KING 5 and the AP are reporting the M's have fired much-debated General Manager Bill Bavasi. Apparently, the booing worked. Bavasi has been replaced by Lee Pelekoudas, who will be acting on an interim basis, while a GM search is conducted. more ›

In 1987, the British illustrator Martin Handford creates a cartoon character named Wally for a series of children's books. Renamed Waldo for the American edition, he becomes an icon of pop culture. more ›

The Mariners announced yesterday that Manager John McLaren and General Manager Bill Bavasi will both be back next year. more ›

Quick, someone come up with a word for the blog you write in order to get the last word in after quitting a job. We're not even going to attempt it because we suck at that sort of thing and there's no need to burn a stick of embarrassment in here. more ›

When he named Sam Presti the Sonics' new GM yesterday, owner Clay Bennett also stripped Lenny Wilkens of the title of President and retitled him Vice-Chairman. A source told the Tacoma News Tribune Bennett wanted "to put Lenny out to pasture." Ranching metaphors: just one of the many joys of having your team owned by guys from Oklahoma City.

From Wilkens’ unsavory handling of the announcement of his position of president to his perceived mismanagement of the hiring of a general manager and coach, Bennett was said to be so upset with Wilkens the divide was irreversible. more ›

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. more ›

Seattle Metro Transit is reporting that 2006 was a record year for bus ridership with 103.2 million boardings and for some reason we feel like cheering this news. Yay Metro Transit, you're competently running a bus service for the city of Seattle. Way to go. The release claims that this year's numbers represent a 4.3% increase over 2005 and attributes the increase in ridership to additional jobs in the area - The previous high-ridership mark was set in 2000 when there were also a high number of jobs in the city. We'd like to attribute it to an increased awareness of the lack of sustainability built into the automobile-based model of transportation in the region, but we also attribute our cat's energetic moods to the tides, so... The closest Metro Transit will come to saying something like that is: more ›

The current problem with Seattle sports teams, besides the fact that a giant douche bag let our NBA team leave town, is that we don't have any athletes from British Columbia on our rosters. more ›

The Melody Unit's Kevin Kelly On a Life Spent in SeattleMusic, Why the Band Never Made It, and Why He's So Ambivalent AboutTheir Latest (Greatest) Album more ›

As the Mariners continue to stagger through the second week of the season our optimism following the 3-1 start has dropped a bit, okay a huge bit. We may need to take a break tonight since we have spent the last few games with our head in our hands. more ›

It's funny, because just the other day Seattlest was nattering about composer Adam Guettel and his winning ways on Broadway, and now the Met is jumping up and down in our inbox trying to catch our attention with some "let's eat Seattle's lunch" news. more ›

Kenji Johjima, the Fukuoka Soft-Bank Hawks' .300-hitting, 30-homer-slugging, seven-time Gold Glove winner, is your new Mariner starting catcher, according to the Seattle Times. The Times' Bob Finnegan reports that Johjima will leave the Japanese leagues and sign a three-year contract with the M's. more ›

Yes, Pat Robertson's PR guy has had a busy couple of days, but so has Sonics general manager Rick Sund. more ›

You're looking at the official map of Seattle's Downtown Ride-Free Area. more ›

Three B's have killed the Mariners this season--Bavasi, Beltre and Boone. more ›