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Padres 6, Mariners 4
Brian Giles had his third four-hit game of the season, Tadahito Iguchi had a homer among his three hits and the San Diego Padres opened interleague play with a 6-4 win over the Seattle Mariners on Friday.

Bavasi era, five years in the making, looks like a failure

May 13--Bill Bavasi is in his fifth season as general manager of the Seattle Mariners. So he has been given sufficient time to produce a winner.

Mariners report: Roster

Mariners report: Notes, quotes
--1B Richie Sexson went 0 for 4 Friday night, dropping his overall batting average to .195. He hit .226 in April and has batted just .111 (3 for 27) in May.

Mariners report: Inside pitch
The Mariners want to get their highly prized acquisition back on track Saturday.

Rangers top Mariners as brawl overshadows another shutout by hot pitching staff - The Dallas Morning News

SEATTLE - A friendly community service reminder: The Rangers host Seattle for three games starting Monday. For those who can't land Stars tickets and want to see a fight, plenty of good seats are available in Arlington.

Johjima gets aggressive at plate

May 4--NEW YORK -- Perhaps the last way you figured Kenji Johjima would snap his recent 0-for-8 run -- and his 0-for-20 streak on the road -- was with an infield single.

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nolongerafan

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If the Mariners don't win this series w/ Padres?

If the Mariners find some way to take sole possession of the cellar; the worst team in baseball, by losing to the woeful Padres...what should we do?

Fire McLaren? I don't know why it's taken so long already, but this needs to happen. He' ...(more)

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kaehlaone

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May 14, 2008 3:19 pm

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The Solution

First off, the likelihood of the Mariners making the playoffs this year are unlikely but I think you can salvage some of the season while actually improving for the coming years. I do think that they could get back into it but they need to start fixing this now! Here is what should be done to improve this team now!

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bigseahawkmarin

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May 14, 2008 10:03 am

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Players

We have guys in our line up that have an average og 150 ( Clement) and a 154 (Vidro) two guy that I would not let play on my softball team, we need to go and get a couple bats that are also team leaders before this season is a total loss, come on ... and fire the coach, I can coach better than he is, my god he is bad. and get rid of big bill also

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May 10, 2008 11:16 am

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TRade rumor

I have a friend on the Seattle organization, and he has said the following trade is imminent.

Mariners trade Richie Sexson and Miguel Batista to the ...(more)

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AtomicSoul

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May 14, 2008 2:10 am

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Ibanez should never play in OF again.

So have all you Mariner fans that have said Ibanez is not bad in LF finally going to admit that he's a disaster yet? I mean come on Even that first drop he had lead to yet another run that never should have happened. He had a sure enough double play in the making and he bungles that too. Let's not forget that Filix had to throw another 13 extra pitches and ...(more)

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