From Dave Cameron at USS Mariner, a succinct account of why the Mariners have been terrible since 2004:
November 7th, 2003 – The Seattle Mariners hired Bill Bavasi as General Manager.
January 8th, 2004 – The Seattle Mariners traded Carlos Guillen for Ramon Santiago.
November 15th, 2004 – The Seattle Mariners signed Richie Sexson to a 4 year, $50 million contract.
December 22nd, 2005 – The Seattle Mariners signed Jarrod Washburn to a 4 year, $37 million contract.
June 30th, 2006 – The Seattle Mariners traded Asdrubal Cabrera for Eduardo Perez.
July 26th, 2006 – The Seattle Mariners traded Shin-Soo Choo for Ben Broussard.
December 7th, 2006 – The Seattle Mariners traded Rafael Soriano for Horacio Ramirez.
December 18th, 2006 – The Seattle Mariners traded Chris Snelling and Emiliano Fruto forJose Vidro.
December 20th, 2007 – The Seattle Mariners signed Carlos Silva to a four year, $48 million contract.
February 8th, 2008 – The Seattle Mariners traded Adam Jones, George Sherrill, Chris Tillman, Tony Butler, and Kam Mickolio for Erik Bedard.
