Sad report: Scott Servais sheld tears as the Seattle Mariners introduced a new coach to the team.

Sad report: Scott Servais sheld tears as the Seattle Mariners introduced a new coach to the team.

Hopeful that deals allow the organization “some flexibility” to add players to the lineup, Mariners manager Scott Servais
December 4, 2023, 7:05 p.m. Revised December 5, 2023, 12:09 a.m.
On Sunday, October 1, 2023, before the Seattle Mariners play the Texas Rangers at T-Mobile Park in Seattle for the season’s penultimate game, Mariners manager Scott Servais speaks with reporters in the dugout. (The Seattle Times / Luke Johnson)

On Sunday, October 1, 2023, before the Seattle Mariners play the Texas Rangers at T-Mobile Park in Seattle for the season’s penultimate game, Mariners manager Scott Servais speaks with reporters in the dugout. (The Seattle Times / Luke Johnson)Diminished
Ryan Divish By Ryan Divish, staff reporter for the Seattle Times
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what they desired to accomplish. It wasn’t their intended course of action. However, in order to have any chance of success, they had to do it.

Here in the home of country music, countless depressing songs have been written on the back of cocktail napkins, and the Seattle Mariners’ ballad is no exception.

It sounds a bit like Merle Haggard singing “If we make it through December” right now.

I mean no disrespect to December.
It’s supposed to be a joyful time of year, but my young kid doesn’t get it.
Why is dad unable to buy a Christmas present?

The Mariners’ management, particularly manager Scott Servais and president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto, verified what was occurring Monday afternoon at the Gaylord Opryland Resort.