blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com - 7/10/2008
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Just got back up from the field on an eventful day for the Mariners. By the way, Ichiro has just been scratched with tightness in his hamstring. Had played in 126 consecutive games since his last off-day. The hits just keep on coming, don't they? Anyhow, it turns out that Richie Sexson was told he'd be released last night at the team hotel in nearby San Francisco. What prompted the team ...
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Create-a-Caption: 'My bat, why hath thou forsaken me?'
Big League Stew —
... . Yet somehow I think Seattle is going to miss the first a little more than the last, especially since Jim Riggleman didn't like Richie Sexson's body language a night before he was cut. Nobody likes a guy with bad posture, not when their team just gave the guy a cool $50 mil. ...
Daily Notes 7/10
SeaTown Sports —
Mariners +Great! No more Cheap Sexson Mondays :( [Home Run Derby] +Richie Sexson had bad body language [Mariners Blog] +Walk-off Home Run, plus some other homers off of Morrow, kill the M's [Seattle Times] +RA Dickey trying his hardest to stay as a starter [MLB] +All Time 3rd Baseman [USS Mariner] Other +Shaun Alexander might be the 9th most valuable Seahawk ever. [Field Gulls] +The Dawgs will open their schedule up against defending national champs, Kansas [Husky Blog] +Go ...
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Brew Crew Ball —
... markets for the final spot, does anyone else smell a rat? I'm not going to go all-out and make an accusation, but if someday years from now we discover that the vote might have been artificially impacted, I wouldn't be shocked.
Also, Guillermo Mota is still a Brewer, despite Tom H.'s projection that he'd be designated for assignment. I'm guessing Tom won't be sitting near Mota on a team plane anytime soon.
Apparently batting .211 is bad, but batting .211 with poor body language was what it took to get Richie Sexson released. The Brew Town Beat ...
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