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Seahawks vs. Chiefs: Keys and Notes
On Friday night when the Seahawks and Chiefs get together it will be just the 5th time they have met in the pre-season, where the Seahawks hold a 4-0 advantage. Normally game #3 is
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Mariners lose to Rockies, and People Freak Out Over Carlos Peguero
The Mariners played the Rockies for the second straight day on Tuesday, losing 9-8. The Mariners again registered an awful strikeout to walk ratio, with 8 of the former and 2 of the latter.
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Some Spring Training Notes for Sunday April 1st
Kevin Millwood made his final spring training start against a mostly MLB quality San Diego Padres lineup on Saturday night. His final line included 8 strikeouts, 2 walks, and 5 hits in 7 innings.
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The Regular Season is (almost) Here!
The Mariners have announced their 28 man roster for the opening series against Oakland. Carlos Peguero and Chance Ruffin are being sent to AAA, Peguero being absolutely no surprise while Ruffin being a very
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Mariners Play the Tigers (but not the ones from Detroit)
The Mariners played their first game of the Japan trip, losing 5-1 to the Hanshin Tigers. Hector Noesi started for the Mariners and struggled a bit, getting 4 fly-balls (one homer), 4 infield fly-balls,
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Mariners Set Rosters, and Some Minor League Notes
As the Mariners left for Japan, they released their 30 man roster for Japan, which you can view here. Some interesting inclusions are Carlos Peguero, who had a crazy strike-out or homer spring, Guillermo
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Millwood, Delabar, and other Spring Training Notes
The Mariners played the Royals on Wednesday night, winning 6-2. Kevin Millwood started for the Mariners and looked pretty good. Millwood’s fastball was 87-89 MPH, and his first breaking pitch was 83 MPH that
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More on Moore, Jason Vargas versus some Snakes and Other Spring Training Notes
The Mariners played the Diamondbacks on Friday, losing 8-5. Most importantly (for good context on Spring Training stats, read this article), they struck out 5 times and walked none, while giving up 5 walks
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Playing the A’s, Montero, and Other Spring Training Notes
Jesus Montero had problems playing catcher, with a drop of an easy pop-fly and some problems blocking balls. He eventually left the game after he was hit hard by a couple foul balls in
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Roy, Cactus League, and Other Spring Training Notes
I actually saw this a few weeks ago here, but knew nothing about it and decided not to include it on here. However, the Mariners have signed 16 year French pitcher Alexandre Roy, as
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Gutierrez, Hultzen and Other Spring Training Notes
At the risk of sounding like an annoying “best shape of their life story”, Greg Johns reports that Franklin Gutierrez has reported to camp 25 pounds heavier. The relationship between weight and power is
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Spring Training begins for the Mariners, My AL West Predictions
Spring Training officially starts today as pitchers and catchers report. So here are my AL West predictions: Angels: They added C.J. Wilson and Albert Pujols. They may have overpaid, and it is going to
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Sounders Draw First Preseason Game
The Sounders played their rivals to the north today at Casa Grande, Arizona. Today’s game was supposed to be a friendly preseason match between the Whitecaps and Sounders, but it was anything but friendly.
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Mariners Spring Training Invitees: Outfield
This is the last post evaluating the players the Mariners have invited to Spring Training on a non-roster basis. So without further ado, here is the outfield version. Vincent Catricala Catricala is a 23
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Mariners Spring Training Invitees: Catchers
Here I will look at the Mariners’ non roster invitees to spring training by position. I will have a short writeup on each player and what we can (and can’t) expect for each player
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Sounders Start Pre-Preseason Training
While looking over twitter news, I found this post from Lamar Neagle this afternoon. This will come as good news to anyone that was worried about the Sounders not training early enough for the
Read More »Seahawks vs Broncos Thoughts
As the regular season inches closer and closer I get more nervous. Not because the Seahawks starting offense hasn’t scored any points in two preseason games so far. Not because neither Tarvaris Jackson or
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Just a quick post for the Vikings at Seahawks preseason game. We will learn a bit more about Tarvaris Jackson in this one seeing as he will play the entire first half. Last week
Read More »Seahawks Preseason Game vs Chargers
Seahawks @ Chargers 5pm Pacific on ESPN It’s finally here! The Seahawks preseason game against the Chargers. Actual football is actually going to be played today. After a very long time of not knowing
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