Mariners Get Their Playoff Money

Bet you didn't think the Mariners did enough last season to get playoff money but you are WRONG!

Apparently the second-place finishers in each division get a share of the playoff pool (made up of a percentage of gate receipts from playoff games). The M's finished 12 games ahead of third-place Oakland.

They aren't getting much, though. Second-place teams got $524,593.91, and the M's divided that among 46 full shares (plus 10 partial ones and some miscellaneous cash awards). So the full-share for a Mariner came to an underwhelming $9,112.12. Barely enough to pay for the therapy Richie Sexson will need after getting booed last season.

The full share for a member of the Red Sox was 308K, for a Rockies player it was 233K. In a fantastic and quite tangible gesture, the Rockies voted a full share to the widow of that first-base coach who was killed by a batted ball.