The Mariners Wednesday recalled 1B/OF Logan Morrison from a rehab assignment, activated him from the 15-day disabled list, and placed 1B Justin Smoak on the 15-day DL with a strained left quad retroactive to June 10. Morrison Wednesday night was to start at first base and bat fifth in the second of three games against
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The cost of a VIP package to the World Cup Final: $50,000. Brazil spent $3.5 billion in stadiums. Roster bonus for U.S. players: $76,000. It starts Thursday, so pay attention here.
The Mariners Tuesday returned RHP Taijuan Walker from his rehab assignment, activated him from the disabled list and optioned him to the AAA Tacoma Rainiers. Walker is scheduled to pitch Saturday. But it could be with the Mariners, since No. 5 starter Erasmo Ramirez is also slated to make his next start the same day.
The Mariners parlayed three singles and a bases-loaded double into three runs off former Cy Young winner David Price in the third inning, received a stellar effort from the bullpen, and defeated Tampa Bay 3-0 Monday at Tropicana Field, concluding at 6-1 the best Seattle road trip in more than a decade. The Mariners won
Felix Hernandez left after 15 strikeouts in seven innings, but the Mariners staged an improbable rally with two out in the ninth to win for the seventh time in the past eight.
Seven more players from the University of Washington’s baseball team were taken in Saturday’s final 30 rounds of MLB’s first-year player draft Saturday. Junior OF Robert Pehl was first when he was selected in 11th round by Kansas City with the 333rd overall pick.
The Sounders survived an immensely crabby first half, which saw the ejections of Obafemi Martins and his one-time teammate, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, for a wild 3-2 win over the Fire in Chicago Saturday to enter the three-week World Cup break with 32 points and an MLS-best 10-3-2 mark. Real Salt Lake’s loss Saturday to Portland
Quin Snyder, former Mercer Island High School all-state basketball star with a dramatic past, is the next coach of the Utah Jazz, according to multiple media reports Friday, succeeding the fired Tyrone Corbin. Snyder, 47, will get a three-year contract. His Islanders won the state 3A title in 1985.
Seahawks CB Richard Sherman edged out Carolina’s Cam Newton in a vote and will grace the cover of “Madden NFL ’15” that hits the shelves in August.
The Mariners selected eight more players Friday on the second day of the amateur draft (rounds 3 through 10), including six pitchers, an outfielder and a catcher. All are college players, unlike Seattle’s two choices on the first day, both high schoolers, led by projected outfielder Alex Jackson.