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Tag: Baseball

Edgar's convertible

Celebrate Edgar Martínez’s Hall of Fame election by watching these classic Mariners ads

January 22nd, 2019 Andrew Villeneuve Media & Culture

Edgar Martínez has finally been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Watch his greatest Mariners marketing hits.

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Don’t look now, but the Seattle Mariners are on top of the American League West

April 25th, 2016 Andrew Villeneuve Sports, Unscheduled Programming

The Seattle Mariners notched their tenth win of the season tonight, having won eight of their last eleven games. They now lead the American League

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Hisashi Iwakuma

Mariners re-sign Hisashi Iwakuma to a one-year contract with vesting options for 2017 and 2018

December 17th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Sports, Unscheduled Programming

We said from the start that Kuma was a priority for us… Obviously, the developments from the last few days allowed us to get back

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Baseball player

Cruisin! How a Mariners fan learned to love Nelson Cruz

April 19th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Sports, Unscheduled Programming

Hated Texas Ranger to Player I’m glad we didn’t sign last year to Player I’m annoyed we overpaid for this year to Player I’m reconciled

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Baseball player

ESPN commentators pick Mariners and Dodgers for 2015 World Series

April 4th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Sports

ESPN commentators pick Mariners and Dodgers for 2015 World Series ESPN’s Adnan Virk and Doug Glanville explain why they believe we may see a World

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Royals head to World Series after sweeping Orioles in ALCS

October 15th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Sports

Royals head to World Series after sweeping Orioles in ALCS The Kansas City Royals have done something remarkable: They have won eleven straight games –

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Mariners are seriously angling for the playoffs

September 6th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Sports, Unscheduled Programming

Mariners are seriously angling for the playoffs The Seattle Mariners’ performance in the second half of the season is starting to turn heads, even in

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Seattle Mariners complete ‘draining’ sweep of Red Sox

August 24th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Sports, Unscheduled Programming

I think we just got the last blow in… That’s what happened, because they were coming back and we came back and they came back,

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Mariners extend winning streak, defeat Detroit Tigers to own second wild card spot

August 15th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Sports, Unscheduled Programming

Right now, the Seattle Mariners are doing something they haven’t done in years: Win the games that count in August, the second to last month

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‘King Felix’ as loyal as his subjects over past ten years

July 13th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Sports

We’re playing really good baseball. That’s what I want. I want a playoff here in Seattle. That will be awesome. That will be great… I’ll

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