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I listened to the game at work the other day, but didn’t really get the opportunity to hear or see much of yesterday’s game. Looks like I didn’t miss much, either day. So what do we have here so far? A 4-2 road trip, which isn’t so bad, right? Chone Figgins is hitting and fielding [...]

The sweep of the Tigers pleased me greatly, I just didn’t have time to write about it. I was able to listen to yesterday’s game on the radio at work, though. I find that if I set the portable radio off to the side of my desk and turn it a certain way, I can [...]

Earlier today, this news came down about Michael Pineda. I saw it via Twitter, but didn’t have much time to do any reading about it. What a shame. I’m not being sarcastic about that, either. I was not happy about the loss of Pineda from our roster, and now I’m just sad for him altogether. [...]

I am exhausted from what turned out to be a nearly-four hour game down in Tacoma last night, and the subsequent drive back to Seattle. I’m useless these days without a good 7-8 hours sleep, and I am stuck here with less than six, so this is going to be a bit of a chore [...]

I am not reading anything else about yesterday’s failure to launch. Occasionally when I’m not completely sure of what I want to say, I take time to comb over other blogs and news articles and see if anything analysis-wise piques my interest, or maybe shakes me out of any shock I might feel after a [...]

I didn’t write on Wednesday because I was tired, and I didn’t even make it through yesterday’s game because I was even more tired. I was so tired in fact, that the last thing  I remember before falling asleep on the couch is the 2nd inning, then Felix’s victory scream after his last strikeout in the top [...]

First of all, if you didn’t see it earlier here, you might have seen it here, or maybe here…and if none of those places, then you will see it in probably a bunch of places tomorrow, when the news has some time to circulate. The Mariners are offering makeup tickets to home games for the [...]

Fresh from ye olde email inbox: Many of our fans who attended Opening Night at Safeco Field on Friday, April 13, experienced long lines at concession stands due to a failure of the software system that operates cash registers and credit card transactions. Because of that, the fan experience at Safeco Field was not up [...]

Yesterday was a little, uh, exciting, after my morning post, so I took the evening off. I watched the game with some friends, and we grilled some chicken skewers and chatted and I tried to chill out on my “Friday” as much as possible. Had a few online run-ins with people who chose to miss [...]

Initially I wasn’t going to write about my experience on opening night. If anyone who reads this was following me on Twitter last night, you probably saw me unleash a multi-Tweet tirade about what happened, and really that should be enough. But I feel I would be remiss if I just glossed over it all. [...]

Tonight: No Miguel Olivo in the lineup, Jesus Montero goes 1 for 3. Kevin Millwood does fantastic job; 6 full innings, 4 hits, a run. Lucas Luetge does fantastic job: 1.1 innings, 1 hit, no runs. Steve Delabar does not-so-fantastic job, 0.2 innings pitched, 2 hits (both home runs). I was not in the mood [...]

I love these 5pm games. I step off the bus, have a little time to unwind, and baseball and dinner can happen together! I had the game on while Tom did our taxes. Even with the agonizing maybe-we’ll-hit-and-maybe-we-won’t pace of the game (and subsequent shutout), I’m pretty sure I had the better of the two [...]

I finally got my tickets for Opening Day today. Either the mail got misdelivered or someone swiped them off our porch, because I had to call last week and find out why I had received my season ticket holder ID cards, but not the tickets themselves. The good folks at the ticket office, however fixed [...]

Thanks to ESPN, I was able to watch about half of the Diamondbacks/Giants game tonight, and thanks to the DBacks hitting and JJ Putz’s still-stellar closing ability, was able to finish that game just in time for the Mariners game in Oakland to start. There is not a day that has gone by since 2008 [...]

BUT THEY HAVE HARNESSED THE POWER OF THE SUN!!!! Thanks to my friend Kelly, whose father works for the company, for the link. With as much waste as is generated every year by sports stadiums, it’s great to see the Ms carrying on what I have viewed as a long Pacific Northwest tradition of ecological [...]