Original Source: San Francisco Chronicle Tim Lincecum didn’t wait for Bruce Bochy to take the ball from him. The Giants‘ ace reached out to the manager before he had finished his last stride onto the mound and made a very conspicuous handoff. Then Lincecum, a native of Washington State, walked to the dugout with his [...]
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Judge Declares Mistrial in Clemons Case
Judge Declares Mistrial in Clemons Case (original story from the New York Times) The federal judge presiding over Roger Clemens’s perjury trial today declared a mistrial because the prosecution revealed information Thursday that he previously deemed inadmissible. The part of the tape that worried him included comments made by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a Maryland Democrat, [...]
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Dick Williams, who managed several baseball teams, including Oakland and Seattle, has died at the age of 82: http://is.gd/ELTPLI (Sent via SEA Baseball News for Android by ZenMobi – http://zenmobi.com) Posted from WordPress for Android
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Rangers clinch AL West title: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/mlb/SIG=11u2shdk4/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-rangers-athletics Posted from WordPress for Android
Read the rest of this entry »Pujols Homers His Way To A New MLB Home Run Record
St Louis Cardinals hitter Albert Pujols became the first player in Major League history to hit at least 30 home runs in each of his first 10 seasons on Sunday, August 15, 2010. The first baseman reached the milestone when he parked his 30th home run of the season during a 9-7 loss to the Chicago Cubs. In [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Mariners Fire Don Wakamatsu
The Mariners today fired 2nd year manager Don Wakamatsu, along with the bench coach, the pitching coach, and the performance coach. Despite comments from General Manager Jack Zduriencik only a few days ago that “Don’s our manager,” Wakamatsu was fired today, after posting a 127-147 (.464) record in less than two seasons as Mariners manager. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Mike Sweeney’s Last Game in Tacoma (and Seattle)
I had the opportunity to attend a Tacoma Rainiers minor-league game August 3, 2010 and saw several of the Seattle Mariners’ top prospects play, as well as one well-honed veteran making what is likely his last appearance as a player in the Pacific Northwest. The day after the game, Mike Sweeney was traded by [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Ichiro Made One Lady Fan Very Happy
Ichiro Suzuki almost ended up in a female fan’s lap during the series against Kansas City, and, as the video below shows, she was quite happy with her close encounter with Seattle’s most famous player.
Read the rest of this entry »Hapless Mariners Finally Trade Ace Cliff Lee to…Texas
Add the name Cliff Lee to the list of All-Stars who once played for the Seattle Mariners. The perennial losers from Seattle, the hapless Mariners (12 winning seasons in 33 seasons of existence, four playoff appearances, one of only three teams to never play in the World Series, no players in the Hall of Fame as a [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Dallas Braden Perfect Game
Dallas Braden of the Oakland A’s threw a perfect game against the League-leading Tampa Bay Rays on Mother’s Day May 9, 2010. The last perfect game thrown in the Majors was also against the Rays during the 2009 season. Oakland defeated Tampa Bay 4-0 in Oakland. Data on Dallas Braden: –Dallas Braden threw the 19th [...]
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