tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20082622276102566182012-01-29T23:11:25.518-08:00Navigating the seas of Mariner fandom <br> via a most buoyant direction and optimistic hue-pointRosyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16516125479450182326noreply@blogger.comBlogger7751100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2008262227610256618.post-23567598540637180852012-01-29T21:49:00.000-08:002012-01-29T23:11:25.736-08:00

Pretty cool that those of us who couldn't make to FanFest could watch some of the happenings live online - here are some of the highlights... Dugout Dialogue | Day ONE Wedge may move Ichiro out of lead-off spot League looks to improve all his pitches Jesus happy to be here, wanst to continue to improve and have fun  Carp just wants to hit Hultzen just wants to put his team in a position to win

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M's farm system now boasts FIVE players in the Top 100... C Jesus Montero (#12) LHP Danny Hultzen (#16) RHP Taijuan Walker (#18) INF Nick Franklin (#52) LHP James Paxton (#77) And, they even have a "cover-boy"...

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Lots of interesting "tweet tid-bits" from yesterday's Mariners Media Day - good news such as... 14 + / - ~Justin Smoak has lost 14lbs and 4% body fat ~Guti has gained 14lbs of muscle (with no signs of stomach trouble) Casper Wells has been working out regularly and has had no further equilibrium issues 710ESPN will broadcast the games in Japan vs. the A's, as well as the exhibition game vs.

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I've been preaching "patience" for so long that I must admit even I get impatient at times... But now, I really mean it! Patience is a virtue... I been up against fans, in both personal and online discussions, who are just so tired of waiting and, from their perspective, not even seeing progress with their Mariners. While I can understand their frustration, I also recognize that having lived

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The wait is finally over... and, as seems to be the case with large (in this case literally) Boras clients - it's the "mystery team" that steals the show.  This afternoon, it was announced that the Detroit Tigers had signed Prince Fielder to a 9 year / $214 million contract (but not before the twitter falderal that had him going to the Nats via a "fake" Jon Heyman tweet) . Over here is some

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Some snippets from the Hot Stove League Show.. first up, Jack Z's segment ~paraphrased~ (I'm no court reporter ;-) ) on the Montero acquisition in general... ~ obviously we've been on this guy for quite awhile ~ we played a big price but, you have to give something good to get something good on the unique aspect of making a trade that is "youth for youth"... One of the big things is years of

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Well, it's FINALLY official... We must say goodbye to Michael and Jose ;-( and Welcome Jesus and Hector! Mariners land Montero in 'old-fashion' trade| MLB.com "We had a need, and to get a really good player, you have to give up good players," Zduriencik said once the deal was announced following completion of Montero's physical exams. "Neither one of us was trying to walk away from this

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I don't remember ever having snow on my birthday.  But then, they say the memory is the first to go. No doubt this is what people around the country are imaging when hearing the weather reports for our fair city :-) photo credit unknown ... pulled from facebook I think it may have gotten even MORE difficult for Jesus Montero to hit any out at Safeco Field ;-)

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A little more pasta for the wall... the M's signed Oliver Perez to a minor league deal Down to the wire but, Yu Darvish and the Texas Rangers finally came to agreement (6/60) Opinions abound as to whether this takes them out of the Fielder sweepstakes... 't was a snowy day in Seattle and the M's posted this great shot of Safeco Field on their blog...

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Eric Wedge, Ken Griffey, Jr and Tim Hevly (Senior Director of Baseball Information) recently took a quick trip to Japan to promote the upcoming MLB season opening games to take place in Tokyo on Marvh 28th and 29th between the M's and the A's.  Ex-M and current Oakland manager, Bob Melvin was there as well. One of the highlights of the trip for the Mariners contingent was a clinic they attended

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I've had some time now to read, reflect, mourn and start the process all over again... several times. So, I get it.   There are three certainties in life: death, taxes and the Mariners never-ending need for offense. But, it's hard.  Really hard.  Especially for one like me who ADORES pitching and defense. Give me 1-0 game over a 10-9 on any day of the week and twice on Sundays. But, I get

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Here are just a few of the barrage of tweets from earlier tonight as rumor turned reality in a matter of minutes... jcrasnickThe #Mariners are moving closer to a trade for a young impact hitter, two baseball sources confirmed. StoneLarryWouldn't be surprised if deal referenced by @jcrasnick involves Michael Pineda and Jesus Montero. Rumblings in that direction. JonHeymanCBSSea does have deal

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Here once, for about a minute, (he came in the Putz deal, then was shipped to Chicago for Ronnie Cedeno and Garrett Olson) Aaron Heilman is back - signed to a minor league deal for a shot at joining the 'pen. Munenori Kawasaki also signed to a minor league deal and will compete for a back-up infielder role with the M's .  Kawasaki played all-star shortstop for the Softbank Hawks (who won the

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Congrats to Barry Larkin, the loan selection to the Class of 2012. Gar was 7th with 36.5% as reported by Greg Johns of MLB.com (an improvement over last year's 32.9% but about the same as his first year - 36.2%) Martinez received votes from 209 of the 573 BBWAA members who voted and finished seventh among this year's 27 candidates, behind Larkin (86.4 percent), Jack Morris (66.7), Jeff Bagwell (

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Apparently, the M's have signed a bear for their rotation. as Geoff Baker reports.... The nickname of new Mariners pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma is "Kuma" which translates to "The Bear" in Japanese. Wherever he goes in Japan, a bear symbol usually follows, whether it's fans holding up placards or team billboards or on t-shirts.So, expect to see quite a bit of bear symbology taking place at Safeco Field

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The Texas Rangers! yippe-skippy. The winning bid was $51.7mil ... and the Rangers and Darvish now have 30 days to come to terms on a MLB contract. __________________________ Some M's news over the past week.... Alex Liddi honored as "ambassador of baseball" in Italy Liddi was honored recently by the Italania baseball federation — officially known as Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball (

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The M's realize the “Felix window”is closing quickly.  In 2011 they got a good, long look a LOT of kids and have a better idea than ever who sticks and stays, who’s valuable, who’s expendable and what they need to move forward.Whether they’ll be able to do it remains to be seen but, seems they are in as good a position as they have been in a long time to carry out a plan. There are some great

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I missed most of the show (Jack and Jaso) but will catch the pod cast when it's posted).   I did hear Dustin... He was pleased with his progression defensively at 2B.  Knowing what to expect, now that he's got some major league service time, will help him prepare that much better, mentally and physically, in the off season and into spring training.  He thinks Brendan Ryan was 'carrying the load'

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The deadline for tendering contracts was 9pm tonight. Tendered: Jason Vargas, Shawn Kelley, Brandon League (all three arbitration eligible) No surprises there Non Tendered: Dan Cortes, Chris Giminez Now two members of last year's bully gone (Lueke traded for Jaso) and seems that Jaso's addition made Gimenez expendable.  Not so sure about that though - catching hasn't exactly been a strong suit

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A grand time was had by all! (and, what the heck? may as well get a free photo book outta the deal :-) Click here to view this photo book largerThe new way to make a photo album: photo books by Shutterfly.

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Three Seattle Mariners make Baseball America's Rookie All-Star Team 2B Dustin Ackley • MarinersThe second pick in the 2009 draft, Ackley shot to Triple-A a year later and to Seattle on June 17, roughly two years after being drafted. A mere three weeks after his debut, Ackley established himself as the Mariners' top offensive player and permanent three-hole hitter. He wound up leading the

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Brock and Salk interview... John mentions that Safeco Field has been his favorite field in which to play.  Despite the dimensions, he likes hitting there, loves the batter's eye - interesting that he said the batter's eye can make a difference catching too (makes sense, just never thought about it before). Of course he's anxious to learn Felix and Michael :-) ____________________________________

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yep, still catching up... AL Rookie of the Year goes to....  Jeremy Hellickson Michael Pineda and Dustin Ackley finish 5th and 6th respectively.    - MP had 3 second place votes and 2 third place votes    - DA had 1 first place vote and 1 third place vote Felix, Dustin and Mike - oh my! Mariners Pitcher, Performer and Breakout Player A look back (video) at Dustin's freshman year... Winter

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Greg's funeral is set for Tuesday and there was a memorial service yesterday. Shannon got some first hand accounts that she shares here... Early Tuesday morning Greg Halman will be laid to rest in Driehuis, about five minutes from the town of Haarlem where he grew up. Along with team representatives Bob Engle, Wayne Norton and Peter Van Dalen teammates Mike Carp, Alex Liddi, Dan Cortes and Matt

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yeah, I'm still catching up... The following players elected Free Agency between Oct 30th - Nov 1st... * David Aardsma * Josh Bard * Adam Kennedy * Jamie Wright * Willy Mo Pena * Luis Rodriguez The following players were activated from the 60-day disabled list on October 31st... * Franklin Gutierrez * Adam Moore Jeff Gray was claimed off waivers by the Minnesota Twins on October 31st The

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Sorry excuse for a blogger am I. What can I say?  Life happens. As for the Mariners and this off-season (beyond the horrible tragedy of Greg Halman's death) here are some of the happenings, to date... Organizational Awards / Promotions / Changes * Bob Engle, Mariners VP of International Operations, named a 2011 Scout of the Year * Chris Gwynn hired as Director of Player Development (spent 27

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Pedro Grifol on Greg Halman | Larry Stone "Character-wise and presence, I don't think there's any better. His presence in the clubhouse, everyone knows this guy was somebody. Character-wise, guys who knew him like I did and the coaches did, loved him. If you knew him, you loved him. (Jose) Castro ( a Mariners hitting instructor who is with Grifol in Venezuela) feels same way. We sent him to

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Mariners statement SEATTLE, Wash. -- The Seattle Mariners Baseball Club issued the following statement today on the sudden and tragic death of outfielder Greg Halman:“The Mariners family is deeply saddened by the tragic death of Greg Halman,” said Mariners Chairman Howard Lincoln, President Chuck Armstrong and General Manager Jack Zduriencikon behalf of entire Mariners organization. “Greg was a

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It is not often that a story of a Seattle Mariner hits the regular news wire prior to any of the sports pages but, that is the case today and, it is shocking and sad news... Greg Halman stabbed to death | MSN.com M's outfielder, Greg Halman stabbed to death | MLB.com According to the story so far, Greg's brother has been arrested.  Unbelievable. Greg may have never been a star -he struggled

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Obviously, 2011 was a transition year for the Seattle Mariners. It was a time to take a good, long look at the youth in the system to learn what's what and who's who. And lots a looks they got... 18 different rookies started  13 rookies made their major league debut  59 games were started by rookie pitchers My thoughts on what some of our "baby M's" have the chance to become... SUPER STARS *

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September Tid-Bits9 - 18 (call me crazy, but it didn't seem that bad - maybe because I was looking at individual performances as opposed to team results) batted .222 as a team for the month -34 run differential for the month, -119 overall AT THE PLATE Justin did what he needed to do - had a strong finish to the end of what was a devastating year for him personally and a disappointing on

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Mariners 0 | Athletics Cute as he is, I'm thinking Anthony is not quite ready for primetime... though, to be fair, he didn't get much of a shot to right himself (pulled after only two innings) The M's bats were certainly not much help... as they were helpless vs Mr. Gonzalez (and shut out for the second night in a row) the bullpen was looking strong and stellar... some decent pieces to build

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Mariners 0 | Athletics 7 The main positive of the evening was... I attended with my good friend Marilyn and, frankly, we talked more than we watched.  Sure, it would have been great if the Mariners had won but, it was one of those nights where just being there, with a good friend, sharing the ambiance and soaking up the last drop of baseball before winter sets in, was enough.  Oh, and getting

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Mariners 4 | Athletics 2 REALLY nice to see Jason end on a high note... I've called him Jekyll and Hyde, as his seemed to be a tale of two seasons - he was either REALLY good or REALLY bad.  Tonight, his last start, was definitely in the REALLY good category. 105 pitches - EIGHT innings - FIVE hits - ONE run - ZERO walks - TEN strikeouts His win total reached 10 on the season and his innings

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Mariners 5 | Rangers 12 I was trying to listen here and there but... the noise at Century Link was overwhelming my radio :-) On a day where the M's score 5 runs on 4 home runs... You'd expect that they would come away with a win. Problem is, the Rangers scored 12... The M's used FIVE pitchers and they ALL gave up runs (Furbush and Ruffin with the worst of the damage) There were also a couple

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Mariners 3 | Rangers 7 I went from feeling "gotta win this for Felix" to "just win" to "please-oh-please let Felix be OK!" I was running errands all day so didn't get to see any of the game and, I think I'm actually glad about that.  It was bad enough hearing the call when Felix got hit, not sure I could have taken seeing it live... Thank heavens it sounds like it's not too serious, "contusion

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Mariners 3 | Rangers 5 Tough go for Anthony... Rangers at full strength is a pretty tall order.  Hopefully, there was something he could take from it. Bullpen continues to impress... Lueke, Wright and Ruffin combined for 4.2 scoreless (M's pen has the 2nd lowest ERA in the AL for the month of September) Only 4 hits - but 3 runs... as Dave would say "hits as scarce as hen's teeth" and, an "

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Mariners 2 | Twins 3 Blake had a strong outing... seven innings - six hits - two runs - zero walks - four strikeouts Too bad he wasn't able to record the victory. Steve came in for Ceasar in the 8th... with runners at 1B and 3B and got a much needed DP.  He wasn't so lucky/good in the 9th - giving up two walks and an RBI double that was the game-winner. The hits kept coming but, the runs were

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Mariners 5 | Twins 4 Kevin Slowey had them baffled for a time... In fact, the only M's base-runner in the first five innings was Ichiro who got aboard via an error in the third. And then, adjustments were made... With TWO outs in the 6th, Ichiro singled and then the "Carolin Connection" came through - doubles by both Seager and Ackley scored TWO and tied the game.  In the 7th, the M's would add

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Mariners 5 | Twins 4 Early on, things weren't looking too good for Jason Vargas but, he hung in there through six and Tom and Chance came in for the 7th and 8th respectively, each only facing them minimum. Then, it was heart-attack time - with a one-run lead in the 9th, Brandon loaded the bases with NOBODY out... but, miraculously escaped.  Whew! Getty Images The offense (yes, I'm talking

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Mariners 12 | Indians 6 (in 7) When is Cleveland going to GET A ROOF?!? Figures... the M's have a rare offensive explosion and no one is around to see it (due to the east coast start time) The line up was a little unusual ...  Casper and Brendan stayed back in Seattle nursing injury and Dustin got a day off so, Seager was a 2B,  Luis at SS and Chris in LF (Luis and Chris ended up being the

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Mariners 0 | Rangers 3 Well, lost the series, and today's offense was pretty sad (another FOURTEEN strikeouts on their way to the shutout) but, overall, it turned out better than expected.  The M's shut out the Rangers in the first game, lost by one in the second game and were shut out in the third game. Aggregate score = a draw (10-10) Kinsler had a homer called back (ruled foul) and then hit

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Mariners 6 | Rangers 7 't was looking pretty good in the bottom of the second... when the M's took a 4-1 lead via three singles (Adam, Brendan and Ichiro) a walk (Saunders) and a double (Seager).  But, the Rangers came roaring right back to tie it up with THREE solo homers in the top of the third.  They would put up another three-spot in the top of the fourth via three singles and a walk to take

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Mariners 4 | Rangers 0 And now, for something different, only SIX hits but, FOUR runs.... not a bad ratio (2-4 w/RISP).  The first three runs all scored with two outs (error, wild pitch and a bad hop on the 2B bag) as the M's batted around for three runs in the 3rd. Casper added a solo homer in the 7th, and there you go! It was nice to see the M's defense outshine the Rangers.... (though

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Seattle Mariners to Unveil Statue of Dave Niehaus The statue is remarkably lifelike down to the smallest detail. Niehaus is wearing one of his favorite neckties with tiny baseballs on it (picked out for this purpose by Dave's wife Marilyn and their daughter Greta), and were it not for the fact that it is made of bronze, Dave's sport coat would likely be one of his trademark pastels. The

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Mariners 2 | Yankees 1 That was fun! Yes, even thought the M's are hopelessly out of contention this season, it's always fun to beat the Yanks! What a strange series... The Yanks stomp all over Felix for the first time in ... seems like ever! Charlie pitches decently and gives them a great chance to win the second game but, the hitters strikeout 17 times and they lose by one run Then

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Mariners 2 | Yankees 3 17 K's.  Not good. But, I just heard something on the post game show that's even more unbelievable... Last night's "only" six strikeouts saved the M's from being the first team IN MAJOR LEAGUE HISTORY to strikeout 11 or more times FIVE games in-a-row.  Wow. But, maybe it's to be expected from a young team, eager to please and trying to do too much. They definitely had

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Mariners 3 | Yankees 9 Not how it s'pose to be when Felix takes the mound vs. the pin-stripers from NY... When the M's score 3 runs on 4 walks and 8 hits including a double (Kyle) and a homer (Miggy) for Felix, he typically walks away with a victory. Felix giving up more runs than strikeouts?  Certainly not typical. Felix - of the 5-0 record and 1.29 ERA in his last six starts vs. the Yanks

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Mariners 1 | Royals 2 Pitchers, once again, solid... ~ Anthony Vasquez needed only 86 pitches to get through six innings.  He scattered seven hits and gave up only two earned runs.  It was enough for his first quality start in the majors. ~ Shawn gave up an inherited runner in the 7th and Chance threw a scoreless inning for the 8th. ~ Steve Delabar made his major league debut by retiring the

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To some, following sports is a trivial pursuit. To others, like me, it is a fascinating, fun and fabulous activity. As both the NFL and MLB take time today prior to their games to remember and pay respect their to the first responders who saved lives, all the brave men and women who lost their own trying to save others and the thousands of others who died or lost lost loved ones, I am also

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Mariners 2 | Royals 4 The good news? Michael pitched well after a rough first inning in which he allowed 3 runs - at one point retiring 14 of 15 batters and pitching a full 8 innings for the first time in his major league career.  And, his 171 K's were enough to pass Freddy Garcia for second most strikeouts by a Mariner rookie and the most by a MLB rookie since Matsusaka in '07 (201) and Kazmir

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Mariners 7 | Royals 3 These are NOT your father's Mariners... ~ What a night for Miggy! 3 hits and 2 RBI left him just a single away from the cycle! ~ Ichiro with four more hits (including another homer) leaving him now 33 hits shy of 200 ~ Justin with three more hits and two RBI ~ Alex Liddi had his first major league hit ... a ringing double to left field Blake seeming to take Doug Fister's

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Mariners 4 | Royals 1 Nice to see Jason bounce back for his first win in nearly a month... He's had some pretty dreadful outings of late and, even though it was "only" the Royals, they are a pretty good hitting team, so allowing only one run on four hits in six innings was very encouraging.  No question that Jason needs to finish the season strong to shed the rep of a pitcher who melts down in

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Mariners 1 | Angels 3 Charlie Furbush's best major league start to date ends in defeat... Charlie held the Halos scoreless through seven innings on only three hits (a double and two singles) and no walks. Then, things fell apart for him in the 8th as he allowed a single, a walk and a two-run double and relinquished the mound to Tom W, who allowed the inherited runner to score - giving the Halos

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Mariners 2 | Angels 1 For starters, Felix made mince meat of "the starters" (retired all 8 lead-off batters he faced). He recorded 13 ground ball outs to 5 fly ball outs to 7 strikeouts All three runs of the game were UNearned... Justin singled in the second inning and two errors and a sac-fly later he scored.  Then in the Kyle got aboard via an error in the fourth inning, stole 2B, moved to 3B

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Mariners 3 | Angels 7 I won't waste too much space talking about this one - definitely one of the ugliest games all season... If only scoring THREE runs on ELEVEN hits was abysmal, then committing FIVE errors was atrocious. According to the box score, only one of the SEVEN runs that Vasquez gave up was UNearned but, it sure seemed like more.  The bullpen put up 2.1 scoreless despite two of the

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And, maybe he'll get to add some Major League runs and ribbies to those totals! He and fellow Rainiers teammates, Michael Saunders and Steve Delabar will be up will be up with the big club as of tomorrow!

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Mariners 5 | Athletics 8 Early in the season, the offense would have KILLED for 10 hits and five runs - 't wasn't enough today. Blake Beavan was far from on, throwing a ton of pitches (101) and allowing way too many walks (3) for only five innings.  Josh Lueke, after a 1-2-3 sixth, was given a chance to get himself out of trouble in the seventh, and failed - miserably (giving up 4 runs).  

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Mariners 0 | Athletics 3 When the combination of starters and relievers only give up 3 runs, the typical mantra is... "they gave us a chance to win" When your offense manages only 6 hits and zero runs, the mantra typical mantra is... not repeatable on a family-friendly blog So, tip your cap to McCarthy's complete game shut-out and move on. btw - Ichiro had one of the hits, getting him to

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Mariners 2 | Athletics 9 So, I was sitting at Century Link Field watching the Seahawks and Raiders while listening to the Mariners and Athletics play in Oakland (frankly wondering if the Seahawks would be able to score more than the M's). Neither game really mattered much to any of the teams.  On the NFL side, it was the final pre-season game, so many of the starters only played the first

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August Tid-Bitsstill a losing month but, 13-15 was such an improvement over July, it didn't seem so bad batted .273 as a team for the month -18 run differential for the month, -85 overall AT THE PLATE We'll leave the big fish for last :-) Dustin is just 2 shy of the rookie record (8) for triples held by Ichiro ('01) and Ruppert Jones ('77) and passed Johjima ('06) with the most hits by a

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Mariners 3 | Angels 4 I have a feeling this series was a lot more difficult than the Halos expected it to be... not that we should be satisfied with "moral victories" but, the way this young team faced up vs. a team right in the thick of the playoff hunt was admirable, if not impressive. Tonight, Charlie struggled in the early innings (3-0 after one, 4-0 by mid-three) and he seemed not long for

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Mariners 2 | Angels 1 And, for a change, he got exactly what he deserved - a hard fought WIN! the court was over-flowing with joy... AP PHOTO The Halos have long been Felix's nemesis, so it was particularly pleasing the see him get the best of them and to see the M's get the best of Haren, especially after he retired 15 in-a-row at one point.  Guti and Dustin singled in the 8th and Mike

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Good news for both Jacks, I'd say. Earlier this afternoon, it was announced that Jack Zduriencik had agreed to a contract extension... He'll be given (thankfully, IMO) the time and the resources to carry out his long term plan of rebuilding the farm system while continuing to evaluate all levels of the organization and deal from depth to build a winning franchise. And, the "other Jack" departed

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Mariners 6 | Angels 13 but oh, those base on balls... of the SIX walks given up by the combination of Vasquez and Gray, FIVE scored - blah. Good new is.. Ichiro extended his hitting streak to 13 - now needs 46 to get to 200 Dustin, Mike and Miggy all had multi-hit games and combined for 5 RBI Lueke with 3 scoreless innings and only one hit allowed Just love this shot - if I were captioning

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Mariners 5 | Angels 3 Blake cruised through the first three and then hit a rough patch in the fourth... The encouraging part was his bounce back after the bad inning - he only gave up two hits over the next three innings but, thanks to some SUPERB defense, he only faced the minimum.  I also like, like, like the ZERO walks. 8th inning, enter The Bartender... who merely retired the side in order,

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Mariners 3 | White Sox 9 Jason season continues to erode.  Hard to believe he threw a complete game shutout vs the Phillies two months ago. The O showed a little more life than yesterday, although Wedge didn't sound too pleased.  He seemed to be in a cap tipping mood for Danks yesterday but, was not real pleased with the approach today. In come the Halos....

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Mariners 0 | White Sox 3 Can't really complain about the pitching... Michael has been better but, he was solid and the bullpen was decent. Unfortunately, Danks was stellar ... tossing a 3-hit complete game shutout. Well, at least the Sounders put on a thrilling match in their 6-2 victory over the Columbus Crew earlier in the day.  My husband and I attended both events as part of our 28th

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Mariners 2 | White Sox 4 Charlie had a rough first, giving up two runs and throwing a ton of pitches... but, he managed to hang in there for five full (to get the loss). The bullpen was great... Tom and Jeff combined for FOUR shutout innings, allowing only TWO hits, TWO walks and striking out FOUR. The O had their chances, racking up another double-digit night of hits (10)... but, they

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Mariners 9 | Indians 2 What a great series in Cleveland (for a change) taking three of four and the offense having a bit of an explosion. M's pounded out another SIXTEEN hits in the finale - and once again, the rooks play a BIG roll.... Especially Kyle!  4/4 with THREE doubles, THREE runs scored, ONE RBI and ONE walk Felix recorded his 12th win... It took him 103 pitches to get through SIX,

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Mariners 12 | Indians 7 Everyone had a hit except the DH (Willie Mo) and most had multiple hits. Of the TWELVE runs the M's scored - FIVE were by rookies. Of the SEVENTEEN hits the M's recorded - TEN were by rookies. Of the SIX extra base hits the M's tallied - FOUR were by rookies. Are you sensing a theme here? Oh, and for good measure, the victorious starting pitcher wasn't only a rookie

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Mariners 5 | Indians 7 shhhhhucks! Blake definitely kept 'em in it, with yet another quality start (which 7 of his 9 big league starts have been). He struggled big time vs. the Red Sox and the Blue Jays but, pitched very well in all his other starts. Trayvon and Kyle went a combined 5/8 with 2 runs scored and 2 runs battted in and it was a back and forth game right up until the bitter end - 

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Mariners 3 | Indians 2 Too bad Jason (viva la) Vargas, didn't get the win... He certainly pitched well enough to - 7 innings and 2 UNearned runs usually gets you the W But, at least the bullpen was able to hold the Tribe where Jason left them. And, the O was able to score the requisite "one more"... ~Ichiro with a lead-off homer in the first. ~Casper scored on a throwing error (hit-by-a-pitch

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Mariners 7 | Rays 8 Michael deserved much better... six innings - 6 hits - 2 earned runs - ZERO walks and 5 strikeouts and then, Jamey comes in and allows FOUR runs on THREE walks in ONE inning :-( but, the guys fight back and tie it up with Willie Mo's first homer as an M! Only to see JD break their hearts on the first pitch in the bottom of the 9th Other encouraging things... ~Multiple hits

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Mariners 0 | Rays 8 Well, clearly nothing was working on EITHER side of the ball tonight. Charlie had an extremely rough night... part of the bullpen - Tom and Chance picked him up a bit but, Josh was no help whatsoever. O once again 0 fer w/RISP (this time with seven chances squandered), but... Mike collects his 19th hit-in-row to keep his streak alive and Dustin and Tray add to the rookie

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Mariners 2 | Rays 3 I didn't see the game (or even a replay) but heard that a couple of the Rays seven "hits" could have easily been scored errors.  Heartbreak, once again, for Felix.  But, as usual, he takes it in stride all in stride... 8IP - 7H - 3ER - 3BB - 9K ~Mike extended his streak to 18... ~Kyle hammered his first major league homer... ~Trayvon had a double.... BUT, M's were 0-FIVE w/

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Mariners 1 | Blue Jays 5 Blake's second rough start in-a-row... he seems to have a bit of long-ball-itis of late - all the Blue Jays runs coming via the long ball. I guess when half of your hits are homers, it usually bodes well for a win - Jays had only six hits but three of them left the yard. Also helps when the opposition (that would be the M's) doesn't get their first hit until the 4th

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Mariners 7 | Blue Jays 13 Things were looking pretty bleak by the end of the first inning, Jason having given up SIX runs.  But, the boys in navy and teal would put up a bit of a fight and tie it up by the end of the third... ~Mike extended his hitting streak to SEVENTEEN ~Trayvon and Kyle both checked in with 2 hits and 2 RBI ~Casper with ANOTHER homer (his FOURTH in as many games) coming

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Mariners 6 | Blue Jays 5 Needless to say, not Michael's best effort... Blue Jays were 0-4 w/RISP, but pretty good in the "walk & homer" department, so Michael only made it through 5 innings. The bullpen was STELLAR... throwing FOUR innings of FOUR hit, NO walks, shutout ball.  Cortes for TWO, Wilhelmsen for ONE (and his first major league win) and Brandon for ONE (and his 30th save) And the

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Mariners 5 | Red Sox 3 A little light on the recap, since I was exploring Orcas Island with my daughter and her boyfriend (who are visiting from Austin, TX) Way to go, Charlie! His best start, so far, as a Mariner comes against one of the most powerful lineups in baseball! 95 pitches ~ 7 innings ~ 4 hits ~ 1 earned run ~ 2 walks ~ 6 strikeouts AP Jeff had a bit of an issue in the 8th,

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Mariners 5 | Red Sox 4 Clearly, I picked the wrong M's/RS game to attend ... what a crazy one! The M's scored all their runs in the 1st inning... FIVE (count 'em FIVE!) runs off of Josh Becket, including a first pitch homer by Ichiro and a 2-run shot by Casper!  Mike, Dustin, Guti, and even JW, continued their hot-hitting. The Red Sox scored all their runs in the 6th inning... when Felix had a

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Mariners 4 | Red Sox 6 Mariners started 5 rookies in this game (including the starting pitcher) and another came in from the pen. All things considered, despite the loss, there were plenty of positives.... ~Mike extending his hitting streak to TWELVE, going 3 for 5 w/3RBI ~Dustin keeps on keepin' on going 2 for 4 with an RBI ~Guti getting back in the grove (and batting 2nd) with 2 hits, 2

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Mariners 4 | Rangers 3 Second nice start in-a-row for Jason... 't would be great for him to finish strong and solidify himself in the rotation for a coule more years. Lovin' the DEE! TWO double-plays and some great unassisted plays all 'round the infield. ELEVEN hits... including THREE for extra bases (granted, that should have netted more than FOUR runs) Brandon shuts the door for his 27th

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Mariners 6 | Rangers 7 I'm thinking I'd have to look long and hard to find a game where the Mariners scored in each of the FIRST THREE innings! Things were looking good early on but, the Rangers were keeping pace... M's scored TWO in the top of the first, Rangers scored TWO in the bottom of the first M's scored ONE in the top of the second, Rangers scored ONE in the bottom of the second M's

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Mariners 2 | Rangers 9 The good news is that 50% of the Mariners hits were for extra bases. The bad news is they only had SIX hits. The REALLY bad news is that Mariners pitchers walked SEVEN Rangers and FIVE of them scored. Suffice it to say that Charlie's second start with the M's wasn't quite up to par with his first.  But, these are the Texas Rangers and boy, can they hit.

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Mariners 1 | Angels 2 Hey, they won the series in the aggregate scoring (6-4) :-) Felix went the distance... EIGHT innings -FOUR hits - TWO runs - ZERO walks - TWELVE strikeouts - what a shame he had to take the loss (now at 10-10 on the season). Getty Images Unfortunately, so did Santana... And he shut down the M's bats - scattering SEVEN hits and allowing only one of the extra base

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Mariners 5 | Angels 1 While I was at the wedding and reception for a dear, longtime friend, it sounds as if I missed one of the better games of the season.  According to the box score and the highlights... Blake was super stellar... EIGHT innings pitched - 103 pitches - EIGHT hits - ONE earned run - ZERO walks That was good enough for his SIXTH straight quality start to begin his major league

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Mariners 0 | Angels 1 (10) Missed most of the game, as I was at "the race track" with "the girls"...   As impotent as both the M's and the Halos offenses were tonight - my betting was even moreso ;-) Weaver was on.  What else is new? Certainly not a great match up to an M's offense that has struggled so mightily all season - and then the get to face the best pitcher in the AL - and just when

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Mariners 7 | Athletics 4 Welcome to Seattle Charlie! Nice to see Mr. Furbush get a victory in his first Seattle start.  He only went 5 innings (65 pitches) but also only allowed two hits and one run and NO walks with three strikeouts.  It was his first start since July 9th (when he was with the Tigers) where he only made it 2.2 innings in a loss to the Royals.  Previous to that, on July 4th, he

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Mariners 4 | Athletics 2 Back-to-back wins for the first time since before the break - July 4th and 5th in Oakland. Some weird plays to start this one. In the bottom of the 1st... Brendan hits an infield single and takes 2nd AND 3rd on a fielder's choice (since there were no fielders by the bags).  Dustin followed that up with a walk and Mike with a 2-RBI double. AP In the bottom of the

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Mariners 8 | Athletics 4 Blake earned some MAJOR brownie points tonight... He loaded the bases with NO outs in the 1st inning on 3 straight singles.  And then proceeded to get out of the inning unscathed (except for his pitch count) via two strikeouts and a fly out.  Way to go, Blake!  He went on to throw 113 pitches in 6.2 innings scattering 7 hits, allowing 3 runs, striking out 3 and walking 2

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July Tid-Bits17 will get you 20 - the 17 game losing streak gave the M's a 6-20 mark for the month of July Still last in nearly every major offensive category  And, even the pitching fell apart - 2nd highest ERA in the AL -54 run differential for the month, -67 overall AT THE PLATE OK, we all know the sad story about the abysmal offense as a whole so, let's focus on the successes, shall we?  Two

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Mariners 1 | Rays 8 Not much to say here... -Figgy broke up the no-no in the sixth (go figure) -way too many M's didn't have a hit (including Dustin - but he had two walks) -Mike had another hit and scored the lone run -Casper Wells, one of the new guys, had a hit and the only RBI - Welcome to Seattle, Casper!  Jason's had way too many bad outings lately ... He didn't even make it through six

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Just prior to the game today, word was trickling in about a deal including Erik Bedard.  It wasn't until about the 2nd inning that the details of the latest, and last, deadline deal became known... Seattle sent Bedard and right-handed Minor League reliever Josh Fields to Boston. In return, the Mariners received Triple-A outfielder Trayvon Robinson from the Dodgers and Double-A outfielder

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Mariners 3 | Rays 2 Now THIS is how the Mariners were winning early on! The lack of offense is so much less frustrating when the pitching is of the shut-down variety, as opposed to the melt-down kind. Michael had a no-hitter going through 5.2 innings... when a single scored a runner who had reached base via a hit-by-pitch.  He struck out the first batter in the 6th and was lifted by Wedge after

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It was announced earlier this morning that the Mariners have acquired LHP Charlie Furbush, OF Casper Wells, INF Francisco Martinez and a PTBNL from Detroit for RHP's Doug Fister and David Pauley Jack Z was on with John Clayton on 710 ESPN and had the following to say about the players acquired... FURBUSH Most recently has pitched out of the Tiger bullpen but, has been a starter throughout

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Mariners 0 | Rays 8 And the M's?  Somewhat less than super. At first blush, it would appear that Erik's value took a big dive tonight, since he didn't even make it through two innings.  He walked four (going to three counts on nearly every batter) and gave up five runs (including a couple that were inherited by Aaron).  His "stuff" was there but, obviously, the command was not.  The guys in the

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Here’s my "rosy-teal" two cents on why it doesn’t make sense for the M’s to trade Felix… Any trade involving a pitcher of his caliber would demand major league proven talent in return – and a LOT of it (not necessarily in terms of quantity but definitely quality). The M’s are rebuilding, that is a fact known from the start of ST (that they were able to compete a bit in May and June was a tribute

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Mariners 9 | Yankees 2 Where do I begin?  How 'bout FINE.A.LEE!! There was all kinds of awesome ready for it? OFFENSE in this game... Dustin & Mike combined for SEVEN hits (including a triple each), SEVEN RBI & THREE runs Doubles by Ichiro (4 hits total!), Adam and Guti Jack C, Josh & Brendan each checked in with singles (Brendan's extended his hitting streak to 10) NICK LAHAM / GETTY

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Mariners 1 | Yankees 4 For a change, I guess I am glad the opposing team's home field didn't have a roof. Had there been no rain delay, there likely would have been a perfecto.  Or, at the very least, a no-no thrown by one CC Sabathia.  I didn't see any of the game on TV, heard bits and pieces on the radio.  The game started on time but, I think there were at least two rain delays during the

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