Mariners flirted with 100 losses
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SEATTLE -- Bob Melvin has been fired as manager of the Seattle Mariners, team spokesman Tim Hevly said Monday. Melvin said recently that he expected to return next season but wasn&#39;t sure if the front office had decided to keep him.
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SEATTLE -- Mike Hargrove went out a winner. Hours after Seattle's manager abruptly resigned in a surprise move, Jose Guillen hit a tying home run in the eighth inning and a game-ending single in the ninth to help the Mariners beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 2-1, yesterday for their eighth straight victory.
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SEATTLE - Bob Melvin was fired as manager of the Seattle Mariners on Monday, a day after the team ended the season with its 99th loss.    Melvin, who lasted two seasons, was told of the decision during a morning meeting at Safeco Field, and general manager Bill Bavasi called a news conference later in the day...
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The Seattle Mariners never saw it coming. Not in the middle of a long winning streak. Mike Hargrove stunned his team Sunday when the manager resigned hours before the Mariners rallied past the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 for their eighth consecutive victory &#151; the longest current run in the major leagues.
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Melvin just completed his second season at the helm of the  Mariners. Seattle finished last in the AL West this year with a  63-99 record after posting a 93-69 mark in 2003.
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The Seattle Mariners fired manager Bob Melvin on Monday, one day after the team finished a 63-99 season. &quot;There&#39;s plenty of blame to go around, from my position to his to the scouts to the players themselves,&quot; general manager Bill Bavasi said.
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Ichiro Suzuki singled twice for the Seattle Mariners in a 3-0 loss to the Texas Rangers, extending his Major League Baseball season record for hits to 262 on the campaign&#39;s final day.
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The Seattle Mariners thumped the New York Yankess 7-1 on Monday to snap a season-high nine-game losing streak and cut the Yankees' lead in the American League wild card race to one game.
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Melvin just completed his second season at the helm of the Mariners. Seattle finished last in the AL West this year with a 63-99 record after posting a 93-69 mark in 2003.
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Jose Guillen's bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the ninth scored Ichiro Suzuki from third, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2-1 Friday night for their third straight win.
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While Ichiro Suzuki is closing in on a big record, the Anaheim Angels keep stumbling in their effort to gain ground in the playoff chase.    Suzuki went 5-for-5 to pull within 14 hits of George Sisler's major league record of 257, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Angels 7-3 Tuesday night...
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Mariners were playing in front of the smallest crowd they&#39;d seen in seven weeks. And yet the crowd noise proved to be the Mariners&#39; downfall in a 6-5 loss to the Oakland Athletics, who remained atop the American League West.
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After consecutive late-game collapses, the beleaguered Baltimore bullpen was filled with high fives and hugs. And only one Orioles reliever got into the game. Jay Payton had three hits, including a two-run double that keyed a five-run rally, and starter Daniel Cabrera went a much-needed eight innings to lead Baltimore over the Seattle Mariners 9-5 Wednesday and stop the Orioles' five-game losing streak.
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Mike Hargrove knows just what he&#39;s getting into as the new manager of the last-place Seattle Mariners. After all, he lost 98, 95 and 91 games in his final three years with Baltimore.
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Ichiro Suzuki passed Ty Cobb on Friday night in his inexorable march to overtake George Sisler. And Raul Ibanez set one Mariners&#39; record and tied another in an 8-7 victory over the Rangers.
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The free-falling Seattle Mariners lost manager John McLaren during a heated argument, then lost for the 15th time in 17 games when they were beaten by the Oakland Athletics 7-4 Tuesday night.
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In a season that is a story of disappointment overall, the Mariners have had a few feel-good stories, including that of Mickey Lopez.