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As a baseball team, the Seattle Mariners have occupied a spot in the American League’s Western Division since their creation in 1977. Initially playing ball in the Kingdome, the team has called Safeco Field home since 1999. Known familiarly as the “M’s,” Seattle was given the formal name “Mariners” for the dominant marine culture in the Pacific Northwest. Up until 1991, the club failed to complete a winning season and didn’t see success until 1995, when they managed to take their division and beat the New York Yankees in the divisional championship series. The club has proven itself over the long haul, winning 116 games in 2001 and sharing the record for wins in a single season. Unfortunately, they’re one of only three teams to have never made the World Series, though Seattle Mariners tickets are quite popular.
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About The Seattle Mariners
Born of a the settlement of a lawsuit brought over the quick disappearance of a former major league team, the Mariners played true to expansion form, falling to a lowly 64-win season. This became the way of things for the rest of the 70s and pretty much all of the 1980s, though a 1987 draft pick named Ken Griffey, Jr. would give fans a reason to keep on buying Seattle Mariners tickets for years to come, delivering a very strong 1989 debut season performance.
Ownership of the team also changed hands over the years, which helped to contribute to a perception of instability, though that issue was finally put to bed in the early 1990s. This coincided with an improvement in the team’s fortunes, leading to a winning record in 1991 and improving Seattle Mariners tickets as a wanted item in the eyes of many. The club backslid badly in 1992, stumbling over dreadful seasons over the course of the season. The club refused to stay down, however, and with the hiring of the Lou Pinella began to see an improvement in its performance on the field and at the box office.
1995 was as close to a dream season for the Seattle Mariners as they’d ever had up to that season. Never out of the playoff hunt over the dog days of summer, the M’s took it to the competition in September, and their “Refuse to Lose” attitude that month propelled them into their first-ever playoff appearance after defeating the California Angels in a one-game playoff for the division title. They went on to defeat the Yankees in the divisional playoff before finally succumbing to the dream team Cleveland Indians in the league championship, 4 games to 2, selling a boatload of Seattle Mariners tickets along the way.
The next several years – until 2000 – would prove to be a bit challenging due to a decided lack of pitching depth. They’d learn, over time, to get past that and put together a solid performance in the first year of the new millennium, delivering a wild card playoff in the process, all while continuing to improve on sales of Seattle Mariners tickets. 2001, with its 116-win season, would put the M’s on a plateau few teams had ever gained in years past. Despite that singular achievement, they’d fall to the powerful Yankees in the league championship matchup, though the club remained perennial challengers through the 2003 season.
Though the Mariners underperformed – sometimes seriously – from 2004 through 2006, the 2007 season proved them capable of challenging once again, staying in the playoff hunt all the way up until late-September. A backslide into mediocrity turned 2008 into a season to forget, but 2009 showed they’re on the right track, for sure. 2010 will only get better still, and the club is counting on strong performances from Ichiro Suzuki and final farewell from Ken Griffey, Jr., who returned to the club for the 2009 season, which in turn led to stellar sales of Seattle Mariners tickets.
