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    The New Bleacher Bums
    By Jim Thomsen • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    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.

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    Michael Echeveste at an Olympia hearing last year.
    No Cop-Out
    By Jim Thomsen • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    This might be a textbook case of a man worthy of a governor’s pardon, and it’s not a storybook tale.

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    How to Fix the M’s
    How to Fix the M’s
    By Jim Thomsen • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    The stat-heads told us the Mariners would suck. Here are their solutions.

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