So, one of the things in Mariners fandom is that the front office is so good at keeping secrets that you generally don't hear about trades until they happen AND, if you hear about something, there's a good chance it's really going to happen. The Pineda/Montero trade is an awesome example of it as very little time passed from the first hint until ( Read more... )

You may have heard of a baseball player being stabbed to death? He was a Mariner. I liked Greg Halman a lot. Maybe my reasons weren't so great (he was Dutch! He also had a great smile, but they made me like him. I remember being excited over his first MLB home run.

Here and here and here (audio that starts playing automatically) are some local ( Read more... )

Marshall: Why ask a failed romance to come and watch your successful one? You know, it's like inviting the Seattle Mariners to a World Series game. It's just weird for everyone.

"Shelter Island," How I Met Your Mother

I'm so sad this still rings so true. Or rings true again, since last season wasn't bad. Today was the Mariners last game. And they ( Read more... )

Whoa, what a baseball day.

CONGRATS ROY HALLADAY ON THE PERFECT GAME! He's so one of those pitchers who I feel like should throw one! (But if this is going to be the year of the perfect game/no hitter, can the Mariners have one? Please? We have a lot of really awesome pitchers. Oh, and let me clarify, I want a Mariner to throw one. I don't want ( Read more... )

KEN GRIFFEY JR HIT A HOME RUN! I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!

I WAS GOING TO PUT THIS IN REALLY BIG LETTERS, BUT I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT ABUSE LJ ETIQUIETTE! SO I'LL JUST EXPRESS MY EXCITEMENT IN CAPS!!!!!!!!!