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Need a Mariners break? Seattle friends hope they have a hit on their hands with baseball trivia game

Baseball fans looking to dive deeper into their favorite team or take on a diversion from the current state of… Read More

‘Blue screen of death’ at the ballpark: How the Mariners tapped a tech nerve in viral rally video

While some Major League Baseball teams call on a monkey for help, or try to chop their way to a… Read More

Microsoft President Brad Smith and wife Kathy Surace-Smith join Mariners ownership group

Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith and his wife Kathy Surace-Smith have purchased a stake in the Seattle Mariners,… Read More

Is baseball ready for robot umpires? We fielded an informal survey at the MLB All-Star Game in Seattle

Tuesday night’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Seattle attracted a sea of fans rooting for a variety of players… Read More

Drones light up Seattle sky with baseball images and more as part of All-Star Game celebration

Seattle Mariners star Julio Rodriguez hopes to knock the lights out in Monday’s MLB All-Star Game Home Run Derby. On… Read More

LEGO builder’s T-Mobile Park gets major upgrade in time for Seattle Mariners season opener

It’s Opening Day at T-Mobile Park — both the real version of the Seattle Mariners ballpark and the LEGO version, which… Read More

The old brick ballpark: LEGO fanatic has a hit on his hands with Seattle Mariners stadium build

The Seattle Mariners have been busy assembling the building blocks for a potential run to the World Series. Shane Deegan… Read More

Move over, bobbleheads: Seattle Mariners to release NFT digital collectible at upcoming game

Free posters, batting gloves and bobbleheads are great, but the Seattle Mariners are tapping into futuristic technology to celebrate baseball’s… Read More

Seattle Mariners look to improve performance with smart ring that measures sleep and recovery data

OK, it’s not a World Series ring, but the Seattle Mariners are taking strides to improve performance through technology by… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella throws out virtual first pitch for Seattle Mariners — with ‘Halo’ helpers

Satya Nadella is a big fan of cricket. But on Sunday he wound up for a different sport as the… Read More

Seattle Mariners try to keep fans in the game with streaming practices, virtual cheering and more

If you’re going to root, root, root for Mariners in Seattle these days, you’re going to have to do it… Read More

Taken out of the ball game, coaches go online to teach skills and aid Fred Hutch’s COVID-19 fight

Tanner Swanson was a week away from starting his first full season in the Major Leagues as a member of… Read More

Amazon inks deal to stream New York Yankees baseball games on Prime Video

Amazon is expanding its sports media footprint with a new deal to stream New York Yankees baseball games this season.… Read More

More Pop! in the lineup: Funko Field is new name for minor league baseball stadium north of Seattle

The Seattle Mariners will be playing in a hometown stadium with a new name this season, and so will the… Read More

Seattle Mariners joining other pro sports franchises with increased move to mobile ticketing

The Seattle Mariners have a bunch of new faces on the field, a new name on the stadium and an… Read More

Mariners fans tee off on T-Mobile Park and take shots against new Seattle baseball stadium name

When your team has the longest post-season drought in all of American professional sports, there is little news — short… Read More

Mariners see magenta: T-Mobile Park is the new name for Seattle’s pro baseball stadium

Mariners fans, meet magenta. Seattle’s pro baseball stadium will be named T-Mobile Park for the next 25 years after a… Read More

T-Mobile Field? Uncarrier Park? Report says wireless giant to assume naming rights for Seattle baseball stadium

The Safeco Field signage came down from Seattle’s baseball stadium a week ago, and according to a new report, the… Read More

Lorena Martin

Seattle Mariners’ data guru Lorena Martin rips team’s leadership after being fired from unique job

Lorena Martin, the first Director of High Performance with the Seattle Mariners, is out after just one season with the… Read More

TLDR: MLB commentary with robots, flying cars, facial recognition in schools

Today’s featured stories MLB partners with Amazon Web Services to predict pitches and analyze live games with robots Agent 007… Read More

MLB partners with Amazon Web Services to predict pitches and analyze live games with robots

Deeper stats, predicted pitches, and live commentary produced by robots in the voice of iconic announcers — it could all… Read More

Seattle Mariners turn ahead clock, again, to 2027 and the fun is in the geeky, futuristic details

The Seattle Mariners went back to the future on Saturday night with a celebration rooted in the past. In honor… Read More

Seattle Mariners

Play by play: How I caught the Mariners no-hitter, and what it says about the new era of sports

Embed from Getty Images I didn’t know that Seattle Mariners pitcher James Paxton was throwing a no-hitter against the Toronto… Read More

Diamond Kinetics uses embedded sensors to help MLB batters and pitchers improve performance

From inside a lab at the University of Pittsburgh to a local Dunkin Donuts shop and finally to Major League… Read More

Lorena Martin

Geek of the Week: Lorena Martin brings edge to Seattle Mariners as physical and mental data guru

If baseball is a numbers game, who better to have on your team than a true data geek? For the… Read More

Safeco Field

Photos show Seattle Mariners’ home ballpark being torn up as Safeco Field gets a major resurfacing

If the Seattle Mariners “left it all on the field” at the end of the 2017 baseball season they won’t… Read More

Seattle Mariners pitcher and Moose mascot stand up against internet bullies in new kids book

Not content with just battling opponents on the baseball field, the Seattle Mariners are taking on internet bullies, too, with… Read More

How these Mariners minor leaguers ended up spending more than $650 on an Uber

After American Airlines threw Tacoma Rainiers infielder D.J. Peterson some sort of curveball, he and his teammates Daniel Vogelbach, Pat… Read More

Jerry Dipoto

Seattle Mariners GM Jerry Dipoto: Team is at cutting edge of analyzing players’ mental health — and they eat right, too

Seattle Mariners GM Jerry Dipoto has been around baseball for a lot of years, as a player and as an… Read More

Alexa at the ballpark: Testing Amazon Echo inside a Seattle Mariners suite at Safeco Field

Amazon’s voice technology has made its way into Major League Baseball. Earlier this month, the Seattle Mariners became the first… Read More

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