Date archive: October 2013

Boston did it the right way; now what will the Mariners do?

By Terry Benish Special to The Sports Paper The Red Sox closed out their World Series win against St. Louis Wednesday night in Game six, the first time since 1918 the ...

Rams may have found the way to beat the Seahawks

Terry Mosher I don’t think I have ever seen a football game like the one that occurred last Sunday in St. Louis, and I have seen thousands of them. The team ...

It’s the month of Halloween and the Tuna are practically jumping into the boat

Earl Sande Two weeks ago I got a phone call from Tim Zech saying he would really like to go tuna fishing one more time before the fall weather made fishing ...

Is Chris Taylor the newest youngster to join the M’s?

Chris Taylor By Terry Benish Special to The Sports Paper In the Arizona Fall League, the Mariners have two players and three pitchers performing. By far the standout so far is ...

Few people reach greatness, but Don James did

Terry Mosher I don’t think we get to see many greats during our lives. And when I say “Great”, I reserve that word for people who are obvious, people who stand ...

Silverdale Stadium to get an extreme make-over

Bumming around town with Bill Bumerton Bumerton is a retired Navy fighter pilot who had been missing in action for several years while he traversed the globe looking for greener grass. He ...

The Mariners could learn from the Cardinals on how to put a successful baseball team together

By Terry Benish Special to The Sports Paper Tomorrow the World Series begins between the Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals. Is there a basis to contrast either of ...

Time does slow down as you age: In pursuit of the elusive 7-minute mile

Clay Moyle and son Caleb Does a 7-minute mile sound awfully slow to you? It sure does to me. I’m working with three young girls on their basketball skills on ...

Is using redskins as a mascot name right or wrong?

Bumming around town with Bill Bumerton Bumerton is a retired Navy fighter pilot who had been missing in action for several years while he traversed the globe looking for greener grass. He ...

We may never see again the likes of Don James — The Dawgfather

Terry Mosher Just received an email from former Sun sportswriter Roger Underwood and he said Don James is home under hospice care. Don is 80 years old and is suffering from a ...

Muscle and Mayhem. The Saginaw Kid and The Fistic World of The 1890s

Clay Moyle and son Caleb I’m not sure why, but for some reason I had never been all that curious about George “Kid” Lavigne, a.k.a. “The Saginaw Kid.” so I wouldn’t have ...

Right wing wackos are killing democracy and herding us all off the fiscal cliff.

By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper We are now closer than I can remember to being a country without a government. The right wing of the Republican Party has taken this ...

The new Dawg Pound looks good, but the pounding the Dawgs took from the Ducks didn’t

Terry Mosher Some random thoughts from the Boneyard on a day that feels like a mix of summer and fall – sunshine, calm, and temperatures that struggle to nuzzle up against ...

A peak at M’s players in winter ball, and what went wrong this season, and why

Terry Benish Special to The Sports Paper The Mariners have at least 10 players playing winter ball. There may be more, but that is what my research shows ...

Freshman Madison and a talented defense help Olympic subdue Klahowya, 27-0

By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper BREMERTON – Olympic High School reached down to Fairview Junior High Friday night at Silverdale Stadium to keep itself in the Olympic League football race ...

Ellsbury signing would be an upgrade, but really, does anybody believe he will sign with the M’s?

By Terry Benish Special to The Sports Paper I’ve attached a link at the bottom to a really nice piece at Lookout Landing on Jacoby Ellsbury. In addition there also is ...

Ellsbury to the Mariners rumor likely is a bunch of hooey

By Terry Benish Special to The Sports Paper The Boston Red Sox are in the American League Championship series soon to commence against Detroit or Oakland and today writer Ken Rosenthal ...

M’s don’t get it: It’s all about good players, draft or free agents

By Terry Benish Special to The Sports Paper Over the past year in this market there has been a roiling debate about the financial commitment of the Mariners as measured by ...

The music brings back memories of the surfer girl and the long, lonely nights

It was 1963 and my dark years were in full bloom, but they were not as dark as they were for a old girlfriend. My “Ferndale Flower” came down ...

CK’s Avery sisters don’t leave a thing to chance in their quest to be the best swimmers they can be

From left, Natalie Pierce, Leah Avery, Sarah Avery By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper Swimming is a minor sport when it comes to high school. Not that it is bad, it just ...