Rick Rizzs

Let’s not sugarcoat it: 76-86. That’s the final tally on the 50th season of Mariners baseball, and no one in that ballpark on Sunday was pretending otherwise. The Mariners beat the Angels 7-3 in Game 162, splitting the four-game farewell series 2-2 and handing Los Angeles the first 100-loss season in franchise history — a 62-100 finish for a club that had been the only team in Major League Baseball never to lose 100 games. Somebody had to end the streak. It might as well be us. ...

Let’s not sugarcoat it: this season was a disaster. The Mariners led the division on July 5th, then went 25-38 with the worst offense in baseball — 577 runs, shut out 15 times — one year after winning the AL West and taking the ALCS to Game 7. The clubhouse is about to empty out, the manager probably isn’t coming back, and half the roster might be wearing different uniforms by spring. ...