Mike Sweeney News

January 2000: David Glass steps down as president and CEO of Wal-Mart. This will free me up to spend a little more time to do the things that I have a real passion for, he says.

From a 101-loss team that bickered and was in complete disarray, Seattle had become a place where the players were happy and, more significantly, a place where the team had a chance to win on any given day.

Just spoke to Ryan Langerhans down in southern Texas, where he's off with some buddies on a white-tailed deer hunting trip.

Don Wakamatsu had a whirlwind first year as manager of the Mariners. The soft-spoken former big league catcher led his team to a dramatic turnaround, going 85-77 a year after the club finished with the worst record in the American League at 61-101. The 24-game improvement was the best in the Majors in 2009 and garnered Wakamatsu recognition in the ...

Update 1 p.m.: The Mariners must also make a decision on whether to offer salary arbitration to their non-ranked free agents -- Russ Branyan, Endy Chavez, Mike Sweeney, and Miguel Batista .

The old-guy market may not be so hot this offseason, so Gary Sheffield is making sure he's not one of the old guys shut out of the 2010 season.

Some interesting Mariners prospects have been added to the team's 40-man roster, including two players making noise this week.

Tomorrow is the start of the free-agency period, where the Mariners can window-shop for some of the bigger names from other teams.

Baseball's shopping season begins in earnest today when teams are allowed to negotiate with all 171 players who filed for free agency.

The Hot Stove portion of the baseball season is in full swing and the Mariners have several holes to fill before the start of Spring Training.

Ichiro, left, and Ken Griffey Jr. slap hands as teammates carry them off the field after the team's 4-3 win over Texas put the final touches on the Mariners' turnaround season.

Mark Lowe is living his dream as a major league relief pitcher, but that dream became something special this year when he played on the same team as his childhood idol, Ken Griffey Jr.

Adrian Beltre and Mike Sweeney were among the 79 players that didn't waste any time and filed for free agency today on the first day they could do so.

The end of the World Series means the start of a new "season" for seven Mariners.

UPDATE 4:07 P.M.: The union just released the list of players that filed for free agency today.

Free agent Matsui says he might like to join his pal Ichiro in Seattle next year.

Ken Griffey Jr. made $3.5 million last season with Seattle while batting .214 with 19 homers.

For the past three years, Mariners reliever Mark Lowe was an interested spectator at the annual Hutch Award luncheon held at Safeco Field.

What David Aardsma loved most about the Seattle Mariners of 2009 was the hope they carried into 2010.

SOMETIMES acceptance is found in the strangest places, at the oddest times. So, sure, Raul Ibanez noticed when the paying customers at Citizens Bank Park began chanting Rauuuul earlier in the year and how loudly they cheered when he hit that walkoff homer against the Padres in April.