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John Clayton trains for, throws out first pitch
John Clayton is as popular as ever. The ESPN NFL analyst, commonly known as the “the Professor,” threw out the first pitch last night at the Safeco Field prior to the start of the Seattle Mariners game. Clayton even had himself a training regimen leading up to the game. Gotta hand it to Clayton, as the guy isn’t afraid make fun of himself, as we saw last year in the greatest...
Video: Umpire blows double play call in Mariners game
Your browser does not support iframes.Well, it's safe to say first base umpire Jeff Nelson blew this call.The moment came in the bottom of the second inning as Seattle Mariners hitter Jesus Sucre hit a sharp grounder at Texas Rangers first basemen Mitch Moreland with a man on first. At first glance, the ball appeared to be tailor made for a double play.Moreland quickly rifled...
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Umpire badly blows double play call
First base umpire Jeff Nelson blew a call in unbelievable fashion on Friday night in Seattle. In the bottom of the second inning, Mariners catcher Jesus Sucre hit a grounder to first baseman Mitch Moreland. Moreland threw to Elvis Andrus at second for one, and Andrus fumbled with the ball before throwing it back to first for the apparent double play. Only that's not what really...
Umpire gets call wrong on bizarre double play in Mariners game (Video)
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Umpire Jeff Nelson totally butchered a call on a double play ball in the second inning of the Texas Rangers-Seattle Mariners game on Friday night, giving catcher Jesus Sucre a memorable first career at-bat.
Seattle led off the bottom of the second with two singles and had Sucre up with nobody out. Sucre grounded a ball to first baseman Mitch...
Seattle Mariners Option Catcher Jesus Montero To Tacoma
The Seattle Mariners have optioned catcher Jesus Montero to their Triple-A Tacoma minor league affiliate. Montero, who was expected to play a solid role with the club this season, has struggled to a .208 batting average over 29 games.
What is even worse, the Mariners look to have soured on his defense as they are reporting that he will be playing first base in the minors, which isn’t...
Nothing goes right for Seattle Mariners in Anaheim
For the Seattle Mariners, their nine-game road trip started off very well with a series victory over the New York Yankees that left them one game short of .500. Then, the bottom fell out. First came Cleveland where the Indians took four in a row including three walk-off victories. Seattle was unable to rebound and lost two straight in Anaheim and now find themselves with a...
What Does Jesus Montero’s Future Look Like Now?
The Mariners stuck with it for 735 innings. Despite the fact that nearly everyone in baseball agreed that Jesus Montero could not catch at an acceptable level in the Major Leagues, the Mariners let him try for the equivalent of a half season spread out over eight painful months. Now, it seems like the organization is accepting the reality that Jesus Montero is not, and will never...
Seattle Mariners demote Jesus Montero
New York Yankees fans were pitching a fit over a year ago when Brian Cashman traded away star hitting prospect Jesus Montero to the Seattle Mariners for starting pitcher Michael Pineda. They really became pissed when Pineda showed up fat and out-of-shape to Spring Training, and then subsequently injured his shoulder, costing him the entire 2012 season. Yankees fans envisioned Montero...
Jesus Montero Optioned to AAA Tacoma
Seattle Mariners catcher Jesus Montero was optioned to Triple-A Tacoma and will be replaced by catcher Jesus Sucre. Interestingly Mike Zunino is the starter in Tacoma and Double-A back-up catcher Brandon Bantz has been moved up and will be has backup.Where does that leave Montero? Apparently the Mariners will look to play Montero at first base and DH. Zunio is considered...
Smoak Monster sightings in Seattle?
After focusing on the pitching side of the equation recently, we'll turn the focus to offense this week, focusing on guys who fit into one of three buckets:
Turnarounds - Poor April, very good May
Complete Duds - Take the opposite of "Turnarounds"
Surprises - Guys who made a cameo in April (if that), but have got off to a solid start this month
TURNAROUNDS
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Jiu-Jitsu proposal is romantic, dangerous
Sports guys never seem to run out of ridiculous ways to propose to their girlfriends. There was Adrien Broner’s fake post-fight proposal, Mariners infielder Brendan Ryan’s magical trip to Japan, the Olympic swimmer who proposed in the swimming pool and about 100,000 guys who thought popping the question at a baseball game would be a fun, new idea.I’ll be honest and say I never...
Watch The Seattle Mariners Explore Every Avenue Of Suck On Their Way To An Extra-Innings Loss
Just when you thought the Seattle Mariners might have found a glimmer of hope in the never-ending crapfest known as “The Last Decade Of Baseball In Seattle” “Their Entire History (Except For Those Four Seasons They Actually Made The Playoffs)”, they put together a stink bomb of a series that quashed any notion that they might be righting the ship.
The Mariners entered a four...
Mariners first baseman, Justin Smoak will be lucky if manager Eric Wedge lets him get on the plane to leave Cleveland.
Eric Wedge, the manager of the Seattle Mariners has to be fit to be tied, about now. he watched as his former team the Cleveland Indians took 4 in a row from his Seattle Mariners this weekend. The series, which concluded today could have gone any worse for the Mariners. The Indians out played Wedge’s team and they made Justin Smoak look stupid while doing it. Smoak looked like...
Seattle Mariners swept four straight in Clevleand
The Seattle Mariners don’t play the Cleveland Indians again until July 22nd. After this weekend, that might be too soon. Seattle can now refer to Cleveland as “heartbreak city” as the Mariners lost three times on walk-offs, twice in extra innings. The red-hot Indians posted a four-game sweep, sending Seattle to 20-25 on the season and 2-5 on a road trip that started promising...
Felix Hernandez called for defensive interference after minor collision at first base (Video)
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Seattle Mariners superstar pitcher Felix Hernandez was called for defensive interference on a play which he narrowly avoided serious injury in a minor collision at first base during Tuesday night's game in the Bronx against the New York Yankees.
It happened in the bottom of the fourth inning as Yankees batter Lyle Overbay hit a grounder...
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