We’ve been a little distracted by the World Cup for the past 10 days, watching pretty much every match with the help of headphones on our work computer. Despite odd looks from coworkers, we’ll continue to cheer when appropriate. Yes, New Zealand just scored a goal, and I WILL MAKE YOU AWARE OF IT. Meanwhile, under our noses, the Mariners have provided some mercifully vuvuzela-free entertainment. more ›

The Mariners and Yankees have played some outstanding games here over the years; below we present part one of our top ten. Historic, surprising, violent, record-breaking--the list has it all. We're giving you #6-10 today, with the top five coming tomorrow more ›

Last football season we taught ourselves to cook by preparing a meal from the city of the Seahawks opponent. By the playoffs we had mastered the art of cooking, and in fact delivered a eulogy at what we thought was Julia Child's funeral. more ›

With the Mariners taking the rest of the summer off, Seattlest (along with some other local rag) is adopting the Chicago White Sox as our fake team for the rest of the season. more ›

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. more ›

The Seattle Times is reporting that Mariner Manager John McLaren has been fired and replaced with bench coach Jim Riggleman. more ›

Our Southern California based Al Qaeda correspondent, Jeff Schell, is here with analysis on the new Intel report regarding Al Qaeda's desire to "use contacts and capabilities in Iraq to mount an attack on U.S. soil." more ›

Somebody get me an Old Style... 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 ›

FOX Sports hired ex-Mariner manager Lou Piniella for a week. He'll join Joe Buck and Tim McCarver in the broadcast booth for the American League Championship Series, presumably to contribute some heterosexuality. more ›

Sure, Florida may be our most questionable state, but don’t tell that to the Mariners who have won five out of seven from the Sunshine State’s baseball teams. more ›

Ten years ago, this very day, was what Mariners announcer Dave Niehaus once described as "one terrible moment in Mariners history." more ›