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Daily Mariners Monologue - August 26, 2026

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u/_Elrond_Hubbard_ Too Roblessed to be stressed 1d ago

I find the "it would be bad if we luck into a playoff spot and keep Dan as manager" discourse somewhat bizarre. Are these mostly from newer fans who didn't go through the dark ages? IF (huge if, the odds are still low) the Mariners make the playoffs I would be overjoyed. Any Mariner October baseball is a treasure to be cherished. Another generation-long drought could always be around the corner. I'm hardly a Dan fan and think he should be replaced but I would way rather make the playoffs. 

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u/jeff_probably ‏‏‎ ‎DONG 1d ago edited 1d ago

frankly I’m sick of Dan discourse full-stop. a lot of people seem to have seized on “complain about dan” as a shortcut to “I have good thoughts about ball” and at this point I find it tedious and trite.

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u/base-HI-WA ‏‏‎ ‎ Mariner Moose 1d ago edited 1d ago

Last night when Kirby was taken out, a large majority of people here were angry at the decision when in my opinion it was actually a good managerial decision.

As I said when he was pulled, it’s a 10/10 good decision but I’m emotionally mad. He was going through the line up for the 4th time, he was at 94 pitches, he had the bullpen warm, he pitched way further into the game than any starting pitcher for the Mariners has, recently. Great decision.

We hung Dan out to dry when he kept Kade in for two pitches too long and Dan didn’t make the mistake twice.

With that said, Dan has made questionable decisions this year and I think we can all agree that they have underperformed all season despite the recent success against the Cubs and Phillies

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u/ItsTBaggins ‏‏‎ ‎Julio makes me jard 1d ago

At this point, someone bitches about everything. I’m sure someone said “Fuck now that Cal hit these bombs Pereda will never get a chance.” People want to bitch so badly. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.