Red Sox Hand Mariners 15th Straight Loss

The Seattle Mariners lost their 15th consecutive game Sunday night, a 12-8 decision to the Boston Red Sox.

Coming off a season that saw the team lose 100+ games, Mariner fans were excited early in the 2011 season to see the team remain competitive. So much so that there were questions as to whether or not the team should trade any talent in case they find themselves in a pennant race come September. Most of all, however, the fans were just excited to still be relevant in June and hoped to remain at the forefront of baseball discussion come July.

As Lookout Landing posits, be careful what you wish for...

It's been joked about before that, if a team can't be good, it should be exceptionally bad, and while that doesn't always apply or even often apply, it does apply to the current situation, because the Mariners are still on the forefront of our minds. That's all we can really ask of a sports team, so kudos to the Mariners for delivering into at least the end of July. Attention will wane once the losing streak is over and the team achieves a more normal brand of lousy baseball, but then, who knows when the losing streak's going to end, with the Yankees and Rays coming up? I know I'll be watching closely, and I know you will, too.

Keep an eye on Lookout Landing for more miserable Mariner baseball.