Published Monday, Oct. 06, 2008
CHICAGO — In a sea of black shirts and waving white towels, the White Sox kept their season afloat.
Sports: Seattle Mariners
Published Monday, Oct. 06, 2008
Two weeks ago, Erik Bedard couldn’t help but think about the worst-case scenario of shoulder surgery: a year-long recuperation that would keep him out of baseball until 2010.
Fans at Wrigley field react during the Cubs’ 10-3 loss to the Dodgers on Thursday, putting the Cubs down 0-2 in the best-of-three NL Division Series. The series shifts to Los Angeles for Game 3 Saturday (7 p.m., TBS).
MLB PLAYOFFS
Published Friday, Oct. 03, 2008
CHICAGO — The old man looked as if he had a half-century on the young guy who was yelling in the men’s room at Wrigley Field about how the Cubs would bounce back from the 0-2 hole they’d dug for themselves.
Jamie Moyer will try to close out the NL Division Series for the Phillies against the Brewers tdoay (3:30 p.m. PDT, TBS).
Published Friday, Oct. 03, 2008
MILWAUKEE — After Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel reminisced Friday about Gil Hodges’ World Series exploits in the 1950s, Jamie Moyer couldn’t help himself.
Mike Morse has an even 300 major league at-bats over four major league seasons – and his batting average is an even .300.
Published Friday, Oct. 03, 2008
Mike Morse is hitting again, which is a relief to him and an intriguing possibility for the Seattle Mariners.
Tampa Bay’s Evan Longoria watches the first of his two solo home runs fly out of Tropicana Field in the Rays’ 6-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox today in their American League Division Series opener.
Published Thursday, Oct. 02, 2008
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Evan Longoria and the Tampa Bay Rays looked perfectly at home in the playoffs. The rookie homered in his first two at-bats and the surprising AL East champions were a big hit in their postseason debut, beating the Chicago White Sox 6-4 Thursday in their AL playoff opener.
Fan frustration with the 2008 Seattle Mariners was personified last week at Safeco Field. The team, coming off an 88-win season in 2007 and a free-spending offseason, was widely expected to contend for the AL West title, not for the worst record in the majors.
Published Monday, Sep. 29, 2008
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Jose Lopez, who was routinely part of the Mariners’ double-play combination in August, was asked to play first base in September. The veteran second baseman is not interested in a permanent move to first base in 2009, not even for a team searching for answers why 2008 was such a colossal failure.
Published Monday, Sep. 29, 2008
For a few minutes late Sunday afternoon, I could’ve sworn I took a Twilight Zone turn into a Safeco Field clubhouse where the players were rejoicing over 101 victories, instead of trying to forget about 101 defeats.
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Newcomer Erik Bedard was never comfortable being named the No. 1 starter on the staff, saying he was No. 2 behind Felix Hernandez.
A look back at the '08 season
Published Monday, Sep. 29, 2008
A look back at the '08 season
The gavel finally fell on the Mariners’ sorry excuse for a 2008 season on Sunday. There is ample evidence to support an open-and-shut case that it was the poorest season in the franchise’s 32-year history.
Published Sunday, Sep. 28, 2008
Yuniesky Betancourt's two-run triple in the fifth inning gave the Seattle Mariners a 4-3 win over the Oakland Athletics to sweep the final series of the year at Safeco Field.
Published Sunday, Sep. 28, 2008
Seattle beats Oakland, 4-3; is it Raul Ibanez's last game as a Mariner?
Unfailingly honest throughout his career, Raul Ibañez insisted Sunday he doesn’t know whether he’ll be back with the Seattle Mariners next season – but he and his teammates seemed to be saying an emotional goodbye.
Published Sunday, Sep. 28, 2008
The Seattle Mariners try and finish their season with a three-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics this afternoon at Safeco Field.
Published Saturday, Sep. 27, 2008
Jose Lopez launched two homers to give the Seattle Mariners a 10-8 victory over the Oakland Athletics in the first of three games to finish out the season at Safeco Field.
Published Saturday, Sep. 27, 2008
Ryan Rowland-Smith delivers another quality start for Seattle
Ryan Rowland-Smith walked off the mound to a standing ovation from an appreciative Safeco Field crowd of 24,440.
Published Saturday, Sep. 27, 2008
The Seattle Mariners begin the final series of what's been a miserable 2008 season with tonight's first of three straight meetings with the Oakland Athletics from Safeco Field.
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Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki hits a single in the third inning against the Oakland Athletics during a Major League Baseball game in Seattle on Friday, Sept. 26, 2008.
Published Saturday, Sep. 27, 2008
SEATTLE Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki has matched Lou Gehrig's record with his eighth season of at least 200 hits and 100 runs.
Published Friday, Sep. 26, 2008
Jose Lopez's two homers lift Seattle past Oakland
The 2008 season won’t be the worst in Seattle Mariners franchise history.
Published Friday, Sep. 26, 2008
Seattle Mariners pitcher Erik Bedard underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder Friday.
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Amid reports of growing animosity towards Ichiro in the Mariners clubhouse, columnist John McGrath suggests giving the All-Star outfielder additional control over the team.
Published Friday, Sep. 26, 2008
What are the Mariners to do with Ichiro Suzuki? He’s reached the end of his eighth season in the States – there’s a strong chance he’ll become the team’s first Hall of Famer to have spent his entire career in Seattle – yet he remains more a lightning rod than a fulcrum.
Published Thursday, Sep. 25, 2008
Vladimir Guerrero broke a tie game with a two- run home run in the ninth -- his second home run of the game -- as the Los Angeles Angels downed Seattle, 6-4, at Safeco Field.
Published Thursday, Sep. 25, 2008
Mark Teixeira's solo home run in the eighth inning was the difference as the Los Angeles Angels downed the Seattle Mariners, 6-5, in the third test of a four-game set at Safeco Field.
Published Thursday, Sep. 25, 2008
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim resume their quest to gain home-field advantage throughout the upcoming playoffs when the American League West champions wrap up a four-game series with the Seattle Mariners this evening at Safeco Field.
Published Wednesday, Sep. 24, 2008
NEW YORK — Lou Piniella plans on managing the Chicago Cubs next year and could stay around longer.
Published Wednesday, Sep. 24, 2008
The Seattle Mariners hope to avoid a pair of dubious accomplishments when the badly-struggling team hosts the American League West champion Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim tonight at Safeco Field.
Published Tuesday, Sep. 23, 2008
Kenji Johjima collected three hits and knocked in three runs, as the Seattle Mariners snapped a season-high 12-game losing streak with a 9-6 victory over the Angels in the second test of a four-game set at Safeco Field.
Published Tuesday, Sep. 23, 2008
Seattle rallies to beat Los Angeles, 9-6
The Seattle Mariners hadn’t floundered through a 100-loss season since 1983, and two weeks ago it appeared they could play just well enough to avoid that number.
