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Brandon League is not Brandon League
The Mariners bullpen failed once again, in a highly repetitive storyline fashion. The Mariners lost to the Cleveland Indians 6-5 in 11 innings. After gaining a 4-1 lead by Kyle Seager and John Jaso,
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Mariners put forth embarrassing performance in Cleveland, Felix struggles
The Mariners lost bad to the Indians at Progressive Field, losing 9-3. The first story of the game was that Mike Carp was scratched right before the game started. I thought this would be
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Josh Beckett makes the Mariners feel like Josh Beckett
About 5 days ago, Josh Beckett was the laughing stock of baseball. He was under on trial by controversy creators for the ghastly crime of golfing on an off day. His next start was
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Taijuan Walker and James Paxton Pitch on the Same Day
As the Mariners lost 6-1 to the Red Sox on Monday behind a bad Jason Vargas start. Vargas struggled with an inconsistent release point, as you can see here: That is not what I
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Ryan Benched Again, and Another Look at Kawasaki
Munenori Kawasaki had a big spring, at least according to Spring Training statistics, Kawasaki was one of the best hitters in baseball. Of course, only the real foolish people believed that this meant anything
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Don’t Let Your Kids Grow Up To Be Smoakers
According to Baseball Reference WAR, Justin Smoak has been the worst player on the Mariners (Fangraphs WAR has it a tie between Smoak and recently benched Chone Figgins). Of course, Justin Smoak was the
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King Felix shuts down the Twins with his Magical Changeup
The Mariners beat the Twins 7-0 behind a dominant Felix Hernandez performance and rare run support. King Felix went 8 innings, giving up just 1 hit with 2 walks and 9 strikeouts. He threw
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Mariners Sweep the Tigers and Some Prospect Notes
Wednesday was another King Felix start and he was solid again. Despite walking 3 batters in the first inning (and walking more than he struck out), he gave up just 4 hits and one
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Wilhelmsen is Solid, and the Mariners beat the Tigers
The Mariners beat the Tigers 7-4, as Tom Wilhelmsen pitched out of a jam in the 8th, getting strikeouts of Alex Avila and Jhonny Peralta. Wilhelmsen has been pitching absurdly well, and it is
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The Old Pitcher Off-Season of 2012
Kevin Millwood had his 2nd straight poor start on Sunday, as the Mariners lost to the White Sox again, this time 7-4. It was a continuation of a narrative I have seen develop over
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