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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.

  • Calendar

    April 4, 2012

    Mariners vs. Oakland A's

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

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    Watch New Mariners Commericals and Vote for Your Favorite

    The Mariners will hit off the MLB 2012 season on March 28th (playing in Japan against Oakland for some reason) and the players warming fans up with new commercials. See which commercial hits it out of the park and, after you make up your mind, you'll get to vote on your favorite.

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Toast the 2012 Best Picture Nominees With These Oscar-Inspired Drinks

    For Sunday night's Academy Award ceremonies, the simplest drink choice is Champagne. After all, what says celebration better than a glass of bubbly? But that seems like the easy way out, especially given cinema's memorable drinking moments over the years. None of the nine nominees for Best Picture t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill Would Appreciate the Value of Palomino's Happy Hour

    The Dinner: Crispy calamari and cranberry mojitos at Palomino in Bellevue. The Movie: Moneyball at Lincoln Square Cinemas The Screenplate: A great sports movie is one that even the viewer with an aversion to sports can enjoy. It is more about the people than it is the game they play. Moneyball is ... More >>

  • Film

    September 21, 2011

    Moneyball: Brad Pitt Discovers Statistics

    The Dinner: Crispy calamari and cranberry mojitos at Palomino in Bellevue. The Movie: Moneyball at Lincoln Square Cinemas The Screenplate: A great sports movie is one that even the viewer with an aversion to sports can enjoy. It is more about the people than it is the game they play. Moneyball is ... 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

    September 24, 2010

    Score a Free Beer (and Mug!) at the Mariners Game

    Cheers, Ichiro!​In honor of Oktoberfest, the first 500 people to enter Safeco Field for the Mariners vs. Athletics game on Thursday, September 30, will receive a drink voucher and Seattle Mariners Oktoberfest Stein. Here's the catch: You only qualify for the deal if you purchase your $25 game ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    Safeco Field's New Mariner Menu Causes Some Crabbiness

    Leslie KellyNot your grandfather's--or even your dad's--ballpark chow.​Last week, Safeco Field's chef unveiled a host of new food items that will be available beginning with today's Mariner home opener against the Oakland A's. Among the new items already added to Safeco's already diverse (for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Stripper Gives Reporters a Sneak Peek Into Seattle's Newest Gentleman's Club

    The future of Mariners post-game entertainment.​Déjà Vu's Dream Girls, the controversial new Roger Forbes-owned strip club located a stone's throw from Safeco Field, aims to keep a high moral standard as it opens this week, stating in its agreements with the Mariners that everything that cou ... More >>

  • Arts

    April 7, 2010

    The Weekly Wire: This Week’s Recommended Events

    The future of Mariners post-game entertainment.​Déjà Vu's Dream Girls, the controversial new Roger Forbes-owned strip club located a stone's throw from Safeco Field, aims to keep a high moral standard as it opens this week, stating in its agreements with the Mariners that everything that cou ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2010

    Seattle Mariners Vs. Oakland

    The future of Mariners post-game entertainment.​Déjà Vu's Dream Girls, the controversial new Roger Forbes-owned strip club located a stone's throw from Safeco Field, aims to keep a high moral standard as it opens this week, stating in its agreements with the Mariners that everything that cou ... 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

    July 14, 2009

    M's at the All-Star Break: Reasons to Be Optimistic, and to Trade Erik Bedard

    The All-Star break is a time to take stock of the first half-plus of the baseball season and prognosticate on the rest of it. Last week, Mike Seely offered five questions for the Mariners. And yesterday, Vernal Coleman looked at whether the team should trade talented, oft-injured pitcher Erik Bedard ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    The Kingdome Returns to Safeco Field

    Sadly missing: celebratory cannon blastsYesterday's Mariners game was a blast from the past. Normally a power-hungry team--i.e. a team that doesn't have any power, and could really use it--the M's scored three of their four runs on dingers, beating the Twins 4-2. Jose Lopez--who admitted the other ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    Your Weekend Sports and A&C Advisory

    Tonight's the night for baseball, says our Damon Agnos, as the Mariners lead us into May with a homestand against Oakland: They're hardly titans, but they're not the Titanic either. This year's Seattle Mariners are a mediocre team fortuitously placed in a lousy division, among whose lousy members a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 29, 2009

    Mariners V. Oakland A's

    Tonight's the night for baseball, says our Damon Agnos, as the Mariners lead us into May with a homestand against Oakland: They're hardly titans, but they're not the Titanic either. This year's Seattle Mariners are a mediocre team fortuitously placed in a lousy division, among whose lousy members a ... More >>

  • Arts

    April 29, 2009

    The Weekly Wire: This Week’s Notable Events

    Tonight's the night for baseball, says our Damon Agnos, as the Mariners lead us into May with a homestand against Oakland: They're hardly titans, but they're not the Titanic either. This year's Seattle Mariners are a mediocre team fortuitously placed in a lousy division, among whose lousy members a ... More >>

  • News

    August 13, 2008

    The Bright Spot in an Awful Season

    The Mariners’ Brandon Morrow is the subject of great debate.

  • News

    August 1, 2007

    USS Mariner: Surprise! People Do Actually Read Blogs

    Even major league coaches.

  • News

    August 9, 2006

    The Pennant Race Piñata

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

  • News

    July 5, 2006

    Busting Out in June

    At midseason in a bad division, the .500 Mariners could be contenders.

  • News

    May 24, 2006

    Hardscrabble Mariners

    Sabermetrics and The Da Vinci Code have nothing on this baseball calculus.

  • Music

    September 21, 2005

    Nine Inch Nails

    Also: Wolf Parade, Brad Paisley, Portastatic, and Rhythm 'n' Blues: Fine Brown Sugar.

  • Arts

    June 22, 2005

    June 22-28, 2005

    Also: Wolf Parade, Brad Paisley, Portastatic, and Rhythm 'n' Blues: Fine Brown Sugar.

  • News

    July 21, 2004

    Bucky Ball

    The Mariners are suddenly watchable, and they can't disappoint us in September.

  • News

    June 30, 2004

    Season Over

    With Freddy Garcia dealt, there's no carpe diem for the C+ Mariners.

  • News

    June 9, 2004

    History in the Making

    From first to nearly worst in just three seasons.

  • News

    May 5, 2004

    The Mariner Noose

    The Twins, Yankees, Orioles, Tigers, Indians, Red Sox: May is going to be a long month.

  • News

    March 31, 2004

    The New Bleacher Bums

    These fans think they know better than the Mariners. They predict the M's again will finish the season behind the Oakland A's. And they say they have the data to prove it. Second-guessing owners and managers is easier than ever in the age of the spreadsheet.

  • News

    March 17, 2004

    Prescription: Steroids

    The Mariners seek to improve on their evidently unenhanced performance at the plate.

  • News

    October 1, 2003

    The Boys of Bummer

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

  • News

    September 17, 2003

    Sultans of Squat

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

  • News

    August 27, 2003

    Laugh Till You Cry

    It appears that David Spade jinxed the Mariners.

  • News

    July 30, 2003

    The Trade Embargo

    What deal will the Mariners not make this season?

  • News

    July 9, 2003

    Payoff Pitch

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

  • Arts

    May 21, 2003

    Stage, Visual Arts, and More

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

  • Food

    April 16, 2003

    Pinot With Your Parsnips

    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

    February 12, 2003

    Ancient Mariners

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

  • News

    September 4, 2002

    Sodo Oh No

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

  • Diversions

    June 26, 2002

    Sports Guy

    Passion Plays

  • News

    June 5, 2002

    "In the circuslike setting of Las Vegas, [the monorail] is appropriate, but not in a real city like Seattle."

    Passion Plays

  • News

    May 22, 2002

    Chip off the block

    Passion Plays

  • 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."

    Passion Plays

  • News

    October 17, 2001

    The marvelous M's

    The Hemps and Narcs of baseball face off.

  • News

    October 10, 2001

    World Series or bust?

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

  • News

    July 4, 2001

    Booster journalism

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

  • News

    April 4, 2001

    News Clips— Open for business

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

  • News

    July 7, 1999

    Ask the smart pig

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

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