Archive for the ‘Seattle Mariners’ Category
Monday, July 25th, 2011
The Seattle Mariners set a franchise record with their 15th-straight loss Sunday -- a damn impressive feat for a team that finished below .500 its first 13 seasons.
In wake of the losing streak, and with all apologies to Paul Simon, we've decided there must be 15 ways to describe the ...
Posted in MLB, Seattle Mariners | 3 Comments »
Monday, March 22nd, 2010
Baseball season is still two weeks away from us, but that hasn't stopped newly acquired Mariner Milton Bradley from getting a quick start to some old habits.
No, I'm not talking about throwing a ball into the stands with two outs, silly. I'm talking about getting ejected from baseball games before ...
Posted in Milton Bradley, MLB, Seattle Mariners | 13 Comments »
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
I've got a shiny penny for anyone who can name the athlete pictured above.
Too late, it's none other than Bill Swift. Billy Swift, on the cover of a video game. And not just any game, this was World Series Baseball '95 for Sega Genesis. I played that game constantly. McD ...
Posted in Bill Swift, Colorado Rockies, MLB, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, Video Games | 8 Comments »
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Are the Mariners really relevant to any discussion about baseball with less than 30 games left in the season and some outstanding playoff races heating up?
Well, no. They're something like 31 games behind the first place Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Southern California of the West Coast of the ...
Posted in MLB, Richie Sexson, Seattle Mariners | 2 Comments »
Friday, July 11th, 2008
By now I'm sure you've heard that the Seattle Mariners finally cut ties with one of the biggest free agent busts in history, Richie Sexson. Yesterday the M's released the gigantic disappointment, all but ensuring they'll have to eat the remaining $6.1 million of the four-year $50 million deal he ...
Posted in MLB, Richie Sexson, Seattle Mariners | 14 Comments »
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Things haven't been going very well for the Seattle Mariners lately. They're the worst team in the Show, their manager and general manager have both been fired within the last couple weeks and now their most promising young player is injured -- after he hit a grand slam.In Monday night's ...
Posted in Felix Hernandez, MLB, Seattle Mariners | No Comments »
