In recent years, the team has sputtered. Seattle fans have been disappointed with the performance of the team. Since Lou Pinella left, there have been a number of team managers but things just did not click. Then, we jump ahead to this year.
Hold on to your horses, stop the presses, this season the Mariners are winning. Yesterday they trounced the Los Angeles Angels, a team that has given them real problems in the past. So far this is a fun year for Seattle fans. We have on our team not only that over-achiever, Ichiro, but we have Junior, Ken Griffey Jr, back in our dugout.
Junior, along with Ichiro and A-rod, is one of the most famous and popular Mariners ever. I remember when Junior played here in Bellingham when we were part of the Mariner's farm system. Bellingham fans, to this day, head down to see Mariners games by car, bus and on the train.
It is interesting to know that superstar Ichiro, as a kid in Japan, admired Griffey. Griffey was his favorite player. It is exciting for Ichiro to be playing on the same team with Junior. You can read that human interest story here.
Steven L. Smith
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Good luck to your team this year (especially when they play the Yankees). I am a Met fan and have always liked Seattle.
John,
Those dman Yankees are quaking, or is that quacking, in their boots.
How 'bout them Jays????
Our losing Leafs are golfing. Our basketball Raptors are golfing. Go Jays Go!
The Mariners are looking strong again this year. They have gone through a pretty rough drought of wins over the last few years, but things are looking up this season. I think JR has really helped energized the team.
Steven: Yes, the Mariners are off to a good start. And the division may not be that strong after all. Let's see where they are in early-to-mid August. That's when the season really begins! Thanks for the interesting and different post!
Paul,
Yes, they did it again last night.
@Steven ~ The Mariners have really been firing on all cylinders this season. I just hope that they can keep the intensity up.
Steve - great human interest story. I did not know, but always like it when people who had a "past" together, the one perhaps unbeknownst to the other, can get together and reveal it.
Steve - Griffey wanted so bad to play for his hometown team in Cincinnati. But, once there he did not perform close to what was expected of him. I hope he can give back to Seattle what he never gave to the Reds (my second favorite team, after the Yankees). I wonder if he disappointed himself as much as he disppointed Cincinnati.