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Mariners still don’t have an offense
14 Apr 2012A week ago in Oakland, it looked like the Mariners might be a changed team — that is, one with an offense. They scored 15 runs in two wins over the A’s and followed that with five more in an 11-5 loss to Texas that gave them 20 runs in a three-game stretch — something [...]
Young teams make for boring games & bad seasons
12 Sep 2011BOOOORRRRING. That’s the best way to describe the Mariners and Seahawks, who are both making their fans suffer through the tribulations of teams undergoing youth movements. And it’s really, really hard to watch. They proved it again this weekend. I went to the Mariner game against the Royals on Saturday night – only my second [...]
Do the Mariners really expect us to watch these guys? Once upon a time – actually twice — the Mariners were a who’s who of AL stars so familiar to Seattle fans (and all baseball fans) that many of the players were known by only one name. In the 1990s, it was Junior, Bone, Edgar [...]
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- Chris: I would have been fine with Kuechly. Would have been interesting to see if the Hawks would have been [...]
- Brian Barney: What are your thoughts about Luke Kuechly or is drafting a linebacker early a mistake after the Curr [...]
- AgentJ: College tuition is already high enough. Giving the NCAA a blank check to up the price of a degree is [...]
- Chris: Nice work, EZ. Here's the one I was writing at the same time: http://www.examiner.com/washington- [...]
- Chris: You were right. (I just wanted to test our comments) [...]
- Seahawks Examiner: Is Chris Michael the next Shaun Alexander?
- Seahawks draft notes: Which positions in which rounds?
- Hard to argue with Carroll’s choice of Russell Wilson at this point
- Why would Pete Carroll start Russell Wilson now?
- Will Peyton Manning talk to Pete Carroll this time? (And more)
- Seahawks got second round started Thursday with Bruce Irvin
- Seahawks’ draft trade scenarios
- Mariners still don’t have an offense
- Catch up on a week’s worth of Seahawk content at Examiner.com
- It’s time for NCAA to contract and pay football and basketball players
