In the midst of spring time and the entertaining playoff basketball that comes with it, the high hopes I placed on my Seattle Mariners of the American League West are slowly diminishing. The M's of the northwest had lost five in a row and 10 of their last 11 (before beating the Chicago White Sox 6-3 on May 11), two of the contests being shutouts, only scoring a combined seven runs in the losing efforts. The problem is apparent in this dismal 15-24 start, good for last in the AL West in case you were wondering. The Mariner's bats haven't produced what their big chunky contracts said they could produce. Third baseman Adrian Beltre is batting a horrific .254 and is making 13,400,000 big ones. The 15.5 million dollar Richie Sexson has more stikeouts than hits and seems to be better at hitting pitchers with his helmet than putting a piece of wood to a ball. His current five game suspension could be the best thing that has happen to a team since I don't know when.
Ponder these discouraging facts with me for a moment and see if you can digest one of these explanations as a solution. Either they have simply accepted the fact that they have no chance at winning another pennant until they make a big trade to get A-Rod back in the evergreen state, they have given up hope on a manager that they didn't place much hope in in the first place, or they are buckling under the pressure of a city that has seen their Sonics move east to Oklahoma City.
It could be all of those circumstances or none of them, but none the less, I would advise you on one thing:
Don't sleep on Seattle.
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