(but alas, for good or ill, it remains stuck in spring training mode) Me: Tell me the history of the reign of King Felix ChatGPT: I’m sorry, but there have been several kings and rulers through...
Baseball is generally regarded as slower to catch up with other sports in certain areas, but this season marks a particularly interesting phase-out before next year’s “new normal.” What I�...
http://www.ussmariner.com/2022/11/04/22-40-man-preview-extravaganza/
George Kirby vs. Lance McCullers, Jr., 1:07pm Playoff baseball in Seattle. It’s been a while. Given how the first two games have gone, there’s not a ton of optimism regarding the series, but ...
http://www.ussmariner.com/2022/10/15/alds-game-3-astros-at-mariners-welcome-home/
Luis Castillo vs. Framber Valdez, 12:37pm Yordan Alvarez’s soul-crushing home run in Game 1 was the most consequential hit, as measured by win probability added, in postseason history. This ens...
http://www.ussmariner.com/2022/10/13/alds-game-2-the-pitch-and-what-follows/
Logan Gilbert vs. Justin Verlander, 12:37pm The Astros are insanely good. This series is five games long at most. This isn’t the factor that most raises the M’s odds – that’s the addition...
http://www.ussmariner.com/2022/10/11/alds-game-1-series-preview/
When the M’s eliminated the Jays, I quite literally didn’t know what to do. I ended up cleaning the kitchen, a task I generally loathe. The nature of the game was a part of that confusion –...
http://www.ussmariner.com/2022/10/11/recent-events-fill-mariners-fans-with-unexpected-emotions/
Robbie Ray vs. Kevin Gausman, 1:07pm Well, Game 1 could not have possibly gone any better. Luis Castillo has been good for the M’s since the trade, but the kind of performance he had yesterday ...
http://www.ussmariner.com/2022/10/08/al-wild-card-series-game-2-the-ray-game/
Luis Castillo vs. Alek Manoah, 1:07pm After 21 years, the M’s are back in the playoffs, and unlike their first playoff game, they’ve had time to set up this mouth-watering pitching match-up; ...
http://www.ussmariner.com/2022/10/07/al-wild-card-series-game-1-here-we-go/
I have been writing about this team for a long, long while – comments on early iterations of this site, Lookout Landing, and then joining to write above the comment box in 2009 or so. I…don�...
http://www.ussmariner.com/2022/10/06/al-wild-card-series-preview-the-battle-of-robbie-ray/
Marco Gonzales vs. Tyler Alexander, 1:10pm For the first time in the decade-plus I’ve been doing this, the Game 162 post isn’t about how the team fell short, or ran out of time, or never got ...
http://www.ussmariner.com/2022/10/05/game-162-tigers-at-mariners/