In what is becoming the baseball equivalent to being the drummer in Spinal Tap, the Seattle Mariners today placed Dee Gordon on the 10-day Disabled List with a fractured right big toe.
Given the history of the Mariners as one of the first teams to tap into the talents of players from Japan, it's only fitting they will be opening the 2019 season across the ocean. The Mariners also did this in 2012.
The Mariners will be facing the Oakland A's in a two-game series called The 2019 Japan Opening series March 20-21st...
Originally produced in 2008 and voiced by the late Hall of Fame radio broadcaster Dave Niehaus, the Seattle Mariners have updated the video that is rolled out each year to usher in the new season.
It's NOT the biggest 9th inning comeback in Baseball history, but the Mariner's 10-9 loss to the Angels on Sunday is believed to have tied the biggest blown 9th inning lead in club history.
On the heels of the big fat egg laid by the Mariners this season, significant coaching changes are coming to Seattle. Once considered a team that was going to challenge for the American League West crown (and a few experts even picked them as AL Champs), the Mariners were named the MOST underachieving team by a panel of experts on the MLB Network.