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<title>Saunders, and his power, are back from Venezuela</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:06:00 PST</pubDate>
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<description>The most eventful year of Michael Saunders' pro baseball life has ended on a positive note.  The Mariners' 23-year-old outfield prospect is back home...</description>
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<title>M's prospect Dunigan makes Class A All-Star team; Liddi doesn't</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:53:00 PST</pubDate>
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<description>The good news today in Mariner-ville is that first baseman Joe Dunigan, who turned heads with his 30-homer season for the High Desert Mavericks, was...</description>
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<title>Bedard, Royals: Could be a match made in ... Kansas City</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:50:00 PST</pubDate>
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<description>Kansas City fans may put this under the label of ''be careful what you wish for,'' but it seems the Royals are interested in injured...</description>
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<title>Can Edgar Martinez overcome traditional Hall of Fame measuring sticks?</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:34:00 PST</pubDate>
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<description>When members of the Baseball Writers Association of America receive their Hall of Fame ballot within the next week, former Mariners DH Edgar...</description>
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<title>Mariners add three to major league scouting staff</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:45:00 PST</pubDate>
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<description>The Mariners announced this afternoon they have hired three baseball veterans to their major league scouting department -- former big-league catchers...</description>
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<title>It's party time in Peoria; Javelinas win Fall League title</title>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:58:00 PST</pubDate>
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<description>Mariners prospect Dustin Ackley, in what may be the final time he ever sees a blade of grass in the outfield (OK, maybe I'm over-reacting here), got...</description>
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<title>Mariners prospects playing for all the Fall League marbles</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:26:00 PST</pubDate>
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<description>The Peoria Javelinas and their seven players from the Seattle Mariners' organization will play for the Arizona Fall League title Saturday in...</description>
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<title>A day of moves and moves to consider: Jakubauskas to Pirates, Ackley to second base (maybe)</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:01:00 PST</pubDate>
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<description>In the just-in-case department, the Mariners will work first-round draft pick Dustin Ackley at second base next month.  General manager Jack...</description>
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<title>Free-agent madness begins Friday; don't be trampled at the door</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:28:00 PST</pubDate>
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<description>Beginning Friday, all of baseball's 171 free agents can negotiate with any team they want instead of the teams they're (likely) leaving...</description>
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<title>Mariners to begin spring games March 3</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:49:00 PST</pubDate>
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<description>Spring is hardly in the air on this dark chilled-to-the-bone day in the Northwest.  But my email in-box was certainly a toasty place to be within the...</description>
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<title>Angels' Scioscia wins AL Manager of the Year; Wakamatsu gets two first-place votes (including mine)</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:04:00 PST</pubDate>
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<description>Hardly a surprise to learn just a few minutes ago that the Angels' Mike Scioscia was named the American League Manager of the Year in a vote by...</description>
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<title>Cy Young results are in: The Mariners' No. 1 is the AL's No. 2</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:55:00 PST</pubDate>
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<description>Felix Herandez tied for first in the American League with  19 victories, finished second with a 2.49 earned run average, third with 238 2/3 innings...</description>
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<title>Repair work continues on catcher Johnson's battered body</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:38:00 PST</pubDate>
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<description>Today near his home in Arizona, Mariners catcher Rob Johnson will have tests on his right elbow to determine whether he'll need surgery.  Tuesday in...</description>
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<title>Tales from Wak, Adair and NASCAR</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:49:00 PST</pubDate>
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<description>It's the big NASCAR weekend in Arizona, where I am at the moment gearing up for my Big Fat Redneck Weekend.</description>
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<title>Lowe on learning Griffey will return: 'I got chills'</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:20:00 PST</pubDate>
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<description>Mark Lowe is living his dream as a major league relief pitcher, but that dream became something special this year when he played on the same team as...</description>
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<title>It's official: Griffey is returning</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:48:00 PST</pubDate>
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<description>The news has hit the in-box: The Mariners have announced that  Ken Griffey Jr. will return in 2010.</description>
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<title>It's all but official: Griffey is returning in 2010</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:18:00 PST</pubDate>
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<description>Ken Griffey Jr., the life of the Mariners' party in the 2009 season, will return to the team in 2010 to at least fill that role. The Mariners and...</description>
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<title>Ichiro now has enough Gold Gloves to field a team</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:13:00 PST</pubDate>
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<description>When I was a kid, I always wanted eight brothers so my family could field a full baseball team. Luckily for Mom (or maybe me), I never voiced that...</description>
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<title>Nothing new on the Griffey front</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:34:00 PST</pubDate>
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<description>It's 6:30 on Monday night, and Ken Griffey Jr. still isn't a Seattle Mariner for 2010.  Then again, he isn't a free agent, either.</description>
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<title>Polish the trophies, it's baseball's awards season</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:34:00 PST</pubDate>
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<description>The American League Gold Glove team will be announced Tuesday as baseball's awards season reaches full song for the next week.  The National League...</description>
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<title>Triunfel homers in Fall League Rising Stars game</title>
<pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:01:00 PST</pubDate>
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<description>Mariners shortstop prospect Carlos Triunfel hit a home run to help the West come from behind tonight to beat the East 8-7 in the Arizona Fall...</description>
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<title>Note to champions: Celebrate in taste, and please lose the eyewear</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:43:00 PST</pubDate>
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<description>Champagne and championships are as much a part of baseball as spitting and scratching, although that doesn't make either attractive.  Personally, I'm...</description>
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<title>Report: Mariners claim D-backs right-hander Petit</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:01:00 PST</pubDate>
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<description>The moritorium on announcements during the World Series will delay official release of this until Thursday at the earliest, but look for the Mariners...</description>
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<title>Catcher Johnson resting after second hip surgery</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:30:00 PST</pubDate>
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<description>Made a call to Mariners catcher Rob Johnson this afternoon to see if he's still feeling great after surgery Oct. 16 to repair the labrum in his right...</description>
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<title>My World Series prediction, plus thoughts on Griffey and Johjima</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:15:00 PST</pubDate>
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<description>Been away for a few days, but thought this would be a good time to throw out my World Series prediction.  I know, it's pretty cheesy to wait until...</description>
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