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My Kingdome for a Roof!
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a team playing in a indoor stadium, must be in want of a roof. The 2025 Tampa Bay Rays, meet the 1994…
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The Mariners and That Winning Feeling
The Mariners enjoyed their first winning season in 1991 and they did it in the most Mariners way possible.
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The Rise and Sink of the USS Mariner
Before it was a blog, it was a ballpark attraction that distracted fans from the terrible baseball they were watching by going * boom *
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When the Mariners Owned the Padres... *Almost* Literally
Today we explore an incident in the Mariners-Padres rivalry that's really something. Maybe the real Vedder Cup was the teams we tried to buy along the…
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Lies! Damned Lies! And the Things They Told Us About Safeco Field
You know the urban legend about how a library was built and they forgot to factor in the weight of the books? It's like that, except they forgot to…
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You Can't Go Dome Again
On the 25th anniversary of the last Mariners game at the Kingdome, I remember growing up in that beautiful ugly Dome.
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Internet Fandom and the Seattle Mariners, Part 2: Netcasts and Newsgroups
Mariners fans posted in cyberspace as the team itself disseminated the accounts and descriptions of its games without the express written consent of…
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The Mariners Have Their Own Bee Story
That time the Mariners got buzzed in Anaheim. Plus, remembering some 2013 guys, a bee story rabbit hole, and the greatest athletic performance I've ever…
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I Love a Panic! Or, the Mariners and the Month of April
Is April the cruelest month? Or does it just feel that way? Plus, a little rant about John Stanton, as a treat.
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Almost Good! The Seattle Mariners in the Golden Age of Seattle Comedy
Whether it's laughing until you cry, or crying until you laugh, the Mariners have always inspired laughter, tears, and jokes. So. Many. Jokes.
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Happy Opening Day!
A little celebration of the best day of the year. Plus, the Kingdome and the first season Opening Day at Safeco Field.
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The War in Iraq and the Mariners in Japan
21 years ago today the Mariners were supposed to open the season in Japan. The dogs of war had other ideas.
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