Seattle Mariners

After a hard year, the biggest news could be that key players are healthy and ready to go. And, in the view of Manager Eric Wedge, Ichiro could be ready to go into a different spot in the batting order.

Adrian Beltre: No thanks from Seattle, the one city you let down

Posted Wed, Oct 5, 10:20 a.m.

The third baseman has now sent the Texas Rangers to the AL Championship series. It's easy to quantify how his play tanked at the plate and in the field while with the Seattle Mariners, but is there any explanation?

Goodbye, Mariners, but come back soon. With Ichiro.

Posted Wed, Sep 28, 1:15 p.m.

Manager Eric Wedge is sharp enough to look beyond the pointless disparaging of the team's all-time hit leader.

Eating on the Edge: Take me out to dinner at Safeco

Posted Fri, Jul 15, 2 a.m.

By Hugo Kugiya

Hot dogs? Well, sure, that's always appropriate. But how about an Ethan Stowell creation? Or something as American as New Haven-style pizza?

The missing presence in M's press box

Posted Mon, Jun 13, 12:30 p.m.

A veteran broadcaster was the press-box favorite, and he influenced sports and public life in Tacoma and Pierce County.

At quarter-season mark, Seattle Mariners look capable of keeping Wedge on edge

Posted Mon, May 16, 11:15 a.m.

Along with the Mariners' batting woes, Eric Wedge's beard is growing. It could be quite long by the end of the year.

Wouldn't Ichiro, M's benefit from a trade to a contender?

Posted Thu, Apr 14, 11:45 a.m.

The slow start doesn't mean anything. He will still hit .300, but with a trade he could do it for a team where his skills might mean something even more glorious than what he has already done for Seattle.

Hope springs eternal. Or does it?

Posted Mon, Mar 28, 2 a.m.

By Ted Van Dyk

With crises ongoing in Libya, Japan, and the halls of government here at home, it's hard for the rational mind to embrace the perennial season of hope.

A trail not a tunnel

Posted Fri, Jan 28, 2 a.m.

By Knute Berger

While Pioneer Square is being buffeted by big projects and tough economic times, work is proceeding on an urban trail network to make the historic district more connected and foot-friendly.

Mariners are about to enter uncharted waters

Posted Thu, Jan 27, 3:45 p.m.

The M's general manager promises that spring training will be "very interesting." That's not the only thing that left fans to their own devices for figuring out what is going on with the Mariners.

An ode to two years: one just past, the other here so fast

Posted Sat, Jan 1, 2 a.m.

By Daniel Jack Chasan

A reflection on pathetic sports teams, dashed political dreams, and hoped-for urban planning themes.

Dave Niehaus dies at 75: An appreciation

Posted Wed, Nov 10, 7 p.m.

His calling of the game was often better than the Mariners' game itself. If he had broadcast in a major market, he might have been a Hall of Famer sooner.

Sounders: There's life after Ljungberg

Posted Sat, Sep 4, 2 a.m.

By Peter Miller

Plus, Brian Bosworth's small feet and Ichiro's imitation of a slugger.

Seattle's sports miseries: City gets what it deserves

Posted Thu, Aug 26, 2 a.m.

By Anthony B. Robinson

Lou Piniella and Mike Holmgren could provide leadership, but it's not the city's style to support leaders. And look at the Seahawks and Mariners' front offices, where we have background figures and managers who administer, not lead.

Time for accountability in M's front office

Posted Wed, Jul 14, 11 a.m.

Start the plank walking with Howard Lincoln, who has led the good ship Mariner in all these seasons of plundering the patient (or gullible) fans

M's broadcasts can cause fans to fly, fly off the handle

Posted Mon, Jul 12, 2 a.m.

Free broadcasts (except for the cable rates) are quite the deal. But, in keeping with the team's performance, the telecasts have their faults.

Between first and last at-bats, Griffey saved Seattle baseball

Posted Wed, Jun 2, 6 p.m.

On April 10, 1989, there was a sense he might save Major League Baseball's franchise in Seattle. He did, with peerless skills.

Time for Griffey to hang 'em up?

Posted Wed, Apr 28, 2 a.m.

By Ted Van Dyk

If Ken Griffey Jr. were just another aging veteran, the Mariners would be making a roster move to dump him. As it is, Mariners fans can only hope that their icon will change to coaching or retire before he gets hurt trying too hard to finish a final season.

Quick: Who's the most accomplished?

Posted Fri, Nov 20, 5 p.m.

Playing the name-a-great athlete game while thinking ahead to an otherwise unpromising Seattle sports weekend.

How Seattle can be part of this year's World Series

Posted Wed, Oct 28, 6 a.m.

Another Fall Classic, another year without the Mariners. The current Mariners, that is. But we can imagine a scenario ...

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Seattle Mariners Blog posts

Mariner, Husky stars need to play their coaches' way

Posted Sun, Jan 29, 4 p.m.

by Ted Van Dyk

Ichiro Suzuki and Tony Wroten both delight and frustrate Seattle fans, often at the same time.

Mariners could add new Hall of Fame wing: dubious achievement

Posted Thu, Jan 19, 3:45 p.m.

Sure, Randy and Dan merit recognition for bringing a few bright spots. But what about those players who made M's larger history what it is with inept management, high ERAs while 'earning' $8 million, and the addition of the art of puffing to the tools utilized by third basemen?

More pressure on M's to land a Prince

Posted Thu, Dec 8, 9:30 p.m. 2011

Already, superstar Albert Pujols has been signed to play for the Los Angeles Angels, one of the Mariners' division rivals. So, the M's are in more need than ever of a slugger.

Get out the mustard, grandma

Posted Mon, Sep 19, 6 a.m. 2011

by Sue Frause

Voice of the Mariners Dave Neihaus is back, though in bronze, and you can sit down right beside the old broadcaster.

A two-fer chance for Matt Tuiasosopo

Posted Wed, Sep 7, 3 p.m. 2011

The Mariners' golden boy-turned-perennial minor leaguer might have one other game to try — again.

Enjoying a ballgame by averting your eyes

Posted Thu, Sep 1, 5 p.m. 2011

by Sue Frause

Mariners are still a loser, but the food's getting better out in the cheap seats. Go early, leave early, and bring along some diversionary entertainment.

Ichiro: Aging could hardly be better than this

Posted Fri, Aug 26, 2 a.m. 2011

The superstar is on a track for "only" 183 hits this year. That would tie for the seventh best season for, well, any Mariner not wearing Number 51. And it would be one more hit than Edgar Martinez ever had in a single season.

Only with the M's there: an earthquake in Cleveland

Posted Tue, Aug 23, 12:20 p.m. 2011

Fifteen-plus years after a temblor interrupted a game with Cleveland in Seattle's old Kingdome, an earthquake strikes during a game in Cleveland. Naturally, the Mariners were there.

Mariners have batter with a hot streak, and a future

Posted Tue, Aug 16, 4 p.m. 2011

With production like this, Mike Carp is ready for a nickname as well as for a long-term role at first base.

Storm rolls on, as Seahawks get started

Posted Fri, Aug 12, 10:31 a.m. 2011