When a team is 20 games out of first place, its hard to take much notice of them, even with the amount of issues the Mariners have had this season.  But yesterday, one more issue boiled to the surface when Chone Figgons was benched for not backing up a play.  Manager Don Wakamatsu told Figgons [...]

Shockwaves went through the AL West yesterday, as the Texas Rangers acquired Cliff Lee from the Seattle Mariners.  The Rangers have made the moves that should keep them in first place, and give them their first playoff berth since 1999.  It gets hot in Texas, but hopefully, Lee, who started the season a bit late, [...]

The Mariners are 14 games out in the AL West, so yesterday when they traded for Russel Branyan of the Cleveland Indians, it seemed a bit of a surprise.  Afterall, it seems they should be the sellers, and they also had an opportunity to keep Branyan after his amazing season in Seattle in 2009.
Branyan is [...]

I have been hunting for something written out there that speaks to my feelings on Ken Griffey Jr.  He announced his retirement yesterday, and so it would seem a million stories should have been already written, almost like an obit, waiting for the day. Unfortunately, all the pieces out there read that way.   This Tyler [...]

Many, including yours truly, wrote that the best thing that could have happened to Milton Bradley was getting traded to the Mariners.  Who knew how true that statement could have been when written.  Over the weekend Bradley let it be known that the trigger for his asking for help was the fact he had begun [...]