How Bad Are The Mariners? We Survey The Decades.

How Bad Are The Mariners? We Survey The Decades.

I’ve seen losses that would send you screaming into the night. I’ve lived through Mike Schooler, for heaven’s sake. I lived through the Dick Williams years. Sat in awe at the incredible managerial tenures of Del Crandal (93-131 record), Chuck Cottier (98-119) and Jim Lefebvre (does anyone remember the Lefebvre Belebvre bumper stickers? Well, I had one). And yesterday was the worst game I’ve ever seen the hometown nine play. Continue reading How Bad Are The Mariners? We Survey The Decades.

Ichiro in a Nosedive

Ichiro in a Nosedive

For most Seattleites–and especially for casual fans–Ichiro is the Mariners. Certainly he has been one of the few seaworthy salts on the ship, with enough Gold Gloves and Silver Sluggers in his 11-year Mariner career to turn a pirate green. Or a Pirate. This season, though, Ichiro has been titanic. I mean, Titanic.

After an Ichiro-like April, the hit king’s production has plummeted. Continue reading Ichiro in a Nosedive