
TONY DEJAK / AP
Raul Ibanez was among the veteran Mariners hitters who really stepped up during a recent 18-game team hot streak.
Such a sentiment in mid-May is probably just as premature as the pessimism of late April. But certainly there is now a road map to respectability that provides some hope of sustainability, particularly with the potential for reinforcements in the second half, via the minor leagues and the trade market.
It's absolutely ridiculous to have millions of people at home watch, in high-def clarity, a base runner's foot reach first base a step before the throw, and yet have no mechanism to overturn an umpire's out call.
Twice every five days, the Mariners have the comforting knowledge that they are one step ahead of the game — no matter whom they're...
Franklin, the Mariners' second first-round pick in 2009, could provide Seattle a boost at shortstop, should the opportunity present itself.
They were, by acclamation, can't-miss prospects. Individually, they were on a path to inevitable stardom. Collectively, they were to be...
Unless Mariners come out of their current free fall, GM Jack Zduriencik's blueprint could be irreparably damaged.
In the first 10 games at Safeco last year (constituting a nine-game homestand from April 13-22, and one game on May 4) the Mariners hit .201 (63 for 214). This year, in 10 games, they hit .227 (77 for 339) on the first homestand.
The cold, hard fact is that Seattle's days as one of the reliably rabid baseball towns are long past.
Michael Saunders' awe-struck description of the Mariners' new high-definition video screen had a vaguely Seinfeldian ring to it: "It's huge...
Fear not, oh beleaguered Mariners fans, already fretting over some worrisome trends emerging early to dim the shine of a feel-good spring...
Robinson broke the color barrier 66 years ago, but today African-Americans account for only about 8 percent of MLB rosters, the lowest since the earliest days of integration.