back from vacations... good to be back

After spending two great weeks in the beautiful northwest city of Seattle I'm back to reality. New semester just started and also enjoying a great pennant race in baseball. The Mariners on top of the Wild Card leading the Yankees by 3 games and trailing the Anaheim Angels by 1 game in the AL West. It's great to see the M's make a run at the playoffs,  something they haven't achieved since 2001. Also the NFL regular season is just around the corner with the pre-season underway and the Seahawks have a 2-1 record. Hopes are high this season for this team, and they should be. So well keep watching and enjoying.  

Ichiro in Seattle at least until 2012

Last Friday the Seattle Mariners and #51 agreed on a five year 90 million dollars contract that will keep him defending the Mariners' outfield until at least 2012. I believe that this is the right move for the club because he is the face of the franchise and the only player left from that miraculous 116 win season in 2001. Also the Japanese ownership could not let the one of the best players from Japan and the best one in the major leagues walk away to another MLB club. So I hope that he continues to break records and that he enters the Hall of Fame with a Mariners cap.

How do you score 12 runs and loose!!!!!????

I can not believe that the Mariners scored 12 runs and lost today to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Ok so the starting pitcher for that game, Horacio Ramirez, got hurt in the second inning but after that how can you let your first guy out of the bullpen give up 7 runs on 6 hits (all earned)!!!Come on, you are giving up the game in the third inning!!! So after that disaster your offense comes back and put some runs on the board your pitching staff has to hold on the opposing team offense to give the team a chance to get back into the game. The Mariners' offense got back into the game but the pitching staff did not hold the Devil Rays offense. It was all about Ichiro and the bottom part of the lineup producing, Richie Sexon and Jose Guillen went 0 for 10 in that game!! That is the middle part of the order from where the RBIs should come from and the rest of the offense scored 12 runs. Imagine if those two guys produced the way they are expected to produce.... I believe that Mike Hargrove can't keep Sexon hitting 5th every day hoping for him to come around and start hitting, he has to get him out of that pressure spot and also he should platoon him with Ben Broussard when the team faces right handed pitchers. Back to the pitching staff, I know that for Sean White, who has done a great job so far throughout the year, it was a tough spot to go into the game in the third inning not expecting so but that is his primary job. So tonight lesson learned for Mike Hargrove and friends(I hope!). I should also note that they were the first team this season to score 12 runs and loose.