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Daren Brown goes from triple-A to triple-play in one day!
Share 1936 A’s Gordon “Dusty” Rhodes photo by L.Van Oyen* The Seattle Mariners turned their first triple-play since 1995 in the fourth inning of their 3-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics to welcome their new skipper Daren Brown tonight. For Daren Brown and the rest of Mariner Nation today has been another emotional rollercoaster [...]
Don Wakamatsu fired by Seattle Mariners
Share Don Wakamatsu fired, nice guys finish last…. Seattle Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik announced today that manager Don Wakamatsu along with pitching coach Rick Adair and bench coach Ty Van Burkleo have all been fired. Zduriencik said: “I have concluded that these changes needed to be made now and that they are in the best interest of the [...]
The Media's role in the 2010 Mariners season disaster
Share Having reached the nice round number of 100 complete games I figured it was time for me to write something about this season thus far. Initially I felt compelled to write this post today after reading several stories on various Blogs and newspapers about the season where people were still grasping at straws [...]
"Sweet Lou" Piniella decides to sail away……
Share Lou Piniella at the helm of the Mariners Lou Piniella announced today that his voyage in the game of baseball will come to a conclusion at the end of the 2010 season. The announcement by Piniella comes on the heels of the passing of George Steinbrenner and the retirement of Ken Griffey Jr. [...]
Big Papi home run derby champ
Share David Ortiz won the home run derby down in Anaheim tonight beating out an impressive field of mashers including Hanley Ramirez also from the Dominican Republic who finished second. Ortiz otherwise known as “Big Papi” had a slow start this year and there was even talk in the media that he wouldn’t stay [...]
