Mariners Analysis

Thursday, August 03, 2006

Oakland comes to town

Of course everyone is excited to see the A's this weekend. The team is playing well, and the hype over the importance of this series will grow as each inning is played.

In the ten games this season, the A's have outscored the M's by 30 runs! (Fifty nine to twenty nine.) Watching the M's the last month, that seems hard to believe. Even when they have lost, it seems to come in extra innings or low scoring games. It's been awhile since the team has been blown out of a series, so we should expect a good showing since the teams confidence is high right now.

Every long time Mariner player & fan knows the A's own Seattle in Oakland. It is past the point of figuring out how or why, we just have to accept it as fact. However, there is no reason this needs to happpen in Safeco, so there is good reason to be excited about this weekend.

If the M's win the series, they will be over .500 and absolutely in the race for the playoffs. It's the most important series in Seattle in almost 3 years.

Get your tickets now, clear out your calendar this weekend and get ready for some great baseball.