According to mlbtraderumors.com , the Seattle Mariners have lost relievers Chris Jakubauskas and Robert Manuel via waivers. Jakubauskas was claimed by the Pirates and Manuel by the Red Sox...
Felix did finish second, as expected. I know a few people out there wanted to see CC in the top 2, but I believe the voters got this one right. It would have been great to have a Mariner win this award, first since Randy Johnson in 1995...
To no one’s surprise, Zack Greinke just won the AL Cy Young Award. I wrote a post a while back regarding the top AL Cy Young contenders...
The American League Cy Young is about to be announced in roughly 10 minutes. The serious candidates are Zach Greinke from the Royals who came back from some anxiety disorder to have a unbelievable year...
As I am sure you all know, news broke recently about the Seattle Mariners potentially looking into trading for Edwin Jackson, most likely trading Brandon Morrow in the process. This is the first rumor of the offseason I want to see become a reality...
Jack Hannahan is an awesome guy. My 12 year old son will never forget the day he took the time to stop and sign his baseball that Hannahan had fouled back into the stands and my son had caught back when he was still an Oakland Athletic...
Every 1990’s little leaguers’ favorite player will be back for another year in 2010. On Wednesday, Ken Griffey, Jr. signed a one-year deal worth $2 million plus performance incentives to stay with the Seattle Mariners for at least one more season...
I have never met Seattle Mariners’ general manager Jack Zduriencik. As a matter of fact, if he delivered the bacon cheeseburger I ordered from the diner last night to my apartment, I wouldn’t have recognized him...
Over the last couple of days, I have read every rumor I can find about the Mariners: which free agents are they interested in, which players are they looking at in trades, etc...etc...etc.....
The story today was that former Yankees closer and World Series MVP John Wetteland was about to attempt suicide. The article states that his wife called 911 saying he kept saying things about killing himself and he wasn't acting right...
According to mlbtraderumors.com , the Seattle Mariners signed SS Jack Wilson to a two-year, $10 million contract. Wilson is known as best defensive shortstop in the MLB as he posted best UZR among all shortstops, but his 2010 option was bit expensive($8..
Jason Bay. Lyle Overbay. No, they don't play for Tampa Bay. But they may be playing for the city on the (Puget) "Sound," if the Seattle Mariners, or at least Mariners writers like Andy Augur, have their way...
Remember 1997? Spice Girls. Titanic. The Simpsons (back when it was still good). And Ken Griffey Jr. Ok, so maybe Griffey wasn’t a pop culture icon like Baby Spice, Leo, or Homer J(ay), but he was the unquestioned king of baseball...
Some months ago, I found some old news articles on John Wetteland's playing days and assembled them into a post on his personality during his teens, as well as his time with the Dodgers and Yankees, in 1989 and 1990, then again in 1995...
Orlando Hudson won the fourth Gold Glove of his career yesterday. Type A Free Agents Starting Pitchers John Lackey, Angels – 11-8, 2.83…...
The Seattle Mariners have discussed a possible trade for Toronto first baseman Lyle Overbay, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Overbay hit .265 with 16 HR, 64 RBI, 112 H, .372 OBP, 74 BB, ...
The Kid isn't done yet. After signing with the Seattle Mariners, the team he spent his first 11 seasona with, during the 2008 off season, many baseball fans thought that it would be their last chance to see Ken Griffey, Jr...
Word coming out of the continental northwest today is that Ken Griffey Jr. will return to play for the Seattle Mariners in 2010. It could be the final year of his Hall of Fame career...
Some weeks back I had a spare hour on my hands, and wanting to not get swallowed up by fond nostalgia for the 1995 Mariners, I put together a starting lineup and roster of the best ex-Mariners...
Welcome back Griffey! I was surprised to see this announcement so soon. Perhaps they wanted to complete this “sure” deal so they knew exactly the money pool they would be dealing with between free agents and arbitration...
It’s official. Ken Griffey Jr. is returning to the Seattle Mariners in 2010. This can only be good news for a team looking to carry over the momentum from 2009, when they rebounded from their first 100-loss season in 25 years and finished 85-77...
There were very few things that Seattle Mariners centerfielder Franklin Gutierrez couldn’t catch in 2009; so few things that he earned the nickname “Death To Flying Things...
Here is what I wrote about the possibility of Ken Griffey Jr. returning to the Seattle Mariners in September: “There has been a lot of talk recently that future Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr...
It kills me to say this, but Ken Griffey Jr. should not be wearing a Seattle Mariners uniform in 2010. The news broke this morning that the 39-year old Kid will be returning to the tune of $2 ...
"The Kid" will be back for one more season in 2010. Reports are coming out of Seattle (and Chicago) that George Kenneth Griffey Jr. will be signing with the Seattle Mariners for the 2010 season...
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