Felix Hernandez was a little off, the offense was never on, the cash registers didn’t work. And the A’s thumped the Mariners 4-0. Weak night at the yard.
Author: Art Thiel
Art Thiel
Never having met a metaphor he could not twist beyond recognition, Art has been illuminating, agitating, amusing and annoying Puget Sound sports readers for a long time. Along with Steve Rudman, he co-founded Sports Press Northwest because it didnt seem right that the Google monster should aggregate daily journalism into oblivion without at least a flesh wound from somebody. Thiel and Rudman labored under the Seattle Post-Intelligencer globe until the print edition died an undeserved death in March, 2009. Art continued on at its online successor seattlepi.com while working on SPNWs creation. His radio commentaries can be heard Friday and Saturday mornings and Friday afternoon on KPLU-FM 88.9. In 2003 he wrote the definitive book about the Seattle Mariners, Out of Left Field, which became a regional bestseller. In 2009, along with Rudman and KJR 950 afternoon host Mike Gastineau, Thiel authored The Great Book of Seattle Sports Lists, a cross between historylink.org and Mad Magazine that has become mandatory reading for any sports fan who has an indoor bathroom. A graduate of Pacific Lutheran University as well as two dead papers and a live one, the News Tribune of Tacoma, he has become a fan of entrepreneurial online journalism because it allows him to continue a lifelong passion to take the English language to places it rarely visits willingly, and does not involve the cleaning of kennels or stables.
Popular former Mariners centerfielder signed a one-day contract to retire as a Mariner, then threw out the first pitch to a rousing ovation at the home opener Friday night.
After a two-month odyssey finally returns to Seattle, Mariners bring an odd collection of overpaid vets and youngsters needing more time. Mariners manager will earn his keep.
Brian Mullan of Colorado comes to Seattle Saturday after a vicious tackle a year ago broke the right leg of Steve Zakuani, who still hasn’t returned. But there’s no need for fans’ contempt.
Ex-Cougars great Mark Rypien joined hundreds of other retirees in legal action against the NFL, which they say ignored information about repeated blows to the head.
Safeco is the 15th-oldest park in MLB. Becoming middle-aged means repairs/upgrades, some of which Mariners may think the public should cover. Best to make friends, not adversaries.
The race for AL West third place renews Friday night in Oakland. But before that, we offer some helpful suggestions to guide the Mariners through the 2012 season.
The city had some solutions to the SoDo traffic problem 10 years ago, and abandoned them. Now the Mariners are reminding all, but because it’s the Mariners, nobody cares.
Don’t blame Calipari for exploiting the one-and-done rule at Kentucky; that’s his job. A 2-year minimum, or no minimum, is better than the current silliness.
San Jose’s Steven Lenhart baited Sounders’ Marc Burch into a foul, which became a penalty kick and the only score in a 1-0 triumph over the Sounders.