This team is so pathetically broke they won’t even replace the burnt out E on the stadium sign. It felt so in tune with how broke the owners have been acting this offseason.

You gotta love these guys… and hate these owners. Goms

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I just finished my taxes, and because reporting thresholds have changed, I now have a 1099-K so I have to do a detailed breakdown of all the Mariner's tickets I sold. I thought you might find some of this data interesting, especially as there are always so many comments around season ticket holders selling their tickets (think Jays, or Yankees games).

I had a full strip (all 81 games) in the "Main Level - Lower", for 4 seats. With dynamic pricing, the per game pricing is here:

https://imgur.com/a/VtWQEGd

For 81 games, the breakdown is

• single - 15 games @ $56 per seat
• double - 14 games @ $60 per seat
• triple - 29 games @ $65 per seat
• home run - 23 games @ $85 per seat

Total cost for a set of 4 in this area is $22,080. Here is my game breakdown:

• 18 games attended
• 2 games tickets went unsold
• 44 games tickets were sold at a loss after fees
• 17 games tickets were sold at a gain after fees

For the 17 games sold at a gain, I netted (sale price - fees - face value) a total of $751, or about $11 per ticket. For the 44 games sold at a loss, the net was -$3,066 or -$17 per ticket. That doesn't include the unsold tickets.

For the games I attended, the cost (face value of tickets used) was $5228, or about $72 per ticket.

Some takeaways:

• Buying season tickets to M's games for the intent purpose of reselling them at a profit is a fools game. Even in 2024 where the M's were in 1st place for a while, and finished with 85 wins, the face value + fees are just way too high for most games to cover your losses.
• Buying tickets on the secondary market is probably cheaper most of the time (buyers fees will eat into that considerably though).
• It's much cheaper just to buy single game tickets to the games you want to go to (either from the M's directly, or the secondary market) rather than buy a full strip and sell the ones you can't use. The big driver of this is how much $$ is lost on reselling low value tickets.

Feel free to ask me anything in this space (I'll probably ignore the inevitable "boycott the M's!" comments though).

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Was a fun little interview. Link to Kirkland's podcast page here

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A big congratulations on Ichiro’s induction into the Hall of Fame! His success wouldn’t have been the same without the incredible support of Mariners fans like you. I believe that this honor belongs to you all as well.

Well, I’m Japanese, and I was a child when Ichiro joined the Mariners. At the time, there was a lot of discussion on Japanese TV about his move to MLB. One topic I vividly remember was, “Could Ichiro’s pre at-bat ritual be perceived as provocative by Americans?” (Though as a child, I might not have fully grasped the nuance of this debate.)

Hearing this analysis, I worried that he might stop doing his iconic ritual. In the end, he didn’t, but looking back now, I wonder what that debate in Japan was really about. Were we, as Japanese, projecting a stereotypical image of how Americans might perceive it? Or were Japanese TV networks actually consulting American baseball journalists for their opinions? I’ve been curious about this for years, and I’d love to finally put this question to rest.

To Mariners fans, especially those who grew up in the US: What were your first impressions when you saw Ichiro’s pre at-bat ritual?

Edit: I sincerely appreciate everyone who has shared their first impressions of Ichiro. (New posts are still welcome.) Knowing that his rituals were received positively has finally cleared up a long-standing question for me!

according to Ken Rosenthal on X, didn't see it posted anywhere else so don't know how to make a post.

Alright folks, unfortunately it seems there is a decent chance that the addition of Donovan Solano is the only move our front office/ownership is going to make this offseason. Assuming this is true by Opening Day, what would be your preferred line up for the Mariners to go with in 2025? I am particularly interested in the infield positions outside of SS and of course DH.

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Jerry famously said that trading one of the Mariners’ young starters was “Plan Z.” So, is it time for Plan Z yet?

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