Carlos Guillen's Trade Was at Forefront of Mariners' Decline and Fall

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Dec. 15, 2003 was quite a momentous day in the annals of Mariners' baseball. They signed free agent Scott Spiezio to a three-year, $9 million contract, bringing in the winning attitude and slugging bat of a guy who had helped the Angels win the World Series two years earlier. They dealt Greg Colbrunn to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Quinton McCracken, an invaluable bench player for manager Bob Melvin. And they worked out a trade that would send Carlos Guillen, who had fallen out of favor, to the Cleveland Indians for old favorite Omar Vizquel, who would revive his career where it began as the Mariners' regular shortstop.

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