Bluechel graduated from SPU in 2025 with a degree in Linguistics and Classics. Before joining Emerald City Spectrum, he wrote with the Falcon for two years between 2022 and 2024, covering SPU athletics as well as sports in the greater Seattle area.
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Embed from Getty Images There will be no scoreboard watching this weekend for the Mariners and Astros. The two AL West franchises are butting heads in a pivotal three-game series that will more than likely determine the winner of the division. Despite the fact that both sides have a
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There’s an old saying: go to the ballpark, and you’re going to see something new. The fans at Kauffman Stadium certainly saw that novelty in the top of the eighth inning on Thursday afternoon, as the visiting Mariners put together a miniature rally with a first-of-its-
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Embed from Getty Images KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Seattle Mariners did what they had to do in Kauffman Stadium. Things have often run close in Kansas City for the M’s in recent years, but as they have done many times before, the team scratched across a series win against
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Embed from Getty Images KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The natural order of the world has perhaps reasserted itself, pending of course this weekend’s results. The Houston Astros are back on top in the AL West, having been undefeated after briefly losing their first-place spot on Sunday. Oddly enough, the
Mariners
Embed from Getty Images KANSAS CITY, Mo. — So much of Cal Raleigh’s 2025 equipment is ending up in the Hall of Fame that the Seattle backstop is starting to run short on lumber. “I might need them to send me some new bats,” Raleigh joked. “They keep taking them
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Embed from Getty Images SEATTLE, Wash. — For now, the Seattle Mariners stand atop the mountain. On Sept. 14, 2025, the Astros and Rangers finally blinked, losing to the struggling Braves and Mets, and the Mariners responded with a win of their own to grab the crown—for now, at least.
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Embed from Getty Images SEATTLE, Wash. — Seven wins in a row. A much-needed quality start from Luis Castillo combined with the barest of margins on offense to produce Seattle’s seventh straight victory, yet in a dog-eat-dog chase for the playoffs—where three teams enter and only
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1136"] Seawolves center Dan Kriel talks to fans after a Seawolves rugby game in 2025. Credit: Dan Kriel/Instagram. [https://www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/caption] On the pitch, he has proved himself a key stalwart of one of MLR’s
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Embed from Getty Images SEATTLE, Wash. — Two teams in MLB have a 79-68 record: the Houston Astros and the Seattle Mariners. Several teams are better, several more are worse. But in the American League West, that is the top of the mountain. For the vast majority of the year,
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Embed from Getty Images SEATTLE, Wash. — Many things can be said about the 2025 Seattle Mariners, but one thing you can’t deny is that they’re exciting—and this goes all the way into the second week of September. Whether or not there is magic in the clubhouse, this