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In a feat equal to a dunk by Danny DeVito, I will attempt to explain briefly the proposed arena deal, without using financier-ese or bureaucrat-ese, and in the process offer something perhaps you didn't know.

Nothing in this column is about the teams who may populate the arena. Also, nothing here about the arena's controversial location.  Won't touch civic politics -- well, maybe one shot, later on. All I ask is that you hang with me: I don't want to be alone at this elevation.

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The Los Angeles Angels fired hitting coach Mickey Hatcher this week after Albert Pujols and many of his teammates got off to dismal offensive starts. A 12-year major league veteran as a player, Hatcher served as the Angels' hitting coach during their only World Series title run in 2002.

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GAME: Mariners (16-22, 4th AL West, - 7.5 GB) at Indians (20-16, 1st AL Central, +2.0 GA). GAME #: 39. SERIES: 1st of 2 games. MEETING: 4th (Indians lead 2-1). WHEN: Wednesday, 4:05 p.m., Progressive Field, Cleveland. PROBABLE PITCHERS: RHP Felix Hernandez (Seattle, 3-2, 2.29) vs. Ubaldo Jimenez (Cleveland, 3-3, 5.18). STREAKS: Mariners L 2; Indians W 2. TV: ROOT Sports, MLB TV. RADIO: KIRO 710 (Seattle), Mariners Radio Network.

Outscored 11-1 by Boston in two feeble offensive performances at Fenway Park Monday-Tuesday, the Mariners move their deteriorating act to Cleveland Wednesday to start a two-game series with the Indians,  AL Central leaders who took two of three from Seattle at Safeco Field April 17-19.

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After the Mariners began the season 4-4, it was written here that, other than the guy who is the agent for disgraced Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino, Eric Wedge has for the next six months the toughest job in sports.

That's because the manager of this particular roster can do little to influence game outcomes. The season will require extraordinary patience from an impatient man,  managing up to a foundering ownership while managing down to under-productive players. Awwwwkward.

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Another ineffectual day at the plate doomed the Mariners, this time 5-0 Tuesday afternoon amid rain showers at Fenway Park.

In the two-game sweep, the Boston Red Sox outscored Seattle 11-1. The Mariners were nearly as futile against starter Josh Beckett as they were Monday against Jon Lester.

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The Seahawks added offensive tackle Alex Barron to the 90-man roster Tuesday, another indication that the club is concerned about the returns from injury of tackles Russell Okung and James Carpenter.

Barron was the only longtime NFL veteran invited to the past weekend's tryout camp reserved primarily for rookies. Barron spent 2011 on injured reserve with a knee problem.

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By David Eskenazi and Steve Rudman

Based on a blurb that appeared in the Feb. 28, 1908 evening edition of The Seattle Times, its baseball reporter, who went unidentified (no bylines in that era), found intriguing the prospect of Dan Dugdale’s Siwashes coming to terms with 26-year-old shortstop Frank Tealey Raymond.

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