Former Husky and Renton Liberty hurler Tim Lincecum was named the National League's Cy Young award winner today. In 2008, Lincecum was 18-5 with the San Francisco Giants. In the 2006 draft, the Mariners passed on Lincecum, opting to select Brandon Morrow instead.......

Got an email from a friend the other day: "My boss says he's officially back on the Mariners bandwagon." We were thrilled--the more bosses that join the bandwagon the better, in our view, even if it means it'll be harder to get the company seats. The Mariners finished the first half of the year with the best record of any Mariner team in history that didn't include Mark McLemore, and it's not easy to explain......

We were frickin' *there* so we speak some from authority on this subject--the key at bat of tonight's 5-2 Mariner win (even bigger than Sexson's funk blast) was Brandon Morrow facing Jermaine Dye with one on and two out in the eighth. M's pitching coach Rafael Chavez visited the mound before the ab, and we suspect they planned a little trickery. Since Morrow had walked the previous batter on four pitches, Dye would be expecting......

M's are 2-0 to start the season for the first time since 1996. Our favorite moment was Yuniesky Betancourt's home run on a 2-0 pitch. Not just because it untied the game, but because it showed how far Betancourt's progressed as a hitter. Calero challenged him with a fastball, which 2005 Betancourt probably would've popped up. 2007 Betancourt CRANKED it. Attention American League: You can't just throw Yuniesky Betancourt a fastball any old time and......

USS Mariner called Mike Hargrove "delusional" today for his advocacy of going north with 22-year-old pitcher Brandon Morrow on the basis of eight innings of spring training relief work. Hargrove, speaking to the Tacoma News Tribune, defended his stance, saying that people called him an "idiot" for wanting to go north with Manny Ramirez when he managed Cleveland in '94. Good point, Hargrove. Except that you are completely full of shit, as anyone with a......

It was the spring of 1989, and Ken Griffey Jr., a 19-year-old with 61 at bats above A-ball, embarrassed Cactus League pitchers and made the Mariners. It is the spring of 2007, and Brandon Morrow, a 22-year-old who's thrown 16 innings professionally, is embarrassing Cactus League hitters and forcing himself into the M's bullpen mix. Morrow, the M's first round pick (5th overall) in last June's draft, has thrown 6.1 scoreless innings in four appearances......

There's controversy rumbling in the underbelly of Mariner fandom, about whether the team passed over a pitcher named Andrew Miller in last week's draft because they felt he'd want more money than is allowed under "slotting," a Bud Selig brainchild meant to reduce signing bonuses. USS Mariner Dave will brook no argument that Miller was, is, and will be a better pitcher than the Mariners' pick, Brandon Morrow. Mariner scouts, he says, agree. What......

1) Why did Brandon Morrow, the M's first pick (#5 overall) in yesterday's draft, mysteriously gain five MPH on his fastball last summer, just before the season when he could be drafted? Over at USS Mariner, they are ranting about some guy named Andrew Miller that the Mariners apparently should've drafted, flinging charges of collusion and conspiracy. But, since that ship has sailed, we're concerned about this nugget of information, buried deep in the......

Pass on local boys Tim Lincecum and Travis Snider, instead selecting RHP Brandon Morrow from Cal, who supposedly throws 99 mph. Watch video of him here. Lincecum went 10th to the Giants. It's rumored that he could be in their bullpen by summer's end. Jackson (Mill Creek) High's Travis Snider went 14th to the Blue Jays.......