My name is Ryan Blake. I'm a former newspaper reporter turned policy analyst. I write about the Mariners as a hobby. You can reach me on BlueSky.
I am writing for Lookout Landing as of April 2025.
I started Swings & Takes in 2021. The full archive is below.
Thanks for reading.
FULL ARCHIVE
Featured posts can be found in the "Newsletter" tab. Shorter notes can be found in the "Blog" tab. Below are all posts published on Swings & Takes.
- The Mariners offense is rolling
- 20 games
- Dan Wilsons again
- Shooting down the “new” Luis Castillo rumor
- Hot corner, hot potato
- Wilson visits the mound
- 10 games
- Generation Julio
- The Mariners have a closer
- Out in front
- Opening Day attendance
- Cal Raleigh extension
- Going for good
- Mariners streaming option
- Uniform patch 2.025
- Live baseball: Royals at Mariners 3/12
- George Kirby's shoulder
- Justin Turner comments
- J.P. Crawford is still different now
- The shape of baseball
- T-Mobile Park, solar powered
- T-Mobile Park, factored
- Edgar the emissary
- The perpetual projection
- T-Mobile Park, after dark
- Game 64 - Exploring a DH penalty for Mitch Garver
- Game 51 - Notes on the Yankees, the offense, and a trade
- Game 44 - Multi-inning Muñoz
- Game 42 - First look at bat speed
- Game 41 - State of the offense, part two
- Game 34 - Some notes from another series win
- Game 31 - Core Score
- Game 29 - Mitch Garver sets us free
- Game 26 - The 3B platoon is working
- Game 25 - Mariners control the AL West
- Game 20 - Luis Castillo vs. Mother Nature
- Game 19 - A near-flawless approach
- Game 18 - Class is in
- Game 17 - Polanco, Haniger show how it's done
- Game 16 - Doubled up and picked off
- Game 15 - OAA Against
- Game 13 - State of the offense
- Game 11 - More bad sequencing, more inconsistency
- Game 10 - Hancock struggles despite whiffs
- Game 7 - Easier said than done
- Game 5 - A full rotation
- Game 4 - Mariners plan for quick start off to slow start
- Game 2 - Mariners call on ol' reliable(s)
- Game 1 - The perpetual projection
Note some older posts have not yet been moved over from Substack.
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