Third baseman Kyle Seager blew one easy pickup, and scuffed a more difficult one. Catcher Mike Zunino made a throw to second that burned worms on its way to center field. First baseman Justin Smoak handled a slow chopper as if it were made of cactus. Cole Gillespie, a ninth-inning outfield defensive replacement no less,
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.
UCLA’s Cassius Marsh, the Seahawks’ third-round draft choice, is a versatile D-lineman who has to live down his reputation and live up to his namesake.
Seahawks’ first three picks Saturday included a versatile pass-rusher, a possession wide receiver and a linebacker who could also play safety.
If the idea is to bunch the britches of NFL defensive coordinators, consider the pucker underway. The drafting of Paul Richardson will occasionally pair the rookie with veteran WR Percy Harvin, giving the Seahawks two F-18s on the flanks. The air defense has yet to be devised to divert, catch or otherwise annoy such speed.
Austin Seferian-Jenkins was the second tight end taken in the NFL draft and Bishop Sankey was the first running back chosen. The Huskies represented well.
The Seahawks used their second pick in the NFL draft’s second round, 64th overall, to take Justin Britt, a 6-foot-5, 325-pound tackle from the University of Missouri. Here’s a scouting report from CBSSports.com’s NFL draft expert Rob Rang:
The Seahawks Friday afternoon used their second-round pick, 45th overall, on Colorado receiver Paul Richardson, a 6-0, 175-pound wide receiver with blazing speed. Here’s the scouting report fromCBSSports.com draft expert Rob Rang on the first player picked by the champs:
An exciting first round elsewhere in the NFL was drama-free in Seattle, as the Seahawks traded out of the first round to add to their stash for Friday and Saturday.
Behind early again, the Sounders score in the 88th minute, Obafemi Martins to Kenny Cooper, to run win streak to five. It was the seventh goal this season after the 75th minute.
After signing his stupendous contract extension, Sherman promises to be the same “ragged dog” he’s always been. But he’s the respected top dog now. Different view.