3 Games in 6 days

The Sounders are facing a depleted Red Bull(s) team tonight. This is great to hear, normally fans of any team facing the Sounders would hear that their team is facing a depleted Sounders squad. The Red Bulls are missing 5 starters due to injury, suspension, and international call ups. However the Sounders will be short a man as they are missing Jhon Kennedy Hurtado after he was sent off in the 49' of Saturday's game against Toronto.

This game will have goals, we will not see a 0 0 draw at home. The Red Bulls have suspect center backs and will give up multiple good looks a game. Look for Montero to have multiple shots on goal tonight. They also score a lot of goals, even without Henry I will be surprised to see Seattle keep a clean sheet.

Sunday against New England. No excuses. Take 3 points.

Then the Kitsap Puma's look to stop Seattle's US Open Cup dominance on the 28th. Will be probably only reserves for Seattle, but our reserves are great, posting a 6-0-0 record in reserve league play thus far.

very bad writing, I know. Not concrete thoughts that flow all that well. I am short on time, so thats my excuse

full green man

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Mariners vs. Nationals

Well boy, we're in for a real treat tonight seeing our Marinrs battling those Nationals. The Mariners shouldn't get too cozy over the National's bad record, because their pitchers have a special talent against our men.  I'm fairly sure Franklin will be stealing a base or two tonight, which will be a big boost to our offensive pressures. Maybe that Doug Fister can even pop out a single or two. I've been warning the Mariners not to let their guard down, and I really think this one's going to be a doozy if they don't keep their eyes peeled for trouble!

Dustin Ackley

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Mariners fun time

I really wanted the Mariners to win today and the Rangers lose. That would have put both teams even at first place. Instead the Mariners lost 2-1 at home to Baltimore. This result ended my optimism and brought me back to reality. The Mariners are the 3rd best team in their own division, at best. The starters are great of course, well at least 3 of them, the bullpen has been better than expected as well, but they still run out the worst offensive lineup in the majors. The team is built for pitching and defense, and the deep dimensions of Safeco Field play to the Mariners strategy. But the team is not capable of scoring runs, the hitting is so bad that they continually make average pitchers look great. Outstanding pitching "won't do ya" too well if the other club's pitching staff can breeze through your hitters.

Thats all.

Don't let this picture fool you, Carlos Peguero sucks. Despite getting to the wall and robbing a home run here, he is not a good fielder. He has some power at the plate but now every pitcher throws it in on his hands and his approach is to swing as hard as he can and maybe get to the ball, even though he would just rip it foul everytime in that position. This team would be better off running Erik Bedard out in left field and batting him 6th in the lineup(278 ba).