From Lookout Landing

  • Mariners win battle of dueling no-hitters over Atlanta, 2-1

    We all sign up for baseball knowing that it isn’t fair. You can square up a ball perfectly and have it go for an out; you can throw a gem on the mound and still get tagged with an “L.” Perhaps nothing is more frustrating in baseball than being a pitcher and seeing how your hours of hard work can be undone with one swing. Tonight Bryce Miller outdueled Braves starter Max Fried in every way except, unfortunately, where it counted—on the scoreboard—and the beautiful sand castle he’d spent hours...

  • Mariners Game #29 Preview: 4/29/24, ATL at SEA

    While a sweep would have been nice, the Mariners did do what they needed to do and took the series against the Diamondbacks, adding to their stash of wins before the red-hot Atlanta Braves roll into town today. If you read the series preview—and even if you didn’t—you won’t be shocked to learn the Mariners aren’t favored to win a single one of these games, as the Mariners will be pitching mostly the bottom of their rotation against the top of Atlanta’s, and also, the Atlanta lineup could...

  • Mariners Moose Tracks, 4/28/24: George Kirby, Matt Brash, and Alec Bohm

    George Kirby was absolutely electric last night, setting a new career-high with a dozen strikeouts over seven scoreless frames.

  • Mariners Matt Brash shut down indefinitely from throwing, will visit orthopedic surgeon

    Yesterday Mariners GM Justin Hollander gave an injury update for several players, including Matt Brash, who had been throwing at 100% intensity and looking great, working at his usual velocity with his usual pitch shapes. The next step was for Brash to consult with team doctors to make sure he was bouncing back appropriately from the outing and could be sent out on a rehab assignment. Unfortunately, today Hollander shared a discouraging update regarding Brash’s progress: instead of bouncing back...

  • FanPost Friday: Your favorite Mariners giveaways of all time

    Hello and welcome back to FanPost Friday! The Mariners are in first place and the Houston Astros have lost 19 games before May. I’ve discovered the floor (ceiling?) of my pettiness as a fan because I’m enjoying the fact that the Astros are playing so poorly even more than I’m enjoying the fact that the Mariners are playing pretty well the last week. Now, I will believe the Astros are truly dead when I see the body (so I can further desecrate it), but until then this will do nicely. (avert your...

  • Things get rocky in Texas, but the Mariners solidify the series win to set the season tone

    One of the beautiful things about baseball is how few of the narratives are linear. One hundred and sixty two games. In a little less than a month of play it is incredibly easy to say things haven’t really started to matter, not yet. The standings will shift drastically. The roster will churn. And yet a first series against a division rival, in their home stadium, and the rival most likely to give us trouble. Not only a rival, but the defending World Series Champions. Such a game not only...

  • Mariners take first place in AL West with 4-0 win over Rangers

    One of the reasons I am the way I am today is that I read the Horatio Hornblower books by C. S. Forester when I was in middle school. The 12 volume series follows the exploits and career of fictional British Navy officer Horatio Hornblower during the Napoleonic Wars. They feature action, romance, sailing, and adventure, but none of those are what I want to talk about today. Instead, I want to tell you about the character Hornblower himself, and why he can be seen in these 2024 Mariners. Perhaps...

  • Series Preview: Seattle Mariners at Texas Rangers

    Banking five wins last week to get back to .500 on the season was exactly what the doctor ordered for the Mariners. It was even more important that they took care of business against the likes of the Reds and Rockies because Seattle’s schedule is about to get a lot harder over the next couple of weeks. They’ve got this series on the road against the Rangers, then host the Diamondbacks and Braves before starting off the month of May with a trip to Houston. If the Mariners have truly turned a...

  • Mariners Moose Tracks, 4/21/24: Luis Castillo, Munenori Kawasaki, and Josh Naylor

    Also, Bailey hit a homerun over the right field wall that didn’t connect with the water. It would’ve if not for an exceptionally well placed kayak, but this begs a very important question. Is that a splash hit?

  • Mariners play in the snow, defeat Rockies 7-0

    Maybe I’d feel differently about this if I grew up somewhere where you have to shovel your car out of several feet of snow every morning and just walking to get the mail required upgraded health insurance, but there’s something about playing in the snow that feels unlike any other pleasure in life: a pure, uncomplicated joy. Even soggy socks and frosty red noses don’t detract from the the satisfaction of thunking a third snowball down to complete a snowman, picking out a face with small stones,...