog Races

    A selection of the season’s major happenings.

  • News

    June 6, 2007

    Ballpark Bleachers Are No Longer a Heckler's Paradise, Especially At Safeco

    Fans had better watch what they say and do, lest they risk getting a swift hook.

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2006

    Cory Lidle's No Terrorist

    Fans had better watch what they say and do, lest they risk getting a swift hook.

  • News

    August 31, 2005

    A Duel at Safeco Field

    It's Randy Johnson vs. Felix Hernandez!

  • Arts

    November 10, 2004

    Bases Loaded

    Playwright Richard Greenberg 'outs' the national pastime.

  • Diversions

    July 14, 2004

    De-bacle

    Playwright Richard Greenberg 'outs' the national pastime.

  • News

    April 21, 2004

    Asleep at the Plate

    If nothing else, the iffy M's need to raise the energy bar.

  • News

    March 31, 2004

    Spread vs. Spreadsheet

    Fact is, you might as well roll the dice.

  • News

    February 25, 2004

    Yankees Suck Again

    Suck up more talent, that is. The good news: six opportunities to boo A-Rod and the rest at Safeco.

  • News

    October 1, 2003

    The Boys of Bummer

    The Mariners are in contention for an off-season transformation.

  • News

    June 18, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Is there anyone more dull than Joe Torre, except maybe Dr. Henry Kissinger?

  • Music

    June 11, 2003

    The 360° Manitoba

    A summit of sorts, as rock 'n' roll running buddies and famed hell-raisers Richard Meltzer and Handsome Dick Manitoba

  • News

    June 11, 2003

    Joltin June

    A blistering road trip, stunning individual stats, no injuriescan you imagine the Mariners winning 112 games this year?

  • News

    April 30, 2003

    The Bronx via Toledo

    The Mariners struggle against the minor-league-caliber Tigers, then dominate in the series opener against the Yankees.

  • News

    October 2, 2002

    Profit vs. Playoffs

    The M's budget themselves out of contention.

  • Diversions

    August 21, 2002

    Sports Guy

    Storm Troupers

  • Diversions

    July 17, 2002

    Sports Guy

    Brewing a Bust

  • News

    May 8, 2002

    "Who are you? The Mariner Moose? No. You're a Yankees fan. God, I can't think of a worse insult to put on you, Matt. Let's just leave it at that."

    Brewing a Bust

  • News

    May 1, 2002

    M's fans still suck

    Brewing a Bust

  • Arts

    April 24, 2002

    Operation true fanatic

    Disgusted with wussy M's fans, a former New Yorker issues a challenge.

  • News

    October 24, 2001

    Politics and baseball

    The Yankee Sidran vs. the Mariner Nickels.

  • News

    October 10, 2001

    World Series or bust?

    Outside Seattle, the Mariners don't get no respect.

  • News

    May 23, 2001

    News Clips— Needle Exchange

    Outside Seattle, the Mariners don't get no respect.

  • News

    May 2, 2001

    2 Best jokes about Seattle

    Outside Seattle, the Mariners don't get no respect.

  • News

    October 4, 2000

    Hollow "victories"

    Outside Seattle, the Mariners don't get no respect.

  • 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

    November 3, 1999

    76 hours, 50 minutes

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

  • News

    August 4, 1999

    Sell-ebrate the '60s

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

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