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We're in our 33rd year of Mariner fandom, and we're still waiting for the M's to acquire a shortstop who's worth a crap.

Franklin Gutierrez' solo homer in the eight breaks a 3-3 tie, as the M's are victorious for the first time in a Brandon Morrow start. The bullpen pitched four scoreless; Aardsma saves it, starting the ninth by striking out Adrian Gonzalez swinging on a mid-90s fastball. Russell Branyan's 18th homer provided the other three runs. Bad news: B'court left the game with an apparent muscle strain. M's 36-35, 2.5 GB. Box score. Next game Thu vs. SD, 1:40 p.m., Washburn vs. LeBlanc.

Maybe Brandon Morrow isn't really a player. Maybe he was this experimental comedian at Cal and convinced the Mariners that they should draft him, and then spend the next twenty years switching him back and forth between the bullpen and rotation.

Both the Mariners and the Sounders are in second place in their respective divisions, and both played the teams ahead of them last night.

#1 Pick in the 2007 NBA Draft: Blazers!

M's are 2-0 to start the season for the first time since 1996.

Last night the Mariners announced they'd signed nine guys to minor league contracts, including Cuban defector and flashy shortstop Rey Ordonez.

Yuniesky Betancourt and his nine career home runs now anchor the Mariners' lineup. For the past two games, manager Mike Hargrove's been batting him third.

During the telecast of the Mariners' 6-2 win over Oakland last night, the TV cameras captured an activity we haven't seen much of in the Mariner dugout recently--laughter.

Something tells us that the world-beating, intense Ichiro who disliked his relaxed 2005 clubhouse is going to be none-too-pleased when he finally arrives in Peoria.

The key play in Sunday’s loss to the Angels typified how bland and passionless the 2005 Mariners are.