30 Teams in 30 Days continues as I start off coverage with the AL West. At the bottom at the AL West in the 2010 season was the Seattle Mariners. The Mariners have been lacking in the past few seasons, and last season went 61-101. That's pretty rough. The 2010 season looked to be a great year for the Mariners after obtaining Cliff Lee in the 2009 off season, but after Lee went "head hunting" in the 2010 preseason, he was suspended. Then around mid-season Lee went to the Rangers. Sometimes I feel like the Mariners aren't cut out for baseball, and Seattle always seems so depressing. And overcast. But going back to Seattle baseball, the Mariners still have "King" Felix, and Hernandez is without a doubt, an ace. He was in the AL Cy Young race, even with a record of 13-12. Other notable players on the Mariners are players like Ichiro Suzuki and Chone Figgins. Ichiro is one of the most consistent, and fastest ballplayers there are out there. He has 10 consecutive seasons with at least 200 hits, and just to let you know how talented he truly is: He has been voted Rookie of the Year and AL MVP in the same season, 9 All-Star Teams, 10 Gold Gloves, 6 hit streaks with 20 games or more (the highest being 27), an AL MVP in 2007, and the only player to hit an inside the park home run in an All-Star Game. With a player like that, why aren't the Mariners like what they were in the early 2000s? I'm sorry to say, but the Mariners do not have much of a chance to contend this year in the American League, but I do wish them luck in the 2011 season, and hope they have a better record.
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