Isabelle Minasian

The kind of sports reporting I live for: "There's always next year. Unless we die."

Humans are messy. We triumph and we fail and we spend way too much time focused on things that don’t matter. I spent most of this season trying to figure out what went wrong with the Seattle Mariners, and my best guess (short of insane conspiracy theories)? They were, simply, human.

[Sitting in a circle, dissecting Taylor Swift’s new release] Well, I know she didn’t write this one for Ichiro

Hoby Milner had a tough debut for the Seattle Mariners. That can't hurt him. @95coffeespoons.bsky.social has Hoby on the brain. www.lookoutlanding.com/seattle-mari...

Two rookies diverged in a Mariners dugout

This story from @davyandrewsdavy.bsky.social has everything: Wildly irresponsible wielding of wealth, class divides in a small town, a Willy Wonka metaphor that made me laugh out loud, and even more reasons to be appalled by the Angels. One of my favorite baseball pieces of the year.

Amidst some of the most exciting and meaningful baseball in the Mariners’ history, Luis Castillo headlined two of my most joyful memories as a Seattle fan: His acquisition in 2022, when they (finally!) went all in; and this, his home debut, which felt like pure magic youtu.be/kOlvT4ed1ZE?...

Taveras with a hell of a scoop.

It brings me no pleasure to report that Jimothy entered the Salmon Run at the Mariners game today and, of course, won. Truly nothing is sacred.

This year, I committed to watching Love Island for the first time, because I wanted to be able to understand and participate in the discourse. That same motivation inspired participation in my first mock draft. It was a real journey @lookoutlanding.bsky.social www.lookoutlanding.com/seattle-mari...

Bryan Woo setting a new record for most consecutive scoreless innings at T-Mobile Park on the night he hosted nine Seattle Children’s patients and families is magic ✨ (Photos from @ Mariners Instagram)

Benny and eight of his fellow Seattle Children’s patients and their families are at the game tonight, and I genuinely cannot imagine better good luck charms

Bryan Woo and the Mariners held a reverse card signing today with kids from Seattle Children’s. Super fan Benny was delighted to meet his favorite player Julio Rodríguez, who signed his jersey “Benny’s fav” - in return Benny drew Julio a picture to display in his locker

The last time the Mariners scored more than 3 runs was June 12, which was the same day Team USA won 4-1 (🤨👀). Since then, Belgium, Senegal, France, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Japan, Netherlands, Canada, Switzerland, England, Norway, Sweden and Germany have all had matches where they’ve scored 4+

Okay so what do I have to pay to see Nelson Cruz swing for the fences in Seattle again? I have no dependents and an increasingly-shrinking belief in the concept of retirement

Happy 10-year anniversary to this game, which features a team of players I’ll still be able to name when I’m 80 and Dave Sims at his absolute, most incandescently unhinged best. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUxj...

Happy gaysball, friends!! ❤️❤️❤️

Inner monologue walking around Seattle before the Mets vs. Mariners series

“The boys can bang” - Julio Rodríguez

SWEEEEEPPPPP!!! @johntrupin.bsky.social @95coffeespoons.bsky.social @maxellingsen.bsky.social @mariners.com / @lookoutlanding.bsky.social / @ffsn.bsky.social #GoMariners #Mariners podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

“It’s just like a Little League game!” Angie, with all the warmth of a fellow former Little League mom 💕

In celebration of Colt Emerson’s debut, what’s your favorite player debut game? Fair warning: It’s tough to beat Kyle Lewis going yard off of Trevor B*uer www.mlb.com/whitesox/vid...

@johntrupin.bsky.social, @95coffeespoons.bsky.social & @katepreusser.bsky.social talk the return of Bryce Miller, the rotation shuffle and an offensive return to form. @lookoutlanding.bsky.social @ffsn.bsky.social #GoMs #GoMariners #Mariners podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

Happy Kelenic-th day of being open to Gloom Coffee Bar, who promised free samples to @lookoutlanding.bsky.social readers and (unlike Jarred) certainly delivered. Great coffee, an impending NA cocktail program with drinks decidedly the opposite of gloomy, and just blocks from T-Mobile Park

Munetaka Murakami's first 14 MLB extra-base hits have been home runs That extends the longest such streak to start a player’s MLB career since at least 1900 Prior longest: 10, 2016 Dae-ho Lee  h/t @EliasSports

I’ve seen a lot of calls to fire Dan Wilson, and yelling about Cal/Julio/Naylor, and the mixed bag rotation, but I’ve yet to see anyone pointing fingers at the Mariners being 16-19 in the aggressively marketed Amazon fire tv era. When in doubt, blame Bezos

dying at this page of baseball quotes from the latest print edition of @theonion.com

Inspired by the air horn echoing cavernously in the ninth inning of a lackluster, rainy losing game with approximately 984 people in attendance: Do you think there is a point when they turn off the air horn and/or “GET LOUD” pump up commands?

Per @baseball_ref, the Rockies' 1-0 loss tonight was only their fourth 1-0 home defeat in club history, and their first such defeat in nearly 20 years, since Aug. 1, 2006.

Munetaka Murakami’s nine home runs are the most of any Japanese-born player in his first 23 MLB games He has three more than any other Japanese-born player in first 23 MLB games, ahead of Shohei Ohtani, who had six in his first 23 games as a hitter

Love this sign at the ballpark tonight 🥹🥹🥹

What are we doing here, y’all?

“That was a good thump, you guys could probably hear it at home,” reports RyOn Healy on tonight’s broadcast, his voice a mix of excited horror. This man is exactly who he seemed when he played and while I’m not sure how that bodes for his longterm career in the booth, it is wildly entertaining to me

The @mariners.com take a crucial series victory against the Rangers against a tough slate of pitching. @katepreusser.bsky.social @johntrupin.bsky.social @95coffeespoons.bsky.social @lookoutlanding.bsky.social @ffsn.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4iIu...

had to grab that randy and julio dugout celly

Had I known he just needed my presence I would have come to a game sooner

I know I’m lashing out and there are bigger issues, but if you sign a guy to do one job, which is functionally less of a job and more just a way of being (hitting right-handed), it’s probably not ideal that guy has only been on base three times (none due to hits) and is averaging four pitches per PA

Bit of an echo chamber I know, but if you listen to this podcast - or other baseball pods - and have feedback, we’d love to hear it. This episode was a trial run with fewer folks and a shorter run time, aiming to be more timely. Did you like it? Hate it? Miss last week’s Rockies content? Let us know

The @mariners.com have righted the ship with a critical sweep over the Houston Astros and @johntrupin.bsky.social and @95coffeespoons.bsky.social break down the breakout series. @lookoutlanding.bsky.social / @ffsn.bsky.social #Mariners #SeattleMariners #GoMs podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

Get right series against the Astros. Sure, why not?

Officially tied with a fellow JP (Jim Presley) for second-most walk-offs in franchise history

There's been some chatter about Cal Raleigh's swing plane being steeper early in the season. Good news: it looks like he's flattening it out, per @johntrupin.bsky.social: www.lookoutlanding.com/seattle-mari...

Incredible new personality quiz for Mariners fandom just dropped: Are you absolutely cackling or are you panicking about this as the latest bad omen?