I would just like to take the time to thank the Seattle Mariners including the front office and not just for this year but for about three to four years of below average baseball (04-08 except for last season). Now don’t get me wrong the Mariners front office have made some good moves but the bad over shadows the good. The Mariners were very good from 2001 in which they won 116 games to 2003 and during that time the Mariners won more than 90 games during the regular season. Since then the Mariners highest win total in the regular season is 88. Now in the 2004 off-season the Mariners released RP Kazuhiro Sasaki who was a big part of the Mariners 116 win season when he saved 45 games and struck out 62 batters in 69 appearances. The Mariners also traded short stop Carlos Guillen to the Detroit Tigers and that it were he still plays today .In addition to that the Mariners also signed first baseman Ritchie Sexson and third baseman Adrian Beltre who are both still with the team. Now in the 2005 off-season the Mariners signed the Cuban expat Yuniesky Betencourt who is still on the current Seattle Mariners roster and a big part of last season 88 win team. They also selected RP Ryan Rowland-Smith who is still on the team and a very good relief pitcher. The Mariners also selected catcher Jeff Clement with the third pick in the MLB draft. And to add on to thar they signed pitcher Jarrod Washburn to a four year contract. Now in the 2006/2007 off-season the Mariners signed OF Jose Guillen to a one year contract, they signed pitcher Miguel Batista who won 16 games in the Mariners 2007 88 win season and traded for Jose Vidro. And now in 2008 after the Mariners big season the Mariners went out and signed pitcher Carlos Silva to a four year contract and traded for Ace pitcher Erik Bedard. Now in the Bedard deal the Mariners Gave up OF Adam Jones who was there #1 pick in 2003, relief pitcher George Sherrill who was a big part of the Mariners strong bullpin in 07 and three minor league relief pitchers. And to add on top of that they didn’t resign RF Jose Guillen who hit 23 home runs and was a big part of the Mariners offence in 2007. So they made there starting pitching rotation better with Bedard and Silva but weakened there bull pin and out field. Well at least they resigned Ichiro. And that’s how you go from a 116 win team to a 60 win team to a 88 win team to a 18 and falling team.
My best team of MLB is The Seattle Mariners . This why I always fallow their games especially whenever I have some time. I’m always trying not o miss any of their game and hear about the team’s news. But The Seattle Mariners tickets get more pricy especially when there are some hot games. But, if we’re really good fans we should try not to be mean when we’re talking about a favourite teams. It’s not only the Mariners tickets that got pricy, but there are other major teams too, so the team needs our support and we should provide as much as we can.
ya but its hard to support the worst team in baseball and we were suppose to win 90 plus games