First, hitting coach Jeff Pentland was fired, then General Manager Bill Bavasi was shown the door, and yesterday it was John McLaren's turn to up the state's unemployment rate.
Mariners Need to Say No to "Yes Man" Hires
John McLaren Has Been Fired
The Seattle Times is reporting that Mariner Manager John McLaren has been fired and replaced with bench coach Jim Riggleman.
McLaren Mad Libs
"We're playing our (BODY PART) off every day and got nothing to show for it. I'm tired of (VERB ENDING IN -ING) losing, I'm tired of getting my (NOUN) beat, and so have those guys. We gotta change this (NOUN) around and get after it. And only we can do it. The fans are (ADJECTIVE) off, and I'm (ADJECTIVE) off and the players are (ADJECTIVE FOR USELESS) off. And that's the way it is...I'm tired of (NAME OF PERSON IN ROOM) losing this...every night we bust our (SLANG TERM FOR HAQ JUROR). It's gotta be a total team (VERB ENDING IN -ING) effort to turn this thing around, and that's it."
Mariners Won't Fire Their Manager or General Manager
The Mariners announced yesterday that Manager John McLaren and General Manager Bill Bavasi will both be back next year.
The Mariners. WTF?
Well, that was spectacular. From the heady days of August 25th, when the M's were three up in the wild card and only one back in the division, had won two straight in Texas, when we were all excited about Blue-za-palooza or whatever the fuck it was...to now, after 11 losses in 12 games, when we're all pretty much in wait 'till next year mode.
Making Sense of A Cruel, Heartless World
Your Seattle Mariners played their biggest series in four seasons this week. With a chance to overtake the first place Angels if they could win three games, the Mariners won zero games.
Local Sportsball Teams Inch Closer to First Place on First Avenue
Both the Mariners and the Sounders are in second place in their respective divisions, and both played the teams ahead of them last night.
Mike Hargrove Stepping Down as M's Manager
KOMO-1000 is reporting that today's game will be Mike Hargrove's last as Mariner manager. John McLaren will take over on a permanent basis.

