A 10-5 win gave the Mariners the series against Miami and a 6-3 homestand. The game also completed a star turn for rookie Mitch Haniger and perhaps a fine Seattle farewell for Ichiro, who hit a home run.
Author: Art Thiel
Art Thiel
Never having met a metaphor he could not twist beyond recognition, Art has been illuminating, agitating, amusing and annoying Puget Sound sports readers for a long time. Along with Steve Rudman, he co-founded Sports Press Northwest because it didnt seem right that the Google monster should aggregate daily journalism into oblivion without at least a flesh wound from somebody. Thiel and Rudman labored under the Seattle Post-Intelligencer globe until the print edition died an undeserved death in March, 2009. Art continued on at its online successor seattlepi.com while working on SPNWs creation. His radio commentaries can be heard Friday and Saturday mornings and Friday afternoon on KPLU-FM 88.9. In 2003 he wrote the definitive book about the Seattle Mariners, Out of Left Field, which became a regional bestseller. In 2009, along with Rudman and KJR 950 afternoon host Mike Gastineau, Thiel authored The Great Book of Seattle Sports Lists, a cross between historylink.org and Mad Magazine that has become mandatory reading for any sports fan who has an indoor bathroom. A graduate of Pacific Lutheran University as well as two dead papers and a live one, the News Tribune of Tacoma, he has become a fan of entrepreneurial online journalism because it allows him to continue a lifelong passion to take the English language to places it rarely visits willingly, and does not involve the cleaning of kennels or stables.
Oak View Group joined Seattle Partners in asking for some public-financing help in their proposals to upgrade KeyArena, OVG wants its help after the building is open, SP seeks to save money during construction.
Mitch Haniger had a three-run homer and a game-saving catch, but his biggest feat was taking a walk in the ninth inning to force in the tying run in the Mariners’ 7-6 win over Texas to complete a three-game sweep.
Inclusion of a “suggestion” for $250 million in public bonds was a surprise in the bid from Seattle Partners (AEG). Oak View Group also had a surprise: An extra $200 million to excavate a deeper hole for its plan.
Two well-regarded arena developers submitted bids of more than $500 million to remake KeyArena. But neither have an NBA/NHL team commitment, and the transportation/parking issues remain sketchy.
Taken with the third pick in the 2013 draft, LB/DE Dion Jordan was mostly a bust with the Miami Dolphins, who cut him March 31. The Seahawks are taking a low-risk chance on a comeback.
Three hits from Nelson Cruz and a four-hit shutout over seven innings from starter James Paxton gave the Mariners a 6-0 win that drained the impact of the Sunday debacle in Anaheim.
If it’s true that Richard Sherman asked for a trade, something must have gone down between him and Pete Carroll that was too much even for the tolerant Seahawks coach to accept.
Four Division I hoops programs in Washington had coaching changes. And Gonzaga picked its last game to have its worst game of the season. And how about that Porter family?
GM John Schneider refuses to take the nuclear option (a trade) off the table in order to coax back Richard Sherman. His brother, Branton, thinks Richard loves all the attention.