1986 is probably the most overlooked Mariner season of all time. They were able to turn the league's worst record into number one pick Ken Griffey Jr. Their bottom of the barrel effort in 1992 led to Alex Rodriguez. Could 2008's shit-covered season lead to the next baseball phenom? With three games to play, the Mariners are locked in a tight race with the Washington Nationals for the much-hyped college pitcher Stephen Strasburg. A few......

LAist was comped front row seats by the Dodgers due to Malingering being struck by a foul ball last week, and she came back with some great photos, and earlier made fun of 4th of July on Venice Beach. But the biggest stories of the week was that the Mayor's Hot Tamale was revealed, and that a Kwik-E-Mart was erected in Burbank. Phillyist was busy doing the Fourth of July up right, exercising their......

Yesterday Ken Griffey Jr hit his 564th career home run, passing Reggie Jackson to take sole possession of tenth place on the all time home run list. This makes Seattlest very happy. On the other end of that spectrum Alex Rodriguez finally owns the record that he was put on this earth to break—most home runs in April. Though he's 86 homers behind Griffey for his career (and will probably catch him in late May),......

"I think [for] anyone that drives in over 130 runs numerous times in his career, it's impossible not to be clutch." -- Alex Rodriguez, May 2006. 1-14 (.071 batting average), 0 RBI, 4 strikeouts, 1 error vs. Detroit -- Alex Rodriguez, October 2006.......

With the playoffs underway we thought it would be fun to look at all of the former Mariners you may come accross DODGERS Derek Lowe—Last year he went through a very public divorce after it was revealed that he was having an affair with Carolyn Hughes, a reporter for the Dodger’s pre-game show. The name of the program: ‘Dodger Insider.’ Giovanni Carrara -- “I’m-a gonna strike-a you out Delgado.” Aaron Sele—Quick note to the Dodgers......

Last night, Alex Rodriguez, Seattle's most-hated former P-I Sports Star of the Year, came to the plate in the 9th inning of the Yankees' must-win game against the Angels. Derek Jeter, the anti A-Rod, had singled to lead off the inning. "What if he grounded into a double play," we asked our roommate. "Wouldn't that be perfect?" His eyes grew like a Las Vegas phone book, then he cursed us for potentially jinxing the moment.......

We don't know what the most scarring experience of your early 20s was-- a disastrous relationship, a lengthy illness, a deep body massage from these guys--but ours was suffering through the late innings of each and every 1997 Seattle Mariners game, as the washouts and has-beens the team collected for its bullpen found new and inventive methods of losing games. So, thank you, today's Seattle Times, for dredging up those memories and tempting us to......

Nineteen-year-old Felix Hernandez, the jewel of the Mariners minor league system, is now an experienced major leaguer. Sure the experience is extremely limited, but Baseball America’s top prospect started today’s game in Detroit, and as anyone who knows anything about the game will tell you, once you face Craig Monroe you have arrived. As excited as we are to watch Hernandez pitch for the Mariners over the coming years, we are a little disappointed that......

Seattlest loves the Mariners. And Seattlest loves Safeco Field. That being said, there’s nothing like the smaller game of minor league baseball. Fortunately, our neighbors to the south in Tacoma boast the Rainiers, the only team to continuously play in the Pacific Coast League since 1960 (plus a brief stay in the league back in 1904-1905). Over their 45 years the Tacoma Rainiers have shared affiliations with seven major league teams including their current partnership......