blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com - 11/26/2008
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Fresh faces are coming to the Mariners from all corners. An entirely new coaching staff will be around next season from the one that began the 2008 campaign. But for some, the coaches coming to Seattle are not new at all. The folks in Dallas know Don Wakamatsu well from his five-year stint as a ...
seamheads.com - 11/30/2008
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seamheads.com —
For the second season in a row, the
AL West became a one-team division. Though the first
half of the season was close between the Angels and the Athletics, it was the Rangers that made a surprising run to inch closer to competitiveness. All the while, the Seattle Mariners had promise with their ...
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2008 Season Review: AL West
blogs.thenewstribune.com - 11/28/2008
seattle.mariners.mlb.com - 12/2/2008
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seattle.mariners.mlb.com —
SEATTLE -- Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik told
reporters on Monday that he has made an offer
to a free-agent position player and hopes to know something "in the next 24 to 48 hours." He wouldn't name the player, but it isn't Ken Griffey ...
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Mariners make free-agent offer | Mariners.com: News
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Pitching Coach On The Way
Lookout Landing —
Baker's on it:
...An entirely new coaching staff will be around next season from the one that began the 2008 campaign. But for some, the coaches coming to Seattle are not new at all. The folks in Dallas know Don Wakamatsu well from his five-year stint as a Rangers coach.
It is all but certain that Wakamatsu's entire staff of pitching coaches will be coming out of Arlington as well. Dom Chiti was the bullpen coach for the Rangers (until being fired in August) and will be the new Mariners pitching coach once the holidays are over. ...
Dom Chiti, no longer special assistant
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... as a special assistant to General Manager Frank Wren. Now it seems he’s headed out west as the bullpen coach for new Mariners Manager Don Wakamatsu this coming from Geoff Baker of the Seattle Times. ...
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Rangers put pitcher Loe on waivers —
FOXSports.com News for MLB 11/26/2008
Kameron Loe was put on unconditional release waivers Wednesday by the Texas Rangers, freeing him to sign with the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks of Japan's Pacific League.
The 27-year-old right-hander was 1-0 with a 3.23 ERA in 14 relief appearances over ...
Does Ichiro Belong in Seattle? —
Bleacher Report - MLB 11/27/2008
Should Ichiro be in Seattle?
Maybe not.
The Mariners stunk in '08. Ichiro got a huge contract last year that keeps him in Seattle for many years. I believe he is well past his prime.
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