When Endy Chavez and Yuniesky Betancourt collided in shallow left field, I had one reaction: “Endy’s career is over.” Then, when he was rolling over on the grass holding his knee, I felt bad for prophesying the eventual end to his career. He’s a slap hitting, speed-oriented outfielder, and serious knee injury More...
To begin this column, I’d like to extend a heartfelt sympathy to Russell Branyan, Jose Lopez and Rob Johnson, who have all been impacted by family illness or death in recent days.
In my last column about the Mariners, I detailed how Erik Bedard may have vaulted into the top spot in terms of trade commodities in the starting rotation. He subsequently went on the 15-day disabled list, but before More...
I sat down to my computer to do some work and put MLB Network on for background noise. As I’ve done with ESPN for years, I watched – rather listened to the same highlights at least a half-dozen times.
Then, much to my enjoyment, a baseball game came on More...
With Erik Bedard and Jarrod Washburn’s successes in the past week, a 5-2 record going into the Mariners home-opener, and both Endy Chavez and Yuniesky Betancourt hitting over .350, there is a ton of reason to be optimistic as an M’s fan.
In 2001 the Mariners came into the season with a lot of questions.
The team had just rid themselves of the last of the “power trio” that was Ken Griffey Jr., Randy Johnson and Alex Rodriguez. With Rodriguez gone, More...
When Jarrod Washburn tossed eight shutout innings against the Twins on Thursday, the entire Mariner Nation let out a collective “where the hell has that been?” However, upon further investigation, a Washburn-resurgence could make sense this season.
The catalyst, though a lot of credit may be given to his battery mate from Thursday, perhaps isn’t Rob Johnson, but the Mariner’s new More...
