Hello and welcome back to FanPost Friday. Apologies for these posts being a bit inconsistent these days. I’m shooting for every other week, but the lockout doesn’t exactly provide much zeitgeist-y material to discuss. And yet, we had some Mariners news right before the New Year as veteran third baseman Kyle Seager announced his retirement. Some folks saw this coming, others were pretty shocked that Seager decided not to pursue another chapter of his career somewhere other than Seattle.
Regardless, Seager ends an 11-year MLB career with the rare distinction of being a career Seattle Mariner and we will surely see him again in a few years when he’s inducted into the Mariners Hall of Fame.