Veterans talk up the game of baseball and teammates even through losses
Author: John Hickey
John Hickey
John is a longtime West Coast-based baseball writer who covered the Oakland As for two decades with The (Hayward) Daily Review and the Oakland Tribune. He headed north in 2000 to cover the Mariners for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, starting on the day Ken Griffey Jr. was traded to Cincinnati. After the print P-I closed in 2009, he joined the national sports staff of AOL FanHouse and contributes to Seattlepostglobe.org. He is a longtime baseball correspondent for the Tokyo Chunichi Press. A member of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) for two-plus decades, Hickey is a Hall of Fame voter. When hes not covering baseball, he has written about pro football, college sports, tennis, golf and winter sports. A University of California grad, Hickey is a fan of rock and jazz music, traveling, reading and cooking. He proved in high school that hes no athlete, but he does like to ski. Hickey and his wife live in Seattle in a house ruled by two magnanimous cats.
Listening to Saliva’s `Ladies and Gentlemen’ got reliever’s adrenalin a little too pumped up Tuesday in Tacoma.
Mariners finally put together some offense for Fister, and for themselves. A staggering 13 runs cross the plate for the home nine, which plays a rubber match with Detroit Wednesday afternoon.
Rookie outfielder in big leagues after a 12-game stop at Tacoma with Mariners needing emergency help because they had to place first baseman Justin Smoak on the bereavement list.
Good start should give veteran right-hander more time in setup role
Rookie starter gives up one run in six innings, veteran shortstop delivers two-run single to break tie in seventh.
After learning that Franklin Gutierrez isn’t coming back any time soon, Mariners strand 11 runners against Royals, extending a pattern.
Opposing starters have 2.01 ERA against the Mariners after Seattle gets one run (and one hit) off Royals starting pitcher Luke Hochevar.
Mariner right-hander gets a seven-inning complete game, but loses in Kansas City to fall to 0-3.
The Mariners lost a chance for a sweep at home when the Blue Jays scored six times in the eighth inning off Seattle relievers.