They’re Thinking About Giving Ichiro a What?

Thankfully the Mariners’ season comes to an end tonight at Safeco Field. I say thankfully because they’ve been hard to watch since they were 43-43 in whatever month that was – it seems eons ago. Since then, they’ve gone 24-51, including that franchise-record 17-game losing streak in July and a 7-0 loss to Oakland last...

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When Losing Has Its Upside

With football season under way, no one’s talking about the Mariners anymore so I’ll keep this short. They lost their fifth consecutive game last night, 7-3 to the Angels. It seems like they’re always playing the Angels and always losing to the Angels. Maybe that will change tonight with Felix on the mound, but the Angels...

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Is Ichiro Still Untouchable?

In the Mariners’ 13-7 loss to the Blue Jays last night, Ichiro went 0-for-5, dropping his average to .265. This is 45 points lower than his worst full-season average of .310 in .208. He now needs 67 hits in 41 games to reach 200 for an 11th straight season. Let’s say he plays in 40 of those 41 games and gets an average of four...

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