Mariners can still salvage this mess of a season
True to form, the Mariners appear to have reached the franchise’s traditional point of disengagement with the playoff race — the Memorial Day weekend.
They entered play on the holiday 19-30, third-worst in the American League, fourth worst in major league baseball. While most of MLB settles in for a summer of entertaining daily drama, the Mariners are on the edge of a Seattle baseball tradition — bringing up the kids for four months of extended spring training.
The one silver lining in the tradition is that it allows local fans of the sport to shift attention briefly to the women’s College World Series and the University of Washington. Unlike the M’s, the Huskies play with a swagger and toughness that is the envy of their world.
Click here to read the full article – By ART THIEL of http://www.seattlepi.com
Bradley dealing with ‘emotional stress’
Milton Bradley, baseball’s self-described bad guy, has asked his Seattle Mariners for help in dealing with what manager Don Wakamatsu says is “emotional stress” from personal issues.
Wakamatsu and general manager Jack Zduriencik said Wednesday that their fiery slugger is out indefinitely until he receives an outside assessment and a plan to address his issues.
A day earlier, Bradley became angry for striking out twice and Wakamatsu removed him from a close game in the sixth inning because the manager thought he wasn’t fit to play anymore. Bradley left the stadium soon after. Several Mariners players described his mindset Tuesday night as “not good.”
A source told 710 ESPN Radio Seattle Bradley yelled at the umpire from the bench before being told by Wakamatsu to cool it. Wakamatsu said that he would handle the umpire himself. Bradley responded that someone had to say something and that if Wakamatsu wouldn’t, then he would.
According to the source, a few minutes later Bradley walked back over to the skipper and said, “I’m packing my stuff. I’m out of here.” Then he left.
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Big Unit a ray of sunshine on cloudy opener
Hopefully when you remember the Mariners 2010 season opener, your recollection of the day stops just before the start of Monday afternoon’s game.
Because for nine innings of a 4-0 loss to Oakland, the Mariners displayed most of the flaws that have haunted them during the first week of the season.
Before another loss gave fans a chance to fret over the team’s 2-6 start, however, a nearly perfect scene provided at least one happy memory for the 45,876 fans that packed Safeco Field.
Randy Johnson, the most dominant pitcher in Mariners history and one of the game’s best left-handers of all time, made a slow walk from center field to a prolonged ovation. As he approached the mound, he first put his hand over his heart, then rolled his left shoulder in a feigned warm up attempt.
Click here to read the full article – By John Boyle of http://www.heraldnet.com
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Ken Griffey, Jr. May Not Return In 2010
Former Red Ken Griffey Jr. says he’s not sure if he’ll return for another year.
Mariners fans gave the Cincinnati native a standing ovation Sunday after their final game of the season.
The fans also cheered “One More Year,” asking Griffey to return to Seattle for another season in 2010. At the end of the game, he was carried off the field by his teammates.
The Mariners team Web site reports that Griffey is headed back to Florida to talk to his family. Griffey will be eligible for free agency next month.
Griffey’s last game with the team he started his Hall of Fame career with ended with a 4-3 over the Texas Rangers.
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Mariners perfect mix: Hernandez strong on mound and Griffey homers in Seattle’s 6-2 win
Ken Griffey Jr. started what might be his final homestand with career homer No. 628, and Felix Hernandez added another strong effort to his AL Cy Young Award resume in the Seattle Mariners’ 6-4 win over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.
Griffey has been mostly evasive about his future plans following the end of the season, but the Mariners icon jolted the meager crowd that showed up on a chilly night with a three-run homer off Oakland starter Trevor Cahill in the fifth inning.
Cahill became the 406th different pitcher to give up a long ball to Griffey in his storied career. Cahill (10-13) was just 13 months old when Griffey smacked his first career homer off Eric King on April 10, 1989.
Griffey’s homer gave Seattle a 5-1 lead and was more than enough run support for Hernandez, who bolstered the best season of his young career on a night he didn’t have his best stuff.
Hernandez (18-5) struggled with his control, walking four and hitting two batters, but lasted 7 2-3 innings and improved to 7-1 since Aug. 1. He gave up seven hits, struck out four and threw a season-high 120 pitches in his next-to-last start of 2009.
Mark Lowe struck out Cliff Pennington to end the eighth after Hernandez loaded the bases with two outs. Seattle closer David Aardsma gave up a two-run single to Kurt Suzuki in the ninth, before getting the final two outs.
Oakland missed its opportunity to capitalize on Hernandez’s early struggles, failing to score with runners at first and second and no outs in the second, and with runners on second and third and two outs in the third.
Mark Ellis had an RBI single in the fourth, but the A’s left runners at second and third in that inning as well.
Hernandez is among the favorites for the Cy Young in the American League. For wins, he trails only CC Sabathia, who has 19, and his 2.48 ERA is second to Kansas City’s Zack Greinke (2.06).
Hernandez will start Sunday in the season finale against Texas.
Click here to read the full article – By TIM BOOTH of Courant.com
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Gutierrez is quite a catch for Mariners
Almost every Mariners pitcher can say center fielder Franklin Gutierrez has had their back at some juncture this season.
Line drives destined to become extra-base hits become outs. Runners that might have scored become runners left on base. And ERAs are lower than they would have been if some of those would-be hits had not been caught in a gap or over a fence.
Indeed, Gutierrez has made a lot of friends in his first season with the Mariners.
“He’s unbelievable,” right-hander Felix Hernandez said. “You feel comfortable anytime a ball is hit in the direction of center field. He’s so quick getting to balls.”
Click here to read the full article – By Jim Street of MLB.com
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Wilson tweaks heel, out of lineup
As if an off-and-on left hamstring problem wasn’t enough for Mariners shortstop Jack Wilson to deal with, he can add a bruised right heel to his injury woes.
Wilson was on crutches on Wednesday, one day after being forced from Seattle’s game against Chicago after stepping awkwardly on first base while running out a bunt base hit. Wilson is day to day, manger Don Wakamatsu said.
“I don’t know how long it’s going to be,” Wakamatsu said. “We’ll just reevaluate it every day.”
Wilson has struggled at the plate since coming over from Pittsburgh in a July 29 trade. He’s hitting .224 in 31 games and also missed 10 games in mid-August with a Grade 1 hamstring tear.
Click here to read the full article – By Christian Caple of MLB.com
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Mariners will take peek at young talent
The Mariners will spend the remainder of the regular season on a two-fold mission. In the best of worlds, a strong finishing kick would include enough wins to finish with a winning record. Taking a peek at two more young players that could become roster fixtures next season and beyond also looms large in the big picture.
With 20 games remaining, it could be difficult for manager Don Wakamatsu to get much of a read on catcher Adam Moore and infielder Matt Tuiasosopo, who will be in uniform Tuesday night when the Mariners open a three-game series against the White Sox at Safeco Field.
The next-to-last homestand of the season includes a three-game weekend series with the Yankees, who visit for the second time this season and return with the organization’s all-time leader in hits — shortstop Derek Jeter.
Click here to read the full article – By Jim Street of MLB.com
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Japan celebrates Ichiro’s record
Ichiro Suzuki’s latest record-setting moment stirred up a new wave of national pride in his native country, as Japanese peers and fans alike saluted the baseball icon of two hemispheres.
From home run king Sadaharu Oh to office workers, people in Tokyo were stirred up by Suzuki claiming a ninth consecutive season with 200 hits, breaking the 108-year-old record he had shared with Willie Keeler on Sunday.
As reported by The Associated Press, one newspaper, the Yomiuri Shimbun, published a special edition headlined, “Ichiro breaks Major League record.”
Click here to read the full article – By Tom Singer of MLB.com
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Ichiro’s run rivals Wee Willie’s
If Seattle’s Ichiro Suzuki is really one of baseball’s best-kept secrets, what about Wee Willie Keeler? As Ichiro becomes the first Major Leaguer to have nine consecutive seasons with 200 or more hits, he’s becoming a household name. At least among baseball fans.
It’s Keeler’s record achieved from 1894 through 1901 that Ichiro will surpass. At last glance Ichiro needed just four hits to reach 200 for the season. Wonder what the coverage was like when Keeler set the record? More about him later.
If Ichiro, 35, played most anywhere but Seattle, I’m certain he’d be in the news constantly. This may be unfair, but I believe many of his amazing feats since arriving from Japan in 2001 have almost gone unnoticed. Maybe not unnoticed, but certainly not given the importance they deserve.
Click here to read the full article – By Hal Bodley of MLB.com
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