Thursday, March 31, 2011

How are we going to do this without him?

Yes, it's 2011, not 2008, but the great thing about baseball is that we welcome it back EVERY year.
Hearing Dave's voice on this video is bittersweet.  It's both comforting and heartbreaking at the same time.  I have wondered since the day that he died last November, how will we carry on in our baseball lives without him ... but we must and we will.  He wouldn't want it any other way.



PLAY BALL!!!

the twenty-eleven 25-man...

via SeattleMariners.com

#
Pitchers
B/T
Ht
Wt
DOB
45
L-L
6'1"
200
Mar 5, 1979
58
L-R
6'8"
210
Feb 4, 1984
34
R-R
6'3"
225
Apr 8, 1986
32
L-L
6'0"
200
Apr 15, 1985
43
R-R
6'2"
205
Mar 16, 1983
31
R-R
6'5"
235
Dec 5, 1984
39
R-R
6'2"
215
Jun 17, 1983
36
R-R
6'7"
260
Jan 18, 1989
46
R-R
6'3"
210
Jan 12, 1982
38
L-L
6'0"
210
Feb 2, 1983
54
R-R
6'6"
230
Dec 16, 1983
50
R-R
6'6"
230
Dec 24, 1974
#
Catchers
B/T
Ht
Wt
DOB
10
R-R
6'3"
220
May 8, 1984
30
R-R
6'0"
225
Jul 15, 1978
#
Infielders
B/T
Ht
Wt
DOB
9
S-R
5'8"
180
Jan 22, 1978
4
L-R
6'1"
195
Jan 10, 1976
1
S-R
5'9"
190
Jun 27, 1980
26
R-R
6'2"
195
Mar 26, 1982
17
S-L
6'4"
230
Dec 5, 1986
2
R-R
6'0"
190
Dec 29, 1977
#
Outfielders
B/T
Ht
Wt
DOB
15
S-R
6'0"
215
Apr 15, 1978
12
L-L
6'3"
220
Feb 20, 1980
55
L-R
6'4"
225
Nov 19, 1986
51
L-R
5'11"
170
Oct 22, 1973
#
Designated Hitter
B/T
Ht
Wt
DOB
29
L-R
6'1"
245
Jan 7, 1979

15-day DL ~ Aardsma, Guti, Mangini
60-day DL ~ Kelley, Robles
Out Indefinitely ~ Robertson


Wednesday, March 30, 2011

ST29 | vs. Dodgers

Mariners 1 | Dodgers 8


HERE'S HOPING ERIK AND WILHELMSEN WERE WORK WORKING ON STUFF
as they both struggled mightily, each giving up more runs in their respective appearances tonight than they had all spring long.

THINGS WERE LOOKING PRETTY BLEAK WITH THE BATS TOO
only THREE hits.  But, Michael Saunders did hit his first spring home run in his last spring game.

AS FOR IN THE GLOVES AND ON THE BASES
one DP and one SB (Langerhans)

M's finish the spring at 16-13-2


Tuesday, March 29, 2011

ST28 | vs. Rox

Mariners 7 | Rockies 2


GOOD ENOUGH, TO GREAT
Mr. Fister wasn't especially sharp, issuing THREE walks in his FOUR innings of work, but he didn't allow any runs and earned the W.  He also had good things to say about how Olivo called the game. Laffey finally gave up a couple of runs and Pauley continued his strong spring and Wright kept his ERA invisible.

BATS LEAVE AZ HOT
Langerhans continued showing off his smoking hot bat with a THREE-run triple and Cust hit his 4th homer of the spring, a TWO-run shot.  Nice to see Olivo go 2 for 5 with a couple of RBI, coming back just in time.  And even the kids contributed, Poythress and Rodrigues each with a double.

NEWS AND NOTES
          Congrats to Wilhelmson, Laffey and Lueke, all added to the roster.




Only THREE MORE DAYS!!!!!

Monday, March 28, 2011

It's nearly here...

BaSeBaLl!!!!

First series, similar to last year...
Felix @ OAK
Jason @ OAK
Mr. Fister @ OAK

THIS could be interesting...
EriK @ TEX
Michael @ TEX
Felix @ TEX

Not exactly soft landings for Erik or Michael.  The former two years removed from a baseball mound of any sort and the later a rookie with all of 12 triple-A games under his baseball belt.  Arlington hasn't been especially kind to Felix over the years either.  I'm thinking the M's will be fortunate if they can get out of Texas with one win.

Jason will be pumped to draw the home opener...
Jason vs. CLE
Mr. Fister vs. CLE
EriK vs. CLE

Better to face the Jays at home...
Michael vs. TOR
Felix vs, TOR
Jason vs. TOR

M's always seem to have a rough time with the Royals...
Mr. Fister @ KCR
EriK @ KCR
Michael @ KCR
Felix @ KCR

I don't usually make predictions so, I'll just say after the first 16 games...
I'd be thrilled to see the M's go EIGHT and EIGHT



ST27 | vs. Rox

Mariners 7 | Rockies 6

NINTH INNING VICTORIES ARE ALWAYS FUN, EVEN IN SPRING!

Offense?  Wow, M's had some today...
Smoak hit his second spring homer (and this one from the RIGHT side), Bradely kept racking up the RBI and Figgins going 3 for 3 with an RBI and a SB, Steven Baron gets the winning hit in the NINTH And, the collective ELEVEN hits and SEVEN runs ain't half bad either.

Unfortunately, the bad news was with the starting pitcher...
His ERA went from just over TWO to just over FOUR today - the FIFTH inning was especially rough. Here's hoping it was just the inevitable "spring wall" and nothing to worry about.

LOTS OF NEWS AND NOTES TODAY
             Felix
            Vargas
             Fister
             Bedard
             Pineda
            Seemed to surprise many, including me.  Good luck, Paper Boy!
            NRI's Bard and Gimenez sent to minor league camp, French optioned to Tacoma