posted by Jon
Sorry for the lack of updates lately, but I haven’t really seen the point of relaying pointless anecdotes, charity game box scores or anything like that. If you are interested in that stuff I’m sure you’ve already looked up Geoff Baker, Shannon Drayer, Ryan Divish, Jim Street and others. This is a very […]

posted by Patrick
The 2008 rotation is set as follows:
Erik Bedard (L)Felix Hernandez (R)Carlos Silva (R)Jarrod Washburn (L)Miguel Batista (R)
So we’ve got a 16-game winner from last year pitching in the fifth spot… cool!
There is no doubt that the lefty-righty dynamic played a factor here. John McLaren pointed out that back to back lefties did not […]

Last season, Seattle broke camp with a bullpen consisting of Julio Mateo, Brandon Morrow, J.J. Putz, Chris Reitsma, Arthur Rhodes, George Sherrill and Sean White.
2008 will see a much different bullpen coming out of Spring Training, with J.J. Putz being the only true lock. Putz used 2007 to solidify himself as one of the games […]

posted by Patrick
Today, on his 73rd birthday, our very own Dave Niehaus has been selected as the 2008 Ford C. Frick Award winner for excellence in broadcasting. This prestigious award gives much deserved recognition to the great broadcasters in baseball history like Ernie Harwell, Vin Scully, Harry Caray, Bob Eucker and many more.
As many already […]

The Seattle Mariners signed 31-year-old outfielder Bubba Crosby to a minor leaue contract today. He will not receive an invitation to Spring Training.
The Mariners will be left-handed hitting Bubba Crosby’s fourth organization. He’s been with the Dodgers for six years (12 MLB at bats), the Yankees for four (238 MLB at bats), and […]

Anderson Garcia, a right-handed reliever, was claimed off the waiver wire from the Philadelphia Phillies. He has been added to the 40-man roster.
Garcia has bounced around from organization to organization for the last seven seasons, but has made just one major league appearance. He has had some mixed numbers in the minors, but […]

posted by: Dustin

So, since the Mariners’ blogs around the internet have been rather boring since we landed Bedard, I figured I’d chip in a Read and React! Here goes…
Who would you rather have signed long term?Felix Hernandez, or Erik Bedard?
Leave a comment telling BBT who you would rather see long term!
Please, do not say both. […]

posted by Patrick
As Spring Training is set to begin, Mike Hargrove will not be managing a big-league camp for only the second time in 17 years. The other day, Jim Moore of the Post Intelligencer decided to give Hargrove a call to see how he was spending his free time and how he felt about […]

Here are Spring Training notes from Thursday morning:
Manager John McLaren told reporters today that Jeff Clement will not be carried as a third catcher, nor will he challenge Richie Sexson at first base. Clement will report to AAA Tacoma unless he can beat out Jose Vidro for the DH job. Even though most of us […]

posted by Patrick
Before we move over to the new site, I want to know what our viewers think the legacy of the typical Mariners fan is so that we can design the site with the fans in mind. We know that Yankees and Red Sox fans are known to be loud and obnoxious. We know […]

posted by Jon
Pitchers and catchers report today! Baseball season!
Erik Bedard was named Opening Day starter by Seattle manager John McLaren, according to multiple sources. McLaren cited “experience” as his main reason.
This is a surprise to me. I really thought that King Felix Hernandez would get the call. Erik Bedard made it clear upon arrival that […]

posted by Jon
Just before the weekend I was approached by springtraining08.com about writing Seattle’s page for their site. Nothing too complicated, just some guesses on how the roster will shape up, and if you follow the link after the bullpen projections you’ll be taken to the rest of the piece.
We’ll be covering Spring Training and […]

Just to let everyone know, posting may slow down slightly for the next week or two. Starting Monday or Tuesday we’ll be prepping the new website so that we can be independant of blogger/blogspot. We could be ready as early next weekend, but it may take longer than that.
The new site may […]

So I spent 8-10 hours+ on this monster blog over the last couple days.
Blogger just deleted it. I somehow cleared the whole thing and the autosave kicked in before I could reverse it, nor would it let me reverse it.
This is so frustrating that I don’t even feel like writing anymore. If you get a […]

posted by Patrick

I was watching the top sports radio show in Baltimore, the Anita Marks Show, and they were interviewing a few guys involved in the trade. One of those guys was the Orioles President of Baseball Operations, Andy MacPhail, and he had some interesting things to say. We all had assumed that it was […]

posted by Patrick
We jumped the gun a week and a half ago, but luckily so did everyone else. Now it is official:
Mariners Get:LHP Erik Bedard
Orioles Get:OF Adam JonesLHP George SherrillRHP Chris TillmanRHP Tony ButlerRHP Kameron Mickolio
Bleeding Blue and Teal now presents to you the newest member of the Seattle Mariners: ERIK BEDARD!
Erik Bedard comes as […]

My last entry (and the seven updates that were tacked onto the end) went a little something like this:
Erik Bedard will likely be in Seattle for his physical on Tuesday.Erik Bedard is not yet in Seattle.Erik Bedard will not come to Seattle until Angelos is happy.Erik Bedard will be coming to Seattle on Thursday.Erik Bedard […]

posted by Patrick
As some of you already know, we are hosting a free fantasy baseball league via Yahoo this year and the league is now all set up. You will need to have a free AIM screen name as well as a free Yahoo account to participate.
The live online draft is currently set to occur […]

posted by Jon
Last Updated: Wednesday, 6:19 pm PST
“Bedard is supposedly in Seattle after all”
Roch Kubatko has an update on his blog. Looks like Erik Bedard will finally get his physical out of the way today.
“Finally.”
I realize that it’s just one day after Jones and Sherrill got theirs. This ordeal has seemingly lasted an eternity.
This is […]

posted by Dustin
“Well, at least things can’t get worse.” No phrase has more truth than that right there, especially when talking about Richie Sexson. His 2007 was just terrible; the worst season of his career. There are no analogies to use to emphasize just how bad he was, but you all should know that he […]