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To better articulate my position - I am not saying we shouldn't hit the ball hard...I am saying that the Mariners seem to lack SOME ability that other teams possess to get adjustments to the way that teams are pitching and positioning against them (and to their home park and its' known impacts)...and I'm saying that's ONE problem...not the whole problem with the franchise.
My core point, though, was that the offense has been unlucky many times in a row...unlucky more than can be explained by the park and climate of Seattle. Unlucky in ways that seem to repeat from year to year.
To echo some sentiments found elsewhere in this thread, not only is this statistically improbable, but there are some patterns in it...left handed prospects getting shifted against and not answering the shift, older right handed bats attempting to make a career comeback and coming up just short, etc...I haven't diagnosed every pattern, but I can see, from looking at the big picture, that SOMETHING is wrong in Seattle...something that has transcended managers, players, coaches, medical teams, minor league coordinators, even GMs. Something that goes to the core of the process in Seattle.