The Mariners $16 Million Dollar Gift
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 10/19/2009 — From MLBTR : "Catcher Kenji Johjima has opted out of the final two years of his contract, according to a press release from the Mariners. He'll resume his career back in Japan. The Mariners are apparently freed from the $16MM they'd have owed ...

Last Time In Seattle
sox35th.com 9/21/2009 — The reported attendance of Thursday’s White Sox-Mariners game in Seattle was just over 16,000 with game time temperatures in the low 70s complemented by a light breeze and plenty of sunshine. To those on hand, it was a perfect day for a ballgame, even if both teams had abandoned all hope ...

Roundtable: Ken Griffey Jr
mlbnotebook.com 10/5/2009 — This week's question:  Should Ken Griffey Jr. retire, or come back to the Mariners as a pinch hitter next season? Daniel says ...I don't know if Junior is willing to take that kind of minor bench role - if he is then he'd want to come back, and if he's not them he should retire. From ...

Why Can't the Mariners Sign Felix Hernandez?
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 9/18/2009 — This little nugget about Felix Hernandez caught my eye: "Felix will be an affordable, young, dynamic budding superstar of a pitcher in 2010. And his home is at the moment unknown. The Mariners don't have the talent to contend against the Angels in ...

Griffey Headed Back To The Mariners: Why?
tylersarticles.blogspot.com 20 days ago — Last week, I produced my preview of the 2010 free agent crop of designated hitters . Well, you can now eliminate one name from that list. According to reports, Ken Griffey Jr. is headed back for one more year with the Seattle Mariners. Griffey will be paid a guaranteed $2.0-M with the ...

A glimpse into yesteryear … and next year?
outsidethepressbox.com 9/19/2009 — If Felix Hernandez wins the Cy Young award, he can thank himself first … and Ichiro second. Hernandez was awesome against the Yankees tonight, going the distance and giving up just two runs. But he left the ninth inning with the Mariners down 2-1, and it didn’t look good with super-closer ...

Seattle Gets Better as Johjima Decides to Return to Japan
slanchreport.com 10/20/2009 — Wow! The Seattle Mariners just got incredibly fortunate, their catcher Kenji Jojhima has just opted out of his contract and is intending to return to Japan to finish his career there. The first Japanese catcher in the majors, Johjima’s first two seasons were solid, with his best ...

Ken Griffey Jr. open to playing another year in Seattle
sports.espn.go.com 9/4/2009 — OAKLAND, Calif. -- Ken Griffey Jr. sure seems like someone who wants to stick around the Seattle Mariners for another season. "If it works out for both sides, I'm fine," Griffey told The Associated Press before the Mariners opened a four-game series ...

Johjima leaves Seattle for Japan
azsnakepit.com 10/19/2009 — Johjima leaves Seattle for Japan Seattle Mariners Catcher Kenji Johjima has decided to forgo the last two years and $16M of his contract with the Mariners to return to Japan. Surely, the Mariners are pleased with this news, as Johjima had struggled mightily in 2009 and it allows them to ...

Mariners sign 40-year-old guy who hit .214 last year
stupidsportsblog.blogspot.com 20 days ago — I think one of the major reasons the aliens who watch over our planet with the cures for all of our diseases will never make themselves known to us is because of things like the Mariners re-signing Ken Griffey today . We are a people who are afraid of the future and live in the past, yet ...

NLDS | Phillies edge Rockies 5-4 to reach NLCS — The Seattle Times: Sports 10/13/2009
Ryan Howard hit a two-run double with two outs in the ninth inning and scored on Jayson Werth's single as the Philadelphia Phillies rallied past the Colorado Rockies 5-4 Monday night to reach the NL championship series

Extra innings: Arizona Fall League coverage begins — The Seattle Times: Sports 10/13/2009

Johnson prepares for multiple surgeries — Major League Baseball News 10/13/2009
Mariners catcher Rob Johnson, who served as right-hander Felix Hernandez's personal catcher for most of the season, will soon have hip surgery to repair a condition similar to what the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez had during Spring Training.

Dustin Ackley takes BP in Arizona — The Seattle Times: Sports 10/13/2009

Rob Johnson to have three, perhaps four surgeries — The Seattle Times: Sports 10/13/2009