Mariners by any other name still can’t find a clutch hit, lose to Giants 4-3

Bats can’t get enough going against an unintentional Giants bullpen day

Today is the anniversary of the Seattle baseball club officially being christened “Mariners.” In 1979, the organization ran a contest to name their nascent team: over 15,000 entries were submitted, several of them “Mariners.” However, the team opted to give the prize—season tickets and an all-expenses-paid trip to see the team play on the road once—to a man named Roger Szmodis...