Tag: news
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Mariners Put Some of Their Money Where Their Mouth is; Extend JP Crawford
While most Mariners fans were either on their way to work or still staring sleepily into a bowl of soggy Frosted Mini Wheats, Jeff Passan broke the news that the team has signed shortstop JP Crawford to a five-year extension. Rapid analysis: Good! Your favorite captain of an internet blog ship has been banging this […]
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Baseballs Underperforming Early On in Spring Training
With the lockout taking away the majority of the offseason and a lot of precious prep time, everyone is scrambling to get up to speed in the short window before Opening Day. And not just the players, coaches, and executives — the baseballs themselves are feeling this time crunch as well. Typically, Major League baseballs […]
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BREAKING: Baseball Embraces The Bold Future! Bazinga!
Announced Thursday, the professional sports league formerly known as Major League Baseball will now be known as Major League Baseball Presented By BazingaBuxxxACurrencyForANewGeneration (MLBazingaBuxxx). Sources say that the final sticking point for BazingaBuxxx(A Currency For A New Generation) was the abbreviation shifting from MLB to MLBazingaBuxxx and insertion of “Buxxx” replacing “Flag” in the National […]
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Rays $/fWAR Championship Parade Draws 0.000012 Million Fans
An estimated (fractional) million fans jammed downtown Tampa (or St Pete, it’s not actually Tampa; we’re not sure) on Tuesday for a parade celebrating the Tampa Bay Rays sixth $/fWAR title, clamoring for more with cheers of “We want seven!”, “Pivot This, Oakland!” and “Next year, right here, or Montreal, I guess!” A fiscally responsible […]
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2021-2022 Offseason “Get Good Players” Tracker
Welcome to the first ever official Trident Deck Get Good Players Tracker! Whenever the Seattle Mariners acquire a good player, this page will update! It’s that simple. This cutting-edge technology will help you understand which of the team’s offseason moves are made in the spirit of the most important team-building strategy: “get good players.” Now […]
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A Much-Deserved Reward
I politely remind my daughter to eat her dinner. It is five microwaved dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets, and a handful of grapes. It is what she requested. It’s been sitting next to her for ten minutes, as she stares at the television where talking ponies with tattoos on their haunches are tackling some new dilemma through […]
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Location for the First Annual Trident Deck Wiffle Ball Home Run Derby
Sailor, we are 8 weeks out and I am happy that I can officially share with you where our event will be taking place! We are going to be hanging out and thumping plastic ding-dangers at North Meridian Park in Kent! It’s gonna be a great fit. There’s a good sized parking lot and an […]
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UPDATE: First Annual Trident Deck Charity Wiffle Ball Home Run Derby
WHEN: Saturday, September 18th! For those of you who can’t make it this date, I’m truly bummed but it looks like this will be best overall. We’re looking at an 11 am start time. WHERE: North Meridian Park in Kent! SE 230th StKent, WA 98031United States CHARITY: The most important part. Very excited to announce […]
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Mariners Acquire Jack Bauer in Exchange for PTBNL
While a lot of the shine has worn off of Jack, the pedigree is still there and it’s good to see the Mariners make a buy-low move for a very talented special agent like this when they have so little depth at that position. Bauer should step in and get regular time on the job […]
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