The Seattle Times · Nov 4, 2016
Mariners CEO John Stanton: ‘The goal is to win a World Series here’
John Stanton, who is the chairman and CEO of the Mariners, is photographed at Safeco Field on Oct. 1. (Lindsey Wasson/The Seattle Times)John Stanton, who officially took on the role of Mariners chairman and CEO in August, recently spoke at length about the organization and a little about himself and how he got here. Why get involved in baseball? “Because I love it,” Stanton said. “I loved it growing up.”
His reluctance wasn’t a desire to remain out of the spotlight or fear of being brought into it. It was more of a logical unwillingness to take any attention away from the organization or the people representing it on the field in the last month of the season.