post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
By Dejan Kovacevic | 3:49 p.m. Friday Jack Wilson, the Pirates' shortstop most of this decade, is discussing a multiyear extension with Seattle that would keep him from becoming a free agent. The Mariners are believed to have offered a two-year contract worth more than the two-year offer the Pirates made Wilson -- $8 million -- shortly before trading him July 29. Wilson has an $8.4 million club option...
Bucs Dugout (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
More photos » by Ben Margot - AP about 1 month ago: Seattle Mariners' Jack Wilson swings for an RBI two-run single off Oakland Athletics' Clayton Mortensen in the second inning of a baseball game Friday, Sept. 4, 2009, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) Browse more photos » Next up in the list of community projections is Jack Wilson . Community : .271/.313/.360 ZiPS : .267/.317/.358...
Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Coming off a 101-loss season a year ago, a lot of fans wanted to blow things up and start over. Horrible teams are always met with calls to tear down and rebuild in the winter, and a good number of people wanted to trade all the veterans for prospects so that the Mariners might find themselves in decent position come 2013 or so. The front office, however, chose a different path, coming out and saying...
Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
More photos » by Ted S. Warren - AP Seattle Mariners pitcher Mark Lowe swings a carefully switched sock full of marbles as he prepares to throw a pitch high and inside in the eighth inning of a MLB baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, at Safeco Field in Seattle. Browse more photos » On the plus side, a tied-for-2nd-place-in-the-division banner would've just looked...
Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
Lineup Texas Rangers @ Seattle Mariners 10/02/09 7:10 PM PDT Texas Rangers Seattle Mariners Julio Borbon - CF Ichiro Suzuki - RF Michael Young - 3B Franklin Gutierrez - CF David Murphy - LF Jose Lopez - 2B Marlon Byrd - RF Ken Griffey Jr. - DH Ian Kinsler - 2B Adrian Beltre - 3B Chris Davis - DH Mike Carp - 1B Andruw Jones - 1B Adam Moore - C Taylor Teagarden - C Michael Saunders - LF Omar Vizquel...
Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Is everything fixed? Absolutely not. But this is a sign of progress. Or it's a sign of something, anyway. I have no idea if this is the key to unlocking Ian Snell, but I might as well stick to the story. Be you warned, for here there be .gif(s).
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
More photos » by Fred Thornhill - AP about 3 hours ago: Toronto Blue Jays' Adam Lind, top left, is mobbed by teammates at home plate after he hit a walk-off home run to beat the Seattle Mariners 5-4 in the 10th inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Fred Thornhill) Browse more photos » Mariners 5 Blue Jays 5 (10 innings) Walk off...
Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
More photos » by Fred Thornhill - AP The force of the collective booing of Vernon Wells is sufficient to knock a man back. Browse more photos » I could lead this off by talking about the outcome or how well Ian Snell pitched or how the Mariners never should have let this get as far as it did, but let's be honest - the reason people will talk about this game, and the reason it will be remembered,...
Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
Biggest Contribution: Ian Snell, +18.0% Biggest Suckfest: Mark Lowe, -28.0% Most Important AB: Moore double, +12.1% Most Important Pitch: Lind homer #2, -34.3% Total Contribution by Pitcher(s): -23.2% Total Contribution by Lineup: -39.9% Total Contribution by Opposition: +13.1% ( What is this chart? )
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
Lineup Seattle Mariners @ Toronto Blue Jays 09/26/09 1:07 PM EDT Seattle Mariners Toronto Blue Jays Ichiro Suzuki - RF Jose Bautista - RF Franklin Gutierrez - CF Aaron Hill - 2B Jose Lopez - 1B Adam Lind - DH Mike Sweeney - DH Vernon Wells - CF Bill Hall - LF Edwin Encarnacion - 3B Jack Hannahan - 3B Lyle Overbay - 1B Matt Tuiasosopo - 2B Travis Snider - LF Adam Moore - C John McDonald - SS Josh Wilson...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
More photos » by Fred Thornhill - AP I'm on your side kid. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Fred Thornhill) Browse more photos » Mariners 0 Blue Jays 5 Anytime anyone tries to tell you Roy Halladay isn't the best pitcher in baseball, remember this game. Complete game shutout, 9 strikeouts, no walks, 7 hits. He threw 114 pitches, 81 of them were strikes. It is great watching him, he throws quick...
Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
More photos » by Chris O'Meara - AP My ankles just screamed. Browse more photos » Akinori Iwamura 's triple narrowly eluded Franklin Gutierrez . Michael Saunders was barely beaten home by a throw by Ben Zobrist . B.J. Upton 's go-ahead single was a chopper to third that's normally a routine out. Bill Hall 's long fly in the ninth was caught at the top of the wall. Baseball is a game of...
Bleeding Blue and Teal (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Players don’t tend to understand why big league GMs make the moves they make. When Jarrod Washburn was shipped off to Detroit the players thought Jack Zduriencik was throwing in the towel, even though Ryan Rowland-Smith and Luke French figured to step in without missing a beat. When Jack Wilson and Ian Snell were brought [...]
lenNY's Yankees - A Yankees Blog (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
Mark Teixeira and Sergio Mitre pitched in winning efforts, but Joba Chamberlain’s effort was a losing one, and it counted the most. He gave up all seven runs in the 7-1 loss to the Mariners (78-72), as the Yankees (95-55) lost another series. Quick ‘Cap: The Mariners jumped on Chamberlain early for two runs in the first and five in the second, capped by Ken Griffey Jr.’s three-run...
Sliding Into Home (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E NYY 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 SEA 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 7 0 WP - Ian Snell (7-10) LP - Joba Chamberlain (8-6) Joba Chamberlain had another stinker today as he got pounded by the light-hitting Mariners. In three innings he allowed seven run on six hits, walked three, including one with the bases loaded, and struck out two. He threw just 69 pitches, and just...
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