There you have it.  J.J. Putz strikes out the side to emphatically slam the door on the A’s, giving Seattle their 61st win of the season.  It was a frustrating season by all accounts, but there were some bright spots.  Felix’s grand salami off of Johan Santana and Brandon Morrow’s first start were the two [...]

In order for the Seattle Mariners to secure the first pick in the draft here on the last game of the season, the Washington Nationals would have to win and Seattle would have to lose.
Well, it’s not looking good.  The Philadelphia Phillies tried to make it easy on the Nationals, electing to rest their ace Cole [...]

Earlier this month there were some rumors that current minority owner Chris Larson was attempting to take control of the franchise, pushing Nintendo, CEO Howard Lincoln and President Chuck Armstrong out of the picture.  The change would have been a good one, but the parties involved are doing their best to dispel the rumors.
“There is absolutely [...]

Over recent weeks I’ve been writing that I cannot root against the Mariners when I’m watching the game.  Well, desperate times call for desperate measures.  I’m ready to root wholeheartedly against them Sunday against Oakland.
Seattle’s unbelievably won their past two ballgames (Dustin was at both, he must be a good bad luck charm), making the Race [...]

Ryan Divish is reporting that there is no labrum tear in Erik Bedard’s shoulder.
This makes sense.  Back on the 17th I posted a Larry LaRue article that said the labrum was “frayed,” but then all of a sudden reports were coming out that it was torn.  I never fully believed it because the trainer said it was frayed [...]

I still can’t root against the Mariners while the games are being played, but once it’s in the books I can delight in the team’s misfortune.
There is some good news regarding the Race for Strasburg.  One, the Padres’ latest winning ways have officially taken them out of the running and they can do no better than [...]

There has been a lot of debate around the Mariner blogosphere on and off this season about the existence of team chemistry and whether or not the Mariners have bad chemistry and which players were responsible for the team having bad chemistry and so on.  A lot of these debates were sparked by comments from [...]

It’s official: Seattle has just earned their 100th loss after starting the season with a $117M payroll.  This was their first 100 loss season since 1983. 
At least there’s something to smile about.

…kind of sucks.  It didn’t take all that long, but do we really need to see King Felix pacing around the mound and Vlad Guerrero standing idly with his hands on his hips for an extra couple minutes in the middle of an already slow game?
I really hope they don’t expand it to include other plays [...]

Once the 2008 season is through Seattle will have nine multiyear contracts remaining.
2009-2010:
Miguel Batista, $9M
Adrian Beltre, $12M
J.J. Putz, $5M plus $1M buyout ($8.6M option for 2010)
Jarrod Washburn, $10.35M
2010-2011:
Jose Lopez, $3.9M plus $250k buyout ($4.5M club option for 2011)
2011-2012:
Yuniesky Betancourt, $9M plus $2M buyout ($6M club option for 2012)
Carlos SIlva, $34M plus $2M buyout ($12M mutual [...]