Maybe the Ms are reading the paper

Mark Matassa Jul 5, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Maybe the Ms are reading the paper</h1>
                <h2><p>Larry Stone, the superb Seattle Times sports columnist, began a piece this week with a hopeful, maybe even desperate claim: “There’s a good baseball team lurking within the Mariners, struggling to get out.” The evidence so far this season has been to the contrary, but Stone made a good</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/mmatassa-mac-com/">Mark Matassa</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://dev.cascadepbs.org/content/images/sites/default/files/images/article/gallery/lloyd_mcclendon_mariners_july_2014_1.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Mariners" loading="lazy" width="300" height="199"></figure><p>Larry Stone, the superb <em>Seattle Times</em> sports columnist, began a piece this week with a hopeful, maybe even desperate claim: “There’s a good baseball team lurking within the Mariners, struggling to get out.” The evidence so far this season has been to the contrary, but Stone made a good case for patience among fans. As if on cue, the team crushed the San Diego Padres at Safeco field Tuesday night, 11-4. The rout included six home runs – two by the light-hitting catcher Mike Zunino – and was the first victory of the year for pitcher James Paxton. That’s four wins in a row for the Ms, a season-best streak.</p>
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Larry Stone, the superb Seattle Times sports columnist, began a piece this week with a hopeful, maybe even desperate claim: “There’s a good baseball team lurking within the Mariners, struggling to get out.” The evidence so far this season has been to the contrary, but Stone made a good case for patience among fans. As if on cue, the team crushed the San Diego Padres at Safeco field Tuesday night, 11-4. The rout included six home runs – two by the light-hitting catcher Mike Zunino – and was the first victory of the year for pitcher James Paxton. That’s four wins in a row for the Ms, a season-best streak.

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