Safeco Field, courtesy of Grundlepuck Go ahead and scold us for loving the Yankees. This Seattlest's first baseball game ever was at Yankee stadium, and we just can't separate from the love. Yet, our new hometown team, the fightin' Mariners, actually kind of smacked the Yanks down. Nothing terrifically exciting happened—no super-dramatic plays, no bases-loaded homers, or anything. But, the Mariners managed to keep the Yanks down til the 8th inning, when they scored their......

Adios Lakisha. Did we call it, or what? We know, we also made some comment about how none of the Idol contestants chose any good BeeGees songs this week, but we stand corrected. KiKi did "Staying Alive," but we totally forgot about it because it was just that meh. Obviously the rest of the country agreed with us, and she was sent home last night. We'll give a quick sum-up of last night's show:......

Rumors abound early this week concerning a most ghastly notion, a dark vision that has kept us sleepless: reportedly, both the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies called Mariners GM Bill Bavasi over the weekend to inquire about a potential trade for Ichiro. Candidates for the swap included Roy Oswalt from Houston and some insulting combination of Bobby Abreu, Cory Lidle, and Arthur Rhodes from Philly. Abreu and Lidle finally landed with the New York Yankees......

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. Tomorrow night Felix pitches, which is always fun to watch, and Friday night there is an interesting pitching match up (at least until the game begins)......