The Seattle Mariners have problems, writes CBS Sportsline.com's Larry Dobrow:

Hot-off-the-wire news flash from my embedded moles at the winter meetings: Not only were several members of the Seattle Mariners brain trust in attendance, but they seemed to be going against recent practice and actually attempting to make the team better. (They didn't succeed, but more on that in a bit.)

Color me impressed. After a five-year stretch in which approximately two of the club's personnel moves worked out -– importing Kenji Johjima and bringing back old pal Raul Ibanez -– it's tough to believe that GM Bill Bavasi and his crack team haven't intentionally been trying to sabotage the franchise.

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