It was a rarity last year, but Felix continues to get help from his friends this season despite the team’s overall hitting woes.
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.
Mariners inability to hit with RISP costs them series against Oakland
Designated hitter has more RBIs with walks (four) than with hits (two) and is averaging just .171 in a very slow start.
Saunders’ inability to hold onto sinking liner in fourth put Seattle in a hole from which it did not escape during 9-1 loss to Oakland.
Mayo Clinic diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome gives hope that he’ll get better and be back in lineup in May.
Rookie’s six shutout innings combine with first baseman’s defense and two-run single to put away Oakland.
First baseman gets the time he needs with family after the death of his father.
Seattle 3B keeping his swing the way he wants it, instead of tinkering
Kennedy’s homer and relief help from Wight and League gives Seattle an 1-0 win in series opener against Oakland.
Upcoming day off Monday will allow the Mariners to juggle their starting rotation at bit, shifting Erik Bedard’s start to keep Felix Hernandez on his typical rest.