On Mother’s Day, the pink bats and wristbands were in full effect. The Mariners squeaked out a win Sunday to take the weekend series with the Yankees. Horacio Ramirez led the charge with 6 1/3 strong innings of work. For the Yankees, veteran Andy Pettitte only gave up 2 runs over 7 1/3 innings.

The Yankees definitely had their chances. In the top of the 8th they had men on first and second with only 1 out. Brandon Marrow came in and proceeded to strike out Alex Rodriguez to end the inning in dramatic fashion, much to the delight of the Safeco faithful. JJ Putz came in and gave up a double to Hideki Matsui, but locked it down by striking out 3 in the top of the 9th to pick up his 9th save.

This was my first experience of Safeco when it felt full. Everyone around us seemed pretty into the game except for the huge group that was surrounding us that seemed to be there as some part of a group. They were definitely more interested in spelling out “Happy Mother’s Day” on the front of their shirts and “Yankees Suck” on the back, than they were in watching the game. For the most part I don’t have a problem with a little ballpark fun on a Sunday afternoon, but let’s not turn our baseball parks into places where the games take second stage. I know that hearing that from a Cubs fan may not hold any water, but I feel the same way about Wrigley.

All in all a good weekend for the Ms. And just for the record, the Yankees do suck.

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