Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
We're still in April, but by season's end you'll be hard-pressed to find a stranger baseball score than Astros 16, Mariners 9 at Safeco Field on Tuesday night.
First off, it was a cold night in a pitcher's park with two inept offenses. And not even that basic descriptor does this ...
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2013
After hemming and hawing for a few days, the Seattle Mariners and ace right-hander Felix Hernandez have reportedly finalized the seven-year, $175 million contract the two sides essentially agreed to last week. Over the weekend it was reported that the deal was being held up because of concerns about the ...
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Sunday, February 10th, 2013
The Internet exploded when it was reported last week that the Seattle Mariners were about to sign pitcher Felix Hernandez to a seven-year, $175 million deal. Though the reported deal IS huge, there's no denying that Hernandez has been a workhorse and the team needs him if they're ever going ...
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Friday, December 7th, 2012
Just when it seemed clear that the suitors for Josh Hamilton had been narrowed down, a new team has jumped in out of nowhere and completely upset things. The Seattle Mariners have reportedly swooped in and offered the top bat on the free agent market a three-year contract worth somewhere ...
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander had possibly his worst start of the season Tuesday night, giving up seven earned runs on ten hits. He ended up with a no-decision in a 9-8 Tigers loss. The bad outing might have swung the race for the 2012 American League Cy Young Award ...
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Tuesday, June 19th, 2012
Ichiro Suzuki has had a phenomenal career since arriving in Major League Baseball back in 2001. On Tuesday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Ichiro led off the game with a single for the 2,500th hit of his major league career. That is an incredible amount of production in just 11 ...
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Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
The Texas Rangers made a big move Wednesday afternoon by signing Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish to a six-year, $60 million deal. When considering the posting fee paid just to negotiate with the right-hander, that means the Rangers spent over $110 million to get Darvish on board.
After spending that kind of ...
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