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Seriously, just the worst. I have been awful at keeping up on things this winter. Last winter I was latching on to any news that was remotely applicable to the Mariners. This year, offseason action has been tepid at best, and the desire to get to a computer as fast as possible and talk about [...]

So yesterday was FanFest! I woke up, knocked back some coffee, threw some clothes and makeup on, and by the time I was on the West Seattle bridge driving towards 1st Ave S, jitters had already set in. Would I find decent season seats? Was I going to miss anything, since I hadn’t left the [...]

Another lunch half-hour, another hurried post… Our very own Tony Blengino will be a contestant on a quiz show on MLBN! The show is called Baseball IQ, and the first episode airs on Tuesday, February 7th, at 6.30pm PST. According to Larry Stone’s article at the link there, the contestants will include everyone from front [...]

But it gives me something to do on lunch. As of around noon PST, the big rumor/news/whatever you want to call it is that Prince Fielder has signed with the Detroit Tigers for a couple hundred million bucks, [and] nine years, and all the pizza he can eat. I have to say, I stopped holding [...]

If I had any reason to have ever learned Photoshop, I would have accompanied this post with a picture of a map of the United States, with little Orioles and Mariners logos in a flight pattern between Seattle and Baltimore (with stops in Atlanta and Pittsburgh), because it seems like the two teams continue to [...]

Yes, yes we can. In fact, we can keep all three of them. Your mileage may vary, but I am very happy with this news. I am perplexed by the League vs Vargas dollar amount, since Vargas will undoubtedly be doing more work, but I find myself wondering if this means that David Aardsma will [...]

Alright. Now that I’ve had ten hours of sleep and about an hour here this morning to read up on things, I’m starting to calm down a little more. It occurred to me this morning that the last time I reacted to a trade that badly was when JJ Putz was sent east. I didn’t [...]

Which do you want first? I’m a firm believer in getting the worser of the two newses first, because after delivery of bad or so-so news, everything else is just gravy. But I’m not going to do that today. Today, I start with the better news. In case you haven’t heard, Dave Cameron has been [...]

So this happened today while I wasn’t looking. I just tried desperately to search my own site to see if I could find a picture of Aaron Heilman, because I know I’ve taken one. For some reason I want to remember him as wearing some aviator glasses and a serious expression, sitting on the dugout [...]

This Mariners offseason has been soul-killing in its continued impression of Death Valley, where nothing grows and very little happens on the human timescale, unless you count a visit to Del Taco and the World’s Largest Thermometer. That thermometer, standing in a Baker, California parking lot, is a stark reminder of the torturous temperatures and [...]

EDIT: Ignore the Pujols-to-Florida thing…I need to go back to bed.   Happy New Year! I hope everyone is safe and had a good New Year’s Eve. I did my part by giving up the fight against jet lag and falling asleep, mid-gathering, at around 11.30. I was surrounded by a few close friends and [...]

It is slowly snowing outside as I type this – of course it would wait until we are just about gone from the east coast for the fluffy white stuff to visit, but I will enjoy the sight while I can. I doubt I will be seeing it in Seattle this year.It is thankfully not [...]

Seriously, get yourself a cup of coffee or something… Alright so it’s just coming up on 9am EST as I’m starting this, and I’ve got a cup of coffee, a blanket, and I’m settled into the couch for as long as it takes to finish this up. I feel I must post a bit of [...]