Update on attendance coming Saturday:

On July 28th, we’ll celebrate.

No, we won’t celebrate the firing, or eventual firing of Mike Hargrove. We won’t poke fun at a potentially serious situation where the Mariners former manager decided it was best to leave his post as skipper of the Emerald City Nine.

What we will do is celebrate a new beginning. A new manager, a new attitude, and a brand new feeling of baseball this summer. The Seattle Mariners have found a way to turn things around after three seasons of torture.

They didn’t do it the conventional way, and they certainly didn’t do it in a manner that made much sense to anyone, but the M’s are a pretty good baseball team right now, and damnit, that’s enough to warrant a party all by itself.

And just when we thought we’d ONLY be celebrating a pretty fun Mariners season, they went and re-signed Ichiro, the league’s MVP.

When: Saturday, July28th, probably at 3 or 4 pm.

Where: Mulleady’s in Magnolia (Address and directions to come)

Who’s Invited: Everyone is invited, but we will need to limit the attendees due to space. I’ll post more information in a day or so, including how the process will be handled.

The Cost: There will be no cost to you, unless you want beer or something, and I may find a route to take care of that, too. The bar menu will run as a tab that will be taken care of at the end of the night.

What Will We Do?: We’ll eat, talk baseball, including about the M’s game that will end in the 4 o’clock hour, and I’ll share a notebook full of news, notes and tidbits that will include any and all trade rumors.

I’ll speak on other subjects such as the status of GM Bill Bavasi, who is in the final year of his contract, as well as center fielder Ichiro, to whom the M’s have just given the team’s largest contract.

I’ll have some news on the M’s ownership group, some of you will already have heard it from me by then if you don’t by now, including the rumors this spring that former GM and consultant Pat Gillick wants in when Nintendo sells the club.

We’ll give away some game tickets to the M’s, Rainiers and AquaSox and maybe a few others prizes that we can come up with.

There aren’t going to be any special guests, as we’re in the middle of the season and the players, coaches, managers and such are all hard at work. But you’ll be surrounded by nothing but Mariners fans who are as giddy as you are that the M’s are hunting down the Halos and are one of the best four or five teams in the game. It’s been a long time coming - seems like 10 years - and this town deserves a winner.

Other activities may be added as we get a little closer to the 28th, but I guess those will just be a little surprise if they come about.

You’ll be welcome to stay and eat and drink until management kicks us out.

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