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SEATTLE — Way back in 1990, San Francisco Giants general manager Al Rosen raged that MLB was headed for "Armageddon" based on the outrageous free-agent contracts being handed out. What really piqued Rosen's ire was the four-year, $10 million contract given to middling left-handed pitcher Bud Black (given to him…

SEATTLE — For those clamoring for Jerry Dipoto to make a big-ticket splash in the free-agent market, Friday's trade with the Milwaukee Brewers was probably a disappointment by implication.

CLEVELAND — Perhaps those who like to say, ‘there are no bad days at the ballpark,” never spent 15 hours there, waiting out an endless rain delay that everyone was saw coming, dealing with the strike zone of Angel Hernandez where a ball can be a strike and strike isn’t…

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The speedy annoyance of the baseball mosquito that is Sam Haggerty lighted the fuse. The true nature of a losing team going nowhere slowly revealed itself in the mistake-filled chaos that followed.

SEATTLE — Their failures to hit with runners in scoring position for most of the night was halted long enough to give the fans at packed T-Mobile Park a reason to cheer after not having many reasons to do so for the first eight innings.

NEW YORK — Welcome to the Mariners and a playoff push, Luis.

The reasons for the Mariners' magical success aren't as theatrical as one might expect or hope when trying to build a narrative that doesn't really exist.

ARLINGTON, Texas — For two days, J.P. Crawford sat and stewed, staring at his swollen index finger and cursing the baseball gods for letting such annoyance keep him from playing.

WASHINGTON — When the post-Angels brawl suspensions were first announced, and with the knowledge that appeals would probably shave off one game for each player and the Mariners could stagger them with only one player serving them at a time, there were still legitimates causes for concern.