Seattle Mariners Fan Blog» frank gutierrez http://mariners-sportsfans.com Talk about the Seattle Mariners Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:48:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 Gutierrez is quite a catch for Mariners http://mariners-sportsfans.com/2009/09/22/gutierrez-is-quite-a-catch-for-mariners/ http://mariners-sportsfans.com/2009/09/22/gutierrez-is-quite-a-catch-for-mariners/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:07:03 +0000 GameSetMatch http://mariners-sportsfans.com/?p=51 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.”


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