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BALTIMORE – A long, slow, agonizing afternoon stretched into a long, slow, agonizing evening for the Mariners, who endured a three-hour weather delay before having to endure the nastiness of Orioles young flamethrower Grayson Rodriguez.

BALTIMORE – Side to side, Bryce Miller tends to sway when he walks, like a canoe floating aimlessly down a tepid river.

SEATTLE – The automatic ball-strike system was introduced in Triple-A baseball a couple of years ago, and there is widespread belief that its arrival at the major-league level is inevitable – coming perhaps as soon as 2025.

SEATTLE – If it happens, it won’t be because of luck. It won’t be “good vibes” or “chemistry” or even desire.

SEATTLE – Back in 2008, beloved media figure and occasional philosopher Tim Kurkjian wrote, “Baseball is the best game in part because every night you go to the ballpark, you might see something you’ve never seen before.”

Andres Muñoz hoisted the celebratory piece in the air with his right arm, drawing a roar from the remaining crowd gathered behind the T-Mobile Park home dugout and punctuating a gutsy performance from the Seattle Mariners’ patchwork bullpen in a 4-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals.

The Mariners suffered a frustrating 4-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals in a game that they controlled for most of it.

“Hot Dogs from Heaven,” as the Mariners’ marketing team dubbed it, is the latest attempt by a Major League Baseball team to push the envelope for its in-game promotions. 

The Mariners are in first place with just under three weeks until the calendar flips to June, and yet, they've largely underachieved thus far. It's a combination that could indicate the best is yet to come for the Mariners, but for that to happen, they'll have to get the bats going. 

SEATTLE – Irritable and untouchable, George Kirby blissfully found his comfort zone Monday night.

SEATTLE – After a frustrating Saturday evening where they felt helpless and humbled to the breaks of baseball, seeing hard-hit ball after hard-it ball get turned into outs and defensive highlights on stellar plays made by the Oakland A’s in an eventual loss, the Mariners made a major adjustment to their offensive plan for Sunday’s series finale.