Fair question about athletic redemption: Do you get full credit for timely heroism if you put yourself in the dire straits in the first place?The Seattle Seahawks drove for the game-winning field goal in the final 28 seconds to win 23-20, after having given up 14 points to the Arizona Cardinals in the preceding four minutes.Jason Myers booted the winner from 52 yards after … [Read more...] about Dave Boling: Still doubting Sam Darnold? Seahawks QB has checked all the boxes.
Mariners clinch top-two seed in AL playoffs with Guardians’ loss
SEATTLE – The Mariners clinched at least the No. 2 seed in the American League playoffs before the first pitch was thrown at T-Mobile Park on Thursday night.Less than hour before they took the field to play the Colorado Rockies, the Mariners watched in the clubhouse as the Tigers held on for a 4-2 victory over the Guardians, salvaging one win in the three-game series and … [Read more...] about Mariners clinch top-two seed in AL playoffs with Guardians’ loss
Even Cal Raleigh’s peers can’t believe 60 HR season: ‘What he’s doing is extremely ridiculous’
Here, in the stretch run of a grueling journey his peers can barely comprehend, Cal Raleigh shot down the idea that he’s accomplishing anything extraordinary.“Catchers usually are pretty tired at this point in the year,” he said on the phone last week, “but you could say the same thing for everybody.”Lately, that’s been the standard line from the Seattle Mariners’ star slugger, … [Read more...] about Even Cal Raleigh’s peers can’t believe 60 HR season: ‘What he’s doing is extremely ridiculous’
Commentary: Mariners don’t reach MLB playoffs without unsung heroes
At 2:28 p.m. on Tuesday, a Seattle Mariners employee attached a camera to a wall beside Eugenio Suárez’s locker at T-Mobile Park, just in case there was a celebration to come. On the opposite end, Josh Naylor petted Tucker – the team’s lab/retriever mix – while wearing a Mariners hockey jersey with his nickname, “Naylz,” printed on the back. Up the tunnel, Jorge Polanco … [Read more...] about Commentary: Mariners don’t reach MLB playoffs without unsung heroes
Mariners clinch American League West title for first time since 2001
Season after season, they could only watch as someone else took their turn atop a place that seemed to grow farther away with each passing year.When the 2001 Mariners ran away with the American League West, clinching their third division title (1995, 1997) on Sept. 19, and rolling to an MLB-record 116 wins, turning then-Safeco Field into the coolest place to be from April until … [Read more...] about Mariners clinch American League West title for first time since 2001