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Ken Griffey Jr. and Franklin Gutierrez tip their caps during a game against the Yankees earlier this season.

If it's September, left-hander Ryan Rowland-Smith must be on a roll. The pride of Newcastle, Australia, makes his next-to-last start of the regular season on Sunday afternoon in the Mariners' series finale against the Blue Jays, gunning for his sixth quality start in his past seven outings.

The conquest for "an ace" has lead many teams astray. Recent history gives us the 2008 Mariners as a team that ignored wounds elsewhere on the roster in favor of shipping an assortment of young talent to another club for a marketable frontline pitcher.

Felix Hernandez won't help the Seattle Mariners reach the playoffs, but he may still help himself to a major postseason award.

This little nugget about Felix Hernandez caught my eye: "Felix will be an affordable, young, dynamic budding superstar of a pitcher in 2010.

I keep hearing rumors that the Mariners are getting trade offers for Felix Hernandez.

The question I pose today is this: Why should Mariners' fans feel more optimistic about their team's future than they did at this time two years ago? Or, in fact, should they? In 2007, after 140 games, the Mariners stood 74-66, second in the AL West, nine games behind the Angels.

A federal appellate judge has ordered the preservation of all evidence that allegedly shows 104 Major League Baseball players tested positive for steroids in 2003.

Never fails, does it? Write about a guy one day not catching as much as he used to, the next thing you know, he's getting the bulk of the assignments.

Life in the fast lane isn't working out too well for Luke French. The Mariners pulled their young starter from some fiery wreckage for a second straight outing and had some advice for him if he plans on making next year's rotation: Slow things down.

This season is rapidly winding down, with the Mariners managing to finish August a game over .500 for the month despite last night's 10-0 demolition at the hands of a superior Angels squad.

Adam Jones' breakthrough season with the Baltimore Orioles could be over. A fluke injury has left the All-Star center fielder on crutches with a severe left ankle sprain.

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