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Ichiro, Lee are All-Stars, but King Felix isn’t
A perfect “10″. That’s one way to describe right fielder Ichiro Suzuki, who was selected to the American League All-Star team for the 10th consecutive season. He joins Ken Griffey Jr. as the only...
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Remembering the Sweet Lou years
The news out of Chicago today that Sweet Lou Piniella would be retiring as the Cubs manager at the end of the season caused a lot of flashbacks at Safeco Field. Of all the managers I have covered — 20...
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Smoak sent to Tacoma, Bradley to DL
The Mariners made some roster moves today, but it had nothing to do with the non-waiver Trade Deadline. While several other Major League organizations were busy making trades, the Mariners sent rookie...
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Let the managerial rumor mill begin
You can count on one thing between now and the moment general manager Jack Zduriencik introduces his next manager — every big-league manager wannabe will have his named mentioned somewhere. Not...
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A double-steal (finally) for Ichiro, Figgins
The series opener against the Yankees was not even an out old when we witnessed a first this season. Ichiro Suzuki and Chone Figgins, who entered the game tied for sixth in the AL with 30 stolen bases,...
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Lots of rain, but no more Sweet Lou
As you can tell from the photo below, it is raining like the dickens here in the Big Apple. It took awhile, but the umpiring crew finally decided at 2:38 p.m. ET to cover the field and send the players...
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Moyers continue pitch for charity
There are few charitable organizations in the country that mean more to a certain area than what the Moyer Foundation means to the Northwest in particular, and also nationally. Jamie Moyer, the former...
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Rays boost Felix’s Cy Young Award hopes
Felix Hernandez lost his 12th game of the season yesteray afternoon in Toronto, but several hours later he might have picked up a few Cy Young Award votes. A few eyebrows had to be raised in New York...
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Passing time at The Trop
Some random thoughts on a Sunday morning in St. Pete: * Franklin Gutierrez (60), Jose Lopez (56) and Casey Kotchman (51) are the only Mariners with more RBIs this season than Rockies shortstop Troy...
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Aardsma getting closer to closing again
If the Mariners have a save situation in tonight’s series opener against the Rangers, look for Brandon League to get the call. But the main man, David Aardsma, is getting closer to to resuming his...
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